In 1965, Marine Lieutenant Philip Caputo landed in Danang with the first ground combat unit committed to fight in Vietnam. After 16 months he returned home - physically whole, emotionally wasted, his idealism shattered. This story is about the …
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In 1965, Marine Lieutenant Philip Caputo landed in Danang with the first ground combat unit committed to fight in Vietnam. After 16 months he returned home - physically whole, emotionally wasted, his idealism shattered. This story is about the …
Immediate Action is a no-holds-barred account of an extraordinary life, from the day Andy McNab was found in a carrier bag on the steps of Guy's Hospital to the day he went to fight in the Gulf War. As a delinquent youth he kicked against society…
Writing at the time of Napoleon's greatest campaigns, Prussian soldier and writer Carl von Clausewitz created this treatise on the art of warfare, which presented war as part of a coherent system of political thought.
History of the Second World War, the Penguin
Designed to show a rising generation why World War II happened and how it was conducted. The book gives as much stress and space to political, social and moral forces (not to mention intelligence and other activities behind the lines) as to the …
Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort: 1941-1945
Overy gained exclusive access to previously unavailable information from the former KGB, GRU, and presidential archives to assemble this definitive book that fully covers the Russian efforts to defeat the Axis powers in World War II. 70 photos. 9 …
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War Ii
Drawing on a range of sources from manga comics to MacArthur's report to Congress, John Dower examines the impact of military defeat and occupation on an exhausted and traumatized population. Focussing on American policy, and the Japanese …
The Originals: The Secret History of the Birth of the SAS: In Their Own Words
military history exclusive: The most important book ever written about the SAS, in the words of its founding members. "We've been approached something like twenty-five times since the war. I kicked each out the window because they weren't going …
Anzacs, the Media and the Great War
This book provides a new treatment of WWI for historians and is written at a suitable level for the general reader interested in war history, the media and Australian culture. An accomplished cross-national study, this book examines how readers …
Mass Hate: The Global Rise of Genocide and Terror
"Mass Hate" explores why the brutality of humankind erupted and flowed more expansively in the twentieth century than ever before. Psychologist Neil Kressel recommends specific steps to help stem this bloody global tide of slaughter, terror and …
The Essence of War: Leadership and Strategy from the Chinese Military Classics
From antiquity, the history of China has been marked by invading tribes, warring states, and popular uprisings. This heritage of conflict produced a body of martial literature exploring the fundamental principles of warfare and their methods of …
Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime
The orthodoxy regarding the relationship between politicians and military leaders in wartime democracies contends that politicians should declare a military operation's objectives and then step aside and leave the business of war to the military. …
'No war can be conducted successfully without early and good intelligence,' wrote Marlborough, and from the earliest times commanders have sought knowledge of the enemy, his strengths and weaknesses, his dispositions and intentions. But how much …
From 1939 until 1942, Hitler's U-boats - his 'grey wolves' - threatened to accomplish what his air force had hitherto been unable to achieve: to starve Britain into submission. The struggle for control of the Atlantic was to become the longest, …
In January 1991, eight members of the SAS regiment embarked upon a top secret mission that was to infiltrate them deep behind enemy lines. Under the command of Sergeant Andy McNab, they were to sever the underground communication link between …
Ripcord: Screaming Eagles Under Siege, Vietnam 1970
On April 10, 1970, Hill 927 was occupied by troopers of the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division. By July, the activities of the artillery and infantry of Ripcord had caught the attention of the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) and a long …
Pen & Sword: A Journalist's Guide to Covering the Military
Helps journalists understand military basics, how to organize a military beat, the protocol for interviewing military personnel, and many other issues.
Theaters of War: America's Perceptions of World War II
In "Theaters of War," historian Vincent Casaregola examines the portrayal of WWII in popular culture and how that portrayal has changed over time. In what ways have current politics, events and conflicts effected America's cultural …
Elusive Peace: Negotiating an End to Civil Wars
As the threat of superpower confrontation diminishes in the post-cold war era, civil wars and their regional ramifications are emerging as the primary challenge to international peace and security. Notoriously difficult to resolve, these internal …
Battlefield Britain: From Boudicca to the Battle of Britain
For much of its history, Britain has been ravaged by war and internal strife. Foreign invasions have devastated British society, bitter battles have been fought over social and political rights, and warlords have torn the country asunder in their …
Forgotten Voices of the Great War
In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous and important task. A team of academics, archivists and volunteers set about tracing WWI veterans and interviewing them at length in order to record the experiences of ordinary individuals in war…
Michael Krupa was born into a poor family in south-west Poland, and in his teens was accepted into a Jesuit seminary. He ran away before taking his final vows and joined the army. Soon afterwards, the German tanks rolled into Poland and easily …
Translated by and introduced by Michael Hofmann. One of the greatest works to emerge from the catastrophe of the First World War. A memoir of astonishing power, savagery and ashen lyricism, it illuminates like no other book the horrors but also …
Hit to Kill: The New Battle Over Shielding America from Missile Attack
Even as America faces a world of difficult-to-detect, low-tech, unconventional threats, the Bush administration has put its faith in a missile defense system or "shield" to keep us all safe. There are only two problems: this may not be the sort …
Ultimate Risk: SAS Contact Al Qaeda
On December 10, 2001, in the biggest and most destructive mission in SAS recent history, half of the world's most elite regiment took on Al Qaeda's crack forces in Afghanistan. This is the first-hand account of that battle, drawing on the …
One of the finest war novels ever written, Bridge on the River Kwai tells the story of three POWs who endure the hell of hte Japanese camps on the Burma Siam railway - Colonel Nicholson, a man prepared to sacrifice his life but not his dignity; …
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Civil War, 2nd Edition
comprehensive overview of America's bloodiest war—from the first shots fired at Fort Sumter to Lee's surrender at Appomattox. The book also features a clear chronology of major events and detailed explanations of key battles.
Battlefields of the Second World War
'Battlefields of the Second World War' is what every Richard Holmes fan has been waiting for. In this fascinating and brilliantly articulated study of the Second World War, he clarifies the complexities of four of its campaigns: El Alamein, Monte …
The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
In a devastating new postscript to this bestselling book, Finkelstein documents the Holocaust industry's scandalous cover-up of the blackmail of Swiss banks, and in a new appendix demolishes an influential apologia for the Holocaust industry.
This work contains selected transcripts from interrogations of leaders of the Third Reich after Germany's defeat in 1945. The information, which contributed to the subsequent Nuremberg trials, is presented here with illustrations and accompanying …
On the Warpath: An Anthology of Australian Military Travel
The cultural bridge that war has formed between Australia and the world is discussed in this important anthology. From the Sudan in 1885 to Afghanistan in 2001, these lively essays connect war and travel in the observations of writers such as "…