Warfare & Defence

In the days of ancient Felstad, vampires kept to the shadows, their small numbers no match for the power of the citys wizards. But when the catacly...

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER''With his customary literary flair and capacity to master and mobilize very many and varied sources, Jonathan Dim...

From the First Samnite War and the eventual conquest of the Italian Peninsula, to the defeat by Hannibal at Lake Trasimene, and final victory over ...

''The path I have travelled, the things I have done and the people I have met in crisis situations have given me a window into those qualities that...

Explore the Wars in Star Wars as never before!Enter a galaxy ravaged by conflict and discover the complete story of the epic struggles that define ...

An informative study exploring the Soviet invasion of Finland, a fascinating David vs Goliath type struggle. On 23 August 1939, a secret protocol ...

The last stand at Thermopylae made the Spartans legends in their own time, famous for their toughness, stoicism and martial prowess but was this r...

Gaius Julius Caesar remains the most famous Roman general of all time. Although he never bore the title, historians since Suetonius have judged him...

The second in a three-part series examining the Stalingrad campaign, one of the most decisive military operations in World War II, that set the sta...

The first authoritative history of American's longest war by one of the world's leading scholar-practitioners. The American war in Afghanistan, wh...

When it was commissioned, Imperial Research Station 37 was home to nearly 10,000 scientists and researchers working on a vast array of biological a...

From Lt. General H.R. McMaster, former National Security Advisor during Trumps administration, a bold assessment of the most critical ...

The final thrilling tale of the House of Appius Julianus.A new and deadly threat has emerged at the outskirts of the Roman Empire on the Danube, on...

At the outbreak of World War II the German Kriegsmarine still had a relatively small U-boat arm. To reach Britain's convoy routes in the North Atla...

In the early 1880s, Britain intervened in independent Egypt and seized control of the Suez Canal. British forces were soon deployed to Egypts south...

A highly illustrated study of the battle at Dien Bien Phu, the 56-day siege that eventually led to the surrender of the remaining French-led forces...

This superbly illustrated study explores the epic clashes of British and German heavy cruisers at the beginning of World War II. The opposing heav...

  The third volume in Philip Pullman's groundbreaking His Dark Materials trilogy, re-published in hardback with a stunning fine...

  The second volume in Philip Pullman's groundbreaking His Dark Materials trilogy, re-published in hardback with a stunning fin...

  The first volume in Philip Pullman's groundbreaking His Dark Materials trilogy, re-published in hardback with a stunning fine art c...

Following the 9/11 attacks, a war against al Qaeda by the U.S. and its liberal democratic allies was next to inevitable. But what kind of war would...

General George S. Patton Jr. is one of the most successful yet misunderstood figures in American military history. Despite the many books and artic...

The anthology Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors showcases writing from military veterans and their families from across the nation, includi...

The first Italian armoured cars were used in the war in Libya in 1911-12 against the Ottoman Empire. With few tanks being developed, the Italians r...

The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive federation of merchant guilds based in harbour towns along the North Sea and Baltic coasts of w...

Powerful countries like the United States regularly employ economic sanctions as a tool for promoting their foreign policy interests. Yet this fore...

Military alliances provide constraints and opportunities for states seeking to advance their interests around the globe. War, from the Western pers...

Military alliances provide constraints and opportunities for states seeking to advance their interests around the globe. War, from the Western pers...

Pat Tillman was well-known to American sports fans: a chisel-jawed and talented young professional football star, he was on the brink of signing a ...

Regional Missile Defense from a Global Perspective explains the origins, evolution, and implications of the regional approach to missile defense th...

At the start of World War II, few thought the U-boat would be as devastating as it proved to be. But convoys and sonar-equipped escorts proved ...

The war on drugs has failed, but consensus in the international drug policy debate on the way forward is missing. Amidst this moment of uncertainty...

Between 1817 and 1864, sixteen officers were assigned as Commandants of Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy. They played an important role in tr...

The first memoir of the Vietnam War and an all-time classic of war literature|40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION|In March 1965, Marine Lieutenant Philip J. C...

While Confederate blockade runners famously carried the seaborne trade for the South during the American Civil War, the amount of Southern cotton e...

For half a century a box had lain undisturbed, buried under years of accumulated clutter in the back room of a house. The contents of the box: stac...