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Naval Eyewitnesses: The Experience of War at Sea, 1939-1945 by James Goulty 9781399000710
RRP: £25.00£17.62Although many books have been written about naval actions during the Second World War - histories and memoirs in particular - few books have attempted to encompass the extraordinary variety of the experience of the war at sea. That is why James Goulty's... -
Panzers in Berlin 1945 by Lee Archer 9781908032164
RRP: £59.99£44.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908032164Author Lee ArcherFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint Panzerwrecks LimitedPublisher Panzerwrecks LimitedWeight(grams) 1900g -
T-80 Standard Tank: The Soviet Army's Last Armored Champion Steven J. Zaloga (Author) 9781846032448
RRP: £12.99£11.01The history of the little-known yet controversial T-80 and its subsequent variants. The Soviet T-80 Standard Tank was the last tank fielded before the Soviet collapse, and the most controversial. Despite having the most sophisticated fire controls and... -
The Shape of Battle: Six Campaigns from Hastings to Helmand by Allan Mallinson
RRP: £25.00£16.53One 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... -
Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex by William D. Hartung
RRP: £17.99£15.79When President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his famous warning about the dangers of the military-industrial complex, he never would have dreamed that a single company could accumulate the kind of power and influence that is now wielded by Lockheed Martin... -
Aircraft Wrecks: A Walker's Guide: Historic Crash Sites on the Moors and Mountains of the British Isles by C. N. Wotherspoon 9781781594735
RRP: £16.99£12.68Originally published to acclaim in 2009, this paperback re-issue aims to give readers access to the tangible remains of hundreds of historic aircraft that still lie at crash sites on the moors and mountains of the British Isles, all of which can be... -
Icebound by Andrea Pitzer
RRP: £9.99£6.41'An epic tale of exploration, daring and tragedy told by a fine historian - and a wonderful writer' - Peter Frankopan, author of the bestselling The Silk Roads. 'The name of William Barents isn't that familiar to us these days...but this enthralling,... -
Conversations With Major Dick Winters: Life Lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers by Cole C. Kingseed 9780425271544
RRP: £16.99£11.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425271544Author Cole C. KingseedFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 336g -
Italian Destroyers of World War II Mark Stille (Author) 9781472840554
RRP: £11.99£8.43A new illustrated history and analysis of Italy's World War II destroyers, a formidable foe for Allied forces attempting to attack the sea lanes between Italy and North Africa. The Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marine or RM) began the Second World War... -
The Second World War by John Keegan
RRP: £30.00£21.35In this comprehensive history, John Keegan explores both the technical and the human impact of the greatest war of all time. He focuses on five crucial battles and offers new insights into the distinctive methods and motivations of modern warfare. In... -
Inside The Black Vault: The Government's UFO Secrets Revealed by Jr., John, Greenewald
RRP: £11.99£8.92The evidence in this book may not ultimately give you the "smoking gun" you are looking for on your journey, but I guarantee it will give you a box of bullets when you find it. In 1996, John Greenewald, Jr. began researching the secret inner workings... -
An American Uprising in Second World War England: Mutiny in the Duchy by Kate Werran 9781526759542
RRP: £25.00£18.02This is the incredible story of a Second World War shoot-out between black and white American soldiers in a quiet Cornish town that ended up putting the special relationship' itself on trial. The subsequent court martial into what tabloids labelled a ... -
Going Mainstream: How extremists are taking over by Julia Ebner 9781804183151
RRP: £22.00£15.31'Piercingly revelatory ... a tour de force' - Carl Miller, author of The Death of the Gods'...a must-read ' - Eliot Higgins, author of We Are Bellingcat'A timely and frighteningly revealing book' - Richard Kerbaj, author of The Secret History of the Five... -
To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision by Admiral James Stavridis
