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Victoria Cross 1856-1920: v. I by Sir O'Moore Creagh 9781847340917
RRP: £35.00£17.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847340917Author Sir O'Moore CreaghFormat HardbackPage Count 351Imprint Naval & Military Press LtdPublisher Naval & Military Press Ltd -
Chinese Battleship vs Japanese Cruiser: Yalu River 1894 Benjamin Lai 9781472828408
RRP: £13.99£9.75The 1894-95 war between China and Japan, known in the West as the First Sino-Japanese War, lasted only nine months, but its impact resonates today. The Chinese Beiyang (Northern) Fleet was led by her flagship, Dingyuan, and her sister ship, Zhenyuan,... -
Don McCullin: The New Definitive Edition by Don McCullin 9781910702017
RRP: £50.00£38.12The updated retrospective published for McCullin's 80th birthday. Contains 40 new unpublished photographs and a new introduction - the definitive edition.McCullin's reputation has long been established as one of the greatest photographers of conflict in... -
Holding Out: The German Army and Operational Command in 1917 by Tony Cowan
RRP: £30.00£26.35This is a ground-breaking study of German operational command during a critical phase of the First World War from November 1916 to the eve of the third battle of Ypres. The situation faced by the German army on the Western Front in 1917 was very... -
SAS and Special Forces Fitness Training by John 'Lofty' Wiseman
RRP: £19.99£14.05The SAS is probably the world's greatest elite military unit and its soldiers are renowned for their ability to cope when under great physical and mental stress. Now you can acquire the unique range of skills taught to members of the Special Air Service... -
Anson's Navy: Building a Fleet for Empire 1744-1763 by Brian Lavery 9781399002882
RRP: £40.00£29.39Despite a supreme belief in itself, the Royal Navy of the early eighteenth century was becoming over-confident and outdated, and it had more than its share of disasters and miscarriages including the devastating sickness in Admiral Hosier's fleet in... -
Jet Man: The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution Duncan Campbell-Smith 9781788544702
RRP: £10.99£7.77The story of Frank Whittle - RAF pilot, mathematician of genius, inventor of the jet engine and British hero. 'Wonderful' David Edgerton, TLS 'A fascinating account' Aeroplane Monthly 'Casts new light on the intense, heroic character of Frank... -
The Royal Navy Day by Day by Lt Cdr L. Phillips 9780750982665
RRP: £60.00£47.03The Royal Navy Day by Day, the splendid history of the Senior Service across 500 years, presented as a diary of daily events, has become a familiar and much-loved part of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. It is the standard naval history reference book... -
The Battleship Bismarck by Stefan Draminski
RRP: £35.00£28.33The Bismarck is perhaps the most famous - and notorious - warship ever built. Completed in 1941, the 45,000-ton German battleship sank HMS Hood, the pride of the British Navy, during one of the most sensational encounters in naval history. Following the... -
The Art of War by Tzu Sun
RRP: £6.99£5.13Still 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... -
On Thermonuclear War by Herman Kahn
RRP: £44.99£40.28On Thermonuclear War was controversial when originally published and remains so today. It is iconoclastic, crosses disciplinary boundaries, and finally it is calm and compellingly reasonable. The book was widely read on both sides of the Iron Curtain and... -
The Steel Bonnets by George MacDonald Fraser
RRP: £18.99£13.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorThe author of the famous 'Flashman Papers' and the 'Private McAuslan' stories, George MacDonald Fraser has worked on newspapers in Britain and Canada. In addition... -
How to Survive a Crisis: Lessons in Resilience and Avoiding Disaster by David Omand 9780241995402
RRP: £10.99£7.77From the former Director of GCHQ comes an invaluable guide to surviving crises - how to spot them early and lessen their devastating consequences - using the latest intelligence strategies'David Omand is exactly the man you need in a crisis' RORY... -
Tales from the Frontline - Middle East Hunters by Ray Deacon 9781526721464
RRP: £30.00£27.68Having passed-out from Boy Entrant training in December 1959, Ray spent the following two years servicing Vampire trainers at the Central Flying School (CFS), RAF Little Rissington. In April 1962, Ray left Little Rissington and joined thirty fellow... -
