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One of the great untold Canadian military stories revolves around the eastern seaport of Sydney, Nova Scotia. Guardian of the Gulf offers a vivid and long overdue account of Sydney harbour's role, and the importance of its coal deposits, in North Atlantic strategy and military operations from the Anglo-French wars in the eighteenth century to the end of the Cold War in the 1990s.More than two centuries of activity in and around Sydney harbour came to a head during the world wars, when Sydney became a major convoy port in the merchant-ship lifeline that sustained Britain with supplies from North America. Essential to the air and naval forces that pursued German submarines in the waters off the coast of Canada, Sydney was also an imporatant industrial centre that produced enormous quantities of critically important coal and steel. Exploring the roles of army, navy, air force, and merchant marine, Tennyson and Sarty offer richly detailed information on garrisons, fortifications, base development, and maritime warfare.Set against the Backdrop of national and alliance policymaking in London, Ottawa, and Washington, the story moves deftly between the larger and smaller pictures, making this a work of both colourful immediacy and broad interpretation.Winner of the 2000 Keith Matthews Award for Best Book, awarded by Canadian Nautical Research Society.

DISCOUNT-C. --- HISTORY / Military / Strategy. --- Sydney (N.S.) --- History, Military. --- Strategic aspects.

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Religious warfare has been a recurrent feature of European history. In this intelligent and readable new study, the distinguished Crusade historian Norman Housley describes and analyses the principal expressions of holy war in the period from the Hussite wars to the first generation of the Reformation. The context was one of both challenge and expansion. The Ottoman Turks posed an unprecedented external threat to the 'Christian republic', while doctrinal dissent, constant warfare between states, and rebellion eroded it from within. Professor Housley shows how in these circumstances the propensity to sanctify warfare took radically different forms. At times warfare between national communities was shaped by convictions of 'sacred patriotism', either in defending God-given native land or in the pursuit of messianic programmes abroad. Insurrectionary activity, espceially when driven by apocalyptic expectations, was a second important type of religious war. In the 1420s and early 1430s the Hussites waged war successfully in defence of what they believed to be 'God's Law'.; And some frontier communities depicted their struggle against non-believers as religious war by reference to crusading ideas and habits of thought. Professor Housley pinpoints what these conflicts had in common in the ways the combatants perceived their own role, their demonization of their opponents, and the ongoing critique of religious war in all its forms. This is a major contribution to both Crusade history and the study of the Wars of Religion of the early modern period. Professor Housley explores the interaction between Crusade and religious war in the broader sense, and argues that the religious violence of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was organic, in the sens that it sprang from deeply rooted proclivities within European society.

Military art and science --- History --- Europe --- Europe --- Europe --- Europe --- History --- History --- Church history. --- History, Military.

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Mughal Warfare offers a much-needed new survey of the military history of Mughal India during the age of imperial splendour from 1500 to 1700. Jos Gommans looks at warfare as an integrated aspect of pre-colonial Indian society.Based on a vast range of primary sources from Europe and India, this thorough study explores the wider geo-political, cultural and institutional context of the Mughal military. Gommans also details practical and technological aspects of combat, such as gunpowder technologies and the animals used in battle. His comparative analysis throws new light on much-co

Artillery --- Military art and science --- History. --- 16th century. --- 17th century. --- Artillery. --- India. --- Military art and science. --- Mogul Empire - History, Military. --- South Asia --- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- History --- Mogul Empire --- History, Military. --- Fighting --- Military power --- Military science --- Warfare --- Warfare, Primitive --- Naval artillery --- Moghul Empire --- Mughal Empire --- Mugala Empire --- Naval art and science --- War --- Armies --- Gunnery --- Shooting, Military --- Ordnance

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This well-documented study of the Roman army provides a crucial aid to understanding the Roman Empire in economic, social and political terms. Employing numerous examples, Brian Campbell explores the development of the Roman army and the expansion of the Roman Empire from 31 BC-280 AD.When Augustus established a permanent, professional army, this implied a role for the Emperor as a military leader. Warfare and Society in Imperial Rome examines this personal association between army and emperor, and argues that the Emperor's position as commander remained much the same for the next

Emperors --- Military art and science --- War and society --- Society and war --- War --- Sociology --- Civilians in war --- Sociology, Military --- Fighting --- Military power --- Military science --- Warfare --- Warfare, Primitive --- Naval art and science --- Duties --- Social aspects --- Rome --- History, Military --- Politics and government --- Duties.

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This is the authoritative reference on samurai life and warfare published outside of Japan.

Samurai --- Daimyo --- History. --- Japan --- History, Military. --- History --- J4202.10 --- J4880.40 --- J4880.60 --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- communities -- social classes and groups -- samurai, bushi --- Japan: Defense and military -- history -- Kamakura period, Yoshino (1185-1392) and Chūsei in general (1185-1600) --- Japan: Defense and military -- history -- Kinsei, Edo, Tokugawa period, early modern (1600-1867)