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Afghanistan 1979–88: Soviet air power against the mujahideen by Mark Galeotti
RRP: £16.99£12.28The first English-language book to examine the crucial part air power played in the Soviet-Afghan War. The Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan was fought as much in the air as on the ground. From the high-level bombing raids that blasted rebel-held... -
Another Bloody Century: Future Warfare by Colin S. Gray
RRP: £12.99£8.60How the wars of the near future will be fought and who will win themMany nations, peoples and special interest groups believe that violence will advance their cause. Warfare has changed greatly since the Second World War; it continued to change during... -
Soviet Fighters of the Second World War by Jason Nicholas Moore 9781781558256
RRP: £40.00£29.39The Soviet Air Force had just started to re-equip with modern fighters when the Germans opened Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. Hundreds of fighters were destroyed in the first few days, but many of these were obsolete biplanes and... -
Civil Aircraft Markings 2020 Allan S Wright 9781910809372
RRP: £11.95£8.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809372Author Allan S WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The Medieval Archer by Jim Bradbury 9780851156750
RRP: £24.99£15.94It is a delight to read a book which recognises the importance of warfare in medieval times...also...discusses the changing role of the archer in medieval society. SIR STEVEN RUNCIMAN This book traces the history of the archer in the medieval period,... -
The British Army: A New Short History by Ian F. W. Beckett 9780198871040
RRP: £20.00£14.29The story of the British army, from its inception in the late seventeenth century to the present. This new concise history by one of Britain's leading military historians explores the British army from the creation of a permanent standing army in the... -
Aircraft of World War II: Development, Weaponry, Specifications by Robert Jackson
RRP: £12.99£8.73Aircraft of World War II details the design and specifications of 75 of the most important warplanes used during the conflict, from the venerable Fairey Swordfish biplane, through legendary aircraft such as the Supermarine Spitfire and Douglas C-47... -
Among the Kings: The Unknown Warrior, an Untold Story by Mark Scott
RRP: £11.99£10.95"Known Unto God" It was the war to end all wars and became one of the bloodiest and cruellest conflicts in history. Into the hands of author Mark Scott came a poignant survivor of those nightmare years - a notebook carried through the trenches by... -
Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War II by Brown, D K 9781399020046
£17.80Winston Churchill famously claimed that the submarine war in the Atlantic was the only campaign of the Second World War that really frightened him. If the lifeline to north America had been cut, Britain would never have survived; there could have been no... -
Magnificent Women in Flying Machines: The First 200 Years of British Women in the Sky by Sally Smith
RRP: £20.00£16.83Just eighteen months after two Frenchmen made the world's first ever flight, a fearless British woman hopped into a flimsy balloon and flew across the London sky for nearly an hour. Since then, many other remarkable British women have decided to defy... -
The New Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age by Hal Brands
RRP: £38.00£25.53The essential resource on military and political strategy and the making of the modern worldThe New Makers of Modern Strategy is the next generation of the definitive work on strategy and the key figures who have shaped the theory and practice of war and... -
Sir Garnet Wolseley: Soldier of Empire by Stephen Manning 9781399072441
£30.11Field Marshal Lord Wolseley was an eminent Victorian, one of a handful of late nineteenth-century military men whose reputation transcends his age. He served the British empire in Burma, India, China, the Crimea, Canada, Asante, Egypt, South Africa and... -
Celtic Warfare: From the Fifth Century BC to the First Century AD by Canestrelli, Gioal 9781399070171
RRP: £25.00£17.62Warfare was a crucial aspect of Celtic society, deeply linked to the spreading of their culture through all Europe. Between the fifth century BC, when La T ne Culture Celts developed in Europe, and the first century AD, when they faced the complete... -
Consolidated B-24 Vol.1: The XB-24 to B-24E Liberators in World War II by ,David Doyle 9780764356155
RRP: £18.99£12.27The B-24 Liberator remains to this day the world's most-produced heavy bomber and multi-engine aircraft, and the most produced military aircraft in US history, with almost 19,000 examples leaving the assembly lines of five plants. Through a broad range... -
Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose: The Story of the HK-1 Hercules by Simons, Graham M 9781399014410
RRP: £14.99£10.95Howard Hughes' life ambition was to make a significant contribution to the field of aviation development. But the monumental folly of his endeavours on the HK-I Hercules meant that he came to be known and remembered to a great extent for all the wrong... -
The Somme by Peter Hart
RRP: £12.99£9.00A major new history of the most infamous battle of the First World War, as described by the men who fought it.On 1 July 1916, Douglas Haig's army launched the 'Big Push' that was supposed finally to bring an end to the stalemate on the Western Front... -
RAF and USAAF Airfields in the UK During the Second World War: A Complete Gazetteer by Geoff Mills 9781781558379
RRP: £50.00£37.62Shortly after the end of the Second World War, the United Kingdom was described as one vast aircraft carrier anchored off the coast of Europe. During a seven year period 500 airfields were constructed to serve the needs first of the RAF and later the... -
Money for Mayhem: Mercenaries, Private Military Companies, Drones, and the Future of War by Alessandro Arduino 9781538170311
RRP: £30.00£26.68The way war is waged is evolving quickly-igniting the rise of private military contractors that offer military-style services as part of their core business model. Arduino unpacks the tradeoffs involved when conflict is increasingly waged not by national... -
Black Box Canberras: British Test and Trials Canberras Since 1951 by Dave Forster
RRP: £29.95£22.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902109534Author Dave ForsterFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint Hikoki PublicationsPublisher Hikoki Publications -
Hurricane: Victor of the Battle of Britain Leo McKinstry 9781848543416
RRP: £12.99£8.60In the summer of 1940 the fate of Europe hung in the balance. Victory in the forthcoming air battle would mean national survival; defeat would establish German tyranny.The Luftwaffe greatly outnumbered the RAF, but during the Battle of Britain it was the... -
Schweinfurt-Regensburg 1943: Eighth Air Force's costly early daylight battles Marshall Michel III 9781472838674
RRP: £14.99£10.95In 1943, the USAAF and RAF launched the Combined Bomber Offensive, designed to systematically destroy the industries that the German war machine relied on. At the top of the hit list were aircraft factories and plants making ball-bearings - a component... -
RAF West Malling: The RAF's First Night Fighter Airfield - WWII to the Cold War by Anthony J. Moor 9781526753236
RRP: £25.00£18.62This is the story of West Malling airfield, from its earliest days through its role in the Second World War - when several dramatic and tragic events occurred - and beyond into the Cold War. Opened as a private landing ground after the First World War,... -
Solomons Air War Volume 2: Guadalcanal & Santa Cruz October 1942 by Michael Claringbould 9780645700459
RRP: £36.95£26.30This second volume of Solomons Air War chronicles aerial warfare in the Solomon Islands theatre during the critical month of October 1942. It can be read alone or as part of the ongoing Solomons Air War series.October 1942 saw an explosion of air... -
Greek Hoplite, 480-323 BC: Weapons, Armour, Tactics by Nick Sekunda
RRP: £14.99£12.55A study of the Greek Hoplite in the "Golden Age" of Ancient Greek civilization, from the victory at Marathon over Darius of Persia, through bitter inter-state warfare, to the rise of Philip of Macedonia and his son Alexander the Great. It was during this... -
Letters From the Front: Letters and Diaries from the Bef in Flanders and France, 1914-1918. by Kevin Smith 9781781553381
£15.74A generation raised on the British Empire confronted the unexpected horrors of modern war. Never were a nation's expectations so different from the coming clash of the First World War. Expecting a vigorous romp to victory, soldiers endured a brutal... -
Spitfire People: The Men and Women Who Made the Spitfire the Aviation Icon by Paul Beaver 9781910505052
RRP: £25.00£18.02This book presents a fresh angle on the Spitfire by examining the contribution to its development and achievements by over 65 people - some famous, others not - ranging from politicians to pilots. Published to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of... -
The Medieval Knight by Christopher Gravett
RRP: £12.99£9.27The 'knight in shining armour' has become a staple figure in popular culture, and images of bloody battlefields, bustling feasting halls and courtly tournaments have been creatively interpreted many times in film and fiction. But what was the medieval... -
