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50 Events You Really Need to Know: History of War
By Robin Cross. 2012
Human history--from the empires of the ancient world to the superpowers of the 21st century--has been inextricably shaped by conflict…
and the weapons that have been used to wage it. The technologies that have produced advanced civilizations have also been harnessed to the grim business of warfare. The trains that carried working people to their first seaside holidays in the 19th century also took millions of young men to war in 1914. Nearly a century later, the computer revolution, which by 2000 had come to dominate almost every aspect of life in advanced societies, had also introduced us to a new fifth dimension of warfare, in which governments jostle brutally in cyberspace.This short history, stretching from the chariot to the Stuxnet virus which disabled Iran's nuclear enrichment programme in 2007, charts some of the most significant weapons, fortifications and tactics that have been developed in the last 2,500 years.Since 1945, the pace of change has been relentless. In the present day, the main battle tank is facing obsolescence as the master of the battlefield, and the introduction of the Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) threatens the livelihoods of many of the highly trained establishments of the world's leading air forces. In contrast, the many asymmetric conflicts raging around the globe in countries of the Third World attest to the durability of one of the 20th century's most remarkable weapons, the Kalashnikov assault rifle, developed in the later 1940s and still in service worldwide. This is a scintillating introduction to the world's most enduring phenomenon.Emden: My Experiences in S.M.S. Emden
By Prinz Franz Joseph von Hohenzollern. 2018
During World War I Franz Joseph Prinz von Hohenzollern served in Germany s Kaiserliche Marine Imperial…
Navy as the second torpedo officer on the light cruiser SMS Emden at the Battle of Cocos The SMS Emden had an extraordinary record capturing British ships This book which was first published in its English translation in 1928 is a fascinating record of Franz Joseph s naval service on the SMS Emden SMS Emden His Majesty s Ship Emden was the second and final member of the Dresden class of light cruisers built for the Imperial German Navy Kaiserliche Marine Named after the town of Emden she was laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft Imperial Dockyard in Danzig in 1906 Her hull was launched in May 1908 and completed in July 1909 She had one sister ship Dresden Like the preceding K nigsberg-class cruisers Emden was armed with ten 10 5 cm 4 1 in guns and two torpedo tubes Emden spent the majority of her career overseas in the German East Asia Squadron based in Tsingtao in the Kiautschou Bay concession in China In 1913 she came under the command of Karl von M ller who would captain the ship during WWI At the outbreak of hostilities Emden captured a Russian steamer and converted her into the commerce raider Cormoran Emden rejoined the East Asia Squadron after which she was detached for independent raiding in the Indian Ocean The cruiser spent nearly two months operating in the region and captured nearly two dozen ships On October 28 1914 Emden launched a surprise attack on Penang in the resulting Battle of Penang she sank the Russian cruiser Zhemchug and the French destroyer Mousquet The SMS Emden s extraordinary record capturing British ships resulted in all those who served on her including Franz Joseph being given the right to add the ship s name to the end of their surnamesMajor Mick Mannock VC was the top-scoring RAF air ace of the…
First World War an almost legendary figure who personified the bravery and modesty that came to be expected of aerial heroes While other aces of that war became better known Mannock in his own quiet way topped them all with an official tally of 73 victories by the time of his death On the award of his posthumous VC the London Gazette described him as an outstanding example of fearless courage remarkable skill devotion to duty and self-sacrifice that has never been surpassed King of Air Fighters is an exciting account of Mannock s character and career by another great air ace For author Taffy Jones himself ranks sixth in the British list of First World War aces with 41 victories This is a tale of adventure courage and gallantry told with an experienced insider s understanding of the feelings and psychology of the air aces and with a thorough analysis of aerial combat techniquesYearbook of International Humanitarian Law Volume 17, 2014
By Christophe Paulussen, Terry D. Gill, Robin Geiß, Tim Mccormack, Jessica Dorsey, Heike Krieger. 2016
This volume commemorates the centenary of the FirstWorld War (1914-2014) and aims to capture 100 years of warfare evolution. Amongthe…
