The Battle of Fontenoy 1745: Saxe Against Cumberland in the War of the Austrian Succession (Falkner James)(Pevná vazba)

The Battle of Fontenoy 1745: Saxe Against Cumberland in the War of the Austrian Succession (Falkner James)(Pevná vazba)

The Battle of Fontenoy marked a turning point in the War of the Austrian Succession, yet it has rarely been analyzed in depth and the Europe-wide conflict in which it played a part is little understood. James Falkner, in this perceptive and original account, puts the record straight by describing

The War of the Austrian Succession (Browning Reed S.)(Paperback)

Reed S. Browning explores the often-changing war aims of the major belligerents-Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, Piedmont-Sardinia, and Spain-and links diplomatic and military events to the political and social context from which they

Battle of Britain: Book 2 of the Ladybird Expert History of the Second World War (Holland James)(Pevná vazba)

Airpower in the War Against Isis (Lambeth Benjamin S.)(Pevná vazba)

Airpower in the War against ISIS chronicles the planning and conduct of Operation Inherent Resolve by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) from August 2014 to mid-2018, with a principal focus on the contributions of U.S. Air Forces Central Command (AFCENT). Benjamin S. Lambeth contends that the war's

Battle for Skyline Ridge: The CIA Secret War in Laos (Parker James E.)(Pevná vazba)

The first complete account of the secret battle of Skyline Ridge, 1972, when a ragtag Laos-Thai army supported by the CIA threw back a vast NVA army.In late 1971, the People's Army of Vietnam launched Campaign 'Z' into northern Laos, escalating the war in Laos with the aim of defeating the last

Bait: The Battle of Kham Duc (McLeroy James)(Pevná vazba)

An account of the battle of Kham Duc, one of the least known and most misunderstood battles in the American Phase of the Second Indochina War (1959 to 1975).The strategic potential of the three-day attack of two NVA regiments on Kham Duc, a remote and isolated Army Special Forces camp, on the eve

The War Beat, Pacific: The American Media at War Against Japan (Casey Steven)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive history of American war reporting in the Pacific theater of World War II, from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After almost two years slogging with infantrymen through North Africa, Italy, and France, Ernie Pyle immediately realized he was

The Art of War (Tzu Sun)(Pevná vazba)

'Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril.' The Art of War, by the Chinese general and philosopher Sun Tzu, is one of the most influential books of military strategy ever written. More than 2,000 years old, this classic of Chinese philosophy lays out a

The Lenin Plot: The Unknown Story of America's War Against Russia (Carr Barnes)(Pevná vazba)

The surprising story of perhaps the darkest episode in American espionage history: the 'midnight war' to depose Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin. It remains the most audacious spy plot in American history--a bold and extremely dangerous operation to invade Russia, defeat the Red Army, and mount a coup

Lenin Plot - The Untold Story of America's Midnight War Against Russia (Carr Barnes)(Pevná vazba)

The surprising story of one of the darkest episodes in espionage history: the 'midnight war' devised by America and Allied powers to depose Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin and invade

Storm Clouds Over the Pacific, 1931-1941 (Harmsen Peter)(Pevná vazba)

War in the Far East is a trilogy of books comprising a general history of the war against Japan; unlike other histories it expands the narrative beginning long before Pearl Harbor and encompasses a much wider group of actors to produce the most complete narrative yet written and the first truly

Death in the Highlands: The Siege of Special Forces Camp Plei Me (Saliba J. Keith)(Pevná vazba)

Death in the Highlands reconstructs a pivotal battle of the Vietnam War, the siege of the American Special Forces camp at Plei Me. Drawing on archival research and interviews with combat veterans, J. Keith Saliba describes the battle in vivid, gut-wrenching detail and illustrates where the siege

Barbarossa - And the Bloodiest War in History (Binns Stewart)(Pevná vazba)

Barbarossa is the story of the battle for the Eastern Front during the Second World War. Drawing on remarkable and never-before-seen material, the extraordinary story of one of the most horrific and devastating encounters of military

Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 (Toll Ian W.)(Pevná vazba)

In June 1944, the United States launched a crushing assault on the Japanese navy in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The capture of the Mariana Islands and the accompanying ruin of Japanese carrier airpower marked a pivotal moment in the Pacific War. No tactical masterstroke or blunder could

The Great War in the Argonne Forest: French and American Battles, 1914-1918 (Merry Richard)(Pevná vazba)

The annals of the First World War record the Argonne Forest as the epicenter of the famous Meuse-Argonne offensive of 1918. The largest American operation launched against the Germans during the conflict. During 1914 and 1915 though, amidst the dense forest, French and Italian soldiers withstood

The Battle of Znaim: Napoleon, the Habsburgs and the End of the War of 1809 (Gill John H.)(Pevná vazba)

The little known Battle of Znaim (10th-11th July 1809) was the last battle to be fought on the main front of the Franco-Austrian War. Cut short to make way for an armistice it effectively ended hostilities between France and Austria and is now uniquely considered to be an episode both of conflict

In the Shadow of the Red Banner: Soviet Jews in the War Against Nazi Gemany (Arad Yitzchak)(Pevná vazba)

Over 500,000 Jews fought under the Soviet banner in World War Two, of which an approximate 40 percent gave their lives - the highest percentage of all the nations of the Soviet Union and among all the other nations that fought in the Second World War. Dr. Arad now sets the record straight on the

Inventing Equality: Reconstructing the Constitution in the Aftermath of the Civil War (Bellesiles Michael)(Pevná vazba)

The evolution of the battle for true equality in America seen through the men, ideas, and politics behind the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments passed at the end of the Civil War. On July 4, 1852, Frederick Douglass stood in front of a crowd in Rochester, New York, and asked, 'What to the slave is

Hitler's Atrocities Against Allied POWs: War Crimes of the Third Reich (Chinnery Philip)(Pevná vazba)

Documents the atrocities carried out against Allied prisoners of war during

Storms Over the Mekong, Volume 164: Major Battles of the Vietnam War (Head William Pace)(Pevná vazba)

From the defeat of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam at Ap Bac to the battles of the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh, and more, Storms over the Mekong offers a reassessment of key turning points in the Vietnam War. Award-winning historian William P. Head not only reexamines these pivotal battles but

Guns Against the Reich: Memoirs of an Artillery Officer on the Eastern Front (Mikhin Petr)(Pevná vazba)

In three years of war on the Eastern Front-from the desperate defense of Moscow, through the epic struggles at Stalingrad and Kursk to the final offensives in central Europe-artillery-man Petr Mikhin experienced the full horror of battle. In this vivid memoir he recalls distant but deadly duels

Instrument of War. Volume 1: The Austrian Army in the Seven Years War (Duffy Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

How did an 18th Century army work? This book is the most important examination of such an army yet done, written by the premier military historian of the era. Maria Theresa had seen her inheritance almost lost to unprovoked attacks from her neighbors. Her army had stood by her then, and was now

Battle Stations: War Picture Library (Pratt Hugo)(Pevná vazba)

The first in a major series of new collections bringing the long lost UK war comics of Italian art maestro Hugo Pratt to the public in stunning new editions. Two brothers of differing rank have to make extraordinary sacrifices in the line of the toughest duty. This is a true story of courage under

Keeping the Peace in the Cyprus Crisis of 1963-64 (James A.)(Pevná vazba)

During the Cold War the small state of Cyprus was of great strategic importance to the West. Britain, the United States, and Nato all had valuable installations there; and any armed conflict between Greek and Turkish Cypriots could easily suck two nearby Nato members - Greece and Turkey - into war