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University of Pennsylvania Press Shayss Rebellion
Book SynopsisProvides a picture of Shays' Rebellion, capturing the spirit of the insurgency, the reasons for the revolt, and its long-term impact on the participants, the state of Massachusetts, and the nation as a whole.Trade Review"A carefully argued and spiritedly told account." * Boston Globe *"Serves a valuable purpose by fleshing out a crucial period when the fate of the American democratic experiment hung in the balance." * American History *"Recommended for all library collections at every level." * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface Prologue 1. Defiance 2. Crackdown 3. Oath Takers and Leaders 4. The Revolutionary Government and Its Beneficiaries 5. Banner Towns and Core Families 6. Reverberations 7. Climax Notes Index
£17.99
The University of Alabama Press Outpost Kelly A Tankers Story Alabama Fire Ant
Book SynopsisIn the second year of the Korean War, Jack Siewert commanded a platoon of five M-46 tanks. Temporarily assigned to provide fire support for an infantry battalion on the front, he eventually found himself in the midst of intense fighting for a relatively unknown and unimportant hill, code named Outpost Kelly. This work is his memoir.Trade ReviewIn Outpost Kelly: A Tanker's Story, Jack Siewert provides a gripping tale of three weeks in July 1952 when his tank platoon finds itself performing an uncharacteristic task. While frequently undergoing enemy mortar attack, they are plagued by monsoon conditions and play a crucial role in the struggle against the Chinese for control of an important outpost. - M. K. Barbier, author of Kursk: The Greatest Tank Battle 1943
£19.76
The University of Alabama Press Time in the Barrel
Book SynopsisOffers an authentic firsthand account of the daily nightmare that was Con Thien. An enticing and fascinating read featuring authentic depictions of combat, the book allows readers to fully grasp the enormity of the fierce struggle for Con Thien.Trade ReviewA vivid, compulsively page-turning and often gut-wrenching narrative." - Arizona Daily Star"Con Thien certainly has been re-created here. I have read few personal narratives from the Marine war in Vietnam that get as close to the sheer sacrifice and misery that I have always suspected to be their lot." - Philip D. Beidler, US Army Vietnam War veteran and author of Beautiful War: Studies in a Dreadful Fascination, The Victory Album: Reflections on the Good Life after the Good War, and American Wars, American Peace: Notes from a Son of the Empire"James Coan provides a clear description of the battlefield cutting through the fog of war. His gritty realism creates a riveting experience for the reader….The book is a good read, flows wells and clearly articulates the story without distracting expletives" - Bob Borka, Semper Fi"Time in the Barrel brings to life a significant and often overlooked event in America’s war in Vietnam: the siege of the Marine firebase at Con Thien during the critical months of September–October 1967. James P. Coan has delivered a gritty and impassioned book, one that will enlighten general military history readers as well as Vietnam War and Marine Corps specialists." - Gregg Jones, author of Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines’ Finest Hour in Vietnam, winner of the 2015 General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award for distinguished nonfiction from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation
£26.96
University of Missouri Press MeuseArgonne Diary
Book SynopsisDuring America's participation in World War I, 1917-1918, only a single commander of a division, William M. Wright, is known to have kept a diary. In it, General Wright relates his two-month experience at St. Mihiel and especially the Meuse-Argonne, the largest and most costly battle in American history.Trade ReviewAs our only document of its kind, Wright's diary shows in detail how a division headquarters operated and what its commander did day by day, how he kept informed about the qualities of his principal subordinates, assessed their performances, and guided and sometimes dismissed them. While Wright was an assertive individual, the diary is informative also in showing how limited were the decision-making options of even such a character in the highly structured American Expeditionary Forces. . . . The diary also candidly reflects the weaknesses of the young American Army of 1918."" - Russell Weigley
£23.85
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A New History of the Peloponnesian War
Book SynopsisThis stimulating new study provides a narrative of the monumental conflict of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, and examines the realities of the war and its effects on the average Athenian. The book offers an original interpretation of how and why the war began, and challenges the approach of Thucydides in his account of the war.Trade Review"Tritle's overall aim is to make the content and context of the Peloponnesian War more accessible to those unfamiliar with classics, and on the whole I believe he succeeds. His tone throughout is quite relaxed...but for those unfamiliar with classical Greek history and/or the Peloponnesian war Tritle's book is a good starting place." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, December 2010) "He has produced a major new account of the Peloponnesian War that will allow readers of Thucydides to feel what it was actually like to be at war and to understand the breakdown of legal, moral, and political principles that caused prolonged human suffering on such a colossal scale. We are in his debt.." (Michigan War Studies Review, 2 October 2010) "Recommended. Undergraduate libraries and above". (Choice, 1 November 2010)Table of ContentsList of illustrations viii List of maps x List of abbreviations xi Chronology xiii Acknowledgments xix Preface xxi Prelude – a band of brothers 1 1 ‘From this the Corinthians developed their bitter hatred for the Athenians’ 4 2 ‘Give the Greeks their freedom’ 25 3 ‘Our city is an education to Greece’ 44 4 ‘War is a violent teacher’ 67 5 ‘Spindles would be worth a lot’ 85 6 ‘Weeping for joy’ 111 7 ‘The strong do what they have the power to do’ 132 8 ‘What of us then who for our children must weep?’ 144 9 ‘The whole of Greece against Athens’ 165 10 ‘Ships gone . . . don’t know what to do’ 186 11 ‘Athens is taken’ 205 12 ‘Here’s to the noble Critias!’ 223 Epilogue 241 Appendix A: A note on sources 243 Appendix B: Who’s who in the Peloponnesian War 248 Appendix C: A Peloponnesian War glossary 258 Bibliography 263 Index 275
