War Pigeons: Winged Couriers in the U.S. Military, 1878-1957 (Macalaster Elizabeth G.)(Paperback)

War Pigeons: Winged Couriers in the U.S. Military, 1878-1957 (Macalaster Elizabeth G.)(Paperback)

For more than seven decades, homing pigeons provided the U.S. military with its fastest most reliable means of communication. Originally bred for racing in the early 1800s, homing pigeons were later trained by pigeoneers to fly up to 60 mph for hundreds of miles, and served the United States for

Engaging The Enemy - Vatta's War: Book Three (Moon Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

The third volume in the Vatta's War series - an explosive military SF series from the Nebula Award winning author of The Speed of

The Ghost in the Corner and Other Stories (Dunsany Lord)(Paperback)

The Anglo-Irish fantaisiste Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) was immensely prolific. Author of more than a dozen novels, hundreds of stories, essays, and poems, and more than fifty plays, he infused every single work with his unique blend of fantasy, weirdness, and subtle humor.S. T. Joshi and Martin

More on War (Van Creveld Martin)(Pevná vazba)

'War is the most important thing in the world,' writes Martin van Creveld, military historian and author of the monumental work, The Rise and Decline of the State. The survival of every country, government, and individual is ultimately dependent on war - or the ability to wage it in self-defense

White Princess - Cousins' War 5 (Gregory Philippa)(Paperback / softback)

The fifth novel in The Cousins' War series tells the story of Elizabeth, daughter of Elizabeth Woodville, The White

Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle (Biddle Stephen)(Paperback)

In war, do mass and materiel matter most? Will states with the largest, best equipped, information-technology-rich militaries invariably win? The prevailing answer today among both scholars and policymakers is yes. But this is to overlook force employment, or the doctrine and tactics by which

The Jeep: Second World War (Cole Lance)(Paperback)

The Second World War Jeep was one of the most famous and influential military vehicles of all time, and over 600,000 were produced. It served with all the Allied forces during the war on every front and it has been the inspiration behind the design of light, versatile, rugged military and civilian

The Spanish Civil War (Payne Stanley G.)(Paperback)

This book presents an original new history of the most important conflict in European affairs during the 1930s, prior to the events that produced World War II - the Spanish Civil War. It describes the complex origins of the conflict, the collapse of the Spanish Republic, and the outbreak of the

Military Blunders (David Saul)(Paperback / softback)

A professional military historian analyses the most spectacular cock-ups in military

Humanitarian Intervention (Weiss Thomas G.)(Paperback)

A singular development in the post-Cold War era is the use of military force to protect human beings. From Rwanda to Kosovo, Sierra Leone to East Timor, and Libya to C te d Ivoire, soldiers have rescued civilians in some of the world's most notorious war zones. But what about Syria? Why have we

History of the First World War (Liddell Hart B. H.)(Paperback / softback)

'The most influential British military writer of his time' The

The War of the Worlds (Wells H. G.)(Paperback)

One of the most important and influential invasion narratives ever written, The War of the Worlds (1897) describes the coming of the Martians, who land in Woking, and make their way remorselessly towards the capital, wreaking chaos, death, and destruction. The novel is closely associated with

Strike Back - A war hero. A broken veteran. A lethal crisis. (Ryan Chris)(Paperback / softback)

Two soldiers: Britain's most celebrated military hero and a broken veteran living in the gutters of London. He was awarded a Military Cross and is heralded as a military hero. After the disastrous raid, their lives couldn't have been further

Relics of War in Northumberland - Military Remains in the Landscape (Hall Ian)(Paperback / softback)

On War (Von Clausewitz Carl)(Paperback)

The most authoritative and feature-rich edition of On War in English Carl von Clausewitz's On War is the most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy. Since the work's first appearance in 1832, it has been read

War and War (Krasznahorkai Laszlo)(Paperback / softback)

One of Laszlo Krasznahorkai's most loved books, published in the UK for the first

Vietnam's American War (Asselin Pierre)(Paperback)

Communist forces in the Vietnam War lost most battles and suffered disproportionally higher casualties than the United States and its allies throughout the conflict. The ground war in South Vietnam and the air war in the North were certainly important in shaping the fates of the victors and losers,

Women in the Great War (Wynn Stephen)(Paperback)

The First World War was fought on two fronts. In a military sense it was fought on the battlefields throughout Europe, the Gallipoli peninsular and other such theaters of war, but on the Home Front it was the arduous efforts of women that kept the country running. Before the war women in the

Patton, Montgomery, Rommel: Masters of War (Brighton Terry)(Paperback)

In Patton, Montgomery, Rommel, one of Britain's most accomplished military scholars presents an unprecedented study of the land war in the North African and European theaters, as well as their chief commanders--three men who also happened to be the most compelling dramatis personae of World War II

Where Stands a Winged Sentry (Kennedy Margaret)(Paperback)

'Most people knew in their hearts that the lid had been taken off hell, and that what had been done in Guernica would one day be done in London, Paris and Berlin.' Margaret Kennedy's prophetic words, written about the pre-war mood in Europe, give the tone of this riveting 1941 wartime memoir: it is

The Politics of Exile (Dauphinee Elizabeth)(Paperback)

'The most thought-provoking and refreshing work on Bosnia and the former Yugoslavia in a long time.It is certainly an immense contribution to the broadening schools within international relations.' Times Higher Education (THE).Written in both autoethnographical and narrative form, The Politics of

Landscape in Sunlight (Fair Elizabeth)(Paperback)

At the end of the war, Mrs. Midge stayed on. While the war lasted Mrs. Custance had accepted her as part of the war-effort; it was only in the past year or two that Mrs. Midge had been transferred to the category which Mrs. Custance described as 'people we could manage without.' Elizabeth Fair's

War Doctor - Surgery on the Front Line (Nott David)(Paperback / softback)

The gripping true story of a front-line trauma surgeon in the world's most dangerous war

War and Conflict in Africa (Williams Paul D.)(Paperback)

After the Cold War, Africa earned the dubious distinction of being the world's most bloody continent. But how can we explain this proliferation of armed conflicts? What caused them and what were their main characteristics? And what did the world's governments do to stop them? In this fully revised