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A revealing look at the art of military scouting and reconnaissance, going from the earliest recorded military history to modern warfare and everything in between.
A detailed insight into what it was like as an infantryman during the Vietnam War, drawing on field manuals from the time, declassified primary documents and first-hand accounts.
The first English translation of an official Soviet history of the Russian Civil War first published in the late 1920s. It has been translated and edited by Richard W. Harrison, who supplied numerous endnotes, mostly of a biographical character, for the non-specialist reader.
This book covers the deployment of tanks during the Spanish Civil War, how they fought, and the lessons derived from their use in that conflict.
An examination of mistakes made by the Allied supreme commander General Dwight Eisenhower in 1944-45, and their implication for the shape of the last nine months of World War II.
In World War I the 30th Infantry Division earned more Medals of Honor than any other American division. In World War II it spent more consecutive days in combat than almost any other outfit. Recruited mainly from the Carolinas and George and Tennessee, they were one of the hardest-fighting units the U.S. ever fielded in Europe.
The biography of "Strick", the tank hero of Arras who rose to become a general.
The concluding part of Doug Nash's magisterial history of IV. SS-Panzerkorps, covering their actions as they retreated from Budapest to Vienna in the final months of the war.
A fully illustrated account of the deployment of German mountain units in the last years of World War II.
The first English translation of a narrative of the German attack on Murmansk in 1941 by the German quartermaster of the Mountain Corps Norway, Wilhelm Hess.
The first English translation of a military biography of panzer general Erich Hoepner.
A detailed and fully illustrated account of United States aircraft carriers during World War II.
A new biography of Lord Alanbrooke, following his life from childhood through to his role as Chief Imperial General Staff, shaping Allied strategy in World War II.
Using a series of historical case studies, experts explore what actually is winning in a military context.
This book examines the meteoric rise of Sweden as the pre-eminent military power in Europe during the Thirty Years War during the 1600s, and then follows its line of warrior kings into the next century until the Swedes finally meet their demise, in an overreach into the vastness of Russia.
The first biography of Marine General Raymond Davis, who was decorated for bravery in both WWII and Korea, and went on to serve as a commanding general in Vietnam.
"The days of Congo and Angola when you had the image of mercenaries as drunken guys going around shooting up the place... has gone - the people you find now... are well-trained, professional soldiers, special forces trained." - Neall Ellis Praise for Al J. Venter: "A disturbing insight into the ever growing world of unconventional private armies.
A history of the British Army since the end of the Cold War, incorporating many firsthand accounts.
A fully illustrated colour treatment of the German mountain divisions.
A lavishly illustrated grand tour on the Roman military machine.
After every disaster, someone has something to hide... A few minutes before midnight on April 14, 1912, the "unsinkable" RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage to New York, struck an iceberg. Less than three hours later she lay at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
Novel set in WWI Britain; Mr Britling as a writer whose family is caught up in events of the war, and he must re-examine his beliefs and world view.
This work takes us beneath the veneer of the famous "Green Mountain Boys" to reveal the true story of how a hardened, quasi-commando army happened to be present in America's northern colonies at the start of the Revolution.
"Offers a solid operational analysis.... successfully demonstrates that dining with the Nazi devil required a longer spoon that Finland possessed.
To Great Britain and Germany, the Battle of the Denmark Strait came like a thunderclap in the spring of 1941. The pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, was utterly destroyed, and its newest battleship, Prince of Wales, severely damaged and forced to withdraw.
Jump: Into the Valley of the Shadow tells the story of Dwayne Burns s wartime experiences as a paratrooper in the 508th Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division. The author recounts the action of his first mission, which took place in the early hours of D-day.
How America and Japan, two nations with seemingly little over which to quarrel, let peace slip away, so that more than 350 dive bombers, high-level bombers, torpedo planes, and fighters of the Imperial Japanese Navy did their best to cripple the US Navy's Pacific Fleet, killing 2,403 Americans, and wounding another 1,178.
The record of Carrier Air Group 15 in World War II is astonishing by any measure: it scored 312 enemy aircraft destroyed, 33 probably destroyed, and 65 damaged in aerial combat, plus 348 destroyed, 161 probably destroyed, and 129 damaged in ground attacks.
A biography of John Brown, examining his failed raid on Harpers Ferry, and the part his actions played in causing the Civil War.
The second part of a new history of IV. SS-Panzerkorps, which fought on the Eastern Front in the last months of World War II.
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