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The Training Spiral - Traditional Methods Reimagined For The 21st-Century Horse And Rider

by Sue Grice

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 Engaging new ways to understand and implement time-proven systems of horse training.
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Landrecies To Cambrai - Case Studies Of German Offensive And Defensive Operations On The Western Front 1914-17

by Wynne G.C. Wynne

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 Landrecies to Cambrai offers a unique perspective and much hitherto-overlooked material relating to a wide variety of German operations on the Western Front 1914-17
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Learning From Foreign Wars - Russian Military Thinking 1859-73

by Persson Gudrun Persson

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 Learning from Foreign Wars examines how the Russian army interpreted, and what lessons it learned from the wars in Europe between 1859 and 1871, and the American Civil War. This was a time marked by rapid change - political, social, economic and technological. By raising the question of learning from foreign wars the author attempts to fill a gap in the historiography of the Russian army. The army was one of the pillars on which the Russian regime built its power, and it was crucial for the survival of the regime both in domestic and foreign affairs. The reactions and thinking of the military at a time of rapid social, political, economic, and technological change, therefore, tell a lot about the regime''s ability to adjust, develop, and ultimately survive. Furthermore, the influence of foreign wars on Russian strategic war planning is analyzed with the use of the first Russian war plan of 1873 and the proceedings from the strategic conference, chaired by Alexander II, in 1873. The influence of foreign wars on the General Staff officer education is also investigated. This book is largely based on extensive research in Russian archives. Special attention is given to the military attachés and, thus, the author fills a gap in the historiography of the Russian army. It uncovers the development of the military attaché institution with the use of new archival material. The Russian military attaché reports from the European Great Powers 1859-71 and the observer reports from the different theaters of war are also examined. In addition, extensive use has been made of the military press and contemporary military literature with regard to the wars.
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History Of The British Army Film And Photographic Unit In The Second World War

by Mcglade Fred Mcglade

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 Based on memoirs, letters and interviews with cameramen, this book reveals the unit's development and tells the human story of men who used cameras as weapons of war.
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Red Devils Over The Yalu - A Chronicle Of Soviet Aerial Operations In The Korean War 1950-53

by Britton Stuart Britton e Seidov Igor Seidov

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 The Korean War (1950-1953) was the first - and only - full-scale air war in the jet age. It was in the skies of North Korea where Soviet and American pilots came together in fierce aerial clashes. The best pilots of the opposing systems, the most powerful air forces, and the most up-to-date aircraft in the world in this period of history came together in pitched air battles. The analysis of the air war showed that the powerful United States Air Force and its allies were unable to achieve complete superiority in the air and were unable to fulfill all the tasks they''d been given. Soviet pilots and Soviet jet fighters, which were in no way inferior to their opponents and in certain respects were even superior to them, was the reason for this. The combat experience and new tactical aerial combat tactics, which were tested for the first time in the skies of Korea, have been eagerly studied and applied by modern air forces around the world today. This book fully discusses the Soviet participation in the Korean War and presents a view of this war from the opposite side, which is still not well known in the West from the multitude of publications by Western historians. The reason for this, of course, is the fact that Soviet records pertaining to the Korean War were for a long time highly classified, since Soviet air units were fighting in the skies of North Korea "incognito", so to speak or even more so to write about this was strictly forbidden in the Soviet Union right up to its ultimate collapse. The given work is in essence the first major work in the post-Soviet era. First published in a small edition in Russian in 1998, it was republished in Russia in 2007. For the first time, the Western reader can become acquainted with the most detailed and informative work existing on the course of the air war from the Soviet side, now in English language. The work rests primarily on the recollections of veterans of this war on the so-called ''Red'' side - Soviet fighter pilots, who took direct part in this war on the side of North Korea. Their stories have been supplemented with an enormous amount of archival documents, as well as the work of Western historians. The author presents a literal day-by-day chronicle of the aerial combats and combat work of Soviet fighter regiments in the period between 1950 and 1953, and dedicates this work to all the men on both sides who fought and died in the Korean air war.
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Brown Waters Of Africa - Portuguese Riverine Warfare 1961-1974

