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This book describes the evolution of an often-overlooked infantry brigade and its controversial commander, from its beginnings as an element of Lloyd George's Welsh Army through to its destruction in the undergrowth of Bourlon Wood. Originally consisting of four Welsh bantam battalions it was reorganized and rebuilt twice in 1918.

Drawing on extensive research, including first hand accounts it provides a compelling overview of the first three years of the ongoing conflict in Syria.

This book details the German attempt to catch the allied forces as they retreated from the Germans designated to ensnare them. It did not succeed. This is an incredible story of missed opportunities for the German cavalry, made more astonishing by the amount of propaganda extolled by some British authors.

Ground-breaking research about Czechoslovak arms exports to the Middle East, based on official documentation.

This book describes and illustrates the key combatants and the most intense operations of Iran and Iraq. Destroyers, frigates, corvettes, and fast missile crafts are all covered in thoroughly researched text, photographs and custom-drawn color profiles, as are aircraft and helicopters supporting them.

As the Indian Air Force turns 90, it is in the throes of a major modernization and expansion drive. This book details the current state of the IAF and its modernization plans and prospects.

This volume describes the circumstances of the creation of the Civil Air Transport company, a paramilitary airline owned by the CIA, its participation in the Chinese Civil War, and the story of its founder, General Claire Lee Chennault of the famed Flying Tigers.

Through late 1987, the battlefields of southern Angola moved ever further away from the border to South-West Africa (Namibia), until the show-down between the Soviet-supported government in Luanda and South African-supported insurgency of UNITA culminated in the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale.

Koeovet - the South West African Police's elite counter insurgency unit; feared and respected in equal measure. This first volume of an all new, two-part work, documents the inception of 'Ops K' or Koevoet and its role in the vicious South West African Border War up to 1984.

This book tells the story of the international intervention that took place in Somalia, the successes, failures and lessons learned.

The build-up and operational history of the Force Publique - a paramilitary force established by King Léopold II to secure the Congo Free State, in 1885 - including its deployments elsewhere in Africa, during the First and Second World War, in the Sudan, East Africa, and in Ethiopia.

The book considers the rise of the Sikh Soldier from the eighteenth century through to Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Sikh Empire, the consideration of Sikh warfare during the Anglo Sikh Wars leading to the employment of the Sikhs into the British Indian Army.

1916 was a pivotal year for the British Army. It was a year of intense combat that was defined by the Battle of the Somme and the appalling casualties of the 1st July 1916.

Could Britain have fought the Third World War? Original research from British archives tells the story of Britain's readiness for war as part of NATO strategy.

A comprehensive, in-depth, and richly-illustrated study of the US-Cuban relations during the first half of the 1950s.

The first detailed account of the Indian military intervention in the Maldives in 1988, an operation prepared quickly and under immense pressure, but concluded successfully.

A colourful eyewitness depiction of French Napoleonic military uniforms by three exceptional French artists with explanatory texts translated into English for the first time.

An in-depth look at the organisation, weapons and uniforms of the combatants and non-combatants of the French and North German Confederation; includes colour plates of all branches of the service.

Based on primary research and extensive use of official documentation from both sides, this is the first-ever inclusive military history of naval warfare between Iran and Iraq.

First work in English that covers this war in its full context.