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A Walk Against The Stream: A Rhodesian National Service Officer's Story of the Bush War
The experiences of a young soldier on the frontlines of the Rhodesian Bush War are vividly recounted in this personal memoir.In A Walk Against the Stream, Tony Ballinger tells of his eighteen months of compulsory service as a young national service officer in the Rhodesian army. Stationed in Victori... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
The Ultimate Air Force Basic Training Guidebook: Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Surviving Boot Camp
Air Force basic training is now more challenging than ever, both mentally and physically. In the past few years the Air Force has redesigned its basic military training requirements to prepare airmen for the ever-changing role the Air Force is now engaged in around the world in today’s War on Terror... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Barbarossa Derailed: The Battle for Smolensk 10 July–10 September 1941 (Barbarossa Derailed. Volume 3 Ser. #3)
by David GlantzThe supplemental companion to a two-part study on Operation Barbarossa, Hitler’s plan to invade Soviet Russia during World War II.Volume three, the Documentary Companion to Barbarossa Derailed, contains the documentary evidence for the two volumes of narrative. In addition to key Führer Directives i... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
The Mongol Conquests: The Military Operations of Genghis Khan and Sübe'etei
“A scholarly, detailed history of how the Mongols created the greatest landlocked empire in history” (Midwest Book Review).The Mongols created the greatest landlocked empire known to history. It was an empire created and sustained by means of conquest. Initially an insignificant tribal leader, Gengh... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Storm Over Europe: Allied Bombing Missions in the Second World War
All about the British and American bombing raids during WWII with over 250 color images and diagrams, with supporting operational maps to provide the full breadth of these raids.Following the Battle of France in 1940, British Bomber Command launched its response to the then-almighty Wehrmacht. Sadly... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Investigating the Almost Perfect Murders: The Case of Russell Causley and Other Crimes
by Anthony NottAnthony Nott joined the Metropolitan Police in 1971, which was a very different world from that of today. He describes his early experiences in the Met, including the arrest of a man for murdering a prostitute in Kings Cross. He was present when a fellow police officer was almost stabbed to death an... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Bush War Operator: Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and beyond
by A. J. Balaam“The finest account I’ve read on the Selous Scouts . . . Andy Balaam tells it like it was—the fear, the terror, the adrenaline highs of combat in the bush.” —Chris Cocks, bestselling author of FireforceFrom the searing heat of the Zambezi Valley to the freezing cold of the Chimanimani Mountains in R... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
American Artillery: From 1775 to the Present Day
An extensively illustrated history covering the artillery weaponry of the United States military from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century.The first regiment of artillery in the American Continental Army was formed in 1775. During the American Civil War almost a century later, artillery evolve... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
The First Helicopter Boys: The Early Days of Helicopter Operations—The Malayan Emergency, 1947–1960
by David TaylorThe Indonesian Confrontation that raged from 1963 to 1966 stemmed from Indonesia’s opposition to the creation of Malaysia. Fighting in the challenging jungle terrain of Borneo and in the countryside straddling the Malaysia/Indonesia border, where there were few roads, posed significant logistical ch... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
The Washingtons. Volume 2: Notable Members of the Presidential Branch (The Washingtons: A Family History #2)
by Justin GlennThis is the second volume of a comprehensive history that traces the “Presidential line” of the Washingtons. Volume one began with the immigrant John Washington who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and was the great-grandfather of President George Washington. It continue... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Into the Fight: Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg
Challenging conventional views, stretching the minds of Civil War enthusiasts and scholars as only John Michael Priest can, Into the Fight is both a scholarly and a revisionist interpretation of the most famous charge in American history. Using a wide array of sources, ranging from the monuments on ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
The Battle of Kursk: Controversial and Neglected Aspects
In this book, noted historian of the Battle of Kursk Valeriy Zamulin, the author of multiple Russian-language books on the Battle of Kursk and Destroying the Myth: The Tank Battle at Prokhorovka, Kursk, July 1943: An Operational Narrative takes a fresh look at several controversial and neglected top... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865
A remarkable account of the collapse of the Old South and the final years of a young boy’s privileged but afflicted life.LeRoy Wiley Gresham was born in 1847 to an affluent slave-holding family in Macon, Georgia. After a horrific leg injury left him an invalid, the educated, inquisitive, perceptive,... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Wasted Years, Wasted Lives, Volume 2: The British Army in Northern Ireland 1978–79 (Wasted Years, Wasted Lives Volume 2 Ser. #2)
