Author Description

This new set will appeal to all military history buffs. The Oxford Companion to American Military History is a comprehensive one-volume reference work on U.S. military history, ranging from Bunker Hill to Khe Sanh, with extensive coverage of the social and cultural impact of war. A lavishly illustratved volume, The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern War offers an authoritative overview of military conflict over several centuries, with fascinating thematic chapters covering air and sea warfare, combat experience, technology, and even opposition to war.