Military & Naval History

Collecting together sources such as letters, official documents and personal accounts, this volume charts the Portuguese discovery and settlement within East Africa from the late fifteenth- to the seventeenth century...

The main component of the volume is the massively detailed Navy Treasurer's account for 1562-3 which is followed by and collated with the corresponding Exchequer Account. The documents illustrate just how efficiently the dockyards functioned. They were one of the great early Elizabethan achievements..

Examines US strategies for curbing India's nuclear ambitions and proposes increased strategic cooperation as a potential long-term solution._x000D_..

Examines US strategies for curbing India's nuclear ambitions and proposes increased strategic cooperation as a potential long-term solution. This book argues that a carrot-and-stick policy is likely to be more effective than a stick-only approach in curbing India's nuclear ambitions...

This title examines the role of the Europeans in the Cold War during the 'Khrushchev Era' (1953-65)...

Through the eyes of the major theorists of the day, and discussing the key issues of modern warfare, Hew Strachan’s work examines the theory and practice of land warfare in Europe since 1700...

European Navies and the Conduct of War considers the different contexts within which European Navies have operated over a period of 500 years culminating in World War Two, the greatest war ever fought at sea. Chronological in structure, the book is the ideal resource for students and scholars of nav..

European Navies and the Conduct of War considers the different contexts within which European Navies have operated over a period of 500 years culminating in World War Two, the greatest war ever fought at sea. Chronological in structure, the book is the ideal resource for students and scholars of nav..

This volume presents new and established scholars writing on a range of subjects from the Dervishes of the 1890s to the terrorism and guerrilla wars of the post-1945 period...

This definitive overview of the development and use of artillery makes the complex artillery systems of today understandable, while at the same time showing how they have evolved and how they are likely to change in the future. The author, until recently chief of artillery for the British Army, is c..

This book describes in detail for the first time Allied contingency plans for military operations in the Middle East in the event of a global conflict with the Soviet Union...

For tactical and strategic ingenuity, for daring and ruthless determination and the capacity to inspire troops, Frederick the Great was without equal. In this detailed life of ‘Old Fritz’, Christopher Duffy, who has written widely on the army of Frederick and on the armies of his adversaries, Austri..