Land forces & warfare books

In the last years of the Roman Empire the infantryman who had dominated Greek and Roman warfare for centuries was...  Read More >>

For the early years of the American War of Independence, George Washington's troops were clothed in a variety of...  Read More >>

A history of Byzantine armies from the height of the Crusades through to the wars against the rising power of the...  Read More >>

Describes the uniforms, weaponry, military practices and daily life of the Union Army's cavalry troopers during...  Read More >>

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Describes the uniforms, weaponry, rituals, military practices and daily life of the Zulu warrior between 1816 and...  Read More >>

Friedrich Beck was the single most important figure in the transformation of the inept Habsburg military into the...  Read More >>

The best example, and perhaps the only body of elite troops who have maintained their role as guardians of a royal...  Read More >>

Military personnel in training and field operations often do not eat their rations in the amounts needed, lose weight...  Read More >>

The first all-color look at all military and civilian versions of the popular Hummer -- from the ultimate military...  Read More >>

Using comparative history and organization theory, this text analyzes the politics of conscription in military and...  Read More >>

This study examines the formation and development of the Russian secret police during and following the breakup...  Read More >>

The first attempt at mounting a flamethrower in a German tank was not the result of an engineering design process...  Read More >>

Development of the Leopard 1 can be traced back to November 1956, when the operational requirement for a new battle...  Read More >>

A compact, illustrated account of the most decisive battle in Japanese history.  Read More >>

Sandino's Daughters, Margaret Randall's conversations with Nicaraguan women in their struggle against the dictator...  Read More >>

The Specht Journal is one of the major diaries written by Braunschweig military personnel during the Burgoyne campaign...  Read More >>

To most contemporary politicians the 18th century British Army was no more than an unwelcome necessity in wartime...  Read More >>

Initially the strongest of all the Allied armies, France's metropolitan and colonial units bore the greatest burden...  Read More >>

Illustrated by Simon Northwood, a title from the MEN-AT-ARMS series, which details the development of Rome's armies...  Read More >>

After AD 304 the five 'barbarian' tribes divided north China among themselves, setting up dynasties which were often...  Read More >>

Describing the radical transformation in German Infantry tactics that took place during World War I, this book presents...  Read More >>

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The 1914-1918 war was the first truly World War and the vast and devastating operations on the Western and Eastern...  Read More >>