£78.26
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A New History of the Peloponnesian War
Book SynopsisThis stimulating new study provides a narrative of the monumental conflict of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, and examines the realities of the war and its effects on the average Athenian. The book offers an original interpretation of how and why the war began, and challenges the approach of Thucydides in his account of the war.Trade Review"Tritle's overall aim is to make the content and context of the Peloponnesian War more accessible to those unfamiliar with classics, and on the whole I believe he succeeds. His tone throughout is quite relaxed...but for those unfamiliar with classical Greek history and/or the Peloponnesian war Tritle's book is a good starting place." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, December 2010) "Recommended. Undergraduate libraries and above". (Choice, 1 November 2010)Table of ContentsList of illustrations viii List of maps x List of abbreviations xi Chronology xiii Acknowledgments xix Preface xxi Prelude – a band of brothers 1 1 ‘From this the Corinthians developed their bitter hatred for the Athenians’ 4 2 ‘Give the Greeks their freedom’ 25 3 ‘Our city is an education to Greece’ 44 4 ‘War is a violent teacher’ 67 5 ‘Spindles would be worth a lot’ 85 6 ‘Weeping for joy’ 111 7 ‘The strong do what they have the power to do’ 132 8 ‘What of us then who for our children must weep?’ 144 9 ‘The whole of Greece against Athens’ 165 10 ‘Ships gone . . . don’t know what to do’ 186 11 ‘Athens is taken’ 205 12 ‘Here’s to the noble Critias!’ 223 Epilogue 241 Appendix A: A note on sources 243 Appendix B: Who’s who in the Peloponnesian War 248 Appendix C: A Peloponnesian War glossary 258 Bibliography 263 Index 275
£35.10
Johns Hopkins University Press A Bloodless Victory
Book SynopsisThus, a close look at the Battle of New Orleans offers an opportunity to explore not just how events are collectively remembered across generations but how a society discards memorialization efforts it no longer finds necessary or palatable.Trade ReviewIn A Bloodless Victory, historian Joseph F. Stoltz III investigates the different ways white Americans created, contested, and eventually monetized public memory of the Battle of New Orleans. He explores the ways in which narratives are created and recreated and how selective memory of events changes with new political contexts... I applaud Stoltz for his ability to take on such a large topic in such a short space—Patrick Blythe, Seminole State College of Florida, H-Net ReviewsStoltz's book is a comprehensive study of the battle of New Orleans's presence in the American historical imagination and will serve as the definitive book on the topic.—Thomas A. Chambers, Niagara University, Journal of Southern HistoryWell researched and presented in clear, precise, and robust prose, Stoltz's engaging read reminds us that interpretations of history are often subject to the eyes of the beholder.—Samuel C. Hyde Jr., Southeastern Louisiana University, Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. "By the Eternal, They Shall Not Sleep on Our Soil"2. "Half a Horse and Half an Alligator"3. "Under the Command of a Plain Republican—an American Cincinnatus"4. "The Union Must and Shall Be Preserved"5. "True Daughters of the War"6. "Not Pirate . . . Privateer"7. "Tourism Whetted by the Celebration"8. A "Rustic and Factual" AppearanceConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£31.50
The University of North Carolina Press A Field Guide to Antietam Experiencing the
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The University of North Carolina Press A Field Guide to Gettysburg Experiencing the
Book SynopsisThis second, updated edition of the acclaimed A Field Guide to Gettysburg will lead visitors to every important site across the battlefield and also give them ways to envision the action and empathize with the soldiers involved and the local people into whose lives and lands the battle intruded.
£22.06
University of Massachusetts Press Captive Histories: English, French and Native
Book SynopsisThis volume draws together an unusually rich body of original sources that tell the story of the 1704 French and Indian attack on Deerfield, Massachusetts, from different vantage points. Texts range from one of the most famous early American captivity narratives, John Williams' ""The Redeemed Captive"", to the records of French soldiers and clerics, to little-known Abenaki and Mohawk stories of the raid that emerged out of their communities' oral traditions. Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney provide a general introduction, extensive annotations, and headnotes to each text. Although the oft-reprinted ""Redeemed Captive"" stands at the core of this collection, it is juxtaposed to less familiar accounts of captivity composed by other Deerfield residents: Quentin Stockwell, Daniel Belding, Joseph Petty, Joseph Kellogg, and the teen aged Stephen Williams. Presented in their original form, before clerical editors revised and embellished their content to highlight religious themes, these stories challenge long-standing assumptions about classic Puritan captivity narratives. The inclusion of three Abenaki and Mohawk narratives of the Deerfield raid is equally noteworthy, offering a rare opportunity not only to compare captors' and captives' accounts of the same experiences, but to do so with reference to different Native oral traditions. Similarly, the memoirs of French military officers and an excerpt from the Jesuit Relations illuminate the motivations behind the attack and offer fresh insights into the complexities of French-Indian alliances. Taken together, the stories collected in this volume, framed by the editors' introduction and the assessments of two Native scholars, Taiaiake Alfred and Marge Bruchac, allow readers to reconstruct the history of the Deerfield raid from multiple points of view and, in so doing, to explore the interplay of culture and memory that shapes our understanding of the past.
