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Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II by J. E. Kaufmann 9780275983451
£113.32The Maginot Line was the last great gun-bearing line of subterranean forts built before World War II. Although it acquired an unjustified reputation as a white elephant, the Maginot Line fulfilled the role for which it was built, allowing the French High... -
British and American Naval Power: Politics and Policy, 1900-1936 by Phillips O'Brien 9780275958985
£111.32U.S. and British naval power developed in quite different ways in the early 20th century before the Second World War. This study compares, contrasts, and evaluates both British and American naval power as well as the politics that led to the development... -
OSS Agents in Hitler's Heartland: Destination Innsbruck by Gerald Schwab 9780275954703
£110.92This book tells the history of one of the most successful OSS operations of World War II. Three OSS agents-two young immigrants, one from Germany, the other from Holland, and a former Austrian Wehrmacht officer-in the midst of winter make a night jump... -
The Past as Prologue: The Importance of History to the Military Profession by Williamson Murray 9780521853774
RRP: £75.00£61.96In today's military of rapid technological and strategic change, obtaining a complete understanding of the present, let alone the past, is a formidable challenge. Yet the very high rate of change today makes study of the past more important than ever... -
Religious Humanitarianism during the World Wars, 1914–1945: Between Atheism and Messianism by Patrick J. Houlihan 9781009472272
RRP: £49.99£49.85The history of modern war has focused on destruction; however, practices of saving lives and rebuilding societies have received far less scrutiny. The world wars reconfigured geopolitics on a sacred-secular spectrum dominated by the USA and the USSR. In... -
Making Sense of the Great War: Crisis, Englishness, and Morale on the Western Front by Alex Mayhew 9781009168755
RRP: £100.00£89.88The First World War was an unprecedented crisis, with communities and societies enduring the unimaginable hardships of a prolonged conflict on an industrial scale. In Belgium and France, the terrible capacity of modern weaponry destroyed the natural world... -
Bodies of Work: The First World War and the Transnational Making of Rehabilitation by Julie M. Powell 9781009230285
RRP: £75.00£67.74Bodies of Work examines the transnational development of large-scale national systems, international organizations, technologies, and cultural material aimed at rehabilitating Allied ex-servicemen, disabled in the First World War. When nations mobilised... -
Korean War Order of Battle: United States, United Nations, and Communist Ground, Naval, and Air Forces, 1950-1953 by Gordon Rottman 9780275978358
£107.00Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Exile and Destruction: The Fate of Austrian Jews, 1938-1945 by Gertrude Schneider 9780275951399
£106.00Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Battle of Gettysburg: A History of the Civil War in America by Comte De Paris 9781582180656
£15.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582180656Author Comte De ParisFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Digital Scanning,USPublisher Digital Scanning,USWeight(grams) 500g -
The United States and Europe: Beyond the Neo-Conservative Divide? by John Baylis 9780415369992
£48.26A penetrating new examination of the triangular political and cultural relationship between America, Britain, and continental Europe. This relationship is both fraught and dynamic. Post-war reconstruction of Europe brought integration. Creating a 'United... -
A Time for Spies: Theodore Stephanovich Mally and the Era of the Great Illegals by William E. Duff 9780826513526
RRP: £42.95£31.67In this enlightening new book, former FBI Special Agent William E. Duff offers a gripping portrait of Theodore Stephanovich Mally and the historical and psychological factors that influenced and motivated him. By examining this instrumental yet largely... -
Victory: The Triumph and Tragedy of Just War by Cian O'Driscoll 9780198832911
RRP: £82.00£67.74Committing one's country to war is a grave decision. Governments often have to make tough calls, but none are quite so painful as those that involve sending soldiers into harm's way, to kill and be killed. The idea of 'just war' informs how we approach... -
Red Spies in America: Stolen Secrets and the Dawn of the Cold War by Katherine A. S. Sibley 9780700615551