main issues addressed are the changing nature of means and methods ofwarfare, the law of weaponry, and challenges to humanitarian assistance andprotection of the civilian population affected by armed conflict. Specifictopics include the legal regime governing nuclear weapons, the prohibition ofchemical weapons and arms control, the evolution of naval warfare, asymmetricconflicts, the law of occupation and cultural property. A comprehensive Year in Review also describes themost important events and legal developments that took place in 2014. The Yearbook ofInternational Humanitarian Law is the world's only annual publicationdevoted to the study of the laws governing armed conflict. It provides a trulyinternational forum for high-quality, peer-reviewed academic articles focusingon this crucial branch of international law. Distinguished by contemporaryrelevance, the Yearbook of InternationalHumanitarian Law bridges the gap between theory and practice and serves asa useful reference tool for scholars, practitioners, military personnel, civilservants, diplomats, human rights workers and students.War in the Air, 1936
By Claud Sykes, Major Helders. 2018
In War in the Air 1936 which was first published in English in 1932 author Robert Knauss…
fantasizes about a confrontation between England and France Writing under the pseudonym Major Helders and using detailed descriptions of battles strategies and weaponry Knauss aim is for the reader to realize that air power in general and flying fortress bombers in particular would decide the outcome of the next war In this novel the hero is the English air force commander Brackley a carbon copy of the imaginary German leaders in other right-wing prophecies firm mysterious infallible In times of crisis he surveys the situation with lightning speed His war is one of movement of risk-taking of annihilation Modern airplane technology allows him to carry out a style of warfare that fits his chivalric warrior spirit Only for an instant does he pity the population of Paris as his planes pour bombs over the city in a surprise attack Pity though is not a virtue in the nationalist mind though Vernichtungswille the will to annihilate isMy Three Years in Moscow
By Gen Walter Bedell Smith. 2018
MY THREE YEARS IN MOSCOW is a good deal more than an account of diplomatic negotiations General Smith undertook…
to study the whole framework of Soviet life-the people their leaders and their institutions In this study he had the help of a large and well-informed staff and in addition he has had the advantage of closer personal contact with Marshal Stalin than any other Westerner There are vivid portraits of the men who run the Soviet Union all the way from the members of the all-powerful Politburo to the director of a small collective farm There are revealing discussions of the efficiency of Soviet industry and agriculture In the course of his duties General Smith met numbers of Russians of all kinds and his pages contain fascinating sketches of them thus building a picture of the life of the ordinary man in a collectivized economy The American Ambassador had his own housekeeping problems like the incident of the supply of fresh eggs which eventually involved ponderous governmental machinery MY THREE YEARS IN MOSCOW is one of the important books of our time distinguished in its character and permanent in historical value casts more light on the Soviet system on Marshal Stalin and on the tortuous twists and turns of Soviet policy than anything published thus far The New York TimesHIS STORY IS HERE but Tom Treanor the young correspondent of the Los Angeles Times is off…
to the wars again Meanwhile of the present book he says Alice never saw more different things in Wonderland than I ve seen since June 13 1942 I ve rung the changes from Chungking to Anzio and written 1 000 words a day about it Because it s all too new and confusing I can t explain any of the riddle I can only give you the world all disconnected just as I saw it in travelling a sequence of separate worlds nearly as crazy independent and self-centered as they were in Columbus time I have no theme but only a pocketful of pictures That s what he thinks Well he may not have a theme but he has an astounding knack for being in places where things happen a high-octane sense of the ludicrous and a zest and zip in his writing that make his book tops in entertainment It is emphatically the war book with a differenceThe Edge of War
By James Atkinson, Adm Arleigh A Burke. 2018
Originally published in 1960 in The Edge of War Georgetown University associate professor and author James David Atkinson provides…
an examination of both the Western and Communist approaches to war He also covers the evolution of unconventional war and includes case histories of Guatemala and the stand-up of the Shah of Iran It is a privilege to have the opportunity to state my agreement with Dr Atkinson s general thesis and especially his observation that warfare of the latter part of the 20th Century is above all a battle of the spirit of ideas and of the human will This battle will be fought in the hearts in the minds and in the souls of men everywhere It is hoped that this book will serve to awaken many to this fact Adm Arleigh A BurkeRoosevelt’s Road to Russia (Fdr And The Era Of The New Deal Ser.)
