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By Sea And By River by Bern Anderson 9780306803673
£15.77Less bloody and less known than the land campaigns of the Civil War, the naval battles,and especially the naval blockade of the South,were crucial factors in the outcome of the war. The spectacular battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack marked... -
Nanking: Anatomy of an Atrocity by Masahiro Yamamoto 9780275969042
£95.82The December 1937 incident that has come to be known as the Rape of Nanking is, without doubt, a tragedy that will not soon be forgotten. While acknowledging that a tremendous loss of life occurred, this study challenges the current prevailing notion... -
Command and Leadership 1721-1815: Proceedings of the 2018 Helion & Company ‘from Reason to Revolution’ Conference by Andrew Bamford (ed.) 9781911628538
RRP: £29.95£20.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911628538Author Andrew Bamford (ed.)Format HardbackPage Count 168Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Hybrid Warfare: Fighting Complex Opponents from the Ancient World to the Present by Williamson Murray
RRP: £25.99£20.62Hybrid warfare has been an integral part of the historical landscape since the ancient world, but only recently have analysts - incorrectly - categorised these conflicts as unique. Great powers throughout history have confronted opponents who used a... -
A Military History of China by David A. Graff 9780813135847
RRP: £30.50£23.30Gaining an understanding of China's long and sometimes bloody history can help to shed light on China's ascent to global power. Many of China's imperial dynasties were established as the result of battle, from the chariot warfare of ancient times to the... -
A Military History Of The Western World, Vol. III: From The American Civil War To The End Of World War II by J. Fuller 9780306803062
£29.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorMajor General J.F.C. Fuller (1878-1966) was one of the most important and original military thinkers of this century. He served as lieutenant in the Boer War,... -
The Shaping of Grand Strategy: Policy, Diplomacy, and War by Williamson Murray 9780521156332
RRP: £22.99£18.74Within a variety of historical contexts, The Shaping of Grand Strategy addresses the most important tasks states have confronted: namely, how to protect their citizens against the short-range as well as long-range dangers their polities confront in the... -
Shades of Daniel Boone, A Personal View of Special Ops and the War in Vietnam by Walter J Jackson 9780788432286
£16.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788432286Author Walter J JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 209g -
Chesterfield by Roy Thompson 9780752430157
RRP: £14.99£11.55This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of Chesterfield, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752430157Author Roy ThompsonFormat... -
Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology through History by Alfred W. Crosby
RRP: £22.99£19.56Historian Alfred W. Crosby looks at hard, accurate throwing and the manipulation of fire as unique human capabilities. Humans began throwing rocks in prehistory and then progressed to javelins, atlatls, bows and arrows. We learned to make fire by... -
Kosovo: How Myths and Truths Started a War by Julie Mertus
RRP: £27.00£21.46Julie Mertus provides one of the first comprehensive looks at the explosive situation in Kosovo, where years of simmering tensions between Serbs and Albanians erupted in armed conflict in 1998. In a profound and detailed study of national identity and... -
French Units in the Waffen-SS by Rolf Michaelis 9780764351815
RRP: £22.99£15.05The story of the French units of the Waffen-SS in World War II-the Franzoesische SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Regiment; Franzoesische SS-Freiwilligen-Sturmbrigade, Waffen-Grenadier-Brigade der SS "Charlemagne"; 33. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS... -
New York's War of 1812: Politics, Society, and Combat by Richard V. Barbuto 9780806168333
£34.35Popular memory of the War of 1812 caroms from the beleaguered Fort McHenry to the burning White House to an embattled New Orleans. But the critical action was elsewhere, as Richard V. Barbuto tells us in this clarifying work that puts the state of New... -
The Ghosts of Langley: Into the Heart of the CIA by John Prados
RRP: £18.99£12.71The Ghosts of Langley is the story of spymasters, their minions, and the ways in which the Central Intelligence Agency changed the world. These were determined men and women who believed in their mission, followed White House orders - and sometimes... -
The Jewish Threat: Anti-Semitic Politics Of The U.S. Army by Joseph W. Bendersky 9780465006182
£23.84Very little has been written about America's own history of anti-Semitism. In this shocking book, the first documented examination of anti-Semitism in an American governmental institution, Joseph Bendersky shows that such racism permeated the highest... -
