Strategy

Germany's Eastern Front in World War II saw many campaigns and battles that have been ""forgotten"" by a Soviet Union that tried to hide its military failures. The Red Army's invasion of Romania in April and May 1944 was one such campaign, which produced...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934941300Author Carlos MarighellaFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Red and Black PublishersPublisher Red and Black PublishersWeight(grams)...

This book is a study of all aspects of air defense from its beginnings during the French Revolution when artillery gunners tried to hit primitive balloons with their cannons to the use of Patriot missiles in the Gulf War to shoot down tactical ballistic...

In 1943 the Allies chipped away at the defensive outer barrier of the Japanese Pacific empire, particularly in the Solomon Islands. US Marine and Army infantry trudged through bloody jungle fighting on remote South Pacific islands such as Guadalcanal,...

This is the book on war that Napoleon never had the time or the will to complete. In exile on the island of Saint-Helena, the deposed Emperor of the French mused about a great treatise on the art of war, but in the end changed his mind and ordered...

Julian Romane examines the campaigns of Julius Caesar throughout the civil wars that followed his famous crossing of the Rubicon, through to the defeat of the final Pompeian diehards at the battle of Munda. He analyses Caesar's generalship in the widest...

The SIPRI Yearbook is an authoritative and independent source of data and analysis on armaments, disarmament and international security. It provides an overview of developments in international security, military expenditure, weapons and technology, arms...

Extensively illustrated with 52 detailed campaign and battle maps and diagrams, this book, originally published in 1990, surveys the evolution of warfare in Europe from Napoleon to the end of the twentieth century and in Asia from the Middle Ages. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451589818Author Daniel FordFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 109gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 4mm

For centuries, the world has witnessed the development and use of increasingly complex and powerful military systems and technologies. In the process, the ""art of war"" has truly become the art of combined arms warfare, in which...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062843593Author Sean McfateFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

New York Times Bestseller! By the author of A Man Called Intrepid. The story of Vera Atkins, legendary spy and holder of the Legion of HonorShe was stunning. She was ruthless. She was brilliant and had a will of iron. Born Vera Maria Rosenberg in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385423755Author Donald KaganFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 442gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398801882Author Sun TzuImprint Sirius EntertainmentPublisher Sirius EntertainmentWeight(grams) 2100gDimensions(mm) 249mm * 163mm * 69mm

A major revision of our understanding of long-range bombing, this book examines how Anglo-American ideas about "strategic" bombing were formed and implemented. It argues that ideas about bombing civilian targets rested on--and gained validity...

Survival, the IISS's bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.In this issue:* Benjamin Rhode examines the threat of Europe's security guarantor of the past 80...

In recent years, Western experts have generally portrayed the Kremlin's actions as either strategic or tactical. Yet this proposition raises a very important question: how closely does the West's interpretation of Russian strategy reflect the country's...

This book explores the intricate and intimate relationship between military organization, imperial policy, and society in colonial South Asia. The chapters in the volume focus on technology, logistics, and state building. The present volume highlights...

A sweeping yet concise account of history's empires that managed to maintain dominance for long stretches. What should the United States do with its power? What goals should it have, and how should it pursue them? Ultimately, what do Americans want...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934255278Author Shawn ConnersFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint El Paso Norte PressPublisher El Paso Norte PressWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512616Author Christopher DuffyFormat HardbackPage Count 166Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

David Glantz examines the Soviet study of war, the re-emergence of the operation level and its connection with deep battle, the evolution of the Soviet theory of operations in depth before 1941, and its refinement and application in the European theatre...

This Norton Critical Edition includes: The new and internationally acclaimed translation by Michael Nylan, accompanied by her detailed explanatory footnotes.A richly informative introduction by Michael Nylan.Fourteen illustrations.Seven interpretative...

The Routledge Handbook of Air Power offers a comprehensive overview of the political purposes and military importance of air power.Despite its increasing significance in international relations, statecraft and war, the phenomenon of air power remains...

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A vivid portrayal of what drove George W. Bush to invade Iraq in 2003--an outcome that was in no way predetermined. America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era...

During the Cold War the concept of international security was understood in military terms as the threat or use of force by states. The end of EastDWest hostilities, however, brought 'critical' perspectives to the fore as scholars sought to explain the...

The official manual designed to provide guidance in special forces and unconventional warfare operations for commanders and staff at all levels.They can be swift, silent, and deadly. That's why armed guerrillas are feared by even the largest,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486425573Author G.H. MendellFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 125gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780785834007Author Miyamoto MusashiFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Chartwell Books Inc.,U.S.Publisher Book Sales IncWeight(grams) 953gDimensions(mm)...

War is a paradox. On the one hand, it destroys bodies and destroys communities. On the other hand, it is responsible for some of the strongest human bonds and has been the genesis of many of our most fundamental institutions. War and Society addresses...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815739838Author Michael O'HanlonFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Brookings InstitutionWeight(grams) 721gDimensions(mm)...

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 now, in a century becoming, as widely expected,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781725285262Author Joel SteeleFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 73gDimensions(mm)...

A real treasure for students of the art of war, this volume contains five classic works that will remain valuable as long as nations engage in conflict: Sun Tzu's ART OF WAR, the oldest military work in existence; Vegetius's MILITARY INSTITUTIONS OF THE...

A man of inventiveness, versatility and reformist ideas, Marshal Sebastien Le Preste de Vauban built a formidable ring of fortresses to protect France's national frontiers. More than just a fortification designer, Vauban was also a gifted economist,...

This work proposes the reorganization of America's ground forces on the strategic, operational and tactical levels. Central to the proposal is the simple thesis that the U.S. Army must take control of its future by exploiting the emerging revolution in...

Strategy and Defence Planning: Meeting the Challenge of Uncertainty explores and examines why and how security communities prepare purposefully for their future defence. The author explains that defence planning is the product of interplay among...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060927622Author Carlo D'EsteFormat PaperbackPage Count 992Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316743006Author Ben R. RichFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Little, Brown and CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & Company