By George Crocker. 2018
Many people will be made angry by this book They will be angry first at its author for daring…
to attack the memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Then as they read with an increasing sense of shame this shocking story of the summit conferences of World War II they will be moved to anger at F D R himself The trust which the American people bestowed in the leadership of Roosevelt is a matter of historical record The manner in which the four-times President used that trust is only little by little coming to be realized The truth is that ever since victory was won western civilization has been at bay with men everywhere preparing for new wars What went wrong Was there a monstrous miscalculation Bad faith in high places Incompetence What really happened at the fateful summit conferences of World War II The documents notes and memoirs of men who were there at Casablanca Teheran and Yalta and the others how now dredged up the pieces of a horrendous jigsaw puzzle ROOSEVELT S ROAD TO RUSSIA for the first time puts the pieces together Crocker has presented this sad epoch in American history more interestingly and more competently than any previous writer he gives the first complete picture of just how and why we lost the peace it is an important contribution to the history of our times We are in danger of being deceived by Khrushchev as Roosevelt was deceived by Stalin Let us read this record as Crocker has faithfully compiled it and heed the warning H V Kaltenhorn A tale of colossal incompetence monstrous misunderstanding outrages of freedom it should be read by everyone who wants to understand the world today The Chicago Tribune a scholarly brief with all the logic and persuasion of a grand jury presentation Columbus DispatchThe Twenty-Year Revolution from Roosevelt to Eisenhower
By Chesly Manly. 2018
In The Twenty-Year Revolution from Roosevelt to Eisenhower which was first published in 1954 author Chesly Manly …
the United Nations Correspondent of the Chicago Tribune leaves practically no part of government operation untouched He covers the advent of the New Deal the first year of the Eisenhower administration with revelations of diplomatic relations with an implacable enemy subversion of national policies by collectivist legal and economic experts willful toleration of communist infiltration into the government active encouragement of such infiltration into the labor unions and wilful toleration of communist infiltration into the government to active encouragement of such infiltration into the labor unions and reliance upon the Communists for political support A gripping readThe International Migration of German Great War Veterans
By Erika Kuhlman. 2016
This book usesstory-telling to recreate the history of German veteran migration after theFirst World War. German veterans of the Great…
War were among Europe's mostvolatile population when they returned to a defeated nation in 1918, aftergreat expectations of victory and personal heroism. Some ex-servicemen chose toflee the nation for which they had fought, and begin their lives afresh in thenation against which they had fought: the United States.The Enemy Below
By Cmdr Denys Arthur Rayner. 2018
DUEL AT SEAFrom the moment the radar indicated a German sub the captain of the destroyer Hecate knew he…
would achieve his life s ambition a duel to the death in deserted waters between his ship and an enemy submarine Below the choppy sea sped the U-121 commanded by Kapit n von Stolberg an efficient brutal sailor who also welcomed a fight to the finish but for a different reason His submarine was entrusted with a mission that could prove catastrophic to the Allied war effort Nothing least of all a British destroyer must stand in his way Plotting his strategy like a deadly game of chess the destroyer captain doggedly tailed the elusive sub Depth charge answered torpedo cannon matched gun and finally man faced man in a climactic battle for supremacy at sea THE ENEMY BELOW was also made into the Academy Award winning 1957 movie starring Robert Mitchum and Curt J rgens and produced and directed by Dick Powell THE ENEMY BELOW Simply terrific Christian HeraldTHE ENEMY BELOW Commander Rayner has spun a grand yarn The battle he has described is a thriller a cross between a game of chess and a hunt to the death He tells it well with mounting suspense much clever manipulation of the possibilities of naval action and with a slam-bang climax which ought to be terrific in the forthcoming movie The New York TimesTHE ENEMY BELOW A thumping good narrative of primordial war at sea told from an unusual point of view The New York Times Book ReviewThe Crippled Tanker
By Cmdr. Denys Arthur Rayner. 2018
This rousing World War II tale is set in February 1943. H.M.S. destroyer ‘Hecate’ is pulled out of convoy escort…
