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German Headgear in World War II: SS/NSDAP/Police/Civilian/Misc.: A Photographic Study of German Hats and Helmets by Pat Moran 9780764302459
RRP: £68.99£44.15This two volume set by Pat Moran and Jon Maguire illustrates, in full color, over 240 visor hats and helmets of the German: Army, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, SS, NSDAP, Police, Civilian, and miscellaneous formations. Each peaked hat is shown from four... -
Leaders and Battles: The Art of Military Leadership W.J. Wood 9780891415602
RRP: £11.95£11.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891415602Author W.J. WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio PressWeight(grams) 400gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 19mm -
Leaders and Battles: Art of Military Leadership by William J. Wood 9780891415602 [USED COPY]
RRP: £11.95£3.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891415602Author W.J. WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio PressWeight(grams) 400gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 19mm -
Islamic Terror and the Balkans Shaul Shay 9781412808682
RRP: £43.99£38.44The disintegration of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s ended the Yugoslavian Federation, which for nearly fifty years had succeeded in preserving a delicate coexistence among the ethnic, religious, and national components contained within it. Following... -
The Rise of the Military Entrepreneur: War, Diplomacy, and Knowledge in Habsburg Europe by Suzanne Sutherland
RRP: £38.00£33.27The Rise of the Military Entrepreneur explores how a new kind of international military figure emerged from, and exploited, the seventeenth century's momentous political, military, commercial, and scientific changes. In the era of the Thirty Years' War,... -
Utilitarianism and the Ethics of War by William H. Shaw
RRP: £41.99£36.75This book offers a detailed utilitarian analysis of the ethical issues involved in war.Utilitarianism and the Ethics of War addresses the two basic ethical questions posed by war: when, if ever, are we morally justified in waging war, and if recourse to... -
A Military History Of The Western World, Vol. II: From The Defeat Of The Spanish Armada To The Battle Of Waterloo by J. Fuller 9780306803055
£26.70Major General J. F. C. Fuller, a pioneer of mechanized warfare in Great Britain, was one of this century's most renowned military strategists and historians. In this magisterial work he spans military history from the Greeks to the end of World War II,... -
Naval Blockades and Seapower: Strategies and Counter-Strategies, 1805-2005 Bruce Allen Elleman 9780415438711
RRP: £53.99£47.27This new collection of scholarly, readable, and up-to-date essays covers the most significant naval blockades of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Here the reader can find Napoleon's Continental Blockade of England, the Anglo-American War of 1812,... -
Anzac Experience by Christopher Pugsley 9780947506001
RRP: £34.99£21.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsRunner-up for Montana Book Awards 2005.Book InformationISBN 9780947506001Author Christopher PugsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Oratia BooksPublisher Oratia Media -
Civil-Military Relations in Post-Communist Europe: Reviewing the Transition Timothy Edmunds (University of Durham, UK) 9781138376694
RRP: £32.99£29.16Fifteen years after the fall of communism, we are able to appraise the results of the multi-faceted postcommunist transition in Central and Eastern Europe with authority. This volume specifically addresses the fascinating area of Civil-Military relations... -
Guardian Angel: Life and Death Adventures with Pararescue, the World's Most Powerful Commando Rescue Force by William N. Sine
RRP: £22.50£16.62U.S. Air Force Pararescue is the most skilful and capable rescue force in the world, taking on some of the most dangerous rescue missions imaginable. PJs (short for para-jumpers), are members of an elite unit whose commando skills are so wide-reaching... -
The Paradox of American Power: Why the World's Only Superpower Can't Go It Alone by Joseph S. Nye 9780195161106
RRP: £17.49£13.28Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Paradox of American Power: Why the World's Only Superpower Can't Go It Alone by Joseph S. Nye 9780195161106 [USED COPY]
RRP: £17.49£2.26Not since the Roman Empire has any nation had as much economic, cultural, and military power as the United States does today. Yet, as has become all too evident through the terrorist attacks of September 11th and the impending threat of the acquisition... -
Critical Security Methods: New frameworks for analysis by Claudia Aradau 9780415712958
