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The Wolf: A classic adventure story of how one ship took on the navies of the world in the First World War by Richard Guilliatt 9780552171038
RRP: £15.99£11.61In the years 1916-1918, the Wolf, an ordinary freighter fitted-out with a hidden arsenal of weapons, was sent by Germany on one of the most daring clandestine naval missions of modern times. Under the command of Kapitan Karl Nerger, the ship undertook a... -
Service: A Navy Seal at War by Marcus Luttrell 9780316185387
RRP: £18.99£12.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316185387Author Marcus LuttrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)... -
US Soldier vs German Soldier by Chris McNab
RRP: £13.99£9.75During World War II, the US Army and its allies faced a formidable challenge: the need to assault Hitler's 'Fortress Europe' from the sea. As a result, during 1941-45, the US Army had to add amphibious assault to its list of combat capabilities. Officers... -
The World Information War: Western Resilience, Campaigning and Cognitive Effects by Timothy Clack 9780367496517
RRP: £36.99£32.53This book outlines the threats from information warfare faced by the West and analyses the ways it can defend itself. Existing on a spectrum from communication to indoctrination, information can be used to undermine trust, amplify emotional resonance... -
The Second World War: A Marxist History by Chris Bambery 9780745333014
RRP: £26.99£17.59The Second World War casts a long shadow, portrayed as a necessary and paradigmatic war that defeated fascism. During recent wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, US presidents and British prime ministers have tried to claim they were following in the... -
The Taliban at War: 2001 - 2018 by Antonio Giustozzi
RRP: £18.99£16.98How does the Taliban wage war? How has its war changed over time? Firstly, the movement's extraordinary military operation relies on financial backing. This volume analyses such funding. The Taliban's external sources of support include foreign... -
Bolt Action: Campaign: Market Garden by Warlord Games
RRP: £25.00£18.47Market Garden was a bold plan, designed to capture the Rhine crossings along the Dutch-German border and establish a foothold for an advance into Germany. A massive combined arms operation involving airborne landings and an armoured thrust, it was one of... -
Carnage & Culture by Victor Davis Hanson
RRP: £16.99£14.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385720380Author Victor Davis HansonFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, IncPublisher Random House USA... -
World War II US Marine Infantry Regiments by Gordon L. Rottman
RRP: £14.99£10.95The United States Marine Corps came into its own in the Pacific Islands campaign against Japan in World War II. From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, US Marines formed the tip of the spear as Allied forces sought to push the Japanese back to their Home Islands. ... -
Bomber Squadron: Men Who Flew with XV Squadron by Martyn R. Ford-Jones 9781781557082
RRP: £25.00£18.94During the Second World War, thousands of young men volunteered for service with the Royal Air Force. Some of these became fighter pilots, but a great many more were destined to be trained as members of bomber aircrew; pilots, navigators, wireless... -
Every War Must End by Fred Charles Ikle 9780231136679
RRP: £22.00£17.36"Mission accomplished," George Bush famously proclaimed in reference to the defeat of Saddam Hussein's military organization. However, as recent events in Iraq have once again demonstrated, it is much easier to start a war than it is to end it. Every War... -
The Experiment: Georgia's Forgotten Revolution 1918-1921 by Eric Lee
RRP: £16.99£15.11For many the Russian Revolution of 1917 was a symbol of hope. In the eyes of its critics, however, Soviet authoritarianism and the horrors of the gulags have led to the revolution becoming synonymous with oppression, threatening to forever taint the very... -
Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies: National Styles and Strategic Cultures by Beatrice Heuser
RRP: £26.99£22.80This book is a major new study of the extent to which national mentalities, or 'ways of war', are responsible for 'national styles' of insurgency and counterinsurgency. Leading scholars examine the ways of war of particular insurgent movements, and the... -
The Battle of Lissa, 1866: How the Industrial Revolution Changed the Face of Naval Warfare by Quintin Barry
