Militares

A fascinating account of Russia's Five-Day War against Georgia in 2008, notable for its strategic mistakes which prompted President Putin to undertake major military reforms. After Georgia's independence from Russia in 1991, President Saakashvili invited NATO advisers to assist in military reforms. (...)

The Battle of Minden is justifiably celebrated by the British infantry and artillery regiments involved, but it was a close-run affair. Like a Brazen Wall echoes that celebration, but also sets a fresh balance: appropriately applauding, where due, the dash and élan of the French and Saxon opponents (...)

An expert account of the development, role, and capabilities of the S-300 and S-400 air defence missile systems, key strategic weapons in Putin's Russia. Few modern missile systems have had such significance as the S-300 family. Highly regarded technically, Russia's most powerful air-defense (...)

A new illustrated study of the devastating, but little-known, Soviet armored blitzkrieg against the Japanese in the last weeks of World War II, and how it influenced Soviet tank doctrine as the Cold War dawned. Although long overshadowed in the West by the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima (...)

The Battle of Rocroi (19 May 1643) is famous for the French victory over the Spanish Tercios. The Duc d'Enghien, only 21 years old, defeated a Spanish army commanded by Francisco de Melo. The victory has traditionally been attributed to the military genius of the young Duke, to the superiority of (...)

Details the organization, arms, armor, dress, and daily life of samurai, soldiers, and commoners in Edo-period Japan.Tokugawa Ieyasu's decisive victory at Sekigahara in 1600 concluded the civil wars, confirmed his position of military supremacy as shôgun (generalissimo) of Japan, and inaugurated (...)

Escribir un libro sobre la guerra de Cuba no fue tarea fácil, dado el enorme prestigio que rodea a quien comandó la escuadra naval enviada a defender las islas de Cuba y Puerto Rico. Tampoco lo fue separar el dato del relato, a pesar de haberme aproximado a tan espinoso tema condicionado por el (...)

El avión derribado a finales de 1936 que transportaba al delegado del Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja en Madrid para denunciar en Ginebra las matanzas de Paracuellos no solo llevaba documentación probatoria; también informes secretos para el presidente de la Junta Técnica del Estado (...)

Le 19 octobre, la Marine nationale française célèbre la journée des fusiliers marins. Cette date correspond peu ou prou au début de la bataille de Dixmude qui a fait rage de mi-octobre (les premiers accrochages ont eu lieu le 16) au 10 novembre 1914. La brigade des fusiliers-marins s'est illustrée (...)