A new edition of the definitive military history of Germany and Austria-Hungary during the First World War
Moderní války Série
Tato série se ponoří do komplexního vývoje moderního válečnictví od konce 18. století až po současnost. Každá kniha nabízí nejen vojenský pohled, ale i zasazení konfliktů do širších diplomatických, politických, sociálních a ideologických souvislostí. Jedná se o zásadní studii válek, které formovaly náš svět, a to s důrazem na propojení vojenské historie s celkovým historickým kontextem.
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Crimean War, The: 1853-1856
- 312 stránek
- 11 hodin čtení
"The Crimean War: 1853-1856 examines the conflict in both its Europe-wide and global contexts, moving beyond the five great European powers to consider the role and importance of smaller states and theatres of war that have otherwise been under-served. To this end, it looks at fighting on the Danube front, the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Caucasian battlefield, as well as the White Sea and the Pacific, with final chapters devoted to the Paris peace congress of 1856, the end of the war and its legacy."
A revised and updated edition of the definitive work on the wars of German unification.
Thunder in the East
- 536 stránek
- 19 hodin čtení
Thunder in the East, originally published in 2005, is widely regarded as the best short history of the entire Nazi-Soviet military conflict. It tells the story from the pre-war expectations of Hitler and Stalin, through the pivotal battles deep in Russia in 1942-43, and on to the huge Soviet offensives across Eastern Europe in 1944-45. This final 'march of liberation' destroyed the Third Reich and set Europe's history for the next 45 years. The book provides penetrating answers to vital questions: Why did the war in the East develop as it did? Why did Hitler's Wehrmacht lose? Why did the Red Army win, and why did the people of Soviet Russia pay such a high price for victory? The first edition took advantage of the flood of new sources that followed the end of the Soviet era. This second edition takes account of what has been written over the last decade; the Nazi-Soviet war, in all its aspects, has continued to be the subject of extensive and innovative research and heated controversy.
The Allies in War
- 352 stránek
- 13 hodin čtení
Offers a diplomatic and military history of the Second World War, as it was fought by the United States and Britain. This title examines the war these two powers fought in the European and Far Eastern theatres against Germany, Italy and Japan and the nature of the Churchill-Roosevelt special relationship.
Known collectively as the 'Great War', for over a decade the Napoleonic Wars engulfed not only a whole continent but also the overseas possessions of the leading European states. schovat popis