Название: The Italian Vetterli Rifle: Development, Variants and History in Service Издательство: Andrew Mowbray Publishing Год: 2016 Формат: PDF Страниц: 170 Размер: 232 Mb Язык: English
The Italian Vetterli Rifle: Development, Variants and History in Service
Название: Japanese-trained Armies in Southeast Asia Автор: Joyce C. Lebra Издательство: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute ISBN: 9814279447 Год: 2011 Формат: PDF Страниц: 240 Размер: 13,6 МБ Язык: Английский
This is the first study by a Western scholar of a significant facet of the history of the Second World War - Japanese-trained independence and volunteer armies as agents of revolution and modernisation. At the time, the Japanese did not see that their military imprinting would affect a whole generation of political/military leadership of nations of post-Second World War Southeast Asia. Leaders like Suharto, Ne Win and Park are all products of Japanese military training.
Название: Canada in the Great Power Game: 1914-2014 Автор: Gwynne Dyer Издательство: Vintage Canada ISBN: 0307361683 Год: 2014 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 448 Размер: 4,8 МБ Язык: Английский
Canada in the Great Power Game 1914-2014 is a serious contemplation of what it means to engage in major world conflicts, and the price we pay when we do.
Название: The Lion, the Fox & the Eagle: A Story of Generals and Justice in Rwanda and Yugoslavia Автор: Carol Off Издательство: Random House Inc ISBN: 0679310495 Год: 2000 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 416 Размер: 2,0 МБ Язык: Английский
In this riveting, original and explosive book, Carol Off explores the failure of peacekeeping missions in Sarajevo and Rwanda, and the international community's attempt to redeem itself by prosecuting the people responsible for the genocides.
Название: Samurai to Soldier: Remaking Military Service in Nineteenth-Century Japan Автор: D. Colin Jaundrill Издательство: Cornell University Press ISBN: 1501703099 Год: 2016 Формат: PDF Страниц: 244 Размер: 6,0 МБ Язык: Английский
In Samurai to Soldier, D. Colin Jaundrill rewrites the military history of nineteenth-century Japan. In fifty years spanning the collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate and the rise of the Meiji nation-state, conscripts supplanted warriors as Japan's principal arms-bearers.
Название: Deadly Seas: The Duel Between the St. Croix and the U305 in the Battle of the Atlantic Автор: David Bercuson, Holger H. Herwig Издательство: Vintage Canada ISBN: 0679308547 Год: 2011 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 346 Размер: 5,8 МБ Язык: Английский
A brilliant work of naval history, Deadly Seas tells the dramatic story of the birth, life, and death of two wartime vessels, one Allied, the other Axis, and, through them, the larger story of the epic Battle of the Atlantic itself.
Название: A Perfect Hell: The Forgotten Story of the Canadian Commandos of the Second World War Автор: John Nadler Издательство: Anchor Canada ISBN: 038566141X Год: 2006 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 416 Размер: 2,5 МБ Язык: Английский
It’s 1942 and Hitler’s armies stand astride Europe like a colossus. Germany is winning on every front. This is the story of how one of the world’s first commando units, put together for the invasion of Norway, helped turn the tide in Italy.
Название: A Doctor's Sword: How an Irish Doctor Survived War, Capitivity and the Atomic Bomb Автор: Bob Jackson Издательство: The Collins Press ISBN: 1848893205 Год: 2016 Формат: PDF Страниц: 293 Размер: 55,3 МБ Язык: Английский
This is the story of the incredible life of Dr. Aidan MacCarthy (1913-95) the only person to have survived the two events that mark the beginning and end of the Second World War. He was evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk after three days of relentless attacks in May 1940, and he was trembling in a makeshift bomb shelter in the center of Nagasaki when the atomic bomb destroyed the city in August 1945.
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