RRP: £28.00£15.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593297742Author Admiral James StavridisFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 465gDimensions(mm)... -
British and Commonwealth Warship Camouflage of WWII: Volume III: Cruisers and Minelayers by Malcolm George Wright 9781399024884
RRP: £16.99£12.28During the Second World War navies developed low visibility camouflage, applied to both the vertical and horizontal surfaces of their ships, in order to reduce visibility by blending in with the sea, or confuse the identity of a ship by applying... -
HMS Li Wo: The Most Decorated Small Ship in the Navy by Arthur V. Sellwood
RRP: £7.99£5.41Li Wo had been built in 1935 for running a passenger service on the River Yangtse. In 1940, she was requisitioned and commissioned into the Royal Navy at Singapore as HMS Li Wo. Shortly before the surrender of Singapore in February 1942, HMS Li Wo was... -
The Mars Project by Wernher Von Braun
RRP: £21.99£19.19This classic on space travel was first published in 1953, when interplanetary space flight was considered science fiction by most of those who considered it at all. Here the German-born scientist Wernher von Braun detailed what he believed were the... -
Ship Spotter's Guide Angus Konstam 9781472808691
RRP: £6.99£4.71Since the days of the Ancient Greeks, naval ships of all sizes have revolutionized warfare. From the Viking longship, pirate ships and super dreadnoughts to today's nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers, naval warfare has proved to be an essential... -
Biafra Story - Isbn Previously 9781844155095 by Frederick Forsyth
RRP: £12.99£9.09This is the book which marked Frederick Forsyth's transition from journalist to author. A record of one of the most brutal conflicts the Third World has ever suffered, it has become a classic of modern war reporting. But it is more than that. It voices... -
Captain on the Yangtze by Peter Mender 9789888769094
RRP: £13.99£12.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888769094Author Peter MenderFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Earnshaw Books LtdPublisher Earnshaw Books LtdWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
It'll All be Over by Christmas: The First World War in Postcards, Letters and Memorabilia by John Wilton
RRP: £20.00£14.06The postcards in It'll All Be Over By Christmas paint a picture of the First World War as experienced by those at home, at the front, in training, in hospital and in convalescence. These personal messages were sent from fathers to their wives and... -
The Two Headed Whale by Sandy Winterbottom
RRP: £14.99£9.80Shortlisted for the Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award In 2016, Sandy Winterbottom embarked on an epic six-week tall-ship voyage from Uruguay to Antarctica. At the mid-way stop in South Georgia, her pristine image of the Antarctic was... -
The History of the SAS Chris Ryan 9781529324648
RRP: £20.00£13.75'Drawing on the stories of the soldiers who were there, this dramatic history of the SAS is full of bravado. Forged to fight guerrillas in the sweltering jungles of Malaya... Ryan writes with the authority of a man familiar with every nuance of the... -
RAF Marham: Bomber Station by Martin W. Bowman 9780752446943
RRP: £25.00£18.94RAF Marham's history reaches back into the First World War when its aircraft served a vital home defence role, intercepting raiding Zeppelins and Gothas. In the late 1930s the station was reopened as a bomber base and, post-war, operated bombers and... -
U.S. Armed Forces Nuclear, Biological And Chemical Survival Manual by Captain (Retd.) Dick Couch
RRP: £13.99£11.36Experts agree that the next terrorist attack on our soil will not come in the same form as September 11. The possibility of nuclear, chemical or biological attack is increasingly likely. The U.S. Armed Forces Nuclear, Chemical and Biological... -
Cross-Country Lorries: German Manufacturers by Alan Ranger 9788365958099
£16.25During Weimar Germany's first programme for motorising the Reichswehr from 1926, development of three-axled cross-country lorries with a payload of 3 tons was demanded (in addition to vehicles of other specification). Three companies were involved in... -
Second to None: The Fighting 58th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force by Kevin R. Shackleton 9781550024050
£18.72One of only fifty infantry battalions to see action with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I, the 58th nevertheless had no official history. Second to None tells the story of this important, yet forgotten, battalion. The soldiers who... -
