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Counterinsurgency: Exposing the Myths of the New Way of War by Douglas Porch
Category: History
Counterinsurgency has staked its claim in the new century as the new American way of war. Yet, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have revived a historical debate about the costs - monetary, political and moral - of operations designed to eliminate insurgents and build nations. Today's counterinsurgency p ...Show more
Defeat and Division: France at War, 1939-1942 by Douglas Porch
Category: WWI & WWII | Series: Armies of the Second World War Ser.
Defeat and Division launches a definitive new account of France in the Second World War. In this first volume, Douglas Porch dissects France's 1940 collapse, the dynamics of occupation, and the rise of Charles de Gaulle's Free France crusade, culminating in the November 1942 Allied invasion of French No ...Show more
Resistance and Liberation - France at War, 1942-1945 by Douglas Porch
Category: History | Series: Armies of the Second World War Ser.
In Resistance and Liberation, Douglas Porch continues his epic history of France at war. Emerging from the debâcle of 1940, France faced the quandary of how to rebuild military power, protect the empire, and resuscitate its global influence. While Charles de Gaulle rejected the armistice and launched hi ...Show more
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