Books in the Bloomsbury Studies in Military History series

'Blue on Blue', 'Fratricide', 'Friendly Fire' is a persistent and unwelcome feature in war, and has been throughout the history of warfare. This book explores the nature and common origins of fratricide, the part played by humans in fratricide incidents and looks ahead in addressing ways of tackling the problem.

Examines how the British went about inventing and manufacturing new weaponry such as hand grenades, rifle grenades and trench mortars when no body of knowledge about trench warfare munitions existed. This title shows how tactics were developed for these fresh munitions.

Explores Russia's military and demographic competition with the Crimean Khanate and Ottoman Empire for control of the Black Sea steppe in the eighteenth century. This book examines how these conflicts characterized the course of Russian military development in response to Ottoman and Crimean Tatar threats.

A study that traces the journey made by the three battalions of the 56th (Independent) Infantry Brigade from 1940 through to the Normandy landings. It considers the styles of war as carried out by British forces and casts new light on the effectiveness of British infantry units and their contribution to war effort.

The Mughals, British and Soviets all failed to subjugate Afghanistan, failures which offer valuable lessons for today. Taking a long historical perspective from 1520 to 2012, this volume examines the Mughal, British, Soviet and NATO efforts in Afghanistan, drawing on new archives and a synthesis of previous counter-insurgency experiences. Special emphasis is given to ecology, terrain and logistics to explain sub-conventional operations and state-building in Afghanistan.War and State-Building in Modern Afghanistan provides an overall synthesis of British, Russian, American and NATO military activities in Afghanistan, which directly links past experiences to the current challenges. These timely essays are particularly relevant to contemporary debates about NATO''s role in Afghanistan; do the war and state-building policies currently employed by NATO forces undercut or enhance a political solution? The essays in this volume introduce new historical perspectives on this debate, and will prove illuminating reading for students and scholars interested in military history, the history of warfare, international relations and comparative politics.

Originally published in hardcover in 2011 by Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

The political background and impact of a British attempt to conquer French North America.