War and defence operations

A walking tour guidebook for travelers and armchair historians interested in visiting the sites of the World War I campaign in Turkey.

Explosion and Blast-Related Injuries is an authoritative text that brings together diverse knowledge gained from both the experience of clinicians treating blast casualties and the insights of scientists obtained from research and modeling of blast exposures.

Operation Nordwind was the last major German offensive of World War II on the Western Front.

Thomas Percy Gleave began his RAF career in 1930, three years later becoming a member of the RAF aerobatic team.

"e;Comprehensive scholarship and convincing reasoning, enhanced by an excellent translation, place this work on a level with the best of David Glantz"e; (Dennis Showalter, award-winning author of Patton and Rommel).

A photographic history of World War II's largest naval battle, in which the Japanese and Americans squared off in the Philippines.

After eleven weeks of bombing in the spring of 1999, the United States and NATO ultimately won the war in Kosovo.

"e;A compelling chronicle of the Battle of Papua New Guinea with rarely viewed images from World War II .

The Battle of Pinkie, fought between the English and the Scots in 1547, was the last great clash between the two as independent nations.

The North African campaign was one of the hardest fought episodes of the Second World War, yet the vital part played by the Italian Army - and in particular, its Folgore Parachute Division on behalf of the Axis Alliance - is frequently overlooked.

In 2003, just before the start of the US invasion of Iraq, military planners predicted that the mission's success would depend on using diverse sources for their workforce.

A study of the Red Army's penultimate offensive operation in the war in Europe.

A history of the series of American Civil War battles fought at a town outside of Richmond, Virginia.

The Army of Tennessee's grueling and costly victory against a fortified Union encampment is expertly recounted in this engaging Civil War history.

This Civil War history and guide presents an engaging chronicle of the Battle of Shiloh with information and insights about the Tennessee battlefield.

An illustrated history of the World War II British amphibious attack on a dry dock in the German-occupied French town.

A fresh exploration of the Second World War through twelve key events that shaped the conflict The Battle of Britain.

A Gift of Barbed Wire is a penetrating look at the lives of South Vietnamese officials and their families left behind in Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975.

Does history provide lessons for foreign policy makers today?

This book tells the story of French interaction with Vietnam and the neighboring region, which began with the French seizure of Cochin-China and Tonking in the 19th century under Emperor Tu Duc and ended with their humiliating defeat at Dien Bien Phu in 1954.

A groundbreaking reexamination of the Holocaust and how Germans understood their genocidal project: "e;Insightful [and] chilling.

Like the widely praised original, this new edition is compact, clearly written, and accessible to the nonspecialist.

Military campaigns, pivotal battles and extraordinary leaders have collectively shaped the course of history and in this fascinating book, author Tom Quinn examines some of the most remarkable campaigns, incidents and characters from the earliest recorded histories to the second Gulf war.

A detailed exploration of a critical month-long battle, which set the stage for German strategic-level defeats on both the Eastern and Western fronts.

A history of one of the least known and most misunderstood battles in the Vietnam War.

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

Experience the history of the Maryland Campaign with this Civil War chronicle and guide featuring battlefield information and day-trip itineraries.

An exploration of stories from Joe Waite and the lives of 64 fallen comrades during the Third Battle of Ypres enduring the impact of war.

An exploration of stories from Joe Waite and the lives of 64 fallen comrades during the Third Battle of Ypres enduring the impact of war.

Tells the story of the thousands of enslaved African Americans who fled to British forces during the war in what became the largest emancipation of enslaved Americans until the abolition of slavery in the United States.