Military Tactics

Twice a year, 150 anxious recruits gather at SAS headquarters in the UK, their minds focused on one objective: to become SAS soldiers in one of the...

On October 3, 1993, Task Force Ranger was dispatched to seize two high-profile lieutenants of a Somali warlord. Special Forces troops were transpor...

A fascinating insight into the training of the special service volunteer soldiers who formed the Commandos. The Commandos were created by Winston ...

This is the first book to examine the concept of anti-access and area denial warfare, providing a definitive introduction to both conceptual theori...

In the early 1970s, Sir Maurice Oldfield of the British Secret Service, MI6, embarked upon a decade-long campaign to derail the political career of...

Military snipers are highly trained marksmen who target individual enemy soldiers. They are regarded as vital specialists in modern warfare, and th...

The London Blitz and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour are iconic myths for Britain and America. Few in either nation realise, however, that the...

In December 1944 the Third Reich was retreating. It was almost inconceivable that they could mount a counter offensive. To the Allies, the capitul...

Sieges played a key role in the crusades, but they tend to be overshadowed by the famous battles fought between the Franks and the Muslims, and no ...

War is too important to be left to the generals snapped future French prime minister Georges Clemenceau on learning of yet another bloody and futil...

How the Nazis lost the war1944 was a year of trial for the German Army. While the Allies were preparing to invade the Third Reich from the west, St...

In mid summer 1918 the First World War was still finely balanced. A top secret mission, which has remained classified information for a century, w...

This detailed study explores the battle of Leuctra and the tactics that ultimately led to the complete defeat of Sparta, and freed Greece from domi...

Acclaimed historian Stephen Robinson brings to life a legendary last stand.Shanghai 1937. With invading Japanese troops poised to capture one of th...

The book Assassin's Mace: A Chinese Game Changer is an intriguing and captivating analysis of China's ancient strategy that advocates use of 'surpr...

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...

Art of War Strategic Puzzles provides the armchair general with a rigorous military strategic workout. There are 80 puzzles inspired by real-world ...

As of early 2010, more than two million U.S. troops have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet the American public is neither much engaged in the iss...

Long-awaited, the Normandy landings were the largest amphibious operation in history. Success was achieved by the advent of specialised landing cra...

Throughout the 17th century large parts of Europe were depopulated during the wide-ranging and savage wars of religion and dynasty, involving all o...

Almost half a century ago, the Australian National University's TB Millar penned a seminal book on Australian defence policy in the lead up to the ...

A former Harvard professor of decision science and game theory draws on those disciplines in this review of controversial strategic and tactical...

In January 1945 when the Red army launched their massive winter offensive, a number of German occupied towns on the path of the Soviet advance were...

As infantry units advanced across Europe the only support they could rely on from day to day was that provided by the heavy weapons of their own un...

A series of daring missions from World War II, revealed through letters and documents from the main protagonists. Winning World War II was about m...

The next thrilling book in Lizzie Lane's superb, bestselling series The Tobacco GirlsLife for the Tobacco Girls isnt getting any easier...Bristol, ...

A new translation that captures the gripping power of one of the greatest war stories ever toldJulius Caesars pitiless account of his brutal campai...

The reigns of Augustus and his successor Tiberius saw an epic struggle between the Romans and local peoples for the territory between the Rhine and...

'A truly incredible collection of stories of true heroism.' - Bear Grylls'A barnstorming account of heroism and fortitude from individuals who epit...

A compelling history of the greatest ships ever launched.The importance of the fighting ship is as considerable today as ever before. Battleships a...

This book discusses a number of raids undertaken by XXXXVIII Panzer Corps near the Black Sea in 1941/2 to explore the tactics used and why they wer...

This is the go-to volume on bushido ( the way of the warrior ), drawing on a wide range of historical sources to paint a vivid picture of the samur...

During the 19th century, US forces confronted the Seminole people in a series of bitter wars over the fate of Florida. After the refusal of the Sem...

The Art of War is an entertaining and visually stunning graphic adaptation of the oldest military treatise in the world and a masterpiece of Chines...

Follow the epic 5,000-year story of warfare - from the earliest battles to the War on Terror - with this guided tour of every major conflict.Combin...

The U.S. military does not believe its soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines should be engaged in combat with adversaries on a level playing field...

This fascinating title offers a new look at Operation Market Garden and the Arnhem campaign from the perspective of the German forces who defended ...

Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz famously wrote that War is the continuation of politics by other means. But what does Clausewitz mean to a wor...

The Art of War has been a source of great strategical inspiration throughout the ages. Focusing on military strategy, psychology and tactics, each ...

'Extraordinary. This book will inspire you to reach your full potential' Jason Fox Are you stuck in a rut? Do you have more to give? Do you dream o...

The unknown story of how a fleet of Australian fishing boats, trawlers and schooners supplied US and Australian forces in the Pacific - and helped ...

In 1979 the Soviet Union moved from military help to active intervention in Afghanistan. Four-fifths of the Afghan National Army deserted in the fi...

We are too close. We know too much, and when it is time to shoot, we can zoom in until the target fills the screen.Drones, or remotely piloted airc...

The incredible details of the bold, near-disastrous first Allied airborne commando raid. Audacious to the extreme, Operation Colossus was a raid i...

Gaius Caligula reigned for four short years from 37 to 41 CE before his infamous tenure came to a violent end. While much has been written about Ca...