212 Soldiers for the Queen: Fijians in the British Army 1961-1997 - David Tough

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1961 the British army struggled with volunteer recruitment after the abolition of National Service. Recruiting teams were sent to thr...

The mobility of the Second World War, brought on by 'technological advances in destructive capabilities' needed new type of medical service. Succes...

DescriptionDuring the Second World War over half-a-million African troops served with the British Army as combatants and non-combatants in campaign...

Fully illustrated complete history of British armoured warfare from the pioneering tanks for the First World War through to the start of the Second...

Reducere. *Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingDuring the Civil War, over 180, 000 black ...

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Reducere. The Stuff of Soldiers uses everyday objects to tell the story of the Great Patriotic War as never before. Brandon Schechter attends to a diverse ar...

Based on the journals of a New Yorker who would become one of Wellington's senior generals, the story of a remarkable military career from The Amer...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): John DillonIllustration(s): 9 b/w maps, 9 tablesNumber of pages: 298Collection: Reason to RevolutionPublicati...

Reducere. Formed in 1866, the African-American army units known as Buffalo Soldiers acquired near-mythical status for their fortitude and courage. At the out...

Inspired by ideas of Phil Barker (of WRG fame), these rules were a tactical training game for the US Army for approximately twenty years. Written b...

Learning, innovation and adaptation are not concepts that we necessarily associate with the British army of the First World War. Yet the need to le...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Lonnie M. LongAuthor: Gary B. BlackburnIn early May 1961, a U.S. military aircraft taxied toward a well-guarded terminal bu...

Reducere. In early May 1961, a U.S. military aircraft taxied toward a well-guarded terminal building. The plane slowed to a halt; steps were maneuvered up to...

Challenging celebratory histories of the British legal regime in Hong Kong, this book uses archival sources to revisit political censorship. It sho...

Bridging Pen and Swords existing military and genealogy readerships, this book will provide an interesting perspective on the experience of the Bri...

DescriptionArmy of the Duchy of Warsaw refers to the military forces of the Duchy of Warsaw. The Army was significantly based on the Polish Legions...

The Army of the House of Austria and its evolution during the wars against the Porte and France.

Reducere. It was 1862, the second year of the Civil War, though Kansans and Missourians had been fighting over slavery for almost a decade. For the 250 Union...

Reducere. This book is about the continuation of someone else's war and the very early days in the assumption of that war by the United States of America. It...

Reducere. Soldiers of the Sun traces the origins of the Imperial Japanese Army back to its samurai roots in the nineteenth century to tell the story of the r...

DescriptionA comprehensive and authoritative history that explores the significance of one of the most famous buildings and institutions in England...

This book tells the largely untold story of WWI's Volunteer Training Corps, the forgotten equivalent of World War II's Home Guard. Self-financing a...

Cinema on the Front Line offers the first comprehensive history and analysis of how British soldiers engaged with and were engaged by the medium of...

Published on the occasion of Bridget Riley's major exhibition at David Zwirner in London in the summer of 2014, this title offers intimate explorat...

DescriptionToday the Korean War of 1950-1953 is overshadowed by later twentieth-century conflicts in Vietnam and the Middle East, yet at the time i...

DescriptionThough early laws prohibited women from becoming soldiers, they still found ways to serve, even disguising themselves as men in order to...

During the first four decades of the twentieth century, the British Indian Army possessed an illusion of racial and religious inclusivity. The army...

Reducere. A WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD NOTABLE BOOK After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared to be doomed. Yet it grew to become the greate...

DescriptionProlific Italian artist and author, Bruno Mugnai introduces the Dutch Army of the third quarter of the 17th century in the first of a ne...

Reducere. A very readable history of the British Army that manages to be objective yet sympathetic, and concise while never being superficial

In 1916, Britain was finally forced to introduce universal conscription to replace the terrible casualties suffered by the pre-war Regulars, the Te...

Reducere. An enchanting modern fable The frogs enjoy their life at the pond, filling their days with fly brunches and night music. But one day a little frog ...

With a total of only 200 men, a British battlegroup was charged to enforce the peace in a 100km area, through which wound a front line separating t...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): Wayne StackIllustration(s): c 24 colour & b/w ills, 7 maps, 9 tablesNumber of pages: 202Collection: From Reas...

The memoirs of Major Margaret Thomas, a military nurse who worked in the UK, Ghana, Germany, Singapore and Malaysia in the 1950s and 1960s.

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Edward MadiganNumber of pages: 238Collection: Routledge Studies in First World War HistoryPublication dat...

DescriptionThe BAOR of 1945 - like its largely forgotten 1919 namesake-began as an army of occupation in a defeated Germany. However, with the Cold...

DescriptionWhy did the Germans brutally and illegally execute a group of British soldiers who had been trapped behind the lines during the retreat ...

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Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): R N W ThomasIllustration(s): 11 b/w ills, 16 colour ills, 4 maps, 47 tablesNumber of pages: 330Collection: Fr...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): Ken WhartonNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 157 x 232 x 21Cover type: Paperback / softba...

Strong on human interest coupled with military history.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Victor PiukIllustration(s): 16 pages of black and...