Military History

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA LANDMARK NEW ACCOUNT OF THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF WW2, IN THE WORDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IT**** 'Comprehensive... from a large and wide range of witnesses on both sides' -The Telegraph'A sprawling history of D-Day from the point of view of participants on both sides.' -Kirkus'A masterpiece of oral history. Stirring, surprising, grim, joyous, moving and always riveting.' -Evan Thomas'A new, complete portrait in time for the 80th anniversary [...] Graff uses a wide array and diversity of voices that give a fuller picture of the lead-up to the invasion, as well as the fighting itself.' -Associated PressOn 6th June 1944, the Allied invasion began. For hours, wave after wave of soldiers, sailors, and airmen crossed the channel and stormed the Normandy coast, fighting to gain a foothold in Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. It was the largest combined air and seaborne invasion ever, involving over 150,000 Allied troops on the ground, and its eventual success became a critical turning point in the war, spelling the beginning of the end for the Third Reich.As the events of that day fade from living memory, it's more important than ever to understand what it felt like to be there and to live through it, on both sides. In this definitive work, Garrett M. Graff, the bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky: The Oral History of 9/11, compiles over 600 US, Canadian, UK, French and German voices to tell the full story of exactly how that historic day unfolded, in visceral detail - as well as the weeks and months leading up to it. From paratroopers to fighter pilots to nurses, generals, French villagers, German Defenders to Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, this is the most intimate re-telling of D-Day published to date.

The brutal history of the forgotten division, manned by volunteers who were not volunteers, on the Eastern Front.

What is the role of a soldier at the end of war, when either victory or defeat is inevitable? This book delves into that question, exploring how the military and soldiers on the ground have contributed to the transition to peace. With case studies from 1800 to the present day, Soldiers in Peace-making offers a historical overview of the part military men and women have played in the aftermath of war. From UN peacekeeping in Cambodia to military observers in former Yugoslavia, the post-Cold War US Army and more, the essays in this collection map the strategy, politics and practicalities involved in the transition from war to postwar. Analyzing the legitimacy of each 'peace' and the military's approach to them, the chapters explore how soldiers have engaged with politics and political leaders, interacted with civil populations, and called upon their own expertise to enable the peace-making process. In exploring the hybrid role of military men and women as diplomats, peacemakers, negotiators and fighters this book reveals the crucial part they have played as conflicts come to a close.

This book examines the economics of everyday life and the Final Solution in Southeastern Europe, specifically the role of mass confiscation of Jewish property and exclusion of Jews and other undesired population groups from the national marketplace in transforming economic life and social relations.

This book examines the economics of everyday life and the Final Solution in Southeastern Europe, specifically the role of mass confiscation of Jewish property and exclusion of Jews and other undesired population groups from the national marketplace in transforming economic life and social relations.

This volume analyzes the iconography of bound foreigners on New Kingdom monuments and artifacts in order to better understand Egyptian perspectives on foreigners and their treatment of prisoners of war.

Debating the War in Ukraine discusses whether the war in Ukraine could have been avoided, and, if so, how? In this dialogical book, the authors discuss nodal points of history in terms of counterfactuals and contrastive explanations, concluding by considering future possibilities.

This volume interrogates the contentious philosophical notion that culture thrives in times of war, and expires in peace. This is a fascinating read for students, researchers, and academics interested in British and Australian History and its relationship with Popular Culture.

This book analyzes the last phase of the Warsaw Pact, based on unusually large-scale archival research conducted in many countries.

This book explores Turkish military innovation since the Cold War. The major questions addressed are how Türkiye has been able to innovate, the production of new weapon systems, its philosophical background, how the country overcame bureaucratic and economic obstacles, and how these innovations resonated in military doctrine and organization.

The Nazi Party and the German Communities Abroad examines the German Nazi Party's actions around the world in the 1930s and 1940s.

This book offers a comparative study of military reserves in contemporary democracies.

This book uses the Strategic-Relational Approach to explain how the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown integrated the United Kingdom into the US Ballistic Missile Defence systemto maintain national security and to uphold the 'Special Relationship' whilst recognising that voters were in general opposed to missile defence.

This book analyses how and to what extent ex-communist states have adjusted their defence strategies since joining the EU and NATO, and how differences and similarities between their strategies can be explained.

This handbook offers a comprehensive analysis of peacebuilding in ethnic conflicts, with attention to theory, peacebuilder roles, making sense of the past and shaping the future, as well as case studies and approaches.

This handbook offers a critical and substantial analysis of maritime security and documents the most pressing strategic, economic, socio-cultural and legal questions surrounding it.

This volume will provide the first English translation of Ralph Niger's critical reflection on military pilgrimage, written in the late 1180s in response to the calling of the Third Crusade.

This book is a diplomatic history of Europe and the wider world over a period of 500 years, from the beginning of the Sixteenth Century to the early Twenty First Century- with a crucial aspect.

Nuclear Cultures: Irradiated Subjects, Aesthetics and Planetary Precarity aims to develop the field of nuclear humanities and the powerful ability of literary and cultural representations of science and catastrophe to shape the meaning of historic events.

This volume furthers study of nationalist uses of the crusades and crusading by broadening the focus of study beyond north-western Europe and by showcasing different approaches to illustrate how the memory of the crusades has been employed within and between nations.

Oren re-examines Japan's threat perception throughout the entire Cold war, using a wide range of source materials, including many unavailable in English, or only recently declassified.

This book studies regional approaches to the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in Europe and West Africa.

This book draws on unpublished archival material and an innovative historiographical approach to analyze events and their legacy in comparative perspective.

This gripping biography of Air Commodore Keith ' Grid' Caldwell CBE, MC, DFC & bar, Croix de guerre, tells the story of his remarkable exploits during the First World War. Flying single-seat fighters against the best of the German air force, including the Red Baron's Flying Circus and airmen such as Werner Voss, Caldwell accumulated 26 victories in aerial combat. Over his illustrious career he flew with numerous ' stars' of the British air service, including Albert Ball, William ' Billy' Bishop and Edward ' Mick' Mannock. In the last year of the war, aged only 22, he was given command of the new 74 Squadron. Under his leadership 74 ' Tiger' Sqaudron become one of the war's most feared and revered units. Written by a leading military historian, Grid details Caldwell's journey from early flight training in Auckland to his death-defying sorties over enemy lines on the Western Front. It also details his pivotal role in sustaining military aviation in interwar New Zealand, and his role in reinvigorating interest in the airmen of the First World War during the 1960s and 1970s.