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1	Red Storm on the Reich: The Soviet March on Germany, 1945 more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist On the night of January 11, 1945, fog, low clouds, and blizzards reduced visibility at times to literally zero along the Sandomierz bridgehead. So the German troops did not notice tanks, assault guns, and towed artillery pieces moving in position by the thousands along the east bankthe Russian sideof the Vistula River. Within seconds after the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.52! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Achtung-Panzer!: The Development of Tank Warfare more books like this by Heinz Guderian, Christopher Duffy (Translator), Paul Harris (Introduction by) add to wishlist Panzer attack was the secret of Hitler's early land successes. The man behind the strategy, and in command of the tanks, was Guderian. This is his manual of attack Based on Guderian's own First World War experiences, sharply told Still compulsory reading for tank commanders - everywhere see all copies from $2.30! new only from $5.33! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Military Experience in the Age of Reason more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist War in the 18th century was a bloody business. A line of infantry would slowly march, to the beat of a drum, into a hail of enemy fire. Whole ranks would be wiped out by cannon fire and musketry. Christopher Duffy's investigates the brutalities of the battlefield and also traces the lives of the officer to the soldier from the formative conditions ... see all copies from $18.65! new only from $84.90! \| first editions
4	Fire and Stone: The Science of Fortress Warfare 1660-1860 more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist Duffy examines the purpose of fortresses across Europe, and the debates of the time concerning their offensive and defensive uses. He analyses the strategic and structural considerations that dictated their locations, and describes how they were planned, designed and built, and by whom. He then explains how a siege progressed from start to finish: ... see all copies from $3.16! new only from $3.55! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Through German Eyes: The British & the Somme 1916 more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist The Battle of the Somme has an enduring legacy, the image established by Alan Clark of 'lions led by donkeys': brave British soldiers sent to their deaths by incompetent generals. However, from the German point of view the battle was a disaster. Their own casualties were horrendous. The Germans did not hold the (modern) view that the British Army ... see all copies from $8.09! new only from $8.09! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Army of Frederick the Great more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist see all copies from $5.38! new only from $37.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Siege Warfare: The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660 more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist This is an integrated survey of the phenomenon of siege warfare during its most creative period. Duffy demonstrates the implications of the fortress for questions of military organisation, strategy, geography, law, architectural values, town life and symbolism and imagination. The book should be useful for enthusiasts of military and architectural ... see all copies from $17.49! new only from $47.22! \| first editions
8	Prussia's Glory: Rossbach & Leuthen 1757 more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist They called it Prussia's Glory.Rossbach and Leuthen are included in the Great Battles of History.Frederick made himself one of the Great Captains by these victories. Prussian military prowess became legendary.But the Franco-German army swept away at Rossbach, and the Austrian army routed at Leuthen, were not only larger and had a fair share of ... see all copies from $165.25! new only from $183.20!
9	Annals of a Fortress-Softbound more books like this by Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-Le-Duc, E Le Duc, Christopher Duffy (Introduction by) add to wishlist An evocative examination of siege warfare and fortifications, written as the life story of an imagined French castle, by a noted military engineer and architect who served in the Franco-Prussian war. see all copies from $3.90! new only from $3.90! \| SVS
10	Frederick the Great: A Military Life more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist Traces the life of the Russian Czar, focusing on his accomplishments as a military leader. see all copies from $28.95! first editions
11	The '45: Bonnie Prince Charlie: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Untold Story of the Jacobite Rising more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist The '45 Rising has been romanticised over the centuries in many books and films, and still arouses strong emotions in Scotland, but this is the first comprehensive history ever. It is based on original research in all available archives, including Swedish, French and German records. These make nonsense of the many popular histories based on self ... see all copies from $53.71! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
12 view cover	Instrument of War: The Austrian Army in the Seven Years War more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist The Austrian Empire of the 18th century was the most ethnically diverse in Europe. The large number of subject peoples with their own styles of warfare gave Austrian generals the potential to have the most flexible army in Europe during the wars of the 1700s. If Austria's aristocratic generals usually failed to utilize their diverse army properly ... see all copies from $174.99!
13	Siege warfare more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist see all copies from $12.50! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
14 view cover	Red Storm on the Reich more books like this by Christopher Duffy, Duffy Christoph add to wishlist Christopher Duffy's gripping narrative of this offensive and the psyches behind it makes for essential reading for all those interested in the Second World War and in European history. The Eastern Front witnessed the critical battles between the German and Russian armies which won and lost the Second World War. In Red Storm on the Reich , ... see all copies from $13.80! new only from $46.79!
15 view cover	Borodino and the War of 1812 more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist A detailed account of one of the most important episodes of the Napoleonic Wars, by the leading military historian of the period Description of the campaign known to millions through Tolstoy's War and Peace. see all copies from $10.97! first editions
16	Achtung-Panzer! more books like this by Heinz Guderian, Paul Harris (Illustrator), Christopher Duffy (Translator) add to wishlist This is the first English translation of the strategic study of tank warfare by one of its leading exponents. Written just two years before he put his theories to work in Hitler's Blitzkrieg of World War II. The theories of Heinz Guderain, substantially evolved from the British and French experiences from World War I, were considered revolutionary ... see all copies from $8.50! new only from $24.93! \| first editions
17	The Army of Maria Theresa: The Armed Forces of Imperial Austria, 1740-1780 more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist see all copies from $60.00! signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	The '45: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Untold Story of the Jacobite Rising more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist The '45 Rising has been romanticised over the centuries in many books and films, and still arouses strong emotions in Scotland, but this is the first comprehensive history ever. It is based on original research in all available archives, including Swedish, French and German records. These make nonsense of the many popular histories based on self ... see all copies from $51.67! new only from $51.67!
19 view cover	Eagles Over the Alps more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist One of the world's greatest Wing military historians has done extensive fresh research in European archives to present a compelling narrative of one of the greatest campaigns of the era of the French Revolution and Empire. Alexander V. Suvorov was one of the greatest generals in Russian history. Although his entire lifetime (1729-1800) was spent ... see all copies from $28.00! new only from $35.00!
20 view cover	Austerlitz 1805 more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist A detailed and definitive account of one of the most important episodes of the Napoleonic Wars Description of the battle known to millions through Tolstoy's graphic recreation of the battle in War and Peace see all copies from $15.68! first editions
21	Borodino more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist An account of Napoleon's doomed campaign against the Russians in 1812, which explains the background to the conflict, the tactics and manouevres which were employed, and the consequences for the troops engaged in the campaign. see all copies from $16.60!
22	Russia's Military Way to the West: Origins and Nature of Russian Military Power 1700-1800 more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist see all copies from $261.25! first editions
23	The fortress in the age of Vauban and Frederick the Great, 1660-1789 more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist see all copies from $110.00! first editions
24 view cover	The fortress in the early modern world, 1494-1660 more books like this by Christopher Duffy add to wishlist This is an integrated survey of the phenomenon of siege warfare during its most creative period. Duffy demonstrates the implications of the fortress for questions of military organisation, strategy, geography, law, architectural values, town life and symbolism and imagination. The book should be useful for enthusiasts of military and architectural ... see all copies from $20.00! signed copies
25	The performing arts and the public purse : an economic analysis : a report commissioned by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon more books like this by J. W. O'Hagan, Christopher T. Duffy, Arts Council of Ireland add to wishlist see all copies from $143.05!

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