Libros

La historia de los cátaros es bien conocida: las brutalidades de la cruzada, las persecuciones de la Inquisición, la masacre de Montsegur, la muerte en la hoguera del último perfecto en 1321? Lo que sabíamos de su religión, en cambio, procede sobre todo de lo que contaban sus enemigos. Hasta que el (...)

¿Cómo se escribió la historia del siglo XVIII español? Este es el interrogante que constituye el hilo conductor de este libro, planteado como un estudio de la historiografía escrita en la primera mitad del XIX. Para la generación que vivió durante el derrumbe del Antiguo Régimen, este periodo (...)

The first English-language book to examine the crucial part air power played in the Soviet-Afghan War. The Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan was fought as much in the air as on the ground. From the high-level bombing raids that blasted rebel-held mountain valleys, to the Mi-24 helicopter (...)

A history of the US Navy's remarkable 1945 South China Sea raid against the Japanese, the first time in history that a carrier fleet dared to rampage through coastal waters. As 1945 opened, Japan was fighting defensively everywhere. As the Allies drew closer to the Home Islands, risks of Japanese (...)

Enjoy a detailed examination of Operation Olive as US, British, Commonwealth and Allied forces seek to smash through the last German defensive line in Italy. The Italian theatre of operations post-summer 1944 was often (and incorrectly) surmised at the time as a quiet sector of World War II, (...)

A fascinating account of an often overlooked naval action of World War II, and one of the bloodiest chapters in the history of the Royal Navy. In April 1941, following the Axis invasion of Greece, the British Mediterranean Fleet was ordered to evacuate Allied survivors, many of which were taken to (...)

The book describes and analyses the two devastating wars fought between Sweden and Denmark-Norway during the reign of King Charles X Gustav of Sweden, an experienced former general of the Thirty Years' War.The Dano-Swedish War of 1657 1658 was initiated by King Frederick III of Denmark-Norway, who (...)