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Urban Battlefields: Lessons Learned from World War II to the Modern Era offers a detailed study of the complexities of urban operations, demonstrating through historical conflicts their key features, the various weapons and tactics employed by both sides, and the factors that contributed to success or failure. Urban operations are a relatively recent phenomenon and an increasingly prominent feature of today's operational environment, typified ...

A fully illustrated overview of the USSR's bloody conflict in Afghanistan and its long legacy. The Soviet invasion of its neighbour Afghanistan in December 1979 sparked a nine-year conflict until Soviet forces withdrew in 1988-89, dooming the communist Afghanistan government to defeat at the hands of the mujahideen, the Afghan popular resistance backed by the USA and other powers. Gregory Fremont-Barnes reveals how the Soviet invasion had eno...

A user-friendly, key guide to one of history's most iconic battles

Major reassessment of the battle from one of the world's leading authorities originally written to commemorate the bi-centenary in 2015

With updates from the author, specially commissioned maps, and 30 new images, this is a concise overview of the Jacobite rising of 1745.The Jacobite Rebellion is one of history's most heavily romanticized and mythologized campaigns. Led by the charismatic Bonnie Prince Charlie and fought in the main by clansmen loyal to the Stuarts, the revolt initially saw government forces outmanoeuvred and outfought before the Prince's march on London was h...

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This book investigates the complexities of modern urban operations-a particularly difficult and costly method of fighting, and one that is on the rise. Contributors examine the lessons that emerge from a range of historical case studies, from nineteenth-century precedents to the Battle of Shanghai, Stalingrad, German town clearance, Mandalay, and Berlin during World War II, and from the Battle of Algiers to the Battle for Fallujah in 2004. Eac...

Drawing on many contemporary sources and eyewitness accounts, this book examines the lives of the ordinary sailors of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815), detailing their attitudes, duties, comforts, hardships, vices and virtues. The popular image of the British sailor of this time is of a press-ganged wretch living off weevil-infested food, motivated only by prize money and facing constant hazards ab...

This book investigates the complexities of modern urban operations—a particularly difficult and costly method of fighting, and one that is on the rise. Contributors examine the lessons that emerge from a range of historical case studies, from nineteenth-century precedents to the Battle of Shanghai, Stalingrad, German town clearance, Mandalay, and Berlin during World War II, and from the Battle of Algiers to the Battle for Fallujah in 2004. Eac...

A concise guide to one of the most important clashes of the Napoleonic Wars, showcasing Napoleon's military genius

La vittoria decisiva del viceammiraglio Lord Nelson sulle flotte combinate di Francia e Spagna il 21 ottobre 1805 rappresenta uno dei più grandi trionfi navali della storia. Al largo di Capo Trafalgar, 27 vascelli inglesi e 33 franco-spagnoli si affrontarono in un epico duello di artiglieria durato quattro ore, il cui esito garantì la salvezza dell'Inghilterra dall'invasione delle truppe di Napoleone. La brillante abilità tattica di Nelson, la...

The Battle of Goose Green was the first and longest land conflict of the Falklands War, which was fought between British and Argentine forces in 1982.

On May 5, 1980, the world watched as the SAS performed a daring raid on the Iranian Embassy in London. Hailed by Margaret Thatcher as a brilliant operation, the raid was a huge success for the SAS, rescuing nineteen hostages with near-perfect military execution, although two were killed by the terrorists. Despite the media attention, details of the siege are still largely unknown and the identities of the SAS troopers remain a guarded secret. ...

Waterloo was a resounding victory for the British Army and changed the course of European history. This Battle Story tells you everything you need to know about this critical battle.

The Soviet invasion of its neighbour Afghanistan in December 1979 sparked a bloody nine-year conflict in that country until Soviet forces withdrew in 1988-89, dooming the communist Afghanistan government to defeat at the hands of the Mujahideen, the Afghan popular resistance backed by the USA and other powers. The Soviet invasion had enormous implications on the global stage, it prompted the US Senate to refuse to ratify the hard-won SALT II a...

This accessible yet comprehensive companion to the Falklands War will be a welcome addition to any enthusiast's shelves.

Covered in this encyclopedia are the people, events, and ideas that shaped the transformative political ideologies arising from the American and French Revolutions of the late eighteenth century.

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Waterloo

The story of one of Western history's most significant battles and the moment of Napoleon's final defeat is expertly related and explained by a leading historian, with detailed illustrations and supplementary facts.