Daniel Marston Libros

The book offers an in-depth analysis of the Indian army's influence and actions in the critical period leading to Partition after World War II. It explores the complexities of military involvement in political transitions, highlighting how the army's role shaped the socio-political landscape of India during this tumultuous time. Through detailed accounts and historical context, it sheds light on the interactions between military forces and emerging national identities.

At the beginning of the 18th century, America was a colonized land with European countries squabbling over its many natural resources. In 1754, the French-Indian War broke out as a decisive battle between the French and British for control of North America. Britain's victory led to greater governmental involvement in the American colonies that developed into rebellion in 1775. Following the American Revolution, the USA and Britain shared an uneasy peace that erupted in war again in 1812; the ensuing conflict tore through the American frontier. This book examines the wars in North America from the French-Indian War until the end of the War of 1812, which brought lasting peace between Britain and the United States.

Through history armies of occupation and civil power have been repeatedly faced with the challenges of insurgency. US involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan has highlighted this form of conflict in the modern world. Armies, sometimes reluctantly, have had to adopt new doctrines and tactics to deal with the problems of insurgency and diverse counterinsurgency strategies have been developed. These have ranged from conventional military operations to a combination of military and political strategy including propaganda, Psy-Ops, and other approaches. In Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare 13 contributors examine developments in counterinsurgency from the early 20th century to the present. Each author, an expert in his field, discusses in depth the conduct and outcomes of operations across the globe, including the Arab-Israeli conflict, Afghanistan and Iraq, and draws out the lessons to be learned from them

Updated and revised, with full-colour maps and new images throughout, this is a concise study of the American Revolutionary WarThe American Revolution, or the American War of Independence, has been characterized politically as a united political uprising of the American colonies and militarily as a guerrilla campaign of colonists against the inflexible British military establishment. In this book, Daniel Marston argues that this belief, though widespread, is a misconception. He contends that the American Revolution, in reality, created deep political divisions in the population of the Thirteen Colonies, while militarily pitting veterans of the Seven Years' War against one another, in a conflict that combined guerrilla tactics and classic eighteenth century campaign techniques on both sides. The peace treaty of 1783 that brought an end to the war marked the formal beginning of the United States of America as an independent political entity.

Okolnostmi, za nichž byla vedena válka v Pacifiku, se v této publikaci zabývá dvanáct renomovaných historiků, kteří přinášejí na dějinné události nový a neotřelý pohled. Každý z autorů pojednává ve své kapitole o jednom z aspektů tohoto válečného konfliktu, od plánování operací až po zkušenosti vojáků nasazených v boji, od útoku na Pearl Harbor po zničení měst Hirošima a Nagasaki atomovou bombou. Přehledného průvodce událostmi, které zásadně ovlivnily vývoj tažení v Tichomoří, sestavil Daniel Marston, respektovaný odborník na vojenskou historii. Spolu s dvanácti dalšími přispěvateli vytvořil ojedinělý, kritikou oceňovaný sborník, jenž přináší srovnání pohledů na druhou část druhé světové války odehrávající se v oblasti Pacifiku z americké, japonské, australské a britské perspektivy. Jde o skvělou knihu pro každého, kdo zná základní fakta o válce v Pacifiku, ale rád by své znalosti prohloubil.