Author : Michael Stephenson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,85 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Battlefields
ISBN : 9780792233749
Military history and geography converge in this compelling analysis of how terrain affects the way battles are fought and ultimately changes the course of world history.
Author : Chris Ryan
Publisher : Random House
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 35,54 MB
Release : 2009-11-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1407050788
You wake up in a dark room with no idea where you are. You are gagged and forced into a waiting truck. You have done nothing wrong. What would you do? Fourteen-year-old Ben travels to Pakistan on a school exchange programme. Ben and his Pakistani host, Aaarya, find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. They see something they're not supposed to and are kidnapped by some strange men. Caught up in a terrifying planned terrorist attack that could destroy Southern Afghanistan, killing thousands, Ben and Aarya are dragged through the most terrifying battleground in the world.
Author : Herbert C. Banks
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,62 MB
Release : 2002
Category :
ISBN : 1563117851
Contents included in the history are: The Early Years, World War II (1941-1945), Occupation of Japan (1945-1950), Korean War (1950-1951), Return to Japan (1951-1957), Demilitarized Zone (1957-1965), Fort Benning, Airmobile (1965), Vietnam War (1965-1972), Tri-Cap to Armor (1971-1990), Persian Gulf War (1990-1991), Force Restructuring (1991-1993), Desert Peacekeepers (1992-2000), Bosnia Peacekeepers (1998-1999), Today's Cavalry (1999-2000) and The Next Generation (2000-2020). Appendicies following the history include: Commanding Generals, Medal of Honor Recipients, Lineage, Datelines/Key Events, Decorations, Heraldic Items, Order of Battle, GarryOwen, Fiddler's Green, Museum, Major Weapon Systems, The Association, Bibliography, Contributors and an Index. Anyone who has been attached to the 1st Cavalry Division or is interested in military history should have this publication in their personal library.
Author : Keith Douglass
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 17,30 MB
Release : 1998-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101559543
The frigate U.S.S. Roy Turner docked just off Mombasa Bay, Kenya, on a goodwill call. At about 1:00 A.M. Sunday, they were dealt an unexpected blow. Army Colonel Maleceia staged a military coup, attacking the ship. One hundred sixty American sailors captured. Twenty-eight killed. Lieutenant Murdock and his SEALs are sent to restore justice. But the colonel is just getting started. He’s attacking the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi and declaring himself dictator. The SEALs will have to expand their mission—before the tides turn against them.
Author : Arthur G. Sharp
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 29,70 MB
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0811713865
In the fall of 1969, a force of 150 Americans and their South Vietnamese allies were surrounded by 5,000 North Vietnamese Army soldiers. This is the story of their desperate defense and against-all-odds escape. • Details on the Americans' harrowing escape, which covered 2.5 miles of enemy-infested ground in five hours in the dark of night • Explains how the Americans were placed in this precarious position mere miles from the Cambodian border • What this battle says about President Richard Nixon's Vietnamization policy
Author : Ron Carey
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 28,28 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1412035031
The war as seen through the eyes of a helicopter crew member. What it was like to be on the work horse of the Vietnam War.
Author : Warlord Games
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 28,65 MB
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1472810449
Take the fight to the enemy with this new theatre book for Bolt Action. From the D-Day landings to the final battle for Berlin, this volume gives players everything they need to focus their gaming on these final campaigns in the European Theatre of Operations. Scenarios and special rules offer something for all Bolt Action players, regardless of the armies they collect.
Author : Harold A. Winters
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 26,43 MB
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1421440253
Throughout history, from Kublai Khan's attempted invasions of Japan to Rommel's desert warfare, military operations have succeeded or failed on the ability of commanders to incorporate environmental conditions into their tactics. In Battling the Elements, geographer Harold A. Winters and former U.S. Army officers Gerald E. Galloway Jr., William J. Reynolds, and David W. Rhyne, examine the connections between major battles in world history and their geographic components, revealing what role factors such as weather, climate, terrain, soil, and vegetation have played in combat. Each chapter offers a detailed and engaging explanation of a specific environmental factor and then looks at several battles that highlight its effects on military operations. As this cogent analysis of geography and war makes clear, those who know more about the shape, nature, and variability of battleground conditions will always have a better understanding of the nature of combat and at least one significant advantage over a less knowledgeable enemy.
Author : John W. Cassell
Publisher : Inkwater Press
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 15,18 MB
Release : 2005-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781592991624
The year is 1970¿It is a turbulent, often violent, yet idealistic time. Over a third of a million American young people are serving in Vietnam. The various segments that compose American society peer distrustfully at one another across barricades drawn by age, race, social class, and wealth. One of the highest of these barricades is that drawn by age. A military incursion into Cambodia on April 30 touches off violent riots throughout the nation that eventually force over five hundred institutions of higher learning to shut down early for the summer.
Author : David Stone
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 46,37 MB
Release : 2018-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1849945195
Though the words, Cold War, refer to a period of specific international tension it is also true that the wars, conflicts and armed disputes of the period were most often influenced by, and even created because of, the existence of a 'cold war' environment - the Cold War was, in many ways, the Third World War. This extensive and authoritative volume presents all the major wars of the period - Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf, etc., the uprisings and revolts in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, etc, and even the skirmishes, such as the Cuba Missile Crisis, in a form that is suitable both for reading and for reference. Indeed, it is a book that meets a major need for historians, students and professionals working in the field of international current affairs and modern history.
