"The Civil War was the most violent and fateful experience in American history. At least 620,000 soldiers were killed in the war, 2% of the American population in 1860. If the same percentage of Americans were to be killed in a war fought in the 1990s, the number of American war dead would exceed five million. An unknown number of civilians, nearly all of them in the South, died from causes such as disease, hunger or exposure inflicted during the conflict. As a consequence, more Americans died in the Civil War than in all of the country's other wars combined. The number of casualties incurred in a single day at the battle of Antietam (September 17, 1862) was four times the number of Americans killed or wounded on the Normandy beaches on D-Day, June 6, 1944. More Americans were killed in action that September day near Sharpsburg, Maryland, than were killed in combat in all the other wars fought by the United States in the 19th century."

As Rome’s power and influence extended across the Mediterranean, she was destined for a collision with the Carthaginian Empire, a clash ultimately resulting in the decisive Second Punic War. At first the Roman Army was no match for the superior tactics and leadership of Hannibal and his troops. However, talented generals like Scipio Africanus transformed the legions into a formidable fighting force. Covering Rome’s catastrophic defeats at Lake Trasimene and Cannae to her final victory at Zama, this book examines the development of Roman tactics and organization through Rome’s transition from a city-based state to a Mediterranean powerhouse.

Czech book (english plates' texts) on uniforms and insignia of the European armies in the 2nd half of the 20th century during the so-called Cold War. Sections on the Nato, Warsaw Pact and neutral European states. Foreword by Nigel Thomas.

Spanning over a thousand years and an immense geographical area, the Roman Empire was the greatest in world history. At its most powerful, the Empire cast a shadow across the known world, and its legacy continues to influence politics, art and culture around the world today. Rome’s power was won on the battlefield, and the greatness of the Empire is reflected in the warlike reputations of the enemies it subdued. Hannibal, the Carthaginians, Mithridates, the Gauls, the Sassanid Persians and the infamous Goths are amongst the forces that battled the might of Rome. Rome and Her Enemies juxtaposes the society and military structure of each of these peoples with those of the contemporary Roman army. Using previously published Osprey material, this book is divided into four chronological sections focusing on major wars and battles, is lavishly illustrated throughout, and colour photographs, artwork and maps support the text to provide a comprehensive introduction to the rise and fall of an empire created and destroyed by war. Introduction by Tom Holland, bestselling author of Persian Fire and Rubicon.

The final volume in the Barbarossa trilogy, this title complete the account of the strategic intricacies of the German campaign against Russia. Robert Kirchubel examines the causes behind the German failure, including the inability to resupply troops or provide reserves, as well as the lack of decent German winter uniforms and transport with dramatic contemporary photographs detailing the unforgiving battlefield conditions. Full-colour artwork, maps and bird's-eye-views illustrate the campaign in detail, revealing how, despite lapses and flaws in Soviet defences, the Red Army was able to capitalize on every German weakness.

Исследуются войны Рима с Карфагеном (2б4-14б гг, до н. э.), открывшие Риму путь к мировому господству и уничтожившие пуническую цивилизацию. Разоблачается фальсифицированная история Пунических войн, выдвинутая современными реакционными буржуазными исторегами с целью оправдания римской агрессии.
Для преподавателейi-историков, студентов, тех, кто интересуется античнoй историей.

О выдающихся полководцах России X - XVI веков, о блистательных победах русского оружия рассказывается в этой книге. В данном томе представлены биографии князей-полководцев Святослава, Владимира Мономахаб Александра Невского, Даниила Галицкого, Дмитрия Донского. Московские воеводы сменили на полях сражений полководцев-князей при "государе всея Руси" Иване III Васильевиче и выполняли свою историческую миссию по обороне и расширению Российского государства вплоть до петровского времени. Многие из московских воевод — Даниил Щеня, Михаил Воротынский, Михаил Скопин-Шуйский, Григорий Ромодановский — неизвестны или мало известны широкой публике.

On the pivotal day of 14 June 1645 Charles I's Royalist Army and Parliament's New Model Army made battle at Naseby. Using first-hand accounts, Martin Marix Evans introduces the origins of the campaign, explores the strengths and weaknesses of the opposing armies, and vividly describes the engagement. The traditional condemnation of Prince Rupert's military strategy is undermined, and the significance of Okey's Dragoons in precipitating the action explained. He imparts his intimate knowledge of the terrain so crucial to the New Model Army's frontage, and uses archaeological and documentary evidence to piece together a remarkable blow-by-blow account of this devastating battle.

One of the most monumental and widely discussed battles in the history of World War II, Stalingrad was Hitler's first major defeat on the Eastern Front, and acted as a catalyst for his eventual downfall. Providing a detailed breakdown of the armies on both sides and discussing the merits of the commanders and the ways in which these influenced the battle, Peter Antill questions why the Germans allowed themselves to be diverted from their main objective and concentrate such large resources on a secondary target. The bird's-eye view illustrations and maps that feature in this book help to unravel the detail of unit directions, priorities and deployments, and the tactical failures that led to the day-by-day war of attrition that lasted for nearly five months.

Книга посвящена одной из самых драматических страниц русской истории - "Смутному времени", противоборству различных групп служилых людей , и прежде всего казачества и дворянства. Исследуются организация и требования казаков, ход крупнейших казацких выступлений, политика правительства по отношению к казачеству, формулируется новая концепция "Смуты".
Для специалистов-историков и широкого круга читателей.

О выдающихся русских полководцах и военачальниках XVII века, об их подвигах во славу Отечества рассказывается в этой книге, основанной на документальных материалах, дошедших до наших дней.

This book seeks not only to present accounts of the most significant of the Irish battles and to describe them in relation to the terrain in which they were fought, but to make a general survey of the development of military science, the evolution of weapon types and the military history of Ireland. Among the broad themes which I have endeavoured to treat are the alteration of medieval Irish military organisation following the introduction of the gall&laigh, or galloglas; the effect of the introduction of the use of gunpowder on the Irish wars; the continuance down the centuries of a distinctively Irish type of warfare of the countryside, which was different from formal warfare and which foreshadowed the guerrilla tactics of modern times; and the leadership and technical ability of the outstanding Irish military figures, such as Hugh
and Owen Roe O'Neill and Patrick Sarsfield.

Some of the most famous Western movies have been set against the background of the Mexican Revolution of the early 20th century. Now, for the first time in English, Osprey offer a concise but fact-packed account of the events, armies, uniforms and weapons of those ten chaotic and bloody years, putting in context such famous but half-understood names as Diaz, Pancho Villa, Zapata, Madero and Huerta. The text is illustrated with many rare and fascinating period photographs, and with eight detailed color plates of orfiristas and Rurales, Maderisitas, Federales, Villistas, Zapatistas,and US volunteers and intervention troops.