Warfare & defence books

This is an important book on one of the most controversial campaigns of the Second World War. 'When we came out...  Read More >>

An exceptional first-hand account written by a Sergeant of the 7th Royal Fusiliers who served and fought in most...  Read More >>

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During the first half of the 19th century, the newly-formed countries of South America lived in a state of great...  Read More >>

Identifying the previously unrecognised connections between American wars and mass incarceration, Prisoners after...  Read More >>

Hamilton McWhorter was a WWII naval aviator and the first-ever F6F Hellcat ace.  Read More >>

Renato Valenzuela Taylor es un coronel de aviación en retiro y ex piloto de combate de la Fuerza Aérea de Chile...  Read More >>

Examines radicalization and de-radicalization of extremists in a world of globalization.  Read More >>

Traces the remarkable life of Geoffroy of Villehardouin (c. 1148–c.1217) from his earliest years in Champagne through...  Read More >>

From World War II until the 1980s, the United States reigned supreme as both the economic and the military leader...  Read More >>

An NPR 2023 ""Books We Love"" Pick One of the Next Big Idea Club's Must-Read Books ""An invaluable primer to...  Read More >>

Rare first-hand account of USS Atlanta’s war—including the battles of Midway, Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz and Guadalcanal,...  Read More >>

This research has benefited from historical documents and other information in the public domain provided by the...  Read More >>

From World War II until the 1980s, the United States reigned supreme as both the economic and the military leader...  Read More >>

This book presents the U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) as an example of successful change by the Army in...  Read More >>

Die Darstellung von Kämpfern zwischen Sieg und Niederlage in den historiografischen Quellen  Read More >>

Gathers together social sciences, humanities, and the arts to understand modern state violence and its afterlife....  Read More >>

Napoleon zijn leven, zijn werk, zijn vrouwen, zijn mythe en ... de gevolgen van zijn beleid in onze regio. 400 bladzijden...  Read More >>

This book addresses the largely neglected question of how the fusion of machines into the war machine will affect...  Read More >>

A remarkable examination of an understudied aspect of the Syrian conflict that traces the genealogy of one of the...  Read More >>

Gathers together social sciences, humanities, and the arts to understand modern state violence and its afterlife....  Read More >>

Rondo is a novel of Cold War intrigue that relates to the personal struggle of Simon Kiss. A gifted but tormented...  Read More >>

The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise written by Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli...  Read More >>

The 2024 edition of US Army Yearbook delves further into the United States Army’s activities around the world. The...  Read More >>

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