£21.80
Texas A & M University Press A Dark and Bloody Ground: The Hurtgen Forest and
Book SynopsisThis work examines the ominous prelude to the Battle of the Bulge and reveals one of the US Army's bloodiest nightmares of World War II. In late 1944, the American army had pushed through Belgium almost unopposed. As small units advanced into the hilly woods south-east of Aachen, Germany, they encountered a forest bristling with German troops. The face-off took place in some of Germany's most rugged territory and in rain, sleet and freezing temperatures. For weeks US commanders ordered units of as many as seven divisions into the woods to be chewed up by German infantry and artillery. The book's description of the battle is based on government records, a large selection of first-hand accounts from veterans of both sides, and the author's visits to the battlefields.Trade Review... deserves a place on every soldier's bookshelf. - Army magazine
£18.36
Texas A & M University Press The Defense of Vicksburg: A Louisiana Chronicle
Book SynopsisThe Defense of Vicksburg: A Louisiana Chronicle is the story of the Louisiana soldiers who fought at Vicksburg, as told through their letters, diaries, and remembrances. Most histories of this famous Civil War siege have been written by the victors; this one presents a day-by-day account from the Confederate vantage point. Indeed, these long-dead men come to life as we read their experiences and perceptions told in their own voices, which ring clear and without apology. In 1862 the Dixie Rebels of DeSoto Parish left for New Orleans. They and other Louisianians were formed into regiments and dispatched for Vicksburg. In the year that followed, the troops witnessed the shelling of Vicksburg by Union gunboats, the outbreak of disease, the lonely heroics of the Confederate ironclad Arkansas , the daily drudgery of camp life, and Jeff Davis’s visit to the beleaguered city. With immediacy and in intriguing detail several correspondents describe daily life in the trenches from their individual perspectives during each of the forty-seven days of the siege. Yet their stories do not end with the capitulation of the city, but continue in an epilogue as the troops return home and then continue their service for the balance of the war. Their experiences transcended their own worlds. These young men of Louisiana still have something important to tell us.
£26.96
University of Tennessee Press Decisions of the Maryland Campaign: The Fourteen
Book SynopsisThe Maryland Campaign represented Gen. Robert E. Lee’s first invasion of the North. Opposing Lee was Gen. George B. McClellan, who had just retreated from Lee’s onslaught during the Seven Days Battles. While Lee and McClellan fought a preliminary battle at South Mountain, and a final engagement with Lee’s rearguard at Shepherdstown as the Confederate Army withdrew across the Potomac, the full force of both armies would meet at Antietam, and the subsequent battle would prove to be the bloodiest single-day battle of the war.Decisions of the Maryland Campaign introduces readers to critical decisions made by Confederate and Union commanders throughout the campaign. Michael S. Lang examines the decisions that prefigured the action and shaped the contest as it unfolded. Rather than a linear history of the campaign, Lang’s discussion of the critical decisions presents readers with a vivid blueprint of the campaign’s developments. Exploring the critical decisions in this way allows the reader to progress from a sense of what happened in this campaign to why they happened as they did.Complete with maps and a guided tour, Decisions of the Maryland Campaign is an indispensable primer, and readers looking for a concise introduction to the campaign can tour this sacred ground—or read about it at their leisure—with key insights into the campaign and a deeper understanding of the Civil War itself.Decisions of the Maryland Campaign is Lang’s second contribution and the thirteenth in a series of books that will explore the critical decisions of major campaigns and battles of the Civil War.
£24.71
University of Tennessee Press Decisions at Shiloh: The Twenty-Two Critical
Book SynopsisThe Battle of Shiloh took place April 6–7, 1862, between the Union Army of the Tennessee under General Ulysses S. Grant and the Confederate Army of Mississippi under General Albert Sidney Johnston. Johnston launched a surprise attack on Grant but was mortally wounded during the battle. General P. G. T. Beauregard, taking over command, chose not to press the attack through the night, and Grant, reinforced with troops from the Army of the Ohio, counterattacked the morning of April 7th and turned the tide of the battle.Decisions at Shiloh introduces readers to critical decisions made by Confederate and Union commanders throughout the battle. Dave Powell examines the decisions that prefigured the action and shaped the contest as it unfolded. Rather than a linear history of the battle, Powell’s discussion of the critical decisions presents readers with a vivid blueprint of the battle’s developments. Exploring the critical decisions in this way allows the reader to progress from a sense of what happened in these battles to why they happened as they didComplete with maps and a guided tour, Decisions at Shiloh is an indispensable primer, and readers looking for a concise introduction to the battle can tour this sacred ground—or read about it at their leisure—with key insights into the battle and a deeper understanding of the Civil War itself.Decisions at Shiloh is Powell’s second contribution and the fourteenth in a series of books that will explore the critical decisions of major campaigns and battles of the Civil War.
