Military Life & Institutions

This is an expert guide to the uniforms of Britain, America, Germany, USSR and Japan, together with other Axis and Allied forces. It is an incredib...

Originally published in 1909 to 'interest and educate the public mind in the men who constitute the first line of our defensive forces', this serie...

As a little girl, Teressas father dotes on her and little sister, Karen, while mercilessly mocking her older sister, Debbie. Teressa thinks its D...

The Gurkha Army Service Corps, the predecessor of The Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment, was raised in Singapore in 1958 ten years after the tra...

It is August 1990, and Iraq has just invaded Kuwait, setting off a chain reaction of events leading up to the first Gulf War. Vicki Codys husband, ...

The uniforms of the fighting men of the American War of Independence are a vivid illustration of the difficulties and complexities of the conflict,...

With the onset of World War II, African Americans found themselves in a struggle just to be allowed to fight for their country. Individuals like...

For Valour: Th e Complete History of the Victoria Cross will be the definitive work on the subject and compelling as a narrative as well as the ult...

In World War II, the U.S. Army not only supplied its soldiers with the most modern equipment and uniforms, suitable for any combat situation, but w...

The Black Civil War Soldiers of Illinois tells the story of the Twenty-ninth United States Colored Infantry, one of almost 150 African American reg...

In World War II, the U.S. Army not only supplied its soldiers with the most modern equipment and uniforms, suitable for any combat situation, but w...

Americans have long been asked to support the troops and care for veterans' psychological wounds. Who, though, does this injunction serve?As acclai...

During World War II, tens of thousands of African Americans served in segregated combat units in U.S. armed forces. The majority of these units wer...

From the author of the celebrated Great War memoir

Drawing upon the latest literary and archaeological research, this is an in-depth study of the Roman Army units based in the Eastern Provinces duri...

For Valour: The Complete History of the Victoria Cross will be the definitive work on the subject and compelling as a narrative as well as the ulti...

Part history book and part travel guide, D-Day Gunners is aimed at anyone interested in the artillery on the D-Day beaches and landing grounds. Whi...

Over 80 original letters and diaries have been sourced for this personal story of the 18th Battalion at Gallipoli during World War I. The book foll...

The Second World War prompted the recruitment and training of British soldiers on a scale never seen since. Physical training, sports, recreational...

In Military and Mindful, Benefsheh Verell combines her knowledge of mindfulness practices with over twenty years in the Army as a Military Police a...

The First World War prompted the recruitment and training of British soldiers on an unprecedented scale. And they all needed to be prepared for one...

The training which in ordinary times would form the course of study for years now has to be crammed into a few months, and it stands to reason that...

''Fascinating ... This monumental work completes the authorised picture of a century of British intelligence'' BEN MACINTYRE, THE TIMES ''[A] ...

This updated edition of the 1992 reference work (exhaustive...fascinating--Library Journal) contains comprehensive information about United Stat...

Captain Ernie Blanchard left for work January 10, 1995, a successful officer. Respected by superiors and subordinates, his personal and professi...

On September 17, 1861, twenty-two-year-old Jacob Haas enlisted in the Sheboygan Tigers, a company of German immigrants that became Company A of the...

Originally one of the paramilitary groups that arose in Germany's turbulent 1920s , the SS grew from its original protection activities into theDea...

Originally one of the paramilitary groups that arose in Germany's turbulent 1920s , the SS grew from its original protection activities into theDea...

On April 2, 1917, the United States officially entered a war that had been raging for nearly three years in Europe. Even though Americas involvemen...

World War I was a slaughter on an unprecedented scale. Nevertheless there was no shortage of young men willing to sacrifice themselves for their co...

In the summer of 2014, Gaza was attacked by Israel for the fourth time since 2006. This attack lasted fifty-one days. Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian doc...