The German Way of War

Robert M. Citino (University Press of Kansas)

An account of 300 years of Prussian and German military history, from the Thirty Years’ War to the Third Reich, which focuses on operational warfare to reveal the continuity in German military campaigns that relied, above all, on swift and decisive military operations.

SUMMARY: Fighting for the Cross: crusading to the holy land

Norman Housley
Yale University Press

The story of the experience of individuals who took part in the crusades, which considers the challenges of raising and transporting the combatants from Europe to the East and the complications presented by non-combatant pilgrims.

The Art of War: Great Commanders of the Ancient and Medieval Worlds

Andrew Roberts
Quercus

A chronological survey of the lives and careers of the fifty greatest military commanders of the ancient and medieval worlds, from Julius Caesar to Judas Maccabeus, from Belisarius to Bohemond and from Trajan to Tamerlane.

The Press Gang: Naval impressment and its opponents in Georgian Britain

Nicholas Rogers
Continuum

A study of the press gang, the regulating officers and gangs of the Royal Navy who were sent out to find recruits to man its fleets, of how it worked, whom it was aimed at and why and how many people opposed its activities.

Summary: Russia’s Peasants in Revolution and Civil War: 1914-1922

Aaron B. Retish
Cambridge University Press

The evolution of peasant society and peasants’ conceptions of themselves as citizens in the Soviet nation, from the First World War to the end of the Civil War, in a period of total war, mass revolutionary politics and civil breakdown.

Messenger of Death: Capt Nolan & the Charge of the Light Brigade

David Buttery
Pen & Sword

A biography of the man remembered as the captain who ordered the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War, which provides a reassessment of the life of Captain Louis Nolan and his role in the Charge.

Mavericks: Commanders Who Changed the Course of History

Robert Harvey
Constable

Based on twelve individual portraits, an insight into the minds and actions of military mavericks, such as Clive of India, George Washington, Horatio Nelson, and George Patton, who helped change the course of military history.

We Will Not Fight… The Untold Story of World War One’s Conscientious Objectors

Will Ellsworth-Jones
Aurum

The tale of the British men who refused to fight in the First World War, at the heart of which lies the story of Bert Brocklesby, who was sentenced to death for refusing to join the army.

The Western Front, Richard Holmes (BBC Books)

A new edition of Holmes’ classic text, which covers the creation of the Western Front and the experiences of the British Army in France, and clarifies some of the complexities of the Western Front.

Survivors’ Songs from Maldon to the Somme, Jon Stallworthy (Cambridge University Press)

A study of poetic encounters with war including essays on Brooke, Sassoon and Owen, which places the poetry and prose of the First World War and its aftermath in the wider context of writing about warfare.