£24.71
Liverpool University Press An Army of Tribes: British Army Cohesion,
Book SynopsisThis is the first such study of Operation Banner, the British Army’s campaign in Northern Ireland. Drawing upon extensive interviews with former soldiers, primary archival sources including unpublished diaries and unit log-books, this book closely examines soldiers’ behaviour at the small infantry-unit level (Battalion downwards), including the leadership, cohesion and training that sustained, restrained and occasionally misdirected soldiers during the most violent period of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. It contends that there are aspects of wider scholarly literatures – including from sociology, anthropology, criminology, and psychology - that can throw new light on our understanding of the British Army in Northern Ireland. It also offers fresh insights and analysis of incidents involving the British Army during the early years of Operation Banner, including the 1972 ‘Pitchfork murders’ of Michael Naan and Andrew Murray in County Fermanagh, and that of Warrenpoint hotel owner Edmund Woolsey in South Armagh. The central argument of this book is that British Army small infantry units enjoyed considerable autonomy during the early years of Operation Banner and could behave in a vengeful, highly aggressive or benign and conciliatory way as their local commanders saw fit. The strain of civil-military relations at a senior level was replicated operationally as soldiers came to resent the limitations of waging war in the UK. The unwillingness of the Army’s senior leadership to thoroughly investigate and punish serious transgressions of standard operating procedures in Northern Ireland created uncertainty among soldiers over expected behaviour and desired outcomes. Overly aggressive groups of soldiers could also be mistaken for high-functioning units – with negative consequences for the Army’s overall strategy in Northern Ireland.Trade Review'An excellent, engaging and provocative study that addresses a crucial period during 'the Troubles' and examines patterns of behaviour within the British army as well as wider issues within Northern Ireland during this time.' Dr David Murphy, Maynooth University'Based on rich and original research, this is a well-researched and sophisticated study on the British Army in Northern Ireland.'Professor Richard English, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Internationalisation and Engagement, Queen's University Belfast'An Army of Tribes is a rigorous work of painstaking scholarship that places the security dimension of the Northern Irish Troubles in much greater tactical and operational context than ever before.' Aaron Edwards, War on the Rocks'As a critical examination of the role of the 'green army', the ordinary uniformed soldiers in Northern Ireland, this is a work that will be hard to surpass.' Tom Griffin, Spinwatch'In addition to being high-quality academic history for the connoisseur, this [final] chapter is a beautiful piece of writing that evokes the intimacy and tragedy of the Northern Ireland conflict. It draws the book [...] together excellently.'Thomas Tormey, 20th Century British HistoryReviews ‘In An Army of Tribes, Burke has produced a piece of work on the Northern Ireland conflict unlike any other. The range of face to face interviews with those actively engaged on both sides of the Troubles in Belfast and South Armagh during the height of the conflict provides real depth to the analysis, while simultaneously adding value to our understanding of small unit leadership and cohesion.’ Christian Tripodi, RUSI Journal
£109.50
Historic England Operation Diver: Guns, V1 Flying Bombs and
Book SynopsisOperation Diver is the story of a battle: its action, people, landscapes, and remains. The battle was Anti-Aircraft Command’s attempt to defeat the V1 flying-bomb, the first of Nazi Germany’s `retribution’ weapons, whose attacks dominated the home front in the final year of the Second World War. Beginning in the week of D-Day, the flying bomb battle lasted for nine months. In that time the men and women of AA Command became a massed, mobile army, shifting a vast carpet of guns to meet the V1’s changing lines of attack. Beginning in Kent and Sussex, their journey took in the Thames Estuary, East Anglia and eventually the Yorkshire coast. Along with the RAF’s fighter aircraft and the larger air defence system, their mission was to prevent a single flying bomb from reaching London, or any other British city. The battle was won; but not before many technical and human obstacles were overcome. Published to mark the 75th anniversary of the flying bomb campaign, Operation Diver is also an essay in landscape history, and shows for the first time in detail how hundreds of guns and thousands of gunners were deployed across the fields and farms of Britain, from the south-east to Flamborough Head. Published with a full gazetteer of gunsite positions, it also documents Historic England’s work in assessing the survival of Operation Diver’s fragmentary remains. Table of ContentsPart I: On the Horizon 1. Signs and signals 2. Cherry Stone 3. Squaring up 4. Crossbow 5. Overlord Part II: Eighty Days 6. `A complete and sudden dive’ 7. Orchard fields 8. Realities 9. Diver shuffle 10. Light blue world 11. Conflicts 12. Decisions 13. Clear horizons 14. Getting to grips 15. Beside the sea 16. `Only one goal’ 17. End of term Part III: Diver East 18. Night Heinkels 19. `Not without toil’ 20. Winter 21. Diver north Part IV: Afterwards 22. `The brightening years ahead’ 23. No abiding city
£55.00
Rydon Publishing The British at War
Book SynopsisThis is a fascinating collection of stories exploring the less well-trodden byways of Britain's long history of conflicts. From the Romans vs Britons to the war on terror, "Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: the British at War" uncovers the heroic, tragic and often peculiar facts behind some of the best-known battles in British history. Brief, accessible and entertaining pieces on a wide variety of subjects makes it is the perfect book to dip in to. The amazing and extraordinary facts series presents interesting, surprising and little-known facts and stories about a wide range of topics which are guaranteed to inform, absorb and entertain in equal measure.Table of ContentsContents to include Amazing Facts from: Roman Britain Norse and Viking invasions The Norman conquest The Napoleonic Wars Battle of Agincourt The Spanish Armada The Crimean War The Civil War World Wars I and II The Korean War The Suez Crisis etc.
