A military historian offers a lively, insightful study of Carl von Clausewitz's landmark work on military strategy, first published in Germany following the Napoleonic Wars, analyzing the often confusing text of the book and assessing its c...
Exploring such theatres as the Balkans, Africa and the Ottoman Empire, this single-volume work assesses Britain's participation in the light of what became a struggle for the defence of liberalism, and shows how the war shaped the "short" 2...
A newly discovered and unique memoir from a soldier who fought in the First World War which challenges our perception of how British troops viewed the First World War.
The book sets out to show how in the 20th century the British army has learnt lessons from one war in order to prepare for the next. For the British Army in the twentieth century the challenge has been particularly great as it has never ha...
A military historian offers a lively, insightful study of Carl von Clausewitz's landmark work on military strategy, first published in Germany following the Napoleonic Wars, analyzing the often confusing text of the book and assessing its c...
This one-volume history condenses the prodigious research that Hew Strachan did while preparing his three-volume history of the Great War. Comprehensive and definitive, it examines the military, political and social aspects of the conflict ...
In THE FIRST WORLD WAR: TO ARMS, historian Hew Strachan provides a definitive account of the ideas, events, and personalities that led to the conflict. He draws on the full range of historical disciplines to examine the historical, cultural...
At the turn of the millennium, the British Army finds its position in relation to British society paradoxical. One one level it enjoys public support; it is seen as a highly professional organization in which the civil population has great...
More than 1,300 alphabetically arranged articles and entries explore the full history of human warfare from ancient times to the present day, including biographical profiles of key military leaders and theorists, weapons and equipment, batt...