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Jack Campbell's New York Times bestselling The Lost Fleet sci-fi adventure series has transported legions of fans out of this world and into the heat of battle. Now, readers will discover how it all began--not only for John "Black Jack" Geary and his descendant Commander Michael Geary, but for those who fought and sacrificed so much alongside them.Spanning from before the Alliance/Syndicate war to the devastating initial conflagration that would lead...
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A former colonist, Scott St. Andrew escaped his hellish mining home by joining the Guard Corps and entering the most intense training program in the military. When war broke out between the Terran Alliance and the Seventeen worlds, he was forced to choose between the two warring factions-and two codes of honour. Now Guard Corps Captain St. Andrew faces his first command-to retake the South Point Academy on the hellish moon Exeter where he trained...
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Rediscovered after 150 years, the life story of Major General Richard G B Wilson has never been published until now. Pursued by Danger is the vivid account of one soldier's survival in his own words.
From Napoleon to the Victorian era, Wilson's reminiscences reveal the action, danger, rivalries, and hard-won rewards of being an army officer in Britain's Royal Artillery. The recently graduated lieutenant was rushed to the war-torn Low Countries, where...
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Denis Pack was one of a phalanx of senior Anglo-Irish officers who served with great distinction in the British army in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, earning a reputation as one of the Duke of Wellington's most able brigade commanders. Despite his remarkable and varied military career, he hasn't received the individual attention he deserves, but this omission has now been remedied by Marcus de la Poer Beresford's full biography. Pack,...
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At last, in this absorbing and authoritative study, the story of the epic struggle on Spain’s eastern front during the Peninsular War has been told. Often overlooked as not integral to the Duke of Wellingtons main army and their campaigns in Portugal and western Spain, they were, in point of fact, intrinsically linked. Nick Lipscombe, a leading historian of the Napoleonic Wars and an expert on the fighting in the Iberian peninsula, describes in...
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Recent research into the Duke of Wellington's armies during the Peninsular War and the Waterloo campaign has enhanced our understanding of the men he led, and this new biographical guide to his brigade commanders is a valuable contribution to this growing field. Ron McGuigan and Robert Burnham have investigated the lives and careers of a group of men who performed a vital role in Wellington's chain of command. These officers were the brigadiers and...
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Unravels the compelling narrative of an extraordinary leader whose life was woven with threads of triumph and threads of heart-rending tragedy in this brief biography. From the seismic events of the French Revolution to the audacious military campaigns that reshaped Europe, this book illuminates Napoleon's indelible mark on history. Witness the clashes with his adversaries, including Archduke Charles and the renowned Duke of Wellington, leading to...
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Seafort saga volume 5
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Decades have passed since Nick Seafort battled the vicious aliens. Now, in the fifth installment of the celebrated Seafort Saga, it's trouble on Earth that looms... Everyone knows Nick Seafort as "the Fisherman" - the hero who stopped the merciless, fishlike aliens when they attacked Earth. Voices of Hope picks up with Seafort decades later, after he's retired as the Secretary General of the United Nations. Despite his trappings of power, he has been...
9) Napoleon's Paris: A Guide to the Napoleonic Sites of the Consulate and First French Empire 1799–1815
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A specialist in Napoleonic history reveals the legendary leader's influence on the City of Light in this illustrated visitor's guide.
Historian David Buttery explores the many connections between Napoleon and Paris, where many remarkable buildings and monuments date from his time in power. Many of the city's most famous sites were built or enhanced on Napoleon's instructions, while others are closely associated with him and the First French Empire.
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10) HMS Bellerophon
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The story of HMS Bellerophon is a record of the many and varied duties which the Royal Navy had to carry out in the period 1793 1815. It was involved in the first great fleet action of the War and was involved in the last moments of the struggle with the surrender of Napoleon.
The 74-gun ship was the standard unit in the line of battle, Bellerophon was one of the most distinguished with a fine fighting record. Having fought at 'The Glorious First...
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These chapters aim to provide a comprehensive exploration of the rise of Genghis Khan's army and the Mongol Conquests, covering Genghis Khan's early life, the formation of the Mongol Empire, military tactics, conquests across Eurasia, and the lasting impact of the Mongol Empire on world history.
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From Bruneval to North Africa, from Normandy to Suez, by parachute and glider the men of the Airborne Forces have gone by air to battle. But their activities have by no means been confined to purely airborne operations- the Special Air Service performed prodigies of valor behind the German Lines in the Western Desert and Italy; the Glider Pilot Regiment fought beside their infantry comrades in Normandy, at Arnhem and across the Rhine. Their post-war...
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Whilst the collapse of the Soviet Union and, with it, the associated Warsaw Pact, has greatly reduced the threat of a major conflict with Europe, the story of the involvement of the United Nations in so-called 'peace' operations over the past six years makes it abundantly clear that the world-wide incidence of low intensity, intra-state conflict will remain for us as far ahead as we can see and that the resources and procedures which are essential...
14) Don't tread on me: a 400-year history of America at war, from Indian fighting to terrorist hunting
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Analyzes the wars, military campaigns, and foreign and military policy of the United States from its inception to the present day, and argues that the problems confronting the U.S. in the war on terror are the result of political failures rather than military ones.
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The events of Sunday, 18 June, stand as the defining moment of the year 1815, if not of an entire era. The allied victory over Napoleon's French army at the Battle of Waterloo reshaped governments and boundaries, made or broke fortunes and touched thousands of lives in ways both large and small, and it has been analysed, dissected and refought on paper a hundred times. Perhaps, though, the very best words ever written about that momentous campaign...
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The literature of the Peninsular War is rich with vivid source material — letters, diaries, memoirs, and dispatches — but most of it was written by British soldiers or by the French and their allies. As a result, the history and experience of the Portuguese forces — which by 1812 composed close to half of Wellington's Army — have been seriously under-represented. That is why this pioneering book, which publishes for the first time in English...
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These chapters aim to provide a comprehensive exploration of ancient Chinese military strategies as articulated in "The Art of War," covering its philosophical foundations, practical applications, the influence of geography, leadership qualities, and the lasting impact of Sun Tzu's teachings on military thought.
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The following lectures aim to indicate briefly what we owe to the great captains, and to draw an intelligible outline of their careers. Caesar is the only one of the great captains who trained himself to arms. Alexander, Hannibal, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick, owed their early military training to their fathers, though, indeed, Frederick's was but the pipe-clay of war. Napoleon got his in the best school in France. But hey all have contributed to...
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