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Max Benitz reports from the frontline of a highly controversial war in a perceptive and revealing account of several months spent in Afghanistan with this world-famous infantry battalion. Training w……続きを見る

The English Civil War is a subject of perennial interest. This book presents the 'essentials' of the conflict in the form of a readable chronological narrative, beginning with the causes of the war ……続きを見る

In the spring of 1980, the Irish Department of Defence sanctioned the establishment of a new unit within the Irish Defence Forces and the Irish Army Ranger Wing (ARW) came into being. In the decades……続きを見る

Charles Dalton was only fourteen years old when he joined the Irish Volunteers in 1917. By 1920 he had been appointed to Michael Collins' elite intelligence unit. In this book he describes his role ……続きを見る

In this new book, Liam Ó Duibhir charts the struggle for independence, both militarily and politically, in Donegal from before the events of Easter 1916 until the truce in 1921.Donegal has long been……続きを見る

In 1992 Bosnia descended into a savage and bitter civil war, which by 1995 had claimed over a quarter of a million lives. Following the Dayton Peace Agreement between the warring Bosnian Serbs, Musl……続きを見る

Journalist and Editor Michael Clayton worked his way up from local newspapers to BBC war correspondent, with radio and magazine experience inbetween. From the sharp end of the action in Vietnam, to ……続きを見る

When the Free State army captured Limerick city in mid-July 1922, Republican forces retreated south towards Cork and made their next determined stand around Kilmallock. This area barred the way to t……続きを見る

The interior of the old Ford armoured car stank of sweat, blood and acrid smoke. Pat's eyes desperately struggled to focus in the gloom of the biting cordite fog …On 15 September 1961, Trooper Patri……続きを見る

By the sixth week of the Irish Civil War in 1922, all eyes turned to Cork, as the National Army readied its climactic attack on the 'rebel capital'. At 2 a.m. on a Bank Holiday Monday, Emmet Dalton ……続きを見る

The first crusade was set in motion by Pope Urban II in 1095 and culminated in the capture of Jerusalem from the Muslims four years later. In 1291 the fall of Acre marked the loss of the last Christ……続きを見る

Cold War Liberation examines the African revolutionaries who led armed struggles in three Portuguese coloniesーAngola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissauーand their liaisons in Moscow, Prague, East Berli……続きを見る

The Falklands War is a story of occupation, fierce air battles, heavy naval losses and bitter encounters between ground forces amidst an inhospitable terrain and unforgiving climate. With complex po……続きを見る

The Crimean War was the most destructive conflict of Queen Victoria's reign, the outcome of which was indecisive; most historians regard it as an irrelevant and unnecessary conflict despite its fame……続きを見る

In 1982, 8,000 miles from home, in a harsh environment and without the newest and most sophisticated equipment, the numerically inferior British Task Force defeated the Argentinian forces occupying ……続きを見る

In the early twentieth century there was a war brewing on Britain's doorstep. Northern Ireland was filled with discrimination and suspicion, a sense of foreboding that would soon erupt into full-blo……続きを見る

With a plot to grace any comic opera, the 1859-72 'Pig War' broke out when an American living on a quietly disputed small island in the Gulf of Georgia shot a British pig he found rooting up his gar……続きを見る

Upadek Konstantynopola w 1453 roku był ważnym punktem zwrotnym w historii Europy: zacięta bitwa w tym kluczowym mieście handlowym zakończyła się upadkiem Cesarstwa Bizantyjskiego i powstaniem Imperi……続きを見る

Căderea Constantinopolului în 1453 a reprezentat un moment de cotitură majoră în istoria Europei: o bătălie crâncenă în acest oraș comercial crucial s-a încheiat cu prăbușirea Imperiului Bizantin și……続きを見る

Падіння Константинополя у 1453 році стало важливим поворотним моментом в європейській історії: запекла битва за це ключове торгове місто завершилася падінням Візантійської імперії та піднесенням Осм……続きを見る

Konstantinopolis'in 1453'te düşmesi Avrupa tarihinde önemli bir dönüm noktası oldu: Bu önemli ticaret kentinde yaşanan şiddetli bir savaş, Bizans İmparatorluğu'nun çöküşü ve sonraki yüzyıllarda bölg……続きを見る

Падение Константинополя в 1453 году стало важным поворотным моментом в истории Европы: ожесточенная битва в этом важнейшем торговом городе завершилась падением Византийской империи и возвышением Осм……続きを見る

Between 1969 and 1998, over 4,000 people lost their lives in the small country of Northern Ireland. The vast majority of these deaths were sectarian in nature and involved ordinary civilians, killed……続きを見る

In 1854 Britain and France were at war to save 'poor little Turkey', the crumbling Ottoman Empire, from the menace of Russian expansionism. On 25 October they were nine days into what would become a……続きを見る

Katerina Gordeeva - ausgezeichnet mit dem Geschwister-Scholl-Preis 2024 des Börsenvereins des Deutschen Buchhandels – Landesverband Bayern e. V. und der Landeshauptstadt München. »In ihrem auch lite……続きを見る

Le 24 février 2022, la guerre frappait à nouveau à nos portes. Depuis lors, toutes les grandes puissances sont concernées. Le monde en porte d’ores et déjà les stigmates. L’OTAN est sortie de son ét……続きを見る

From the historical perspective, the Cold War can be regarded as an extension and continuation of colonialism via different means. The tools and methods that the superpowers, as well as local allies……続きを見る

This anthology of essays written by author retired US Army Brigadier General Wayne Michael Hall involves critical thinking and planning in the new age-the Information Age-in relation to the Arrow of……続きを見る

There I was as my arm jerked forward, and a new sensation filled my mindーpanic. Thoughts filled my head quickly: today I'm going to die, this is it, this airplane is going to blow up any second, we……続きを見る

Known in the Medford area as "doctor", James Still was not a licensed physician. The title was conferred by grateful patients who welcomed his gentle remedies after the "heroic" treatment prescribed……続きを見る