duty to tow the crippled (and abandoned) Greek tanker ‘Antioch’ 500 miles across the North Atlantic from the spot where she had been attacked by a German wolfpack to the safety of a British port. The ‘Antioch’, at 15,000 tons, had been the largest ship in her convoy and her cargo of four million gallons of high-octane petroleum (enough to send 2,000 Wellington bombers to Berlin and back) is of vital importance to Britain’s wartime economy.Initially angered by their rather inglorious assignment, the warship’s officers and crew slowly begin to take pride in their towing assignment as they try and fend off a German U-boat and a succession of Luftwaffe warplanes after the ‘Antioch’ and ‘Hecate’ are spotted by a German reconnaissance airplane....The Small Spark of Courage
By Cmdr. Denys Arthur Rayner. 2018
THEY KNEW THEY WOULD NOT RETURN…Having outrun their supply lines, they now await the enemy’s counterattack…In order to determine the…
enemy’s intention the brigade commander is compelled to expose one company to certain destruction. At the height of the battle, the commander of the ‘suicide’ company appeals for assistance to an armoured unit. Its young troop officer hesitates.Dare he disobey order to prevent a massacre?“It is a gem: the day-long battle is vastly exciting, words are not wasted. Effects are as sure as the characters. Commander Rayner has great writing talent.”—DAILY EXPRESS“In a tense series of battle scenes an unexpected and entirely unplanned victory is won. An exciting engagement which also provokes speculation about men in action and morale.”—BOOKS OF THE MONTHHitler Was My Friend: The Memoirs Of Hitler's Photographer
By Heinrich Hoffmann, Lt. 2014
Heinrich Hoffmann was the photographer to kings princes and the glitterati of the first half of the 20th…
Century His archive of images ran into the millions and he grew to be rich and moderately famous An assistant in London to Emil Otto Hopp the undisputed leader of pictorial portraiture in Europe at the time Hoffmann returned to Germany progressed through the tumult of WWI into the chaos of the Weimar and there he came into contact with an idealist with a growing following Adolf Hitler As official court photographer Heinrich Hoffmann played a critical role in the painstaking cultivation of Hitler s public image and the glorification of the Third Reich However his influence stretched far beyond the realm of propaganda not only was he present during many of the key moments in the history of the Third Reich he was also a close personal friend of the F hrer with exclusive and intimate access to Hitler s inner circle and to the man himself It was Hoffmann who introduced Hitler to Eva Braun his studio assistant It was also Hoffmann with whom Hitler was on a trip from Munich to Hamburg when the F hrer received word that his beloved niece Geli Raubal had committed suicide Hoffmann took over two million photographs of Hitler and published several books including The Hitler Nobody Knows 1933 At the end of the war Hoffmann was arrested by the U S military who seized his photographic archive and was sentenced to imprisonment for Nazi profiteering These memoirs were first published in English in 1955 four years after his release from prison and represent a crucial eyewitness source for the historian and general reader alikeAlways To-morrow
By John Leeming. 2018
In November 1940 an R A F aeroplane crashed near Catania Sicily On board were Air…
Marshal O T Boyd on his way to Cairo as Air Officer Commanding Middle East and John Leeming a member of his staff who before the war was a well-known private pilot and the author of several amusing books Air Marshal Boyd and Mr Leeming were taken prisoner by the Italians and six months later they were joined by a bevy of generals and other senior British officers including Major-General Neame V C Lieutenant-General O Connor Major-General Carton de Wiart V C and Major-General Gambier-Perry Always To-morrow which was first published in 1951 is an account of the life as prisoners of war in Italy of this group of high ranking officers beginning with the aircraft crash in Sicily which wrecked the career of Air Marshal Boyd Widely regarded as one of the most amusing books written about World War II the hopes and disappointments of the several attempts at escape are told in a most entertaining way and the lack of emphasis on the less amusing aspects of life as a prisoner of war only serves to underline the unfailing courage enterprise and patience of these senior officers The funniest war story of all Leeming s adventures as a prisoner of the Italians are told with a rare humour and a keen eye for the absurd There is drama too in his story but Mr Leeming is irrepressible Sunday GraphicMoscow, Tokyo, London: Twenty Years Of German Foreign Policy. [1st American Ed. ].
