Battles & campaigns books

The first history of the East African Front of the First World War, a campaign that inspired the Humphrey Bogard...  Read More >>

Told with humour, this is a tale from the Marines that stormed ashore on Guadalcanal in World War II.  Read More >>

Acknowledging that Homer is a poet, not a staff instructor, Albracht works carefully through the Homeric text to...  Read More >>

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This highly detailed study provides a clear account of how the British Army was organised, who commanded it, and...  Read More >>

This 1967 U. S. Army Training Circular is a guide for commanders and staff in the orientation and training of personnel...  Read More >>

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Controversial and revisionist history of America's first civil war.  Read More >>

While studies of the American Civil War generally credit Robert E Lee with military expertise, this account argues...  Read More >>

In-depth look at this important early Civil War battle. The Battle of Carthage, Missouri, was fought by pro-Confederate...  Read More >>

This concise reference describes some of the most important engagements that occurred between 1794 and 1815, and...  Read More >>

First published in 1984 by Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) Ltd.  Read More >>

Following the landings in Normandy, one of the Allies' main concerns was how to maintain supplies. This book details...  Read More >>

Villers-Bretonneux was the key to the strategically important communications centre of Amiens, a principal objective...  Read More >>

Cooksey describes the audacious plan to mount a large-scale commando raid on the Normandie dry dock which held the...  Read More >>

This is the story of the first great air landing operation in history. The plan conceived by Adolf Hitler to capture...  Read More >>

From 6 June until 29 August 1944, the Allies disembarked several huge armies in Normandy. 21st Army Group is, without...  Read More >>

This tells of the fighting on Redan Ridge in 1916. The sector was occupied by the 4th Division, made up of some...  Read More >>

A ground-breaking new history of the English Civil War in Worcestershire which looks at the experience of local...  Read More >>

This detailed guidebook tells the story of the Duke of Marlborough's victory at the Battle of Blenheim in 1704 and...  Read More >>

Drawing upon a new international archive of the Second World War, the support of veterans world-wide and from archives...  Read More >>

Unlike many collections of original essays, this one is consistently fresh, coherent, and excellent. It reflects...  Read More >>

Between December 1642 and July 1644 two armies fought for control of Yorkshire. One was commanded by Lord Fairfax,...  Read More >>

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This book uses up-to-date archaeological evidence to reconstruct in detail the fortifications of Troy, and discuss...  Read More >>