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Asia@War: At the Forward Edge of Battle: A History of the Pakistan Armored Corps 1938-2016 Volume 1
The first-ever illustrated history of the Pakistan Armored Corps.
The Pakistan Armored Corps is based on a unique blend of values and traditions inherited from its predecessors with those of the post-Independence national army. Origins of this force can be traced back to the times the cavalry units of the British India Army were mechanized in the late 1930s. They were worked up and then deployed extensively during World War II, and further molded during the post-independence period and two wars with India (1948-1971). By the 1990s, the Pakistan Armored Corps had evolved into a modern fighting force in thought, organization and equipment.
Paperback
297mm x 210mm
96 pages
100 black-and-white photos/illustrations
20 color profiles
12 color illustrations
2 maps
2 tables
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Middle EAST@War: Air Power & the Arab World 1909-1955: Volume 1: Military Flying Services in Arab Countries, 1909-1918
Based on decades of consistent research, but also newly available sources in both Arabic and various European languages, and richly illustrated with a wide range of authentic photography, Volume 1 of the mini-series tells the story of the men and machines of the first half-century of military aviation in the Arab World.
Paperback
297mm x 210mm
96 pages
140 black-and-white photos/illustrations
15 color profiles
8 color photos/illustrations
5 maps
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The Emperor's Own: The History of the Ethiopian Imperial Bodyguard Battalion in the Korean War
In response to North Korea's invasion of South Korea, the United Nations sent an urgent plea to its members for military assistance. 16 nations answered the call by contributing combat troops. Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, a stalwart advocate of collective security, dispatched an infantry battalion composed of his Imperial Bodyguard to affirm this principle which had been abandoned in favor of appeasement when the League of Nations (the predecessor to the United Nations) gave Fascist Italy a free-hand to invade Ethiopia in 1935.
The unit designated "Kagnew Battalion" was actually successive battalions which rotated yearly and fought as part of the U.S. 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. When they arrived, these warriors from an ancient empire were viewed with suspicion by their American allies as they were untested in modern warfare. Their arrival in Korea also coincided with the de-segregation of the U.S. Army.
However, the Ethiopians eventually earned the respect of their comrades after countless bloody, often hand-to-hand battles, with all three battalions which served during the war earning U.S. Presidential Unit Citations. Remarkably, Kagnew was the only U.N. contingent which did not lose a single man as prisoner of war or missing in action.
Paperback
297mm x 210mm
96 pages
88 black-and-white photos
8-page color section
6 maps
7 diagrams
1 table