RRP: £29.95£24.29It has often been said that, so slow was the process of change in naval warfare, Sir Francis Drake would if he was transported to the quarterdeck of the Victory not feel out of place. Half a century on from the end of the Napoleonic wars, a total... -
Routledge Handbook of Security Studies by Myriam Dunn Cavelty
RRP: £45.99£40.53This revised and updated second edition features over twenty new chapters and offers a wide-ranging collection of cutting-edge essays from leading scholars in the field of Security Studies. The field of Security Studies has undergone significant change... -
Russian Political War: Moving Beyond the Hybrid by Mark Galeotti 9780367731755
RRP: £21.99£19.34This book cuts through the misunderstandings about Russia's geopolitical challenge to the West, presenting this not as 'hybrid war' but 'political war.'Russia seeks to antagonise: its diplomats castigate Western 'Russophobia' and cultivate populist... -
The Last Spanish Armada: Britain and the War of the Quadruple Alliance, 1718-1720 by Jonathan D. Oates 9781912866618
RRP: £25.00£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912866618Author Jonathan D. OatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Digital Silk Road: China's Technological Rise and the Geopolitics of Cyberspace David Gordon 9781032486871
RRP: £26.99£23.46Concerns about China's ambitions to return to global centre stage as a great power have recently begun to focus on the Digital Silk Road (DSR), an umbrella term for various activities - commercial and diplomatic - of interest to the Chinese government in... -
World History of Warfare by Christon I. Archer
RRP: £32.00£29.21World History of Warfare is designed as a textbook for introductory college courses in military history. The text covers worldwide military history from ancient times to the present. Its principal theme is an exploration of change and continuity,... -
Revolutionary France's War of Conquest in the Rhineland: Conquering the Natural Frontier, 1792-1797 by Jordan R. Hayworth
RRP: £36.99£27.40In May 1790, the French National Assembly renounced wars of conquest. Two years later, France declared war on Austria and invaded Belgium and the Rhineland, claiming it was to spread the benefits of the Revolution. Soon, however, military and economic... -
Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century by P. W. Singer
£13.40In Wired for War, P. W. Singer explores the great est revolution in military affairs since the atom bomb: the dawn of robotic warfare. We are on the cusp of a massive shift in military technology that threatens to make real the stuff of I, Robot and The... -
Franco and Hitler: Spain, Germany, and World War II by Stanley G. Payne 9780300151220
RRP: £16.99£16.66Was Franco sympathetic to Nazi Germany? Why didn't Spain enter World War II? In what ways did Spain collaborate with the Third Reich? How much did Spain assist Jewish refugees?This is the first book in any language to answer these intriguing questions... -
Hungary in World War II: Caught in the Cauldron by Deborah S. Cornelius
RRP: £31.00£27.76The story of Hungary's participation in World War II is part of a much larger narrative-one that has never before been fully recounted for a non-Hungarian readership. As told by Deborah Cornelius, it is a fascinating tale of rise and fall, of hopes... -
Crusoe's Island: A Rich and Curious History of Pirates, Castaways and Madness by Andrew Lambert
RRP: £8.99£5.92Originally named Juan Fernandez, the island of Robinson Crusoe in the South Pacific was the inspiration for Defoe's classic novel about the adventures of a shipwrecked sailor. Yet the complex story of Britain's relationship with this distant, tiny island... -
So Far from God: The U.S. War with Mexico, 1846-1848 by John S. D. Eisenhower 9780806132792
RRP: £22.95£15.64The Mexican-American War of the 1840s, precipitated by border disputes and the U.S. annexation of Texas, ended with the military occupation of Mexico City by General Winfield Scott. In the subsequent treaty, the United States gained territory that would... -
Shooting Down the Stealth Fighter: Eyewitness Accounts from Those Who Were There by Mijajlovic
RRP: £25.00£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526780423Author MijajlovicFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Air WorldPublisher Air WorldWeight(grams) 152g -
Women on the Front Line: British Servicewomen's Path to Combat by Kathleen Sherit 9781445696843
RRP: £20.00£13.34Women on the Front Line explains how women went from unacknowledged participation in combat in the Second World War to the opening of all combat roles by 2018. It explores why regular service was offered after the war; the struggle to establish careers;... -
