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The Philosophy of War Films by David LaRocca 9780813176222
RRP: £32.50£27.61Wars have played a momentous role in shaping the course of human history. The ever-present specter of conflict has made it an enduring topic of interest in popular culture, and many movies, from Hollywood blockbusters to independent films, have sought to... -
Military Medical Ethics for the 21st Century Michael L. Gross 9781138273573
RRP: £49.99£43.50As asymmetric 'wars among the people' replace state-on-state wars in modern armed conflict, the growing role of military medicine and medical technology in contemporary war fighting has brought an urgent need to critically reassess the theory and... -
German Swords of World War II - A Photographic Reference: Vol 1: Army by Thomas M. Johnson 9780764324321
RRP: £72.99£47.99This three volume set on World War II German swords by LTC (Ret.) Thomas M. Johnson, a leading collector and authoritative researcher, is a follow-up to his successful and highly acclaimed four volume series on World War II German daggers by Schiffer... -
The CIA and American Democracy: Third Edition by Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones 9780300099485
£31.81This third edition of Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones's engrossing history of the Central Intelligence Agency includes a new prologue that discusses the history of the CIA since the end of the Cold War, focusing in particular on the intelligence dimensions of the... -
Eternal Vigilance?: 50 years of the CIA Christopher Andrew 9780714643601
RRP: £47.99£42.21Eternal Vigilance? seeks to offer reinterpretations of some of the major established themes in CIA history such as its origins, foundations, its treatment of the Soviet threat, the Iranian revolution and the accountability of the agency. The book also... -
Malta and British Strategic Policy, 1925-43 by Douglas Austin
RRP: £43.99£38.44A major reassessment of a key aspect of British strategy and defence policy in the first half of the twentieth century. The main contribution of this new study is an investigation of the role of Malta in British military strategy, as planned and as it... -
Saudi Arabia and the Illusion of Security J.E. Peterson 9780198516774
RRP: £24.99£21.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780198516774Author J.E. PetersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Thomson WestWeight(grams) 190g -
Uniforms and Equipment of the Imperial German Army 1900-1918: A Study in Period Photographs by Charles Woolley
RRP: £63.99£42.50This second volume in the Uniforms and Equipment of the Imperial German Army 1900-1918: A Study in Period Photographs series, contains over 500 never before published photographic images of the Imperial German military forces. Contained in this volume... -
State Terrorism and Neoliberalism: The North in the South Ruth Blakeley 9780415686174
RRP: £47.99£41.81This book explores the complicity of democratic states from the global North in state terrorism in the global South. It evaluates the relationship between the use of state terrorism by Northern liberal democracies and efforts by those states to further... -
On Armor by Bruce I. Gudmundsson 9780275950200
£30.71On Armor tells three important and interconnected stories. The first is a tale of a technology, in particular, the rise and fall of the main battle tank-a type of armored vehicle that came to dominate land warfare in the middle of the 20th century but is... -
The Enlightened Soldier: Scharnhorst and the Militarische Gesellschaft in Berlin, 1801-1805 by Charles E. White 9780275929367
£107.59This volume explores the essence of German military professionalism as exemplified by the nineteenth century Prussian German Staff. The study focuses on the most important Prussian military reformer--Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst, who in 1801... -
Spy Fiction, Spy Films and Real Intelligence Wesley K. Wark 9781138873568
RRP: £47.99£41.81This book won the Canadian Crime Writers' Arthur Ellis Award for the Best Genre Criticism/Reference book of 1991. This collection of essays is an attempt to explore the history of spy fiction and spy films and investigate the significance of the ideas... -
Turkish Foreign Policy since 1774 by William Hale
RRP: £53.99£46.87This revised and updated version of William Hale's Turkish Foreign Policy 1774-2000 offers a comprehensive and analytical survey of Turkish foreign policy since the last quarter of the eighteenth century, when the Turks' relations with the rest of the... -
The Modern Defense Industry: Political, Economic, and Technological Issues by Richard A. Bitzinger 9780275994754
