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Handbrake!: Dassault Super Etendard Fighter-Bombers in the Falklands/Malvinas War, 1982 by Mariano Sciaroni
RRP: £19.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070722Author Mariano SciaroniFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America by Richard Slotkin 9780674292383
RRP: £29.95£24.32As culture wars pit us against each other, A Great Disorder looks to the myths that have shaped American identity and reveals how they have brought us to the brink of an existential crisis.Red America and Blue America are so divided they could be two... -
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler: The US Navy's Primary Fighter/Attack Aircraft by Ken Neubeck 9780764359231
RRP: £18.99£12.67The Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet is an evolutionary redesign of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 A/B Hornet. The Legacy F/A-18 Hornet first flew in 1980 and met the requirement for a multirole fighter to complement the larger and more expensive Grumman... -
Japanese Tanks and Armoured Warfare 1932-1945 David McCormack 9781781558102
RRP: £20.00£14.29The popular image of the Japanese tanks which faced the markedly superior tanks fielded by the Allies during the Second World War is one of poorly armed and armoured Lilliputian tin cans which failed to make any impression upon the battlefield. In this... -
Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations by Admiral William H. McRaven 9781538729755
RRP: £14.99£9.96Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in some of the most famous missions in recent memory, including the capture of Saddam Hussein, the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips, and the raid to kill Osama bin... -
Sog a Photo History by John Plaster 9781636240848
RRP: £45.00£33.49"The ultimate reference on Army Special Operations in Vietnam. One thing for sure, you will want to read this book." Vietnam veteran, 173rd Airborne Brigade"It's a book that any aspiring future Special Forces troop should read." Major General Jack... -
A People's History of the Russian Revolution Neil Faulkner 9780745399034
RRP: £16.99£11.54The Russian Revolution may well be the most misunderstood event in modern history. In this fast-paced introduction, Neil Faulkner debunks the myths that continue to shroud it, showing how a mass movement of millions, organised in democratic assemblies,... -
Hitler's Arctic War: The German Campaigns in Norway, Finland and the USSR 1940-1945 by Christer Jorgensen 9781473884564
RRP: £14.99£10.95'In the past the German General Staff had taken no interest in the military history of wars in the north and east of Europe. Nobody had ever taken into account the possibility that some day German divisions would have to fight and to winter in northern... -
Air Power and the Arab World 1909-1955: Volume 2: Arab Side Shows, 1914-1918 by David Nicolle
RRP: £16.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913118761Author David NicolleFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Gordon Welchman: Bletchley Park's Architect of Ultra Intelligence by Joel Greenberg 9781473885257
£15.11'A magnificent biography which finally provides recognition to one of Bletchley's and Britain's lost heroes.' Michael Smith. The Official Secrets Act and the passing of time have prevented the Bletchley Park story from being told by many of its key... -
The Fall of the Athenian Empire by Donald Kagan 9780801419355
RRP: £50.00£43.81"The fourth volume in Kagan's history of ancient Athens, which has been called one of the major achievements of modern historical scholarship, begins with the ill-fated Sicilian expedition of 413 B.C. and ends with the surrender of Athens to Sparta in... -
Panther Vs Sherman: Battle of the Bulge 1944 by Steven Zaloga 9781846032929
RRP: £14.99£10.95In this book Steven J Zaloga offers a fascinating comparison between the two most important tanks involved in the crucial fighting of 1944, the American Sherman and the German Panther. Placing the reader in the heart of this battle between quality and... -
1066: The Lost Hastings Battlefield by David John Barnby 9781399049054
RRP: £22.00£17.62The year 1066 is a date in English history that changed the way people lived and were governed, as well as transforming the language of the land. Astonishingly, this book finds the traditional site attracting many thousands of visitors each year is not... -
F6F Hellcat: Philippines 1944 by Edward M. Young
