Books written by Jonathan Forty

  • Modern War

    You'll meet the men who defined modern war, like Eisenhower, Kennedy, Castro, Khomeini, Hussein, Arafat, Ho Chi Minh, Kruschev, Milosevic, and both Presidents Bush.

  • Tank Warfare, 1939–1945

    Unlike the British, their heavy type, the Char 2c (the largest operational tank ever built), wasn't a red herring but rather a useless white elephant (they wasted more money on it). Again Renault came up with the most-produced light ...

  • Limits of Empire: Rome's Borders

    Others, such as these two great rivers, were natural borders that the Romans policed with their navy. This book examines these frontiers of the empire, looking at the way they were constructed and manned and how that changed over the years.

  • Infantry Warfare, 1939–1945: A Photographic History

    The infantry can always be found at the sharp end of the battlefield.

  • Limits of Empire: Rome's Borders

    A study of the Roman borders, their role as defenses and control points and their impact on the Roman empire as a whole.

  • Artillery Warfare, 1939-1945

    The selection of wartime photographs - many from east European sources - and the extensive quotations from contemporary documents give a graphic impression of how the guns were used on all sides of WW2.

  • Ocean Liners

    Ocean Liners

  • Artillery Warfare, 1939–1945

    The authors offer a fascinating insight into the weapons that served in the artillery over seventy years ago. “Superbly illustrated, this is testament to the courage and skills of extraordinary men in the execution of their duty.

  • Heavyweights: The Military Use of Massive Weapons

    Heavyweights examines the use of these massive weapons of war from stone-shot cannon to the atomic artillery of the 1950s.