From the Don to the Dnepr: Soviet Offensive Operations, December 1942 - August 1943 David M. Glantz 9780714640648
RRP: £53.99£47.27This book provides an in-depth study of the Soviet Army during the offensive operations that started with Battle of Stalingrad in December 1942 and went until Spring 1943. The lessons learned by the Soviet Army from these experiences helped design the... -
Special Forces, Strategy and the War on Terror: Warfare By Other Means by Alastair Finlan 9780415570367
RRP: £54.99£47.72This volume undertakes a systematic analysis of the relationship between Special Forces and contemporary strategy, explaining the resurgence of interest in Special Forces, particularly in the West, by exploring their appeal over traditional conventional... -
The Legend of the Mutilated Victory: Italy, the Great War, and the Paris Peace Conference, 1915-1919 by H. James Burgwyn 9780313288852
£83.64Italy emerged from World War I triumphant but ostracized from the comity of victors, which led to the notion in Italy that a war had been won but a peace lost. The Legend of the Mutilated Victory demonstrates that Italy's conflict with America over the... -
Imperial German Military Officers' Helmets and Headdress: 1871-1918 by Thomas N.G. Stubbs 9780764318757
RRP: £72.99£48.49This long-awaited work is a detailed reference on the officer's headdress of the Imperial German army from 1871-1918. Described and shown in full color are helmets from the following subjects: generals, infantry, cavalry, artillery, technical troops,... -
Command Failure in War: Psychology and Leadership by Philip Langer
RRP: £23.99£21.24Why do military commanders, most of them usually quite capable, fail at crucial moments of their careers? Robert Pois and Philip Langer-one a historian, the other an educational psychologist-study seven cases of military command failures, from Frederick... -
The Dragon's Teeth: The Chinese People's Liberation Army-its History, Traditions, and Air Sea and Land Capability in the 21st Century by Benjamin Lai
RRP: £39.99£32.04When Mao Zedong proclaimed The People's Republic of China in 1949, China was a poor and wrecked society after years of continuous wars. For centuries, in fact, China had been seen as a sort of plunder-zone to be invaded, and then a backwater until the... -
Land Battles in 5th Century BC Greece: A History and Analysis of 173 Engagements by Fred Eugene Ray 9780786467730
RRP: £21.99£18.37In the 5th century B.C., Greece was a patchwork country of small, independent city-states whose tendency to fight each other was offset only by strong ties to common cultural elements such as language and a unique style of warfare. While surviving... -
Soviet Military Intelligence in War Colonel David M. Glantz 9780714640761
RRP: £53.99£47.27This text is the second of three volumes written by Colonel Glantz on the contribution of intelligence and deception operations to the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. It examines the area where intelligence and operations overlap; the nature of... -
The Furthest Garrison: Imperial Regiments in New Zealand 1840-1870 by Adam Davis 9781911628293
RRP: £25.00£20.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911628293Author Adam DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
British Nuclear Mobilisation Since 1945: Social and Cultural Histories by Jonathan Hogg 9780367743154
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book explores aspects of the social and cultural history of nuclear Britain in the Cold War era (1945-1991) and contributes to a more multivalent exploration of the consequences of nuclear choices which are too often left unacknowledged by... -
Soldiers of Gloucestershire in 100 Objects by Chris Chatterton
RRP: £9.99£6.64The Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum in the city's historic docks contains a unique collection of objects spanning the centuries. In this book, the museum's director, Chris Chatterton, has selected 100 key objects and describes their place in the... -
Poaching, Wildlife Trafficking and Security in Africa: Myths and Realities Cathy Haenlein 9781138743779
RRP: £43.99£38.44A worldwide surge in poaching and wildlife trafficking is threatening to decimate endangered species. This crisis also threatens the security of human beings in ways ignored until recently by decision-makers slow to begin to treat what is typically... -
The Castro Obsession: U.S. Covert Operations Against Cuba, 1959-1965 by Don Bohning 9781574886757
RRP: £19.99£17.46At the height of the Cold War, the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations made removing Fidel Castro's regime one of their highest foreign policy priorities. The Castro Obsession provides new insight into the bold U.S. covert war against Cuba that lasted... -
The Kargil Girl: An autobiography by Flight Lieutenant Gunjan Saxena (Retd.)
