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by Ardant Du Picq
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
Du Picq was the first military scientist to write extensively on the psychological aspect of war. Battle Studies: Ancient and Modern Battle was his attempt to delineate empirical truths about warfare by a close analysis of battles. The book was a sensation at the dawn of the 20th Century and continues to be read by military strategists and political philosophers today.
by Napoleon Bonaparte, David G. Chandler
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
An essential volume of Napoleon’s wisdom on the art of war.
Nearly two hundred years after his death, Napoleon remains widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders of all time. Here, in one volume, is the essence of Napoleon’s knowledge and wisdom, the fruit of his practical...
Frederick's Orders
Frederick the Great's Orders to His Generals and His Way of War
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
At various times in his military career Frederick the Great seemed on the cusp of a major defeat, yet always to find ways to extricate himself a secure a victory for himself and his lands. Frederick has long been considered in the pantheon of military leaders for his strategic and tactical prowess. His...
The Art of Maneuver
Maneuver Warfare Theory and Airland Battle
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
The Art of Maneuver shows how true maneuver-warfare theory has been applied in campaigns throughout history. With a genius for apt analogy the author shows how our obsession with fighting and winning set-piece battles causes us to overlook an enemy’s true vulnerabilities. But as low-intensity conflicts...
by Rupert Smith
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2007
From a highly decorated general, a brilliant new way of understanding war and its role in the twenty-first century.
Drawing on his vast experience as a commander during the first Gulf War, and in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Northern Ireland, General Rupert Smith gives us a probing analysis of modern...
by Masayuki Kukan Hisataka
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
A truly exhaustive text on the myriad disciplines that make up karate, Scientific Karatedo is the ultimate guide to this popular martial art.
First written in 1976, Scientific Karatedo continues to stand as one of the best books ever written on karate. This classic work is a complete guide...
Somme 1916
A Battlefield Companion
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Gerald Gliddon's classic survey of the Somme battlefield in 1916 is supported by a wide selection of photographs and testimony of those who took part. It covers famous battle sites, such as High Wood and Mametz Wood, as well as lesser known villages on the outlying flanks, and includes a day-by-day...
Montcalm and Wolfe
The Riveting Story of the Heroes of the French & Indian War (A Modern Library E-Book)
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2000
The result of over forty years of passionate research, Montcalm and Wolfe is the epic story of Europe's struggle for dominance of the New World. Centuries of rivalry and greed between the great imperial powers culminated in five brutal years of war; resulted in the death of both generals, Louis de...
German Order of Battle
Panzer, Panzer Grenadier, and Waffen SS Divisions in WWII
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2007
Narrative histories highlighting organization, combat experiences, and casualties of each division. Lists of constituent units and division commanders. Sources for further reading on each division.
Armed Conflict
The Lessons of Modern Warfare
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2009
What challenges will America face in armed conflicts of the future and how will we prepare for them? National security depends upon the ability of the military to “predict” the future nature of war. Despite the difficulty in making such predictions, one must remember: nation states and other countries...
Balaclava 1854
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2012
The port of Balaclava was crucial in maintaining the supply lines for the Allied siege of Sevastapol. The Russian attack in October 1854 therefore posed a major threat to the survival of the Allied cause. This book examines in detail the crucial battle of Balaclava, including: the attack on the redoubts;...
The “Cutty Sark”:
The Last of the Famous Clippers [Combined Edition of Two Volumes]
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Originally published in two volumes in 1933, this amalgamated edition provides an in-depth description of the hull, deck fittings, and rigging of this famous ship, together with a detailed account of the building of a scale model, which was added to the collection at the Science Museum in South Kensington,...
1914 The First World War in Photographs
Over by Christmas
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
1914: the first year of the 'war to end all wars', documented through old photographs. In 1914, after more than a decade of sabre-rattling, arms races and localised wars, mainland Europe erupted into the greatest war man had ever seen. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand saw the beginning...
An Encyclopedia of Battles
Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
"A badly needed addition to public and military libraries and to the shelves of every military writer … a definitive job." — Army TimesMegiddo, Thermopylae, Waterloo, Stalingrad, Vietnam … nothing has dominated man's attention, challenged his energy, produced more heroes — and destruction —...