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Mercenaries: Scourge of the Developing World by Guy Arnold 9780312222031
RRP: £89.99£89.87Mercenaries have been employed as auxiliaries since early times, but in the post-1945 world they have operated, almost exclusively, in weak Third World countries. From Columbia to the Congo, Angola to Papua New Guinea, Cambodia to Nicaragua, they have... -
Returning Wars' Wounded, Injured, and Ill: A Reference Handbook by Nathan D. Ainspan 9780313347290
£65.53Thousands of American service members are returning from their tours of duty with physical and/or psychological disabilities. Many-if not most-of these service members will need at least some assistance to adapt to their disabilities and learn how to... -
Triumph of Self-Determination: Operation Stabilise and United Nations Peacemaking in East Timor by John R. Ballard 9780313348419
£57.06Based on first-person accounts, interviews, declassified documents, and secondary background sources, this book gives readers insight into the significant actions and innovative techniques of the struggle for East Timorese independence from 1999 to 2006... -
Serving America's Veterans: A Reference Handbook by Lawrence J. Korb 9780313355264
£65.53In this authoritative handbook, a former Assistant Secretary of Defense lays out the infrastructural, administrative, and health care challenges facing the Veterans Administration, policymakers, and our veterans themselves. Serving America's Veterans: A... -
The Egyptian Army in Politics: Pattern for New Nations? by P. J. Vatikiotis 9780837164731
£83.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837164731Author P. J. VatikiotisFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO -
Haughty Conquerors: Amherst and the Great Indian Uprising of 1763 by William Nester 9780275967703
£83.64During 1763 and 1764, a loose coalition of Native American tribes ranging from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River and from the Ohio Valley to the Great Lakes revolted against the oppression and neglect of their newly installed British... -
The Evolution of Blitzkrieg Tactics: Germany Defends Itself Against Poland, 1918-1933 by Robert M. Citino 9780313256318
£83.24This study provides a tactical, strategic, and operational view of the interwar German army as a fighting organization. The book describes in detail the process by which the Reichswehr attempted the accomplishment of its principal task--that of defending... -
Airpower and Technology: Smart and Unmanned Weapons by David R. Mets 9780275993146
£52.67Is there a reason for the busy citizen-leader to read about air and space history, theory, and doctrine? Yes, asserts David Mets, because without some vision of what the future is likely to bring, we enter new conflicts unarmed with any ideas and highly... -
Sea Raptors: Logs of Voyages of Private Armed Vessels, Comet and Chasseur, Commanded by Tom Boyle, 1812-1815 by Andrew Wahll 9780788443718
RRP: £16.00£14.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788443718Author Andrew WahllFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 200g -
The 'Lost' Pensions: Settled Accounts of the Act of 6 April 1838, Revised Edition by Craig Roberts Scott 9780788454783
£25.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788454783Author Craig Roberts ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 576g -
General Chennault's Secret Weapon: The B-24 in China by A. B. Feuer 9780275943530
£83.24This book records the World War II experiences of Captain Elmer E. Haynes, who flew low-altitude night radar strikes against Japanese shipping in the South China Sea, and daylight raids against various enemy land based installations in eastern and... -
Army Life on the Western Frontier: Selections from the Official Reports Made Between 1826 and 1845 by Colonel George Croghan by George Croghan 9780806146263
RRP: £14.95£14.84From Fort Snelling on the upper Mississippi and Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri to Fort St. Philip below New Orleans, the string of military bases along the western frontier of the United States played an essential part in the orderly advance of... -
United States Military Assistance: An Empirical Perspective by William H. Mott 9780313317040
£83.64This interdisciplinary study examines the relationships between the provision of military assistance and success in achieving donor aims in history and theory, based upon an initial proposition that the relationship between donor and recipient is a... -
Captivity, Flight, and Survival in World War II by Alan Levine 9780275969554
£83.64A collection of prisoner of war and concentration camp survivor stories from some of the toughest World War II camps in Europe and the Pacific, this book details the daring escapes and highlights the fundamental aspects of human nature that made such... -
Defense Relations between Australia and Indonesia in the Post-Cold War Era by Bilveer Singh 9780313322266
£83.24Recent years have seen dramatic shifts in the nature of Australian-Indonesian relations, and this in turn has had a great impact on the strategic partnership that had gradually come into existence between the two regional powers. Against the backdrop of... -
Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, L-Z V2 by Samuel F. Scott 9780313248054
£73.17Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780313248054Author Samuel F. ScottFormat HardbackPage Count 632Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO -
Battling for Bombers: The U.S. Air Force Fights for its Modern Strategic Aircraft Programs by Frank P. Donnini 9780313312212
£83.64Although the United States Air Force was founded upon strategic bombardment theory and advocacy, the service has traditionally had tremendous difficulty in obtaining the adequate funding for bombers that it requires to fulfill its mandate. For more than... -
Other Leaders, Other Heroes: West Point's Legacy to America Beyond the Field of Battle by James R. Endler 9780275963699
£83.64As West Point celebrates its bicentennial, this study provides examples of significant non-combat contributions made by Military Academy graduates to the development and growth of the United States. It includes a sampling of the accomplishments of the... -
Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm: Chronology and Fact Book by Kevin Hutchison 9780313296062
£72.57[This] book is a testament to America's crusade to protect, preserve, and perpetuate the values of democracy. From the foreword by Major General John H. Admire, USMC This is the most all-encompassing chronology and fact book yet to be published about... -
Anglo-American Shipbuilding in World War II: A Geographical Perspective by Michael Lindberg 9780275979249
£83.64The expansion of the shipbuilding industry in Britain and the United States between 1938 and 1945 was one of the greatest economic feats in history. This study examines in detail the unprecedented growth both in total industrial capacity and that of... -