£113.32Whether it's guns and ammunition or multidimensional anti-terrorism systems, the defense industry is dynamic, complex, and ubiquitous. It is also mysterious, powerful, and controversial, involving thousands of players worldwide-from suppliers and... -
Aviation Terrorism and Security Paul Wilkinson 9780714644639
RRP: £53.99£46.87First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780714644639Author Paul WilkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 340g -
A Life of Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham: A Twentieth Century Naval Leader by Michael Simpson 9780714651972 [USED COPY]
RRP: £165.00£29.87Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
I Would Not Step Back...: Squadron Leader Phil Lamason RNZAF, DFC and Bar by Hilary Pedersen 9781911255390
£17.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911255390Author Hilary PedersenFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Bomber Command BooksPublisher Aviation Books Ltd. -
Doctors in Blue: The Medical History of the Union Army in the Civil War by George Washington Adams 9780807121054
£21.11Similar in scope to H. H. Cunningham's Doctors in Gray, George Worthington Adams' Doctors in Blue, originally published more than forty years ago and now available for the first time in paperback, remains the definitive work on the medical history of the... -
Uniforms of the Soviet Union 1918-1945 by David Webster 9780764305276
RRP: £63.99£41.70For the first time a photographic study of the Soviet uniforms from the Revolution, Civil War, Purges, and the Great Patriotic War. Hundreds of full color highly detailed photographs of actual uniforms are combined with period black and white photographs... -
Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875-1881 by James B Gillett 9781602067356
£13.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602067356Author James B GillettFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Military Education and the British Empire, 1815-1949 by Douglas E. Delaney
RRP: £29.99£26.50Common military education was the lifeblood of the armies, navies, and air forces of the British Empire. It permeated every aspect of the profession of arms and was an essential ingredient for success in both war and peace. Military Education and Empire... -
Naval Operations of the Campaign in Norway, April-June 1940 David Brown 9780714651194
RRP: £135.00£117.68This is the official Naval Staff history of the Norway campaign, originally published internally in 1951. It covers the period from early April 1940 to the completion of operations in June. The operation involved most of the Royal Navy's ships in the... -
The Dragon in the Jungle: The Chinese Army in the Vietnam War by Xiaobing Li 9780190681616
£48.90Western historians have long speculated about Chinese military intervention in the Vietnam War. It was not until recently, however, that newly available international archival materials, as well as documents from China, have indicated the true extent and... -
Greek and Macedonian Land Battles of the 4th Century B.C.: A History and Analysis of 187 Engagements by McFarland & Co 9780786469734
RRP: £28.99£23.38With its mixture of famous battles and storied commanders, warfare in 4th century B.C. Greece has long held a fascination for military enthusiasts and the general public alike. Histories, biographies, and popular culture have turned the exploits of... -
Nothing Sacred: Nazi Espionage Against the Vatican, 1939-1945 David Alvarez 9780714643021
RRP: £47.99£41.81Nazi Germany considered the Catholic Church to be a serious threat to its domestic security and its international ambitions. In Germany, informants provided intelligence, but in Rome, German attempts to penetrate the Papacy were less successful - except... -
Gender and International Security: Feminist Perspectives Laura Sjoberg (University of Florida, FL, USA) 9780415475792
RRP: £49.99£43.50This book defines the relationship between gender and international security, analyzing and critiquing international security theory and practice from a gendered perspective.Gender issues have an important place in the international security landscape,... -
Russians in the Waffen-SS by Rolf Michaelis 9780764333484
RRP: £27.99£17.62From summer 1941, some 100,000 Russians served in the German Wehrmacht, mostly as so called Schutzmannschaften under the command of the German Police (Hoehere SS- und Polizeifuhrer) in the eastern occupied areas. The most famous unit was the Brigade... -
Hitler's Last Chief of Foreign Intelligence: Allied Interrogations of Walter Schellenberg Reinhard R. Doerries 9780415449328
