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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857067494Author W H WilkinFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 390g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860540991Author Andrei AricescuFormat PaperbackPage Count 225Imprint BAR PublishingPublisher BAR Publishing

Often the only time a nation evaluates the education of its armed forces is during the aftermath of a great military disaster. Even in the light of an overwhelming victory, such as the Gulf War, questions about how well military education was addressing...

The history of strategic bombing is inextricably intertwined with the history of the Royal Air Force. This book explores the question of doctrinal development in the RAF. It employs a neo-Clausewitzian analysis to reveal that the RAF based the...

This volume provides readers with a historical overview of prominent militias and other extremist groups and offers extensive insights into their nature and ideology. Militias in America delves extensively into the nature and ideology of today's...

The purpose of this book is two-fold. First, it presents in a single place a coherent account of the tumultuous naval events that took place in the Eastern Mediterranean between 1940 and 1945 during World War II. Second, the book aims to demonstrate in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788425301Author Bruce E BurgoyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 354g

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The implementation of disarmament requirements imposed by the Security Council after the Second Gulf War established a strong and unequal power relationship between the United Nations and Iraq. Although the ensuing struggle over imposed disarmament has...

A war of attrition is usually conceptualized as a bloody slogging match, epitomized by imagery of futile frontal assaults on the Western Front of the First World War. As such, many academics, politicians, and military officers currently consider...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780893702670Author Robert ReginaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Borgo PressPublisher Paupers' PressWeight(grams) 270g

This is the story of the evolution of the citizen army throughout Western nations during the nineteenth century and up through World War I. The French Revolution had brought to Europe the concept of military service as a citizen responsibility. Until...

This book traces the development of the Russian Army in reaction to the rise of Hitler. Caught by surprise in 1941, the Red Army had achieved superiority over the Germans by 1943, and had no real need for Western military assistance. The Russians, as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788447563Author Richard J StaatsFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 422g

This reference guide is the only study available that concentrates on the most important military trends in the Third World since 1945. Designed for students and history buffs, this short reference is handy for beginning research on different countries...

1991 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, an event which plunged a basically self-absorbed United States directly into the world's worst conflagration. For years, the United States, which had become a Pacific power almost...

This study considers the complex interplay of factors that shaped and formed the selection, retention, abandonment, and development of the system of flying fields and air bases for the U.S. Army Air Corps and its predecessor organizations over the three...

How did mostly unwanted American military and civilian leaders help conquered people restore law and order, reopen schools, and provide food and housing for a nearly starved population swollen with refugees, war prisoners, and displaced persons in the...

Although the military has historically played a pivotal role in Latin American politics and society, until now little attention has been paid to the complex set of civilian-military relations in each country. This collection of essays, the product of a...

This work provides a theoretical and historical examination of the relationship between provision of military assistance and success in achieving donor aims. Eight case studies, which include the American Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, and the Vietnam...

The enormous popularity of all aspects of World War II over the last half century has produced thousands of books but no single collection of biographies of American military and naval leaders during the war. This is the first definitive book containing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313225642Author James A. AhoFormat HardbackPage Count 258Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313209581Author Jerry M. CooperFormat HardbackPage Count 284Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

In the Post-Cold War Era, the possibility of large-scale military conflict between the superpowers has been replaced by the probability of a series of minor-and perhaps not so minor-regional ones. Many, if not most of those, will take place within reach...

This is a systematic, comparative attitudinal study of the Soviet fighting man. The author interviewed emigre ex-Soviet servicemen from all branches and of all ranks to determine their feelings about their military experience. Each of the three major...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313236181Author Denis Mack SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788414756Author Bob BearorFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 172g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857064080Author John G BourkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 145g

Official history is a misunderstood genre of historical writing, which attracts much negative comment from (non-official) historians but about which very little detail is actually known. This book examines the development of official history programs in...

Huelfer examines the casualty issue in American military thought and practice during the years between the World Wars. He argues that Americans exhibited a distinct aversion to combat casualties duirng the Interwar Period, a phenomenon that visibly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788442957Author Burt Garfield LoescherFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 503g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780275906504Author Ronald HuiskenFormat HardbackPage Count 202Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857062024Author James Archibald HopeFormat HardbackPage Count 276Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 485g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788416330Author Frederick CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 610Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 694g

We know that a supportive family is the key to a person's success. It is fascinating to read a history of military wives that begins to give them the credit they deserve for service to their country and their families. Patricia Schroeder U.S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857066664Author Raymond A P J D Montesquiou-FezensacFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 168g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857062536Author Frances M a RoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 327g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781443449328Author Dillon HillierFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins PublishersWeight(grams) 281g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985973001Author Max RosenbergFormat PaperbackImprint Defense Lion PublicationsPublisher Defense Lion PublicationsWeight(grams) 231g

This selected bibliography on modern European fortifications, from 1850 to 1950, provides a selection of the most important books and articles written on this topic. The work covers regions and countries and includes many sources on such popular topics...