Sökt på: krig and
totalt 145 380 träffar
Ultimate Illustrated Guide to Knives, Swords, Daggers and Blades
This is a detailed history in two volumes of the development of daggers, fighting knives, bayonets, swords, sabers and lances, from the Stone Age through to the latest utilitarian …
1967: Israel, the War, and the Year That Transformed the Middle East
"A marvelous achievement . . . Anyone curious about the extraordinary six days of Arab-Israeli war will learn much from it."--The Economist Tom Segev's acclaimed One Palestine, …
Making Friends with Hitler: Lord Londonderry, the Nazis, and the Road to War
Ian Kershaw's biography of Adolf Hitler is widely regarded as the definitive work on the subject, as well as one of the most brilliant biographies of our time. In Making Friends …
Men of Armor, Part One: Beginnings, North Africa, and Italy, Part I
"e;With its focus on tank crew members and their commanders this is a unique addition to the literature on WWII."e; -A. Harding Ganz, Associate Professor Emeritus of the …
Clausewitz And Seapower: Lessons Of The Falkland Islands War
This paper explores the hypothesis that although Clausewitz has been criticized for not specifically addressing naval warfare in his seminal work On War, Clausewitzian principles …
The Making of the Greek Genocide
During and after World War I, over one million Ottoman Greeks were expelled from Turkey, a watershed moment in Greek history that resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths. And …
Why We Lost: A General's Inside Account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
A high-ranking general's gripping, "compelling" insider account of the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and how it all went wrong (Wall Street Journal). Over his thirty-five …
The Imperial Russian Army in Peace, War, and Revolution, 1856-1917
In December 1917, nine months after the disintegration of the Russian monarchy, the army officer corps, one of the dynasty’s prime pillars, finally fell—a collapse that, in light …
A Short History of the English Revolution and the Civil Wars
James I and VI bequeathed his son a reasonably peaceful land in 1625, yet over a decade later, Charles I’s kingdoms erupted one by one into open rebellion- this book explores how …
Stronger Together : Sweden and Finland on the Road Toward NATO
On May 18, 2022, the Swedish and Finnish NATO ambassadors formally submitted their countries’ membership applications to the alliance. In doing so, they ended decades – in Sweden’s …
War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD - AN AMERICAN BOOK AWARD FINALIST - A monumental history that has been hailed by The New York Times as "one of the most original …
Children in Our World: Refugees and Migrants
The Children in Our World picture book series helps children make sense of the larger issues and crises that dominate the news in a sensitive and appropriate manner. With …