A pulsating account of the young RAF and American fighter boys who flew Spitfires, Hurricanes, Thunderbolts and Mustangs during 1940-45. It is unique in that the story is told using first person accounts from RAF, German and American 'Eagles' who fought in the skies over England in the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940 and the great air offensives over occupied-Europe from 1942 onwards. The first five and a half chapters cover the Battle of Britain period when the RAF squadrons fought dog fights with the Luftwaffe and then fought them in gathering strength using the 'Big Wings to meet the bomber fleets attacking London. The second part of the book covers the Eagle squadron period, which was expanded with America's entry into the war. The action moves to the USAAF 'Big Wings' of Thunderbolts and Mustang fighters that flew escort missions and dueled with the Luftwaffe over the continent during the massive bomber raids on German targets in France, the Low Countries and the Reich itself. A whole host of incredible first hand accounts by British, Polish, Czech, German and American fighter pilots permeate the action and describe the aerial battles as only they can. This unique book also includes many accounts and photos that have not previously been seen before while the rich mix of combat accounts from all sides are brought together for the first time in one volume.

During the final battles on World War II's Western Front, the legendary German Tiger I heavy tank clashed with the brand-new M26 Pershing fielded by the United States. The Tiger I had earned a formidable reputation by the end of 1944, although its non-sloped armour and poor mobility meant it was being superseded by the Tiger II or 'King Tiger'. While the Tiger I had been in the front lines since 1942, the US Pershing first entered combat in late February 1945, and more than 20 Pershings would see action before war's end.
This book examines the dramatic Tiger/Pershing duel at Elsdorf in Germany, and also assesses the clashes between German armour and the sole 'Super Pershing' deployed to Europe. Featuring full-colour artwork, carefully chosen photographs and specially commissioned maps, this is the story of the first US heavy tanks in combat with the fearsome Tiger I during the last months of World War II in Europe.

By the fall of 1944 the Western Allies appeared to be having it all their own way. The summer's Normandy invasion had finally succeeded and the Germans had been driven out of northern France and most of the Low Countries. In September the invasion of France's southern coast had met less opposition and Allied divisions had begun lining up along the Rhine. But while the Americans were about to meet a nasty surprise in the Ardennes, the Germans never did let go of the province of Alsace, and in a hard pocket around the city of Colmar continued to resist. On New Year's Eve they launched a counteroffensive, Operation Northwind, that nearly put Allied forces back on their heels. While the Allies were eventually able to take care of their Ardennes problem the Colmar one still remained. On January 12, 1945, Eisenhower could only tell George Marshall, "It is a very bad thorn in our side today." This is the story of the Sixth Army Group (7th US & 1st French Armies) which fought on the southern flank of the SHAEF front. The French had multiple problems during this campaign so that increasing number of US divisions needed to take part. In the process the 3rd and 28th Infantry Divisions, and 10th and 14th Armored, among others were able to cover themselves with heroism, though hardly less than the threadbare German 19th Army, which bravely resisted against enormous odds until finally the west bank of the Rhine was cleared. Amidst a horrific winter and rough terrain, interspersed by demolished towns, both sides traded blows in a ferocious campaign often neglected in histories of the war. This book informs us fully of the tremendous and costly struggle waged on that often-neglected sector of the front.

Originally published anonymously in 1941, this was the first and finest story of a fighter pilot in World War Two. Based on the author's personal journal, it is the classic account of the part played by RAF No.1 Squadron in the air battles that preceded the fall of France in 1940. Beginning on the day the squadron arrived in France, the book recounts the unnerving lull of the 'Sitzkrieg' and the sudden crescendo of violence and crushing fatigue of almost non-stop combats during the 'Blitzkrieg'. Imbued with the Great War traditions of chivalry, Richey and his comrades accorded the enemy fighter squadron mercy and respect, until the disillusion of witnessing the Luftwaffe's callous attacks on helpless refugees changed all that. It was then that the skills and elan of the RAF's premier fighter squadron were turned to even greater account, and the result was a remarkable combat record. By the time they withdrew from France on 18 June 1940, No.1 Squadron had destroyed a total of 155 enemy aircraft, 114 of them in only ten days - for the loss of three pilots killed, two wounded, and one prisoner of war. As Paul Richey wrote: "It seems - and I believed it was - a miracle."

