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Pilote de guerre
By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. 1948
Vietnam There and Here
By Margot C. Mabie. 1985
Operation Kinetic: Stabilizing Kosovo
By Sean M. Maloney, Gen. Mike Jackson. 2018
In the late 1990s NATO led the Kosovo Force KFOR charged with stabilizing Kosovo and the…
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia after genocide and other atrocities were carried out in the Balkan region Operation Kinetic is not only a history of the origins and operations of the Kosovo Force but also a history of the vital operations conducted by the Canadian Army units and their allies assigned to KFOR during the crucial early days and months after entry into the province in 1999 and through 2000 Operating alongside American British French Norwegian Finnish and Swedish forces these surveillance and response units were instrumental in preventing violence in numerous areas before it could escalate and draw in the Serbian Army which could have led to further genocide or war in the region Sean M Maloney a Canadian military historian with extensive field experience in the Balkans draws on numerous interviews and firsthand accounts of an operation that would later serve as a model in preparing for similar efforts in Afghanistan and provide a blueprint for stabilizing operations around the worldSpitfire Pilot: A Brilliant First-Hand Account of the Life of a Fighter Pilot Before and During the Battle of Britain
By David Crook, Richard Overy. 2008
“A brilliant first-hand account of the life of a fighter pilot” in World War II (The Spectator). Spitfire Pilot was…
written in 1940 in the heat of battle, when the RAF stood alone against the might of Hitler’s Third Reich. It is a tremendous personal account of one of the fiercest and most idealized air conflicts—the Battle of Britain—seen through the eyes of a pilot of the famous 609 Squadron, which shot down over one hundred planes in that epic contest. Often hopelessly outnumbered, David Crook and his colleagues, in their state-of-the-art Spitfires, committed acts of unimaginable bravery against the Messerschmitts and the Junkers. Many did not make it—and Crook describes the absence they leave in the squadron with great poignancy. Includes an introduction by historian Richard OveryThis is the story of the highest battlefield of World War Two, which brings to life the extremes endured during…
this harsh mountain warfare. When the German war machine began faltering from a shortage of oil after the failed Blitzkrieg against the Soviet Union, the Wehrmacht launched Operation Edelweiss in the summer of 1942, a bold attempt to capture the Soviet oilfields of Grozny and Baku and open the way to securing the vast reserves of Middle Eastern oil. Hitler viewed this campaign as the key to victory in World War Two. Mountain warfare requires unique skills: climbing and survival techniques, unconventional logistical and medical arrangements and knowledge of ballistics at high altitudes. The Main Caucasus Ridge became the battleground that saw the elite German mountain divisions clash with the untrained soldiers of the Red Army, as they fought each other, the weather and the terrain.World War II: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House Super Edition #1: World at War, 1944 (Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker #36)
By Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce, Carlo Molinari. 2017
In the next Magic Tree House® Fact Tracker, track the facts about World War II—with Jack and Annie! When Jack…
and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House Super Edition #1: World at War, 1944, they had lots of questions. How did World War II begin? Why were so many innocent people killed? What was D-Day? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie learn all about one of the darkest hours of history. Filled with up-to-date information, photographs, illustrations, and tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discover in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures. And teachers can use the Fact Trackers alongside their Magic Tree House fiction companions to meet Common Core text pairing needs. Have more fun with Jack and Annie on the Magic Tree House website at MagicTreeHouse.com! Did you know there’s a Magic Tree House book for every reader? Find the perfect book for you: Classic: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just starting to read chapter books. F&P Level M. Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced Magic Tree House® reader. F&P Level N. Super Edition: A longer and more dangerous adventure with Jack and Annie. F&P Level P. Fact Trackers: Non-fiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House® adventuresAn updated and expanded photographic history of the famed military aircraft and the men who flew them …