RRP: £32.95£21.89When the United States established diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union in 1933, it did more than normalize relations with the new Bolshevik state-it opened the door to a parade of Russian spies. In the 1930s and 1940s, Soviet engineers and technicians,... -
Gender and Conflict since 1914: Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives by Ana Carden-Coyne 9780230280946
RRP: £95.00£94.80The First World War was a turning point for modern globalised warfare. It involved the inclusion of women in 'war efforts', the homefront becoming the warzone, and produced millions of wounded and disabled men. At the same time, it incited an... -
U.S. Special Forces: A Guide To America's Special Operations Units - The World's Most Elite Fighting Force by Samuel A. Southworth 9780306811654
£18.09President George W. Bush has told all Americans that the war against terrorism would be like no other war. But what does this mean? Who will fight? How will they fight? What weapons will be used? Most informed commentators agree that the war against... -
Three Years and a Half in the Army Or, History of the Second Colorados-Union Volunteer Cavalry at War Against Indians & Confederate Forces, 1860-65 by Ellen Williams 9780857066534
£18.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857066534Author Ellen WilliamsFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 322g -
The Impenetrable Fog of War: Reflections on Modern Warfare and Strategic Surprise by Patrick M. Cronin 9780313355806
£74.38Current trends suggest that the fog of war continues to make strategy an opaque enterprise notwithstanding enormous U.S. investments in high-tech weapons, intelligence capabilities, and homeland defense. This edited volume includes essays originally... -
Hitler's Blitzkrieg Campaigns: The Invasion And Defense Of Western Europe, 1939-1940 by H. W. Kaufmann 9780306812163
£21.30On September 1, 1939, Adolph Hitler inaugurated a new style of warfare-blitzkrieg-that terrorized Europe for half a decade. This "lightning war" provoked panic in millions and led to the downfall of entire nations: Poland, Denmark, Norway,... -
Submarine Warfare In The Civil War by Mark K. Ragan 9780306811975
£19.16Many people have heard of the Hunley, the experimental Confederate submarine that sank the USS Housatonic in a daring nighttime operation. Less well known, however, is that the Hunley was not alone under the waters of America during the Civil War. Both... -
From Confrontation to Cooperation: The Takeover of the National People's (East German) Army by the Bundeswehr by Frederick Zilian 9780275965464
£83.24At midnight on October 2, 1990, the West German armed forces took over the approximately 90,000 men comprising the National People's (East German) Army (NVA) and assumed control of its substantial arsenal. This study is an analysis of that unification... -
Eisenhower Between the Wars: The Making of a General and Statesman by Matthew F. Holland 9780275963408
£83.64Dwight D. Eisenhower achieved prominence as a military leader during World War II and as a statesman following the conflict, but less is known about his ambitions and preparation between the wars that served as the foundation for his later success. The... -
Conquistador! The True Life Adventures of Bernal Diaz and His Part in the Spanish Conquest of the Americas in the Early Sixteenth Century: Volume 2 by Bernal Diaz 9780857062949
£27.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857062949Author Bernal DiazFormat HardbackPage Count 492Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 757g -
Sufferings of Union Soldiers in Southern Prisons: Transcript of Andersonville Trial by Samuel J M Andrews 9780788405730
£12.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788405730Author Samuel J M AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 140g -
Stillwell's Mission to China by Charles F Romanus 9780898758740
RRP: £27.95£24.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898758740Author Charles F RomanusFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the... -
A Tough Apprenticeship: Sri Lanka's Military Against the Tamil Militants 1979 - 1987 by Channa Wickremesekera 9780648134909
RRP: £20.00£14.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648134909Author Channa WickremesekeraFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Channa WickremesekeraPublisher Channa WickremesekeraWeight(grams) 304g -
The War Against Rommel's Supply Lines, 1942-1943 by Alan Levine 9780275965211
£83.24An exciting account of a little-known, yet vital part of World War II, the Allied effort to blockade Axis forces in North Africa with a relatively small number of planes and submarines included some of the war's most spectacular air battles, and opened... -
