A History of Modern Urban Operations. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gregory Fremont-Barnes.
• Editors: Fremont-Barnes, Gregory
• Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Nineteenth-Century Precedents 3. Armageddon Rehearsed: The Battle of Shanghai, August–November 1937 4. The Battle of Stalingrad, September–November 1942 5. 'The rest of the day was perfectly bloody': The 51st Highland Division and Town Clearance in Germany, February–March 1945 6. 'Come Ye Back to Mandalay': 14th Army's Battle for Mandalay, March 1945 7. The Battle of Berlin, April–May 1945 8. Rocking the Casbah: 10 Parachute Division and the Battle for Algiers –1957 9. Among the Ashes of Emperors: Operation Hue City – January 1968 10. 'Live Nobly, Die Gloriously': The Battle for Saigon – Tet 1968 11. 'Acting with restraint and courtesy, despite provocation?' Army Operations in Belfast during the Northern Ireland 'Troubles', 1969–97 12. 'Its Flames Will Blaze': The Battle for Fallujah, 7–13 November 2004 13. The Poisoned Chalice: Urban Warfare in the Twenty-First Century and Beyond.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (371 pages)
• Subjects: History; History, Modern; World history; Military history; Politics and war; History -- Military -- World War II; History -- World; History -- Military -- General; Political Science -- Political Freedom & Security -- International Security; Second World War; General & world history; Military history; Warfare & defence; History -- Modern -- General; History: earliest times to present day; World War, 1939-1945
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030270889
• Related ISBNs: 9783030270872
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.