Military category: 34701 books
United States Air Force Academy Class of ‘74
Our Academy Experience, Our Adventures, Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Imagine flying into Iran to rescue the American embassy employees being held hostage. What would it be like to be a pilot of a military refueling aircraft, loaded with jet fuel and passengers, accelerating to takeoff speed, then having to do a high-speed abort because of an aircraft malfunction. Put...
Lützen
Great Battles
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018
The Thirty Years' War (1618-48) was Europe's most destructive conflict prior to the two world wars. Two of European history's greatest generals faced each other at Lützen in November 1632, mid-way through this terrible war. Neither achieved his objective. Albrecht von Wallenstein withdrew his battered...
by Thomas Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
When Thomas Hamilton set out to write this detailed history of the Peninsular campaigns, the great struggle for Portugal and Spain was still fresh in the minds of his intended audience. It was also seared on his own memory from his service in the war as an ensign and later lieutenant of the 29th Regiment...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
War in the Iberian Peninsula, 700–1600 is a panoramic synthesis of the Iberian Peninsula including the kingdoms of Leon and Castile, Aragon, Portugal, Navarra, al-Andalus and Granada. It offers an extensive chronology, covering the entire medieval period and extending through to the sixteenth century,...
by Général de Division Baron Paul-Charles-François-Adrien-Henri Dieudonné Thiébault
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2013
General Thiébault was always destined for a career in the military: his father was a professor in the military school in Berlin and a friend of Frederick the Great. Having started as a volunteer in the Revolutionary army, he started to acquire a reputation for his knowledge of military matters and...
by Général de Division Baron Paul-Charles-François-Adrien-Henri Dieudonné Thiébault
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2013
General Thiébault was always destined for a career in the military: his father was a professor in the military school in Berlin and a friend of Frederick the Great. Having started as a volunteer in the Revolutionary army, he started to acquire a reputation for his knowledge of military matters and...
Trifles From My Portfolio; Or, Recollections Of Scenes And Small Adventures - Vol. I
During Twenty-Nine Years Military Service In The Peninsular War And Invasion Of France
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
As a “cutter”, or regimental surgeon, Walter Henry faced the bloodiest side of the military on no less than three continents. “In December 1811 he became an assistant surgeon in the 66th Foot, with which he served throughout the Peninsular War, participating in numerous actions including Badajoz,...
The Military in British India
The Development of British Land Forces in South Asia 1600-1947
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
T.A. Heathcote’s study of the conflicts that established British rule in South Asia, and of the military’s position in the constitution of British India, is a classic work in the field. By placing these conflicts clearly in their local context, his account moves away from the Euro-centric approach...
Russia Against Napoleon
The True Story of the Campaigns of War and Peace
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2010
A major new history of the Russian conflict immortalized by Tolstoy in War and Peace
Russia's expulsion of Napoleon's Grande Armée in 1812 is considered one of the most dramatic events in European history. However, Tolstoyan myth and an imbalance of British and French interpretations have...
by Philip J Haythornthwaite
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2007
One of the Duke of Wellington's officers once remarked, We would rather see his long nose in the sight than a reinforcement of ten thousand men. Arthur Wellesley, first duke of Wellington (1769û1852), was one of the greatest military commanders in history and is best known as the successful opponent...
Ivan the Terrible
A Military History
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2008
An in-depth look at the military strategy of the first Russian ruler to invade Europe.
Ivan’s campaigns against the Livonian Confederation were initially very successful. In 1558, Russian soldiers occupied Dorpat and Narva, and laid siege to Reval, creating vital trade routes over the Baltic...
"Football! Navy! War!"
How Military "Lend-Lease" Players Saved the College Game and Helped Win World War II
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2009
Not coincidentally, the sport of football naturally employs terms usually associated with war, such as “aerial attack,” “blitz,” and “trench warfare.” During World War II, the United States military and colleges joined forces and fielded competitive football teams. The book highlights...
by Paul Chapman
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2016
This is a comprehensive and highly emotive volume, borne of years of intensive research and many trips to the battlefields of the Great War. It seeks to humanise the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, to offer the reader a chance to engage with the personal stories of the soldiers whose names have been...
by Daniel Ford
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
In 1941, Glen Edwards learned to fly in a fabric-covered biplane. Seven years later, he died in the crash of the Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing, the Air Force’s most advanced jet warplane and forerunner of the B-2 Stealth bomber of today. As a combat pilot in North Africa and Italy during World War...