Aviation historian Norman Franks updates his classic book The Lancaster with new information and photos The Avro Lancaster was a four-engine heavy bomber that played a crucial role in World War II and this illustrated volume records the history of thirty-five of them supported by stories from aircrew members The most famous of the bombers is Queenie W5868 the only one of these Lancasters that survives now in the Bomber Command Hall at the Royal Air Force Museum in London Ton-Up Lancs delves into some of the controversies surrounding Queenie and other Lancasters and also includes detailed listings of each raid these thirty-five Lancasters flew during from 1942 through 1945 together with the names of the pilot and crew that took them on sorties all over Hitler s Third Reich and Northern Italy on support missions before and after D-Day in June 1944 and attacks on V1 rocket launch sites situated in Northern France The book also offers a view from one of the Lancaster s former skippers on what it was like to fly a bomber tour of operations in Bomber CommandThe remarkable autobiography of a pioneering female aviator who left a privileged life to serve in World War II …
Her father was a millionaire race-car driver who became chairman of Bentley Motors and her grandfather cofounded the De Beers mining company But by the late 1930s debutante Diana Barnato had enough of her affluent chaperoned existence and sought excitement in flying soloing at Brooklands after only six hours training Joining the Air Transport Auxiliary in 1941 to help ferry aircraft to squadrons and bases throughout the country she flew scores of different aircraft fighters bombers and trainers in all kinds of conditions and without a radio By 1945 Barnato had lost many friends a fianc and a husband but she continued to fly In 1962 she was awarded the Jean Lennox Bird Trophy for notable achievement in aviation but her greatest moment was yet to come when in 1963 she flew a Lightning through the sound barrier becoming the fastest woman in the world Spreading My Wings is her remarkable memoir brimming with history and adventureA British fighter pilot recounts his battles in both wartime and peacetime David Ince only…
managed to pass the RAF medical board on his third attempt but this did not stop him from forging a highly successful aviation career After flying Hurricanes and Mustangs at 41 OTU he converted to Typhoons and flew with squadrons 193 and 257 from Normandy until the end of the conflict in Europe He completed almost 150 sorties and also took a leading part in trials demonstrations and the early operational use of napalm In Brotherhood of the Skies he recounts his story his childhood as the son of a Great War veteran moving from a farm to the squalid city of Glasgow his determination to overcome obstacles in order to join the Royal Air Force and his coming to terms after the war with his anger toward the enemy as he went into the aircraft industry and formed relationships with ex-Luftwaffe pilots during peacetime An outspoken examination of courage fear team spirit and motivation as well as a highly informed analysis of army cooperation fighter ground attack reconnaissance and other topics this is an intriguing memoir by a pilot and leader filled with personal experience and hard lessons learnedThrough the Crosshairs: War, Visual Culture, and the Weaponized Gaze (War Culture)
By Roger Stahl. 2018
Now that it has become so commonplace, we rarely blink an eye at camera footage framed by the crosshairs of…
a sniper’s gun or from the perspective of a descending smart bomb. But how did this weaponized gaze become the norm for depicting war, and how has it influenced public perceptions? Through the Crosshairs traces the genealogy of this weapon’s-eye view across a wide range of genres, including news reports, military public relations images, action movies, video games, and social media posts. As he tracks how gun-camera footage has spilled from the battlefield onto the screens of everyday civilian life, Roger Stahl exposes how this raw video is carefully curated and edited to promote identification with military weaponry, rather than with the targeted victims. He reveals how the weaponized gaze is not only a powerful propagandistic frame, but also a prime site of struggle over the representation of state violence.The first comprehensive history of the most decisive military campaign of the Third Crusade and one of the longest wartime…
sieges of the Middle Ages The two-year-long siege of Acre 1189 1191 was the most significant military engagement of the Third Crusade attracting armies from across Europe Syria Mesopotamia Egypt and the Maghreb Drawing on a balanced selection of Christian and Muslim sources historian John D Hosler has written the first book-length account of this hard-won victory for the Crusaders when England s Richard the Lionheart and King Philip Augustus of France joined forces to defeat the Egyptian Sultan Saladin Hosler s lively and engrossing narrative integrates military political and religious themes and developments offers new perspectives on the generals and provides a full analysis of the tactical strategic organizational and technological aspects on both sides of the conflict It is the epic story of a monumental confrontation that was the centerpiece of a Holy War in which many thousands fought and died in the name of Christ or AllahThe Civil War (Bill O'reilly's Legends And Lies Ser.)
