Terrain has a profound effect upon the strategy and tactics of any military engagement and has consequently played an important role in determining history. In addition, the landscapes of battle, and the geology which underlies them, has helped shape the cultural iconography of battle certainly within the 20th century. In the last few years this has become a fertile topic of scientific and historical exploration and has given rise to a number of conferences and books. The current volume stems from the international Terrain in Military History conference held in association with the Imperial...
Terrain has a profound effect upon the strategy and tactics of any military engagement and has consequently played an important role in determining hi...
Natal'ya Baranskaya achieved instant fame with the controversial publication in 1969 of A Week Like Any Other. The story, remarkable for its lack of tendentiousness, presents a uniquely honest picture of the stressful and unequal lot of soviet women, in the form of a diary of a typical week in the life of Olga Voronkova, a young Moscow scientist and mother.
Natal'ya Baranskaya achieved instant fame with the controversial publication in 1969 of A Week Like Any Other. The story, remarkable for ...
This is the first book of its kind to attempt a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding how terrain has affected the outcome of warfare in history. Taking a broad sweep from mediaeval times, the English Civil Wars of the 17th century and the Napoleonic Wars of the 18th century, its primary focus is on the major battles and engagements of the century of warfare from 1850 to 1950. Examining the American Civil War, the Anglo-Zulu War, the Boer War, the Great War of 1914-1918, the Spanish Civil War and finally the Second World War, it takes a total terrain view. All aspects of terrain,...
This is the first book of its kind to attempt a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding how terrain has affected the outcome of warfare in his...
