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...