Military & Naval History

Donald Stoker's book examines British and French involvement from 1919 to 1939 in the creation and development of the naval forces of Poland, Finland and the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania...

Donald Stoker's book examines British and French involvement from 1919 to 1939 in the creation and development of the naval forces of Poland, Finland and the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania...

This book considers the lessons for Britain, the British armed forces and for NATO from the Yugoslav wars of dissolution (1991-1999), with particular emphasis on Kosovo. It represents a significant advance in this emerging debate...

This is the first scholarly work to focus purely on British military intelligence operations during the Crimean War...

Britain's strategic position east of Suez in the twentieth century was a dominant area of interest and had an enormous impact in the overall construction of Great Britain's naval strategic posture...

Warfare was an integral part of the operations of the medieval eastern Roman, or Byzantine, Empire, both in its organization, as well as in social thinking and political ideology. This volume presents a selection of articles dealing with key aspects of Byzantine attitudes to war and violence, with a..

The book examines why, having routed the Italian Army at the Battle of Caporetto, the Central Alliance forces were not capable of forcing the surrender of Italy...

For James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, leading the Light Brigade at Balaclava was but one incident in a life of sensation and notoriety. Donald Thomas’s biography, originally published in 1977, and based on new material when originally published, shows this most controversial Victorian ag..

In 1513 the Portuguese became the first Europeans to establish a maritime route to China. Their motives were a combination of a quest for trade and territory, and a desire to promote Christianity in the region. This anthology of translated extracts of first-hand accounts by contemporary travellers,..

This challenging new book argues that the People's Republic of China is pursuing a long-term strategy to extend its national power by sea...

This work examines the infiltration of Chinese espionage agents into foreign governments and private businesses, and specifically addresses the human source in intelligence operations...

Using Winston Churchill's relations with Finland as the case study, this book examines the development of Winston Churchill's anticommunist and geopolitical beliefs and practices, and the conflicts between them...