Panzer Tracts No.9-3: Jagdpanther Hilary Louis Doyle 9781915969163
RRP: £22.99£16.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915969163Author Hilary Louis DoyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Panzer TractsPublisher Panzerwrecks LimitedDimensions(mm) 280mm * 215mm * 5mm -
The M1 Garand by Leroy Thompson
RRP: £14.99£11.75The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II. It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder. No less an authority on killing the enemy than General George S. Patton called the Garand, "The greatest battle... -
Sailors, Ships, and Sea Fights: Proceedings of the 2022 'From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815' Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail Conference by Nicholas James Kaizer 9781804513446
RRP: £29.95£20.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804513446Author Nicholas James KaizerFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Kassel Raid, 27 September 1944: The Largest Loss by USAAF Group on any Mission in WWII Eric Ratcliffe 9781526798268
RRP: £14.99£10.95On Thursday, 28 September 1944, a force of 283 Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers from the USAAF's 2nd Combat Bombardment Wing, took off from their bases in Britain and headed out across the North Sea escorted by 198 P-51 Mustang fighters. The bombers'... -
RAF National Service in Six Movements: A Conscript's Experiences in the RAF of the 1950s by Roy Taylor 9781873203989
£12.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873203989Author Roy TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Woodfield PublishingPublisher Woodfield PublishingWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 156mm... -
The Battleship Scharnhorst by Stefan Draminski
RRP: £40.00£31.98The Kriegsmarine's Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, described either as a battleship or battlecruiser, and the lead ship of her class, which included one other ship, Gneisenau. She was launched on 3 October 1936 and completed in January 1939, armed... -
Panzergrenadier by Thomas Anderson
RRP: £35.00£25.29Throughout history, infantry has been the main attacking force deployed by armies around the world, but positioning substantial infantry forces has always required precious time to assemble the troops to launch an attack or form defensive positions... -
Revolutionary Ideas: An Intellectual History of the French Revolution from The Rights of Man to Robespierre by Jonathan Israel 9780691169712
RRP: £28.00£22.80Historians of the French Revolution used to take for granted what was also obvious to its contemporary observers--that the Revolution was shaped by the radical ideas of the Enlightenment. Yet in recent decades, scholars have argued that the Revolution... -
Political Violence in the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933: Fight for the Streets and Fear of Civil War by Dirk Schumann 9780857453143
RRP: £23.95£19.89In noting that political violence was the product of choices made by political actors rather than the result of irresistible forces ...Schumann issues a pertinent warning while making a first-rate contribution to the scholarly literature on the Weimar... -
The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar's Hidden Genocide by Azeem Ibrahim 9781849049733
RRP: £16.99£15.31According to the United Nations, Myanmar's Rohingyas are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Only now has the media turned its attention to their plight at the hands of a country led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Yet the... -
Roman Heavy Cavalry (1): Cataphractarii & Clibanarii, 1st Century BC-5th Century AD Raffaele D'Amato (Author) 9781472830043
RRP: £14.99£10.95From the army of Marc Antony in the 1st century BC, Roman generals hired Oriental heavy armoured cavalry to serve in their military alongside the legions. These troops, both from the northern steppes and the Persian frontiers, continued an ancient... -
Blood Cries Afar: The Magna Carta War and the Invasion of England 1215-1217 by Sean McGlynn
RRP: £16.99£13.34150 years after the Norman Conquest, history came within a hair's breadth of repeating itself. In 1216, taking advantage of the turmoil created in England by King John's inept rule, Prince Louis of France invaded England and allied with English rebels... -
In God's Name: Genocide and Religion in the Twentieth Century by Omer Bartov 9781571813022
RRP: £27.95£22.58Despite the widespread trends of secularization in the 20th century, religion has played an important role in several outbreaks of genocide since the First World War. And yet, not many scholars have looked either at the religious aspects of modern...