5 History / Military eBooks

Matthew Sussex - Conflict in the Former USSR
Britain's Oceanic Empire: Atlantic and Indian Ocean Worlds, c.1550-1850 by Professor H. V. Bowen, Dr Elizabeth Mancke and Dr John G. Reid
David Stahel, "Kiev 1941: Hitler's Battle for Supremacy in the East"
The Daring Dozen: 12 Special Forces Legends of World War II
Tanks (Modern Military Techniques)

Matthew Sussex - Conflict in the Former USSR
Published: 2012-11-19 | ISBN: 052176310X, 0521135281 | PDF | 261 pages | 3 MB
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, conflict in the former USSR has been a key concern in international security. This book fills a gap in the literature on violent conflict, evaluating a region that contains all the modern ingredients for instability and aggression. Bringing together leading experts on war and security, the book addresses current debates in international relations about power, interests, globalisation, and the politics of identity as major drivers of contemporary war. Incidents such as the 2008 Russo-Georgian conflict, the wars in Chechnya, and Russia's struggles over national identity and resources with the Ukraine and Moldova over the Crimea and the Trans-Dneister are all thoroughly examined. With new issues like energy security, terrorism and transnational crime, and older tensions between East and West threatening to deepen once more, this is an important contribution to the international security literature.

Britain's Oceanic Empire: Atlantic and Indian Ocean Worlds, c.1550-1850 by Professor H. V. Bowen, Dr Elizabeth Mancke and Dr John G. Reid
English | ISBN: 110702014X | 2012 | PDF | 484 pages | 6 MB
This pioneering comparative study of British imperialism in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds draws on the perspectives of British newcomers overseas and their native hosts, of metropolitan officials and corporate enterprises, migrants and settlers.
Leading scholars examine the divergences and commonalities in the legal and economic regimes that allowed Britain to project imperium across the globe. They explore the nature of sovereignty and law, governance and regulation, diplomacy, military relations and commerce, shedding new light on the processes of expansion that influenced the making of empire. While acknowledging the distinctions and divergences in imperial endeavours in Asia and the Americas - not least in terms of the size of indigenous populations, technical and cultural differences, and approaches to indigenous polities - this book argues that these differences must be seen in the context of what Britons overseas shared, including constitutional principles, claims of sovereignty, disciplinary regimes and military attitudes.

David Stahel, "Kiev 1941: Hitler's Battle for Supremacy in the East"
English | 2012 | ISBN-10: 110701459X, 1107610141 | 486 pages | PDF | 6,7 MB
In just four weeks in the summer of 1941 the German Wehrmacht wrought unprecedented destruction on four Soviet armies, conquering central Ukraine and killing or capturing three quarters of a million men. This was the Battle of Kiev - one of the largest and most decisive battles of World War II and, for Hitler and Stalin, a battle of crucial importance. For the first time, David Stahel charts the battle's dramatic course and aftermath, uncovering the irreplaceable losses suffered by Germany's 'panzer groups' despite their battlefield gains, and the implications of these losses for the German war effort. He illuminates the inner workings of the German army as well as the experiences of ordinary soldiers, showing that with the Russian winter looming and Soviet resistance still unbroken, victory came at huge cost and confirmed the turning point in Germany's war in the East.

The Daring Dozen: 12 Special Forces Legends of World War II
Osprey Publishing | 2012 | ISBN-13: 978 1849088428 | ISBN-10: 184908842X | 305 Pages | PDF | 1,5 MB

Tanks (Modern Military Techniques)
1986 | ISBN: 0583310052 | English | 47 Pages | PDF | 20 MB