The Mammoth Book of Modern Battles
Author | : Jon E. Lewis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 589 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Battles |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Jon E. Lewis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 589 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Battles |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jon E. Lewis |
Publisher | : Constable |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Battles |
ISBN | : 9781841190846 |
An anthology of gripping accounts of the battles that made the modern world, from Wounded Knee to Desert Storm, described by historians including John Keegan, Paul M. Kennedy and Alan Clark. Here are the great commanders, the strategy and the tactics, the decisive victories and cataclysmic disasters of two world wars, as well as wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, the Falklands and elsewhere. #FDEHere too is the awesome scale and vicious destructuive power of modern warfare across battlefields, ranging from Flanders to Basra, the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East and the fearsome jungles of South East Asia and the Pacific.
Author | : Jon E. Lewis |
Publisher | : Robinson |
Total Pages | : 634 |
Release | : 2011-08-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1780332831 |
From the start of the 20th century to the most recent major offensives, here are fifty accounts of the battles that made the modern world, described in superb detail by historians and writers including John Keegan, Alan Clark, John Strawson, Charles Mey, John Pimlott, and John Laffin. All the major conflicts are covered, from two world wars, through Korea, Vietnam, Bosnia, Chechnya, to Iraq and Afghanistan. Among the battles featured are: the Somme, Passchendaele, Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, El Alamein, Monte Cassino, Omaha Beach, Iwa Jima, Dien Bien Phu, Ia Drang, Hamburger Hill, Desert Storm, Kabul, Baghdad, and Basra.
Author | : Jon E. Lewis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 2003-06-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780756766542 |
Here are more than 40 gripping accounts of battles, described in detail by historians and writers including John Keegan, Alan Clark, John Strawson, Anthony Farrar-Hockley, John Pimlott, John Frost and John Laffin. Here are the great commanders of the 20th cent., the strategy and tactics, the victories and disasters of two world wars, as well as wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, the Falklands and elsewhere. Here too are many insights into the art and science of generalship and mil. org. as they have evolved to meet the awesome scale and vicious destructive power of modern warfare, across battlefields ranging from Flanders to Kuwait, North Africa to the Russian steppes, and the jungles of Southeast Asia and the Pacific. New edition with 30 specially drawn military maps.
Author | : Ian Watson |
Publisher | : Robinson |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2012-05-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1780335466 |
War is becoming increasingly 'SF-ized' with remotely controlled attack drones and robot warriors already in development and being tested. Over the past 100 years the technology of war has advanced enormously in destructive power, yet also in sophistication so that we no longer seem to live under the constant threat of all-out global thermonuclear cataclysm. So what will future wars be like? And what will start them: religion, politics, resources, refugees, or advanced weaponry itself? Watson and Whates present a gripping anthology of SF stories which explores the gamut of possible future conflicts, including such themes as nuclear war, psychological and cyberwars, enhanced soldiery, mercenaries, terrorism, intelligent robotic war machines, and war with aliens. All the stories in this collection of remarkable quality and diversity reveals humankind pressed to the limits in every conceivable way. It includes 24 stories with highlights such as: The Pyre of the New Day' - Catherine Asaro. The Rhine's World Incident' - Neal Asher. Caught in the Crossfire' - David Drake. Politics' - Elizabeth Moon. The Traitor' - David Weber. And others from: Dan Abnett, Tony Ballantyne, Fredric Brown, Algis Budrys, Simon R. Green, Joe Haldeman, John Kessel, John Lambshead, Paul McAuley, Andy Remic, Laura Resnick, Mike Resnick & Brad R. Torgersen, Fred Saberhagen, Cordwainer Smith, Allen Steele, William Tenn, Walter Jon Williams, Michael Z. Williamson, Gene Wolfe.
Author | : Richard Russell Lawrence |
Publisher | : Constable & Robinson |
Total Pages | : 546 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Battles |
ISBN | : 9781841194790 |
In this collection of accounts of famous battles, the whole changing nature of recorded warfare is explored, from Thermopylae, in Ancient Greece, to Operation Desert Storm. Here are the words of those who fought in history's greatest battles - some accounts come from those who were in command, and give an overview of the whole arena of war; others are from the footsoldiers or low-ranking officers, whose concerns are the field of events directly alongside them. To give a firm foundation to these accounts the book includes 50 maps, which show the location of the battlefields and strategic development of the campaigns. The sections are arranged chronologically, and start with the Classical World. It then progresses to the Medieval World, to the time of the Crusades and the Hundred Years War. Horse and Musket covers the period from the English Civil War to the American Civil War, taking in the American War of Independence, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the War of 1812-15 and the Crimea. The modern era encompasses World War I and II, Vietnam, the Falklands and the Gulf War.
Author | : Jon E. Lewis |
Publisher | : Running Press Adult |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-05-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780762448128 |
This extensive collection presents vivid pieces of stunning, first-hand accounts from the front lines of some of the most historically significant battles of all time. A must-read for any military history buff, including Martha Gellhorn on the Battle of the Bulge, Michael Herr at Khe Sanh, John Pilger on the fall of Saigon, and more.
Author | : Richard Russell Lawrence |
Publisher | : Constable |
Total Pages | : 640 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Naval battles |
ISBN | : 9781841196428 |
From the Battle of Salamis, as told by Thucydides, to carrier operations during the 1991 Gulf War, the changing nature of recorded naval warfare is explored here in its entirety. Here in the words of those who fought them are all of history's greatest naval engagements. Some of these first-hand accounts give an overview of the whole arena of the engagement from those in command; others come from the non-commissioned officers and men on the spot, whose immediate concerns are directly alongside them in the field. More than 50 maps give an objective reality to these personal narratives by showing the location and strategic development of these sea battles. starting with the classical world, where galleys ruled the seas. It progresses to the age of sail and battles like the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, including the Battle of Copenhagen and the battle of Trafalgar. From here to ironclads and dreadnoughts, taking in the American Civil War as well as both World Wars. The modern era encompasses torpedoes, including submarines and the flat tops that brought air power to the world's oceans.
Author | : Richard Russell Lawrence |
Publisher | : Running PressBook Pub |
Total Pages | : 546 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780786711192 |
Arranged chonologically, collects one hundred eyewitness accounts of history's greatest battles.
Author | : Graham Nown |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Etiquette |
ISBN | : 9781863953702 |