Название: Under a Blood Red Sun: The Remarkable Story of PT Boats in the Philippines and the Rescue of General MacArthur
Автор: John J. Domagalski
Издательство: Casemate
ISBN: 1612004075
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 304
Размер: 9,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

The true story behind the exploits of the unit that was immortalized in the blockbuster 1945 movie They Were Expendable. During the opening days of World War II in the Pacific, a small group of American sailors in the Philippines were propelled into the forefront of the fighting.

Название: Ike & Monty: Generals at War
Автор: Norman Gelb
Издательство: William Morrow and Company, Inc.
Год: 1994
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 488
Размер: 58,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

Fifty years after the momentous Allied invasion of Normandy, here is a fascinating and sweeping dual portrait of the deeply troubled collaboration between two of history's greatest military leaders. Ike and Monty is the first book to focus exclusively on how their relationship determined the fate of the Allied effort to liberate Europe in World War II. It is a compelling account of the roles played in the struggle against Nazi Germany by Dwight David Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander, and Bernard Law Montgomery, the most celebrated British battlefield commander of modern times.

Название: Inside the US Navy SEALs
Автор: Gary Stubblefield, Hans Halberstadt
Издательство: Motorbooks International
Год: 1995
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 196
Размер: 24,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

Inside the US Navy SEALs tells the story of a SEALs evolution from a "pup" all the way to a SEAL commander. Discover who the SEALs are and what they're supposed to be, their strengths and weaknesses, and photos taken on actual missions. Inside the US Navy SEALs gives you an unprecedented look at the inner workings of the SEAL community.

Название: Enduring the Great War: Combat, Morale and Collapse in the German and British Armies, 1914–1918
Автор: Alexander Watson
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521881013
Год: 2008
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 306
Размер: 4,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

This book is an innovative comparative history of how German and British soldiers endured the horror of the First World War.

Название: Wars and Battles of Ancient Greece
Автор: Paul Chrystal
Издательство: Fonthill Media
ISBN: 1781556814
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 208
Размер: 17,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

One of the most popular areas of ancient history is war in the Greek world. The number of books, articles, web pages and blogs on every conceivable aspect of war in ancient Greece is endless, and continues to grow. So why add to the pile? Wars & Battles of Ancient Greece is not just another arid account of wars and battles, with endless, often exaggerated, casualty figures and repetitive tactics.

Название: Топографическая подготовка подразделения
Автор: Коваленко А.Н.
Издательство: М.: Воениздат
Год: 1984
Cтраниц: 176
Формат: pdf
Размер: 11 мб
Язык: русский

В учебном пособии изложены вопросы организации и проведения занятий по топографической подготовке в подразделении. Даны сведения о горной, пустынно-степной и лесисто-болотистой местности, способах и особенностях ориентирования на ней. Содержатся разработки по изучаемым темам и рекомендации по отработке нормативов.

Название: Revolutionary Dublin, 1912-1923: A Walking Guide
Автор: John Gibney, Donal Fallon
Издательство: Collins Books
ISBN: 1848893396
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 216
Размер: 13,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

Step back in time with this accessible walking guide to the revolutionary history of Dublin. John Gibney and Donal Fallon have spent years leading historical walking tours through the city, and now guide readers at their own pace through this radical period, bringing it to life in a novel way, from the perspective of the streets and buildings in which it took place.

Название: Fire under the Ashes: An Atlantic History of the English Revolution
Автор: John Donoghue
Издательство: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226157652
Год: 2013
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 373
Размер: 9,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

In Fire under the Ashes, John Donoghue recovers the lasting significance of the radical ideas of the English Revolution, exploring their wider Atlantic history through a case study of Coleman Street Ward, London. Located in the crowded center of seventeenth-century London, Coleman Street Ward was a hotbed of political, social, and religious unrest.

Название: The Military Genius Of Abraham Lincoln
Автор: Colin R. Ballard
Издательство: Golden Springs Publishing
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 325
Размер: 13,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

This work examines Lincoln’s influence on the strategy of the Civil War and proves convincingly that Lincoln chose good generals and that he was an excellent, if completely unconventional, strategist. The author Brigadier C. R. Ballard, was a British General who saw much service in South Africa and the First World War before being seriously wounded during the battle of the Somme in 1916.

Название: Decent Interval: An Insider's Account of Saigon's Indecent End Told by the CIA's Chief Strategy Analyst in Vietnam
Автор: Frank Snepp
Издательство: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700612130
Год: 2002
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 616
Размер: 134,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

Widely regarded as a classic on the Vietnam War, Decent Interval provides a scathing critique of the CIA's role in and final departure from that conflict. Still the most detailed and respected account of America's final days in Vietnam, the book was written at great risk and ultimately at great sacrifice by an author who believed in the CIA's cause but was disillusioned by the agency's treacherous withdrawal, leaving thousands of Vietnamese allies to the mercy of an angry enemy.