Specific wars and campaigns Books

The Case Of Russian Labor Against Bolshevism: Facts And Documents is a book published in 1919 by the Russian Information Bureau in the U.S. The book provides a comprehensive account of the Russian labor movement's opposition to the Bolshevik regime that...

The Berlin-Zossen Electric Railway Tests of 1903 is a historical book written by Franz Welz in 1905. The book covers the experimental tests conducted on the Berlin-Zossen Electric Railway in 1903, which aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of...

Share the experiences of a Despatch Rider during World War 1 by reading his own words written as a diary during his years on the Western Front. Oswald Harcourt Davis joined the Royal Engineers in 1916 and arrived in Abbeville, Somme, France in July that...

This book explores the memorializing practices of American veterans of the Vietnam War at several of the most significant contemporary sites of memory in the United States and Vietnam. These sites include veterans' memoirs, museum exhibits, replicas of...

Japan's Contested War Memories is an important and significant book that explores the struggles within contemporary Japanese society to come to terms with Second World War history. Focusing particularly on 1972 onwards, the period starts with...

Provides a comprehensive modern biographical survey of homosexuality in the Western world. Among those included are:* controversial political activists - Peter Tatchell; Guy Hocquenghem; Harvey Milk* pop icons - David Bowie; k d lang; Boy George*...

Since September 11, 2001, Seymour M. Hersh has riveted readers -- and outraged the Bush Administration -- with his explosive stories in The New Yorker, including his headline-making pieces on the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Now, Hersh brings...

Orchestrating Warfighting provides a detailed and wide-ranging examination of the employment of corps and divisions from the First World War through to the early twenty-first century.

Acknowledgements Introduction The Most Imperialistic Nation on Earth The English Navy has Gone Mad An Alien Administration Tail to the British Kite Whom He Loveth He Chastiseth Ties of Blood and Language India and the Boer War, and All That Who Shall...

Lewis and Muriel Glaser met in Jackson Heights, New York, when he was sixteen and she was fourteen. They fell in love and remained dedicated to each other forever after. Lew was in college when WWII began and when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Soon after,...

United States Navy Fleet Marine Force Hospital Corpsman Nicholas Bertucci kept a handwritten journal of his 2010 deployment in Afghanistan.He shares that experience in ROLLING THROUGH AFGHANISTAN for the benefit of those who have wondered what it's like...

The Metallurgy Of The Non Ferrous Metals is a book written by William Gowland in 1914. It is a comprehensive guide to the various non-ferrous metals and their properties, including copper, zinc, lead, tin, and aluminum. The book covers the history and...

The Seventh Regiment: A Record is a historical book written by George L. Wood that provides a comprehensive account of the Seventh Regiment of the National Guard of New York. The book traces the origins of the regiment, its formation, and its...

The Sixteenth Maine Regiment In The War Of The Rebellion, 1861-1865 is a historical book written by Abner Ralph Small. The book provides a comprehensive account of the experiences of the Sixteenth Maine Regiment during the American Civil War. The book...

Foreword Introduction Prologue: Poland Welcomes Back Survivors - May 1946 PART I: THE POLISH EXILE The Dawn of a Jewish Community in Poland Jews in the Struggle for Poland's Independence PART II: BEFORE THE GREAT CATASTROPHE (1918-1939) The Polish Eagle...

Notes on Contributors Introduction Holocaust-genres and the Turn to History; B.Lang Holocaust Writing in Context: Italy 1945 - 1947; R.Gordon Representations of the Holocaust in Women's Testimony; A.Hardman Between Repulsion and Attraction: George...

Viewing the subject from the side of the Allies, the author reviews four major achievements in World War II which had unexpected and even more dramatic consequences not discovered until much after the event. He also deals with the evaluation of some...

This journal records the war time experiences of Chalmers H. Hallman, Radioman RM 3/C.

Read the little known story of the World War II Army Anti-Aircraft units in the Pacific, and how they helped win the war.

For two decades Sympson thought little of his tour of duty as a Marine artillery officer in Vietnam. But recovering from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer probably caused by exposure in Vietnam to Agent Orange, he saw a thread running through his later...

Between the 1930s and the 1950s rural life in Europe underwent profound changes, partly as a result of the Second World War, and partly as a result of changes which had been in progress over many years. This book examines a range of European countries,...

Adolf Hitler enlisted in the Bavarian Army in august 1914 as a war volunteer. Fanatically devoted to the German cause, between 1914 and 1918 Hitler served with distinction and sometimes reckless bravery, winning both classes of Iron Cross. Using...

Updated and expanded throughout to take into consideration the most up-to-date historical research, this new edition of The Origins of the Second World War analyzes the reasons for the outbreak of the Second World War.Experienced historian Ruth...

A uniquely comprehensive overview of a fascinating and rapidly changing country, dealing with the politics, economics, society and foreign policy of Vietnam from the Doi Moi reforms of market socialism in 1986 to the present day. Drawing on fieldwork and...

This book is an original and comparative study of reactions in West and East Africa to the persecution and attempted annihilation of Jews in Europe and in former German colonies in sub-Saharan Africa during the Second World War.An intellectual and...

Britain's role at the Geneva Disarmament Conference has traditionally been seen as that of 'Honest Broker', mediating between the conflicting demands of Germany, who sought release from the disarmament restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles, and France...

The command and control of military operations is a difficult art. The Challenges of High Command explores British ideas of how this should be done and, with the guidance of some of Britain's leading military historians, looks at the practicalities of...

The surrender of Hong Kong to the Japanese in December 1941 started the collapse of British power in the Far East. Disproportionate to its small size, the colony became critical in Britain's battle to retain her Empire. Ironically, the larger threat to...

Introduction For the Duration: Place, Space and Gender Domestication of Industrial Employment Women on the Factory Floor Women in the Services: Morals and Morale Patriotic Femininity on the Home Front Sexuality in War Time War and Herstories: A Different...