£8.99
Caliber Comics Knights of the Skull
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TROYA
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Falklands War
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Taylor & Francis The Falklands War Lessons for Strategy Diplomacy and International Law Routledge Library Editions Pos
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Caporetto 1917 Victory or Defeat Military History and Policy
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Taylor & Francis The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 Ezra A Carmans Definitive Study of the Union and Confederate Armies at Antietam
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Taylor & Francis The FrenchIndian War 17541760 Essential Histories
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Maritime Strategy and Continental Wars Cass Series Naval Policy and History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Caporetto 1917 Victory or Defeat 08 Military History and Policy
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Cambridge University Press Combat and Morale in the North African Campaign The Eighth Army and the Path to El Alamein Cambridge Military Histories
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Cambridge University Press The FrancoPrussian War The German Conquest of France in 18701871
Book SynopsisThe Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1 violently changed the course of European History. Digging into many European and American archives for the first time, Geoffrey Wawro's Franco-Prussian War describes the war that followed in thrilling detail, from political intrigues to the bloody battles at Gravelotte and Sedan.Trade Review'… a clear reminder that military history still needs lively and well researched accounts of wars and campaigns … what Wawro has done is to provide a history of the war which exploits to the full the available archive material. With consummate skill he has woven together diplomatic developments before and during the war, the decisions and motives of the key political and military figures on both sides, and military operations with detailed accounts of the fighting in the different battles … Part of the value of this book is that the movements of hundreds of thousands of troops are explained clearly, while the battles are brought to life through the diary and memoir material the author exploits … In addition to its highly readable style, another merit of The Franco-Prussian War is that its author has managed to pack so much material into the 314 pages of text without ever slackening the pace of his narrative … Wawro has written not only an extremely good book, but one which will quickly take its place as the standard single-volume account … university teachers will probably prefer to recommend Wawro's book to their undergraduates. Geoffrey Wawro is to be congratulated on his Franco-Prussian War. It deserves to be in the library of everyone interested in German, French, and European military history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.' German Historical Institute London'His skills as a battle historian are patent. He has a grasp both of detail and outline. His prose is crisp and clear. He constantly enlivens the technical analysis with the worm's-eye perspectives of the soldiers - a great attraction of the book.' Time Literary Supplement'Wawro's account of the conflict is brief, to the point and extremely well written … While not neglecting the general picture, Wawro obviously enjoys presenting details of battlefield events, and this is also where his account really adds a new twist that was largely missing from earlier histories of the war … Wawro's history of The Franco-Prussian War has all the ingredients to make it the relevant account of this conflict for the English-speaking world for some decades …'. War in HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Causes of the Franco-Prussian War; 2. The armies in 1870; 3. Mobilization for war; 4. Wissembourg and Spicheren; 5. Froeschwiller; 6. Mars-la-Tour; 7. Gravelotte; 8. The road to Sedan; 9. Sedan; 10. France on the brink; 11. France falls; 12. The peace.
