War and defence operations

Apart from the quiet chatter of a few mechanics, who were checking that one aircraft was too badly damaged ever to fly again, there was a shocked silence over the aerodrome as everyone there tried to understand the impossible.

The decision to mount an armed foreign intervention is one of the most consequential that a US president can take.

The decision to mount an armed foreign intervention is one of the most consequential that a US president can take.

America has been at war for most of the 20th and 21st centuries and during that time has progressively moved towards a vicarious form of warfare, where key tasks are delegated to proxies, the military's exposure to danger is limited, and special forces and covert instruments are on the increase.

America has been at war for most of the 20th and 21st centuries and during that time has progressively moved towards a vicarious form of warfare, where key tasks are delegated to proxies, the military's exposure to danger is limited, and special forces and covert instruments are on the increase.

In the late 19th century, the United States began a period of increased engagement in the Western Pacific--a situation that continues to this day.

After two months of bitter combat in Normandy, Operation Bluecoat transformed the campaign into a war of movement.

After two months of bitter combat in Normandy, Operation Bluecoat transformed the campaign into a war of movement.

Operation GOODWOOD is the story of the largest armoured battle fought in the campaign for north west Europe.

Operation GOODWOOD is the story of the largest armoured battle fought in the campaign for north west Europe.

When the dying Alexander the Great was asked to whom he bequeathed his vast empire, he supposedly replied ‘to the strongest.

When the dying Alexander the Great was asked to whom he bequeathed his vast empire, he supposedly replied ‘to the strongest.

Cold War crescendo: in the author’s first three volumes in a series on battles of the Korean War, North Korean forces cross the 38th Parallel, rolling back US and South Korean forces into a small corner of the Korean peninsula.

Cold War crescendo: in the author’s first three volumes in a series on battles of the Korean War, North Korean forces cross the 38th Parallel, rolling back US and South Korean forces into a small corner of the Korean peninsula.

By early August 1944 the Germans fighting in Normandy had been worn down by the battles around Caen, while to the west, the American breakout was finally gaining momentum.

By early August 1944 the Germans fighting in Normandy had been worn down by the battles around Caen, while to the west, the American breakout was finally gaining momentum.

This is the most complete guide to the First World War Battlefield of Ypres that has ever been published.

This is the most complete guide to the First World War Battlefield of Ypres that has ever been published.

This is an account of the British Expeditionary Force’s defensive battle in Flanders during April 1918.

This is an account of the British Expeditionary Force’s defensive battle in Flanders during April 1918.

Histories of the Hundred Years War have been written, and accounts of the famous battles, but until now no book has concentrated on the sieges that played a decisive role in the protracted struggle between England and France.

Histories of the Hundred Years War have been written, and accounts of the famous battles, but until now no book has concentrated on the sieges that played a decisive role in the protracted struggle between England and France.

Mafeking was the longest and the most controversial of the three sieges that began the South African War in 1899.

Mafeking was the longest and the most controversial of the three sieges that began the South African War in 1899.

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_______________THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER_______________'A powerful love story spanning generations Full of ambition and humanity' - Sunday Times'One of the strongest and most affecting works in Allende's long career' - New York Times Book Review_______________On September 3, 1939, the day of the Spanish exiles' splendid arrival in Chile, the Second World War broke out in Europe.

United Nations peace operations have undergone multiple transformations over the more than seventy years of their existence.

United Nations peace operations have undergone multiple transformations over the more than seventy years of their existence.

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license.

A fascinating study of one of the often overlooked World War II campaigns as British/Commonwealth, Indigenous and Italian forces battled for control of the Horn of Africa.

Stranded deep in enemy territory, the Spartan general Clearchus and the other Greek senior officers were subsequently killed or captured by treachery on the part of the Persian satrap Tissaphernes.

The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

The newspapers these days are becoming more and more painful.

The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

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Stranded deep in enemy territory, the Spartan general Clearchus and the other Greek senior officers were subsequently killed or captured by treachery on the part of the Persian satrap Tissaphernes.

For more than a century and a half, from 1607 to 1763, Britain and France struggled to master the eastern half of North America.

New York Times bestselling authorDon Man and Lance Burton tell the history of the most respected and feared fighting force every createdThe US Navy SEALs.

The reputation of Confederate General James Longstreetsecond-in-command to and intimate friend of Robert E.

A history of Americas military on horseback.

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For much of the last half century, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has seemed the outlier in global peace.

Get the lowdown on America's Bloodiest Warthe Civil Warwith this essential guide to 101 interesting and unexpected facts about this defining event in US history.

This two-volume history of counterinsurgency covers all the major and many of the lesser known examples of this widespread and enduring form of conflict, addressing the various measures employed in the attempt to overcome the insurgency and examining the individuals and organizations responsible for everything from counterterrorism to infrastructure building.

The December 1937 incident that has come to be known as the Rape of Nanking is, without doubt, a tragedy that will not soon be forgotten.