Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
EIGHTH ARMY: FROM THE WESTERN DESERT TO THE ALPS, 1939-1945 EIGHTH ARMY: FROM THE WESTERN DESERT TO THE ALPS, 1939-1945 Robin Neillands 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm OL13624276W
German armies German armies Peter H. Wilson "German armies" examines the diversity of German involvement in European conflict from the Peace of Westphalia to the age of Napoleon.; Challenging assumptions of the Holy Roman Empire as weak and di… OL15024659W
The Rise and Fall of an American Army The Rise and Fall of an American Army Shelby L. Stanton A battlefield history of ground forces in the Vietnam War. OL2046546W
The Oxford Book of Military Anecdotes The Oxford Book of Military Anecdotes Max Hastings This collection is principally concerned with American and British conflicts with occasional forays into foreign armies - notably the Greeks, the Romans, and Napoleon's soldiers. Hastings has sought … OL2439616W
The El Mozote massacre The El Mozote massacre Leigh Binford "Through fieldwork among the surprisingly numerous survivors, the author reconstructs the recent social structure, culture, and history of the northeastern Salvadoran village of Segundo Montes before… OL3253794W
The Armies of Angkor The Armies of Angkor Michel Jacq-Hergoualc'h "The Khmers, as well as visionary architects and builders, were by far the most formidable fighting force of South-East Asia, and much of their fabled wealth was generated directly from the spoils of… OL3786224W
The Victors The Victors Stephen E. Ambrose From America's preeminent military historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, comes a brilliant telling of World War II in Europe, from D-Day, June 6, 1944, to the end, eleven months later, on May 7, 1945. The a… OL478592W