Battleships: The World's Greatest Battleships from the 16th Century to the Gulf War by David Ross
RRP: £19.99£14.65For more than 400 years, the big-gun warship stood as the supreme naval war machine. It was not only a major instrument of warfare, but a visible emblem of a nation's power, wealth and pride. Battleships features 52 of the greatest warships to have... -
A Higher Call: The Incredible True Story of Heroism and Chivalry during the Second World War by Adam Makos
RRP: £12.99£8.56This instant Sunday Times bestseller tells the story of two fighter pilots whose remarkable encounter during the Second World War became the stuff of legend.Five days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime... -
Facing Armageddon: With the RAF on Christmas Island 1961–1962 by Chas Hall 9781911667889
RRP: £20.00£17.62After being called up for National Service in July 1960, twenty-year-old Chas Hall joined the RAF and signed on to extend his time for an extra three years becoming a regular serviceman. Following initial training, he became a wireless operator and... -
Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Knives, Swords, Spears & Daggers Withers Harvey Capwell Tabias 9780754831952
RRP: £20.00£16.69This encyclopedia traces the fascinating history of knives, daggers, bayonets, swords, sabres and lances, from their Palaeolithic origins through to the 21st century. Weapons from around the world are examined, such as the decorated daggers of Persia and... -
The Nemesis File by Paul Bruce 9781843582731
RRP: £9.99£6.85Paul Bruce was a tough, idealistic young trooper in the SAS when he was dispatched to Northern Ireland at the height of the troubles. His top secret mission was to execute IRA suspects in cold blood. Bruce and his SAS comrades shot down one terrified... -
The Khazars by Mikhail Zhirohov
RRP: £12.99£9.09The Khazars were one of the most important Turkic peoples in European history, dominating vast areas of southeastern Europe and the western reaches of the Central Asian steppes from the 4th to the 11th centuries AD. They were also unique in that their... -
The First Helicopter Boys: The Early Days of Helicopter Operations - The Malayan Emergency, 1947-1960 by David Taylor
RRP: £25.00£18.02The Indonesian Confrontation that raged from 1963 to 1966 stemmed from Indonesia's opposition to the creation of Malaysia. Fighting in the challenging jungle terrain of Borneo and in the countryside straddling the Malaysia/Indonesia border, where there... -
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier by Stephen E. Ambrose 9781471160783
RRP: £9.99£6.41'This was much more than a bunch of guys out on an exploring and collecting expedition. This was a military expedition into hostile territory'. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a... -
Churchill and the Navy: The Wartime Leader and the Battles at Sea by Richard Hough
RRP: £10.99£7.00Soldier by instinct, sailor by fate... The relationship that defined a career - and saved a nationThe Navy almost finished the career of Britain's greatest wartime leader. As a young minister responsible for the senior service from 1911, Churchill... -
The Last Viking: The True Story of King Harald Hardrada by Don Hollway
RRP: £10.99£7.77'The Last Viking reads like the sagas on which it is based. It's Beowulf on steroids, laced with purple prose...This book is great fun. '- Gerard DeGroot, The Times Harald Sigurdsson burst into history as a teenaged youth in a Viking battle from which... -
Allied Fighter Aircraft 1939-45: American, British, French, Soviet, Dutch, Polish by Chris Chant
RRP: £19.99£13.65Allied Fighters 1939-45 offers an highly-illustrated guide to Allied fighter aircraft that fought in Europe during World War II. Featuring all the main models flown by the Allied air forces from 1939 to 1945, the book offers a wealth of detail, including... -
The Black Book: What if Germany had won World War II - A Chilling Glimpse into the Nazi Plans for Great Britain: What if Germany had won World War II - A Chilling Glimpse into the Nazi Plans for Great Britain by Mei Trow
RRP: £9.99£7.47In July 1940, Walter Schellenberg of the German Secret Service drew up a list of 2,694 people believed to be living in Britain, who were known enemies of the Reich. In that month, the Wehrmacht was poised across the Channel ready to hit Britain with... -
The Art of War by Sun Tzu 9781936594351
RRP: £10.20£8.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936594351Author Sun TzuFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Tribeca BooksPublisher Tribeca BooksWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 7mm -
