War & Defence Operations

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on Apr...

For military planners, the control of information is critical to military success, and communications networks and computers are of vital operation...

Continuity of operations at Department of Defense (DOD) installations is vital to supporting the department''''s missions, and the disruption of ut...

Colonel Stuart Tootal is the first senior commander to provide an account of the fighting in Afghanistan. A gritty portrayal of unforgiving conflic...

In February 1943, German forces surrendered to the Red Army at Stalingrad and the tide of war turned. By May 1945 Soviet soldiers had stormed Berli...

This book presents current research in the study of military operations, health issues, and technology. Topics discussed in this compilation includ...

This updated edition of Professor Paul Moorcraft s timely and controversial book examines the international and domestic threats to the West from J...

Nazi Germanys assault on the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941, Operation Barbarossa, was the largest invasion in history. Almost 3.5 million men ...

Just how far would you go to escape? Would you bury yourself under the floor? Would you board a boat with a rotten bottom? Would you tunnel undergr...

The 16-man Black Hawk Counter Narcotics Infantry Team served as an advisory and training unit for the Afghanistan National Army during a poppy erad...

For centuries, the crossbow had played a key role on the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular ...

Masters of the Battlefield examines the lives and tactics of 28 of the world's greatest military leaders, from Julius Caesar to Stormin' Norman Sch...

Despite the increasingly futile, bloody struggles for territory that had characterised the Eastern Front the previous year, the German and Austro-H...

'I was happy that Coventry was selected as a target, as it was an important military objective... The night was clear and flying was easy. Missing ...

The Eastern Front was the most significant theatre of World War II. Here the bulk of the Wehrmacht was committed and eventually shattered by the R...

Founded by Catherine the Great, the maritime city of Sevastopol has been fought over for centuries. Crucial battles of the Crimean War were fought ...

United States Marine Corps played a leading role in the war against Japan from Pearl Harbour in December 1941 until VJ Day on 2 September 1945. Liv...

This book brings together the best and most iconic fighters of World War II, pitted against one another in desperate aerial combat. The battle for...

The outline of Napoleons disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812, the battle of Borodino, the burning of Moscow and the interminable, grinding misery...

In 1811, a portion of the Creek Indians who inhabited a vast area across Georgia, Alabama, and parts of Florida and Mississippi, interpreted an ear...

At the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775, the colonies faced the daunting task of creating the first American army, and its requisite ...

The political, economic and social landscapes of the United States in the early 1940s were split by one overriding factor--race. This volume explor...