This highly illustrated book, published in paperback, tells the heroic story of those five months using artefacts, interviews, documents, film, art and photographs from the archive at IWM. Personal testimony from those who were there helps bring to...Loe edasi...
Relive the battle for a nation.As 8,000 Scottish soldiers, most of them spearmen, faced 18,000 English infantrymen, archers and mounted knights in June 1314 near the Bannock Burn, many would have thought that the result a foregone conclusion. But two...Loe edasi...
The book documents all of the reported claims presented to Congress by the owners, legal representatives, or heirs of private property lost or damaged during the War of 1812 and which were approved under the various laws passed for that purpose...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526181695)
This book explores the resurfacing of photographs from the Algerian War of Independence (195462) in contemporary art and photobooks by tracing some of the unexpected paths along which photographs travel and argues that contemporary archival art can...Loe edasi...
Encouraged by the success of an attack on Messines Ridge on 7 June 1917, Field Marshal Haig ordered that his generals should continue their preparations for the Third Battle of Ypres. Delayed due to a number of reasons, one of which was poor weather,...Loe edasi...
July of 1331 saw the gathering of a most unusual army; its billets scattered across the modest ports of Yorkshire’s eastern coast. Its purpose, the invasion of Scotland and the overthrow of the yet inchoate line of Bruce kings. This was a task monume...Loe edasi...
After defeating a coalition of Athens, Thebes, Persia, and other Greek city-states at the end of the Corinthian War in 387 BC, Sparta tyrannized all of Greece with nearly unchecked power. But her empire had been hollowed by the cost of generations of...Loe edasi...
The Gloucestershire Regiment is the most decorated in British Army history. During its 300-year history, the regiment bore more battle honours on its Colours than any other. From the deserts of North Africa to the jungles of Burma, this book will giv...Loe edasi...
Predicted to fail and outnumbered and outgunned, the National Guardsmen who withstood the last German onslaught of World War I The Champagne-Marne Defensive in July 1918 occurred at a crucial moment in World War I and proved to be the tur...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Leiden University Press, ISBN-13: 9789087285043)
This book examines the environmental history of the Napoleonic Wars through the lens of everyday military mobility, demonstrating that warfare created distinctive militarized landscapes along the roads traversed by armies on the march. These envir...Loe edasi...
Illustrated throughout, this uncovers the hundreds of British and French warships in the Dunkirk evacuation, whose actions have been overshadowed by the fame of the Little Ships.In this book, nav...Loe edasi...
This fully illustrated study pits Germanys Panzer I against the Soviet T-26 in the Spanish Civil War. This fully illustrated study pits Germanys Panzer I against the Soviet T-26 in the Spanish Civil War.In 1936, as...Loe edasi...
Packed with illustrations, this is the first history of MarinegruppenkommandoSüd, Germanys southern naval command that fought a fast and furious war at the far end of the Mediterranean....Loe edasi...
A Telegraph Best Book 2025 Elegant and terrifying, the story of those who gave up life in the West for Ukraines frontlines some to save democracy, some to save themselves. A modern-day Homage to Catalonia and Figh...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Savas Beatie, ISBN-13: 9781611215328)
The wide-ranging and largely misunderstood series of operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the longest and most extensive of the entire Civil War. The fighting that began in early June 1864 when advance elements from the Union Army of the Poto...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Savas Beatie, ISBN-13: 9781611215335)
Winner, 2014, The Douglas Southall Freeman AwardThe wide-ranging and largely ignored operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the longest and most extensive of the entire Civil War. The fighting began in June of 1864, when advance elements from t...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Savas Beatie, ISBN-13: 9781611215441)
The importance of Robert E. Lees first movement north of the Potomac River in September 1862 is difficult to overstate. After his string of successes in Virginia, a decisive Confederate victory in Maryland or Pennsylvania may well have spun the war...Loe edasi...
Investigates the visibility of different short- and long-term consequences of armed conflicts in the archaeological record from prehistory to the medieval period. Examines which individuals and groups benefit the most and which suffer the most in the...Loe edasi...
Russian expert Mark Galeotti provides an in-depth look at the siege that pitted Ivan the Terrible and Russias first standing army against the Khanate of Kazan, leading to Muscovys rise. Russian expert Mark Galeotti provides an...Loe edasi...
This revised and updated edition of The American Revolution offers an accessible and authoritative account of the war that forged a nation.From the first sparks of rebellion to the final treaty, this comprehensive visual history...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: William Collins, ISBN-13: 9780008699796)
The messy, dirty, bloody reality of Operation Overlord comes alive in Sword, Hastingss portrait of the individual soldiers who risked their lives on the beaches of Normandy. He brings these men to life with sensitivity and beautiful prose THE TIMES...Loe edasi...
