This is the first account in English of a much-overlooked, but
important, First World War battlefront located in the mountains
astride the border between Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Not well known in the West, the battles of Isonzo were nevertheless
ferocious, casualties totalling over 1.75 million. In sharp contrast
to claims that neither the Italian nor the Austrian armies were
viable fighting forces, Schindler aims to bring the terrible
sacrifices endured by both armies back to their rightful place in
the history of 20th century Europe. The Habsburg Empire, he
contends, lost the war for military and economic reasons rather than
for political or ethnic ones.
New in illustrated
boards - 409pp,
15 b/w illustrations
A new 'Battleground Europe' title, this compact volume begins
with an examination of the background to Germany’s primary military
objectives in relation to the western end of their self-styled
‘Fortress Europe’, including the early foundation of coastal
defences in northern France. Using many previously unpublished first
hand accounts, the book follows Britain’s 79th Armoured Division,
Sir Percy Hobart’s ‘Funnies’, as they utilised their unique weaponry
in support of Allied efforts. It also includes information on war
cemeteries and a guide to relevant museums.
New in card cover -
208pp, numerous b/w photos, maps
& plans
The sequel to the best-selling Fireforce, Part 1 of 'Out of
Action' chronicles Chris Cocks’s final 16 months of combat in the
bush war in PATU, the Rhodesian Police Ant-Terrorist Unit. It is a
time of unbelievable cruelty as part-time white reservists battle
overwhelming odds, without air support, as Mugabe’s ZANLA guerrillas
swamp the country in the build-up to independence in 1980. Part 2
recounts the author’s painful adjustment to life as a civilian — a
fifteen-year odyssey in the embryonic state of Zimbabwe. It is the
story of a young man, brutalized by war, who seeks escape in alcohol
and drugs.
On the afternoon of June 25, 1867, an overwhelming force of
Sioux and Cheyenne Indians mounted a savage onslaught against
General George Armstrong Custer’s battalion, driving the doomed
troopers of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry to a small hill overlooking
the Little Bighorn River, where they bravely fought their heroic
last stand. So goes the myth of the Battle of the Little Bighorn,
a myth perpetuated and reinforced for over 100 years. In truth,
however, "Custer’s Last Stand" was neither the last of the
fighting nor a stand.
New in card cover - 410pp, 70 figures, table
University of Oklahoma Press, 1993
ISBN 0806129980
What if Stalin had signed with the West in 1939? What if the
Allies had been repulsed on D-Day? And what if Hitler had won the
war? In this expertly written book, historians suggest what might
have been if key events during the war had gone differently, from
the Munich Crisis to the dropping of the first atom bomb,
including Hitler's declaration of war on the United States and the
D-Day landings. The authors, writing as if these and other
world-changing events had really happened, project realistic
scenarios based on the true capabilities and circumstances of the
opposing forces.
