"This book sheds fresh light on the origins of Afghan Communism, the nature of its rule, the composition of the Mujahideen, and the Soviet decision-making process in invading Afghanistan and then deciding to withdraw. Spanning the period from the 1950s to the collapse of the Naj…
"The war in Afghanistan has been a major policy commitment and central undertaking of the Canadian state since 2001: Canada has been a leading force in the war, and has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on aid and reconstruction. After a decade of conflict, however, there is…
The wars of Louis XIV, 1667-1714
by Lynn, John A., (John Albert)
fromModern wars in perspective
The wars of Louis XIV, 1667-1714
by Lynn, John A., (John Albert)
fromModern wars in perspective
The wars of Louis XIV, 1667-1714
by Lynn, John A., (John Albert)
fromModern wars in perspective
Wars of the Romans in Iberia: Iberike
by Appianus,, of Alexandria, Richardson, John
fromClassical texts
"Appian wrote his Roman History in the second century AD as a series of books arranged geographically to chronicle the rise of the Roman empire. His Iberike, of which this is the first translation with historical commentary in English, deals with the Romans' wars in the Iberian …
Completing his major analysis of Elizabethan high politics with this eagerly awaited third volume, Wallace MacCaffrey investigates how Elizabeth I, the unwarlike war leader," and her ministers made the great decisions that shaped English political history in the years between th…