War and defence operations

"e;cracking stuff .

Brent Dulak doesn't want to go to Afghanistan.

Quartz crystal-a technology that changed the tide of World War II Some of the defining leaps in technology in the twentieth century occurred during the Second World War, from radar to nuclear energy.

In the first volume in this series on the Korean War, North Korea Invades the South, North Korean ground forces, armor and artillery crossed the 38th Parallel, and, in blitzkrieg style, rolled back UN and South Korean forces down the Korean peninsula.

Military organizations around the world are normally huge producers and consumers of data.

Military organizations around the world are normally huge producers and consumers of data.

Departing from conventional policy rhetoric on the unconventional "e;new world disorder,"e; Max G.

Examining the efficacy of U.

Departing from conventional policy rhetoric on the unconventional "e;new world disorder,"e; Max G.

Examining the efficacy of U.

For a long time, India and China have been seen as the rising economic giants on the Asiatic mainland.

For a long time, India and China have been seen as the rising economic giants on the Asiatic mainland.

The recent Afghanistan and Iraq wars were very controversial.

The recent Afghanistan and Iraq wars were very controversial.

In the 20th century, South Korea was usually seen as a "e;shrimp amongst whales"e;, a minor player with limited agency in regional and global affairs.

In the 20th century, South Korea was usually seen as a "e;shrimp amongst whales"e;, a minor player with limited agency in regional and global affairs.

This book analyses why the Italian army failed to defeat its Greek opponent between October 1940 and April 1941.

This book analyses why the Italian army failed to defeat its Greek opponent between October 1940 and April 1941.

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A powerfully written firsthand account of the human costs of conflict.

In Armageddon, one of Britain's most highly regarded historians tells the epic story of the bloody last eight months of the war in Europe.

'The literary VC goes to without doubt to Max Hastings for his Das Reich .

'A brilliant tour-de-force' - Times Literary SupplementBomber Command is acclaimed historian Sir Max Hastings' compelling account of one of the most controversial struggles of the Second World War.

A compelling and masterly account of the D-Day landings from the no.

Standard Operating Procedure is an utterly original collaboration by the writer Philip Gourevitch (We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families) and the film-maker Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line, The Fog of War).

This groundbreaking investigation uncovers serious mismatches between David Galula's counterinsurgency practice in Algeria and his counterinsurgency theory-the foundation of current U.

This book uses history in two ways: as the source of ideas about strategy and as examples to illustrate the elements by showing their application to specific campaigns and their utility in understanding the role of strategy in military operations.

Eastern Destiny: Russia in Asia and the North Pacific is the history of a remarkable eastern expansion under tsars, emperors, and commissars.

This is the first published account of the life of Major General William Phillips, a British officer whose achievements during the American Revolution place him in the ranks of Britain's most successful generals such as Charles Cornwallis.

On September 15, 1944, General William Rupertus and the 16,000 Marines of the U.

The brief, successful Gulf War resulted in few casualties, but there were still recognizable pockets of trauma.

This eyewitness account by an ensign in the Braunschweig Prinz Friedrich Regiment brings the Northern Campaign of the American Revolution vividly to life.

Few of the major campaigns of World War II aroused as much controversy as the War in North Africa, 1940-1943.

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 comprehensive guide provides an in-depth, chronological overview of issues and policy processes related to U.

After Italy's surrender to the Allies in September 1943, German naval forces took control of the entire Aegean, and the resulting guerrilla war in the narrow seas and littoral waters would continue to rage until the general peace.

The passage of time has not slowed the production of books and articles about World War I.

This in-depth work demonstrates that ancient battles rivaled those of the modern period in size, complexity, and lethality.

This book provides a survey of the U.

This two-part book examines the roots of warfare and the development of the peace movement in America from the Colonial period through the Vietnam War.

This handbook provides the reader with an historical and contemporary overview of the service by women in all branches of the U.

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This book fills a gap in Civil War literature on the strategies employed by the Union and Confederacy in the East, offering a more integrated interpretation of military operations that shows how politics, public perception, geography, and logistics shaped the course of military operations in the East.

A longtime scholar of the Cold War deftly weaves together the tradition of "e;just war"e; and an examination of current events to show how the time-honored concepts of jus ad bellum (justice of war) and jus in bello (justice in war) apply to the U.

This groundbreaking history connects Nazi Germany's Arabic-language propaganda during World War II to anti-Semitism in the Middle East in the decades since.

In June 1942 the Indian Army suffered a major defeat at the hands of the Japanese Army and subsequently endured its longest retreat ever.