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Cambridge University Press Return to Gallipoli Walking The Battlefields Of The Great War
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Cambridge University Press The Fall of Napoleon Volume 1 The Allied Invasion of France 18131814 Cambridge Military Histories
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Cambridge University Press Combat and Morale in the North African Campaign The Eighth Army And The Path To El Alamein Cambridge Military Histories
Book SynopsisMilitary professionals and theorists have long understood the relevance of morale in war. Montgomery, the victor at El Alamein, said, following the battle, that 'the more fighting I see, the more I am convinced that the big thing in war is morale'. Jonathan Fennell, in examining the North African campaign through the lens of morale, challenges conventional explanations for Allied success in one of the most important and controversial campaigns in British and Commonwealth history. He introduces new sources, notably censorship summaries of soldiers' mail, and an innovative methodology that assesses troop morale not only on the evidence of personal observations and official reports but also on contemporaneously recorded rates of psychological breakdown, sickness, desertion and surrender. He shows for the first time that a major morale crisis and stunning recovery decisively affected Eighth Army's performance during the critical battles on the Gazala and El Alamein lines in 1942.Trade Review'[This] book is a tremendous work of scholarship. It is an archivally driven study that impresses the reader on nearly every page with the breadth and depth of its analysis. In many respects it sets a new standard for the study of the British and Commonwealth armies in the Second World War and the study of morale more generally in the twentieth century.' James Kitchen, English Historical Review'[A] path-breaking study … Through heroic labour in the archives in the UK and overseas, Fennell has constructed a richly detailed picture … This is an important book by a very promising historian.' Gary Sheffield, BBC History Magazine'A groundbreaking study … This is a major contribution to the historiography of the war in the desert.' Book Review Supplement, National Army Museum'… a model of primary investigation into a subject extensively wrapped in supposition and myth … The book makes a significant contribution not only to the history of the desert war but also to the methodology of military morale.' Dan Todman, Twentieth-Century British History'A fine piece of scholarship … The success of Fennell's work rests on … the scholarly effort and rigour poured into it through extensive archival investigations carried out in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.' Craig Stockings, Journal of Military History'[Fennell] marshals a considerable amount of evidence … [and] has made a major contribution to the debate over the desert war in this valuable study of the significance of morale in warfare.' Martin Kitchen, Cercles: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone'… Fennell has made a decided contribution to the literature of military history.' Stuart McClung, H-War (h-net.org/~war/)Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Morale crisis and recovery; 2. Technology, firepower and morale; 3. Quality of manpower and morale; 4. Environment, provisions and morale; 5. Welfare, education and morale; 6. Leadership, command and morale; 7. Training and morale; 8. In search of a theory to explain combat morale in the desert; Conclusion.
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WW Norton & Co Killing Custer
Book SynopsisThe classic account of Custer's Last Stand that shattered the myth of the Little Bighorn and rewrote history books.Trade Review"The Great Spirit must have created James Welch so that he could tell of the Little Bighorn from the viewpoint of the tribes that fought there." -- Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc A Time for Trumpets The Untold Story of the
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The History Press Ltd Kursk 1943
Book SynopsisPutting a human face and voices to the Battle of Kursk (Operation Zitadelle)
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The University Press of Kentucky Jutland World War Is Greatest Naval Battle
Book SynopsisDuring the first two years of World War I, Germany struggled to overcome a crippling British blockade of its mercantile shipping lanes. With only sixteen dreadnought-class battleships compared to the renowned British Royal Navy's twenty-eight, the German High Seas Fleet stood little chance of winning a direct fight. The Germans staged raids in the North Sea and bombarded English coasts in an attempt to lure small British squadrons into open water where they could be destroyed by submarines and surface boats. After months of skirmishes, conflict erupted on May 31, 1916, in the North Sea near Jutland, Denmark, in what would become the most formidable battle in the history of the Royal Navy. In Jutland, international scholars reassess the strategies and tactics employed by the combatants as well as the political and military consequences of their actions. Most previous English-language military analysis has focused on British admiral Sir John Jellicoe, who was widely criticized for exc
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Impossible Victories
Book SynopsisA readable, engaging and skilfully researched compendium.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Pacific War
Book SynopsisMeticulous detail and insightful analysis combine with a gripping chronological narrative to provide the essential guide to the Pacific Theater of World War II.On December 7, 1941, Japanese fighter planes appeared from the clouds above Pearl Harbor and fundamentally changed the course of history; with this one surprise attack the previously isolationist America was irrevocably thrown into World War II. This definitive history explores each of the major battles that America would fight in the ensuing struggle against Imperial Japan, from the naval clashes at Midway and Coral Sea to the desperate, bloody fighting on Iwo Jima and Okinawa.Each chapter reveals both the horrors of the battle and the Allies'' grim yet heroic determination to wrest victory from what often seemed to be certain defeat, offering a valuable guide to the long road to victory in the Pacific.Table of ContentsForeword Introduction Pearl Harbor by Carl Smith Coral Sea by Mark Stille Midway by Mark Stille Guadalcanal by Joseph Mueller Tarawa by Derrick Wright Marshall Islands by Gordon L. Rottman Peleliu by Jim Moran and Gordon L. Rottman Leyte Gulf by Bernard Ireland Iwo Jima by Derrick Wright Okinawa by Gordon L. Rottman Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Dünkirchen 1940
