Contact Charlie: The Canadian Army, the Taliban, and the Battle for Afghanistan, Hardcover - Chris Wattie

In the summer of 2006, a Canadian army patrol travelling through Afghanistan's Panjwayi region surprised an unexpectedly large force of Taliban fig...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the summer of 2006, a Canadian army patrol travelling through Afghanistan's Panjwayi region surprised an unexpectedly large force of ...

Reducere. Awards🏆Nominee (2013) - Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction - (Nonfiction)Contributor(s): Author: William DalrympleA Best Book of the Year: The Ec...

Monty and the Canadian Army details the lasting influence of General B.L. Montgomery, whose military competence shaped the Canadian Army in the Sec...

Reducere. For over 2, 500 years, the forbidding territory of Afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads for armies and has witnessed history-shaping clashe...

This is a new, revised edition of the universally acclaimed and best-selling account of the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban movement - the most radi...

Publisher: DRA PublishingAuthor(s): David ReynoldsIllustration(s): 300 illustrationsNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 213 x 306...

Reducere. Do you wonder what we did with all the US money pumped into Afghanistan? Or...how it was all spent? This is the inside story of the United States' ...

Publisher: Verlag Barbara BudrichAuthor(s): Haqmal DaudzaiNumber of pages: 330Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 148 x 210 x 21Cover type: Paperback...

Colonel Moses Hazen's 2nd Canadian Regiment was one of the first "national" regiments in the American army. Created by the Continental Congress, it...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Contributor(s): Author: Nikolaus Von VormannIn 1943 the tide began to turn against Germany on the Eastern Front. Their summer offensive, Operation ...

Reducere. The basis of the film starring Orlando Bloom and Scott Eastwood, The Outpost is the heartbreaking and inspiring story of one of America's deadliest...

Reducere. Three days of savage and bloody fighting between Confederate and Union troops at Stones River in Middle Tennessee ended with nearly 25, 000 casualt...

DescriptionThe complete and illustrated history of Russia's armed forces from the Russian Revolution until the present day, covering both their inv...

German Ground Forces of World War II offers the first comprehensive order of battle for German ground troops throughout the Second World War, from ...

Reducere. What happens when a regular person accidentally finds themselves lost in the middle of a war?In 1991, BBC journalist Chris Woolf travelled to Afgha...

Reducere. DescriptionScarlet to Green details the 'boom and bust' cycles of the Canadian Army's intelligence organization from its inception in 1903 to 1963,...

Reducere. As a first lieutenant in Bravo Company of the Third Battalion, 187th Infantry, Frank Boccia led a platoon in two intense battles in the Vietnamese ...

Wellington's early Peninsular War victory recounted in detailIn the autumn of 1810 Wellington, at the head of an army of 50, 000 British, King's Ge...

The story of the six-day battle that began the War in Afghanistan and how it set the scene for twenty years of conflict.Publisher: Welbeck Publishi...

Reducere. The Taliban made piety a business of the state, and thereby intervened in the daily lives and social interactions of Afghan women. Pious Peripherie...

In a devastating and urgent work of investigative journalism, Pulitzer Prize-winner, Chris Hamby, uncovers the tragic resurgence of black lung dise...

The RAF in the Battle of France and Battle of Britain looks at the opportunities missed in the French campaign. It takes a fresh look at the Battle...

Reducere. "Masterly . . . a heartbreaking, beautifully told story of wasted sacrifice." --Vince Rinehart, The Washington PostThe Allied attack of Normandy be...

Written in an accessible style and ideal for classroom use, Arrows in a Quiver provides an overview of Indigenous-settler relations, including how ...

Fighting an elusive and dangerous enemy far from home, the British army in Afghanistan has been involved in asymmetric warfare for the best part of...

DescriptionThis compelling, timely, and empowering picture book introduces children to Maria Toorpakai Wazir, a Pakistani girl who braved threats f...

This guidebook gives comprehensive information about: - Major battles and battlefields- Memorials, sites, cemeteries, and statues- How to get there...

Read about the life of Brian Boru and the battle that changed the course of Irish history in this exciting and accessible account.

Publisher: Penguin Putnam IncAuthor(s): Elizabeth WilliamsonNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 164 x 238 x 46Cover type: Hardbac...

Battle for Home Plate, Hardcover

The spiritual being known as Michael has accompanied humanity on its path from the cosmos to the earth since the very beginning and in this regard,...

Reducere. DescriptionMax Hastings's "exceptional" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) account of the famous World War II D-Day landings " will] stand with that ...

Reducere. Mao and his policies have long been demonised in the West, with the Cultural Revolution considered a fundamental violation of human rights. As Chin...

Reducere. "Lively . . . Defiant . . . Pulling back the curtain on 100 years of struggle . . . The women who shaped the American narrative come to life with r...

IN 1991 THE UNITED STATES trounced the Iraqi army in battle only to stumble blindly into postwar turmoil. Then in 2003 the United States did it aga...