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  • Strange Defeat
    Marc Bloch
    A renowned historian and Resistance fighter - later executed by the Nazis - analyzes at first hand why France fell in 1940. Marc Bloch wrote Strange Defeat during the three months following the fall of France, after he returned home from military service. In the midst of his anguish, he nevertheless "brought to his study of the crisis all the critical faculty and all the penetr...
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    8,43 €

  • The Influence of Sea Power Upon History
    A. T. Mahan / Alfred Thayer Mahan / ATMahan
    2019 Reprint of 1892 Edition.  Illustrated with maps and charts.  Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software.  In 1890, Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, a lecturer in naval history and the president of the United States Naval War College, published The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783, a revolutionary analysis of the impor...
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    39,38 €

  • The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire
    A. Wess Mitchell
    The Habsburg Empire’s grand strategy for outmaneuvering and outlasting stronger rivals in a complicated geopolitical worldThe Empire of Habsburg Austria faced more enemies than any other European great power. Flanked on four sides by rivals, it possessed few of the advantages that explain successful empires. Yet somehow Austria endured, outlasting Ottoman sieges, Frederick the ...
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    35,61 €

  • Learning to Fight
    Aimée Fox
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    34,32 €

  • The U.S. Army and the Battle for Baghdad
    Agnes Gereben Schaefer / Brenna Allen / David E. Johnson / David EJohnson
    To help the U.S. Army and U.S. Department of Defense retain institutional knowledge and capabilities and fully prepare leaders for future conflicts, RAND researchers recount the Army’s efforts in the Iraq War, especially in Baghdad, and offer lessons learned and recommendations. ...
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    64,25 €

  • ATLAS TO JOMINI’S LIFE OF NAPOLEON
    Baron Jomini
    Complete facsimile of all the steel-plate engravings, containing 134 maps, colour coded for troop positions, covering campaigns and battles from the Italian Campaigns in the Valley of the Po in 1796, to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. This is an important atlas of significance for Napoleonic students. Jomini was a Swiss officer who served as a general in the French and later in...
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    98,82 €

  • JOMINI’s LIFE OF NAPOLEON
    Baron Jomini / H W Halleck
    The name of the author, Baron Jomini, is familiar to every military reader. As a writer on strategy and the tactics of battles, or the application of military science to the practical operations of the campaign and battlefield, he had few equals. His works have long been studied and read as textbooks by military students of every country. Prior to the American Civil War, the tr...
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    42,35 €

  • JOMINI’s LIFE OF NAPOLEON
    Baron Jomini / H W Halleck
    The name of the author, Baron Jomini, is familiar to every military reader. As a writer on strategy and the tactics of battles, or the application of military science to the practical operations of the campaign and battlefield, he had few equals. His works have long been studied and read as textbooks by military students of every country. Prior to the American Civil War, the tr...
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    42,16 €

  • JOMINI’s LIFE OF NAPOLEON
    Baron Jomini / H W Halleck
    The name of the author, Baron Jomini, is familiar to every military reader. As a writer on strategy and the tactics of battles, or the application of military science to the practical operations of the campaign and battlefield, he had few equals. His works have long been studied and read as textbooks by military students of every country. Prior to the American Civil War, the tr...
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    42,35 €

  • JOMINI’s LIFE OF NAPOLEON
    Baron Jomini / H W Halleck
    The name of the author, Baron Jomini, is familiar to every military reader. As a writer on strategy and the tactics of battles, or the application of military science to the practical operations of the campaign and battlefield, he had few equals. His works have long been studied and read as textbooks by military students of every country. Prior to the American Civil War, the tr...
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    42,16 €

  • The Future of the Russian Military
    Andrew Radin / Edward Geist / Lynn E. Davis / Lynn EDavis
    Since 2008 Russia’s military forces have improved, enabling Russian military operations in Crimea, eastern Ukraine, and Syria. Researchers analyze the societal, political, economic, and demographic factors that undergird Russian military power. Based on these factors, they analyze how Russian ground combat capabilities will evolve. The challenge for the U.S. military will be to...
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    28,84 €

  • The Kargil Victory
    Colonel S.C. Tyagi
    A comprehensive and accessible battle-by-battle account of the Kargil war by an Army officer who witnessed it. Early in May 1999, when word came from a shepherd searching for his strayed yak that some mysterious men in black clothes were clambering around on the frozen hilltops of Kargil, no one could have anticipated that it would be the precursor to a full-fledged armed confl...
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    11,85 €

  • NOTES FOR COMMANDING OFFICERS
    Senior Officers School
    Much valuable practical information contained in this collection of circulars that would help battalion commanders in France, in the later stages of The Great War. Covers the use of Scouts, Musketry, Attack in the open, Trench warfare, contact patrol work by aeroplanes, Courts-Martial in France. ...
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    27,22 €

  • SAND TABLE EXERCISES
    Captain A. W. Valentine / Captain AWValentine
    “Comprising 10 sand table exercises suitable for NCOs of the Regular Army and Territorial Army and for Cadets of Officers' Training Corps. With 8 maps, over 50 sand table problems and solutions, and 20 questions and answers suitable for NCOs' promotion examinations.”Sand tables employ a three-dimensional terrain model made from sand and various props to provide a visual...
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    15,33 €

  • The German Failure in Belgium, August 1914
    Dennis Showalter / Janet A. Robinson / Joseph P. Robinson
    If wars were wagered on like pro sports or horse races, the Germany military in August 1914 would have been a clear front-runner, with a century-long record of impressive victories and a general staff the envy of its rivals. Germany’s overall failure in the first year of World War I was surprising and remains a frequent subject of analysis, mostly focused on deficiencies in str...
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    57,46 €

