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Tanks, The World Encyclopedia of: An illustrated history and directory of tanks, from 1916 to the present day, with more than 650 photographs by George Forty 9780754835745
RRP: £15.00£10.96This fully-updated book is an authoritative directory of tanks and their immediate derivatives, such as tank destroyers and armoured recovery vehicles. It begins with a history of tank design and evolution from its first action at Flers during World War... -
From Phantom to Warthog: Memoirs of a Cold War Fighter Pilot by Steven K Ladd 9781526761248
RRP: £25.00£18.02Fighter pilots! Images of Baron Manfred von Richthofen and Eddie Rickenbacker in the Great War, Johnnie Johnson, Robert Stanford Tuck and Richard Bong in the Second World War, or Robin Olds in Vietnam, all spring to mind. Volumes have been written about... -
Operation Aerial: Churchill'S Second Miracle of Deliverance by David Worsfold 9781781220221
RRP: £20.00£13.26Dunkirk resonates through British history. The "miracle of deliverance", as Prime Minister Winston Churchill described the evacuation of nearly 340,000 troops from the small French port, in most people's minds marks the end of British... -
Tribes of the Sioux Nation by Michael Johnson
RRP: £12.99£11.01The horse culture of the tribes of the High Plains of North America lasted only some 170 years; yet in that time the sub-tribes of the Teton or Western Sioux people imprinted a vivid image on the world's imagination by their fearless but doomed fight to... -
Roman Plate Armour by M.C. Bishop
RRP: £13.99£9.75Fully illustrated, this book investigates the articulated plate armour worn by Roman legionaries. First named by Renaissance historians studying the reliefs on Trajan's Column, lorica segmentata evaded successful attempts to reconstruct it until a... -
Vehicles of the Long Range Desert Group 1940-45 by Gavin Mortimer
RRP: £12.99£9.09A fascinating study of the specialized vehicles, kit and techniques of the Long-Range Desert Group who pioneered long-range desert warfare in World War II and worked closely with the embryonic SAS. The Long Range Desert Group was one of the most... -
Blenheim: Battle for Europe by Earl Charles Spencer
RRP: £10.99£7.40How two men brought about the defeat of Louis XIV's previously unbeaten army and saved Europe from French domination - A Sunday Times BestsellerBy the summer of 1704 Louis XIV's vast armies dominated Europe. France defeated every alliance formed against... -
Fisher's Face by Jan Morris
RRP: £12.99£8.56Admiral of the Fleet Lord 'Jacky' Fisher (1841-1920) was one of the greatest naval reformers in history. He was also a colossal figure to contemporaries, both loved and loathed, a man of exceptional charm, presence and charisma. Since the late 1940s, Jan... -
Bomber Command: Churchill's Greatest Triumph by MacKenzie, Roddy 9781399017725
RRP: £25.00£17.62Roddy MacKenzie's father served in Bomber Command during the Second World War, but like so many brave veterans who had survived the war, he spoke little of his exploits. So, when Roddy started on his personal journey to discover something of what his... -
The Shape of Battle: Six Campaigns from Hastings to Helmand by Allan Mallinson 9781529177015
RRP: £10.99£7.77One of our most distinguished military historians tells the story of six defining battles . . .Every battle is different. Each takes place in a different context - the war, the campaign, the weapons. However, battles across the centuries, whether fought... -
Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, 1917 by Helen Rappaport
RRP: £10.99£7.77SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TELEGRAPH AND EVENING STANDARD'[The] centenary will prompt a raft of books on the Russian Revolution. They will be hard pushed to better this highly original, exhaustively researched and superbly constructed account... -
Yorkshire & Lancashire Regiment: Images of England by Jane Davies
RRP: £14.99£11.28This book shows the illustrious history of the York and Lancaster Regiment, or the 'young and lovelies' (one of their numerous nicknames), and illustrates the regiment's service around the globe. It shows the regiment its earliest days in the 65th and... -
Survivor of the Long March: Five Years as a PoW 1940-1945 by Charles Waite 9780750968478
RRP: £14.99£11.28Nothing prepares a man for war and Private Charles Waite, of the Queen's Royal Regiment, was ill-prepared when his convoy took a wrong turning near Abbeville and met 400 German soldiers and half a dozen tanks. 'The day I was captured, I had a rifle but... -
The Western Rising of 1549 by Mark Stoyle 9780300276886
