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Most Americans are aware that Texas gained its independence from Santa Annas Mexico in the 1840s. Mention of the Alamo evokes the familiar names of heroes like Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and William T……続きを見る

Core Values By: Dr. Janice M. Brooks, Master Sergeant, USMC, Ret.   With an ever-changing battlefield and technological landscape, military leadership must adapt to new challenges in order to meet t……続きを見る

Innovation shapes wars, and twelve studies by former faculty members of West Point’s United States Military Academy examine specific cases of past and present military innovation. The complex, compe……続きを見る

Finalist, 2018, Reference, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award The Maps of Fredericksburg: An Atlas of the Fredericksburg Campaign, Including all Cavalry Operations, September 18, 18……続きを見る

Jakob Scharf taler ud efter tre års tavshed. I en insiderberetning om Politiets Efterretningstjeneste sætter Jakob Scharf ansigt på mørkemændene, der i tiden efter Muhammedkrisen konspirerede om mas……続きを見る

"United States Marines in World War II" is a thoroughly written history of Marines' military campaigns in Europe, Africa and the Pacific during the Second World War. Marines played a central role in……続きを見る

Today, war is considered a last resort for resolving disagreements. But a day of staged slaughter on the battlefield was once seen as a legitimate means of settling political disputes. James Whitman……続きを見る

The true story of one young naval officer's journey to war. Spring, 1982. The government of Argentina seizes control of an obscure group of islands in the South Atlantic. And the Falklands War, the ……続きを見る

Japan in the Asia-Pacific War years is usually remembered for economic deprivation, political repression, and cultural barrenness. Benjamin Uchiyama argues that although the war created the opportun……続きを見る

Snapshots taken by American soldiers of Iraqi prisoners stripped naked, humiliated and tortured, shocked the worldin 2004. But, as Private Pictures reveals, far from this beinga phenomenon of the di……続きを見る

Private James Herbert (Herb) Gibson was 26 years old when he volunteered for service in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War. Born near Perth, Ontario and descended from Scottish ……続きを見る

From Diana Darke, the acclaimed author of My House in Damascus and The Merchant of Syria, comes the extraordinary true story of a heroic ambulance driver who created a cat sanctuary in the midst of ……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1985, is a scholarly examination of the of the British wartime evacuation of 4 million people, mostly children, from the cities to the countryside – and how it affected……続きを見る

Two decades on from 9/11, the Taliban now control more than half of Afghanistan. Few would have foreseen such an outcome, and there is little understanding of how Afghans living in Taliban territory……続きを見る

The authors of Education, War & Peace travelled to Liberia, Sierra Leone and South Sudan to conduct research on education in these conflict-affected countries. They uncovered an inspiring story of e……続きを見る

“There I Wuz” refers to being in flight somewhere in the sky or perhaps in an otherwise routine situation when something unforeseen happened. It was the way aviators started their most gripping stor……続きを見る

A Ira do Javali é uma coletânea de histórias de um piloto de A-10 Warthog (Javali) em ação durante a Guerra no Afeganistão, operando a partir da Base Aérea de Bagram Airbase com a bela Cordilheira A……続きを見る

Este livro trata de tema crucial para o conhecimento da sociedade brasileira, em particular da maneira como dirigentes estatais conceberam a função do Exército nacional. Denuncia práticas seletivas ……続きを見る

"Duró el ímpetu grande de la batalla cerca de cuatro horas y fue tan sangrienta y horrenda que parecía que la mar y el fuego fuese todo uno, viendo dentro de la misma agua arderse muchas galeras tur……続きを見る

Las campañas de Marruecos, que se extendieron durante casi dos décadas, entre 1909 y 1927, marcaron indeleblemente la historia de España durante el siglo XX. Miles de soldados españoles hubieron de ……続きを見る

'Essential reading for all those interested in how India will deal with its greatest strategic challenge, an increasingly powerful China**'-SHIVSHANKAR MENON** 'Vijay Gokhale strips away the illusi……続きを見る

Excerpt: "There was an air of great refinement in both husband and wife, an air that contrasted strongly and strangely with their plain attire and circumscribed dwelling. Greville Hampton's face was……続きを見る

Excerpt: "Among the many gallant Irishmen, and those descended from the Irish race, who served in the armies of France, and sought there those honours and distinctions which political misfortune and……続きを見る

A New Naval History brings together the most significant and interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary naval history. The last few decades have witnessed a transformation in how this field is res……続きを見る

As an academic field in its own right, the topic of border studies is experiencing a revival in university geography courses as well as in wider political commentary. Until recently, border studies ……続きを見る

The basis of the film starring Orlando Bloom and Scott Eastwood, The Outpost is the heartbreaking and inspiring story of one of America's deadliest battles during the war in Afghanistan, acclaimed b……続きを見る

**Longlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing** 'A tragic portrait of a disappearing world, created with passion and literary grace' SALMAN RUSHDIE 'Janine di Giovanni is a humane and pe……続きを見る

Servant leadership in the military focuses on officers putting the needs of others above their own and seeing through the eyes of the people. When servant-leadership is combined with the understandi……続きを見る

This book reconstructs the historical transition in the undivided Panjab during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It shows that the assertion of Mughal and Afghan suzerainty faced sustained r……続きを見る

The History of Chivalry by G.P.R. James describes the manners and customs , the political landscape during the time of the Crusades and the ultimate destruction of the Order of the Knights Templar. ……続きを見る