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Gallipoli New Perspectives on the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 1915-16

LoCicero Michael, Crawley Rhys

ISBN: HB: 9781911512189, Casemate, Helion and Company, September 2018
656 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 24 maps, 50 black&white illus.

Generally conceded to be doomed from the outset by the most recent historiography, the Gallipoli campaign still arouses heated controversy. In a new compendium of original research by an impressive array of established and up-and-coming scholars, Gal...

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Middle East

Military

Cauldron NATO's Campaign in Libya

Weighill Rob, Gaub Florence

ISBN: HB: 9781849048828, Hurst Publishers, September 2018
392 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! In March 2011, NATO launched a mission hitherto entirely unthinkable: to protect civilians against Libya's ferocious regime, solely from the air. NATO had never operated in North Africa, or without troops on the ground; it also...

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Middle East

Cold War in the Islamic World Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Struggle for Supremacy

Hiro Dilip

ISBN: HB: 9781849049948, Hurst Publishers, September 2018
432 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! For four decades Saudi Arabia and Iran have vied for influence in the Muslim world. At the heart of this ongoing Cold War between Riyadh and Tehran lie the Sunni–Shia divide, and the two countries' intertwined histories. Saudis...

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Ancient World

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Hannibal A Hellenistic Life

MacDonald Eve

ISBN: PB: 9780300240306, ISBN: HB: 9780300152043, Yale University Press, August 2018
320 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 12 black&white illus.

Hannibal lived a life of incredible feats of daring and survival, massive military engagements, and ultimate defeat. A citizen of Carthage and military commander in Punic Spain, he famously marched his war elephants and huge army over the Alps into R...

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Animal Labor and Colonial Warfare

Hevia James L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226562285, ISBN: HB: 9780226562148, University of Chicago Press, August 2018
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 13 halftones

Until well into the twentieth century, pack animals were the primary mode of transport for supplying armies in the field. The British Indian Army was no exception. In the late nineteenth century, for example, it forcibly pressed into service thousand...

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Europe

First Bridge Too Far The Battle of Primosole Bridge 1943

Saliger Mark

ISBN: HB: 9781612006895, Casemate, July 2018
256 pp., 22.9x15 cm

The full story of the British airborne forces attempt to take the strategically important Primosole Bridge, published for the 75th anniversary of the battle Shows how this battle was a precursor to the Battle of Arnhem – and the lessons that were and...

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Military

Days of Battle Armoured Operations North of the River Danube, Hungary 1944-45

Szamveber Norbert

ISBN: PB: 9781912174263, ISBN: HB: 9781907677649, Casemate, Helion and Company, June 2018
288 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 24 black&white photos, 16 maps

"Days of Battle" describes a hitherto neglected part of the military history of Hungary during World War II. In three separate studies, Dr Norbert Szamveber, drawing from files and documentation from German, Hungarian and Soviet sources, presents det...

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Ancient World

Roman Legionary Soldiers of Empire

Elliott Simon

ISBN: PB: 9781612006116, Casemate, June 2018
160 pp., 19.8x12.5 cm, 30 black&white illus.

The might of Rome rested on the back of its legions; the superbly trained and equipped fighting force with which the imperial Roman army conquered, subdued and ruled an empire for centuries. The legionary soldier served for 20 years, was rigorously t...

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Amphibious Warfare Battle on the Beaches

Gilbert Oscar E., Cansiere Romain

ISBN: PB: 9781612006154, Casemate, June 2018
160 pp., 19.8x12.5 cm, 30 black&white illus.

One of the most difficult types of warfare to master, landing on a hostile beach requires scrupulous planning and intense coordination between the forces in the air, sea and land. With a history reaching back to the Persians landing on the Greek s...

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Biography & Memoires

William the Conqueror

Bates David

ISBN: PB: 9780300234169, Yale University Press, May 2018
616 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 16 black&white illus.

Fifteen years in the making, a landmark reinterpretation of the life of a pivotal figure in British and European history In this magisterial addition to the Yale English Monarchs series, David Bates combines biography and a multidisciplinary approach...

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