The Soviet Economy and the Red Army, 1930-1945 by Walter S. Dunn, Jr. 9780275948931
£83.24This book describes the creation of a new economy in the Soviet Union from 1930 to 1945. The Red Army defeated the Germans in World War II with equipment produced by that economy and not with masses of untrained men as has been often argued. The Soviet... -
A Never-ending Conflict: A Guide to Israeli Military History by Mordechai Bar-On 9780275981587
£48.28This is the story of a tragic confrontation between two national movements contesting the same small piece of land, a clash that has become one of the most intractable issues in modern times. From the establishment of the first Zionist colonies in the... -
The Trenton Commanders: Johann Gottlieb Rall and George Washington, as Noted in Hessian Diaries by Bruce E Burgoyne 9780788406614
£4.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788406614Author Bruce E BurgoyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 41g -
Infantry Division Components of the US Army by Timothy Aumiller 9780972029650
RRP: £12.99£9.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780972029650Author Timothy AumillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint General Data LLCPublisher General Data LLCWeight(grams) 382g -
A Loyal Opposition in Time of War: The Republican Party and the Politics of Foreign Policy from Pearl Harbor to Yalta by Richard E. Darilek 9780837187730
£83.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837187730Author Richard E. DarilekFormat HardbackPage Count 239Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO -
Crumbling Empire: The German Defeat in the East, 1944 by Samuel W. Mitcham 9780275968564
£83.64The last place a German soldier wanted to be in 1944 was the Russian front. That summer, Stalin hurled into battle more than six million men and 9,000 tanks, supported by 16,000 fighters and bombers and more than 12,800 guns and rocket launchers. Despite... -
Women Marines: The World War II Era by Peter A. Soderbergh 9780275941314
£74.38The nexus of this study lies in the recollections of 146 Women Reservists who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and who were surveyed by Peter Soderbergh in 1990 and 1991. Soderbergh's purposes were (1) to gather primary data before it... -
United States Army Logistics: From the American Revolution to 9/11 by Steve R. Waddell 9780313354557
£52.67You can train men to fight. You can plan for the invasion. But you can't have success on the battlefield if you cannot move the men and material into position. Success is not possible without logistical support and capabilities. The U.S. Army's logistics... -
Vicksburg Campaign: April 1862 - July 1863 by David G. Martin 9780306812194
£19.16"Sam" Grant had his faults, but he was always willing to fight, and often able to win. Frustrated by a tactical stalemate in Virginia in 1863 Ulysses S. Grant embarked upon a strategy of strangling the Confederate supply line on the Mississippi... -
A World Atlas Of Military History 1861-1945 by Arthur Banks 9780306803321
£18.09From the American Civil War to World War II, this comprehensive collection of maps includes detailed pictures of all the key battles and conflicts across the globe--from the Zulu War of 1879, the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, the Boer War of 1900, to... -
Men at War: A Soldier's Eye View of the Most Important Battles in History by Bill Fawcett 9780425230138
RRP: £19.10£14.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425230138Author Bill FawcettFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 290g -
The U.S. Military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy: A Reference Handbook by Melissa Sheridan Embser-Herbert 9780275991913
£65.53Embser-Herbert explores the history of the policy of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, (DADT) the federal law restricting the military service of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. In this narrative overview, she traces the policy from its origins in the early 1990s,... -
Defeat and Memory: Cultural Histories of Military Defeat in the Modern Era by Jenny MacLeod 9780230517400
RRP: £44.99£44.97The legacy of defeat in war reverberates through private and collective memory and remains a sub-text in international relations and political discourse. This book examines the manner in which a series of military defeats have been understood and... -
British Counterinsurgency by John Newsinger 9780230298231
RRP: £44.99£44.97British Counterinsurgency challenges the British Army's claim to counterinsurgency expertise. It provides well-written, accessible and up-to-date accounts of the post-1945 campaigns in Palestine, Malaya, Kenya, Cyprus, South Yemen, Dhofar, Northern... -
Communist Logistics in the Korean War by Charles R. Shrader 9780313295096
£83.64This book describes the logistical systems and requirements of the North Korean People's Army and Chinese Communist forces during the Korean War. The author examines the performance of the Communist logistical system from June 1950 to July 1953,... -
Leaders and Leadership: An Appraisal of Theory and Research by Mostafa Rejai 9780275958800
£65.53Three interrelated objectives provide the subject of this study: to cover a wide range of topics on leaders and leadership; to present up-to-date treatments of those topics; and to offer extensive bibliographies for further study and research. The... -
The Military Uses of Literature: Fiction and the Armed Forces in the Soviet Union by Mark T. Hooker 9780275955632
£83.24This book studies the made-to-order genre of socialist-realist fiction that was produced at the direction of the Main Political Directorate of the Soviet Army and Navy (MPD) as a part of the war for men's minds waged by the Soviet State. The first... -
Conscription and Democracy: The Draft in France, Great Britain, and the United States by George Q. Flynn 9780313319129
£83.64Finding the manpower to defend democracy has been a recurring problem. Russell Weigley writes: The historic preoccupation of the Army's thought in peacetime has been the manpower question: how, in an unmilitary nation, to muster adequate numbers of... -
The Chief of Staff: The Military Career of General Walter Bedell Smith by Dan Crosswell 9780313274800
£83.64The functions of staff officers in U.S. military history have been largely ignored by historians who have preferred to focus on the role of the combat officer. This examination of the career of General Walter Bedell Smith, Chief of Staff to General... -
To the Point: The United States Military Academy, 1802-1902 by George Pappas 9780275943295
£95.31Few institutions have influenced U.S. history as profoundly as the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, which will celebrate its 200th anniversary on March 16, 2002. Born conceptually in Revolutionary War times, the USMA developed alongside the fledgling...