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The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer
RRP: $27.28$18.06An international bestseller, this is a German soldier's first-hand account of life on Russian front during the second half of the Second World War.When Guy Sajer joins the infantry full of ideals in the summer of 1942, the German army is enjoying... -
The Silent Deep: The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945 by Peter Hennessy
RRP: $41.98$30.83'The Ministry of Defence does not comment upon submarine operations' is the standard response of officialdom to enquiries about the most secretive and mysterious of Britain's armed forces, the Royal Navy Submarine Service. Written with unprecedented... -
Voices from the Explosion: The World's Greatest Accidental Explosion RAF Fauld Underground Bomb Store, 1944 by Valerie Hardy
RRP: $31.50$23.0275th Anniversary Special Edition The largest ever explosion in Britain was colossal - and it was accidental. On 27 November 1944 almost 4 kilotons of bombs rocked the heart of England - three times greater than fell on London during the worst night... -
My Sea Lady: An Epic Memoir of the Arctic Convoys by Graeme Ogden 9781910533734
RRP: $23.08$16.04During WWII sea convoys were the lifeblood of the Allied war effort. They were integral to the ultimate defeat of Germany on both fronts. My Sea Lady stands out as one of the most remarkable testaments of those dark days of the war at sea and the... -
Spies: The epic intelligence war between East and West by Calder Walton
RRP: $52.50$35.24The riveting story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China'A masterpiece' CHRISTOPHER ANDREW, author of The Defence of the Realm: The Authorised History of MI5'The book we... -
Optimism Over Despair by Noam Chomsky
RRP: $16.78$12.16An essential overview of the problems of our world today -- and how we should prepare for tomorrow -- from the world's leading public intellectualWe have two choices. We can be pessimistic, give up, and help ensure that the worst will happen. Or we can... -
The English Civil War in 100 Facts by Dr. Andrew Lacey
RRP: $18.88$12.64The English Civil War pitted Parliament against the Crown following a breakdown in their relationship, ultimately caused by a struggle over power, religion and control. The Civil War split the country and resulted in the execution of Charles I and the... -
Rifles: Six Years with Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters by Mark Urban
RRP: $27.28$17.98As part of the Light Division created to act as the advance guard of Wellington's army, the 95th Rifles are the first into battle and the last out. Fighting and thieving their way across Europe, they are clearly no ordinary troops. The 95th are in fact... -
Luftwaffe Eagle by Walter Schuck 9781910809280
RRP: $25.10$18.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809280Author Walter SchuckFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Delta Force: A Memoir by the Founder of the U.S. Military's Most Secretive Special-Operations Unit by Charlie A. Beckwith
RRP: $20.98$13.94Wanted: Volunteers for Project Delta. Will guarantee you a medal. A body bag. Or both. When Charlie Beckwith issued this call to arms in Vietnam in 1965, he revolutionized American armed combat. This is the story of what would eventually come to be known... -
Viper Pilot: A Memoir of Air Combat by Dan Hampton
RRP: $20.98$13.94"Viper Pilot" is the high-octane memoir of one of America's elite aviators: a twenty-year battle-seasoned pilot who flew 151 combat missions in the world's most iconic fighter plane - the F-16 Fighting Falcon - the Viper as its pilots call it. A fighter... -
Weapons of the Viking Warrior by Gareth Williams
RRP: $33.58$24.38Between the late 8th and late 11th century Viking warriors had a massive impact not just in northern Europe, but across a huge arc from the western Mediterranean round through northern Europe and the Baltic to the Middle East and Central Asia. Their... -
Military Forces in 21st Century Peace Operations: No Job for a Soldier? by James V. Arbuckle 9780415544986
RRP: $62.98$55.94A major new study of the realities of contemporary warfare, which presents a range of fresh insights and is essential reading for all students and professionals engaged in the field.This book clearly shows us that: neither military nor civilian agencies... -
