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« Au cours de ses recherches sur l’Histoire de la guerre de 1914, M. G. Hanotaux a été amené à dégager de l’ensemble des événements un fait considérable et trop peu connu : la Victoire de la Trouée de Charmes, remportée par les armées françaises, les 25 et 26 août 1914. Nous sommes...

Midway through 1942, Japanese and Allied forces found themselves fighting on two fronts—in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. These concurrent campaigns, conducted between July 1942 and February 1943, proved a critical turning point in the war being waged in the Pacific, as the advantage definitively...

Después de la muerte del Libertador Simón Bolívar aparecieron en América y en Europa diversos escritos acerca de su vida. Algunos de estos plagados de la inexactitud propia de la escasa investigación científica del tema. Entretanto, Memoria de la vida del General Simón Bolívar, Libertador...

In the summer of 1994, an estimated 80,000 desperate Cubans and Haitians attempted a mass migration to the United States across the Caribbean Ocean in makeshift rafts and boats. Those that survived were rescued from the sea and taken to the US Navy base at Guantanamo, Cuba, where US Navy Seabees constructed...

This new book analyzes how the Soviet leadership evaluated developments in Soviet-Vietnamese relations in the years from 1949 to 1964. Focusing on how Soviet leaders actually perceived China’s role in Vietnam relative to the Soviet role, it shows how these perceptions influenced the Soviet-Vietnamese...

This book interrogates the philosophical backdrop of Clausewitzian notions of war, and asks whether modern, network-centric militaries can still be said to serve the 'political'. In light of the emerging theories and doctrines of Network-Centric War (NCW), this book traces the philosophical...

This book explores contemporary military innovation, with a particular focus on the balance between anticipation and adaption. The volume examines contemporary military thought and the doctrine that evolved around the thesis of a transformation in the character of war. Known as the Information-Technology...

Following the French reoccupation of Indochina at the end of World War II, the pro-Communist Vietnamese nationalists, or Viet Minh, launched a grassroots insurgency that erupted into a full-fledged war in 1949. After nearly ten years of savage combat, the western world was stunned when Viet Minh forces...

Cosa sta accadendo in Libia? Una rivoluzione democratica sorella di quelle tunisina e egiziana? Oppure una guerra imperialista che maschera con l’ipocrisia dei diritti umani gli interessi per il petrolio? Oppure ancora un conflitto fra etnie diverse sul modello balcanico? Mentre gli opinionisti...

Storia, Analisi statistica e Crittoanalisi della macchina. Enigma storicamente venne inventata per cifrare e decifrare messaggi. Varie versioni furono pubblicate nel tempo, e tra quelle le più famose sono quelle di primo piano durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Enigma fu progettata da uno...

Famoso trattato sulle tecniche di guerra nel quale traspare la saggezza della filosofia orientale: "Il più grande condottiero è colui che vince senza combattere". Un libro che si rivela ancora attuale, il quale può essere applicato nella risoluzione delle problematiche di ogni giorno. Libro in lingua originale cinese con traduzione in italiano.

Clausewitz doit sa notoriété à la rédaction de ce qui est aujourd’hui considéré comme l’ouvrage majeur dans le domaine de la stratégie militaire : De la Guerre. Cet ouvrage est publié par sa veuve en 1832. Il lui vaut tout de suite une très forte notoriété en Allemagne. Cette notoriété...

The amphibious assault against a defended beach is fully explored from the perspective of the defender.

Carl von Clausewitz war ein preußischer General, Heeresreformer und Militärtheoretiker. Seine Schriften zur Kriegsführung und -politik gehören auch heute noch zur Standardliteratur. Hier sind enthalten. Geist und Tat - Das Vermächtnis des Soldaten und Denkers Nationalstolz Deutschlands Verfassung...