Military Science and History

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Updated April 23, 2025
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The war for Ukraine strategy and adaptation under fire
Ryan, Mick
Ebook
The Russo-Ukraine War is a vital learning opportunity for military strategists across the globe. The first and clearest lesson to be gleaned from it is this: the soundness of a military's strategy and the nimbleness with which it can adapt to unforeseen circumstances are the two most important...
Digging All Night and Fighting All Day The Civil War Siege of Spanish Fort and the Mobile Campaign 1865
Brueske, Paul.
Ebook
Revolutionary warfare how the Algerian war made modern counterinsurgency
Peterson, Terrence G.
Ebook
Revolutionary Warfare investigates how efforts to counter a revolution could also be revolutionary. The Algerian War fractured the French Empire, destroyed the legitimacy of colonial rule, and helped launch the Third Worldist movement for the liberation of the Global South....
Supremacy at sea Task Force 58 and the Central Pacific victory
Mawdsley, Evan
Ebook
The gripping account of the U.S. Navy's fast carrier force--and how its Central Pacific campaign in 1944 marked the achievement of American naval supremacy Task Force 58 was World War II's most powerful battle fleet. Made up in mid-1944 of sixteen aircraft carriers, over a thousand combat...
Defending Fort Stanwix a story of the New York frontier in the American Revolution
Kidder, Larry
Ebook
Winner of the 2025 Book of the Year Award from the George Washington American Revolution Round Table. In Defending Fort Stanwix, William L. Kidder tells the dramatic story of "the fort that never surrendered" and the crucial role it played in the American War...
The British army of George II, 1727-1760
Esposito, Gabriele
Ebook
Gabriele Esposito provides a detailed overview of the history, organization and uniforms of the British military forces during the long reign of George II (1727-1760). Perhaps best known for the Jacobite Rebellion, this period saw the British military forces greatly expanded and involved in two...
How to Lose a War The Story of America's Intervention in Afghanistan
Saikal, Amin.
Ebook
An incisive, authoritative account of the West's failures in Afghanistan, from 9/11 to the fall of Kabul
Normandy, the sailors' story a naval history of D-Day and the battle for France
Hewitt, Nick (Naval historian)
Ebook
The first account of the Allied navies' vital contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and the Normandy campaign   The Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe is one of the most widely recognised events of modern history. The assault phase, Operation...
Mosquito special operations in the Second World War the ultimate fighter bomber
Saxton, Peter J.
Ebook
The Mosquito was the most successful battle-winning multi-role combat aircraft of the Second World War. It was introduced by the de Havilland Aircraft Company as an unarmed, un-interceptable, long range, high speed, high altitude medium bomber. An unarmed bomber without protective armament was a...
The hidden victims civilian casualties of the two World Wars
Ó Gráda, Cormac
Ebook
A staggering new account of the civilian death toll of the world wars--and what it reveals about the true nature and cost of modern war Soldiers have never been the only casualties of wars. But the armies that fought World Wars I and II killed far more civilians than soldiers...
ROYAL NAVY IN THE COLD WAR YEARS, 19661990;RETREAT AND REVIVAL
EDWARD HAMPSHIRE.
Ebook

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