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In Hell Before Daylight
Together with Ciudad Rodrigo Badajoz was one of the great fortress cities which commanded the two routes between Spain and Portugal, known as the 'Keys of Spain'. Rodrigo was the …
A Morning in June
By June 1953, the Korean War marked at the outset by extremely fluid advances and retreats up and down the peninsula, had settled into position warfare very near the original …
Soe in the Low Countries
SOE’s Belgian and Dutch operations in the Second World War have always been considered highly controversial because of the notorious Englandspiel (‘the English game’) run by the …
Institutional Legacies of Violent Conflict
An open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open …
Capturing Hill 70
In August 1917, the Canadian Corps captured Hill 70, a vital piece of ground just north of the French industrial town of Lens. The Canadians suffered some 5,400 casualties and …
Afghan Endgames
The United States and its allies have been fighting the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan for a decade in a war that either side could still win. While a gradual drawdown has …
Nepal’s Peace Process
This volume provides a holistic overview of the long peace process in Nepal following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2006.The date of 21 November 2021 …
Napoleon’s Army in Russia
In 1812 Napoleon's magnificent army invaded Russia. Among the half a million men who crossed the border was Albrecht Adam, a former baker, a soldier and, most importantly for us, a …
Sex in Peace Operations
Gabrielle Simm's critical re-evaluation of sex between international personnel and local people examines the zero tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and its …
Yanks in Blue Berets
In 1948 the United Nations launched the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization following the conflict that erupted between Israel and its Arab neighbors, who profoundly …
Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, June 1942 - April 1944
The seventh volume in Admiral Morison’s History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II picks up operations in the Aleutians where they were broken off after the …
The Army of Tennessee in Retreat
Following the Battle of Nashville, Confederate General John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee was in full retreat, from the battle lines south of Nashville to the Tennessee River at …