Military history: post WW2 conflicts books

I looked around my cell and saw the sheet of paper taped to the door at chest height. It listed everything in the...  Read More >>

Never before available in paperback and all but invisible for twenty years, a personal account of the origins of...  Read More >>

US Special Forces in Vietnam created and trained the Civilian Irregular Defense Group, a large paramilitary organization...  Read More >>

The US M60 General Purpose Machine Gun, known as the Pig, was developed in the years after World War II from two...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

It is a vicious circle in that roads cannot be built until areas are relatively secure, and roads cannot be secured...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

On November 8, 1967, the author arrived at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, ill-prepared for the training...  Read More >>

Well written and accessible, Allison's book provides a clear narrative of this historic moment and offers suggestions...  Read More >>

This volume presents perspectives on the Vietnam War, its global repercussions, and the role of this war in modern...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

In the summer of 2010, a unit of Danish soldiers known as ISAF-10 deployed to Afghanistan under British command....  Read More >>

"In January and February 1991, Central Command Air Forces (CENTAF) conducted an air-to-ground onslaught against...  Read More >>

Airmen all over the world felt relief and exhilaration as the war in the Gulf reached its dramatic conclusion on...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

The first-ever collection of stories from NPR explores the Vietnam War from the perspective of both ordinary people...  Read More >>

This volume presents the best contemporary scholarly thinking about why the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, a pivotal...  Read More >>

The sacrifice of the Glorious Glosters in defense of the Imjin River line and the hilltop fights of Australian...  Read More >>

A riveting collection of thirty-eight narratives by American soldiers serving in Afghanistan, Outside the Wire...  Read More >>

The American sniper could be regarded as the greatest all-around rifleman the world has ever known. . . . At the...  Read More >>

The first virtually all-jet war, the conflict in Korea saw F-86 Sabres of the USAF take on MiG-15s of the North...  Read More >>

Osprey's survey of the Long-Range Patrol Scouts of the US Army during the Vietnam War (1955-1975). The Vietnamese...  Read More >>

From the Introduction In the end, then, the Vietnam War was a conflict of myriad complexities. It was a colonial...  Read More >>

In the early 1970s, the USAF, still fresh in the mire of the Vietnam War, began the search for a more effective...  Read More >>

Charles Gadd served in Vietnam in late 1967 and 1968 and had experiences very similar to what most enlisted men...  Read More >>