Warfare & defence books

The story of the movement to establish the International Criminal Court, its tumultuous first decade, and its continuing...  Read More >>

Throughout his career Shakespeare, although steeped in expert knowledge of military matters, weighted his plays...  Read More >>

After the withdrawal of the USA and then the government and forces of the Kuomintang from the Mainland China, and...  Read More >>

Driven by extensive Japanese primary sources, Gamble in the Coral Seaoffers an operational analysis of thefirst...  Read More >>

Operation Husky, the combined American and British air and sea invasion of Sicily in July 1943, was one of World...  Read More >>

This volume presents intellectual and creative responses to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, with an eye toward...  Read More >>

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Through a trove of World War II letters written by a pilot in the Solomon Islands campaign, this book offers a glimpse...  Read More >>

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A new analysis of the German military response to the eastern side of the Normandy Bridgehead.  Read More >>

This is the story of the King’s Own Calgary Regiment. Beginning in the last years of collective innocence before...  Read More >>

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The most complete pictorial record of the Apollo 1 tragedy.  Read More >>

This book explains how mass killing is driven by elite politics within authoritarian regimes.  Read More >>

This nation's Cold War and Global War on Terror defense structures need an update. U.S. Naval Power in the 21st...  Read More >>

American military attaches document the impact of airpower during the Spanish Civil War, featuring intervention...  Read More >>

Against the backdrop of rising authoritarianism, this open access edited volume investigates how states—small and...  Read More >>

During the spring and summer of 1944 a series of Soviet offensives, culminating in Operation Bagration which was...  Read More >>

Operation Carder Kaos offers a rare inside look at the murky world of cybercrime, where deception is currency and...  Read More >>

Pig Fat Soup is a testament to the inner strength of a Kansas boy, thrust into the sudden horrors of becoming a...  Read More >>

Since 1966, the backbone of the fighter-bomber fleet of the air forces of Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and...  Read More >>

At the end of July, Operation 'Cobra' broke through the German...  Read More >>

Mach Busters chronicles the extraordinary lives and daring achievements of 21 elite pilots who redefined the limits...  Read More >>

The German Wehrmacht: Equipment, Weapons, Uniforms and Insignia offers a highly illustrated record of the German...  Read More >>

An incisive exploration traces how antinuclear activists reshaped the discourse around nuclear weapons, turning...  Read More >>