RRP: £43.99£38.44Critical Security Methods offers a new approach to research methods in critical security studies. It argues that methods are not simply tools to bridge the gap between security theory and security practice. Rather, to practise methods critically means... -
The Defense of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Northern Italy, 1813-1814 by George F. Nafziger 9780275967970
£83.64Little has been written about the defense of the Kingdom of Northern Italy, and this is the first study in English to detail the two-year conflict (1813-1814) within the larger context of the Napoleonic Wars. The French commander responsible for the... -
Mercenaries in Medieval and Renaissance Europe by Hunt Janin 9780786472741
RRP: £21.99£18.55In medieval and Renaissance Europe, mercenaries--professional soldiers who fought for money or other rewards--played violent, colorful, international roles in warfare, but they have received relatively little scholarly attention. In this book a large... -
The Gulf War, 1990-91 by William Thomas Allison 9780230202658
£33.26In August 1990, Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces boldly invaded and occupied neighboring Kuwait. It was a move that shocked the world and threatened the interests of those countries, such as the USA and the nations of Europe, dependent on oil from the... -
William Johnson's Natchez: The Ante-Bellum Diary of a Free Negro by William Ransom Hogan 9780807118559
£42.64The discovery in 1938 of the diary and personal papers of William Johnson (ca. 1809-1851), a free Negro of Natchez, Mississippi, made possible the publication of this fascinating volume. Johnson's diary offers a firsthand account of a former slave who... -
The American Red Cross in Northern Ireland during the Second World War by Clive Moore 9780992930189
RRP: £10.00£8.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992930189Author Clive MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Northern Ireland War MemorialPublisher Northern Ireland War MemorialWeight(grams)... -
Missions Impossible: History's Most Daring Moments by Hazel Flynn
RRP: £14.99£11.95Missions Impossible: History's Most Daring Moments reveals stories of amazing acts of heroism, self-sacrifice, endurance, and sheer grit that in many instances remain unbelievable. Whether these are the product of the extreme pressures of warfare, acts... -
The KGB: Police and Politics in the Soviet Union by Amy W. Knight
RRP: £33.99£30.40This book, first published in 1990, examines the origins and evolution of the security police, considering the continuities as well as changes in its function as guardian of the regime's security. It analyses the KGB's involvement in Kremlin politics,... -
Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict by Edwin P. Hoyt 9780815411185
RRP: £17.99£14.04The many factors that led to Japan's participation in World War II, and the horrifying battles that resulted, come into focus in Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict. The book, which takes into account Japanese and Asian documents and scholarship in... -
The Versailles Settlement: Peacemaking after the First World War, 1919-1923 by Alan Sharp 9781137611406
£30.33The third edition of this acclaimed textbook on peace-making after the First World War advances that the responsibility for the outbreak of a new, even more ruinous, war in 1939 cannot be ascribed entirely to the planet's most powerful men and their... -
Drugs, Insecurity and Failed States: The Problems of Prohibition by Nigel Inkster
RRP: £13.99£12.76The world's wealthiest nations have expended vast blood and treasure in tracking and capturing traffickers, dealers and consumers of narcotics, as well as destroying crops and confiscating shipments. Yet the global trade in illicit drugs is thriving,... -
Military Incompetence: Why the American Military Doesn't Win by Richard Gabriel 9780374521370
RRP: £12.99£9.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374521370Author Richard GabrielFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc -
The Betrothed of Death: The Spanish Foreign Legion During the Rif Rebellion, 1920-1927 by Jose E. Alvarez 9780313306976
£83.64Following her defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain shifted her colonial focus to her Protectorate in northern Morocco. When Spanish conscripts began to fight and to die by the thousands, political fallout forced the government to create a... -
Field Grey Uniforms of the Imperial German Army, 1907-1918 by Michael Baldwin 9780764340338
