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The Notes of the Gallic War (Lat. Commentarii de Bello Gallico) is a work by Gaius Julius Caesar in which in eight books he described his conquest of Gaul in 58-50 BC, as well as the two crossings ……続きを見る

#1 NEW RELEASE ON AMAZON The Great Roman Empire was no stranger to rebellions, but who were the rebels behind these lost causes, and what fueled their brazen plights? Despite their many differences,……続きを見る

What does the future hold for humanity in these uncertain times? While living in a battered, conflicted, and unstable global reality, it seems difficult to imagine a less embroiled reality. Reflecti……続きを見る

Over the course of World War II, guerrillas from across the Philippines opposed Imperial Japan’s occupation of the archipelago. Although the guerrillas never possessed the combat strength to overcom……続きを見る

As the Allied invasion of Italy wore on through the summer of 1943, Mussolini was unexpectedly overthrown and imprisoned by his own people in a remote mountaintop resort. Hitler was furious when he ……続きを見る

Every Civil War buff has heard of the Battle of Chantilly, the bloody 1862 engagement fought in a driving rainstorm only twenty miles from Washington that claimed the lives of two of the Union's mos……続きを見る

«Un libro che tutti dovrebbero leggere». Carlo Rovelli Dopo gli orrori della seconda guerra mondiale, con l’istituzione nel 1945 delle Nazioni Unite allo scopo di mantenere la pace, la guerra è stat……続きを見る

Israel's 2009 invasion of Gaza was an act of aggression that killed over a thousand Palestinians and devastated the infrastructure of an already impoverished enclave. The Punishment of Gaza shows ho……続きを見る

Avec ce deuxième livre s’ouvre le temps des sacrifices consentis par les cadres et les militants du FLN ainsi que par les djounoud de l’ALN. S’ouvre aussi le temps des terribles épreuves subies par ……続きを見る

Infectious disease, wounded and dying soldiers, and a shortage of supplies were the daily realities faced by the nuns who nursed with Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War. This study documents th……続きを見る

Discover the stories behind more than 90 of the world's most significant battles in this lavishly illustrated history book. The most important battles ever to take place are brought to life in the m……続きを見る

When an enemy bullet tore through George S. Patton's body during WWI, PFC Angelo carried his commander to a shallow crater, bandaged his wound, and fought off the enemy for several hours. This heroi……続きを見る

Pendant une décennie effrayante, Andrew Graham- Yooll fut le rédacteur en chef du Buenos Aires Herald, le quotidien anglophone de la capitale argentine. Autour de lui, régulièrement, amis et connais……続きを見る

Comment parler aujourd’hui de l’Ukraine ? Comment rédiger ce petit livre qui prétend fouiller l’âme ukrainienne comme le font tous les ouvrages de notre collection ? Ces deux questions ne nous ont p……続きを見る

Austerlitz, Bailén, Wagram, Borodinó, Trafalgar, Leipzig, Waterloo… son algunos de los nombres intrínsecamente asociados a las Guerras Napoleónicas, un conflicto que, a lo largo de más de dos década……続きを見る

Il contratto preparato nell’estate del 1937 da Faber and Faber e da Random House riguardava un generico «libro di viaggio sull’Estremo Oriente» e lasciava alla discrezione di Auden e Isherwood la sc……続きを見る

Kulkarni's reminiscences of valour, heroism and courage on the Siachen glacier are like an action-packed thriller. The reader will find operational details, including many 'fog of war' situations, i……続きを見る

Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre la batalla de Solferino, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo. En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá: • E……続きを見る

Space technology was developed to enhance the killing power of the state. The Moon landings and the launch of the Space Shuttle were mere sideshows, drawing public attention away from the real goal:……続きを見る

On the heels of a pogrom of Eastern Nigerians (predominantly Igbos) in the Northern Region of Nigeria in 1966, and an unsuccessful attempt at Mediation in Aburi, Ghana, the Governor of Eastern Niger……続きを見る

'The extraordinary writers in this volume articulate the taste, the terror, and the dialect of war; they command their powers of description to face a shameless empire intent on annihilating them' E……続きを見る

The successor to the Chieftain from the 1960's, work began in 1976 on development of a new MBT specifically for the Iranian army, who needed a more capable tank than the Chieftain to suit their clim……続きを見る

An accessible illustrated introduction to the brutal conflict in the former Yugoslavia, one of the greatest yet least understood tragedies of the 20th century. In 1991, an ethnically diverse and pea……続きを見る

Fully illustrated with colour maps and images, this is an accessible introduction to one of history's most heavily romanticized and mythologized campaigns. Dr Gregory Fremont-Barnes presents a detai……続きを見る

Fully illustrated with colour maps and 50 images, this is an accessible introduction to the most violent, turbulent, cruel and exciting chapter in Japanese history. In 1467 the Onin War ushered in a……続きを見る

Driven by the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the insecurities it provoked in Saddam Hussein's Iraqi dictatorship, the Iran–Iraq War would become the largest conventional conflict of the period. Curi……続きを見る

This highly illustrated title traces the development of mercenary soldiering from individuals and small units in the African wars of the 1960s–90s to today's state-employed corporate military contra……続きを見る

In this fully illustrated introduction, Dr Michael Lynch provides a concise overview of the Chinese Civil War, a defining conflict in world history. Between the end of World War II and the dawn of t……続きを見る

The Vikings' siege of Paris in 885–86 was a turning point in the history of both Paris and France. In 885, a year after Charles the Fat was crowned King of the Franks, Danish Vikings sailed up the S……続きを見る

A highly illustrated and detailed study of one of the most important campaigns in the colonization of the Americas, the Spanish conquest of the vast Inca Empire. In April 1532 a bloody civil war bet……続きを見る