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Armies of Sand: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness by Kenneth M. Pollack
RRP: £28.99£21.28Since World War II, Arab armed forces have consistently punched below their weight--they have lost many wars that by all rights they should have won, and in their best performances only ever achieved quite modest accomplishments. Over time, soldiers,... -
British Paratrooper 1940-45 by Rebecca Skinner
RRP: £14.99£10.95Inspired by the exploits of the German Fallschirmjager in the blitzkrieg campaigns, Winston Churchill called for the formation of a 5,000-strong Airborne Force in June 1940. From these beginnings The Parachute Regiment became one of the foremost units of... -
Conflict-Sensitive Conservation: Lessons from the Global Environment Facility by Carl Bruch 9781032397955
RRP: £36.99£32.53This book provides an empirically formulated foundation for conflict-sensitive conservation, a field in which the existing literature relies primarily on anecdotal evidence.Seeking to better understand the impact of conflict on the implementation and... -
Forgotten Victorian Generals: Studies in the Exercise of Command and Control in the British Army 1837-1901 by Christopher Brice 9781910777206
RRP: £25.00£20.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910777206Author Christopher BriceFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Welsh at Mametz Wood, The Somme 1916, The by Jonathan Hicks
RRP: £12.99£9.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784612382Author Jonathan HicksFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa -
Abducting a General: The Kreipe Operation and SOE in Crete by Patrick Leigh Fermor
RRP: £10.99£7.40A daring behind-enemy-lines mission from the author of A Time of Gifts and The Broken Road, who was once described by the BBC as 'a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene'. Although a story often told, this is the first time Patrick... -
Bakumatsu: From Samurai to Soldiers - Japan in the 1860s by Till Weber 9783963600517
RRP: £34.95£29.84From the early 17th century until the 1860s, Japan was ruled by samurai led by the Shoguns of the powerful Tokugawa dynasty. The long period of peace following almost incessant civil war had negative effects on the proficiency of these feudal warriors... -
The Kamikaze Hunters: The Men Who Fought for the Pacific, 1945 by Will Iredale
RRP: £16.99£12.18The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller.In May 1945, with victory in Europe established, the war was all but over. But on the other side of the world, the Allies were still engaged in a bitter struggle to control the Pacific. And it was then that the... -
Trapped in History: Kenya, Mau Mau and Me by Nicholas Rankin 9780571307746
RRP: £25.00£16.99Trapped in History tells how the British colonised Kenya and how African nationalism arose under Jomo Kenyatta. It describes the terrifying first attacks by the guerrilla freedom fighters known as Mau Mau. Though defeated, the Mau Mau hastened the end of... -
The Norwegian Merchant Fleet in the Second World War by Kenneth L Privratsky 9781399043861
RRP: £22.00£15.62Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Black Ops Vietnam: An Operational History of Macvsog by Robert M. Gillespie 9781591143215
RRP: £45.95£37.90During the Vietnam War, MACVSOG was a highly-classified, U.S. joint-service organisation that consisted of personnel from Army Special Forces, the Air Force, Navy SEALs, Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance units, and the CIA. This secret organisation was... -
Reach for the Sky by Paul Brickhill
RRP: £12.99£8.60The bestselling story of Britain's most courageous and most famous flyer, the Second World War hero Sir Douglas Bader.In 1931, at the age of 21, Douglas Bader was the golden boy of the RAF. Excelling in everything he did he represented the Royal Air... -
StuG III Brigade 191, 1940 1945: The Buffalo Brigade in Action in the Balkans, Greece and from Moscow to the Caucasus and the Crimea by Bork, Bruno 9781784386955
RRP: £25.00£18.02Based on their experiences during the First World War, the Reichswehr decided that the infantry support gun of the future should be an armoured, motorized vehicle with an effective calibre of cannon: the Sturmgeschutz III. The weapon was used in the... -
The Flame and the Candle by Dominic Price
