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Employing primary sources and the latest research, this fully illustrated study vividly examines the pitched battles between the Greeks and their Persian opponents during the Greco-Persian Wars.

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The Ancient Greeks were the first to put forward a rational system of medicine allowing for purely natural causes and symptoms. The aim of this book is to provide a collection and translation of some of the source material on the subject in an accessible form.

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Historians, classicists, and archeologists will welcome Professor Turner's lucid introduction to the field of Greek papyrology. The relatively recent rediscovery of Greek (and Latin) texts on papyrus has made possible greatly improved editions of classic works and has provided a deeper understanding of life in classical times. Professor Turner cons

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First published as 'Greek Sanctuaries: an introduction' in 2007.

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This book does not aim to be an archeological survey of any particular theater; it is concerned with the general characteristics of fifth-century production such as the playing space available and the nature of the permanent decoration.

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This book brings together reference material and primary source documents concerning the most important people, places, events, and technologies of Classical Greek warfare in one easy-to-use volume-an invaluable resource for students, educators, and general readers interested in this compelling subject.

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This text on Greek warfare ranges from the concrete details of conducting raids, battles and sieges to more theoretical questions about the causes, costs, and consequences of warfare in archaic and classical Greece.

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Discusses those areas of Greek life - sexuality and sexual roles; slavery and war; and, philosophy and politics - that some modern critics have made into contested sites. This title claims the importance of those core ideas the Greeks invented, ideas about human fate and purpose that have shaped the modern world.

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Greeks and Parthians investigates urban life across Mesopotamia through to the end of the Parthian Empire. It examines several major ancient cities and establishes that Greek influence was not as pervasive as has been commonly believed.

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Journalist Osmar White's gripping story of the Australian and American forces' struggle against the Japanese invasion of New Guinea in 1942-43 is stark, vivid, chilling.

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Vietnam was the US Special Forces most complex and controversial mission, one that began in 1957 and ended in 1973. This volume offers an examination of the training, life, weapons and combat experiences of the Special Forces soldier in the challenging environment of Vietnam.

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Text in English, captions to col. ill also in French and German.

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This title takes us into the life of a World War II German navy U-boat crewman, serving on a type VIIc U-boat. It charts his recruitment, training, service conditions and combat experiences from 1939 to the war's end - and includes tales of how sailors were deployed in the final days of the war.

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The Spitfire XII and XIV squadrons were moved to south-eastern England in mid-1944 to counter the V1 flying bomb offensive, when Spitfire XIV pilots pioneered the technique of tipping the V1 over with the aircraft's wingtip to disorientate the bomb. This volume describes the Griffon Spitfire Aces.

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In Ground in Stone: Landscape, Social Identity, and Ritual Space on the High Plains, Elizabeth Lynch examines the insights and challenges of bedrock ground stone research in archaeological inquiry.