Titres dans Militaire

Voici l'histoire époustouflante d'un jeune séminariste plongé, à l'aube de la seconde guerre mondiale, dans la sinistre légion de Hitler.

Between 1861 and 1865, the clash of the greatest armies the Western hemisphere had ever seen turned small towns, little-known streams, and obscure meadows in the American countryside into names we will always remember. In those great battles, those streams ran red with blood-and the United States was truly born.

For fans of Master Slave Husband Wife and Django Unchained comes the extraordinary forgotten story of an event known in its day as “the first shots of the Civil War,” from the New York Times bestselling author of Dr. Mütter’s Marvels. The year, 1851. The place, a Quaker farming community...

New York Times best-selling author Michael Dobbs reconstructs the thrilling inside story of the climactic nuclear crisis of the Cold War, revealing the tension between “the human in the loop” and the algorithms that could trigger World War III. The year is 1983. Ronald Reagan is obsessed by...

A gripping historical account about the harrowing struggles of Japanese immigrants in the US during the years leading to World War II. In 1872, a new Japanese government’s first diplomatic delegation to the United States was greeted with rapturous welcome in San Francisco. For over ten days of...

This work traces the life and metamorphosis of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, from his exile and the profession of war to the governance of Valencia and his consecration as a literary hero. In this volume, documented biography, the art of the Cantar de Mio Cid, and the power practices of the 11th century are interwoven to reveal a leader who turned the kept word, public justice, and the care of water into tools of governance.

Les Presses Universitaires de France et Frémeaux & Associés proposent cette biographie de Lénine, analysée et expliquée Jean-Jacques Marie, historien français spécialiste de l'URSS. Vladimir Ilitch Oulianov, alias Lénine, l'une des figures les plus influentes du XXe siècle, va orchestrer la révolution russe et du même coup changer la face du monde. Mais qui était ce révolutionnaire avant les événements de 1917 ?

In the tradition of Shadow Divers and The Wager,the incredible true story of the pirate slave ship Guerrero,which wrecked in the Florida Keys, and the scuba divers who tracked it down nearly 200 years later. In 1827, the brig Guerrero was racing across the Florida Straits with 561 kidnapped...

Khalida Popal, de aanvoerder en medeoprichter van het team, kwam al eerder met de Taliban in aanraking. Bij haar terugkeer in Afghanistan in 2007 richtte ze het vrouwenelftal op, dat haar een gevoel van macht, vrijheid en kameraadschap gaf. Na de val van Kabul in de zomer van 2021 is Khalida veilig, maar haar achtergebleven teamgenoten niet. Samen met een klein maar machtig netwerk van bondgenoten orkestreert ze een evacuatieactie om haar team in veiligheid te brengen.

He wore the uniform. He carried the weight. But the heaviest battle was in his soul. Broken Boots, Redeemed Soul: A Veteran’s War with Sin and Salvation is a raw, faith-filled memoir by U.S. Army veteran Brian Lofton. This powerful story walks through the trauma, addiction, and shame that followed his military service—and the grace that pulled him out.

Every Conflict Turns on a Single, Decisive Moment. History is not a slow, inevitable tide. It is a series of explosive fractures—a spark of defiance, a white flag of capitulation, a covert act of destruction. These are the pivot points upon which the fate of empires, revolutions, and wars are balanced. STRIFE! journeys into the heart of these critical turning points.

Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer told the story of the man who built the bomb. The Light of a Thousand Suns tells the story he couldn't see—the grandmother who became a shadow on stone, the doctor who crawled through the ruins searching for his wife, the children who played in radioactive snow, and the soldiers who watched their own skeletons through closed eyelids.

Former Navy SEAL Phillip Koontz provides an authentic perspective on his journey in the Navy Special Warfare Command in The Truth Behind My Trident: Overcoming Life and Business Obstacles the Navy SEAL Way. Koontz tells the true stories of his journey leading up to, during, and after his time with the SEALs. He demonstrates how the lessons learned through those trials and tribulations can arm you with the tools to overcome the personal and professional obstacles in your life.

In 1944, the OSS created a field manual teaching ordinary citizens how to disrupt enemy operations through simple, untraceable acts. When declassified in 2008, business consultants made a startling discovery: these "sabotage" techniques perfectly described toxic workplace behaviors.

In The Guerrilla Warfare Manual, Shahzad Kayani delivers the most complete and direct guide to modern asymmetric warfare. This is not a history book. It is a detailed tactical blueprint for irregular fighters, off grid resistance members, and anyone preparing for a future where the rules of war and survival no longer apply.

In this new military-focused study, renowned World War II historian Robert Forczyk traces the development and operations of the Wehrmacht from the announcement of rearmament in 1935 to the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938. He examines the critical trends and events in this period, including the growth of the new Panzer arm, as well as competing priorities with the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine.

Against the wishes of Hitler, German forces under Erich von Manstein were forced to retreat following the failure of the Kursk offensive of July 1943. The race to the natural defensive line was on, with the Soviets launching one of their largest offensives of the war – with over 2 million men on the move. Robert Forczyk describes the dramatic four-month campaign that saw the Red Army not only succeed in crossing the Dnepr at multiple points, but also liberate Kiev, capital of the Ukraine.

The diminutive Finnish force was desperately outnumbered by almost half a million Russian troops, but rather than sweeping across their neighbours the Soviet troops stumbled blindly, constantly wrong-footed and then bloodied by their seemingly insignificant foe. Drawing on a wide range of sources this study looks at three key battles, drawing a stark contrast between the poorly prepared Russian troops and the Finns, who made excellent use of terrain and innovative guerrilla tactics as they defended their homeland.

When the Second World War began, Theodor Meron was a Jewish-born boy of just nine. He survived ghettos, camps, and unimaginable atrocities, but lost most of his family, finding sanctuary in British Palestine after the Holocaust. Now, more than eight decades later, Judge Meron is a recognized world leader in both the scholarship and practice of international criminal justice—having served as the president of three UN tribunals, delivering landmark decisions on genocide and war crimes.

Winston Churchill, der Mann mit der ewigen Zigarre und dem Victory-V, ist der wohl bekannteste Unbekannte unserer Geschichte. Ohne ihn hätte Deutschland nicht vom Nationalsozialismus befreit werden können. Sein aufregendes Leben mit allen Licht- und Schattenseiten gilt es aber noch zu entdecken. Gestützt auf neue Archivfunde, erzählt Dietmar Pieper, wie stark Churchills Werdegang über Jahrzehnte von seinem Verhältnis zu Deutschland geprägt war – schon sein Aufstieg zum Marineminister vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg war eine Reaktion auf die Kanonenbootpolitik des Kaiserreichs unter Wilhelm II.