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewKershaw’s book is a welcome rebalancing; a thoughtful, well-researched and well-written contribution to a narrative that has long been too one-sided and too mired in national mythology. -- Roger Moorhouse * The Times *A myth busting history of Dunkirk -- Richard Overy * The Telegraph *This is military history of the highest order. Superbly written and drawn from richly original sources, Dünkirchen 1940 throws new light on what the British tend to regard as an heroic humiliation but for the Germans was a victorious sideshow. An abundance of vivid personal memories, woven deftly in a clear narrative, make for a truly gripping read. * Jonathan Dimbleby, author and broadcaster *Robert Kershaw’s accurate and gritty account provides a fresh coherency to the German action in Belgium and France in the spring of 1940. His methodical approach dispels many of the myths surrounding Dunkirk. * David Price, bestselling author of 'The Crew' *Impeccably researched, a unique and enthralling approach – Dunkirk solely from the victors’ perspective. * Anthony Tucker-Jones, author of 'Churchill, Master and Commander' *Robert Kershaw has produced another superb book that demands a reassessment of the fighting at Dunkirk. In this highly readable and insightful account, Kershaw provides a much needed corrective to some of the assumptions made about the German forces using a new and underutilised sources. The result is blend of absorbing narrative history and clinical analysis, that deserves take its place among the great works about this totemic battle. * Lloyd Clark, author of 'Blitzkrieg: Myth, Reality and Hitler’s Lightning War' *An impressive account – Kershaw uses a mass of eye-witness testimony to fashion a compelling narrative. In doing so, he offers an important reassessment of this pivotal moment in World War Two. * Michael Jones, author of 'After Hitler: The Last Days of the Second World War' *Robert Kershaw makes all the complexities of 1940 easy to comprehend. This is a first-class book by a master of his trade. He comfortably combines British, French and German voices in an epic story which traverses the tactical to the grand strategic. In each area, a new and refreshing telling of one of the most decisive years in British history, he demonstrates that he is master of all. * Robert Lyman, author of 'A War of Empires' *Kershaw tells an excellent story from a hitherto neglected viewpoint. * History of War *Table of ContentsPrologue: Dunkerque, France List of Illustrations List of Maps Chapter 1: Führer Weather Chapter 2: Landser Chapter 3: The Sea Chapter 4: 24 May, The Day of the Halt Order Chapter 5: Panzers Against Ports Chapter 6: Running the Gauntlet Chapter 7: Sea, Air and Land Chapter 8: The Great Escape, 1 June Chapter 9: Elusive Victory Postscript: Dünkirchen Notes Bibliography Index
£19.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Clean Sweep
Book SynopsisA vivid history, packed with first-hand accounts, of the US Eighth Air Force''s VIII Fighter Command from its foundation in 1942 through to its victory in the skies over Nazi Germany.On August 7, 1942, two major events occurred on opposite sides of the planet. In the South Pacific, the United States went on the offensive with the First Marine Division landing on Guadalcanal. In England, 12 B-17 bombers of Eighth Air Force bombed the RouenSotteville railroad marshalling yards in France. While the mission was small, the aerial struggle that began that day would ultimately cost the United States more men killed and wounded by the end of the war in Europe than the Marines would lose in the Pacific War.Clean Sweep is the story of the creation, development and operation of the Eighth Air Force Fighter Command and the battle to establish daylight air superiority over the Luftwaffe so that the invasion of Europe could be successful.Thomas McKelvey Cleaver has Trade ReviewThe European air war from 1942 to 1945 is a daunting subject, but Tom Cleaver’s study of VIII Fighter Command contributes to our broader knowledge of ‘The Mighty Eighth’ with detailed coverage of personalities and events, plus insightful analysis. -- Barrett Tillman, author of 'When the Shooting Stopped: August 1945'Drawing from USAAF and Luftwaffe post-combat reports, technical manuals, and personal accounts, Cleaver’s work has a crackling immediacy, giving the reader a genuine sense of what these pilots and ground crews experienced, along with providing historical context to the decisions and actions taken by the combatants throughout the air war. -- Lynn Ritger, author of 'The Messerschmitt BF 109'The brilliance of Tom Cleaver’s latest effort – Clean Sweep – rests on the back of his grub-around-in-every-corner-and-under-every-rock research. He brings shiny gems to us – accounts, recollections, facts and perspectives that are fresh, and that complete a story that is too often told with soulless numbers and numbing narratives. Heartily recommended. -- LtCol Jay A. Stout, USMC (Ret.), author of 'Fighter Group: The 352nd "Blue-Nosed Bastards" in World War II'This is a first class history of the campaign that was instrumental to Allied victory during the Second World War. * History of War *A well-focused history of the costly U.S. Air Force campaign over Europe that fatally degraded the Nazi war machine. * Library Journal *[A] fascinating tale with lots of detail. * The Armourer *While there have been many books on the US Army Air Forces' fighter and bomber operations from Britain during the Second World War, few, surely, have been as well written as this... A very worthwhile and highly readable tome. * Aeroplane *[This] is a first-rate single volume study that is highly recommended. * Aviation News *Table of ContentsForeword by Brigadier General USAF (Ret.) Clarence "Bud" Anderson Author Preface Chapter One: The Most Important Day Chapter Two: War on the Horizon Chapter Three: Fledgling Fighters Chapter Four: Yanks in the RAF Chapter Five: Starting Over Chapter Six: Opponents Chapter Seven: VIII Fighter Command Struggles to Survive Chapter Eight: The Battle Gets Serious Chapter Nine: Against the Odds Chapter Ten: Carrying On Chapter Eleven: Mission 115 – The Day the Luftwaffe Won Chapter Twelve: Reinforcement Chapter Thirteen: End of the Beginning Chapter Fourteen: Jimmy Doolittle Arrives Chapter Fifteen: Blakeslee Takes Command Chapter Sixteen: One-Man Air Force Chapter Seventeen: Big Week Chapter Eighteen: “I Knew the Jig Was Up” Chapter Nineteen: The Battle of Germany Chapter Twenty: Liberating Europe Chapter Twenty-One: The Battle of Normandy Chapter Twenty-Two: Oil: The Knockout Punch Chapter Twenty-Three: The Road To Bodenplatte Chapter Twenty-Four: Death of the Luftwaffe Chapter Twenty-Five: A Clean Sweep Bibliography Glossary Index
£25.50
Pen & Sword Books Ltd DDay Cover Up at Pointe du Hoc
Book SynopsisFor the first time ever this follow-up book now offers complete Rangers history for the seven months prior to D-Day.
