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The Royal Navy In The Falklands Conflict And The Gulf War - Culture And Strategy Paperback

What Is Military History? Hardcover 3rd Edition

Europe From War To War 1914-1945 Paperback

The Royal Navy And Nuclear Weapons Paperback

Why Wars Widen - A Theory Of Predation And Balancing Paperback

British Military Intelligence In The Crimean War 1854-1856 Paperback

War And The Body - Militarisation Practice And Experience Paperback

The RAF And Aircraft Design - Air Staff Operational Requirements 1923-1939 Paperback

Completed in the early 1900s, The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 is still the essential source for anyone seeking understanding of the bloodiest day in all of American history. As the U.S.

This book examines the nature and character of naval expeditionary warfare, in particular in peripheral campaigns, and the contribution of such campaigns to the achievement of strategic victory. Naval powers, which

General William C. Westmoreland has long been derided for his failed strategy of "attrition" in the Vietnam War. Historians have argued that Westmoreland's strategy placed a premium on high "body counts" through

Astimulating newinquiry into the fundamental truth of strategy -its purpose, place, utility, and value. Thisnew studyis animated by a startling realization: the concept of strategic victory must be summarily discarded. This

Experiences of captivity in Japanese-occupied Asia varied enormously. Some prisoners of war (POWs) were sent to work in Japan, others to toil on the Death Railway between Burma and Thailand. Some camps

The British amateur military tradition of raising auxiliary forces for home defence long preceded the establishment of a standing army. This was a model that was widely emulated in British colonies. This

When America declared war on Germany in 1917, the United States had only 200,000 men under arms, a twentieth of the German army's strength, and its planes were no match for the

Asian Maritime Strategies explores one of the worlds most complex and dangerous maritime arenas. Asia, stretching from the Aleutian Islands to the Persian Gulf, contains the worlds busiest trade routes. It is

Pontiacs War: Its Causes, Course, and Consequence, 1763-1765 is a compelling retelling of one of the most pivotal points in American colonial history, in which the Native peoples staged one of the

The Secret War In El Paso - Mexican Revolutionary Intrigue 1906-1920 Hardcover

Our understanding of warfare at sea in the eighteenth century has always been divorced from the practical realities of fighting at sea under sail; our knowledge of tactics is largely based upon

Volume 1: Headgear, Clothing, and Footwear Volume 2: Weapons and Accouterments The definitive two-volume survey of military clothing and equipment during the final years of the U.S.-Indian wars Building on the success