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American Indians of the Southeast by Michael Johnson; Richard Hook (Illustrator)
Category: History | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
The southeastern people were the descendants of ancient prehistoric Indian cultures, and were probably on the decline when first known to Europeans. Despite being poorly reported in popular histories, they have been well described by several early European traders and by a number of well-known American ...Show more
Arab Armies of the Middle East Wars 1948 by CHAPPELL
Category: Military | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
The modern wars of the Middle East began in 1947, when the Syrians, Egyptians, Jordanians and Lebanese were unofficially at war with the Jewish settlers of Palestine. On May 15th, the day afer Israel was declared a sovreign state, the Arab invasion began. Between then and 1973 five wars occurred: those ...Show more
Armies of the Ottoman Turks 1300-1774 by David Nicolle; Angus McBride (Illustrator)
Category: History | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
The birth of the Ottoman state is shrouded in legend. Whatever the truth of its origins, the Ottomans formed an Empire which almost succeeded in bringing Christian Europe to its knees. During the last decades of the 13th century, the ambitious Osman Bey's tiny mountain state took eight frontier castles ...Show more
Armies of the Vietnam War 1962-75 by Philip R. N. Katcher; Mike Chappell
Category: Military | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
Philip Katcher provides an overview to the conflict that engulfed Vietnam following the division of the country into two along the 17th Parallel in 1954. The uniforms and insignia of the US forces, including the army, Special Forces, air force, navy and marine corps, are dealt with in detail, together w ...Show more
Armies of the Vietnam War (2) by Lee E. Russell; Mike Chappell
Category: Military | Series: Men-at-Arms Ser.
On March 8th, 1965, some 3,500 US Marines, the first US combat troops to arrive in Vietnam, landed in Da Nang to defend the US air base there. On June 8th, following further reinforcements, General Westmoreland authorized his troops to begin "offensive patrolling." Lee Russell's follow-up to Men-at-Arms ...Show more
Army of the Republic of Vietnam, 1955-75 by Gordon L. Rottman; Ramiro Bujeiro (Illustrator)
Category: Military | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
Evolved from the colonial units created by the French, this book discusses the original reorganization of these forces into the first national army. Complete with a detailed history of the command structure and orders of battle, the author also sheds light on the little known divisional histories of the ...Show more
Australian Bushrangers 1820-1880 by Ian Knight; Mark Stacey (Illustrator)
Category: Australian History | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
Featuring rare period photos, this highly illustrated history tells the story of the frontier outlaws who defied the authorities on the wild Australian frontier in the Victorian era, and the Crown forces who eventually hunted them down. The first "bushrangers" or frontier outlaws were escaped or time- ...Show more
BORDER REIVERS by DURHAM KEITH
Category: History | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
From the 13th century until early in the 17th century, the Border Marches of England and Scotland were torn by a vicious and almost continuous cycle of raid, reprisal and blood feud. The Border Reiver was a professional cattle thief, a guerilla soldier skilled at raiding, tracking and ambush, and a well ...Show more
Canadian Forces in World War II by Rene Chartrand; Ronald Volstad (Illustrator)
Category: Military | Series: Men-at-Arms Ser.
Canada was the first Commonwealth country to send troops to Britain in 1939. During 1939-45 hundreds of thousands of Canadians - more than 40 per cent of the male population between the ages of 18 and 45, and virtually all of them volunteers - enlisted. Canadians fought with tragic courage at Hong Kong ...Show more
Chinese Civil War Armies 1911-49 by Philip Jowett; Stephen Andrew (Illustrator)
Category: History | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
The fall of the Manchu Empire in 1911 ended thousands of years of Imperial rule and ushered in almost 40 years of conflict in China. From the abdication of Pu-Yi, the last emperor, the invasion of Manchuria by the Japanese, and the 'long march', to the birth of the People's Republic of China in 1949, th ...Show more
Dutch Armies of the 80 Years’ War 1568–1648 (1)Infantry by Bouko de Groot
Category: No Category | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
The 80 Years' War (also known as the Dutch War of Independence) was the foundation of Dutch nationhood, and during the course of the conflict one of its main leaders--Maurice of Orange-Nassau--created an army and a tactical system that became a model throughout Europe. This study, the first of a two-par ...Show more