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Sickness, Suffering, and the Sword
The British Regiment on Campaign, 1808–1815
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Although an army’s success is often measured in battle outcomes, its victories depend on strengths that may be less obvious on the field. In Sickness, Suffering, and the Sword, military historian Andrew Bamford assesses the effectiveness of the British Army in sustained campaigning during the Napoleonic...
Virtuous War
Mapping the Military-Industrial-Media-Entertainment-Network
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2009
Virtuous War is the first book to map the emergence and judge the consequences of a new military-industrial-media-entertainment network. James Der Derian takes the reader from a family history of war and genocide to new virtual battlespaces in the Mojave Desert, Silicon Valley, Hollywood and American...
Xenophon's Cyrus the Great
The Arts of Leadership and War
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
In 1906, a stilted English translation of Xenophon of Athens' story about Cyrus the Great's military campaigns was published. Now, a century later, a much more accessible edition of one of history's most extraordinary and successful leaders is emerging.
Among his many achievements, this great...
Monongahela 1754–55
Washington’s defeat, Braddock’s disaster
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
On 9 July 1755 amid the wilderness of North America, Britain suffered one of the most humiliating defeats in her history. General Braddock's army, a mixture of British regulars and American militia, was shattered, losing over 900 men from a force of 1,300. Braddock was killed and the remnants of his...
Russia's Chechen Wars 1994-2000
Lessons from Urban Combat
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2001
An examination of the difficulties faced by the Russian military in planningand carrying out urban operations in Chechnya.Russian and rebel military forces fought to control the Chechen city ofGrozny in the winters of 1994-1995 and 1999-2000, as well as clashing insmaller towns and villages. The author...
D-Day: The Decision to Launch
A Selection from D-Day: The Battle for Normandy (Penguin Tracks)
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
The little-known drama of the last-minute decision to launch the invasion of Normandy—excerpted from the internationally bestselling D-Day: The Battle for Normandy
In D-Day: The Decision to Launch, excerpted from Antony Beevor’s bestselling book D-Day: The Battle for Normandy, readers get the...
by James Hamilton-Paterson
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
The fascinating story of the spy plane SR-71 Blackbird—the fastest manned aircraft in the history of aviation.
The SR-71 Blackbird, the famed “spy” jet, was deliberately designed to be the world's fastest and highest-flying aircraft—and its success has never been approached since.
It...
The Gallic Wars (lllustrated)
Commentarii de Bello Gallico
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2015
“Gaul is divided into three parts.”
Originally composed for propaganda purposes, Julius Caesar’s war diary is one of the earliest examples of a military science manual, detailing arms technology, tactical maneuvers, battlefield politics, espionage, intelligence and even the role played...
Samurai Tales
Courage, Fidelity and Revenge in the Final Years of the Shogun
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Samurai Tales is about the legendary men from the samurai class who fought for the helm of power in 19th century Japan. These are stories of courage, honor, fidelity, disgrace, fate, and destiny set in the bloody time of political change and social upheaval in the final years of the Shogun.
The...
by Department of the Army
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2007
This handbook offers the techniques and tactics that make Army Rangers the best soldiers in the world. These highly-trained, easily-deployable, and widely-skilled infantrymen specialize in airborne assault, raids, recovery of personnel and equipment, and airfield seizure, among other difficult and...
by Carl Von Clausewitz, Andy McNab
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Introduction by SAS and Gulf War hero Andy McNab DCM MM
Includes all three volumes of On War’s 1908 edition
Every diagram and map from Von Clausewitz’s original
Translated by Col JJ Graham
Bonus material: Introductions and notes by Col FN Maude, CB
Bonus material: A memoir of Von Clausewitz...
by John Keegan
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
The acclaimed author and preeminent military historian John Keegan examines centuries of human conflict. From primitive man in the bronze age to the end of the cold war in the twentieth century, Keegan shows how armed conflict has been a primary preoccupation throughout the history of civilization...
Guerrilla Warfare
Authorized Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
· First authorized edition to be published, with revised translation. . The title suggests it is a manual for would-be guerrillas. In fact, it is more of a political analysis, and marks the first time Che argues for the primacy of the subjective factor in the building of a revolutionary movement...
by Lawrence Freedman
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
This book analyzes the strategic implications of the shift in focus for the US Armed Forces from regular to irregular war. Lawrence Freedman closely examines the difficulty the US Armed Forces face in shifting their focus from preparing for regular wars, in which combat is separated from civil society, to irregular wars, in which combat is integrat