In the field of military history as in so many others, the Chinese have often been both admired and seen as something utterly mysterious and inscrutable. Chris Peers illuminates the evolution of the military art in China with reference to ten battles, spanning more than 2,000 years, from the Battle of Mu in 1027BC to the Fall of Chung Tu in 1215 AD. Selected both for their historical importance and for the light which they shed on weapons and tactics, the author uses these examples to discuss the many myths still current in the West about ancient Chinese warfare: for example that the Chinese were an unwarlike people, always preferring subterfuge over the use of force; or that they were essentially defensive minded, relying on works such as the Great Wall. On the other hand, a recent reaction to this dismissive attitude portrays China as technologically far in advance of the West. Battles of Ancient China shows that none of these stereotypes are accurate. Comparison with contemporary Western practice is a major theme of the book which adds a new perspective not developed in the author's previous works on the subject

1805年10月21日，作为拿破仑与英国之间一系列博弈的结果，由纳尔逊率领的英国舰队与法国-西班牙联合舰队在西班牙特拉法尔加角外的海面相遇。激烈的战斗了持续5小时，法西联合舰队遭受决定性打击，主帅维尔纳夫被俘，而英军主帅纳尔逊海军中将也在战斗中阵亡。 这场海战被视为海军史上最为著名、最为辉煌的胜利。
《特拉法尔加战役》是一部关于1805年特拉法尔加海战的全景战史。作者科贝特兼具海军历史学家与海军战略学家的双重身份，他的著作将细节的把握与精密的思考相联系，通过对这场著名海上战役的通贯叙述,呈现出拿破仑战争时代庞大纷繁的政治军事史图景，在字里行间又流露出关于海军战略原则的种种思绪。
科贝特写作本书时使用了大量档案文件（政府档案及海军部档案）及参与战斗的舰艇日记、航海日志、将领的书信等一手材料，再加上对当时战略环境、英法两国的斗争、海军将领们的行动的描述，还原了特拉法尔加海战发生的时代背景和发生过程，并对海军战略和战术进行了细致的讨论。自1910年首次出版后，该书多次再版，至今仍被公认为对这场海上战役最为精良的研究作品。

The Bismarck is perhaps the most famous - and notorious - warship ever built. Completed in 1941, the 45,000-ton German battleship sank HMS Hood, the pride of the British Navy, during one of the most sensational encounters in naval history. Following the sinking, Bismarck was chased around the North Atlantic by many units of the Royal Navy. She was finally dispatched with gunfire and torpedoes on 27 May, less than five months after her completion. Her wreck still lies where she sank, 4,800m down and 960km off the west coast of France.
Drawing on new research and technology, this edition is the most comprehensive examination of Bismarck ever published. It includes a complete set of detailed line drawings with fully descriptive keys and full-colour 3D artwork, supported by technical details, photographs and text on the building of the ship and a record of the ship's service history.

本书获誉
《星期日泰晤士报》畅销书（Bestselling book of Sunday Times ）
英国亚马逊·英国海军全史畅销书（The bestselling complete history of the British Navy）
Wilson enviably combines a gift for rattling narrative with the lucid expositions of shifting laws, ideas and arguments.
-Boyd Tonkin, THE INDEPENDENT
威尔逊的笔力令人艳羡，他能笔调迅捷地穿梭于权威论述、观念和论据，既引人入胜又纲举目张。
——博伊德•托金，《独立报》
Empire of the Deep by Ben Wilson is an engaging history of the British navy from King Alfred to the Thames pageant at last year's Diamond Jubilee.
-CHOICE MAGAZINE
本•威尔逊的《深蓝帝国》书写了从阿尔弗雷德国王到伊丽莎白女王登基60周年庆典之间引人入胜的故事。
——《选择杂志》
Wonderfully stirring. The tale Wilson has to tell is so exciting, and the bravura with which he recounts it is so infectious, that his case becomes irresistible.
-David McKie, THE GUARDIAN
文气激荡，摄人心魄。此书所述之史激情满溢，威尔逊讲史感染力十足，他的著作有一股无可阻挡的魅力。
——大卫•麦凯，《卫报》
Wilson has a flair amounting almost to genius.
-Hilary Spurling, THE OBSERVER
威尔逊有着天才般卓绝的洞察力。
——希拉里•斯伯林，《观察家报》
Wilson’s ability to tackle great issues…with such assurance and perception suggests that he is a rising star.
- Max Hastings, SUNDAY TIMES
威尔逊讲述大事件的能力……既严谨信实又精辟洞达，他是冉冉上升的新星。
——马克斯•黑斯廷斯，《星期日泰晤士报》
长久以来，英国只是处于欧洲边缘的三流海洋国家，其岛屿四周的海面上全无法纪可言，各种灾厄接踵而至。然而，就是这样一个毫不起眼的岛国，在其发展的过程中，屡次战胜来自四面八方的海上威胁。特拉法尔加海战之后，英国稳坐海洋霸主之位，成为统治世界海洋的强大贸易帝国。最终，它在20世纪丧失这一霸权，其海洋帝国的史诗画上了句点。
《深蓝帝国》讲述了从阿尔弗雷德大帝到伊丽莎白女王登基60周年庆典之间的英国海军全史，同时，它也是一部英国文化史和帝国史。

