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A comprehensive account of modern conflict which traces the causes of wars in the international arena, their course and how peace was made, and ... More

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National leaders often worry that civil wars might spread, but also seem to have little grasp on which civil wars will in fact draw in other states. ... More

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Donovan Webster''s study into the after effec ts of modern warfare shows how battlefields are transformed and carry terrible legacies of enduring ... More

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Drawing on an eclectic array of historical and cultural studies, this collection seeks to move the perspectives that are marginal to mainstream war ... More

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When Hitler enabled the transformation of the Truppenamt into the general staff in 1935, General Beck saw an opportunity to re-establish a command of ... More

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The history of 20th century warfare, from the strategies and tactics of World War I that had changed little since the Napoleonic Wars some one ... More

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A chronological history describing every battle on land, at sea, and in the air, from the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 to the Gulf War of the ... More

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"Warfare in the 20th Century" explores how the wars of the modern era escalated to a global scale, examining the causes and consequences of the ... More

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Linked with a BBC series, this book sets out to ask, without resort to hindsight, why the world's greatest powers were at war 50 years ago. It looks ... More

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Warfare in the 20th Century explores how the wars of the modern era escalated to a global scale, examining the causes and consequences of the ... More

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The Crimean War is one of the most compelling subjects in British history. Everyone knows about the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, and men ... More

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In this tour de force of interpretative history, David A. Bell explains that Napoleon's was the first 'total' war in European history, when warfare ... More

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From the German stormtroopers of 1918 to the jungles of Vietnam, the role of the infantry soldier has developed and evolved. This book describes the ... More

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For seven months in 1967 the soldiers of Tiger Force lost control in a frenzy of torture, mutilation and cold-blooded murder. Stories started to leak ... More

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Explores the connection between air superiority and victory, focusing on the use of forces at the operational level.

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This source book provides detailed information on the campaigns and battles waged by the French, Spanish and British armies in the Peninsula War. ... More

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The subject of this work is Afghanistan under the rule of the People's Democratic Party. Its focus is explicitly on the regime, its institutions and ... More

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This account of the intervention into the Korean war of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is told from the point of view of the Chinese. The ... More

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