RRP: £13.99£9.75Using maps, contemporary photographs, and new artwork, this book examines the Hellcat and the naval aviators who flew them. Joining combat in the Pacific in late 1943, the Hellcat squadrons soon demonstrated their ascendency over their Japanese... -
Entertaining the Troops by Kiri Bloom Walden
RRP: £7.99£6.25This book explores the foundation and work of the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) and other entertainment organisations such as CEMA and Stars in Battledress. These organisations ensured that troops in all theatres of the Second World... -
The Fight for Scottish Democracy: Rebellion and Reform in 1820 Murray Armstrong 9780745341330
RRP: £16.99£11.54Three Scottish weavers, James Wilson, Andrew Hardie and John Baird, were hanged and beheaded for high treason in the summer of 1820. Nineteen more men were transported to the penal colony of Botany Bay. Their crime? To have taken up arms against a... -
Ss Fallschirmjager Bataillon 500 600 by Rolf Michaelis
RRP: £27.99£17.62This book is the history of the only Fallschirmjager-Bataillon of the Waffen-SS during World War II. Formed in 1943 as a Bewahrungsverband for special missions (guerrilla operations in the Balkans) the unit was deployed at many focal points of heavy... -
The SS Great Britain Story by John Christopher 9780752456041
RRP: £9.99£7.55The SS Great Britain Story is a concise account of one of the most famous steamships ever built. The great Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel embraced the latest innovations, including an iron hull and a screw-propeller, to create an ocean liner... -
Postcards from the Western Front: Pilgrims, Veterans, and Tourists after the Great War by Mark Connelly
RRP: £34.00£29.89Visitors to the battlefields of France and Belgium expressed pain and anguish, pride and nostalgia, and wonder and surprise at what they saw. Postcards from the Western Front chronicles the many ways in which these sites were perceived and commemorated... -
The Girls Who Went to War: Heroism, heartache and happiness in the wartime women's forces by Duncan Barrett 9780007501229
RRP: £9.99£7.58The personal accounts of three young women who joined up in 1940. In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone against Germany. The British Army stood at just over one and a half million men, while the Germans had three times that many, and a... -
Trekking On by Deneys Reitz 9780956774538
RRP: £12.99£11.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956774538Author Deneys ReitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint The House of EmsliePublisher The House of EmslieWeight(grams) 500g -
Life in the Victorian Kitchen: Culinary Secrets and Servants' Stories Karen Foy 9781783036394
RRP: £12.99£9.09Have you ever wondered what life was like for domestic servants, the etiquette involved during upper class banquets, or simply wished for a glimpse of day-to-day life in the Victorian kitchen? During the nineteenth century,the kitchen was a place where... -
V & W Destroyers: A Developmental History by John Henshaw
RRP: £25.00£18.02The revolutionary battleship Dreadnought of 1906 brought together in one package the new technology of oil fired boilers and steam turbines, and all-big-gun armament; in doing so she rendered all other capital ships then afloat completely obsolete. Ten... -
The Military Airfields of Britain: Scotland and Northern Ireland by Ken Delve
RRP: £16.99£14.50This series of books, based on the author's popular series for Flypast magazine, provides a fresh user-friendly look at the military airfields of Britain. The books, each of which includes a number of counties on a regional basis, are designed for the... -
The Spanish Tercios 1536-1704 by Ignacio J. N. Lopez
RRP: £11.99£9.70A mixed infantry formation made up of about 3,000 men armed with pikes, swords and handguns, the innovative and influential tercio or 'Spanish square' was the basic combat unit of the armies of Spain throughout much of the 16th and 17th centuries... -
109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos by Jennet Conant
£12.97In 1943, Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant, charismatic head of the Manhattan Project, recruited scientists to live as virtual prisoners of the U.S. government at Los Alamos, a barren mesa thirty-five miles outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. Thousands of men,... -
The Russian Revolution, 1917 by Rex A. Wade
RRP: £25.99£21.99Rex A. Wade presents an essential overview of the Russian Revolution from its beginning in February 1917, through the numerous political crises under Kerensky, to the victory of Lenin and the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution. This thoroughly revised... -
