Slag & fälttåg

This is the first truly definitive history of the First World War, the war that has done most to shape the twentieth century. The first generation of its historians had access to …

Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won - WellingtonThe Battle of Waterloo, fought over the course of a day on a muddy field in Belgium, …

Military histories of the struggle against the French armies of the Revolution and Napoleon often focus on the exploits of elite units and famous individuals, ignoring the …

William Shea offers a gripping narrative of the events surrounding Prairie Grove, Arkansas, one of the great unsung battles of the Civil War that effectively ended Confederate …

Sandwiched between the better-known Battles of the Somme and Passchendaele, the Battle of Arras has scarcely received the attention it deserves. It was an important battle on …

The true story of the 'the greatest defeat and largest capitulation' in British military history. The Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 is a military disaster of enduring …

Operation BARBAROSSA, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, was a turning point second only to Pearl Harbor. Russia became an ally overnight but a most difficult, …

Written and illustrated by Luftwaffe expert John Weal, this book completes Osprey's trilogy on one of the most important German aircraft of World War II.The Ju 88, Wunderbomber …

In tracing the rise of the modern idea of the American "e;new woman,"e; Lynn Dumenil examines World War I's surprising impact on women and, in turn, women's impact on the …

A collection of World War II writings and images by Studs Terkel, Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), Howard Zinn, Nelson Peery, Elisabeth Freund, and others. The most destructive war in …