by Cann John P. Cann e John P. Cann

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 During World War II, Portugal played its cards uncommonly well as a neutral and subsequently became a member of NATO. This membership resulted in a modernizing of its navy and its integration into the Atlantic Alliance. By 1960, when other colonial powers were abandoning their empires, Portugal made the decision to cling to its possessions, as they had been Portuguese for over 400 years. Without them Portugal saw itself as only a small European country, whereas with them, it would be a great nation. Portugal ultimately would fight a 13-year debilitating war against various nationalist movements in Africa to retain its possessions. By the mid-1950s, it became apparent to the Portuguese Navy that it would fight in Africa, and it began to make preparations. Ultimately, it would perform a near wholesale conversion from the blue water or oceanic navy that supported NATO to a brown water or riverine one to fight in Africa. This is the story of that conversion and the great "battle of the rivers" in Africa. This naval reorientation was a remarkable achievement, in that Portugal not only learned to fight a new kind of war, it built a navy to accomplish this and did so while shouldering its NATO commitments. The Portuguese Navy in developing a specialized naval force clearly foresaw the paramount economic, military, and psychological importance of controlling the interior waterways of Africa, for the infrastructure there was universally primitive. While there was generally a road network radiating from the colonial capital, the primary routes used clandestinely by insurgents were chiefly the waterways. The job of the navy was to foreclose enemy use of these lines of communication, and this it did with great success. The lessons from this experience tend to be forgotten, as this war was overshadowed by the U.S. conflict in Vietnam. Today, however, riverine operations are experiencing a renaissance in reaction to the "war of the weak." While modern boats are more technologically advanced, and their crews use newer and better equipment and weapons, the problems and their solutions remain largely the same. The operating environment remains the rivers, bayous, salt pans, canals, lakes, and deltas extending inland from the coast. The population remains a vulnerable target, and the need to establish a permissive environment continues as the primary goal. Clearly, the legacy of the Portuguese brown water navy remains relevant today.
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Role Of The Soviet Union In The Second World War - A Re-Examination

by Sokolov Boris Sokolov

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 This book investigates several controversial issues regarding the role of the Soviet Union and the performance of the Soviet government and Red Army, to which the author provides some provocative answers. The primary question explored by the author, however, regards the effectiveness of both the Red Army and of the Soviet military economy. Dr. Sokolov argues that the chief defect of the Soviet military economy was the disproportionate emphasis on the production of tanks and aircraft at the expense of transportation means and the means of command and control. This leads the author to look at the role of Lend-Lease during the war. Through the delivery of radio sets, trucks, jeeps, locomotives, fuel, explosives and so on, the author concludes that Lend-Lease was critical to the Red Army, and that the Soviet Union would not have been able to wage a long war against Germany without the Lend-Lease supplies - a conclusion that defies decades of Soviet claims to the contrary. Finally, the author looks at the still very controversial and hot topic of Red Army losses in the war, which was taboo for decades, arguing that this is an effective measure of the Red Army''s military performance. He and other scholars have estimated that the Red Army''s losses were on the scale of 27 million, three times larger than the official estimates, and approximately 10 times greater than the German losses on the Eastern Front. He argues that such horrendous casualties and such an unfavorable ratio for the Red Army were the result of the relatively low value placed on human life in both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, and the much more destructive nature of the Soviet totalitarian regime as compared with the Third Reich, which cowed the Soviet generals and officers into total subservience. Due to the elimination of all political opposition and the total control over people''s lives, soldiers and civilians could not protest against the crude tactics that resulted in such a very high rate of losses. Dr. Boris Sokolov is a prolific author and a member of the Russian branch of PEN International, which celebrates literature and promotes freedom of expression. In 2008, Dr. Sokolov was forced to resign as Professor of Social Anthropology from his post at the Russian State Social University in Moscow at the demand of President Medvedev''s administration after publishing an article about the 2008 Russian-Georgian War. The author of 69 books (as of 2012), his work has focused on the history of the Second World War and has also written biographies of such prominent military and political leaders as Bulgakov, Stalin, Molotov, Beria, Tukhachevsky, Rokossovsky and Zhukov. In addition, he has written numerous articles on history, philology, political science and economics. A prominent specialist in the problems of military losses, military economy and strategy, he has given lectures in Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Denmark, and his books and articles have been translated into numerous languages. He currently resides in Moscow and is working on a biography of Marshal Rodion Malinovsky. Stuart Britton is a freelance translator and editor residing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He has been responsible for making a growing number of Russian titles available to readers of the English language, consisting primarily of memoirs by Red Army veterans and recent historical research concerning the Eastern Front of the Second World War and Soviet air operations in the Korean War. Notable recent titles include Valeriy Zamulin''s award-winning ''Demolishing the Myth: The Tank Battle at Prokhorovka, Kursk, July 1943: An Operational Narrative '' (Helion, 2011), Boris Gorbachevsky''s ''Through the Maelstrom: A Red Army Soldier''s War on the Eastern Front 1942-45'' (University Press of Kansas, 20...
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Counterinsurgency In Africa - The Portugese Way Of War 1961-74