  • Targeted Interoperability
    Christopher G. Pernin / Christopher GPernin / Jakub P. Hlavka / Jakub PHlavka / Matthew E. Boyer / Matthew EBoyer
    In recent decades, the United States has tended to engage with multinational partners and allies in military operations, thus bringing multinational interoperability to the fore. So why is the United States not interoperable when and how it wants? This report looks at what motivations exist for building interoperability and defines a framework from which to work if and when int...
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    60,56 €

  • THE BRITISH INFANTRY
    DR. PHILIP (TOM) COBLEY MBE late PARA / DRPHILIP (TOM) COBLEY MBE late PARA
    Book Review by Lieutenant General Andrew Graham CB CBE, late A&SH Infantry Colonel Commandant 2013-Present:The infantry is “The Arm that wins battles,” to quote Field Marshal Earl Wavell. That assertion is as true today as it was in the 1930’s and it is therefore essential to read the first part of The British Infantry as Dr./Col. Philip (‘Tom’) Cobley brings to life a selectio...
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    20,25 €

  • THE BRITISH INFANTRY
    DR. PHILIP (TOM) COBLEY MBE late PARA / DRPHILIP (TOM) COBLEY MBE late PARA
    Book Review by Lieutenant General Andrew Graham CB CBE, late A&SH Infantry Colonel Commandant 2013-Present:The infantry is “The Arm that wins battles,” to quote Field Marshal Earl Wavell. That assertion is as true today as it was in the 1930’s and it is therefore essential to read the first part of The British Infantry as Dr./Col. Philip (‘Tom’) Cobley brings to life a selectio...
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    28,12 €

  • THE MEMOIRS OF MARSHAL FOCH
    Marshal Foch / T Bentley Mott
    Foch's pre-war contributions as a military theorist and lecturer have long been recognised, and he has been credited as "the most original and subtle mind in the French Army" of the early 20th century.At the outbreak of war in August 1914, Foch's XX Corps participated in the brief invasion of Germany before retreating in the face of a German counterattack and successful...
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    51,88 €

  • The U.S. Department of Defense’s Planning Process
    Burgess Laird / Katharina Ley Best / Michael J. Mazarr / Michael JMazarr
    This report-Phase Two of a three-phase project-describes the current defense planning process used by the U.S. Department of Defense, with a focus on how scenarios are developed and employed to support defense planning. It examines and critiques how scenarios are used in current planning processes, based on an assessment of unclassified documents and dialogues with current and ...
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    20,32 €

  • Assessing Retention and Special and Incentive Pays for Army and Navy Commissioned Officers in the Special Operations Forces
    Beth J. Asch / Beth JAsch / James Hosek / Michael G. Mattock / Michael GMattock
    U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) have been deployed intensively in recent years, and this is expected to continue. SOF membership is highly selective, and members receive lengthy and costly training, making retention of those who qualify a high priority. This report focuses on the effectiveness of monetary incentives for SOF commissioned officer retention and the developmen...
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    30,85 €

  • INDIAN FRONTIER WARFARE
    G J Younghusband
    Originally published in 1898 as part of the respected Wolseley Series of military textbooks, and dealing with campaigns and expeditions that took place during the 20 years that preceded publication, a period that saw the invention of the breechloader and the extensive introduction of railways, both of which materially altered the conditions under which Indian campaigns were und...
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    38,55 €

  • La Guerre des Gaules
    Jules César
    Ce récit de la guerre des Gaules est considéré comme un ouvrage d’histoire. Les sept premiers livres sont écrits par César pendant la campagne militaire depuis 58 av. J.-C., sont publiés à Rome par deux ou trois, puis rassemblés en trois mois après la reddition d’Alésia vers 52/51 av. J.-C. Le huitième livre est écrit plus tard par Aulus Hirtius, qui y décrit les derniers comba...
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    12,10 €

  • L'art de la guerre
    Nicolas Machiavel
    Écrit entre 1519 et 1520, L’art de la guerre se présente comme un manuel des affaires militaires à destination du prince italien, d’où sa forme discursive. Nicolas Machiavel y dispense les conseils susceptibles d’animer la virtù de tout général en chef. Par virtù, concept central de la pensée machiavélienne, il faut entendre la capacité humaine, éminemment politique, à s’adapte...
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    10,36 €

  • Historical Researches on the Wars and Sports of the Mongols and Romans
    John Ranking
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    24,59 €

  • The Art of War in the Middle Ages
    C.W.C. Oman
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    8,23 €

  • The Book of War
    Captain E.F. Calthrop
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    7,68 €

  • Great Captain Hannibal
    Theodore Ayrault Dodge
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    20,66 €

  • THE CAMPAIGN IN ALSACE
    J. P. Du Cane
    On 4 August 1870 General Abel Douay's French division was surprised and virtually destroyed by Bavarian and Prussian troops at Wissembourg. Douay held a very strong position initially, thanks to the accurate long-range fire of the Chassepots, but his force was too thinly stretched to hold it. Douay was killed in the late morning when a caisson of the divisional mitrailleuse...
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    42,71 €

  • Mission Improbable
    Patrick Bury / Patrick Dr. Bury
    Bury’s definitive account of the origins, evolution and impact of controversial British defence policy, the Future Reserves 2020 (FR20), one of the most significant organisational transformations of the army since the abolition of conscription. ...
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    51,22 €