RRP: £113.99£86.60This book is the culmination of many years' work from two authors who have "lived and breathed" the subject for the past forty years: one, a military antiques dealer of international standing; the other, an extremely knowledgeable collector of German... -
Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in China: Domestic and Foreign Policy Dimensions by Michael Clarke
RRP: £35.00£31.24China's problem with terrorism has historically been considered an outgrowth of Beijing's efforts to integrate the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region into the People's Republic of China. Since the end of the Cold War, however, this internal dynamic has... -
A Military History of Britain: From 1775 to the Present by Jeremy M. Black 9780275990398
£83.24Starting his account at a time when Britain was poised to rule the world's oceans-and much of its land as well-prolific historian Jeremy Black details the nation's involvement in global affairs from the late-18th century to the present. A Military... -
Black Bats: CIA Spy Flights over China from Taiwan 1951-1969 by Chris Pocock 9780764335136
RRP: £36.99£23.38After Mao's communists took control of mainland China in 1949, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency developed an uneasy partnership with the nationalist Chinese government on Taiwan for covert air operations over the mainland - dropping agents and... -
Secret Diplomacy: Concepts, Contexts and Cases Corneliu Bjola (University of Oxford, UK) 9781138309258
RRP: £43.99£38.44This volume investigates secret diplomacy with the aim of understanding its role in shaping foreign policy.Recent events, including covert intelligence gathering operations, accusations of spying, and the leaking of sensitive government documents, have... -
British Prisoners of War in First World War Germany by Oliver Marlow Wilkinson 9781107199422
RRP: £67.00£60.32Over 185,000 British military servicemen were captured by the Germans during the First World War and incarcerated as prisoners of war (POWs). In this original investigation into their experiences of captivity, Wilkinson uses official and private British... -
Britain in Vietnam: Prelude to Disaster, 1945-46 by Peter Neville
RRP: £53.99£46.87This book is a study of the circumstances leading to British intervention in Vietnam in 1945, and the course and consequences of this intervention. The first part of the work links French colonialism with the native communist insurgency, while examining... -
Managing Domestic Dissent in First World War Britain Brock Millman 9780714681054
RRP: £43.99£38.44The author argues that the way the British Government managed dissent during World War I is important for understanding the way that the war ended. He argues that a comprehensive and effective system of suppression had been developed by the war's end in... -
Moltke on the Art of War: Selected Writings by Daniel Hughes
RRP: £12.99£12.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891415756Author Daniel HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio PressWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 227mm * 152mm *... -
The Tender Soldier: A True Story of War and Sacrifice by Vanessa M. Gezari 9781439177402
RRP: £16.00£9.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439177402Author Vanessa M. GezariFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Simon & Schuster Children's PublishingPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)... -
Understanding Counterinsurgency: Doctrine, operations, and challenges Thomas Rid 9780415777650
RRP: £43.99£38.44This textbook offers an accessible introduction to counterinsurgency operations, a key aspect of modern warfare.Featuring essays by some of the world's leading experts on unconventional conflict, both scholars and practitioners, the book discusses how... -
A Journal of the English Civil War: The Letter Book of Sir William Brereton, Spring 1646 Sir William Brereton 9780786472697
RRP: £28.99£23.38Brereton's journal is a book made up of letters from the English Civil War (1642-1646). A Parliamentary general, Sir William was engaged in the siege of Dudley Castle, Bridgnorth Castle and the fortifield cathedral close at Lichfield. The Letter Book... -
The Book of War: 25 Centuries of Great War Writing by John Keegan 9780140296556
RRP: £30.00£20.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140296556Author John KeeganFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House AustraliaWeight(grams)... -
A History of the Early Medieval Siege, c.450-1200 by Peter Purton
RRP: £125.00£107.49Detailed, comprehensive survey of the siege, looking at its development across three continents. Medieval warfare was dominated by the attack and defence of fortified places, and siege methods and technology developed alongside improvements in...