The Cambridge History of the Second World War: Volume 2, Politics and Ideology by Richard Bosworth 9781108406406
RRP: £41.99£34.74War is often described as an extension of politics by violent means. With contributions from twenty-eight eminent historians, Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of the Second World War examines the relationship between ideology and politics in the war's... -
The Armies and Wars of the Sun King 1643-1715. Volume 2: The Infantry of Louis XIV by Rene Chartrand 9781912866540
£35.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912866540Author Rene ChartrandFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
War Is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier by Smedley Darlington Butler
RRP: £14.99£8.91US Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler collected an award cabinet full of medals for his battlefield bravery. But perhaps his bravest act of all was to declare, after his retirement in the early 1930s, who was really winning (and losing) during the... -
Mapping Naval Warfare: A visual history of conflict at sea by Jeremy Black
RRP: £30.00£24.04Naval operations and warfare were, and remain, a key element for mapping. Maps were vital for commanders in drawing up plans of attack, and their detail and usefulness have increased over the centuries as the science of mapping has developed. This... -
Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force by Dan Schilling
RRP: £25.00£18.12In the predawn hours of March 4, 2002, just below the 10,000-foot peak of a mountain in eastern Afghanistan, a fierce battle raged. Outnumbered by Al Qaeda fighters, Air Force Combat Controller John Chapman and a handful of SEALs struggled to take the... -
M26 Pershing: America's Medium/Heavy Tank in World War II and Korea by David Doyle
RRP: £22.99£15.65In many ways, the M26 Pershing was the most advanced and most powerful tank fielded by the US military during the Second World War. The prototype T26 "heavy" tank design was developed to answer the threat of the German Panther and Tiger tanks... -
The Decisive Campaigns of the Desert Air Force, 1942-1945 by Bryn Evans 9781526781949
RRP: £14.99£10.95Compared to the RAFs Fighter and Bomber Commands, the Desert Air Force (DAF) is far less well known, yet its achievements were spectacular. DAF led the way in North Africa and Italy in pioneering new tactics in close Army-Air Force co-operation on the... -
Warships After Washington by John Jordan 9781473852730
RRP: £16.99£12.68The Washington Treaty of 1922, designed to head off a potentially dangerous arms race between the major naval powers, agreed to legally binding limits on the numbers and sizes of the principal warship types. In doing so, it introduced a new constraint... -
Permanent Neutrality: A Model for Peace, Security, and Justice by Herbert R Reginbogin 9781793610300
RRP: £35.00£30.95This collection examines the theory, practice, and application of state neutrality in international relations. With a focus on its modern-day applications, the studies in this volume analyze the global implications of permanent neutrality for Taiwan,... -
Military Dogs of World War II by Susan Bulanda
RRP: £24.95£17.50Animals, especially dogs, have served in all the wars of men since time immemorial. During World War II, most combatant nations employed dogs on the battlefield in a number of ways, including searching for injured men or downed airmen, detecting mines,... -
The Gatling Gun by Peter G. Smithurst
RRP: £15.99£13.33A unique chapter in the history of firearms, the multibarrel, hand-cranked Gatling gun was one of the first practical rapid-fire weapons ever to be used in battle. It changed warfare by introducing the capability to project deadly, high-intensity fire on... -
The RAF in the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain: A Reappraisal of Army and Air Policy 1938-1940 Greg Baughen 9781781555255
RRP: £25.00£17.62In May 1940, the opposing German and Allied forces seemed reasonably well matched. On the ground, the four allied nations had more troops, artillery and tanks. Even in the air, the German advantage in numbers was slight. Yet two months later, the Allied... -
Mitsubishi Babs Vol. 1: The World's First High-Speed Strategic Reconnaissance Aircraft by Giuseppe Picarella
RRP: £40.00£35.86This book was written to redress this imbalance and tell the true story behind the development and operational deployment of the world's first high-speed strategic reconnaissance aircraft, which began 6,000 miles further east and four years prior to the...