£36.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Dunkirk Perimeter and Evacuation 1940
Book SynopsisThe fifth in a series of eight Battleground Europe books on the campaign in France and Flanders 1940
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Ghosts on the Somme Filming the Battle JuneJuly
Book SynopsisPaperback edition of the highly praised in-depth study of the most famous documentary film of the Great War
£19.18
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Battle for the Caucasus 1942 1943
Book SynopsisPhotographic history of the German campaign in the Caucasus in 1942-1943. Accompanying text gives a concise introduction to Hitler's attempt to take control of the oilfields of Maikop, Baku and Grozny
£14.99
Pen & Sword Books Ltd From Hunter to Hunted: The U-Boat in the
Book SynopsisIn the early stages of the Second World War, Donitz's U-boats generally adhered to Prize Rules, surfacing before attacking and making every effort to preserve the lives of their victims' crews. But, with the arming of merchantmen and greater risk of damage or worse, they increasingly attacked without warning. So successful was the U-boat campaign that Churchill saw it as the gravest threat the Nation faced. The low point was the March 1943 attack on convoys SC122 and HX229 when 44 U-boats sank 22 loaded ships. The pendulum miraculously swung with improved tactics and technology. In May 1943 out of a force of over 50 U-boats that challenged ONS5, eight were sunk and 18 were damaged, some seriously. Such losses were unsustainable and, with allied yards turning out ships at ever increasing rates, Donitz withdrew his wolf packs from the North Atlantic. Expert naval author and historian Bernard Edwards traces the course of the battle of the Atlantic through a series of thrilling engagement case studies.
£23.83
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Telegraph - The D Day Landings
Book SynopsisOperation OVERLORD June 1944 was the greatest seaborne invasion, indeed the greatest military endeavour, of all time. Though eventually a brilliant victory, and duly celebrated as a triumph of intelligence, planning, combined operations and international co-operation, the D Day Landings came close to being the greatest military history disaster. From the parachutists and glider pilots landed behind enemy lines to the sappers, gunners, tank crews, signals, infantry, chaplains and surgeons - and the vast armada of ships and landing craft that brought them to the congested beaches - each has their own story of excitement, elation, horror and heroism. A unique collection of letters and accounts from all ranks and regiments, this book champions the ordinary men who made it possible.
£17.67
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Attack on Troy
Book Synopsis3300 years ago Agamemnon, king of Mycenae in Greece, attacked the city of Troy in western Anatolia. The bloody siege that followed gave rise to one of the most famous legends of the ancient world, and the search for the truth behind the legend has intrigued scholars ever since. In this fascinating new investigation Rodney Castleden reconsiders all the evidence in order to establish the facts and give a historical basis to the most potent myth of ancient warfare.
£17.04
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Wellington Against Soult: The Second Invasion of
Book SynopsisAt the heart of David Butterys third book on the Peninsular War lies the comparison between two great commanders of enormous experience and reputation Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, and Jean de Dieu Soult. In Soult, Wellesley met one of his most formidable opponents and they confronted each other during one of the most remarkable, and neglected, of the Peninsular campaigns. Soult's invasion of Portugal is rarely studied in great depth and, likewise, the offensive Wellesley launched, which defeated and expelled the French, has also received scant coverage. As well as giving a fresh insight into the contrasting characters of the two generals, the narrative offers a gripping and detailed, reconstruction of the organization and experience of a military campaign 200 years ago.
£21.01
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Battles on the Tigris: The Mesopotamian Campaign
Book SynopsisIn 1914 the British expedition to Mesopotamia set out with the modest ambition of protecting the oil concession in Southern Persia but, after numerous misfortunes, ended up capturing Baghdad and Northern Towns in Iraq. Initially the mission was successful in seizing Basra but the British under Generals Nixon and Townshend, found themselves drawn North, becoming besieged by the Turks at Kut. After various failed relief attempts the British surrendered and the prisoners suffered appalling indignities and hardship, culminating in a death march to Turkey. In 1917 General Maude was appointed CinC but, as usual in Iraq, policy kept changing. Hopes that the Russians would come into the war were dashed by the Revolution. Operations were further frustrated by the hottest of summers. Fighting against the Turks continued right up to the Armistice. The conduct of the Campaign was subject to a Commission of Inquiry which was highly critical of numerous individuals and the administrative arrangements.
£20.97
