Military history: post WW2 conflicts books

This monograph provides a historical overview of Afghanistan's recent history, reviews the contemporary causes of...  Read More >>

This book looks at the origins of the World War Two Commands and their outline histories until 1968. It also looks...  Read More >>

At the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Britain was America's first-line defence, a vulnerable, but unsinkable...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

Most of what Americans have heard about the Tet Offensive is wrong. The brief battles in early 1968 during the Vietnam...  Read More >>

After arriving in Vietnam, as very young soldiers we decided to make the most of this life and death situation....  Read More >>

Provides insight into the key strategic decisions of the Afghan and Iraq campaigns as the United States attempted...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

 Read More >>

American Baby Boomers--of the 1960's--are often portrayed in the media as either in the mud of Woodstock or in the...  Read More >>

Beyond Swat readdresses Fredrik Barth's seminal work Political Leadership among Swat Pathans, and the reactions...  Read More >>

Americans are greatly concerned about the number of our troops killed in battle--100,000 dead in World War I; 300,000...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

This book explores the memorializing practices of American veterans of the Vietnam War at several of the most significant...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

A fascinating personal memoir of underwater combat in World War II, told by a man who played a major role in those...  Read More >>

For use in schools and libraries only. Simply the most powerful and moving book that has emerged on this topic....  Read More >>

Osprey's study of the evolving US, Viet Cong and NVA tactics at battalion level and below throughout the Vietnam...  Read More >>

This book provides detailed information about how US Army units were organised and operated in America's longest...  Read More >>

When North Korea attacked the South on June 25, 1950, United States forces in East Asia were under the command of...  Read More >>

Tracing the American experience of the Vietnam War from its popular inception to its morale-crushing and bitter...  Read More >>

This book covers the US Marine Corps in the Vietnam War, centring on the structure and function of the two Fleet...  Read More >>

The 4th Fighter Wing got the call for combat in Korea. They were made up of a combination of new pilots right out...  Read More >>

At the height of the Vietnam conflict, a complex system of secret underground tunnels sprawled from Cu Chi Province...  Read More >>

USAF Skyraider units were originally tasked to serve as quasi-training units for the fledgling VNAF. Equipped only...  Read More >>