History of Terror: Documenting Global Conflicts
The History of Terror Series provides an insightful look into terrorism and its impact on world events. Pair it with the Cold War 1945-1991 series for a comprehensive understanding of 20th century conflict.
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Battle of Manila
Nadir of Japanese Barbarism, 3 February – 3 March 1945
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526729057
Pub Date: 2019-05-16
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
128 Pages
Nearly four years of brutal Japanese occupation in WW2 has dimmed Manila’s lustre. The Philippine capital, surrounding an old Spanish fortress, was once a glittering jewel among America’s overseas possessions. And now a vast Allied army led by the indomitable MacArthur is ready to take it back from the Japanese.
Zulu Terror
The Mfecane Holocaust, 1815–1840
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526728890
Pub Date: 2019-05-09
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
128 Pages
When the wagons of the Voortrekkers – the Boers, those hardy descendants of the Dutch – moved into the southern African interior in 1836, on the Great Trek, their epic journey to escape British control at the Cape, the wheels of their wagons crunched over carpets of skeletons of those slain in the Mfecane.
Irgun
Revisionist Zionism, 1931–1948
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526728692
Pub Date: 2019-04-17
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
128 Pages
In October 1944, the US Office of Strategic Services described the Irgun Tsvai Leumi – National Military Organization – as ‘an underground, quasi-military organization with headquarters in Palestine … fanatical Zionists who wish to convert Palestine and Transjordan into an independent Jewish state … advocate the use of force both against the ...
Masada
Mass Suicide in the First Jewish-Roman War, c. AD 73
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526728975
Pub Date: 2019-04-17
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
128 Pages
In the spring of 73 AD the rock fortress of Masada on the western shore of the Dead Sea was the site of an event that was breathtaking in its courage and self-sacrifice. Here the last of the Jewish Zealots who, for nearly eight years, had waged war against the Roman occupiers of their country made their last stand.
Northern Ireland: The Troubles
From The Provos to The Det, 1968–1998
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526729170
Pub Date: 2018-07-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
128 Pages
It is, of course, no secret that undercover Special Forces and intelligence agencies operated in Northern Ireland and the Republic throughout the ‘troubles’, from 1969 to 2001 and beyond. What is less well known is how these units were recruited, how they operated, what their mandate was and what they actually did. This is the first account to reve
Sierra Leone: Revolutionary United Front
Blood Diamonds, Child Soldiers and Cannibalism, 1991–2002
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526728777
Pub Date: 2018-12-21
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
128 Pages
Sierra Leone’s eleven-year guerrilla war – that left 200,000 people dead – was brief, bloody and mindlessly brutal. It was also the second African war in which mercenaries were hired to counter some of the worst atrocities that Africa had on offer.
Daesh
Islamic State’s Holy War
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526728814
Pub Date: 2018-11-05
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
128 Pages
Anthony Tucker-Jones is only too familiar with the modern architects of terror. For the past decade and a half he has worked as the terrorism and security correspondent for the highly respected intersec – The Journal of International Security. During that time he has written extensively on al Qaeda and Daesh. This book draws on his experience to as
Russian Civil War
Red Terror, White Terror, 1917–1922
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526728616
Pub Date: 2018-10-09
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
128 Pages
The Russian Revolution is remembered as the catalyst for the bloody conflict between the Reds and the Whites as each side tried to gain control of the country. The effect of the revolution and the civil war went far beyond the borders of the enormous Russian Empire and far beyond the end of the Great War and the civil war, not least of all whom the
Battle of Manila
Nadir of Japanese Barbarism, 3 February – 3 March 1945
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526729057
Pub Date: 2019-05-16
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
128 Pages
Zulu Terror
The Mfecane Holocaust, 1815–1840
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526728890
Pub Date: 2019-05-09
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
128 Pages
Irgun
Revisionist Zionism, 1931–1948
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526728692
Pub Date: 2019-04-17
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
128 Pages
Masada
Mass Suicide in the First Jewish-Roman War, c. AD 73
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526728975
Pub Date: 2019-04-17
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
128 Pages
Northern Ireland: The Troubles
From The Provos to The Det, 1968–1998
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526729170
Pub Date: 2018-07-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
128 Pages
Sierra Leone: Revolutionary United Front
Blood Diamonds, Child Soldiers and Cannibalism, 1991–2002
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526728777
Pub Date: 2018-12-21
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
128 Pages
Daesh
Islamic State’s Holy War
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526728814
Pub Date: 2018-11-05
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
128 Pages
Russian Civil War
Red Terror, White Terror, 1917–1922
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526728616
Pub Date: 2018-10-09
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
128 Pages