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Royal Dragoon Guards: An Illustrated History by Anthony Dawson
RRP: £14.99£9.70The Royal Dragoon Guards, formed in 1992 from the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, has a proud history dating back to 1685: the Earl of Arran's Regiment of Cuirassiers, the antecedents of the 4th (Royal Irish)... -
Aces High by Alan Clark 9781448200191
RRP: £12.99£12.84Aces High is the vivid chronicle of aerial warfare over the Western Front in World War One and the personalities that characterised the era. These were the airmen who became legends in their own lifetimes: Albert Ball, Manfred von Richthofen (also... -
China's Strong Arm: Protecting Citizens and Assets Abroad Jonas Parello-Plesner 9781138947269
RRP: £16.99£15.22China has long adhered to a principle of 'non-interference' in other states' affairs. However, as more of its companies have been investing in projects overseas, and millions of its nationals are travelling abroad, Beijing is finding itself progressively... -
SB2C Helldiver: Curtiss's Carrier-Based Dive Bomber in World War II by David Doyle 9780764359699
RRP: £18.99£12.67While initally labeled as a troublesome aircraft, the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver went on to be noted for striking more Japanese targets than any other US Navy dive bomber. Despite this, the Helldiver was to be the last of a long line of US Navy dive bombers... -
U.S.-Made, Fully Machine-Embroidered, Cut Edge Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of World War II: And How They Were Manufactured, A Collector's Guide by Hans de Bree 9780764343551
RRP: £54.99£36.21This highly detailed reference book is for both novice and experienced collectors, and is focused on the World War II U.S.-made, fully machine-embroidered, cut edge shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI). It provides guidelines that can be considered when... -
50 Guns That Changed the World: Iconic Firearms That Altered the Course of History by Robert A. Sadowski
RRP: £19.99£12.49Discover how fifty great firearms influenced and helped shape our world.World history has always been interwoven with developments in firearms technology and so is peppered with legendary guns. Since the invention of gunpowder, nations have raced to... -
The Communist Movement at a Crossroads: Plenums of the Communist International's Executive Committee, 1922-1923 by Mike Taber
RRP: £60.00£45.98This volume contains the proceedings and resolutions from three expanded meetings of the Executive Committee of the Communist International (Comintern) held in 1922-1923, while Lenin was still alive. At these 'mini-congresses', Communist leaders from... -
The British Way in Warfare 1688 - 2000 (Routledge Revivals) David French 9781138815445
RRP: £37.99£33.38First published in 1990, this title examines British defence policy from 1688 onwards; the year in which Britain was successfully invaded for the final time, and which marked a generation of warfare that lasted until 1714, during which Britain came to be... -
The Phantom of Scapa Flow by . Alexandre Korganoff
RRP: £8.99£6.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809792Author . Alexandre KorganoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Avro Lancaster: RAF Bomber Command's Heavy Bomber in World War II by Ron MacKay 9780764358456
RRP: £18.99£12.67The Avro Lancaster was the Royal Air Force's main four-engine bomber in World War II. Its superb design, overall performance, and load-carrying capacity proved key factors in successfully prosecuting the nocturnal bombing offensive against Hitler's... -
Knights of the Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe Aircrew Awarded the Knights Cross in 1940 by Chris Goss 9781526726513
£22.99The Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross), known simply as the Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross), was the highest German military award of the Second World War. Instituted on 1 September 1939, to coincide with the German invasion... -
Storming Hitler's British Fortress: The Commando Raids on the Channel Islands in World War II by Simon Hamon
£27.84In 1940 British forces were withdrawn from the Channel Islands, allowing the Germans to occupy British territory. Hitler was determined to hold onto what he saw as a valuable prize, and the islands were heavily fortified. However, despite being... -
Peckuwe 1780: The Revolutionary War on the Ohio River Frontier by John F. Winkler
