Warfare & defence books

Victory at Mantinea did not reshape Greece. It revealed the limits of power. In 362 B.C., the Greek world stood...  Read More >>

In 1924, the crown prince and future emperor of Ethiopia, Ras Täfäri, on a visit to Jerusalem, called on forty Armenian...  Read More >>

Scientific advances in biological and chemical sciences can offer significant benefits to humanity, but these discoveries...  Read More >>

Between the Vietnam War and the conflicts that followed 9/11, U.S. Special Forces were deployed around the world...  Read More >>

The first study of the literature of dissent that has emerged from the veterans of the global War on Terror.  Read More >>

North Korea, Nuclear Risk-Taking, and the United States: Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong Un analyzes Pyongyang’s...  Read More >>

What does it mean to become a man at sea? In Confessions of a Swabbie, Felton Hudson takes readers aboard U.S....  Read More >>

Il carro armato leggero giapponese Type 89 Yi-Go (spesso confuso o indicato come ""li-Go"") fu uno dei principali...  Read More >>

They were sworn to silence. Their work shortened the war. History forgot them anyway. Behind locked doors, in windowless...  Read More >>

The Japanese Type 89 Yi-Go light tank (often confused with or referred to as the ""li-Go"") was one of the main...  Read More >>

This book investigates when and why governments in advanced democracies deploy armed forces for domestic security....  Read More >>

Why do some insurgent groups target American nationals? At first glance, it appears to be a risky strategy, inviting...  Read More >>

Between the Vietnam War and the conflicts that followed 9/11, U.S. Special Forces were deployed around the world...  Read More >>

An incisive exploration traces how antinuclear activists reshaped the discourse around nuclear weapons, turning...  Read More >>

A handful of German manufacturers dominated the market to design and build bomber aircraft for the Luftwaffe of...  Read More >>

This book assembles the stories of five neighboring towns in what is now northwestern Belarus. They were located...  Read More >>

This ground-breaking history examines the Red Army's occupation of Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, and Austria...  Read More >>

The state’s organisational structure and regulatory framework are analysed to provide a comprehensive review of...  Read More >>

Erstmals erscheint hier als 2.Band der Reihe In Pulverdampf und Kugelregen die Erinnerungen des Marc Desboeufs in...  Read More >>

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This open-access volume consists of papers presented at the conference “Thirty Years of the Chemical Weapons Convention...  Read More >>

Based on the true untold story of the birth of US Navy radio intelligence.  Read More >>

The U.S. Navy's On-the-Roof Gang: Volume 2-War in the Pacific is an historical account based on the unknown true-life...  Read More >>

The Office of Strategic Services (1942-1945), formed during World War II, was the first intelligence agency of the...  Read More >>

East Asia is shaped as much by identity-based dynamics as by material forces. This book examines how the evolving...  Read More >>