The Riviera at War: World War II on the Cote d'Azur by George G. Kundahl
RRP: £16.99£15.51During World War II three distinct forces opposed the Allies - Germany, Italy, and Japan. Few areas of the world experienced domination by more than a single one of these, but southeastern France - the region popularly known as the Riviera or Cote d'Azur... -
Four Killings: Land Hunger, Murder and A Family in the Irish Revolution Myles Dungan 9781800244856
RRP: £9.99£7.11The story of a single family during the Irish Revolution, Four Killings is a book about political murder, and the powerful hunger for land and the savagery it can unleash. 'A vivid and chilling narrative... Confronts uncomfortable questions that... -
From the Battlefield to the Big Screen: Famous Actors in the Second World War by Melody Foreman
RRP: £22.00£17.62Look closely behind the lives of the stars who appeared in a host of legendary war films and discover how memories of their real-life experiences in the armed forces were haunted with heartbreak and yet filled with extraordinary heroism. Just what did... -
The Republic Fights Back: The Franco-German War 1870-1871 Volume 2: Uniforms, Organisation and Weapons of the Armies of the Republican Phase of the War. by Ralph Weaver
RRP: £25.00£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070500Author Ralph WeaverFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
British Battleships of the Victorian Era by Norman Friedman 9781526703255
RRP: £50.00£37.62Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Reconnaissance Planes Since 1945 by Frank Schwede 9781473891333
RRP: £12.99£12.51Reconnaissance aircraft have always been the spearhead of the various air forces, helping to provide the basis for any further military operations. At the time of the Cold War and before the satellite era, the use of reconnaissance aircraft reached its... -
American Expeditionary Forces in the Great War: The Meuse Argonne 1918: Breaking the Line by Maarten Otte 9781526714459
RRP: £14.99£10.95Although the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, which began in late September 1918 and continued through to the Armistice, was not the first major action fought by the AEF, it was the greatest in which it engaged in the Great War. Indeed, the casualty count in the... -
Understanding Land Warfare by Christopher Tuck
RRP: £35.99£31.69This textbook provides a thorough grounding in the vocabulary, concepts, issues and debates associated with modern land warfare. The second edition has been updated and revised, and includes new chapters on non-western perspectives and hybrid warfare... -
RAF's Centenary Flypast: The Story Behind the Event that Marked 100 Years of the Royal Air Force by Kevin Lee Gatland
RRP: £25.00£18.02On 10 July 2018, exactly 100 years and 100 days after the formation of the world's first independent air force, 103 aircraft of twenty-four types from twenty-five squadrons flew over London in the largest formation of military aircraft seen over the... -
Tanks of the Second World War Thomas Anderson 9781526796585
RRP: £18.99£13.61This book lists all the important tanks used in the Second World War, both by the Allied (England, France, Russia and the USA) and Axis Powers (Germany, Italy and Japan). Thomas Anderson, an expert on the history of the Second World War, offers an... -
Bomber Command's War Against Germany: Planning the RAF's Bombing Offensive in WWII and its Contribution to the Allied Victory by An Official History 9781526790873
RRP: £25.00£17.62The all-too frequently cited mantra that 'the bomber will always get through' had dominated Britain's strategic air policy in the decades preceding the Second World War. However, the experiences of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz indicated that... -
British Armour in the Normandy Campaign by John Buckley
RRP: £43.99£38.44The popular perception of the performance of British armour in the Normandy campaign of 1944 is one of failure and frustration. Despite overwhelming superiority in numbers, Montgomery's repeated efforts to employ his armour in an offensive manner ended... -
Battles of Coronel and the Falklands, 1914 by Geoffrey Bennett 9781783462797
RRP: £12.99£9.09The defeat that Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock suffered at Coronel in 1914 at the hands of Maximilian Graf von Spee, one of Germany's most brilliant naval commanders, was the most humiliating blow to British naval prestige since the eighteenth...