Elements of Military Strategy: An Historical Approach by Archer Jones 9780275955274
£39.49This book uses history in two ways: as the source of ideas about strategy and as examples to illustrate the elements by showing their application to specific campaigns and their utility in understanding the role of strategy in military operations. The... -
General Matthew B. Ridgway: From Progressivism to Reaganism, 1895-1993 by Jonathan M. Soffer 9780275950743
£83.24Detailing the life and legacy of one of America's highest profile military commanders, this biography looks at how Ridgway maintained his corporatist ideals through the critical days of World War II and the Cold War. The qualities that Ridgway honed on... -
Guerrilla Warfare: A Historical, Biographical, and Bibliographical Sourcebook by Anthony James Joes 9780313292521
£101.35From the Carolina Swamp Fox to the Afghan Mujahideen, this book analyzes 40 guerrilla struggles across five continents, profiles important figures, and gives extensive bibliographical information. With an emphasis on causes and effects, Part I surveys... -
Army Letters From an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888: Experiences on the Western Frontier With the United States Army by Frances M a Roe 9780857062543
£19.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857062543Author Frances M a RoeFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 463g -
A Military History of India and South Asia: From the East India Company to the Nuclear Era by Daniel P. Marston, D. Phil. 9780275985707
£83.24Since September 2001, the Western public has found a renewed interest in South Asia. On the border between the Muslim and non-Muslim world, the region has seen its strategic importance to the West heightened, while the fact that the two major competing... -
Fort Supply, Indian Territory: Frontier Outpost on the Plains by Robert C. Carriker 9780806122434
RRP: £21.95£21.26"Carriker has done his task well. The research is thorough, and the presentation is clear, concise, and readable. Fleshing out a significant phase of southern plains history, Fort Supply will be welcomed by students of the American West... -
Military Periodicals: United States and Selected International Journals and Newspapers by Michael E. Unsworth 9780313259203
£72.57This newest addition to Greenwood Press' Historical Guides to the World's Periodicals and Newspapers examines the histories of selected non-classified periodicals, primarily American, that are devoted to military and naval subjects. Criteria for... -
China's Rise to Commercial Maritime Power by Irwin Millard Heine 9780313264542
£83.24China's waning interest in maritime activities, from the late 15th century on, ended when the People's Republic of China came to power in 1949. The new government, with few shipping and shipbuilding resources, took 12 years to initiate, in 1961, a... -
A Grandstand Seat: The American Balloon Service in World War I by Eileen Lebow 9780275962555
£83.64The little-known American Balloon Service worked in combat to help direct artillery fire more accurately and provide essential intelligence on enemy troop movements during World War I. German use of observation balloons to direct artillery fire in August... -
Pacific Turning Point: The Solomons Campaign, 1942-1943 by Charles W. Koburger 9780275952365
£65.53Koburger argues that the many battles that constituted the campaign for the Solomons were the key to victory in the Pacific for the U.S. Navy-not the battle of the Coral Sea or the Battle of Midway. Segments of the campaign-Guadalcanal, New Georgia, and... -
America's Forgotten Wars: The Counterrevolutionary Past and Lessons for the Future by Sam C. Sarkesian 9780313240195
£83.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313240195Author Sam C. SarkesianFormat HardbackPage Count 265Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO -
Arms Over Diplomacy: Reflections on the Persian Gulf War by Dennis Menos 9780275941604
£65.53This book is about the U.S. rush to arms in the Persian Gulf, the tragic loss of life on both sides, the destruction inflicted on Kuwait and Iraq, and the many uncertainties that confront America in the aftermath of the war. It reflects the views of... -
The Eagle in the Desert: Looking Back on U. S. Involvement in the Persian Gulf War by William P. Head 9780275953973
£37.30This book is a reexamination of the Persian Gulf War by a number of academic and military historians to determine what we did right, what we did wrong, and how our performance could have been improved. This study addresses the questions: Why did the war...