By David Fisher. 2017
The newest installment in the New York Times #1 bestselling companion series to the Fox historical docudrama, Bill O’Reilly’s Legends…
and Lies; The Civil War is a pulse-quickening account of the deadliest war in American history. From the birth of the Republican Party to the Confederacy’s first convention, the Underground Railroad to the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies: The Civil War reveals the amazing and often little known stories behind the battle lines of America’s bloodiest war and debunks the myths that surround its greatest figures, including Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, General Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass, Stonewall Jackson, John Singleton Mosby, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, John Wilkes Booth, William Tecumseh Sherman, and more. An epic struggle between the past and future, the Civil War sought to fulfill the promise that “all men are created equal.” It freed an enslaved race, decimated a generation of young men, ushered in a new era of brutality in war, and created modern America. Featuring archival images, eyewitness accounts, and beautiful artwork that further brings the history to life, The Civil War is the action-packed and ultimate follow-up to the #1 bestsellers The Patriots and The Real West. A New York Times BestsellerThe Letters of Sir Augustus Frazer K.C.B. Commanding The Royal Horse Artillery: In The Army Under The Duke Of Wellington [Illustrated Edition]
By Colonel Sir Augustus Simon Frazer K.C.B., General Edward Sabine K.C.B.. 2014
Includes over 100 maps of the actions engagements and battles of the entire Peninsular War A full and…
vivid account of the Peninsula War and the Waterloo campaign as they happened in some 180 letters to his family written by Col Frazer commander of the Horse Artillery in both conflicts The writer of these letters Colonel Sir Augustus Simon Frazer K C B was born in September 1776 and a month before his fourteenth birthday he was admitted as a Gentleman Cadet into the Royal Military Academy Woolwich Promoted Major in June 1811 he went to the Peninsula in November 1812 and it is from this date that the letters begin In April 1813 Frazer was appointed to command the Horse Artillery of the army and as such saw action at Salamanca Osma Vitoria St Sebastian the crossings of the Bidassoa Nive and Adour He was severely wounded at the siege of Bayonne on 27 February 1814 but was back for the final battle of Toulouse in April which brought hostilities against the French to a close When war with France broke out again on Napoleon s escape from Elba Sir Augustus joined the allied army in Flanders under the Duke of Wellington in March 1815 and resumed command of the Horse Artillery the post he held during the battle of Waterloo On return to England he was appointed commander HQ RHA Woolwich until promoted Colonel in January 1825 Frazer was a prolific letter writer and the letters contained in this book were written to his wife Lady Emma Frazer whom he married in 1809 and to his wife s sister and her husband Major and Mrs Moore They give a fascinating account of the stirring events of the time 140 of them were written during the Peninsular campaign and a further 41 during the Waterloo campaign They describe events literally as they occurred -Print edThis book comprises six lectures delivered under the auspices of the Lowell Institute by Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Ayrault Dodge in…
Boston in January 1889 Each lecture focuses on a historically significant leader--namely Alexander Hannibal C sar Gustavus Adolphus Frederick and Napoleon--and aims to indicate briefly what we owe to the great captains and to draw an intelligible outline of their careers Dodge has utilized an abundance of sources of information from Arrian s Anabasis of Alexander to Jomini s Life of Napoleon and the book is illustrated with 21 mapsWhat Was the Holocaust? (What Was?)
