Sökt på: in krigs
totalt 131 990 träffar
No Surrender in Burma
This is the extraordinary true story of a British Commando in Burma who, cut off behind enemy lines, walked 2,000 miles towards India and freedom in 1942, but was betrayed to the …
HMS Shah in the Anglo Zulu war
This is a gripping new account of the career of Lieutenant Frank Abbott, Royal Navy (1854–86). It begins with his early naval service in the Far East and Pacific and his central …
The Political Economy of Gulf Defense Establishments
The six monarchies on the Arabian Peninsula have devoted enormous sums to defense in past decades. Nevertheless, the gap between their expensive armaments and their capacity to …
Talavera: Wellington's First Victory in Spain
The Battle of Talavera was one of the key confrontations of the Peninsular War. In a bloody contest the British and Spanish under Wellesley and Cuesta won a tactical victory over …
Failure in the Saddle
An award-winning, "e;deeply researched and thoroughly analyzed"e; account of the Confederate cavalry's mistakes that turned Chickamauga into a Pyrrhic victory (Eric J. …
Allenby in Palestine
General Sir Edmund Allenby spent his early years soldiering in Africa. After the South African War he went on to fight in the First World War in France and Belgium before taking …
In Pursuit
More than seven decades after the end of the Second World War, the era of the Nazi Hunters is drawing to a close as they and the hunted die off. Their saga can now be told almost …
Peacekeeping in the Midst of War
Civil wars have caused tremendous human suffering in the last century, and the United Nations is often asked to send peacekeepers to stop ongoing violence. Yet despite being the …
Security sector reform in transforming societies
This book is about the relationship between societies and theirsecurity forces at times of great political and societal change. It uses theexperiences of Croatia, Serbia and …
U-Boat War in the Atlantic, 1939-1941
First in the trilogy that covers WWII submarine warfare in the Atlantic from the German perspective-edited by the Emmy Award-winning historian and author. The U-Boat war is a …
Alexis in America
In the autumn of 1871, Alexis Romanov, the fourth son of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, set sail from his homeland for an extended journey through the United States and Canada. A …
Secrets and Lies in Vietnam
The Vietnam War lasted twenty years, and was the USA's greatest military failure. An attempt to stem the spread of Soviet and Chinese influence, the conflict in practice created a …