RRP: £12.99£11.61This is the story of Mayo men and women active during the War of Independence and the Civil War, a story largely untold or forgotten. Throughout, there is an attempt at real insight into the lives of participants. The establishment and acceptance of the... -
The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War by Doug Stanton
RRP: £18.99£12.36SELECTED BY MILITARY TIMES AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * SELECTED BY THE SOCIETY OF MIDLAND AUTHORS' AS THE BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR The New York Times bestselling author of In Harm's Way and Horse Soldiers shares the powerful account of an... -
Empires of the Dead: How One Man's Vision Led to the Creation of WWI's War Graves by David Crane
RRP: £10.99£7.25Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction. The extraordinary and forgotten story of the building of the World War One cemeteries, due to the efforts of one remarkable man, Fabian Ware. ... -
The Face Of War by Martha Gellhorn 9781862071506
RRP: £10.99£7.32Martha Gellhorn was one of the twentieth century's greatest war correspondents. The Face of War is a selection of her reports, on the conflicts in Spain, Finland, China and World War II, with later reports on Vietnam, Israel and Central America.Reports... -
Battle of Britain: A day-to-day chronicle, 10 July-31 October 1940 by Patrick Bishop 9781529409512
RRP: £12.99£8.60From the bestselling author of Fighter Boys and Bomber Boys, this is a magisterial chronicle of a defining episode in British history: the epic struggle of the Royal Air Force with the Luftwaffe. Patrick Bishop's Battle of Britain is a compelling account... -
British Army Guide 2016 - 2017 by Charles Heyman 9781473845473
RRP: £9.99£7.11In 1984 the first edition of the British Army Guide was published and in September 2015 the 13th edition will be on sale. This invaluable information resource which deals with all aspects of British Army organisation, recruitment and training has been... -
About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior by Col David H Hackworth
RRP: £27.00£16.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982144043Author David HackworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 912Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster -
The Channel Islands at War: A Dark History by Robert Bard
RRP: £15.99£10.85The incredible true story of what really happened in the Channel Islands during the Second World War. The Channel lslands were occupied on 30 June 1940 when four German planes landed at Guernsey Airport. They were the only part of Britain to be occupied... -
Operation Aerial: Churchill'S Second Miracle of Deliverance by David Worsfold 9781781220221
RRP: £20.00£13.26Dunkirk resonates through British history. The "miracle of deliverance", as Prime Minister Winston Churchill described the evacuation of nearly 340,000 troops from the small French port, in most people's minds marks the end of British... -
The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War by Andrew Roberts
RRP: £18.99£13.61From the author of Masters and Commanders, Andrew Roberts' The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War has been hailed as the finest single-volume account of this epic conflict. The Second World War lasted for 2,174 days and claimed the... -
Blenheim: Battle for Europe by Earl Charles Spencer
RRP: £10.99£7.40How two men brought about the defeat of Louis XIV's previously unbeaten army and saved Europe from French domination - A Sunday Times BestsellerBy the summer of 1704 Louis XIV's vast armies dominated Europe. France defeated every alliance formed against... -
Soviet Armoured Cars 1936-45 by Jamie Prenatt
RRP: £11.99£8.43The armoured car has an important place in the early history of Soviet armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) - they were the most important AFV during the Russian Civil War and figured prominently in the mechanization of the Red Army that began in late 1929... -
Monty's Men: The British Army and the Liberation of Europe by John Buckley
RRP: £14.99£13.03Historian John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britain's fighting forces during World War Two, challenging the common belief that the British Army was no match for the forces of Hitler's Germany. Following Britain's military commanders and... -
Magna Carta: The True Story Behind the Charter by David Starkey
RRP: £12.99£8.60'A soaring account of the months that transformed a messy feudal squabble into Magna Carta...his crisp storytelling, based around short chapters and rolling rhetoric, is extremely entertaining.' Dan Jones, Mail on Sunday'I thoroughly enjoyed this book... -
