Military History

The studies here reflect Jonathan Riley-Smith's work as a historian, which began with research on the history of the military orders, the specific ...

This volume provides the first comprehensive English translation, with a substantial introduction and notes, of the writings of Caffaro of Genoa, a...

Freedom fighters. Guerilla warriors. Soldiers of fortune. The many civil wars and rebellions against communist governments drew heavily from this c...

How do states and societies confront the legacies of war and occupation, and what do truth, guilt, and justice mean in that process? In Ghosts of W...

Featuring breathtaking panoramas and revelatory, unforgettable images, Battle Lines is an utterly original graphic history of the Civil War. A coll...

This illuminating book examines how the public funerals of major figures from the Civil War era shaped public memories of the war and allowed a div...

Arnhem - it was the last major battle lost by the British Army, lost not by the men who fought there but by the overconfidence of generals, faulty ...

Examines NATO's Balkan interventions over the entire decade starting with the break-up of Yugoslavia in 1992. Focusing on the wars in Bosnia and Ko...

Slavery, Geography and Empire in Nineteenth-Century Marine Landscapes of Montreal and Jamaica is among the first Slavery Studies books - and the fi...

Originally published in 1933, and written by Americas historian, James Truslow Adams, this volume tells the story of the rise of the American natio...

First published in 1898, this history of medieval warfare, written by one of the great medievalists of his time, Sir Charles Oman, remains for stud...

Heavy water (deuterium oxide) played a sinister role in the race for nuclear energy during the World War II. It was a key factor in Germany's bid t...

The study of medieval warfare has developed enormously in recent years. The figure of the armoured mounted knight, who was believed to have materia...

First published in 1898, this history of medieval warfare, written by one of the great medievalists of his time, Sir Charles Oman, remains for stud...

During World War II, as the United States called on its citizens to serve in unprecedented numbers, the presence of gay Americans in the armed forc...

First published in 1928, this collection of previously published articles entered the fray of rising tensions between Japan and Anglophone countrie...

In this work, Fred Drogula studies the development of Roman provincial command using the terms and concepts of the Romans themselves as reference p...

In this rich study of Union governors and their role in the Civil War,Stephen D. Engle examines how these politicians were pivotal in securingvicto...

In this illuminating study, Steven E. Nash chronicles the history of Reconstruction as it unfolded in the mountains of western North Carolina. Nash...

This vivid history of the Civil War era reveals how unexpected bonds of union forged among diverse peoples in the Ohio-Kentucky borderlands further...

Fought on July 28, 1864, the Battle of Ezra Church was a dramatic engagement during the Civil War's Atlanta Campaign. Confederate forces under John...

This volume has been created by scholars from a range of disciplines who wish to show their appreciation for Professor John France and to celebrate...

In tracing the rise of the modern idea of the American new woman, Lynn Dumenil examines World War I's surprising impact on women and, in turn, wome...

Though its most famous battles were waged in the East at Antietam, Gettysburg, and throughout Virginia, the Civil War was clearly a conflict that r...

As early as 1865, survivors of the Civil War were acutely aware that people were purposefully shaping what would be remembered about the war and wh...

Civil War soldiers enjoyed unprecedented access to obscene materials of all sorts, including mass-produced erotic fiction, cartes de visite, playin...

This book builds a bridge between current research in space policy and contemporary European political studies by addressing developments in Europe...

This book shows how one of the most powerful tools of security studiesstrategic cultureilluminates the origins and implications of the Asia-Pacific...

The reigns of Edward VI and Mary I remain largely by-passed in naval history, yet it was a vital time for the administration of the navy and it saw...

At no time since the end of the Cold War has interest been higher in Russian security issues and the role played in this by the modernization of Ru...

As the most populous country in Eastern Europe as well as the birthplace of the largest anticommunist dissident movement, Poland is crucial in unde...

How do former enemies reconcile after civil wars? Do they ever really reconcile in any complete sense? How is political reunification related to lo...

How to persuade citizens to enlist? How to convince them to fight in a war which was, for many, distant in terms of kilometres as well as interest?...

An analysis of U.S. Special Operations, at the center of Americas twenty-first-century wars  Grey Wars is for anyone who wants to understand todays...