1944年12月，就在二战行将结束之际，希特勒又一次令世界震惊：德军从比利时和卢森堡东部林木茂盛的阿登山区发起了一次强有力的反击，并在盟军战线上形成了50英里的突出部，这是盟军在大战中第二*遭到奇袭。规模庞大的德军装甲纵队似乎不可阻挡，如波涛般向西涌去。这次攻势集中了德国的前沿军事科技：“虎王”巨型坦克、革命性的新式突击步枪、飞弹、现代化喷气机。德军甚至派出小型电动潜艇支援攻势！为打败德军，一场为期6周的史诗般的冬季反击战打响，这是美军历史上格外血腥的一场战争。
《阿登战役1944—1945：希特勒的冬季攻势》通过浏览档案、采访老兵、考察战区，从军事的角度对阿登战役进行了详细的全景展示。本书不仅跟踪记录了德国及同盟国军队的整个行动过程，还分析了军事战术、部署方式、人事任免、征兵制度、士兵素质、后勤保障等作战中的人为因素，并对作战双方的武器，甚至参战部队历史、部队领导、作战能力等细节进行了介绍。

1944年夏天，欧洲的战争已经到达了一个临界点。西方盟国和苏联都拥有主动权和力量，能够对德国发动战略进攻。军事分析家C.J.迪克撰写了两卷关于西线与东线作战的研究报告，他对两条战线上的指挥官的优缺点，特别是*级指挥官的判断、选择和妥协，进行了罕见的深刻洞察。同时，他也厘清了军事教条的缺陷、后勤物流，尤其是联合战争的性质，对领导层和行动施加的限制。
《从胜利到僵局》聚焦于西线，特别是美国、英国和加拿大军队在法国和低地国家的行动。迪克的整个视角在于战役法，它将个人的战术战斗与更广泛的战略目标联系起来。他*关心的是盟军指挥官对军、集团军和战区进攻行动的控制。
迪克的分析表明，盟军司令部的思想受到了限制，这种思想根植于小规模战争和*一次世界大战的经验。而由此产生的缓慢进攻，因盟军思想和利益的分歧，变得更加复杂。结果，盟军的进攻势头减弱，成为消耗战，错失了本可能大大提前的胜利，与苏联在东线的努力形成鲜明对比。

谁能想到美国海军的建立是被北非海盗逼出来的，只是为了不再交赎金！美国宪法墨迹未干，建立常备军事力量的提议就摆到美国新政府的面前，建国元勋们——杰弗逊、麦迪逊、汉密尔顿和亚当斯——争论甚是激烈。建立军队是否会导致集权？建立保护美国免受海盗侵扰的海军是否会抽空国库，引发其他国家的敌意？毕竟单单大英帝国已经有数百艘强大的战舰。而没有了法国舰队的保护，美国商船经常遭受北非海盗的袭击、绑架和勒索。
1794年，美国国会不得已通过法案组建海军并订造六艘军舰，1797年建成下水。从建造六艘战舰正式成军，到1799年在美法准战争中初露身手，到1804年在的黎波里与北非海盗国家的惊险战斗，到1812年战争中击败英国皇家海军……在美国海军羽翼渐丰的过程中，在联邦党人和共和党人的交锋与合作中，独立的美国也变得更加成熟和强大。
以美国国父般的洞察和《怒海争锋》式的文笔，伊恩•托尔讲述了波澜壮阔的美国海军早期历史，在大量史料的基础上，还原出从总统到水兵的鲜活形象，以及从议会辩论到海上鏖战的精彩过程。这是一个讲述忍耐、勇气、政治博弈、技术革新的生动而跌宕起伏的故事，也是一支海军从无到有、一个国家由弱变强的故事，读后能获得不同角度和层面的启发。
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欧洲大国的舰队随意出入你的港口，扣押你的商船；你的海军甚至不敌非洲海盗，遭到他们的肆意敲诈——这不是别的国家，正是刚刚建立的美国。谁能想到，今天的海上霸主，也曾有如此不堪的过往？从不愿承担经费放弃海军，到为抗击海盗被迫设立海军，到击败海上霸主英国海军，赢得“第2次独立战争”，这是一段跌宕起伏的传奇。
在错综复杂、强权林立的国际环境中，一个新兴国家如何巩固独立地位，并快速成长为世界舞台上的重要角色？本书以海军的创立与军事决策为线索，深入展现建国不久的美国内政外交的演变过程。这不仅是海军创建的过程，亦是一个国家如何不畏强权、自立自强的史诗。
关于美国海军史绝好的非虚构作者。本书内容基于大量史料，可靠地描绘出风帆时代海上战争的真实状态和美国早期政治中的生动场景。从美国国父、外交使节到普通士兵，一个个人物跃然纸上，叙事如小说般精彩曲折、引人入胜，而其情节和对话皆有出处，如纪录片般真实可信。
200年后，中国正在走向海上强国的路上，被外界视为既有海权格局的挑战者。美国海军逐渐崛起的故事，可以为我们提供有益的镜鉴和启发。
荣获《纽约时报》编辑选择奖、塞缪尔•艾略特•莫里森奖（Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature）和威廉•E. 科尔比奖（William E. Colby Military Writers Award），国外长期畅销。

