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Why are prisoners horribly abused in some wars but humanely cared for in others? In Life and Death in Captivity, Geoffrey P. R. Wallace explores the profound differences in the ways captives are tre……続きを見る

Les Années de Fureur: Neuf Classiques sur les Souvenirs de Soldats est une anthologie ambitieuse qui explore les thèmes universels de guerre, de mémoire et de survie à travers une panoplie de styles……続きを見る

This book examines the large but neglected topic of the development of maritime power from both an historical and a contemporary point of view. Navies have never been more important than they are no……続きを見る

La humanidad ha practicado la guerra naval desde hace 3000 años. El control de los mares y el comercio que florecía a través de sus aguas fue, de forma constante, una de las necesidades primordiales……続きを見る

WARRIOR. SAMURAI. LEGEND. The remarkable life of history's first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the heights of Japanese society. The man who came to be kn……続きを見る

Shortly after the surprise bombing of Pearl Harbor in late 1941, over 70,000 American and Filipino servicemen were captured by the Japanese in the Philippines. What ensued for these young men is con……続きを見る

This is the fourth, revised and updated, edition of Geoffrey Till's Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-first Century. The rise of the Chinese and other Asian navies, worsening quarrels over maritime j……続きを見る

In recent years Anzac an idea as much as an actual army corps has become the dominant force within Australian history, overshadowing everything else. The commemoration of Anzac Day is bigger than ev……続きを見る

Ground Control: A Design History of Technical Lands and NASA’s Space Complex explores the infrastructural history of the United States rocket launch complex. Working primarily between 1950, the year……続きを見る

Featuring illustrations throughout, a full account of one of the most famous battles that ever occurred. Waterloo holds a special place among the great battles of history. The climax of more than tw……続きを見る

The author describes his Navy life beginning with growing up in the" Cradle of Naval Aviation" in Pensacola, Florida during the mid-1940's and 1950 time periods. He also writes about the social aspe……続きを見る

Clive 'Killer' Caldwell was a natural and brilliant pilot, a superb shot, and a born leader. He saw action against the Germans, Italians and Japanese, and remains Australia's greatest ever fighter p……続きを見る

This book sets out the big data landscape, comprising data abundance, digital connectivity and ubiquitous technology, and shows how the big data landscape and the emerging technologies it fuels are ……続きを見る

In order to win the Cold War, American presidents embraced the mantra of equality of opportunity to justify racial reform efforts within the US military. The problem was that equality of opportunity……続きを見る

'Uplifting and utterly defiant' Matt Nixson, Daily Express 'Immediate and important ... This is an insider's account of how an ordinary life became extraordinary' Helen Davies, The Times This journa……続きを見る

«UNA DE LAS HISTORIAS MÁS FASCINANTES DE LA AVENTURA NAPOLEÓNICA» Antes de convertirse en emperador de los franceses, Napoleón Bonaparte hubo de forjar su leyenda como militar y político en distinto……続きを見る

The Crimean War (1854–56) is widely considered the first modern war with its tactical use of railways, telegraphs, and battleships, its long-range rifles, and its notorious trenches – precursors of ……続きを見る

In 1940, fresh from the success in France, Hitler turned his attention to the East. In this concise e-guide, Geoffrey Jukes explains what led to Hitler's decision to instigate the invasion of the So……続きを見る

Published to coincide with the anniversary of the First World War, this edition, superbly illustrated with contemporary photographs and colour maps, gives readers an insight into all aspects of the ……続きを見る

The Russo-Japanese war saw the first defeat of a major European imperialist power by an Asian country. When Japanese and Russian expansionist interests collided over Manchuria and Korea, the Tsar as……続きを見る

Esteemed Pacific War historian Jeffrey Cox has produced afast-paced and absorbing read of the crucial New Georgia phase of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign during the Pacific War. Thousands of mile……続きを見る

From popular Pacific Theatre expert Jeffrey R. Cox comes this insightful new history of the critical Guadalcanal and Solomons campaign at the height of World War II. Cox's previous book, Morning Sta……続きを見る

En la mañana del 18 de julio de 1936 cuando se produjo el alzamiento militar contra el Gobierno de la República, se dio a su vez una división en la cúpula de las Fuerzas Armadas. En contra de la cre……続きを見る

This gripping account of the Afghan War details the dramatic three-day battle for the Taliban stronghold of Musa Qala in 2007. With a pre-battle population of fifteen to twenty thousand, Musa Qala w……続きを見る

On a hot afternoon in August 1941, a 24-year-old Belgian woman walks into the British consulate in Bilbao, neutral Spain, and demands to see the consul. She presents him with a British soldier she h……続きを見る

When Neil Reynolds was first asked in 2003 whether he'd like to work in Iraq as a private military contractor, he didn't even know where it was on the map. But he would soon learn the ins and outs o……続きを見る

IN JANUARY 1919, AT SOLOHEADBEG IN TIPPERARY, two members of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) were killed by the IRA. In the four bloody years that followed, nearly 500 RIC men were killed and hun……続きを見る

Wojna Jom Kippur została stoczona w 1973 roku pomiędzy koalicją państw arabskich, na czele z Egiptem i Syrią, a Izraelem. W dniu Jom Kippur (Wielki Dzień Pojednania) siły egipskie i syryjskie zaatak……続きを見る

Війна Судного дня відбулася у 1973 році між коаліцією арабських країн на чолі з Єгиптом і Сирією та Ізраїлем. У день Йом-Кіпур (День Великої Спокути) єгипетські та сирійські війська атакували Синайс……続きを見る

Las naciones occidentales –encabezadas por Estados Unidos– disfrutan en la actualidad de una considerable ventaja en casi todos los enfrentamientos militares. ¿Cómo ha llegado a alcanzar tal predomi……続きを見る