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Featuring a wealth of new information and an extraordinary gallery of images, this five-volume set is the new standard reference for introducing students to World War I.

This fascinating study provides a comprehensive overview of warfare throughout Vietnamese history, from the early efforts of the Vietnamese to establish their own state and free themselves from Chinese domination, down through the Indo-China and Vietnam Wars, the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia and the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War, to the present. Vietnam provides an overview of the causes, course, and effects of the numerous wars in Vietnamese hi...

The Vietnam War was a traumatic event for America and a lesson for Americans on the limits of power. For the Vietnamese, however, it was but the most recent in a series of struggles against foreign domination.Spencer Tucker provides an overview of the causes, course, and effects of the numerous wars in Vietnam, many of them not generally known to Westerners. Concentrating on the period since WWII, he presents the Vietnamese perspective as well...

While fighting on land continues to hold center stage, recently much more attention has been focused on the Civil War at sea. And for good reason. Naval operations decided the outcome of the war as the North exploited its significant naval and maritime ad

While fighting on land continues to hold center stage, recently much more attention has been focused on the Civil War at sea. And for good reason. Naval operations decided the outcome of the war as the North exploited its significant naval and maritime ad

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This biography traces the life and career of one of the U.S. Navy's first admirals, Andrew Hull Foote. The first study of the admiral to be published in nearly 200 years, this works makes an important contribution to the literature of the period. Photos. Maps.

Examines the important roles played by the Union and Confederate navies during the Civil War. Spencer Tucker makes use of recent scholarship as well as official records and the memoirs of participants to provide a complete perspective for the general reader and enough detail to hold the interest of the specialist.

This monumental six-volume resource offers engaging entries of major diplomatic, military, and political events driving world conflicts from ancient times to the present.

Long overlooked in favor of land engagements, this is the first encyclopedia to analyze the naval aspects of the American Civil War.

A comprehensive overview of the war that saw the United States emerge as a world power, one that had immense implications for America, especially in Latin America and Asia.

This Encyclopedia covers all major campaigns and battles, surveys weapons and devices of war, and examines the roles played in events by statesmen, politicians, religious and military leaders, and prominent citizens.

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A historical study of the relationship between civilian and military leaders in the United States during wartime, from the American Revolution to the Iraq War.

A multidimensional, multidisciplinary work on one of the least understood but most important conflicts in modern history.

This in-depth, comprehensive study of U.S. involvement in the modern Middle East carefully weighs the interplay of domestic, cultural, religious, diplomatic, international, and military events in one of the world's most troubled regions. This in-depth, comprehensive study of U.S. involvement in the modern Middle East carefully weighs the interplay of domestic, cultural, religious, diplomatic, international, and military events in one of the wo...

This brief work is an excellent introduction to understanding the idea and the practice of total war in the industrial age. As the first step toward further study or as a clear and easy-to-read refresher course on four of the most brutal years of the 20th century, Tucker s book is highly recommended. ChoiceThis packed, encyclopedic military history offers both a clear overview and detailed narrative of military and diplomatic events of the Fir...