By Herbert Dirksen. 2018
First published in English in 1951 these are the fascinating memoirs of a high level German diplomat detailing…
his many years of work within German Embassies at Moscow Tokyo London and elsewhere The book provides extensive information on the formulation of foreign policy international negotiations and treaties during the Nazi era as well as the interwar period The aim of this book is to give an account of a political career spent almost exclusively in Eastern European and Far Eastern countries The task assigned to me by Hitler in London was that of a letter-carrier My efforts to break the shackles imposed on me and to oppose a policy which was bound to lead to the catastrophe of the Second World War proved futile Herbert von DirksenCombat History of the Second Infantry Division in World War II
By U S Army. 2018
First published just a year after the end of the war this is the story of the Second Infantry…
Division in World War II It is the story of innumerable acts of fortitude and courage of individual sacrifice and devotion to duty under fire by a fighting division which has served with honor in two world wars Closely following actual combat operations brief editions of our participation in World War II were published With the passage of time the need for a more authentic and comprehensive history of this period has become evident This book is designed to meet that need This history shows that from D 1 to V-E Day our Division in the face of repeated fanatical enemy action was employed constantly as a spearhead shock division and that in this role it maintained unblemished its proud record of never having failed to take its objective nor of having relinquished ground so gained During operations we were concerned with our immediate task Now in the light of subsequent events and broader perspective the importance to the nation and to our army of our successes becomes increasingly evident W M Robertson Major-General U S ArmyThe Key to Nuclear Restraint
By Thomas Jonter. 2016
Why have some nations acquired nuclear weapons while others have refrained from doing so? Most research related to this question…
has focused on states that have built nuclear weapons, yet little attention has been devoted to countries that have chosen nuclear restraint. This book analyzes Swedish plans to acquire nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Sweden was very close to putting a bomb together in 1960s but, for a number of reasons illuminated in this book, decision makers abandoned those plans and subsequently rose to become one of the most recognized players in the international game of disarmament. Thanks to the recent declassification of essential documentation in Sweden and United States, it is now possible to assemble a comprehensive analysis of the Swedish nuclear weapons program based on primary sources. This book presents that analysis, a unique perspective owing to the fact that nuclear development is a highly secretive activity in most countries - with non-existent or limited access to state archives.Ally Betrayed: The Uncensored Story of Tito and Mihailovich
By David Martin, Dame West. 2018
David Martin a distinguished journalist political analyst and staff member on the Senate Judiciary Committee first published…
his book ALLY BETRAYED in 1946 Having devoted his life to uncovering the truth and to defending Mihailovich Martin s book asks the crucial questions 1 Why did the Allied press which had made a great hero of Mihailovich as a resister of Axis invaders of Yugoslavia begin to play him down after 1942 2 What was Tito s past And where was the radio station located that heralded his appearance in Yugoslavia 3 What decision was reached at Teheran with respect to Tito and Mihailovich 4 How was the ALLIED military intelligence about Yugoslavia falsified 5 Why did Churchill say of Yugoslavia I was deceived and badly informed David Martin was born in Ontario Canada in 1914 Before World War II he wrote on Canadian affairs for Current History The Nation The New Republic the New Leader and other journals He joined the Canadian Air Force in October 1942 became a pilot and flew on the Burmese frontier He was honorably discharged in 1946 With a Foreword by Dame Rebecca West one of Mihailovich s most avid supporters Solid reading Kirkus Review