A Spy Called Cynthia by Anonymous Anonymous 9781785907128
RRP: £12.99£9.26Elizabeth Thorpe, codenamed Cynthia, was a glamorous American socialite recruited by MI6 to obtain intelligence from the Polish Foreign Ministry and from the Italian and Vichy French embassies in Washington. Her method was to seduce whatever targets... -
Bolts from the Blue: From Cold War Warrior to Chief of the Air Staff by Sir Richard Johns
RRP: £14.99£10.95Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns was commissioned at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1959 after completing flying training on Piston Provost and Meteor aircraft. For the next nine years, apart from a short intermission as an ADC, he served as... -
Battleship Dreadnought by John Roberts
RRP: £18.99£15.59Launched in 1906, HMS Dreadnought was the first 'all-big-gun' battleship and as such revolutionised battleship design for more than a generation. She was built at Portsmouth in 14 months, a record which has never been equalled, and when she was launched... -
World Encyclopedia of Tanks & Armoured Fighting Vehicles Forty George 9780754833512
RRP: £20.00£16.69This book is an authoritative history and directory of tanks and their immediate derivatives, such as ARVs (armoured recovery vehicles), tank destroyers, command versions, bridgelayers, mine-clearers and other Funnies, and AFVs such as armoured cars,... -
F-8 Crusader: Vietnam 1963–73 by Peter E. Davies
RRP: £15.99£11.61With specially commissioned artworks and dynamic combat ribbon diagrams, this volume reveals how the 'last of the gunfighters', as the F-8 was dubbed by its pilots, prevailed against the growing MiG threat of the Vietnamese People's Air Force. When... -
Anna Komnene and the Alexiad: The Byzantine Princess and the First Crusade by Ioulia Kolovou 9781526733016
RRP: £25.00£18.02Anna Komnene is one of the most curious ?gures in the history of an intriguing empire. A woman of extraordinary education and intellect, she was the only Byzantine female historian and one of the ?rst and foremost historians in medieval Europe. Yet few... -
Task Force Black: The explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq by Mark Urban
RRP: £10.99£7.40The book the MoD doesn't want you to read' Daily MailSoon after British and American forces invaded Iraq they faced an insurgency that was almost impossible to understand, let alone reverse.Facing defeat, the Coalition waged a hidden war within a war... -
On a Knife Edge: How Germany Lost the First World War Holger Afflerbach 9781108965866
RRP: £18.99£12.27Was the outcome of the First World War on a knife edge? In this major new account of German wartime politics and strategy Holger Afflerbach argues that the outcome of the war was actually in the balance until relatively late in the war. Using new... -
SAS Ghost Patrol: The Ultra-Secret Unit That Posed As Nazi Stormtroopers by Damien Lewis 9781786483140
RRP: £10.99£7.40Meet the unit that posed as Nazi stormtroopers in the most daring mission ever undertaken SAS Ghost Patrol is the explosive true story of the day in 1942 when the SAS donned Nazi uniforms to perpetrate the most audacious and daring mission of the war... -
Precision Rifle Marksmanship: The Fundamentals - A Marine Sniper's Guide to Long Range Shooting: A Marine Sniper's Guide to Long Range Shooting by Frank Galli
RRP: £19.99£13.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951115104Author Frank GalliFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Gun Digest BooksPublisher Krause PublicationsWeight(grams) 635g -
Blackburn Buccaneer Owners' Workshop Manual: All marks (1958-94) by Keith Wilson
RRP: £25.00£9.27Born in the 1950s when the Cold War was rapidly escalating, the subsonic Blackburn Buccaneer was designed as a carrier-borne strike aircraft, which eventually went on to serve both the Royal Navy and the RAF. The Buccaneer entered service with the Royal... -
Wing Leader by Johnnie Johnson 9780907579243
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907579243Author Air Vice Marshall 'Jonnie' JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The SBS in World War II Gavin Mortimer 9781472811134
RRP: £12.99£9.09A gripping history of Britain's Special Boat Squadron in World War II, drawing on veteran interviews and including rare photographs from the SAS Regimental Association. The Special Boat Squadron was Britain's most exclusive Special Forces unit during...