War and defence operations

This vivid history of the Civil War era reveals how unexpected bonds of union forged among diverse peoples in the Ohio-Kentucky borderlands furthered emancipation through a period of spiraling chaos between 1830 and 1865.

A fascinating study of some of the most famous fortifications of the 20th century and of how their military and political implications shaped the face of northern Europe.

An informative study exploring the Soviet invasion of Finland, a fascinating David vs Goliath type struggle.

This book traces the Vietnamese communist worldview throughout their revolution, and offers a new explanation for the tragedy of Vietnam.

The US armed forces were responsible for many tactical innovations during the years 1941 45, but in no field was US mastery more complete than amphibious warfare.

The Norwegian campaign, fought in 1940, early in the Second World War in Europe, is overshadowed by the campaign in Poland that preceded it and the German blitzkrieg in the Low Countries and France that followed, yet it was a close contest from the military point of view and it had a far-reaching impact on the rest of the war.

80th ANNIVERSARY EDITIONProduced in collaboration with Imperial War MuseumsRelive the day that changed the course of history.

In the summer of 1942 Jim Vernon, a nineteen-year-old student in Butte, Montana, joined the U.

This book critically re-evaluates the problem of sex between international personnel and local people and offers regulatory solutions to legal problems.

One of the most important, and yet least publicised, components of the front-line Luftwaffe was the Schlacht, or ground attack, arm.

While everyday high level practices have become an important area of study, the everyday of the every(wo)man has been overlooked both in theoretical and empirical conceptualizations.

Britain's Levantine Empire, 1914-1923 explains the rise and decline and nature and extent of British military rule in the urban eastern Mediterranean during the course of the First World War and its aftermath.

'An exciting, highly informative and also enjoyable read: Shepherd writes with clarity and verve this book should find its way into the hands of all schools, universities and lovers of Herodotus.

This book completely rewrites the history of the origins of the Dardanelles Campaign and Winston Churchill's role in it, adding a new perspective to the military and political history of World War I.

This is a superb survey of the fierce naval struggles, from 1939 up to the invasion of the Norway in April 1940.

Alongside maps and carefully-chosen archive photography, David Lomas explores The British Expeditionary Force's presence during the battle of Mons and thereafter.

The Panzer Lehr Division was one of the most élite German armoured formations in existence in early 1944.

William Grattan was a young Irish Lieutenant who served in the famous Connaught Rangers [the 88th regiment] in some of the hottest engagements of the Peninsular War.

In the 1970s, during the ruinous 30-year dictatorship of General Mobutu, periodic rebellions led to the hasty insertion once again of Belgian and French paratroops to save European lives.

"e;Lucid analysis of Union and Confederate intelligence gathering functions and services .

In the summer of 1943, the United Nations began Operation HUSKY, the invasion of Sicily.

The Italian sixteenth century offers the first sustained discussion of women's militarism since antiquity.

A history of the campaign that saw the US Army's pursuit and final capture of the Nez Perce Indians under Chief Joseph.

The Peloponnesian War (431 404 BC), waged between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies, involved some of the most important developments in ancient warfare.

Public anger at perceived ethical and legal failures in recent wars has reinforced the importance of understanding military ethics.

After the fall of France in May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force was miraculously evacuated from Dunkirk.

This title, the second of two looking at US commanders of World War II, examines the combat careers, personalities, uniforms, dress and appearance of the key US naval and Marine commanders.

A detailed, illustrated exploration of the land, sea and air units that defended Malta, and the repeated Axis attempts to bring the crucial Allied island fortress to its knees.

‘I went into the cloud and went flat out for a few minutes, turned, and as I dived out my luck was in and I got him head-on.

***'If you only read one book about the Falklands make sure it's this one.

An illustrated account of the battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania, which saw the first meeting of Robert E Lee and Ulysses S Grant on the battlefield.

The American Volunteer Group, or 'Flying Tigers', have remained the most famous outfit to see action in World War II.

This volume explores the Shenandoah Valley campaign, best known for its role in establishing Thomas J.

After midnight, 19 June 1815.

The first deployment of the V-1 was in June 1944 when, following two years of tests, Hitler gave the order to attack England.

The Italian Empire and the Great War brings an imperial and colonial perspective to the Italian experience of the First World War.

III Marine Amphibious Force was conceived as a division command for a small Marine Corps commitment to Vietnam.

Bloodstained Sands tells the untold story of the men who stormed beaches around the globe during World War II, from the Sword and Juno Beaches on D-Day to the sands of Iwo Jima.

Compared with Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo, the recent western intervention in Sierra Leone has been largely forgotten.

This gripping study details the crisis point of the Korean War: the UN advance across into North Korea and the following Chinese offensive that drove the forces back south of the 38th Parallel.

A brutal siege.

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.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this 'riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult' (Los Angeles Times).

The second day's fighting at Gettysburg - the assault of the Army of Northern Virginia against the Army of the Potomac on 2 July 1863 - was probably the critical engagement of that decisive battle and, therefore, among the most significant actions of the Civil War.

A highly illustrated and detailed study of the Sword Beach & the British Airborne Landings.

Few of the massive military structures built by Germany during World War II are as impressive as the U-Boat bases and bunkers in Germany, Norway and France.

A thorough and compelling investigation of the Central Pacific campaign in World War II that saw the US Navy progress from the edge of disaster to the brink of victory, from Guadalcanal to the recapture of the Philippines.