The Gurkhas have a long and distinguished service record. This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organisation of the Gurkha rifles. It traces the 19th Century orig...J.B.R. NicholsonOsprey Publishing (UK)martes, 17 de julio de 2018
The uniform of the British Army underwent many changes between 1965 and 1980. This book catalogues these changes and outlines in detail the many regimental distinctions which exist...David E. SmithOsprey Publishing (UK)martes, 17 de julio de 2018
Initially the strongest of all the Allied armies, France's metropolitan and colonial units bore the greatest burden during the first two years of the Great War, and made a great co...Ian SumnerOsprey Publishingmartes, 17 de julio de 2018
1836???98Over the space of two centuries, the original Dutch settlers of South Africa, augmented by a trickle of refugees from a succession of religious wars in France and Germany, grew int...Ian KnightOsprey Publishingmartes, 17 de julio de 2018
1914???18The British soldiers who marched off to fight in World War I in 1914 wore only regimental insignia, yet by the time of the armistice in November 1918, insignia in the British Army ...Mike ChappellOsprey Publishing (UK)martes, 17 de julio de 2018
The US cavalry has distinguished itself in battle since the American Revolution of the 1770s. Since then, the cavalry has seen action in the American Civil War (1861-1865) and in f...John SelbyOsprey Publishing (UK)martes, 17 de julio de 2018
The War Diaries of Colonel Rodney FosterHere, for the first time, is the inside story of the Home Guard, the ragtag army of older and not-so-able-bodied younger men who defended Britain in the Second World War. Keeping a...Rodney FosterVikingmartes, 17 de julio de 2018
The Battle for NormandyAntony Beevor's D-Day: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy is the closest you will ever get to war - the taste, the smell, the noise and the fear.The Normandy Landings that took plac...Antony BeevorPenguin Books Ltdmartes, 17 de julio de 2018
The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure"Wine & War" tells the little-known story of the French wine producers who undertook ingenious and often daring measures to save their finest and most precious wines as the Nazis c...Don Kladstrup Petie Klads...Coronet Booksmartes, 17 de julio de 2018
A Soldier's Struggle for Europe 1944-45This book provides a rare opportunity to read an authentic and finely crafted evocation of the horrors of war experienced by a British soldier in the greatest conflict of the twent...Peter White John KeeganPhoenix Mill, Thrupp, Stroud, UK : Sutton Publishing, 2006.martes, 17 de julio de 2018
Terror, Mass Murder and Everyday Life in Nazi Germany : an Oral HistoryHundreds of Germans and German Jews have recalled, often for the first time, their experiences of Nazi Germany in horrifying, moving and compellingly honest accounts. Jews have spo...Eric A. Johnson Karl-Hein...John Murraymartes, 17 de julio de 2018
In 1966 the Republic of Botswana came into existence, and this is the tale of how one family played a central role in the country's development. This biography focuses on the Khama...Wilf Mbanga Trish MbangaEditors Varisjueves, 12 de julio de 2018
Look no further for a comprehensive narrative of Chinese history from the fall of the Ming dynasty to the present.Jonathan D. SpenceW. W. Norton & Companymiércoles, 11 de julio de 2018
A Complete History of ChinaA one-volume narrative history of China, from the earliest inhabitants to the twentieth century, for a popular readership China is a country with an ancient and highly sophisticate...Rayne KrugerWileymiércoles, 11 de julio de 2018
How Their Identities Were ForgedNational history is a vital part of national self-definition. Most books on the history of the world try to impose a uniform narrative, written usually from a single writer's point...Furtado PeterLondon; Thames & Hudsonviernes, 6 de julio de 2018
Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee CampSituated hundreds of miles from any other settlement, deep within the inhospitable desert of northern Kenya where only thorn bushes grow, Dadaab is a city like no other. Its buildi...Ben RawlencePORTOBELLO BOOKS LTDsábado, 30 de junio de 2018
The narrative of a boy who lived through Auschwitz and Buchenwald provides a short and terrible indictment of modern humanity.Wiesel, ElieHill and Wangmiércoles, 27 de junio de 2018
How British Intelligence Helped Bring Franco to Power in SpainFranco's Friends tells the little-known true story of how MI6 orchestrated the coup that brought General Franco to power.Peter DayBiteback Publishingmiércoles, 27 de junio de 2018
The Paradox of Modern IranThe son of an Iranian diplomat and grandson of an ayatollah who grew up in exile offers an insightful study of the economic, political, and social forces that underly the vast para...Hooman MajdDoubleDaymartes, 26 de junio de 2018
A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English DictionaryThe Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that l...Winchester, SimonHarper Perennialsábado, 16 de junio de 2018
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