by Cann John P. Cann e John P. Cann

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 Portugal was the first colonial power to arrive in Africa and the last to leave. As other European states were granting independence to their African possessions, Portugal chose to stay and fight despite the small odds of success. That it did so successfully for thirteen years across the three fronts of Angola, Guiné and Mozambique remains a remarkable achievement, particularly for a nation of such modest means. The Portugese approach to the conflict was distinct in that it sought to combine the two-pronged national strategy of containing the cost of the war and of spreading the burden to the colonies, with the solution on the battlefield. Even today Portugal''s systematic and logical approach to its insurgency challenge holds valuable lessons for any nation forced to wage a small war on the cheap. John P. Cann''s study is both wide-ranging and comprehensive, providing a description and analysis of Portugese counterinsurgency, including aspects such as intelligence and mobility, besides discussing social and logistical operations. Whilst discussing operations that took place during the 1960s and 1970s this study remains very relevant to present-day counterinsurgency operations.
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A Military Government In Exile - The Polish Government In Exile 1939-1945, A Study Of Discontent

by Evan Mcgilvray

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 Examines the nature of the relationship between the British Government and the Polish Government-in-Exile, 1939-1945.
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Red Devils Over The Yalu - A Chronicle Of Soviet Aerial Operations In The Korean War 1950-53

by Igor Seidov e Stuart Britton

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Man Of Steel And Honour: General Stanislaw Maczek - Soldier Of Poland, Commander Of The 1st Polish Armoured Division In North-West Europe 1944-45

by Evan Mcgilvray

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Afghanistan - Preparing For The Bolshevik Incursion Into Afghanistan And Attack On India, 1919-20

by Andrei Evgenievich Snesarev

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War Surgery 1914-18

by Steven Heys e Thomas Scotland

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Brown Waters Of Africa - Portuguese Riverine Warfare 1961-1974

by John P. Cann

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Counterinsurgency In Africa - The Portugese Way Of War 1961-74

by John P. Cann

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The Role Of The Soviet Union In The Second World War - A Re-Examination

by Boris Sokolov

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Finding The Health - Thoughts On Osteopathic Diagnosis And Treatment

by Robert Lever

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 An account by a master teacher and practitioner of how, through a profound understanding and application of what osteopathy really is and should be, the clinician can 'find the health' rather then simply confronting disease.
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Zie Tzaro: Making You Smile

by Zie Tzaro

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The Healing Epidemic - New Condensed Edition

by Peter Masters

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Haunted By Past Lives - A True Story

by Sarah Truman

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Bizarrism - The Revised And Expanded Edition

by Chris Mikul

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Joy Devotion - The Importance Of Ian Curtis And Fan Culture

by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike

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The Thinking Man'S Soldier - The Life And Career Of General Sir Henry Brackenbury 1837-1914

by Christopher Brice

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The New World Order - Its Impact On Culture And Civilisation

by Mark Poynter

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 This book examines the geopolitical developments which have taken place since the end of the Cold War and assesses the impact of Francis Fukuyama's "The End of History" (1989) and the extent to which the spread of globalization has shaped the New World Order.
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