War and defence operations

A rigorous and absorbing study of the first major Allied operation in Normandy after the D-Day landings.

Throughout the wars undertaken by Frederick the Great, probably his greatest resource was his infantry.

Why did Britain go to war in Iraq in 2003?

There is a long history of state governments providing support to nonstate armed groups fighting battles in other countries.

Few figures in modern French history have aroused more controversy than Marshal Philippe Petain, who rose from obscurity to great fame in the First World War only to fall into infamy during the dark days of Nazi occupation in World War II.

The period from the outset of World War I to the end of World War II was among the most significant in the history of the United States.

Fighting an elusive and dangerous enemy far from home, the British army in Afghanistan was involved in asymmetric warfare for over a decade.

Vietnam was often called a "e;teenager's war.

A gripping account of the mighty F-4 Phantom II, icon of the Cold War and ultimate American fighter of the 1960s, versus the nimble, agile and abundant MiG-21, which was a communist icon of the period.

'We are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go, Always a little further; it may be, Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow.

A fascinating account of a conflict which is often neglected, but had lasting international impact, with detailed analysis of the major technical aspects of the battleships, crew training and battle experiences.

The conflict that swept over France from 1337 to 1453 remains the longest military struggle in history.

This volume of WWII military studies examines significant yet neglected clashes of German-Hungarian and Soviet armor north of the river Danube.

Winner: Henry Adams PrizeThe Vietnam war continues to be the focus of intense controversy.

The campaign in North Africa between September 1940 and May 1943 holds an enduring fascination for postwar generations.

A highly illustrated account of the first and largest fleet action between the navies of Great Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.

One of the most successful of the high-scoring Luftwaffe Jagdgeschwader during World War 2, JG 54 'Gr nherz' (Green Hearts) was formed from three disparate fighter 'Gruppen' immediately prior to the Battle of Britain.

A comprehensive and authoritative new account of every aspect of warfare in the most destructive period in human history.

At the start of the 20th century the Ottoman Navy was a shadow of its former might, a reflection of the empire as a whole the "e;Sick Man of Europe"e;.

FINANCIAL TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR and DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEARShortlisted for the 2012 DUKE OF WESTMINSTER MEDAL FOR MILITARY LITERATUREAt the end of 1917 Britain and France faced a strategic nightmare.

The first English-language book to examine the crucial part air power played in the Soviet-Afghan War.

At a crucial point in the twentieth century, as Nazi Germany prepared for war, negotiations between Britain, France, and the Soviet Union became the last chance to halt Hitler's aggression.

The second volume of the Handbook of Defense Economics addresses defense needs, practices, threats, and policies in the modern era of globalization.

What happens when children are forced to become child soldiers?

World War Two was the greatest conflict in human history.

Conventional histories of the Great War have tended to focus on the terrible attritional battles of Ypres, of Arras and of the Somme.

The German Army of World War II considered itself an offensive, mobile force.

How and why did Britain become involved in the First World War?

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A highly illustrated study of the naval campaign of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 05, focusing on the decisive battle of Tsushima.

General Omar Bradley was the premier US Army tactical commander in the European Theatre of Operations in 1944 45.

A brilliant but little-known operation, the Shimazu clan raid on the independent kingdom of Ryukyu (modern Okinawa) in 1609 is one of the most extraordinary episodes in samurai history and the culmination of centuries of rivalry between the two powers.

The Trouble with the Congo suggests a new explanation for international peacebuilding failures in civil wars.

A highly illustrated and detailed study of the Utah Beach & the US Airborne Landings.

An engrossing history of the last year of the Second World War, charting the battles fought between the Soviet Red Army and the Nazis across German soil.

The US Marine Corps has a long heritage of aviation excellence, a reputation that was largely built on the impact and performance of the flying leathernecks in the bitter fighting in the Pacific during World War II.

The harrowing story based on George Herbert Hill's experience of the Battle of St Quentin during the First World War.

With a sharp eye and wry wit, Roger Hall recounts his experiences as an American Army officer assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II.

World War II shows how deep-seated local fears and hatreds escalated into one vast global struggle that was fought out to the bitter end.

OSS Operation Black Mail is the story of a remarkable woman who fought World War II on the front lines of psychological warfare.

This volume covers the history of the Deutschland to Osfriesland classes of German battlecruisers, beginning with the last of the pre-dreadnought battleships and explaining the revolutionary developments, particularly the vast increases in size and armament, that took place within the German Imperial Navy as it readied itself for war.

In this rich study of Union governors and their role in the Civil War, Stephen D.

After the Armenian genocide of 1915, in which over a million Armenians died, thousands of Armenian-Turks lived and worked in the Turkish state alongside those who had persecuted their communities.

Featuring information from a previously unpublished journal, an illustrated account of this strategically important battle in Canada.

This ambitious book provides the only systematic examination of the American abolition movement's direct impacts on antislavery politics from colonial times to the Civil War and after.