RRP: £16.99£14.62As the Revolutionary War raged on fields near the Atlantic, Native Americans and British rangers fought American settlers on the Ohio River frontier in warfare of unsurpassed ferocity. When their attacks threatened to drive the Americans from their... -
Q Ship vs U-Boat by David Greentree
RRP: £15.99£13.33Q ships came in all shapes and sizes - coastal steamer, trawler, barque, yacht or schooner - but all had to look harmless in order to lure their opponents to the surface and encourage them to attack. Armaments differed according to ship size; steamers... -
Fire and Stone: The Science of Fortress Warfare 1660-1860 by Christopher Duffy 9781804512616
RRP: £29.95£20.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512616Author Christopher DuffyFormat HardbackPage Count 166Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916-45 by Mark Lardas
RRP: £12.99£11.01Four pipes and flush decks - these ships were a distinctively American destroyer design. Devised immediately prior to and during the United States' involvement in World War I they dominated the US Navy's destroyer forces all the way through to World War... -
Invasion! Rome Against the Cimbri, 113-101 BC by Philip Matyszak
RRP: £20.00£14.29Partly as a result of poor commanders and partly because the Romans had an innate and misguided belief in the invincibility of their legions, the first battles against the Cimbri were a series of disasters. These culminated in the Battle of Arausio in... -
The Chaco Air War 1932-35: The First Modern Air War in Latin America by Antonio Sapienza 9781911512967
RRP: £16.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911512967Author Antonio SapienzaFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Apartheid Guns and Money: A Tale of Profit by Hennie Van Vuuren
RRP: £35.00£32.24In its last decades, the apartheid regime was confronted with an existential threat. While internal resistance to the last whites-only government grew, mandatory international sanctions prohibited sales of strategic goods and arms to South Africa. To... -
Japan Rearmed: The Politics of Military Power by Sheila A. Smith 9780674293953
RRP: £20.95£16.88"Washington's relationship with Tokyo is generally considered the most important of the United States' 70-odd alliances. In this intimately knowledgeable book, Smith shows how that alliance looks to the Japanese: increasingly unreliable."-Andrew J... -
USMC Tracked Amphibious Vehicles: T46E1/M76 Otter, M116 Husky, LVTP5, and LVTP7/AAV7A1 by David Doyle 9780764367847
RRP: £22.99£14.65Due to the specific nature of the Marine Corps' mission, the Marines has a acute need for amphibious vehicles. From the Vietnam War through today, the USMC has relied on four primary types of tracked amphibians: the T46E1/M76 Otter, M116 Husky, LVTP5,... -
Live Bait Squadron: Three Mass Graves off the Dutch Coast, 22 September 1914 by Henk H. M. van der Linden
RRP: £19.95£16.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789461532602Author Henk van der LindenFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Aspekt B.V., UitgeverijPublisher Aspekt B.V., UitgeverijWeight(grams) 374g -
The Junkers Ju 52 Story by Jan Forsgren 9781781555156
RRP: £25.00£18.02The single-engine Junkers Ju 52 first flew in 1930. Designed and built by the Junkers Aircraft Company of Dessau, Germany, the Ju 52 was originally intended as a cargo aircraft. An upgraded model, the Ju 52/3m, was powered by three engines, excelling as... -
Thirteen Roman Defeats: The Disasters That Made The Legions by Ian Hughes 9781526726674
RRP: £25.00£17.62Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Luftwaffe vs. RAF: Flying Equipment of the Air War, 1939-45 by Mick J. Prodger
RRP: £45.99£30.12This second of a two volume study closely examines the development and uses of personal flying equipment issued to the combat personnel of the Luftwaffe and Royal Air Force throughout World War II. Illustrated wih over 500 photographs - 450 in color and... -
Lepanto 1571: Christian and Muslim Fleets Battle for Control of the Mediterranea. by Nic Fields 9781526716514
RRP: £30.00£20.95The battle of Lepanto has long been considered one of the decisive naval battles of history. Yet, the savage fighting on Sunday, 7 October 1571 left the strategic map unchanged and the defeated Ottoman Turks were able to replace their losses and launch a... -
Stalking the Red Bear: The True Story of a U.S. Cold War Submarine's Covert Operations Against the Soviet Union by Peter T. Sasgen 9780312605537
