War and defence operations

In a world desperate for authentic heroes, the story of Alvin C.

Fratricide, or 'Friendly Fire', is a persistent and unwelcome feature in war.

Almost 80 years on the battle for the Arnhem Rhine crossing remains controversial.

Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies examines the complex revolutionary struggle in Martinique and Guadeloupe from 1789 to 1802.

A chronological account of the battle with more than 200 photographs, including graphic images of the fighting and the huge naval bombardment.

After the destructive decades following the fall of the Safavid Empire, the Qajar dynasty inherited a weakened state and the growing threat of European imperial powers, culminating in two wars with Russia.

December 13, 2007 marks the 70th anniversary of the fall of the Chinese city of Nanking to the Japanese army.

Why did the Confederacy lose the Civil War?

Highlights the threats posed by nuclear weapons and shows a way to denuclearization through the application of international law.

In tracing the rise of the modern idea of the American "e;new woman,"e; Lynn Dumenil examines World War I's surprising impact on women and, in turn, women's impact on the war.

The Great War ate men, machines, and money without mercy or remission.

World War I was Britain's last moment as the world's naval superpower, and its Grand Fleet was then the most powerful ever seen.

A fully illustrated history of how the US Navy destroyed Truk, the greatest Japanese naval and air base in the Pacific, with Operation Hailstone, and how B-29 units and the carriers of the British Pacific Fleet kept the base suppressed until VJ-Day.

How can peace be brokered between warring sides in conflicts over self-determination and what roles do external third parties play?

In April 1862, the stage was set for one of the greatest locomotive chases in history.

After 2005, the United States and coalition partners led an air advisory campaign to rebuild the Afghan Air Force (AAF).

Using the Russian Ministry of Defense’s archives and Western sources, the author has produced a companion work to his masterful study of II SS Panzer Corps’ offensive and the culminating clash at Prokhorovka.

A slim, yet detailed volume on The Chesapeake Campaign of 1813 14, which saw the British burn the White House, while the bombardment of Fort McHenry inspired the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner .

To win the war against German U-boats, the Allies had to protect their convoys in the vast black hole of the mid-Atlantic known as the Azores Gap.

In late June 1942, the dispirited and defeated British Eighth Army was pouring back towards the tiny railway halt of El Alamein in the western desert of Egypt.

This illustrated study pits the Kaiser's troops against their British opponents during the climactic year of 1918 on the Western Front.

Sevastopol's Wars is the first book in any language to cover the full history of Russia's historic Crimean naval citadel, from its founding through to the current tensions that threaten the region.

Shot down by Germans over occupied France, Harvie was the only member of his Bomber Command crew to survive the crash.

The WWI military expert presents his authoritative study of the German Army’s operations during the First Battle of Ypres.

As the only French woman among some 11,000 defenders at Dien Bien Phu, Genevive de Galard had a unique perspective of the siege and fall of the French fortress.

"e;cracking stuff .

The Battle of Tassafaronga, November 30, 1942, was the fifth and last major night surface action fought off Savo Island during World War II's Guadalcanal campaign.

Using four warship-centered examples, this book shows how naval battles are won or lost-and how technological advantage is rarely as decisive in defeat or victory as is often claimed.

The literature of the Peninsular War is rich with vivid source material - letters, diaries, memoirs, and dispatches - but most of it was written by British soldiers or by the French and their allies.

The task of Germany's new Gro e Kreuzer at the beginning of the 20th century was to form an independent reconnaissance division that was able to perform special tasks.

The Pacific War was the greatest and bloodiest war ever fought in the Andean region, and is one of the most important conflicts in South American history.

Massacre on the Marne is a graphic reconstruction of the experiences of a small closely knit group of fighting men - the 2/5th Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment - in the Great War.

This book examines the technology and strategy that defined the outcome of the battles between the King Tiger and the IS-2.

The first comprehensive history of the Fall Campaign that determined control of Central Europe following Napoleon''s catastrophic defeat in Russia.

A detailed, yet concise, exploration of the US Army's entrance into the Great War.

Featuring illustrations throughout, a full account of one of the most famous battles that ever occurred.

Even when Western Allied troops gained a foothold in Normandy, World War II in Europe was far from over.

An authoritative history of the Greek Civil War and its profound influence on American foreign policy and the post–Second World War period   In his comprehensive history André Gerolymatos demonstrates how the Greek Civil War played a pivotal role in the shaping of policy and politics in post–Second World War Europe and America and was a key starting point of the Cold War.

A highly illustrated history of the Wars of the Roses based on the medieval art of Graham Turner.

A concise history of the service records and combat experience of the African American troops who rose above discrimination to fight for the Allied cause and paved the way for integrated armed forces.

The struggle of the Allied forces against the French at the crossroads of Quatre Bras set the stage for the battle of Waterloo that followed.

The first full biography of James Montgomery, who through his actions before and during the Civil War, contributed towards the abolition of slavery.

A highly illustrated, absorbing account of the first battle of the desert war: the British against the Italians.

In 1940 Japan placed Vietnam under military occupation, restricting the local French administration to a figurehead authority.

This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organisation of the troops that fought in Cambodia in the 1970s.

A dramatic history of the Steel Lobsters, Sir Arthur Hesilrige's Regiment of Horse, in the English Civil War the last fully armoured knights in England.

From an internationally renowned expert on US history, this highly illustrated title details the curtain-closing campaign of the American Civil War in the East.