Captives: Prisoners of War and Internees 1939-1945 by The National Archives 9781803995953
RRP: $37.78$27.99Millions of people were held captive all over the world during the Second World War, including those in the armed services, who were captured and became prisoners of war, as well as many ordinary citizens, who were classified as enemy aliens -... -
All Things Wise and Wonderful: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet by James Herriot
RRP: $20.98$14.93The third collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small. This omnibus edition comprises of Vets Might Fly and Vet in a Spin. Training as an RAF pilot in the smoke and bustle of London is a... -
Spec Ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare - Theory and Practice by Admiral William H. McRaven
RRP: $35.68$27.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891416005Author William H. McRavenFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm)... -
The Story of a Life: ‘A sparkling, supremely precious literary achievement’ Telegraph by Konstantin Paustovsky
RRP: $31.48$23.84Discover one of Twentieth-Century Russia's most lauded lost classics, now in a remarkable new translation.'Outstanding... A sparkling, supremely precious literary achievement' Telegraph'One of the great Russian autobiographies, as fresh now as the day it... -
Topgun by Dan Pedersen
RRP: $23.08$16.32DISCOVER THE EXHILARATING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE ACTION-PACKED CLASSIC FILM'GOOSE AND MAVERICK MOVE OVER . . .' Admiral James Stavridis________March 1969.American jets are getting shot down at an unprecedented rate over Vietnam. In an urgent effort to... -
The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain 1649-1815 by N. A. M. Rodger
RRP: $42.00$30.85The Command of the Ocean describes with unprecedented authority and scholarship the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the nation and government. It describes not just battles, voyages... -
The War for Muddy Waters: Pirates Terrorists Traffickers and Maritime Insecurity by Joshua Tallis 9781682474204
RRP: $81.80$67.94Historically, operations and studies regarding maritime security focus on individual threats (e.g., piracy, terrorism, narcotics, etc.) and individual measures to target them (e.g., counter-piracy, counter-terrorism, counter-narcotics). This book... -
Operation Linebacker I 1972 by Mr Marshall Michel III
RRP: $35.68$25.79At Easter 1972, North Vietnam invaded the South, and there were almost no US ground troops left to stop it. But air power reinforcements could be rushed to the theater. Operation Linebacker's objective was to destroy the invading forces from the... -
The Hush-Kit Book of Warplanes by Joe Coles
RRP: $73.50$50.46'Irresistible . . . My aviation title of the year' Rowland White'Stupendously brilliant . . . Completely addictive' James Holland'The most explosive book about aircraft ever' Jim Moir, aka Vic ReevesFrom the terror and exhilaration of First World War... -
Piece of Cake by Derek Robinson
RRP: $27.28$19.07From the Phoney War of 1939 to the Battle of Britain in 1940, the pilots of Hornet Squadron learn their lessons the hard way. Hi-jinks are all very well on the ground, but once in a Hurricane's cockpit, the best killers keep their wits close. Newly... -
SAS: The Illustrated History of the SAS by Joshua Levine
RRP: $52.50$34.71The authorised illustrated history of the SAS by the number one bestselling author of Dunkirk, Joshua Levine. With never-before-seen photographs and unheard stories, this is the SAS's wartime history in vivid and astonishing detail. ... -
The Art of War by Tzu Sun
RRP: $14.68$10.77Still a source of inspiration for soldiers on the battlefield and managers in the boardroom 2000 years after it was written, Sun-Tzu's The Art of War is the most influential book of strategy in the world, translated from the Chinese by John Minford in... -
Air Wars 1920-1939: The Development and Evolution of Fighter Tactics by Philip MacDougall 9781781555200
RRP: $42.00$30.89Spain (1936-9), China (1937 onwards), Mongolia (1939), Finland (1939-40) and France (1939-40) were a testing ground for a new approach to air tactics with western democracies and totalitarian states analyzing the resulting lessons. Attention in Air Wars... -
Brasso, Blanco and Bull by Tony Thorne
