War and defence operations

A reinterpretation of the British Army's conduct in the crucial 1944-45 Northwest Europe campaign, this work examines systematically the Colossal Cracks operational technique employed by Montgomery's Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group and demonstrates the key significance that morale and casualty concerns exerted on this technique.

Since the end of the last century, UN peacekeeping has undergone a fundamental and largely unexamined change.

Using historical files kept by each of the armed services and nations involved in the Korean War, Rottman provides information on unit backgrounds, organization, manning, periods of service, insignia, weapons, casualties, and major commands including the Western, North Korean, Communist Chinese, and USSR forces.

Winston Churchill, Britain's iconic war time Prime Minister, is inextricably linked with the victorious British Army of 1939 to 1945.

Winston Churchill, Britain's iconic war time Prime Minister, is inextricably linked with the victorious British Army of 1939 to 1945.

In this comprehensive book, David Stone describes and analyses every aspect of the German Army as it existed under Kaiser Wilhelm II, encompassing its development and antecedents, organisation, personnel, weapons and equipment, its inherent strengths and weaknesses, and its victories and defeats as it fought on many fronts throughout World War I.

In this comprehensive book, David Stone describes and analyses every aspect of the German Army as it existed under Kaiser Wilhelm II, encompassing its development and antecedents, organisation, personnel, weapons and equipment, its inherent strengths and weaknesses, and its victories and defeats as it fought on many fronts throughout World War I.

The capture by the German surface raider Atlantis of the British steamer City of Baghdads secret code books in July 1940 enabled the Nazis to de-cypher Admiralty convoy plans with deadly effect.

This vividly detailed WWII history chronicles the bitter conflict at sea between Allied and Japanese naval forces.

The story of the British commander who led a three-hundred-mile march from Kabul to Kandahar and became the toast of Victorian England.

On 9 April 1940, the German Armed Forces seized Norway and Denmark in an operation remarkable for its precision and boldness.

Until recently James Beatson was one of the millions of forgotten soldiers of the Great War.

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This little known campaign against the Italian invasion of British Somalia was bravely fought by a small force of elderly RAF and Commonwealth aircraft against almost overwhelming odds.

"e;Paints a vivid picture of such battles as Pilleth in Wales, Homildon Hill in Scotland and of course Shrewsbury, so bloodily fought at Battlefield.

The author of A Luftwaffe General gives a detailed history of the Allied forces' brutal Operation Clipper during World War II.

The author of The First Day on the Somme details a naval skirmish that became a turning point for the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II.

205 Group RAF provided the only mobile force of heavy night bombers in the Mediterranean theater in the Second World War.

A historian analyzes the Franco-Prussian War's Battle of Sedan, from its causes and effects, to the characters involved.

In the summer of 1944 the Red Army crushed Army Group Centre in one of the largest offensives in military history.

"e;A well-written yet concise history"e; of Hitler's plan to build a massive naval fleet, why it failed, and how it may have affected the outcome of WWII (Nautical Research Journal).

This WWII military study sheds light on the overlooked Allied landing in Provence and the liberation of Southern France.

Aubrey Herbert was one of the most interesting figures of his age.

This latest German Army book by Jack Sheldon covers a shorter (three week) timeframe than his earlier works.

The book starts with on the capture of Vimy Ridge and the nearly spur of Notre Dame de Lorette in October 1914.

From the author of Children of the Camps, a look at the disturbing activities of the Kempeitai, Japan's feared military and secret police.

Charles (Charlie to his comrades) Murrell kept detailed diaries of his service with the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards throughout the Second World War as Guardsman (later Sergeant).

A British Royal Air Force glider pilot recounts his service, capture, imprisonment, and escape during World War II in this gripping memoir.

The book examines examples of outstanding courage exhibited by people living in modern Britain.

The Battle of the Somme is one of the most famous, and earliest, films of war ever made.

"e;A fantastic overview of one of Britain's untold stories from the Great War"e;-the Salonika Campaign that pitted Allied forces against the Bulgarians (Burton Mail).

A former British Royal Army Veterinary Corps officer recalls his adventures with the Special Forces in Oman during the 1970s in this military memoir.

An in-depth look at the contributions of the British cavalry during World War I.

It had all the ingredients of a best-selling thriller the clandestine activities of mercenaries, an impossibly dare-devil plot to topple the regime of one of the worlds most corrupt countries; the boys own approach by arrogant old public school pupils and the controversy and intrigue from within governmental departments.

Fabled for more than three thousand years as fierce warrior-nomads and cameleers dominating the western Trans-Saharan caravan trade, today the Sahrawi are admired as soldier-statesmen and refugee-diplomats.

In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek - the head of China's military academy and leader of the Kuomintang (KMT) - began the `northern expeditions' to bring China's northern territories back under the control of the state.

The indistinct status of the Zainichi has meant that, since the late 1940s, two ethnic Korean associations, the Chongryun (pro-North) and the Mindan (pro-South) have been vying for political loyalty from the Zainichi, with both groups initially opposing their assimilation in Japan.

The Mediterranean was one of Napoleon's greatest spheres of influence.

Fabled for more than three thousand years as fierce warrior-nomads and cameleers dominating the western Trans-Saharan caravan trade, today the Sahrawi are admired as soldier-statesmen and refugee-diplomats.

This WWII journal takes readers inside an elite reconnaissance and raiding unit operating behind enemy lines in the North African campaign.

The story of this military powerhouse of ancient Greece, and its nearly two centuries of battlefield triumphs.

A career soldier, veteran of both World Wars, and British war hero remembers the campaigns he fought-and his worthy foes.

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A new battlefield guide to the Peninsular War is long overdue.

"e;This unique memoir tells the story of one of the field-grade officers whose martial skills sustained the Third Reich against a world in arms.

A revised & updated study of Admiral Horatio Nelson's battles, as well as his ships, armaments, tactics, signals and instructions.

Facing threats ranging from Islamist insurgencies to the Ebola pandemic, African regional actors are playing an increasingly vital role in safeguarding peace and stability across the continent.

Horatio Nelson was a hero from the time when his dramatic initiative won the battle of St Vincent in 1797, while his last battle, at Trafalgar, reduced the enemy naval forces so thoroughly that they were no longer able to have any bearing on the outcome of the war.