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The film Gettysburg introduced the general public to Union cavalry leader John Buford and his key role on the first day of the battle no full-length biography of the general has ever been written until now.Book InformationISBN 9780306812743Author Edward...

This book, first published in 1944, stresses the point that there is no shortcut to successful wartime leadership, and pays a close analysis to the attributes that contribute to being a sound leader of soldiers. Written in the middle of the Second World...

From World War I to Operation Desert Storm, American policymakers have repeatedly invoked the "lessons of history" as they contemplated taking their nation to war. Do these historical analogies actually shape policy, or are they primarily tools of...

In three global conflicts and countless colonial campaigns, tens of thousands of black West Indian soldiers fought and died for Britain, first as slaves and then as volunteers. These all but forgotten regiments were unique because they were part of the...

Russia's forceful reentry into the Middle Eastern arena, and the accentuated continuity of Soviet policy and methods of the 1960s and '70s, highlight the topicality of this groundbreaking study, which confirms the USSR's role in shaping Middle Eastern...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837156286Author Robert N. GreeneFormat HardbackPage Count 427Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982367780Author Robert J MuellerFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint French BattlefieldsPublisher French BattlefieldsWeight(grams) 540g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780947506797Author Ron CrosbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Oratia BooksPublisher Oratia MediaWeight(grams) 450gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 160mm * 14mm

From December 1915 until the armistice of November 1918, Sir Douglas Haig was commander-in-chief of the largest army his country had ever put into the field. He has been portrayed as both an incompetent 'butcher and bungler' and a clear-sighted,...

The decades-long love story of a NASA commander and the leader of the Astronaut Wives ClubFar Side of the Moon is the untold, fully authorized story of the lives of Frank and Susan Borman. One was a famous astronaut-an instrumental part of the Apollo...

SAS: The Autobiography is the story of the world's most famous special forces regiment by those who truly know it - the troopers and officers themselves. From the dust of the wartime desert and raids on harboured Luftwaffe aircraft to sniping al-Qaeda...

SAS: The Autobiography is the story of the world's most famous special forces regiment by those who truly know it - the troopers and officers themselves. From the dust of the wartime desert and raids on harboured Luftwaffe aircraft to sniping al-Qaeda...

Iraq recovered its full sovereignty at the end of 2011, with the departure of all US military forces. The 2003 invasion was undertaken to dismantle a regime that had long threatened its own population and regional peace, as well as to establish a stable,...

Drawn from the award-winning 5-volume Encyclopedia of War, this valuable, one-volume reference provides readers with essential information on the conflicts and concepts that shaped global warfare in the twentieth-century and up to the present day. *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804119221Author Larry GwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 171mm...

Here is an unforgettable, graphic account of the final days in the Fuhrer's headquarters, deep under the shattered city of Berlin as World War II in Europe drew to a close. From James P. O'Donnell's interviews with fifty eyewitnesses to the madness and...

This book is a rare memoir from a Waffen-SS soldier who fought for six years in some of the most savage fighting on the Russian front during WWII. A volunteer, initially in the SS-Heimwehr Danzig, which became part of the SS-Totenkopf-Division in 1939,...

Walk the Wall, gaze northwards across hostile territory, man the turrets and milecastles...What was life like for the Roman troops stationed on Hadrian's Wall? Follow the life of one man, a Tungrian soldier, through recruitment, training, garrison duty...

This full-color book covers nearly all of the NATO, and other European armies' camouflaged uniforms, and not only shows and explains the many patterns, but also their efficacy of design. Described and illustrated are the variety of materials tested in...

'I swear to thee, Adolf Hitler, as Fuhrer and Chancellor of the German Reich, loyalty and bravery. I vow to thee, and to the superiors whom thou shalt appoint, obedience unto death, so help me God.' - SS Oath of LoyaltyThe divisions of the Waffen-SS were...

***Winner of an English PEN Award 2021*** During the 1948 war more than 750,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were violently expelled from their homes by Zionist militias. The legacy of the Nakba - which translates to 'disaster' or 'catastrophe' - lays...

This book covers in detail the Tiger variants Elefant, Jagdtiger, and Sturmtiger.About the AuthorWolfgang Schneider has written widely on the development and history of armored vehicles. He was a tank officer in the German Army.Book InformationISBN...

The centrepiece of this memoir by Sir Christopher Mallaby, former British Ambassador in Germany and France, is the unification of Germany in 1990, the culmination of years of work by Sir Christopher and his colleagues. He held different views from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683342694Author Michael GarlockFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Pineapple Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

Two distinguished historians tell the story of the early modern soldier of Europe, a figure often misunderstood, in the period spanning from 1494 to 1789. He is the freebooting Landsknecht of the sixteenth century, swaggering in dilapidated finery...

Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780313248047Author Samuel F. ScottFormat HardbackPage Count 552Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313241611Author Roger J. SpillerFormat HardbackPage Count 1383Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954597207Author Robert FoxFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Agenda PublishingPublisher Agenda Publishing

Admiral Sir Victor Alfred Trumper “VAT” Smith AC KBE CB DSC MiD RAN is a towering figure in Australian naval circles, his extraordinary career spanning almost 50 years. As the first graduate of the Royal Australian Naval College to be promoted full...

Intelligence Operations: Understanding Data, Tools, People, and Processes helps readers understand the various issues and considerations an intelligence professional must tackle when reviewing, planning, and managing intelligence operations, regardless...

To the people of Great BritainWorld War II was the deadliest and bloodiest war in history. Never before or since have so many people made such a personal sacrifice in the line of duty.Raiders tells the extraordinary true stories of six of the most daring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845741518Author Henry HoussayeFormat PaperbackPage Count 521Imprint Naval & Military Press LtdPublisher Naval & Military Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804511862Author Quintin BarryFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804516355Author HarringtonFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515457Author Charles J EsdaileFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

'A book that brings Churchill's long life alive; connecting the reader to his many actions and interests through a carefully curated selection of objects.' — Allen Packwood, Director of Churchill Archives Centre One of the most recognisable public...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804511657Author Trevor B. McIntyreFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765130995Author Robert J. NiemiFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Eight American military veterans of the Vietnam/Cold War era describe their service and its influence on their lives. Their service is shaped by the history of America’s raising of its military forces with particular emphasis on the use of mandatory...

This is the story of the New Zealand R Patrol, Long Range Desert Group, who within their ranks had some very distinguished icons such as Jake Easonsmith, Don Steele, Dick Croucher Tony Browne, Bluey Grimsey, and Buster Gibb. Their stories are told,...