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This book analyses the origins, development and impact of British Army recruiting in the Scottish Highlands in the period from 1739 to 1815. It examines the interaction of government, landlords and ……続きを見る

The sequence of civil wars that ripped England apart in the seventeenth century was the single most traumatic event in this country between the medieval Black Death and the two world wars. Indeed, i……続きを見る

In 1939, Britain declared war on Germany, and a young Canadian working at the experimental gardens in Craibstone, Scotland, voluntarily enlisted in the Royal Air Force. These are the memoirs of my l……続きを見る

An alternate interpretation of The Bible based on Zecharia Sitchin's translations of ancient Sumerian texts, and its influence on wars of the past to the present. 続きを見る

Chocolate Soldier is the true story of a young man’s coming of age in South Africa’s turbulent Apartheid years; an autobiographical account of his experience in the SADF, serving in a Mounted Infant……続きを見る

The name Waterloo has become synonymous with final, crushing defeat. Now this legendary battle is re-created in a groundbreaking book by an eminent British military historian making his major Americ……続きを見る

A gripping account of the epic hunt for Hitler’s most terrifying battleship – the legendary Tirpitz – and the brave men who risked their lives to attack and destroy this most potent symbol of the Na……続きを見る

President Abraham Lincoln said he wouldn't have been able to survive the Civil War without his jokes and amusing stories. That war was by far the greatest struggle the United States has ever faced. ……続きを見る

A short nonfiction book about the origins of money and The Federal Reserve System and its part in WWI, The Great Depression, WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and both Gulf Wars, as well as the……続きを見る

At various times in his military career Frederick the Great seemed on the cusp of a major defeat, yet always to find ways to extricate himself a secure a victory for himself and his lands. Frederick……続きを見る

Most people don't know any more about the Army than what they read in Beetle Bailey© comics. The author, Jack Durish, didn't before he joined it. His father never served. His brother served in the N……続きを見る

Ein Tatsachenbericht über die Kriegsgefangenschaft in Sibirien eines deutschen Soldaten nach dem 2. Weltkrieg. Überleben unter Extrembedingungen im äußersten Osten Russlands. 続きを見る

The siege of Mafeking still stands as one of the British Military’s high achievements, especially during the depths of the badly handled Boer War. The successful defence and relief were a shot in th……続きを見る

The New York Times bestselling authors and former Special Operations veterans, Brandon Webb, Jack Murphy, and Peter Nealen details the dangers of ISIS and how America can stop the religious extremis……続きを見る

Military historical case studies provide insight for military planners. Military planners cannot afford to ignore history when planning in today’s complex environment. This thesis analyzes military ……続きを見る

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny] Colonel MacKenzie was only a young subaltern of three years’ serv……続きを見る

‘Boldly planned, bravely executed and brilliantly accomplished’ was Margaret Thatcher’s assessment of the Falklands campaign. But what did the war mean to the men in the trenches and below decks? Th……続きを見る

Industrial espionage on behalf of the President of the United States of America. but this isn't a movie. It's the true story of Lawrence Bell, president of Bell Aircraft, and his 1938 journey throug……続きを見る

Kill Chain is the essential history of drone warfare, a development in military technology that, as Andrew Cockburn demonstrates, has its origins in long-buried secret programmes dating to US milita……続きを見る

November 1989: Die Mauer fällt, die Grenze ist offen, das geteilte Land ist wieder vereint. Also alles in Ordnung? Nicht ganz. Selbst ein Vierteljahrhundert später bezeichnen die Medien die fünf os……続きを見る

Fiasco, Thomas E. Ricks’s #1 New York Times bestseller, transformed the political dialogue on the war in IraqーThe Gamble is the next news breaking installment Thomas E. Ricks uses hundreds of hours……続きを見る

Professor Robert J. Rayback’s history of Millard Fillmore is still the best biography of the 13th President of the United States. In one of the many unexplained, unfortunate quirks of history, most ……続きを見る

[Includes over 140 maps, portraits and illustrations] Field Marshal “Bob” Roberts was one the most successful and well-loved generals of the British Army, decorated and distinguished in many actions……続きを見る

Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny Following the publication of 1st Earl Roberts’ account of the Mutin……続きを見る

Forty-one years in India by the British author, Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts.Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts was a British soldier and this book will tell you about his duty in the Indian reb……続きを見る

Une des plus audacieuses opérations commando de la Seconde Guerre mondiale Peut-on être à la fois un héros des Services spéciaux de Sa Majesté et l’un des plus grands écrivains du XXe siècle ? Patri……続きを見る

A Vintage Shorts Original Selection “Why do some forms of violenceーthe beheading of journalists by the Islamic State, a bombing in Ankara, or the attacks in San Bernardino and Orlandoーmake us feel……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

On December 17, 1903, in a fragile little plane which they had built at home for less than $1,000, Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first powered flights in the history of mankindーand opened the ……続きを見る

Can you keep a secret? Maybe you can, but the United States government cannot. Since the birth of the country, nations large and small, from Russia and China to Ghana and Ecuador, have stolen the mo……続きを見る