Military Tactics

The war against ISIS is often explained through the groups own rise to power. The American side of the story has not yet been told. This book recor...

This book outlines the changes in military strategy, policy, and force structure that prominent civilian and military experts in defense believe th...

EVERYTHING YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT WAR IS WRONG. We are living in an age of conflict: Russia's resurgence and China's rise, global terrorism, inte...

Brace yourself for a heart-pounding journey into the dark underbelly of Britain's dirty war in Northern Ireland. Kitson's Irish War is a gripping e...

'There is only one colour that matters, one that unites us all. And that colour is green.'The Royal Marine Commandos have become a byword for elite...

Fully illustrated, this book casts light on the utility and role of the German and British cavalry in the early stages of World War I on the Wester...

This absorbing illustrated study reveals the evolving tactics and techniques used by all sides in the underground war during 191418. Covering th...

The 900-day siege of Leningrad (1941-44) was one of the turning points of the Second World War. It slowed down the German advance into Russia and b...

Craig F. Morris explores the beginnings of American strategic bombing theory, why it changed over time, the factors that shaped that change, and ho...

Featuring full-colour artwork, maps and carefully chosen illustrations, this exciting book investigates the Teutonic Knights and their Lithuanian f...

The United States has the most expensive and seemingly unstoppable military in the world. Yet, since World War II the nation's military success rat...

Originally setting out to write the very book that he would have wanted to own as a young infantryman, the author penned On Tactics as a remedy for...

A Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year'Powerful . . . there is rage in his ink. McKay's book grips by its passion and originality. Some 25,000 peopl...

As Clausewitz observed, In war more than anywhere else, things do not turn out as we expect. The essence of war is a competitive reciprocal relatio...

At the height of its power, the Roman Empire encompassed the entire Mediterranean basin, extending much beyond it from Britain to Mesopotamia, from...

International politics have become ever more volatile over the last decade, increasing the risk of large-scale military violence. Yet the precise c...

DISCOVER THE EXHILARATING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE ACTION-PACKED CLASSIC FILM'GOOSE AND MAVERICK MOVE OVER . . .' Admiral James Stavridis________March...

This book should be read by all practitioners and serious students of national security as the guide for avoiding failures and miscalculations in u...

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

While today's presidential tweets may seem a light-year apart from the scratch of quill pens during the era of the American Revolution, the importa...

We don't know how medieval soldiers fought. Did they just walk forward in their armour, to smash each other with their maces and poleaxes, for hour...

An undercover CIA officer has seven days to save her country from the world's most dangerous double-agent.The CIA's highly classified Special Activ...

The Financial Times Best books of 2022: Politics 'The prolific military chronicler and analyst Mark Galeotti has produced exactly the right book ...

Drawing on recently declassified files and interviews with veterans, this is a fascinating history of Bill Stirling and 2SAS pioneering founders o...

In 1914, as Germany mobilized for war, Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg remarked to the countrys legislators, If the iron dice must roll, t...

How can you off-balance your enemy? When is the best moment to deliver a counter-attack? What is the effect of shock action or defence in depth? Ce...