Written by one of the worlds leading experts on the Eastern Front, this captivating history explores the final battle for Berlin and the heart of Germany. Written by one of the worlds leading experts on the Eastern Front, this...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226846880)
A personal account by a war historian and adoptee who discovers his biological father was a famous Marine combat photographer in Vietnam. Robert K. Brigham has had a substantial career as a historian of the Vietnam War, with a hand...Loe edasi...
Explores the pivotal role of Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds II Canadian Corps in July 1944, detailing key operations like ATLANTIC and SPRING.The first of two volumes, Monty’s Normandy Hammer traces the major operations fought by Lieutenant-General...Loe edasi...
Gabriele Esposito offers a clear, concise overview of the Wars of the Roses, the complex series of civil wars that ravaged the Kingdom of England for three decades, from 1455 to 1487. Gabriele Esposito offers a clear, concise overview of the...Loe edasi...
War is diplomacy by other means, von Clausewitzs famous doctrine, so familiar to historians of war. But the Thirty Years War took a different course, and war was the prime action, and overtook and relegated diplomacy, and for the first time in Europ...Loe edasi...
The American War of Independence was one of the most significant wars of the Early Modern period and certainly one of the greatest military upsets, with George Washingtons rebel army humbling the might of the British Empire. When revolt broke out,...Loe edasi...
The Peninsular War and the Napoleonic Wars across Europe are subjects of such enduring interest that they have prompted extensive research and writing. Yet other campaigns, in what was a global war, have been largely ignored. Such is the case for th...Loe edasi...
Although also known as the Third English Civil War, the author makes it clear that this was the last war between the Scots and English as separate states. He narrates in detail the the events following the exiled King Charles IIs landing in Scotland...Loe edasi...
The American War of Independence was arguably the greatest test of the British Empires military might before the World Wars and the outcome had far-reaching consequences. When revolt broke out in the thirteen colonies, Britain enjoyed unrivalled na...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Apr-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781837052097)
Gerald Gliddons classic survery of the Somme battlefield in 1916, first published in 1987 to great acclaim, has been greatly expanded and updated to include the latest research and analysis....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: William Collins, ISBN-13: 9780008447274)
For seven years after the Declaration of Independence the United States had no internationally recognized boundaries and no defined sovereign territory. It was more an idea than a country....Loe edasi...
Fully illustrated, this study examines the US Army and Japanese troops who fought for control of the Philippine Islands in the climactic months of World War II. In October 1944 the Sixth US Army landed on Leyte in the Japanese-held...Loe edasi...
An in-depth look at the battle that saw the American Overmountain Men come together and defeat the British Loyalist army, turning the tide of the war. An in-depth look at the battle that saw the American Overmountain Men come tog...Loe edasi...
An Examination of the Portuguese Army under the command of Wellington in the Pennisula War.Following the French invasion of the Iberian Peninsula and the Spanish defeat of the Portuguese armed forces, the British raised and organized a...Loe edasi...
Using a dialectical perspective in analysis and judgment, in Critical Engagements in Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature: Salvaging the Ruins of Empire E. San Juan, Jr. summarizes hegemonic cultural studies, current postcolonial theory...Loe edasi...
A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR When everyday life becomes a state of emergency, how can yesterdays words suffice? We were so happy and didnt know it A thirty-three-year-old writer lives in a quiet European su...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192872821)
The Gesta Francorum Ierusalem expugnantium adds a new voice to the half-dozen contemporaries who chronicled the First Crusade (1095) and the very few who continued the story after 1099. The Latin text is accompanied by an accurate and lively...Loe edasi...
This is the vivid story of men at all levels-from the captain to the seamen-and the Japanese they faced in battle, first at the Marianas in June 1944 and finally on October 25, 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. In that engagement, the N...Loe edasi...
The War of 1812--Americas forgotten war--was anything but inevitable. This groundbreaking study details how a series of diplomatic failures, unresolved grievances and political miscalculations transformed manageable international disputes in...Loe edasi...
Resistance was a refusal to accept the finality of the military defeat of 1940; a refusal to accept that Vichy was the legitimate voice of France; a refusal to accept Vichy policy of collaboration. Resisters were those French men and women who dec...Loe edasi...
All know about the defenestration of Prague, the coup detat staged by Bohemian nobles against the ruling officials of the Hapsburg empire, which triggered the Thirty Years War - a local dispute which started European and global conflict between th...Loe edasi...
Clarence R. Geier, David G. Orr, Matthew B. Reeves
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Mar-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University Press of Florida, ISBN-13: 9780813081359)
Exploring Civil War camp sites and the lives of the soldiers who lived in them The American Civil War soldier, confined much of the time to his camp, suffered from boredom and sickness. Encampment was not...Loe edasi...
During the Anglo-American War of 1812, British forces launched hundreds of amphibious raids on the United States. The richest parts of the United States were slave-states, and thousands of enslaved African Americans fled to British forces in what was...Loe edasi...
