The first English account of Ethiopia's epic struggle for survival against the Arab forces of the Sultan of Adal, a conflict that seen throughout the Horn of Africa today.
First significant study on the 1813 campaign since military historian F. Loraine Petre.
The first detailed account of Oxford's as the "Royalist Capital" to appear for almost 75 years examines Oxford's experience in the English Civil War.
Uncovers secrets of one of the greatest of Napoleonic campaigns; this new edition incorporates a new set of images, and newly commissioned maps.
In 1966 Portugal needed a force that could combine mobility with the ability to engage insurgents; one solution was to create horse cavalry units.
On 11 November 1965, Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith unilaterally declared his country independent of Britain. International sanctions were immediately instituted against... Læs mere
Blood in the Forest tells the brutal story of the forgotten battles of the final months of the Second World War.
Title and statement of responsibility from cover.
The clothing, weapons and accoutrements of the men who fought for the Stuarts in Scotland from the beginning of the Jacobite cause in 1689 to Glenshiel in 1719.
This is the story of two very different men, Richard III, the last Plantagenet King of England, and Henry Tudor and how they met in battle on 22 August 1485 at Bosworth Field.
By 1982, the backbone of the Argentine combat aviation was formed of Douglas A-4 Skyhawks, they took on the overwhelming struggle to fight the British Task Force that opposed the Argentine forces on the Malvinas/Falkland Islands.
The Battle of Kolwezi in Zaire in 1978 between FNLC (ex-Katanga Gendarmerie) and a Zaire Army, French and Belgian task force.