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Parleying with the Devil Prisoner Exchange in Yugoslavia, 1941‒1945 By Gaj Trifković and Klaus Schmider Series: New Perspectives on the Second World War
Examines the little-known story of prisoner exchanges during WW2 in Yugoslavia. The Second World War in Yugoslavia is notorious for the brutal struggle between the armed forces of the Third Reich and the communist-led Partisans. Less known is the fact that the two sides negotiated prisoner exchanges throughout the war. This is the first comprehensive analysis of prisoner exchanges and the attendant contacts between the German occupation authorities and the Yugoslav Partisans. University Press of Kentucky • 9781949668087 • Hardback • 10 tables 229 x 152mm • 476 pages • May 2020 • £83.00
American Datu John J. Pershing and Counterinsurgency Warfare in the Muslim Philippines, 1899-1913 By Ronald K. Edgerton Series: Battles and Campaigns
Explores a crucial but often overlooked period in the development of American counterinsurgency strategy. Tracing Pershing’s military campaigns in the Philippines, Ronald K. Edgerton examines how Progressive Counterinsurgency doctrine evolved in direct response to the first sustained military encounter between the United States and Muslim militants. In light of Pershing’s military success, this study calls for a re-evaluation of the more invasive counterinsurgency methods used by US officers against Muslim militants today. University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178936 • Hardback • 12 b/w illus., 5 maps • 229 x 152mm • 376 pages • April 2020 • £45.00
To Risk It All The Capture of Fort Duquesne, and the Course of Empire in the Ohio Country By Michael N. McConnell
An in-depth exploration of General John Forbes’ campaign against Fort Duquesne. General John Forbes’ campaign against Fort Duquesne was the largest over-land expedition during the Seven Years’ War in America. While most histories of the time period include the Forbes Campaign as an aside, McConnell documents how and why Forbes and his army succeeded, and what his success meant to the subsequent history of the mid-Atlantic colonies, native inhabitants of the Ohio Country, and the empire he represented.
University of Pittsburgh Press • 9780822946328 • Hardback 26 b/w illus. • 254 x 178mm • 320 pages • October 2020 • £30.00
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