"General Military History" downloads

The term the Cold War has had many meanings and interpretations since it was originally coined and has been used...

First published in 1988, this historical and quantitative analysis of war defines systemic world wars as conflicts of wide scope...

General Percy Kirke (c. 1647-91) is remembered in Somerset as a cruel, vicious thug who deluged the region in blood...

From the Latin warriors on the Palatine Hill in the age of Romulus, to the last defenders of Constantinople in...

On October 6, 1973, Israel's Northern Command was surprised by the thunder of cannon fire and the sight of dense,...

On the night of 17-18 August 1943, RAF Bomber Command attacked a remote research establishment on the German Baltic coast....

In 1711, the newly formed Great Britain launched its first attempt to conquer French North America. The largest military force...

During the late summer of 1915 Captain Aidan Liddell's gallant exploits filled many newspaper columns and he was feted as...

There have been several books published about the wartime experiences of individual air gunners but there is no general history...

Generations of Londoners from Roman times to the present day have confronted natural and man-made threats to their city. Disasters,...

Through thoughtfully constructed research, Bradham vividly presents the battle for Normandy's Cotentin Peninsula - one of the most important and...

Seen through the eyes of John Fletcher-Cooke, the horrifying, but by now often-told story of the treatment meted out by...

The defence of Calais in May/June 1940 was a superb example of selfless courage and sacrifice. Sent by Churchill to...

Union officer's lively, detailed wartime diary captures the raw humor that develops among the men in combat and paints unforgettable...

This edited book sets out and engages with some of the key policies, practices and paradigms of external intervention in...

Martello towers were built in the early part of the nineteenth century to defend the coast of England against Napoleonic...

Although the Great War might be regarded as the heyday of the big-gun at sea, it also saw the maturing...

Despite the bewildering number of tomes devoted to the Napoleonic wars, much basic data as been hitherto unavailable to anyone...

A unique collection of poignant, horrorific, sad, and sometimes dryly humorous, stories and yarns from bloody battlefield of Gallipoli. Author: Haynes,...

The amazing life of Pieter Krueler (1885-1986) provides a window into a full century of conflict such as one man...