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Russian Army in the Great Northern War 1700-21 Uniforms, Organization, Materiel, Training and Combat Experience

Megorsky Boris

ISBN: PB: 9781911512882, Casemate, Helion and Company, February 2018
196 pp., 24.8x18 cm, 8 colour illus., 30 black&white illus., maps

The book describes the armed forces of Peter the Great in its entirety, and covers in depth old Russian troops and irregulars, as well as Peter's new standing army (guards, infantry, dragoons, elite units and artillery) and his brand-new force(the na...

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Some Other and Wider Destiny Wakefield Grammar School Foundation and the Great War

Merckx Elaine

ISBN: HB: 9781912174010, Casemate, Helion and Company, December 2017
416 pp., 24.5x18 cm, 46 colour illus., 209 black&white illus.

The First World War demanded one of the most sustained and extraordinary efforts ever made by the British people. It was made possible by a multitude of individuals and by the communities of which they were a part. This study is a celebration one of...

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48th (South Midland) Division 1908-1919

Mitchinson William

ISBN: HB: 9781911512547, Casemate, Helion and Company, December 2017
272 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 22 photos, 10 maps

On the outbreak of war, the South Midland was the second strongest division in the Territorial Force (TF); by October 1914, it was considered to be the second most efficient of the TF's fourteen 1st Line formations. Like other TF divisions, its pre-w...

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Intimate War An Oral History of the Helmand Conflict

Martin Mike

ISBN: PB: 9781849048910, ISBN: HB: 9781849043366, Hurst Publishers, November 2017
424 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! "An Intimate War" tells the story of the last thirty-four years of conflict in Helmand Province, Afghanistan as seen through the eyes of the Helmandis. In the West, this period is often defined through different lenses – the So...

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1st Airborne Market Garden 1944

Marriott Leo, Forty Simon

ISBN: PB: 9781612005409, Casemate, Past & Present, October 2017
64 pp., 23.4x18.4 cm, 130 illus.

While the 6th Airborne Division had landed in France on D-Day and covered itself in glory, its counterpart, the 1st Airborne Division, had last seen action during an amphibious assault at Taranto on September 9, 1943, as part of the invasion of Italy...

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Falaise Gap Battles Normandy 1944

Marriott Leo, Forty Simon

ISBN: PB: 9781612005386, Casemate, Past & Present, October 2017
64 pp., 23.4x18.4 cm, 130 illus.

The denouement of the battle of Normandy, the fighting around Falaise and Chambois in August 1944 and the pursuit of the retreating German armies to the Seine provided the Allies with an immense victory. After ten weeks of hard attritional fighting,...

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French Army of the Orient 1798-1801 Napoleon's beloved "Egyptians"

Martin Yves

ISBN: PB: 9781911512714, Casemate, Helion and Company, September 2017
200 pp., 24.8x18 cm, 200 illus.

More than 200 years ago – under the inspiration and leadership of Bonaparte – a revolutionary French Army invaded Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire; this presence lasted beyond Bonaparte's own departure and subsequent rise to power as First Cons...

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Tanks The History of the Royal Tank Regiment, 1976-2017

Messenger Charles

ISBN: HB: 9781912174003, Casemate, Helion and Company, September 2017
352 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 50 colour & black&white photos, 10 maps

The Royal Tank Regiment celebrates its centenary this year (2017). This, the fourth volume of the Regiment's history, begins in the midst of the Cold War, with the four RTR regiments mainly based in Germany. They experienced NATO's rearmament in the...

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Anthropology

Military Anthropology Soldiers, Scholars and Subjects at the Margins of Empire

McFate Montgomery

ISBN: HB: 9781849048125, Hurst Publishers, August 2017
352 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! In almost every military intervention in its history, the US has made cultural mistakes that hindered attainment of its policy goals. From the strategic bombing of Vietnam to the accidental burning of the Koran in Afghanistan,...

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Enemies Known and Unknown Targeted Killings in America's Transnational War

McDonald Jack

ISBN: PB: 9781849046442, Hurst Publishers, April 2017
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! President Obama was elected on an anti-war platform, yet targeted killings have increased under his command of the "War on Terror". The US thinks of itself as upholding the rule of international law and spreading democracy, yet...

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