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Martial Arts are literally The Arts of Mars, the Roman god of war. For over two and a half millennia, the combat arts of Europe served the hoplite,...

Perhaps no other weapon represents Renaissance Italian fencing like the rapier. But do we know how it was used and how it was taught? This book tak...

A Few Bad Men is the incredible true story of an elite team of U.S. Marines set up to take the fall for Afghanistan war crimes they did not commita...

In the late 14th century, the German swordsman Johannes Liechtenauer developed and codified a system of armed combat with sword, spear and dagger t...

In the 1600s, the elegant and deadly Italian rapier was the choice sword of duelists, officers, gentlemen and noblemen: to master the rapier was to...

The presence in Romantic-era literature of the mercenary is historically important, but often neglected. This book proposes the mercenary as a foca...

The battles fought in the name of the war on terror have re-ignited questions about the changing nature of war, and the experience of war for those...

In the late 14th century, the German swordsman Johannes Liechtenauer developed and codified a system of armed combat with sword, spear and dagger t...

Few images of chivalry are stronger in the popular mind than that of two armoured knights in a joust, crashing together astride their chargers. Yet...

During the winter of 1864, more than 3,000 Federal prisoners of war escaped from Confederate prison camps into South Carolina and North Carolina, o...

Consent to the obliteration of Gaza has created an enormous gulf in the global moral order. History will record how Western governments and large s...

More than 2 decades have passed since the 1990-1991 conflict in the Persian Gulf. During the intervening years, many Gulf War veterans have experie...

Culture in Crisis The right of access to, and enjoyment of, cultural heritage is enshrined in human rights norms and the devastating effects of ar...

First published in 1997, this volume responds to attention in recent years which has been belatedly directed towards reviving World War II issues i...

This volume synthesises the latest scholarship on First World War veterans in post-war Britain and Ireland, investigating the topic through its pol...

Originally published in 1939, this book examined how to finance the war, including chapters on the methods of industrial mobilisation and governmen...

2023 AFHF Air Power History Book Prize WinnerEmergency War Plan examines the theory and practice of American nuclear deterrence and its evolution d...