This highly illustrated title details the history of the Jagdpanzer, the self-propelled German tank destroyers introduced in the second half of World War II.
From Afghanistan to Angola, Indonesia to Iran, and Colombia to Congo, violent reactions erupt, states collapse, and militaries relentlessly pursue operations doomed to fail.
Submarine' is almost certainly the first book to bring together eye-witness accounts from almost every navy that deployed submarines in WW2, and it is far more than an account of WW2 missions.
This book analyses the categories of thought underpinning Russia's strategic decision-making and military operations, unpacking their nature, development, and interaction.
Trotz Globalisierung spiegeln Schulbucherzählungen aus verschiedenen Ländern 100 Jahre nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg immer noch die Vielfalt nationaler Deutungsmuster.
The purpose of the book is twofold: first, to give an accurate and reasonably complete narrative account of the Armenian events of 1909 and their aftermath in the province of Adana and the developments leading up to and following them; and equally importantly, to provide an interpretive framework that makes some sense out of this episode in Ottoman history.
During basic training in the army, it was common practice for the recruits to exercise and march to the cadence of popular songs of the time to keep the trainees in sync.
An extraordinary collection of essays by Nobel Peace laureates and leading scholars on the concluded Iraq War, The Iraq War and its Consequences is the First and Only book that brings together more than 30 Nobel Peace laureates and eminent scholars to offer opinions, analyses and insights on the war that has drawn both widespread opposition and strong support.
Lieutenant General Daniel Opande, in his autobiography In Pursuit of Peace in Africa, shares his experiences in childhood, education, family and military career until his retirement.
This book addresses a central puzzle in ontological security theory, namely the relationship between identity continuity and change, and the role anxiety plays in fostering and inhibiting change.
The Trials and Tribulations of a ZIPRA Soldier is a riveting spider web story of courage, determination, pursuit of justice and survival against all odds.
An introduction to Pakistan's ISI, which has been both an essential ally and problematic partner of the United StatesForged during the tumultuous aftermath of Partition in 1947, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) has grown to become the preeminent intelligence service in Pakistan.
Durante las últimas décadas, la policía de numerosos países se convirtió en objeto de debates públicos en relación con abusos de poder, violaciones del derecho, brutalidad y discriminación.
Clásico indiscutible de la historiografía argentina contemporánea, "Revolución y guerra" aborda la trama de múltiples procesos desde la crisis final del imperio español hasta el avance del nuevo orden económico y mercantil en el espacio atlántico, y su impacto tanto sobre el equilibrio étnico, económico y militar entre las regiones antes dominadas por la Corona –de Quito a Buenos Aires– como sobre el cambiante clima de ideas e ideologías que acompañó el tránsito de la autoridad de la monarquía católica a la de una veintena de estados sucesores.
Hasta hoy la justicia argentina tuvo el mérito de investigar los delitos de sangre cometidos durante la última dictadura, pero dejó fuera del radar a los actores económicos que la promovieron, es decir, a las personas, instituciones y empresas que suministraron bienes y servicios al gobierno o que obtuvieron beneficios a cambio de apoyar la ejecución del plan criminal.
El 26 de marzo de 1869 un grupo de entrerrianos reclutados compulsivamente por Urquiza y enviados a reforzar los regimientos de línea al oeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires, trataron de escapar y fueron fusilados en Loncogüé por orden del presidente Sarmiento, sin juicio previo y sin sentencia judicial alguna.
En un contexto de epoca signado por las ideas de soberania, de desarrollo nacional y de industrializacion, Juan Godoy busca rescatar, a traves de un minucioso analisis, el pensamiento de una generacion de militares plasmado en una publicacion periodica del Circulo Militar.
In this engaging scientific memoir, Kenneth Ford recounts the time when, in his mid-twenties, he was a member of the team that designed and built the first hydrogen bomb.
