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"During World War II, Croatia became a fascist state under the control of the Croatian Fascist Party - allied with the Nazi Party in Germany. Here, Goran Miljan examines and analyzes for the first time the ideology, practices and international connections of the Ustasha Youth organization"--

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For most of World War II, British tank development remained faithful to the design philosophy inaugurated during World War I.

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Less than three years after Oliver Cromwell's magnificent funeral in 1658 his corpse was removed from Westminster Abbey and 'executed' at Tyburn. This gruesome ceremony launched Cromwell's head on three centuries of extraordinary adventures. This work tells the story of the head's remarkable journey.

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Explores a new area of Cromwellian studies that has not been fully explored before and covers a wide range of both domestic and international research. Its wide chronological and geographical range make it attractive to those interested in the history of other periods and countries, as well as to students of early modern Britain. -- .

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Explores a new area of Cromwellian studies that has not been fully explored before and covers a wide range of both domestic and international research. Its wide chronological and geographical range make it attractive to those interested in the history of other periods and countries, as well as to students of early modern Britain. -- .

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This is a study of the rule of Cromwell's major-generals over England and Wales during the 1655 and 1656, a period which had a dramatic impact upon contemporaries and has remained a powerful symbol of military rule down to the 21st century.

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Christianity and European-style monarchy--the cross and the scepter--were introduced to Scandinavia in the tenth century, a development that was to have profound implications for all of Europe. Cross and Scepter is a concise history of the Scandinavian kingdoms from the age of the Vikings to the Reformation, written by Scandinavia's leading medieva

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US involvement in Central America during the 1980s clearly demonstrated the costs, risks, and limits to intervention and the use of force in internal conflicts. This title provides a contribution to irregular warfare theory through an examination of the origins, strategic dynamics, and termination of the Sandinista insurrection in Nicaragua.

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This collection of essays offers a radical re-evaluation of the nature of crowds and popular protest in the early modern period -- .

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The history of Sydney's pioneering maternity hospital is also a history of medical care for women in Australia, from the days of untrained midwives to alternative birthing units.

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Explores the multiple connections between European monarchs and their overseas colonies

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The most mobile army in the world in 1940, the German Army was the least mobile by 1944, and Hitler's stand fast and fortified place policies imposed a paralysis that neither senior German generals nor the High Command of the Army were able to overcome.

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This wide-ranging study of medieval Europe's response to the challenge of Islam examines the relationship between ideas of crusade and mission, between European projects for military conquest and those for the conversion of Muslims to Christianity. Covering the years from the emergence of Islam to the fourteenth century, Benjamin Z. Kedar discusses

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Of all the castles constructed by Western Europeans during the Middle Ages, none have caught the public imagination so much as Crusader castles.

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The Teutonic Knights were the most warlike of the religious orders, and this is reflected in the architecture they left behind. This work tells the history of spectacular fortresses from their inception through to their eventual decline and fall.

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Founded in the late 12th century, the order of the Teutonic Knights was to play a major role during the crusades, both in the Holy Land and Northern Europe. This work studies the stone fortifications built by the order in their attempts to pacify and convert Livonia.

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Presents various aspects of warfare during the period of the crusades within the cultures most directly involved. This volume looks at Christian and in a few cases "pagan" armies whose actions or mere existence in sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia, had a bearing upon military, political and economic relations between Christendom and Islam.

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Focuses on those non-Christian cultures which were most directly involved in the Crusades. This volume presents aspects of warfare and the historical, cultural and economic background of the Islamic military during a much neglected period.

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Written by some of the best-known independent scholars, citizen journalists, cyber-activists, and bloggers living in Cuba today, this book presents a critical, complete, and unbiased overview of contemporary Cuba.