War and defence operations

Revealing what it was like to live and fight in a medium tank this book is structured around the career of a single tanker from 37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division.

'A thrilling blow-by-blow account' The Times'A first-rate popular history of a fascinating and neglected battle.

Thomas Percy Gleave began his RAF career in 1930, three years later becoming a member of the RAF aerobatic team.

The first of two titles looking at the recipients of the Medal of Honor, the highest military award that can be bestowed on personnel in the United States' Armed Forces, during World War II.

The Philippines were declared an American Territory on January 4, 1899, and fortification construction soon began on the islands in the mouth of Manila Bay.

We March Against England tells the thrilling tale of Operation Sea Lion, Hitler's plan to invade Britain and end its involvement in World War II.

First established in 1940, the Sturmgesch tz assault guns were purpose-built vehicles intended to support the infantry during the phase of attack and breakthrough of enemy positions.

A detailed history of the F-4 Phantom II, the USAF workhorse fighter-bomber for the Linebacker campaign, which eventually saw US forces withdraw from Vietnam 'with honour' in 1973.

This volume presents a range of views on the current state of global nuclear disarmament from eminent scholars from India, Israel and France.

Using diary entries, interviews and first-hand accounts, this vivid narrative brings to life the struggle in the air over the island of Guadalcanal between August 20 and November 15, 1942.

The air campaign that incinerated Japan's cities was the first and only time that independent air power has won a war.

The second of two books on the Navy's Phantom II MiG killers of the Vietnam War, this book covers the numerous actions fought out over North Vietnam during the Linebacker I and II operations of 1972-73.

Winner, 2010, Dr.

A research analyst for the Center for Naval Analyses offers a rare historical account of the Royal and U.

It was the decisive battle of World War I.

A fascinating story of a key turning point in the War in the Mediterranean, as the island of Malta was thrown a vital lifeline.

This persuasive study attacks the key myths surrounding the Battle of Britain to revise the relative status of maritime and aviation factors in the defense of Britain.

A fascinating exploration of the dramatic battles and Allied operations to wrest back control of Burma (Myanmar) from the Japanese.

The IS (Iosef Stalin) heavy tanks were some of the most widely used AFVs produced by the USSR.

Case Red tells the often overlooked story of the fall of Metropolitan France from the evacuation of the BEF at Dunkirk through to the eventual collapse and armistice in June 1940.

International media coverage in the 1960s and early 1970s represented the Biafran War, in which the state of Biafra attempted to secede from the Nigerian Federation, as a grand humanitarian disaster, characterised by sustained conflict, starvation and genocide.

The third of three volumes examining the flags of the Napoleonic Wars (Men-at-Arms 77, 78 & 115).

The Medal of Honor may be America’s highest military decoration, but all Medals of Honor are not created equal.

The M4 Sherman tank was the mainstay of the Western allies between 1942 and 1945.

American States of Nature transforms our understanding of the American Revolution and the early makings of the Constitution.

When conscription was eliminated in the early 1970s, the US Army found itself with a very different kind of soldier.

A fully illustrated exploration of the British fight against Junot's forces occupying Portugal.

Revealing what it was like to live and fight in a medium tank this book is structured around the career of a single tanker from 37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division.

Some of the most famous Western movies have been set against the background of the Mexican Revolution of the early 20th century.

Responding to a diplomatic stalemate and a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, Yemens civil actors work every day to build peace in fragmented local communities across the country.

The Marine Corps began World War II with less than 66,000 officers and men.

Drawing from newspapers, journals, government reports, and archival records, Terry Copp - one of Canada's leading military historians - tells the story of how citizens in Canada's largest city responded to the challenges of the First World War.

Napoleon Bonaparte is renowned as one of the great military commanders in history, and the central figure in so many of the events of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.

From Publishers Weekly: "e;Devotees of cloak-and-dagger intrigue will revel in this thrilling and complex account.

This book is a comprehensive and in-depth study of a mysterious state of China''s Warring States Period (476–221 BCE): the Zhongshan.

Canadians line the overpasses of the Highway of Heroes to show their support, grief, and pride in our fallen champions.

Riley-Smith's acclaimed book is now regarded as a classic short study.

1943 saw the Allies on the offensive, with victories in North Africa followed by the invasion of Sicily and landings in Italy establishing a foothold on mainland Europe, while on the Eastern Front the Red Army was making gains, and in the Pacific the Japanese-held islands were falling.

A highly illustrated account of the final Jewish rebellion against Roman rule, appealing for any enthusiast of Roman or Jewish history.

At the close of the Civil War, it was clear that the military conflict that began in South Carolina and was fought largely east of the Mississippi River had changed the politics, policy, and daily life of the entire nation.

In the 2010 federal election, independent candidate Andrew Wilkie grabbed headlines after winning the seat of Denison, and with it a key role in deciding who would form the next government of Australia.

China's maritime "e;gray zone"e; operations represent a new challenge for the U.

Engel's study will be the definitive statement on one dimension of a very complex problem: the relations between Jews and their countrymen in occupied Poland.

Gordon L Rottman explores the design development and combat history of the US Army's field fortifications during these two major wars, alongside illustrations and diagrams throughout.

A compact volume on Cornwallis's Pyrrhic victory in North Carolina, featuring illustrations throughout.

The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, ranging from the mid-seventeenth century to the present day.

Since 2008 increasing pirate activities in Somalia, the Gulf of Aden, and the Indian Ocean have once again drawn the international community's attention to piracy and armed robbery at sea.