Military History

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...