Twelve Against the Gods: The Story of Adventure by William Bolitho
RRP: £16.99£11.21"It's really quite good." - Elon Musk Twelve Against the Gods was an instant bestseller when it first published in 1929. In his trademark journalist style, author William Bolitho details the lives of twelve great adventurers-Alexander the Great,... -
Defending Gloucestershire and Bristol by Mike Osborne 9781781558898
RRP: £25.00£18.54Gloucestershire's strategic location straddling the Severn is reinforced by Bristol's importance as a port. The Forest of Dean and the Cotswolds are densely populated by prehistoric hillforts and Gloucester, Cirencester and Winchcombe were important... -
The Silver Spitfire: The Legendary WWII RAF Fighter Pilot in his Own Words Wg Cdr Tom Neil 9781780221212
RRP: £9.99£6.80A brilliantly vivid Second World War memoir by one of 'the Few' Spitfire fighter pilots.Following the D-Day landings, Battle of Britain hero Tom Neil was assigned as an RAF liaison to an American fighter squadron. As the Allies pushed east, Neil... -
Sweating the Metal: Flying under Fire. A Chinook Pilot's Blistering Account of Life, Death and Dust in Afghanistan Alex Duncan 9781444708004
RRP: £10.99£7.40With bullets flying, wounded soldiers scream out in pain as the Chinook comes in to land in one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan. At the machine's controls is one man and if he doesn't stay calm then everyone could die. That man is Flt Lt Alex... -
Land Rover: Military Versions of the British 4x4 by Ben Skipper
RRP: £16.99£12.28After the Second World War many American military vehicles become surplus stock and soon found their way into the hands of farmers and land owners across Great Britain. The subsequent heavy use and the real possibility of difficulties obtaining spares... -
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M Barry
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history' Bill Gates'Easily our fullest, richest, most panoramic history of the subject' New York Times Book ReviewIn 1918, the world faced the... -
War and the Art of Governance: Consolidating Combat Success into Political Victory Nadia Schadlow 9781626164109
RRP: £28.00£24.96Success in war ultimately depends on the consolidation of political order. Nadia Schadlow argues that the steps needed to consolidate a new political order are not separate from war. They are instead an essential component of war and victory. The... -
The Great Escaper: The Life and Death of Roger Bushell Simon Pearson 9781444760668
RRP: £10.99£7.40Roger Bushell was 'Big X', mastermind of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, immortalised in the Hollywood film The Great Escape.Very little was known about Bushell until 2011, when his family donated his private papers - a treasure... -
European Ironclads 1860-75: The Gloire sparks the great ironclad arms race Angus Konstam 9781472826763
RRP: £11.99£8.43From Spain to Russia, and from Ottoman Turkey to Bismarck's Prussia, this book explores 15 years that transformed European naval warfare. When the Gloire slid down the Toulon slipway in 1859, it changed sea power forever. With this ship, the... -
R. J. Mitchell: To the Spitfire by John Shelton
RRP: £40.00£29.80R. J. Mitchell at Supermarine is the definitive account of the life of Britain's best-known aeronautical engineer. Shelton calls upon unpublished letters, extensive press accounts, and updated material from his previous publications, concentrating... -
F-102 Delta Dagger Units by Peter E. Davies
RRP: £14.99£10.95World War II saw the development of the heavy bomber as a decisive weapon which, in sufficient numbers, could overcome defensive fighters and guns and lay waste to strategic targets. The addition of nuclear weapons to the bomber's armament made it even... -
Finding Home: A Windrush Story by Alford Dalrymple Gardner
RRP: £18.99£13.61On 24 May 1948, the Empire Windrush sailed from Kingston, Jamaica, to harbour at Tilbury Docks. It carried 1,027 passengers and some stowaways, and more than two thirds of them were West Indies nationals. On 22 June 1948 they disembarked onto the docks,... -
British Naval Intelligence through the Twentieth Century by Andrew Boyd 9781526736598
RRP: £35.00£25.29This is the first comprehensive account of how intelligence influenced and sustained British naval power from the mid nineteenth century, when the Admiralty first created a dedicated intelligence department, through to the end of the Cold War. It brings...