RRP: £53.99£47.27When the curtains fell on the 'Thousand-Year Reich', in May 1945, SS-Brigadefuhrer Walter Schellenberg left for neutral Stockholm, only to be takn shortly thereafter to Frankfurt and London for interogating. The 'Final Report' on the Case of Walter... -
The Last to Fall.: The Life and Letters of Ivor Hickman- an International Brigade by John L Wainwright 9780957192324
RRP: £22.00£17.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957192324Author John L WainwrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Open Eyes PressPublisher Open Eyes PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Kokoda: Beyond the Legend by Karl James 9781107189713
RRP: £43.00£37.74Courage. Endurance. Mateship. Sacrifice. These values, engraved in stone at the Isurava war memorial, have become synonymous with the Australian experience during the Kokoda campaign of 1942. The story of Kokoda and of the fighting in Papua has been told... -
Asia's Naval Expansion: An Arms Race in the Making? by Geoffrey Till
RRP: £14.99£13.58The navies of China, India and to a lesser extent Japan are expanding rapidly at present. This has the potential to alter the US-dominated naval balance in Asia-Pacific but it also raises a question: are the region's powers involved in a naval arms... -
The War with Japan: The Period of Balance, May 1942-October 1943 by H. P. Willmott 9780842050333
RRP: £38.00£33.51Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 was the beginning of the United States' battle with Japan during World War II. In the months following the attack, Japan was successful in a series of victories throughout Southeast Asia and the Western... -
The Theory and Practice of Irregular Warfare: Warrior-scholarship in counter-insurgency by Andrew Mumford 9780367601300
RRP: £41.99£36.75This book offers an analysis of key individuals who have contributed to both the theory and the practice of counterinsurgency (COIN). Insurgencies have become the dominant form of armed conflict around the world today. The perceptible degeneration of the... -
Women, Peace and Security: Translating Policy into Practice Funmi Olonisakin (Kings College, London, UK) 9780415532495
RRP: £53.99£46.87This book provides a critical assessment of the impact of UN Resolution 1325 by examining the effect of peacebuilding missions on increasing gender equality within conflict-affected countries.UN Resolution 1325 was adopted in October 2000, and was the... -
The Other Wars: The Experience and Memory of the First World War in the Middle East and Macedonia by Justin Fantauzzo
RRP: £22.99£20.66In this insightful and revealing study, Justin Fantauzzo uses a wide range of documentary and visual sources to explore the experience and memory of British and Dominion soldiers who fought in the Middle East and Macedonia during the First World War. He... -
National Security: The Israeli Experience by Israel Tal 9780275968120
£72.17A comprehensive account of Israel's doctrine of national security, this study examines to what degree security theories have proven valid and suggests an updated security doctrine for the next century. Beginning with the establishment of the state of... -
Railways and International Politics: Paths of Empire, 1848-1945 by T. G. Otte
RRP: £49.99£43.50This new study brings together leading experts to show how the modern world began with the coming of the railway. They clearly explain why it had a greater impact than any other technical or industrial innovation before and completely redefined the... -
Perspectives on the American Way of War: The U.S. Experience in Irregular Conflict Thomas A. Marks 9781032087795
RRP: £39.99£35.06Perspectives on the American Way of War examines salient cases of American experience in irregular warfare, focusing upon the post-World War II era. This book asks why recent misfires have emerged in irregular warfare from an institutional, professional,... -
The Skulking Way of War: Technology and Tactics Among the New England Indians by Patrick M. Malone 9781568331652
RRP: £15.99£12.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568331652Author Patrick M. MaloneFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Madison BooksPublisher Madison BooksWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 210mm... -
Warmongers: How Leaders and Their Unnecessary Wars Have Wrecked the Modern World by R. T. Howard
RRP: £9.99£6.64In 1945, did President Truman really need to use two atomic bombs against Japan - and could he not have given Japan advance warning about the terrifying 'device' his scientists had developed? After 9/11, could not President George W. Bush have targeted...