Fisher's Face by Jan Morris
RRP: £12.99£8.56Admiral of the Fleet Lord 'Jacky' Fisher (1841-1920) was one of the greatest naval reformers in history. He was also a colossal figure to contemporaries, both loved and loathed, a man of exceptional charm, presence and charisma. Since the late 1940s, Jan... -
Bomber Command: Churchill's Greatest Triumph by MacKenzie, Roddy 9781399017725
RRP: £25.00£17.62Roddy MacKenzie's father served in Bomber Command during the Second World War, but like so many brave veterans who had survived the war, he spoke little of his exploits. So, when Roddy started on his personal journey to discover something of what his... -
The History of 30 Assault Unit: Ian Fleming's Red Indians by Craig Cabell
RRP: £14.99£10.95The Second World War spawned a plethora of crack special forces units (Long Range Desert Group, SAS, SBS, Phantom and Commandos) but 30 Assault Unit remains, even today, far more secretive and exclusive than the others. Formed by Ian Fleming, who was... -
The Shape of Battle: Six Campaigns from Hastings to Helmand by Allan Mallinson 9781529177015
RRP: £10.99£7.77One of our most distinguished military historians tells the story of six defining battles . . .Every battle is different. Each takes place in a different context - the war, the campaign, the weapons. However, battles across the centuries, whether fought... -
Colossus: The secrets of Bletchley Park's code-breaking computers by B. Jack Copeland
RRP: £15.99£12.01At last - the secrets of Bletchley Park's powerful codebreaking computers. This is a history of Colossus, the world's first fully-functioning electronic digital computer. Colossus was used during the Second World War at the Government Code and Cypher... -
Yorkshire & Lancashire Regiment: Images of England by Jane Davies
RRP: £14.99£11.28This book shows the illustrious history of the York and Lancaster Regiment, or the 'young and lovelies' (one of their numerous nicknames), and illustrates the regiment's service around the globe. It shows the regiment its earliest days in the 65th and... -
Survivor of the Long March: Five Years as a PoW 1940-1945 by Charles Waite 9780750968478
RRP: £14.99£11.28Nothing prepares a man for war and Private Charles Waite, of the Queen's Royal Regiment, was ill-prepared when his convoy took a wrong turning near Abbeville and met 400 German soldiers and half a dozen tanks. 'The day I was captured, I had a rifle but... -
Understanding Cyber-Warfare: Politics, Policy and Strategy by Christopher Whyte
RRP: £33.99£30.00This textbook offers an accessible introduction to the historical, technical, and strategic context of global cyber conflict. The second edition has been revised and updated throughout, with three new chapters. Cyber warfare involves issues of doctrine,... -
The Baltic Cauldron: Two Navies and the Fight for Freedom by Michael Ellis
RRP: £30.00£24.17The Baltic Cauldron commemorates several centuries of Anglo-Swedish relations, which, after events in Eastern Europe in 2022, have acquired a new resonance as a record of the struggle for survival and independence of nations bordering the Baltic. This is... -
Darfur: A New History of a Long War by Julie Flint 9781842779507
£19.04Written by two authors with unparalleled first-hand experience of Darfur, this is the definitive guide. Newly updated and hugely expanded, this edition details Darfur's history in Sudan. It traces the origins, organization and ideology of the infamous... -
Fatal Rivalry, Flodden 1513: Henry VIII, James IV and the battle for Renaissance Britain by George Goodwin
RRP: £10.99£7.40The relationship of England and Scotland became defined by events on 9 September 1513 in a battle of great size, bloodshed and finality - the Battle of Flodden.On the back of historian George Goodwin's critically acclaimed debut, FATAL COLOURS, comes... -
Zona Alfa by Patrick Todoroff
RRP: £12.99£9.70Zona Alfa is a set of simple, fast-play skirmish rules for scavenging, exploring, and surviving in a near-future, post-apocalyptic Eastern European setting. Players take on the role of bandits, mercenaries, and military units fighting over the blasted... -
The Battle of Britain: Myth and Reality by Richard Overy
RRP: £9.99£7.11From the award-winning author of The Dictators, Richard Overy's The Battle of Britain: Myth and Reality is the best introduction available to a defining moment in British history. The extraordinary struggle between British and German air forces in 1940...