RRP: £12.99£11.46"Compelling."-Mathew Lyons, Times (UK) "Authoritative."-Marcus Nevitt, Spectator "A sympathetic portrayal of communities fighting for all they held dear."-Lucy Wooding, Times Literary SupplementThe fascinating story of the so-called "Prayer Book... -
Understanding Cyber-Warfare: Politics, Policy and Strategy by Christopher Whyte
RRP: £33.99£30.00This textbook offers an accessible introduction to the historical, technical, and strategic context of global cyber conflict. The second edition has been revised and updated throughout, with three new chapters. Cyber warfare involves issues of doctrine,... -
The Aircraft Carrier HMS Invincible by Witold Koszela 9788366673267
RRP: £18.00£15.86HMS Invincible was the lead ship of a class of British light aircraft carriers built between 1973 and 1985, originally designed as "through-deck cruisers" (TDC). This set them apart from conventional helicopter-carrying ships of the time, which typically... -
Darfur: A New History of a Long War by Julie Flint 9781842779507
£19.04Written by two authors with unparalleled first-hand experience of Darfur, this is the definitive guide. Newly updated and hugely expanded, this edition details Darfur's history in Sudan. It traces the origins, organization and ideology of the infamous... -
Royal Air Force: The Official Story by James Holland 9781787394230
RRP: £25.00£17.38Royal Air Force: The Official Story is the most up-to-date official history of the Royal Air Force - the oldest airforce in the world. From its genesis in the horrors of the First World War when pilots were open to the elements in craft made of little... -
Lockheed Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions – The Missing Chapters by Paul F. Crickmore 9781472851383
RRP: £60.00£46.58The SR-71 Blackbird is an iconic aircraft that has come to symbolize America's technological superiority during the Cold War. Using recently declassified information, globally renowned expert Paul Crickmore updates his definitive account of the aircraft... -
Zona Alfa by Patrick Todoroff
RRP: £12.99£9.70Zona Alfa is a set of simple, fast-play skirmish rules for scavenging, exploring, and surviving in a near-future, post-apocalyptic Eastern European setting. Players take on the role of bandits, mercenaries, and military units fighting over the blasted... -
Maritime Strike: The Untold Story of the Royal Navy Task Group off Libya in 2011 by John Kingwell
RRP: £20.00£12.86In April 2011, the newly created Royal Navy Response Force Task Group deployed to the Mediterranean to provide a range of military options in response to the Arab Spring. For the next six months the group planned and prepared for a range of potential... -
An Intimate History of Killing: Face to Face Killing in Twentieth Century Warfare by Professor Joanna Bourke 9780465007387
£19.49The characteristic act of men at war is not dying, but killing. Politicians and military historians may gloss over human slaughter, emphasizing the defence of national honor, but for men in active service, warfare means being - or becoming - efficient... -
Commando: The Inside Story of Britain’s Royal Marines by Monty Halls
RRP: £11.99£8.43'There is only one colour that matters, one that unites us all. And that colour is green.'The Royal Marine Commandos have become a byword for elite raiding skills and cutting-edge military operations. They are globally renowned, yet shrouded in mystery... -
The Road to Singapore: the Myth of British Betrayal by Augustine Meaher
RRP: £25.00£15.84Generations of Australians have been reared on the belief the fall of Singapore in February 1942 was a British betrayal that exposed Australia to Japanese invasion. In The Road to Singapore a young American historian, using archival records from across... -
More Furies Than Men': The Irish Brigade in the Service of France 1690-1792 by Pierre-Louis Coudray
RRP: £25.00£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914059827Author Pierre-Louis CoudrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Spitfire, Mustang and the 'Meredith Effect': How a Soviet Spy Helped Change the Course of WWII by Peter Spring 9781526773500
RRP: £25.00£20.62By the mid-1930s the obstacles to high speed that aircraft designers faced included the question of cooling the engine. This was a big challenge that those working on the new fast aeroplanes entering service as the war clouds gathered over Europe had to... -
Airbrushing and Finishing Scale Models by Brett Green 9781846031991
RRP: £30.00£21.35ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK. Brett Green details the prerequisites of airbrushing, including the different types of spray equipment and air sources available, offering advice on appropriate thinners, paint ratios and air pressures to ensure the most... -
