The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its tenth year. Best British Short...

During the Middle Ages siege warfare played a vital role in military strategy. Sieges were far mo...

Poland was the first of the Allied nations to succumb to German aggression in the Second World Wa...

Osprey's study of gas warfare tactics that were employed during World War I (1914-1918). Battlefi...

This book contains the proceedings of a symposium held at the College of Charleston, Charleston, ...

The Life and Letters of Walter Farquhar Hook, D.D., F.R.S. - Sixth Edition is an unchanged, high-...

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is ne...

Coats of arms were at first used only by kings and princes, then by their great nobles, but by th...

The common image of the Confederate Army during the Civil War (1861-1865) is dominated by a limit...

This volume details the crucial chapter in the history of the Indian Wars. The Seminole of Florid...

Napoleon's Imperial Guard was one of the most famous military formations in history. The Imperial...

Intelligence specialist Leigh Neville identifies, describes and illustrates the Special Operation...

An illustrated account of one of the most important campaigns in the history of Japan and the ori...

For the first three years of the Second World War the German Army's armored formations dominated ...

The 'Lion of the North', King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, was one of the major players in the Th...

Osprey's examination of Japan's parachute units of World War II (1939-1945). For the first time i...

Although Sparta's early history is not clear, by the end of the 8th century most of the other cit...

In this first of a two-part sequence a respected vexillologist describes, explains and illustrate...

The part played in the Civil War (1861-1865) by the small Marine Corps of the United and Confeder...

Osprey's study of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). When the War Between the ...

Despite the overwhelming image of Confederate soldiers dressed in their drab butternut and gray, ...

The early Romans were only one of a number of peoples that inhabited Iron Age central Italy. From...

The National Missile Defense (NMD) debate has raged for nearly sixty years. Generations of propon...

The commanders who led the opposing armies of the American War of Independence (1775-1783) came f...

The Spanish Civil War had been a conflict between the nationalists and conservatives on one side,...

Born of a mixture of religious fervour, military ardour and political will, the Crusades ( 1095 -...

The Great War of 1914-18 is often seen as one major battleground - the Western Front - with numer...

Despite modern perceptions of the overwhelming image of Confederate soldiers dressed in their cla...

Osprey's study of the Battle of Canae (216 BC), which is regarded as one of the greatest battles ...

Osprey's study of the first Persian invasion of Greece in 490 BC. The story of the Marathon campa...

Some 150,000 Irish-American immigrants served in the Union Army during the Civil War (1861-1865),...

The southeastern people were the descendants of ancient prehistoric Indian cultures, and were pro...

An in depth examination of the organisation, equipment, weaponry and uniforms of Napoleon's Bavar...

In 1543 three Portuguese merchants entered a turbulent Japan, bringing with them the first firear...

Osrpey's examination of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). When the War Betwee...

By 1400 the long running conflict between the Order of Teutonic Knights and Poland and Lithuania ...

In the year 1495, Charles VIII was the youthful King of France, the most powerful state in mediev...

The Praetorian Guard of Imperial Rome was the power behind the throne, with the ability to make o...

The common image of the Confederate Army during the Civil War (1861-1865) is dominated by a limit...

The epic conflict between Rome and Carthage remains one of the most compelling stories of militar...

In this second of a two-part sequence a respected vexillologist describes, explains and illustrat...

Riding on the wave of his victory at Atlanta, Union General W. T. Sherman abandoned his supply li...

Osrpey's examination of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). The generals who le...

The role of the Frontier scout in the US Army during the period of westward expansion, was often ...

African-American soldiers played a decisive role in the US Army on the western frontier during th...

Osprey's examination of Samurai commanders during the Gempei Wars (1180-1185), the Onin War (1467...

The Texas Ranger is one of the most cherished symbols of the Lone Star State. While the Alamo is ...

In 1614-15 Osaka Castle was Japan's greatest fortification, measuring approximately 2 miles in le...