Diese Gesamtgeschichte des Ersten Weltkriegs ist konkurrenzlos. Noch nie wurde die Urkatastrophe des 20. Jahrhunderts so vielschichtig erzählt: europäisch vergleichend, global in der Perspektive, souverän in der Darstellung.

In 2014, a well-trained, mysterious band of mercenaries arrived in Ukraine, part of Russia's first attempt to claim the country as its own. Upon ceasefire, the ‘Wagner Group’ faded back into shadow, only to reemerge in the Middle East, where they'd go toe-to-toe with the U.S., and in Africa, where they'd earn praise for ‘tough measures’ against insurgencies yet spark outrage for looting,...

Full title: Chetvertaia mirovaia voina. Informatsionno-analiticheskii spravochnik po negosudarstvennym voenizirovannym sistemam.

The author writes that the end of the Cold War lead to hope of a more stable world. But the NATO bloc ignored Moscow's protest's, expanded eastward towards Russia's borders. Only with the rise of Putin did hope appear about Russia's resurgence.

Full title: Voenno-promyshlennyi kompleks Kuibyshevskoi oblasti v gody velikoi otechestvennoi voiny (1941-1945 gg.) Sbornik dokumentov

Эта книга рассказывает, как в Донбассе появилась небольшая группировка профессиональных убийц, «зачищавших» регион от неугодных Кремлю полевых командиров, — и как эти наемники превратились в параллельную армию, которая в конце концов подняла бунт. Ее авторы — журналисты Илья Барабанов, одним из первых узнавший о существовании ЧВК, и Денис Коротков, рассказавший о том, как с ней связан «повар...

Following the imposition of Habsburg rule on Ottoman Bosnia in 1878, a new garrison was constructed in the old citadel of Trebinje. By using a micro-historical approach, this innovative book tells the story of the garrison in times of peace and war, describing the way in which the Austro-Hungarian administration rapidly transformed Trebinje into a tree-lined city dominated by the army.

Examines the tactics and methods of coup leaders across the world.

This book by the renowned military historian and writer A.V. Shishov is dedicated to the military conflicts of the 20th century, from the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 to the Chechen conflict of 1991-2006. It covers all significant interstate conflicts (so-called local wars) of the past century, as well as civil wars, national liberation movements, rebellions, coups, and religious and ethnic...

Das bekannteste und folgenreichste Gefecht in der Geschichte der Bundeswehr fand am Karfreitag, dem 2. April 2010, bei Kunduz statt. Deutsche Soldaten gerieten in einen Hinterhalt und kämpften mehr als acht Stunden gegen eine Überzahl von Taliban. Drei Soldaten fielen, fünf wurden verwundet, sechs afghanische Soldaten kamen durch »friendly fire« der Deutschen ums Leben. Zwei Tage später...