The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill
RRP: £10.99£7.40The famous story of mass escape from a WWII German PoW camp that inspired the classic film.One of the most famous true stories from the last war, The GREAT ESCAPE tells how more than six hundred men in a German prisoner-of-war camp worked together to... -
Winning Wars: The Enduring Nature and Changing Character of Victory from Antiquity to the 21st Century by Matthias Strohn
RRP: £55.00£40.38While 'winning' might be considered a fundamental part of the human objective, what constitutes winning and how one might achieve it remain somewhat abstract, in war as in any other human endeavour. 'Winning' militarily at the tactical level - in a... -
The Tank Factory: British Military Vehicle Development and the Chobham Establishment by William Suttie
RRP: £17.99£13.33Despite being the inventor of the tank and responsible for campaign-winning tactics, by the start of the Second World War the United Kingdom had fallen well behind other nations in the design and build of armoured vehicles. Here, William Suttie uncovers... -
Captain Tom Moore by Sally Morgan 9780702312328
RRP: £5.99£4.46Captain Tom Moore: fundraiser, World War Two veteran, the nation's hero. Read all about the life of Captain Tom Moore who went above and beyond for his country and the NHS. From his early life in Keighley, to the... -
Revolutions: How they changed history and what they mean today by Peter Furtado 9780500296349
RRP: £12.99£8.60Revolutions - peaceful or violent, radical or reactionary - have shaped the political landscape of the world we live in today. But what led revolutionaries to action? What were they fighting against and what were they seeking to achieve? Each revolution... -
Red Devils: The Trailblazers of the Parachute Regiment in WW2: An Authorized History by Mark Urban
RRP: £25.00£22.19A GRIPPING, AUTHORISED HISTORY OF THE DARING 'RED DEVILS' TOLD THROUGH THE FATES OF SIX HEROES . . . AND AN IDEAL GIFT FOR READERS WHO LOVE WW2 HISTORIES!'Gripping and authoritative' Andy McNab'Superb accounts of the battles and a deep understanding of... -
Tanks at the Iron Curtain 1975–90: The ultimate generation of Cold War heavy armor by Steven J. Zaloga 9781472853806
RRP: £12.99£9.09A comprehensive, illustrated account of the new generation of advanced tanks to emerge during the last 15 years of the Cold War, showcasing major improvements in armor protection, gunsights, and fire-control systems. Focusing on the technology of the... -
Go! Go! Go!: The SAS. The Iranian Embassy Siege. The True Story by Will Pearson
RRP: £9.99£6.80Inspiration for the major motion picture 6 Days, starring Jamie Bell as Rusty FirminGo! Go! Go! tells the action-packed story of the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege. It is a comprehensive and gripping account of an unforgettable six-day drama that shook... -
Hunter Killers: The Dramatic Untold Story of the Royal Navy's Most Secret Service by Iain Ballantyne
RRP: £12.99£8.60HUNTER KILLER: a submarine designed to pursue and attack enemy submarines and surface ships using torpedoes.HUNTER KILLERS will follow the careers of four daring British submarine captains who risked their lives to keep the rest of us safe, their... -
Top Secret Warwickshire by Michael Layton 9781858587653
£16.15The county of Warwickshire, right at the very heart of England, is famous for its natural beauty with countless villages hiddenaway in the countryside - each one a gem for the curious visitor. It is equally well known for its tourist attractions and of... -
Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces by Steven R. Ward 9781626160323
RRP: £24.00£21.15Immortal is the only single-volume English-language survey of Iran's military history. CIA analyst Steven R. Ward shows that Iran's soldiers, from the famed "Immortals" of ancient Persia to today's Revolutionary Guard, have demonstrated through the... -
Seven Troop by Andy McNab
RRP: £12.99£9.09They were like a band of brothers...In 1983 Andy McNab was assigned to B Squadron, one of the four Sabre Squadrons of the SAS, and within it to Air Troop, otherwise known as SEVEN TROOP.This is Andy McNab's gripping account of the time he served in the... -
Panzer IV, Medium Tank: German Army and Waffen-SS Normandy Campaign , Summer 1944 by Oliver, Dennis 9781399018043
RRP: £16.99£12.28When the Allied armies landed on the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944 the backbone of the armoured reaction force awaiting them was made up of 758 Pzkpfw IV tanks, a number which represents almost half the fully-tracked vehicles available for the defence...