公元前323年，马其顿的亚历山大大帝在巴比伦去世。这位世界征服者的骤然离世，使亚欧大陆的局势变得扑朔迷离。亚历山大生前并未指定继承人，其麾下部将开始为王座的归属展开殊死搏斗，昙花一现的庞大帝国很快分裂。这些曾跟随亚历山大南征北战的骁勇战将，用波澜壮阔的四十年拉开了“希腊化时代”的序幕。佩尔狄卡斯、克拉特鲁斯、安提帕特、波利伯孔、卡山德、安提柯、欧迈尼斯、塞琉古、托勒密、利西马科斯、德米特里乌斯等人相继登上历史舞台，在刀光剑影中争夺亚历山大帝国的遗产。他们当中的佼佼者，还凭借军事实力割据一方，建立了家族世袭的王国。从克拉农战役到加邦战役，从萨拉米斯战役到伊普苏斯战役，继业者们在帝国的辽阔疆域内鏖战数十年，众多民族与部落卷入其中，形成一幅宏大而瑰丽的战争画卷。
本书上卷主题为“将领与战役”，作者以继业者战争的重要人物为主线，勾勒出这一动荡时代的轮廓，其中既展示了英雄们的命运浮沉，又叙述了各大阵营的兴衰，还介绍了各个继业者王朝的建立过程；下卷主题为“军队、战术与战斗”，聚焦于希腊化世界的战争艺术，呈现出沙场征战的细节。此外，作者绘制了12幅战场部署图，使读者能够更为直观地了解当时的重大战役。

西班牙王位继承战争，是为决定由谁来继承西班牙王位而引发的，这场规模宏大的战争从1701年持续到1714年，战场从西欧蔓延到公海和美洲大陆。
在这部逻辑清晰、笔触犀利的著作中，作者描述和分析了战争期间各国复杂的政治策略和一系列军事行动，其中还包括奥斯曼土耳其人在东方、瑞典和俄罗斯在北方构成的威胁。战场并不局限于欧洲，还有美洲和公海。所有欧洲列强都卷入了这场战争，法国、西班牙、英国、荷兰、奥地利和葡萄牙是主要参战国，还有萨伏伊、普鲁士、汉诺威和丹麦也被拖进了战争漩涡。
这场战争以法国王子稳坐马德里王位而告终，古老的西班牙帝国遭到列强瓜分。更加值得注意的是，战前处于难以撼动的统治地位的法国在战后被压制了将近90年，欧洲从而形成了权力均势，直到军事天才拿破仑皇帝横空出世。

一战是世界上的首次总体战，它对日本军政史的影响却被严重低估。被称为“一战世代”的日本陆军军官群体，正是满洲事变、日中战争和太平洋战争中的主要担纲者。他们在“大正民主时期”的灵活性，反而导致陆军在20世纪30年代严重干政。黑泽文贵打破了陆军与“大正民主”对立的刻板印象，以两次世界大战间日本内外体制的变动为主线，勾勒了日本陆军走向战争的全过程。

威廉•丹尼尔•莱希，美国海军五星上将。美国参加二战后，担任新设置的总统参谋长职务并主持美军参谋长联席会议，是事实上的第一任参谋长联席会议主席，参与了二战时期盟军的一系列重大军事决策。1944年成为美国历史上首位获五星上将军衔的军官。
《身历其境》是莱希将军的回忆录，根据其日记整理撰写而成，是研究美国在二战期间战略规划和决策过程的一部权威著作。书中极为详尽地记录了莱希主持美军参谋长联席会议、英美联合参谋长会议和参加盟国最高级政治会议的情况，极具史料价值。