RRP: £8.95£7.69In 1994, twenty-year-old Gunjan Saxena boards a train to Mysore to appear for the selection process of the fourth Short Service Commission (for women) pilot course. Seventy-four weeks of back-breaking training later, she passes out of the Air Force... -
Digital Diplomacy and International Organisations: Autonomy, Legitimacy and Contestation by Corneliu Bjola
RRP: £36.99£32.53This book examines how international organisations (IOs) have struggled to adapt to the digital age, and with social media in particular. The global spread of new digital communication technologies has profoundly transformed the way organisations operate... -
British Army Training in Canada: Flying Above the Prairie by Guy Warner 9781781557051
RRP: £20.00£15.04British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) is situated in Alberta, amidst the dry, semi-barren, rugged and undulating Canadian prairie, where the Blackfoot, Cree and Sioux tribes once hunted buffalo and engaged in combat. The training area measures 39... -
Predators: The CIA's Drone War on Al Qaeda by Brian Glyn Williams 9781612346175
RRP: £23.99£19.96Predators is a riveting introduction to the murky world of Predator and Reaper drones, the CIA's and U.S. military's most effective and controversial killing tools. Brian Glyn Williams combines policy analysis with the human drama of the spies,... -
The Last Century of Sea Power, Volume 2: From Washington to Tokyo, 1922-1945 by H. P. Willmott
RRP: £19.99£18.54In this second volume of his history of naval power in the 20th century, H. P. Willmott follows the fortunes of the established seafaring nations of Europe along with two upstarts-the United States and Japan. Emerging from World War I in command of the... -
The Soviet Invasion of Finland, 1939-40 Carl Van Dyke 9780714643144
RRP: £58.99£51.08Western accounts of the Soviet-Finnish war have been reliant on Western sources. Using Russian archival and previously classified secondary sources to document the experience of the Red Army in conflict with Finland, Carl Van Dyke offers a reassessment... -
In Hampshire Skies by Colin Cruddas 9780752421407
RRP: £12.99£9.62Hampshire is a county unsurpassed in aviation history and reputation. From the relocation of the Army balloon factory to Aldershot at the end of the nineteenth century to the present day development of the Farnborough F1 air-taxi, Hampshire has witnessed... -
Estonians in the Waffen-SS by Rolf Michaelis
RRP: £27.99£17.03When German troops entered Estonia in the summer of 1941 they were welcomed by the Estonians. Thousands of Estonians wanted to take part in the war against Russia. Besides the Schutzmannschaften of German Police in 1942 Himmler started to build up an... -
Strategy: Key Thinkers Tom Kane (University of Hull) 9780745643540
RRP: £15.99£14.41Over twenty two centuries ago, the Greek general Pyrrhus questioned the real gains of military victory. Today we might reflect on the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in much the same way. War is not only cruel but capricious; its outcomes are often... -
Intelligence Services in the Information Age Michael Herman 9780714681962
RRP: £47.99£41.81Intelligence was a central element of the Cold War and the need for it was expected to diminish after the USSR's collapse, yet in recent years it has been in greater demand than ever. The atrocities of 11 September and the subsequent "war on terrorism"... -
The History of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada: Volume 1, 1759–1939 by Roman Johann Jarymowycz
RRP: £62.00£53.56In three volumes spanning centuries, Lieutenant Colonel Roman Jarymowycz recounts the story of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, the oldest Highland regiment in the country. He traces its history from the roots, when soldiers,... -
The Art Of War by Niccolo Machiavelli
£11.64Voltaire said, "Machiavelli taught Europe the art of war it had long been practiced, without being known." For Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), war was war, and victory the supreme aim to which all other considerations must be subordinated. The Art of...