Books from Brassey's
-
Odd Man Out: Truman, Stalin, Mao, and the Origins of the Korean War
By Richard C. ThorntonBased on newly available post-Cold War documentation, this analysis by a Georgetown U. professor of history and international affairs reassesses the American, Soviet, and Chinese decision- making processes culminating in...
-
City Under Siege: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift, 1948-1949
By Michael D. HaydockAt the close of World War II, the Soviet Union controlled all of eastern Germany except the Allied sectors of Berlin. In June 1948, Soviet authorities halted the West's land...
-
Brassey's D-Day Encyclopedia: The Normandy Invasion A-Z
By Barrett TillmanThis unique encyclopedia provides detailed entries for everything you ever wanted to know about D-Day, the invasion of Normandy. Organized alpha-betically, the entries give detailed descriptions of weapons, equipment, divisions,...
-
Isandlwana
By Ian Frederick William BeckettThe 20000 strong Zulu force was able to defeat the small British contingent and force Lord Chelmsford to revise his plans for invading Zululand but, although only 350 of the...
-
The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Preparing for Korean Reconciliation & Beyond
By Charles M. Perry, Toshi YoshiharaThe promise of dramatic strategic change on the Korean Peninsula poses a wide array of short- and long-term challenges as well as opportunities for the U.S.-Japan alliance. For the foreseeable...
-
The Bicycle in Wartime: An Illustrated History
By Jim FitzpatrickA highly illustrated overview of ingenious technological innovations, from the eight-man rail bikes of the Boer War to the Vietnam War's heavy-duty transport models.
-
The Last of the Cape Horners: Firsthand Accounts from the Final Days of the Commercial Tall Ships
By Spencer ApollonioWhen we think of commercial sailing, most of us are apt to picture square-riggers as vessels of the nineteenth century or earlier. Yet the graceful, multi-masted beauties of our imaginations...
-
Black Watch, Red Dawn: The Hong Kong Handover to China
By Neil Craig, Jo CraigThis text describes the situation in Hong Kong before and after the handover to China, focusing on the soldiers of the Black Watch and the People's Liberation Army. It includes...
-
Bloody Hill: The Civil War Battle of Wilson's Creek
By William R. BrooksherRecounts the summer 1861 battle in Missouri, the bloodiest major engagement of the war up to that time, and argues that the loss of Missouri at this point, coupled with...
-
Crimson Sky: The Air Battle for Korea
By John M. TaylorThe Korean War, like the American Civil War, was a crossroads in military history. It was the last hurrah for one generation of tactics and technology and the proving ground...
-
Letters from the Front
By Judith MillidgeOf all the words written about war it is surely the letter written from the battlefront to family and friends that is the most pertinent and enlightening. When a man...
-
War and the 20th Century: A Study of War and Modern Consciousness
By Christopher CokerWar has been the defining theme of the 20th century. It has dominated our imagination; it has influenced our political language; it has shaped and determined our view of history....
-
The Fanatics: A Behavioural Approach to Political Violence
By Maxwell TaylorNews reports of the latest atrocity by political extremists are often explained as extreme acts by unbalanced individuals who bear little resemblance to the 'normal' people around us. This book...
-
Winston Churchill - Soldier: The Military Life of a Gentleman at War
By Douglas Sharman RussellConsidering he has been and will remain to be one of the most studied personalities of the 20th century, relatively little has been written about the miltary service and war...
-
USS Ranger: The Navy's First Flattop from Keel to Mast, 1934-46
By Robert CressmanThe USS "Ranger" (CV-4) was the U.S. Navy??'s first aircraft carrier to be built assuch from the keel up. The RANGER helped maintain the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration??'s Good Neighbor...
-
The War Against Japan
By Center of Military History, Kenneth E. Hunter, Margaret E. TackleyA collection of b&w photos depicting battles and daily life during the Japanese campaign in the Pacific during WWII, in sections on the allied defensive, the strategic defensive and tactical...
-
Revolt of the Admirals: The Fight for Naval Aviation, 1945-1950
By Jeffrey G. BarlowChronicles the showdown between the U.S. Airforce and the Navy over the role of carrier aviation in the national security framework.
-
New Maritime History of Devon
By Conway Maritime Press67 Wright , ' At Home or Abroad ? ' . The importance of these new markets is highlighted in the marketing strategies of the domestic tourist boards ; see , for example , Wales Tourist Board , Tourism 2000 : A Strategy for Wales ...
-
The Vietnam War: The Story and Photographs
By J. Michael Wenger, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon"In this their latest illustrated war volume, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon, and J. Michael Wenger show you the battles, leaders, weapons, heroism, and pain of the Vietnam War,...
-
Expert Witness: A Defence Correspondent's Gulf War, 1990-91
By Christopher BellamyA military scholar and defense correspondent for The Independent shows that the success of the Allied forces during the Gulf War was a result of careful research and strategic planning.