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Samurai Arms, Armour & the Tactics of Warfare
The Collected Scrolls of Natori-Ryu
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
THE FIRST-EVER STUDY OF SAMURAI ARMS, ARMOUR AND TACTICS
IN THE WORDS OF AN AUTHENTIC SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY SAMURAI MASTER STRATEGIST
Part of the acclaimed Book of Samurai series, which presents for the first time the translated scrolls of the historical Natori-Ryū samurai school of war, this volume...
Modern Ninja Warfare
Ninja Tactics for the Modern Warrior
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2019
Modern Ninja Warfare takes a contemporary look at the stealthy methods of the Ninja (Shinobi) and how they can be employed to counter modern security threats. This book provides an ideal overview of Ninjutsu techniques for security personnel, military, Special Forces, military history buffs and anyone...
by A. J. Osorio
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Fifth title in the Field Military Series covers the history of this elite military body from its early days until the early 1800s. Numerous photos and historical references support the accomplishments of the Corps in the Americas. This is the first in a planned set of three e-books, authored by a living history writer.
Retreat & Rearguard: Dunkirk 1940
The Evacuation of the BEF to the Channel Ports
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
The dramatic story of how a quarter million men were evacuated from the coast of France—and how the British Expeditionary Force fought on.
This book, part of the Retreat and Rearguard series, covers the actions of the BEF during the retreat from the Dyle Line to the evacuation points of Dunkirk,...
Onslaught on Hitler's Rhine
Operations Plunder and Varsity, March 1945
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2017
Operation Plunder was Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery’s swan song. It is rarely mentioned in the Second World War history books, and when it is, both American and British military historians dismiss it as being ultra-cautious.
Monty was by nature a cautious commander with dwindling manpower...
Anzio 1944
The beleaguered beachhead
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
In January 1944, the Allies decided to land at Anzio in order to overcome the stalemate at Cassino.This amphibious landing has become one of the most controversial campaigns of World War II. Questionable decisions by the Allied leadership led to three months of World War I-style trench warfare, and...
War in the Wilderness
The Chindits in Burma 1943-1944
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
War in the Wilderness is the most comprehensive account ever published of the human aspects of the Chindit war in Burma. The word ‘Chindit’ will always have a special resonance in military circles. Every Chindit endured what is widely regarded as the toughest sustained Allied combat experience...
A Manual for American Servicemen in the Arab Middle East
Using Cultural Understanding to Defeat Adversaries and Win the Peace
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
The Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) has sent U.S. diplomats and troops around the world. In the current security environment, understanding foreign cultures is crucial to defeating adversaries and working with allies. Lt. Col. William D. Wunderle explains how U.S. soldiers and commanders can look at...
Signature Wound
Hidden Bombs, Heroic Soldiers, and the Shocking, Secret Story of the Afghanistan War
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
Nominated for The National Magazine Awards, Public Interest category
Every war has its "signature wounds," injuries inflicted by frightening new weapons and tactics the U.S. military has never faced before. Blistered flesh from mustard gas in World War I. Petroleum burns from oil...
Iraq at the Crossroads
State and Society in the Shadow of Regime Change
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
A war against Iraq will spur radical changes in the way the country is governed, how its people live, and its relationship to its neighbours and to the West. This book depicts the evolution of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, and describes each side's battle plan and the war's likely aftermath.
by J.E. Peterson
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Boots on the Ground
Britain and her Army since 1945
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
On Lüneberg Heath in 1945, the German High Command surrendered to Field Marshall Montgomery; in 2015, seventy years after this historic triumph, the last units of the British Army finally left their garrisons next to Lüneberg Heath.
Boots on the Ground is the story of those years, following...
The Afghan Way of War
How and Why They Fight
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2011
Focusing on key episodes in Afghanistan's long history of conflict with foreign forces from the early nineteenth century to the present, this book sheds new light on the Afghan "Way of War." Robert Johnson shows that, contrary to the stereotypes of primitive warriors enflamed with religious...
Israel's Reprisal Policy, 1953-1956
The Dynamics of Military Retaliation
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Following Israel's War of Independence in 1948 and 1949, the anticipated peace did not materialize and the new nation soon found itself embroiled in protracted military conflict with neighbouring Arab states. Demobilization of its armed forces led to the formation of special elite unit under the command...