M.B - Military 3

This is a short memoir that recalls John Batten’s service in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War. From the beginning: “After bidding my relatives and friends good-bye, I proceeded to Philadelphia, Pa……続きを見る

Lyndon B. Johnson and the Politics of Arms Sales to Israel seeks to reconstruct and elucidate the processes behind the decisions made by the Johnson Administration during the years 1965-68 to sell I……続きを見る

Nineteen months before the D-Day invasion of Normandy, Allied assault forces landed in North Africa in Operation TORCH, the first major amphibious operation of the war in Europe. Under the direction……続きを見る

'Alive with human detail and acute political judgement, this book marks the arrival of a formidably gifted historian.' – Dan Jones, author of The Plantagenets and The Templars It was around half-pas……続きを見る

This short microhistory details the life and death of Eddie McKay, a varsity athlete at Western University, who flew with the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War. Graham Broad switches creativ……続きを見る

ABOUT THE ART OF WAR By Sun Tzu The Art of War (Sunzi bingfa) is a 5th-century BCE military treatise written by the Chinese strategist Sun-Tzu (aka Sunzi or Sun Wu). Covering all aspects of warfare,……続きを見る

Covering the period from the re-establishment of the Irish militia during the Crimean War until the disbandment of the Ulster Defence Regiment in 1992, this book examines the Irish amateur military ……続きを見る

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE ‘A wake-up call’ Amal Clooney ‘Devastating… rape and sexual abuse continue to be a pervasive and all-too-often hidden featu……続きを見る

Klokken to om natten den 29. juni 1864 glider en sværm af prøjsiske landgangsbåde ud på det spejlblanke sund med kurs mod Als, hvor den danske hær befinder sig. Da de er halvvejs, opdager danskerne ……続きを見る

Becky er journalist og tager til Afghanistan for at skrive om hverdagen ved fronten. Hun møder oversergenten Mikael, og en intens kærlighed blusser op mellem dem. De er konstant i livsfare, og de ve……続きを見る

Hele tre danske brigader var dødsdømte, da de om aftenen den 17. april 1864 rykkede op i de sønderbombede skanser på Dybbøl Banke, som blev belejret af en prøjsisk hær fire gange større end den dans……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur la bataille de Sedan en moins d’une heure ! Le 1er septembre 1870 se joue l’avenir du Second Empire. Les forces prussiennes désireuses d’obtenir l’unifi……続きを見る

This book analyzes a series of decisions by leaders of three major terrorist organizations and identifies a unique "Decision DNA" for each of them. The authors use the Applied Decision Analysis meth……続きを見る

Stalag Luft One, was first published in 1947 as Vacation with Pay (and with the wonderfully tongue-in cheek subtitle: Being an account of my stay at the German rest camp for tired allied airmen at b……続きを見る

In this book, two national-security experts put the exploits of America’s special operation forces in historical and strategic context. David Tucker and Christopher J. Lamb offer an incisive overvie……続きを見る

Diary of a Kriegie is the personal account of United Press correspondent Edward Beattie following his capture in France and imprisonment by the Germans for the final eight months of the Second World……続きを見る

Nuclear weapons are the elusive ‘toys’ of modern warfare and are hankered after by every Middle Eastern government. Although no Middle eastern government has formally admitted that the purpose of it……続きを見る

Not all war heroes have had their stories told. Many lived and died in anonymity. Uncommon Warrior, the sequel to Michael’s Messengers, continues to recount the many extraordinary World War II accom……続きを見る

In 'A Gold Hunter's Experience' by Chalkley J. Hambleton, the reader is taken on a vivid journey through the gold rush era of the American west. The book is written in a descriptive and immersive st……続きを見る

In 2003, newly minted Private First Class Paul Warmbier left behind the world he knew for something much more complicated. At 17, Paul signed up for a wartime adventure with the Marine Corps infantr……続きを見る

In Buying Military Transformation, Peter Dombrowski and Eugene Gholz analyze the United States military's ongoing effort to capitalize on information technology. New ideas about military doctrine de……続きを見る

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history' Bill Gates 'Easily our fullest, richest, most panoramic history of the subject' N……続きを見る

Excerpt: "After bidding my relatives and friends good-bye, I proceeded to Philadelphia, Pa., and reported for duty on board the United States steamer Princeton, which was lying anchored in the Delaw……続きを見る

The Israeli army, officially named the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), was established in 1948 by David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, who believed that 'the whole nation is the army'. In h……続きを見る

During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, over 200,000 prisoners of war of many nationalities were brought to Britain to be held in the infamous prison hulks, land prisons and parole depo……続きを見る

Con valentía y seguro de sus convicciones, Salomón H. Soria, ofrece en este relato autobiográfico el episodio mas importante pero doloroso de su vida: El secuestro y la tortura física, así como psic……続きを見る

The British South Africa Police, Origins and Early History 1885–1901 by 1084 Trooper William Bernard Bussy comprises articles that first appeared in the Police Review (forerunner to the Outpost) bet……続きを見る

Laure Humbert explores how humanitarian aid in occupied Germany was influenced by French politics of national recovery and Cold War rivalries. She examines the everyday encounters between French off……続きを見る

This book offers the first analysis of the brutalisation paradigm in counter-insurgency warfare. Minimising the use of force and winning over the population’s opinion is said to be the cornerstone o……続きを見る

Ernest J. Chambers' 'The Montreal Highland Cadets' is a captivating historical novel set in the late 19th century, focusing on the formation and training of a group of young cadets. The book intrica……続きを見る