RRP: $18.88$11.45When Tony Thorne first turned up for his medical in 1956 he had little idea of the adventures he would face and the people he would encounter over the next two years in service. Brasso, Blanco & Bull is the hilarious account of life in National Service,... -
Ho Chi Minh Trail 1964–73: Steel Tiger, Barrel Roll, and the secret air wars in Vietnam and Laos by Peter E. Davies
RRP: $31.48$23.00The Trails War formed a major part of the so-called 'secret war' in South East Asia, yet for complex political reasons, including the involvement of the CIA, it received far less coverage than campaigns like Rolling Thunder and Linebacker. Nevertheless,... -
Wellington: The Iron Duke by Richard Holmes
RRP: $31.48$20.37Richard Holmes, highly acclaimed military historian and broadcaster, tells the exhilarating story of Britain's greatest-ever soldier, the man who posed the most serious threat to Napoleon. The Duke of Wellington's remarkable life and extraordinary... -
The Aleutians 1942-43 by Brian Lane Herder
RRP: $35.68$27.01It is often forgotten that during World War II, the Japanese managed to successfully invade and conquer a precious part of American home soil - the first time this had happened since 1815. Capturing the Aleutian Islands, located in Alaska territory, was... -
MiG-21 “FISHBED”: Opposing Rolling Thunder 1966–68 by Dr István Toperczer 9781472857569
RRP: $33.58$24.38Using archival photographs sourced directly from Vietnam, specially commissioned diagrams and combat accounts from veterans, Istvan Toperczer reveals how the MiG-21 defended Vietnam between 1966 and 1968. One of the most successful communist jet... -
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II: The 'Warthog' Ground Attack Aircraft by Peter C Smith 9781526759269
RRP: $73.50$51.01The Fairchild-Republic A-10A Close Support aircraft has become a legend over its long front line life. Known as the Warthog due to her unusual appearance, this little aircraft has built up an awesome reputation in the specialised ground-attack role,... -
Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert 9780199686636
RRP: $25.18$17.70'For certain men the stronger their desire, the less likely they are to act.' With his first glimpse of Madame Arnoux, Frederic Moreau is convinced he has found his romantic destiny, but when he pursues her to Paris the young student is unable to... -
Spreading My Wings by Diana Barnato Walker 9781904010319
RRP: $27.28$19.09The daughter of millionaire racing driver, Woolf Barnato, and grand-daughter of Barney Barnato who co-founded the De Beers mining company, by 1936 Diana had had enough of her affluent, chaperoned existence and sought excitement in flying, soloing at... -
Blood Hunt by Ian Rankin
RRP: $20.98$14.28The horror has just begun... A brilliant thriller from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES.'No one writes more gripping stories than Rankin' TLSIt begins with a phone call. Gordon Reeve's brother has been found dead in his car in San... -
Nelson: A Dream of Glory by John Sugden
RRP: $73.50$53.11"Nelson: A Dream of Glory" is the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched account ever written of Horatio Nelson's rise to international fame. Giving us the private as well as the public man, it combines ground-breaking scholarship with a... -
If War Should Come by Mark Barnes
RRP: $52.40$40.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809457Author Mark BarnesFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The Bomb: The Weapon That Changed the World by Didier Alcante
RRP: $46.18$31.00From the Big Bang to Hiroshima, the incredible story of the most disastrous weapon ever invented On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 in the morning, an explosive charge of more than 15 kilotons fell on the city of Hiroshima. Tens of thousands of people were... -
The Samurai Sword: A Handbook by John M. Yumoto
RRP: $33.58$22.95The samurai sword: a symbol of the spirit of old Japan, it embodies the samurai's steel discipline, unswerving devotion and peerless skill. With its creation, a feat of craftsmanship passed down by generations of artisans; the samurai sword is... -
Peace, War and Whitehall: A Memoir by Lord Charles Guthrie
RRP: $52.50$39.67'Charles Guthrie has been one of Britain's foremost soldiers as well as a terrific personality throughout his remarkable life. It is great that he is now telling his own story.' - Sir Max Hastings Field Marshal the Lord Guthrie commanded at every...