By Gail Herman, Jerry Hoare, Who Hq. 2017
A thoughtful and age-appropriate introduction to an unimaginable event—the Holocaust.The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen,…
with as many as twelve million people killed in Nazi death camps—six million of them Jews. Gail Herman traces the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, whose rabid anti-Semitism led first to humiliating anti-Jewish laws, then to ghettos all over Eastern Europe, and ultimately to the Final Solution. She presents just enough information for an elementary-school audience in a readable, well-researched book that covers one of the most horrible times in history.This entry in the New York Times best-selling series contains eighty carefully chosen illustrations and sixteen pages of black and white photographs suitable for young readers.From the Trade Paperback edition.Warfare in Bronze Age Society
By Kristian Kristiansen, Christian Horn. 2018
Warfare in Bronze Age Society takes a fresh look at warfare and its role in reshaping Bronze Age society. The…
Bronze Age represents the global emergence of a militarized society with a martial culture, materialized in a package of new, efficient weapons that remained in use for millennia to come. Warfare became institutionalized and professionalized during the Bronze Age, and a new class of warriors made their appearance. Evidence for this development is reflected in the ostentatious display of weapons in burials and hoards and in iconography from rock art to palace frescoes. These new manifestations of martial culture constructed the warrior as a ‘Hero’ and warfare as ‘Heroic’. The case studies, written by an international team of scholars, discuss these and other new aspects of Bronze Age warfare. Moreover, the essays show that warriors also facilitated mobility and innovation as new weapons quickly spread from the Mediterranean to northern Europe.Warfare in Bronze Age Society
By Kristian Kristiansen, Christian Horn. 2018
Warfare in Bronze Age Society takes a fresh look at warfare and its role in reshaping Bronze Age society. The…
Bronze Age represents the global emergence of a militarized society with a martial culture, materialized in a package of new, efficient weapons that remained in use for millennia to come. Warfare became institutionalized and professionalized during the Bronze Age, and a new class of warriors made their appearance. Evidence for this development is reflected in the ostentatious display of weapons in burials and hoards and in iconography from rock art to palace frescoes. These new manifestations of martial culture constructed the warrior as a ‘Hero’ and warfare as ‘Heroic’. The case studies, written by an international team of scholars, discuss these and other new aspects of Bronze Age warfare. Moreover, the essays show that warriors also facilitated mobility and innovation as new weapons quickly spread from the Mediterranean to northern Europe.Motivation in War: The Experience of Common Soldiers in Old-Regime Europe
By Ilya Berkovich. 2016
This book fundamentally revises our notion of why soldiers of the eighteenth century enlisted, served and fought. In contrast to…
traditional views of the brutal conditions supposedly prevailing in old-regime armies, Ilya Berkovich reveals that soldiers did not regard military discipline as illegitimate or unnecessarily cruel, nor did they perceive themselves as submissive military automatons. Instead he shows how these men embraced a unique corporate identity based on military professionalism, forceful masculinity and hostility toward civilians. These values fostered the notion of individual and collective soldierly honour which helped to create the bonding effect which contributed toward greater combat cohesion. Utilising research on military psychology and combat theory, and employing the letters, diaries and memoirs of around 250 private soldiers and non-commissioned officers from over a dozen different European armies, Motivation in War transforms our understanding of life of the common soldier in early modern Europe.Soldiers of Empire: Indian and British Armies in World War II
By Tarak Barkawi. 2017
How are soldiers made? Why do they fight? Re-imagining the study of armed forces and society, Barkawi examines the imperial…
and multinational armies that fought in Asia in the Second World War, especially the British Indian army in the Burma campaign. Going beyond conventional narratives, Barkawi studies soldiers in transnational context, from recruitment and training to combat and memory. Drawing on history, sociology and anthropology, the book critiques the 'Western way of war' from a postcolonial perspective. Barkawi reconceives soldiers as cosmopolitan, their battles irreducible to the national histories that monopolise them. This book will appeal to those interested in the Second World War, armed forces and the British Empire, and students and scholars of military sociology and history, South Asian studies and international relations.Insurgent Fragmentation in the Horn of Africa: Rebellion and its Discontents
By Michael Woldemariam. 2018
When insurgent organizations factionalize and fragment, it can profoundly shape a civil war: its intensity, outcome, and duration. In this…
extended treatment of this complex and important phenomenon, Michael Woldemariam examines why rebel organizations fragment through a unique historical analysis of the Horn of Africa's civil wars. Central to his view is that rebel factionalism is conditioned by battlefield developments. While fragmentation is caused by territorial gains and losses, counter-intuitively territorial stalemate tends to promote rebel cohesion and is a critical basis for cooperation in war. As a rare effort to examine these issues in the context of the Horn of Africa region, based upon extensive fieldwork, this book will interest both scholarly and non-scholarly audiences interested in insurgent groups and conflict dynamics.