A comprehensive modern atlas of the Peninsular War, the series
of campaigns in Spain and Portugal between Napoleonic France and
British forces commanded by the Duke of Wellington. The author
examines and explains the sequence of battles and the course of
the war through expertly drawn colour cartography. A general
introduction, together with a historical summary setting the
campaigns in context, is followed by 53 detailed maps and plans,
each with a complementary text providing a succinct description of
the great battles of Vimeiro, Talavera, Busaco, Albuera,
Salamanca, Vitoria, and the Pyrenees.
New in d/w - 160pp. 77 maps, plans & details on 53 spreads, plus 35 illus. in
colour & b/w
The River Aisne
featured prominently in August 1914 during the Retreat from Mons.
A month later it was the scene of further desperate action when
the British Expeditionary Force re-crossed it in their
unsuccessful attempt to dislodge the German Army entrenched along
the crest of the slopes on its northern bank. The battle proved
hugely costly to the BEF with losses of over 650 officers and some
12,000 men killed. These figures shocked the Nation which was
faced for the first time with such grievous fatalities. In this
detailed analysis the author identifies the early deficiencies and
lack of preparedness of the British Army staff and logistics
organisation as well as friction among those within the command
structure.
RHODESIA: LAST OUTPOST OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
1890-1980
by Peter Baxter
In 1890 Cecil John
Rhodes’ engaged Lobengula, the Matabele king, in lengthy
negotiations whilst seeking a Royal Charter for white pioneers to
occupy Mashonaland. It relates Rhodesia’s history right up to
Lancaster House in 1979 and the ‘free and fair’ elections that
foisted the Marxist Robert Mugabe on the country. The author has
skilfully threaded in the many often larger-than-life
personalities who shaped Rhodesia’s destiny from Rhodes, Leander
Starr Jameson, and King Lobengula, to Garfield Todd, Joshua Nkomo,
Robert Mugabe and Ian Smith.
New in card cover - 544pp, 6 colour
& 130 b/w photos
Galago,
2010
ISBN 9781919854281
SOLD
Web No. 36125-01
£35.00
A LITTLE WAR THAT SHOOK THE WORLD
by Ronald D. Asmus
The brief war between Russia and Georgia in August, 2008 seemed
to many like an unexpected shot out of the blue. Former United
States Assistant Deputy Secretary of State Ronald Asmus, contends
that it was a conflict that was prepared and planned for some time
by Moscow, part of a broader strategy to send a message to
America. In this provocative account of the first East-West post
Cold War conflict, he aserts that Georgia was leaning toward the
West and Russia was determined to stop it.
Lieutenant-General A. G. L. McNaughton and the Canadian Army,
1939-1943. In December, 1943 McNaughton resigned from command of
the First Canadian Army amid criticism of his poor leadership and
his abrasive personality. The author, a Captain in the Canadian
Armed Forces, analyses McNaughton's performance during 'Exercise
Spartan' in March of that year and assesses his relationships with
key figures such as Sir Alan Brooke and Bernard Montgomery.
New in d/w - 366pp, 18 b/w photos, 7 maps
University of Toronto Press, 2010
ISBN 9781442640023