£12.18"Stalking The Red Bear", for the first time ever, describes the action principally from the perspective of a commanding officer of a nuclear submarine during the Cold War - the one man aboard a sub who makes the critical decisions - taking readers closer... -
The Royal Navy in the Falklands Conflict and the Gulf War: Culture and Strategy Alastair Finlan 9780714685694
RRP: £36.99£32.53This book suggests that institutional culture can account for a great deal of the activities and rationale of the Royal Navy. War highlights the role of culture in military organizations and as such acts as a spotlight by which this phenomenon can be... -
Charles E. Callwell and the British Way in Warfare by Daniel Whittingham
RRP: £29.99£27.40Daniel Whittingham presents the first full-length study of one of Britain's most important military thinkers, Major-General Sir Charles E. Callwell (1859-1928). It tells the story of his life, which included service in military intelligence, the South... -
Cromwell's Navy: The Fleet and the English Revolution, 1648-1660 by Bernard Capp 9780198201151
£50.31This is the first study of the navy during the English Revolution. It argues that the commonwealth navy did not, as is often assumed, stand back from domestic political controversies, but was deeply influenced by the revolutionary circumstances of its... -
Masada: Mass Sucide in the First Jewish-Roman War, c. AD 73 by Phil Carradice 9781526728975
RRP: £12.99£9.09In the spring of 73 AD the rock fortress of Masada on the western shore of the Dead Sea was the site of an event that was breathtaking in its courage and self-sacrifice. Here the last of the Jewish Zealots who, for nearly eight years, had waged war... -
Roman Conquests: Macedonia and Greece by Philip Matyszak 9781526726780
RRP: £12.99£9.09In the late 3rd century BC, while Rome struggled for her very survival against the Carthaginians in the Second Punic War, Philip V of Macedon allied with Hannibal in pursuit of his dream for a new Macedonian empire. Once Carthage was defeated, however,... -
The Great Sioux Campaign of 1876, Day-by-Day Frederic C. Wagner, III 9781476682143
RRP: £28.99£24.05Drawing on more than 22 years' research, this book presents an exhaustive chronology of the Great Sioux Campaign in three parts: the U.S. Seventh Cavalry's communications, decisions and movements October 15, 1875-June 21, 1876, are traced day-by-day; the... -
Israeli Air Force Operations in the 1948 War: Israeli Winter Offensive Operation Horev 22 December 1948-7 January 1949 by Shlomo Aloni 9781910294116
RRP: £16.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910294116Author Shlomo AloniFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45 by Mark Stille
RRP: £12.99£9.90In 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) went to war with a marginal anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability. This was a lamentable state of affairs for a nation dependent upon imports to sustain its war economy. There were only a few purpose-built ASW... -
Carlyle's "The French Revolution" by Ruth Scurr 9780826440525
£18.87Ruth Scurr offers a substantial introduction to Carlyle and his masterwork, followed by a series of carefully selected extracts. In 1837 Thomas Carlyle published his two-volume work "The French Revolution: A History" and overnight became a celebrity. The... -
Fortress Europe: From Stone to Steel Fortifications,1850 1945 by Kaufmann, J E
RRP: £40.00£29.39A few of the fortifications and fortified lines of the world wars are well known and have often been written about, illustrated and studied. But they tend to distract attention from the wide range of fixed defences constructed across Europe on an... -
Military Reconnaissance: The Eyes and Ears of the Army by Alexander Stilwell
RRP: £20.00£14.29Since the earliest recorded military history, scouting and reconnaissance have been key tools employed by military commanders to obtain a picture of the tactical situation and make informed decisions. Scouts known as sciritae were deployed by the... -
M911 and M1070 HET: Heavy-Equipment Transporters of the US Army by David Doyle
RRP: £22.99£15.65This book explores the mechanical details and military use of the M911 C-HET and M1070/M1070A1 HETS and their associated trailers. These vehicles are tasked with transporting the US Army's heaviest weapons-the M1 Abrams tank and other armored vehicles... -
Cannae: Hannibal's Greatest Victory by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: £16.99£9.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541699250Author Adrian GoldsworthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm *...