Other warfare and defence issues Books

De Toulon Au Tonkin: Itin�����raire D'Un Transport (1885) est un livre �����crit par Marius Bernard. Ce livre d�����crit le voyage d'un transport de troupes fran�����ais de Toulon au Tonkin (Vietnam) en 1885. Le livre relate les difficult�����s...

In this book, the author argues that politicians use our discomfort in 'ranking' moral atrocities to manipulate our sense of injustice and serve their interests. He argues that while genocides such as the Holocaust and Rwanda are universally recognized...

Post-heroism is often perceived as one of the main aspects of change in the character of war. Large parts of the contemporary strategic discourse rest on the assumption that war today is no longer fuelled by heroic motivations, and does not produce any...

In the shadowed heart of Africa's Tigray region of Ethiopia, a dire genocidal war unfolds, shrouded in a "Tsunami of Lies" that threatens to drown the world's understanding of the truth. In this unflinching exploration, the book embarks on "Tigray's...

Fighting for the Dream is a collection of oral histories of 40 Chinese American men and women-ages 24 to 94-who served in wars from World War II to conflicts in Afghanistan. These individuals defied boundaries, went against their cultural grain, and...

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book raises new questions and provides different perspectives on the roles, responsibilities, ethics and protection of interpreters in war while investigating the substance and agents of Japanese war crimes and...

Perspectives on the American Way of War examines salient cases of American experience in irregular warfare, focusing upon the post-World War II era. This book asks why recent misfires have emerged in irregular warfare from an institutional, professional,...

The top MiG-killers of Operation Desert Storm.August 1990: Iraqi forces under the command of Saddam Hussein invaded the tiny emirate of Kuwait. Within hours, the Kuwaiti defenses collapsed under the onslaught of the Iraqi Army. In response, the US...

After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, hundreds of thousands of men joined the war effort to defend the United States in World War II. The story of Joe W. King is not unlike those of other men. He enlisted in the Army, trained stateside, and was...

Oskar Schindler was a naive optimist, a chronic alcoholic, a lover of women outside his marriage to Emily Pelzl. The Jews he saved used to say, "Thank God he was more faithful to us than to his wife." Will the enigma ever be solved? Schindler is not here...

This Yizkor Book memorializes the Jews of Kamenetz‐Litowsk-a shtetl in an area that changed hands overthe centuries, from Lithuania to Poland to Belarus. It was situated on the banks of the Leshna River, in theshadow of the "Sloop", a 14th‐century...

United States officials witnessed and reported on the mass murder of Armenians during WWI, in what is known as the Armenian Genocide of 1915. This book is a systematic collection of such reports that were sent to the State Department from Ottoman Turkey,...

During and after World War I, over one million Ottoman Greeks were expelled from Turkey, a watershed moment in Greek history that resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths. And while few dispute the expulsion's tragic scope, it remains the subject of...

Breves Apuntes Sobre Las Cuestiones Mas Importantes De La Isla De Cuba es un libro escrito por Luis Fern�����ndez Golfin en 1866. Este libro es una recopilaci������n de notas y reflexiones sobre los temas m�����s importantes relacionados con la isla de...

This book makes an original contribution to reconnecting criminological inquiry to the core concerns of the classical sociological imagination and to the intellectual resources of comparative and historical sociology. Throughout the book Hughes...

After years of alcohol abuse, Raldo Cisneros, a former Marine, is desperate to rekindle his strained relationship with his young daughter. He gets back on his feet and begins working security for a billionaire financier only to discover a dark secret...

This is the smoking gun linking Talaat Pasha, the Ottoman Minister of Interior and later Grand Vizier, to the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The report was prepared for Talaat Pasha and meant for his private use. In all likelihood, it would have been...

""France and Tongking"" is a historical account of the French campaign in 1884 to occupy the region of Tonkin in northern Vietnam, and their subsequent occupation of Further India (present-day Laos and Cambodia). The book is written by James George...

""Aus der Paulskirche: Berichte an den Schw�����bischen Merkur aus den Jahren 1848 und 1849"" ist ein Buch von Gustav Rumelin, das im Jahr 1892 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es enth�����lt Berichte, die Rumelin w�����hrend seiner T�����tigkeit als...

""Storia della Rivoluzione del 1848"" ����� un libro scritto da Francesco Vigano e pubblicato nel 1878. Il libro racconta la storia della Rivoluzione del 1848, un periodo di agitazione politica e sociale che si diffuse in tutta Europa. Vigano analizza i...

Le livre ""Documents Inedits Sur Les Relations De La Serbie Avec Napoleon I, 1809-1814"" a �����t����� �����crit par Auguste Boppe et publi����� en 1888. Ce livre est une collection de documents historiques qui traitent des relations entre la Serbie et...

Panama Le Canal Provisoire Et Le Canal Definitif (1887) est un livre �����crit par H. J. Fourmont. Il s'agit d'un ouvrage historique sur l'histoire du canal de Panama, qui a �����t����� construit pour relier les oc�����ans Atlantique et Pacifique...

The long march to LucknowThis is an excellent account of the Indian Mutiny as experienced by an officer of the Rifle Brigade who served with Havelock's Allahabad Moveable Column in 1857 on its march to Lucknow and in which he was closely associated with...

The Great Lakes region of Africa has seen dramatic changes. After a decade of war, repression, and genocide, loosely allied regimes have replaced old-style dictatorships. The Path of a Genocide examines the decade (1986-97) that brackets the 1994...

Enter the operating room with Dr. William Meffert as he shares generations' worth of his family's wartime surgery experiences.William Meffert is a surgeon. His father was a surgeon. And now, so is his son. Three generations familiar with incisions,...

Throwing caution to the wind at a dangerous time John Steward gathers a handful of Rwandans to dream of ways to heal the wounds of genocide. Their vibrancy expands into a radical circle of change, which silently spreads outwards. Youth channel their...

In The Niger Country is a travelogue written by Harold Bindloss and published in 1898. The book provides a detailed account of the author's journey through the Niger River region in West Africa. Bindloss describes the people, customs, and landscapes of...

Das Buch ""Neueste Geschichte, 1815-1850"" wurde im Jahr 1851 von Friedrich Steger ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um eine historische Abhandlung, die sich mit der Zeitperiode von 1815 bis 1850 besch�����ftigt. Der Autor beschreibt die politischen,...

Il libro ""Memorie Storiche Della Resa Di Malta Ai Francesi Nel 1798"" scritto da Guiseppe Terrinoni nel 1867, racconta la storia della presa di Malta da parte dei Francesi nel 1798. L'autore descrive dettagliatamente gli eventi che portarono alla...

""Memoria Sobre Filipinas y Jolo Redactada en 1863 y 1864"" es un libro escrito por Patricio de la Escosura en 1883. En �����l, el autor presenta un informe detallado sobre las islas Filipinas y Jolo, basado en su experiencia personal como funcionario...

Le livre ""Le Moblot Du 33 Episode De La Guerre De 1870 (1896)"" est �����crit par Auguste Voisine. Il raconte l'histoire d'un jeune soldat fran�����ais nomm����� Moblot qui participe ������ la guerre franco-prussienne de 1870. Le r�����cit suit les...

Le livre ""Le Compte De L'Armee Anglaise Au Siege D'Orleans, 1428-1429"" �����crit par Louis Jarry en 1892 est une �����tude d�����taill�����e de la bataille d'Orl�����ans pendant la guerre de Cent Ans. Le livre d�����crit les �����v�����nements qui ont...

This book studies the wars Pakistan has fought over the years with India as well as other non-state actors. Focusing on the first Kashmir war (1947-48), the wars of 1965 and 1971, and the 1999 Kargil war, it analyses the elite decision-making, which...

While Jewish-Americans have been in the forefront of our history since the inception of our Republic, little is known about Jews in the military. Dozens of stories of Jewish GI?

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Jon has written many poems to honor his brothers and sisters in arms, as a way to help him cope with his PTSD from his combat service. It is also his way to honor the veterans who have served our natin.

‘It is criminal that such a significant and brave action by Scottish soldiers is not awarded its rightful place!’ The Scottish Association of the Teachers of History'It is a prisoner's duty to try to escape!'The true story of a...

Tokom 80-ih godina XX veka u Srbiji su se iskristalisala dva stava koja su glasila: 1) Srbi i Hrvati ne mogu više da žive zajedno u Hrvatskoj ("nova NDH"), kao ni Srbi i Muslimani u Bosni ("džamahirija nalik Libiji") i 2) rešenje tog problema je...

The only book of poetry to date devoted to the Rwanda genocide and published in this country, this is a work of nonfictional poetry, a cousin in genre to the nonfictional novel. It is based not only on the poet's observations and encounters during...

When Ron Zaleski returned home from his service to the Marine Corps in 1972, he was plagued by feelings of anger and guilt. As an act of penance, in 2006 he walked barefoot across the Appalachian Trail, where he learned self-forgiveness, empathy, and...

This classic title embodies the report presented to the Imperial War Graves Commission by Sir Fabian Ware. It is a record of remarkable achievement and a reminder of the toll taken by the Great War on the generation that faced it. 

Historia De La Patagonia, Tierra De Fuego, E Islas Malvinas (1841) es un libro escrito por Federico Lacroix. En este libro, el autor describe la historia de la Patagonia, Tierra de Fuego e Islas Malvinas desde la llegada de los espa�����oles en el siglo...

Historia De La Conquista De La Habana, 1762 (1856) es un libro escrito por Pedro Jose Guiteras que narra los eventos hist������ricos de la conquista de La Habana en 1762. En este libro, el autor describe detalladamente los sucesos que llevaron a la toma...