Covering a wide array of conflicts across continents, this collection highlights 100 significant sieges that have shaped human history. It explores pivotal moments in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, offering insights into the strategic importance and impact of these military confrontations. Each siege is examined for its historical context and consequences, making this an essential resource for those interested in military history and its influence on global events.
This concise account of World War I offers a balanced introduction for teachers and students, covering military operations alongside the development of war aims and alliance diplomacy. It also explores the impact of the war on the home front, providing a comprehensive overview that highlights both the global and domestic aspects of the conflict.
" This fascinating study provides a comprehensive overview of warfare throughout Vietnamese history, from the early efforts of the Vietnamese to establish their own state and free themselves from Chinese domination, down through the Indo-China and Vietnam Wars, the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia and the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War, to the present. Vietnam provides an overview of the causes, course, and effects of the numerous wars in Vietnamese history, many of them not generally known to Westerners, such as the Black Flag/Tonkin Wars and the Franco-Thai War. Concentrating on the period after the Second World War, it treats matters from the Vietnamese perspective as much as from the French and American, and seeks to clarify the missed opportunities and false perceptions that led to warfare. Encompassing socio-political, economic, diplomatic, and cultural issues, Vietnam provides an excellent introduction to Vietnamese history as well as an in-depth look at the long record of warfare in that country. The Vietnam War was a traumatic event for America and a lesson for Americans on the limits of power. For the Vietnamese, however, it was but the most recent in a series of struggles against foreign domination.