With the aid of superb line artworks, Unarmed Combat demonstrates to the reader how special forces soldiers are taught to excel in hand-to-hand fighting: how they maximise bodyweight, and the use of……続きを見る
The sinking of a WW2 merchant navy ship by German raider that led to escapes from 2 concentration camps by Edward J. Sweeney from two concentration camps in France and Spain, from a German troop tra……続きを見る
The Battle for "Charlie" took place in 1972 during the Vietnam War after most American troops had been withdrawn. A battalion of South Vietnamese paratroopers made a stand reminiscent of the Spartan……続きを見る
Showcasing the twentieth centurys best writing on the topic of air combat from World War I through the Gulf War, Brasseys Air Combat Reader examines the evolution of air combat strategy and tactics.……続きを見る
As leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and then the Irish Republican Army (IRA), Michael Collins developed a bold, new strategy to use against the British administration of Ireland in the ear……続きを見る
El presente volumen comienza por describir y analizar la larga, difícil y sangrienta guerra librada contra el Presidente López de Paraguay, esclareciendo varios temas controvertidos hasta ahora. Las……続きを見る
D. Nuno Álvares Pereira é um dos maiores heróis da História de Portugal. Mas será que conhecemos toda a história deste extraordinário homem que tantos séculos depois da sua morte continua a apaixona……続きを見る
**'Awesome!' ANDY McNAB | 'You must read this book' Colonel TIM COLLINS OBE | 'Extraordinary' Sir RANULPH FIENNES
Forget what you thought you knew. Discover the REAL story of how the SAS was created……続きを見る
Sir, God hath taken away your eldest son by a cannon shot. It brake his leg. We were necessitated to have it cut off, whereof he died.' In one of the most famous and moving letters of the Civil War,……続きを見る
De waarheid doet er tegenwoordig niet meer toe in het nieuws, lijkt het wel. Maar was het vroeger beter?
Spoken neemt de lezer mee naar een betrekkelijk recent verleden waarin sociale media nog niet……続きを見る
The story of the United States military is the story of the country itself. Both have grown and changed over time. Learn about the unique histories, traditions, weapons, leaders, stats, and fun fact……続きを見る
It is 1066 and the Saxon leadership lie dead at Senlac Hill. Only Aelfraed and his northern rebels hold out against the Norman war machine. Fighting treachery as well as Normans Aelfraed and his war……続きを見る
Peter Simkins has established a reputation over the last forty years as one of the most original and stimulating historians of the First World War. He has made a major contribution to the debate abo……続きを見る
From the acclaimed author of People Who Eat Darkness comes this "deeply felt" account of Indonesia at the crossroads of freedom and terror ( Time, Asia).
In the last years of the twentieth century, ……続きを見る
著者:Bryan Perrett
出版社: Pen & Sword Military
発売日: 2013年11月20日
This book examines the history of the German Army which, for the best part of two centuries, influenced the course of events in Continental Europe. It was an army that studied the conduct of war at ……続きを見る
著者:Roni Wilkinson
出版社: Pen & Sword Military
発売日: 2006年09月18日
Pals on the Somme covers the history of all the Pals Battalions who fought on the Somme during the First World War. The book looks at the events which led to the war and how the Pals phenomenon was ……続きを見る
著者:Anthony Dawson
出版社: Pen & Sword Military
発売日: 2014年06月30日
"Dozens of graphic first-hand accounts of the Charge of the Light Brigade emerge to shed new light on the military blunder immortalised by Tennyson's poem" (The Telegraph (UK)).
The Charge of the Li……続きを見る
著者:Peter Oldham
出版社: Pen & Sword Military
発売日: 2011年02月28日
When the First World War froze into a static line of trenches stretching from the North Sea to the Swiss border, the most obvious means of protection against the murderous machine-gun fire which bot……続きを見る
著者:Vivien Teasdale
出版社: Pen & Sword Military
発売日: 2015年01月30日
When war was declared in August 1914, it not only changed the lives of the soldiers who fought, but also the lives of their families, their neighbourhood and, ultimately, the whole of society. Women……続きを見る
著者:Francis Buckley
出版社: Pen & Sword Military
発売日: 2015年09月30日
This rare primary source account is the story of the hard fighting battalion of the 7th Northumberland Fusiliers, which saw action on the Somme, Passchendaele and in the Battle of Arras. This wonder……続きを見る
Pioneer battalions, created as an expedient in 1914, were a new concept in the British Army. Intended to provide the Royal Engineers, with skilled labour and to relieve the infantry from some of its……続きを見る
A detailed chronicle of a significant opening battle in the Anglo-Zulu War: "The Zulu attack on Rorke's Drift thrillingly retold" (Richard Holmes).
On January 22nd, 1879, the British Army in South A……続きを見る
著者:Alex Lochrie
出版社: Pen & Sword Military
発売日: 2009年11月19日
A soldier's true story of danger and adventure as a modern-day legionnaire in Kuwait, Bosnia, and beyond.
With no French language ability, Alex Lochrie approached recruiters for the French Foreign L……続きを見る
An account by the only British historian to have been granted open access to the Argentines who planned and fought the Falklands War.
Avoiding involvement in the issue of sovereignty and concentrati……続きを見る
The award-winning historian provides a provocative new analysis of the Battle of the Alamoーincluding new information on the fate of Davy Crockett.
Contrary to legend, we now know that the defender……続きを見る
In Sadistic Pleasures, an independent journalist documents the true stories of torture, pain, and merciless psychological abuse endured by 14 Armenian soldiers and civilians who became prisoners of ……続きを見る
The story of the last two Housecarls from Harold Godwinson's army who, forced from England by the Normans, journey down the Russian rivers to join the Varangian Guard where they fight, once more the……続きを見る
This book investigates the challenges related to civil-military cooperation (CIMIC) and offers a new perspective by examining the social role of NATO CIMIC soldiers.
The intertwining of the civilian……続きを見る
Historia de la Guerra del Peloponeso es un relato de la guerra homónima, que tuvo lugar en la Antigua Grecia y que enfrentó a la Liga del Peloponeso (liderada por Esparta) y la Liga de Delos (lidera……続きを見る
This timely volume focuses on the period of decolonization and the Cold War as the backdrop to the emergence of new and diverse literary aesthetics that accompanied anti-imperialist commitments and ……続きを見る