Histoire / Histoire par pays / États-Unis / Divers

The A to Z of Middle Eastern Intelligence

de Ephraim Kahana & Muhammad Suwaed

The A to Z of Middle East Intelligence addresses intelligence issues in the region from ancient history and the Middle Ages through modern times, covering the decline of the Ottoman Empire, intelligence activity...

The A to Z of Sexspionage

de Nigel West

In the realm of human behavior, sex can be the catalyst for risky or reckless conduct. The A to Z of Sexspionage explores this behavior through a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and hundreds of...

The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command

de Andrew Gordon & Paul Wilderson

Foreword by Admiral Sir John Woodward. When published in hardcover in 1997, this book was praised for providing an engrossing education not only in naval strategy and tactics but in Victorian social attitudes...

The Men of the Mary Rose: Raising the Dead

de Ann Stirland

A J Stirland uses archaeological and skeletal evidence to give the reader a welcome insight into the lives and soldiers of the Mary Rose, from their ages and height to their health, diet and physical condition....

The Unknown Warrior: The Archaeology of the Common Soldier

de Richard Osgood

If history, in terms of warfare, is told from the side of the victor, then it is also very often told by the commanders. Rarely does the story of those who do most of the fighting - the footsoldier - come forward....

Ancient Warfare

de John Carman & Anthony Harding

This ambitious and innovative book sets out to establish a new understanding of human aggression and conflict in the distant past. Examining the evidence of warfare in prehistoric times and in the early historical...

The A to Z of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

de P R. Kumaraswamy

The history, religion, culture, and archeology that this rivalry has sparked between the Arabs and Israelis over the same piece of territory is traced in this book, which offers the essential details using neutral...

Bloody Meadows: Investigating Landscapes of Battle

de John Carman & Patricia Carman

Battles, as events, are a major focus of military history in all periods, and battlefield sites are increasingly being take up as part of the nation's cultural heritage. Bloody Meadows goes behind the particular...

B-52 Stratofortress: The Complete History of the World's Longest Serving and Best Known Bomber

de Bill Yenne

 The B-52 is the longest serving and most versatile of the United States Air Force's combat aircraft. The Stratofortress entered active service in 1955 and is scheduled to continue as part of the air force's...

Us Missile Defence and National Security

de Andrew Futter

This book examines the transformation in US thinking about the role of Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) in national security policy since the end of the Cold War.

The evolution of the BMD debate after the Cold...

Command Under Sail: Makers of the American Naval Tradition, 1775-1850

de James C. Bradford

A collection of esssays on 12 officers who helped to build the foundation of the U.S. Naval tradition.

Admirals of the New Steel Navy: Makers of the American Naval Tradition, 1880-1930

de James C. Bradford

This collection of essays examines the lives of thirteen naval officers whose careers had lasting effects on the evolution of American naval traditions.

Bringing Mulligan Home: The Other Side of the Good War

de Dale Maharidge

Sergeant Steve Maharidge returned from World War II an angry man. The only evidence that he’d served in the Marines was a photograph of himself and a buddy tacked to the basement wall. On one terrifyingly...

Stories of the Irish in the US Civil War

de Damian Shiels

This is the story of the forgotten role of the 200,000 Irish men and women who were involved in various ways in the US Civil War. This book is based on several years of research by the author, a professional...

The Ulster, Ireland & the Somme: Memorials and Battlefield Pilgrimages

de Catherine Switzer

Ulster, Ireland and the Somme tells the story of the relationship between Ulster, Ireland and the Somme area of northern France, which has now endured for nearly a century. The 1916 Battle of the Somme is a...

India's Special Forces- History and Future of Special Forces

de P C Katoch & Saikat Datta

Employment till now of our nascent Special Forces have been analyzed including whether our Special Forces have actually been employed or used as Special Forces or primarily used in counter insurgency operations...

The First Household Cavalry Regiment, 1943-44: In the Shadow of Monte Amaro

de Garry O'Connor

In the Shadow of Monte Amaro provides a new focus on the famous First Household Cavalry Regiment, the way its mettle was tested to the maximum in action in the mountains of Italy. It reveals and explores this...

SR-71: The Complete Illustrated History of the Blackbird, The World's Highest, Fastest Plane

de Richard H. Graham

 At the height of the Cold War in 1964, President Johnson announced a new aircraft dedicated to strategic reconnaissance. The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane flew more than three-and-a-half times the speed...

The Democratic Experience and Political Violence

de David C. Rapoport & Leonard Weinberg

An incisive analysis of the connections between democracy and violence by acknowledged experts in the field. The connection between the two activities has often been largely ignored because of a widespread...

The IRA 1968-2000

de J. Bowyer Bell

Based on thousands of interviews over 35 years with the leaders and members of the Republican movement and the IRA itself, as well as the Irish, British and Americans involved in the Troubles, the focus of this...