by Ken WhartonVolume 2 does what it says on the can - it continues from where the first volume left off. It looks at the bloody years of 1978 and 1979. It covers eyewitness accounts from soldiers on the ground and there is the occasional comment from civilians who were living in the troubled province at the time.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Rays of the Rising Sun: Armed Forces of Japan's Asian Allies 1931-45: China and Manchukuo (Rays Of The Rising Sun Ser. #Vol. 1)
by John Berger • Philip JowettThe first of a three-volume series examining the history of Chinese “puppet” soldiers fighting for the Japanese before and during World War II.When the Japanese Empire went to war with the Allies in December 1941. it had already been fighting in China for 10 years. During that time, it had conquered... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Dirty War: Rhodesia and Chemical Biological Warfare 1975-1980
by Glenn CrossDirty War is the first comprehensive look at the Rhodesia’s top secret use of chemical and biological weapons (CBW) during their long counterinsurgency against native African nationalists. Having declared its independence from Great Britain in 1965, the government—made up of European settlers and t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Death, Disease, and Life at War: The Civil War Letters of Surgeon James D. Benton, 111th and 98th New York Infantry Regiments, 1862–1865
A collection of letters from a Union surgeon in the American Civil War, revealing what life was like for a doctor and a soldier in that era.Union surgeon James Dana Benton witnessed firsthand the suffering and death brought about by the ghastly wounds, infections, and diseases that wreaked havoc to ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
The Gettysburg Cyclorama: The Turning Point of the Civil War on Canvas
Thousands of books and articles have been written about the Battle of Gettysburg. Almost every topic has been thoroughly scrutinized except one: Paul Philippoteaux’s massive cyclorama painting The Battle of Gettysburg, which depicts Pickett’s Charge, the final attack at Gettysburg. The Gettysburg Cy... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Charles II and his Escape into Exile: Capture the King
"Unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists, as well as community, college, and university library Historical Royal British Biographies collections." – Midwest Book ReviewReturning to England to try to reclaim his throne, King Charles II was defeated at the Battle of Worcester – but the bat... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Divided Loyalties: Kentucky’s Struggle for Armed Neutrality in the Civil War
On May 16, 1861, the Kentucky state legislature passed an ordinance declaring its neutrality, which the state’s governor, Beriah Magoffin, confirmed four days later. Kentucky’s declaration and ultimate support for the Union stood at odds with the state’s social and cultural heritage. After all, Ken... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
One Continuous Fight: The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, July 4–14, 1863
The titanic three-day battle of Gettysburg left 50,000 casualties in its wake, a battered Southern army far from its base of supplies, and a rich historiographic legacy. Thousands of books and articles cover nearly every aspect of the battle, but not a single volume focuses on the military aspects o... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
The Washingtons. Volume 6, Part 2: Generation Ten of the Presidential Branch (The Washingtons: A Family History #6.1)
by Justin GlennThis is the sixth volume of Dr. Justin Glenn’s comprehensive history that traces the “Presidential line” of the Washingtons. Volume One began with the immigrant John Washington, who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and became the great-grandfather of President George Was... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Under the Crescent Moon with the XI Corps in the Civil War, Volume 1: From the Defenses of Washington to Chancellorsville, 1862-1863
by James PulaThe XI Corps served in the Army of the Potomac for just twelve months (September 1862-August 1863), during which it played a pivotal role in the critical battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Thereafter, the corps hastened westward to reinforce a Union army in besieged Chattanooga, and marched... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market and the Opening of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign May, 1864
An “exciting and informative” account of the Civil War battle that opened the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, with illustrations included (Lone Star Book Review).Charles Knight’s Valley Thunder is the first full-length account in decades to examine the combat at New Market on May 15, 1864 that open... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
The Second Battle of Winchester: The Confederate Victory that Opened the Door to Gettysburg
June 1863. The Gettysburg Campaign is underway. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia is pushing northward through the Shenandoah Valley toward Pennsylvania, and only one significant force stands in its way: Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy’s Union division of the Eighth Army Corps, in the vicinity of... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016