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Saladin: Hero of Islam by Geoffrey Hindley 9781848842038
RRP: £12.99£10.95The extraordinary character and career of Saladin are the keys to understanding the Battle of Hattin, the fall of Jerusalem and the failure of the Third Crusade. He united warring Muslim lands, reconquered the bulk of Crusader states and faced the... -
Luftwaffe in Colour Volume 2: From Glory to Defeat 1942-1945 by Jean Louis Roba
RRP: £19.99£14.28Eighty years after its creation, the Luftwaffe is still one of the most fascinating forces in the history of aviation. A companion to Luftwaffe in Colour Volume 1, which covered the victory years from 1939 up to Spring 1942, this volume with nearly 400... -
Military Blunders by Saul David 9781780334936 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.64Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Military Blunders by Saul David
RRP: £9.99£6.80Retelling the most spectacular cock-ups in military history, this graphic account has a great deal to say about the psychology of military incompetence and the reasons even the most well-oiled military machines inflict disaster upon themselves. Beginning... -
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden 9780802144737
RRP: £20.00£13.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802144737Format PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press -
Culloden: Great Battles by Murray Pittock
RRP: £12.99£9.09The battle of Culloden lasted less than an hour. The forces involved on both sides were small, even by the standards of the day. And it is arguable that the ultimate fate of the 1745 Jacobite uprising had in fact been sealed ever since the Jacobite... -
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 by Robert Middlekauff 9780195315882
RRP: £20.99£16.33The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume--a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic. ... -
Operation Sealion: How Britain Crushed the German War Machine's Dreams of Invasion in 1940 by Leo McKinstry
RRP: £12.99£8.60'Superbly written and gripping' Daily ExpressThe thrilling true account of Hitler's first defeat.In the summer of 1940, the Nazi war machine was at its zenith. France, Denmark, Norway and the Low Countries were all under occupation after a series of... -
Churchill's Third World War: British Plans to Attack the Soviet Empire 1945 by Jonathan Walker
£13.64As the war in Europe entered its final months, the world teetered on the edge of a Third World War. While Soviet forces hammered their way into Berlin, Churchill ordered British military planners to prepare the top secret Operation Unthinkable - the plan... -
In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust by Jeffrey Veidlinger 9781509867448
RRP: £30.00£21.35A Times Literary Supplement Book of the YearA riveting account of a forgotten holocaust: the slaughter of over one hundred thousand Ukrainian Jews in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. In the Midst of Civilized Europe repositions the pogroms as a... -
British Military Dinky Toys by Alan Spree
RRP: £15.99£11.61This book on British-produced Military Dinky Toys takes a detailed look at the popular Army, Naval and Aircraft models produced from 1933 until the closure of the Binns Road factory in 1977. The book includes sections on the history of the... -
Czechoslovak Arms Exports to the Middle East Volume 3: North Yemen, South Yemen, Iraq and Iran, 1948-1990 by Martin Smisek
RRP: £29.95£18.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070791Author Martin SmisekFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Hemingway on War by Ernest Hemingway 9780099583189
RRP: £12.99£9.09'The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one.' - Ernest HemingwayA unique and captivating collection of Hemingway's writings on war, including extracts from his unparalleled war novels, some classic short stories, an extract from his only... -
The Armies and Wars of the Sun King 1643-1715: Volume 1: the Guard of Louis XIV by Rene Chartrand 9781911628606
RRP: £29.95£21.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911628606Author Rene ChartrandFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
BRIXMIS: The Last Cold War Mission by Steve Gibson 9780750987721
£9.62BRIXMIS (British Commander-in-Chief's Mission to the Group Soviet Forces of Occupation in Germany) is one of the most covert elite units of the British Army. They were dropped in behind 'enemy lines' ten months after the Second World War had ended and... -
Waterloo Hero, A: the Adventures of Friedrich Lindau by Friedrich Lindau 9781848325395 [USED COPY]
RRP: £19.99£3.90Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Battle for the Bocage, Normandy 1944: Point 103, Tilly-sur-Seulles and Villers Bocage by Tim Saunders 9781526797278
RRP: £18.99£13.61This is the story of the fighting in Normandy by the veteran desert formations brought back by Montgomery from the Mediterranean in order to spearhead the invasion; 50th Infantry and 7th Armoured divisions, plus 4th Armoured Brigade. Heavily reinforced... -
The Easter Rising by Michael T. Foy 9780752457031
£15.44On Easter Monday, between 1,000 and 1,500 Irish Volunteers and members of the Irish Citizen Army seized the General Post Office and other key locations in Dublin. The intention of their leaders, including Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, was to end... -
The Sword in the Age of Chivalry by Ewart Oakeshott
RRP: £24.99£20.90A comprehensive history and typology of the European knightly sword from c.1050 to c.1550, that draws on evidence from literature and art as well as from archaeology. The resplendent image of the medieval knight is symbolised by his sword, a lethal... -
Survivor on the River Kwai: The Incredible Story of Life on the Burma Railway by Reg Twigg
RRP: £9.99£7.11Survivor on the River Kwai is the heartbreaking story of one of the last survivors of the Burma Railway. February 1942. A young British soldier is caught up in the worst defeat in the history of the British Army, the fall of Singapore. Reg Twigg... -
RAF Airfields of World War 2 by Jonathan Falconer 9781857803495
RRP: £35.00£25.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857803495Author Jonathan FalconerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Midland PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Diocletian and the Military Restoration of Rome by Lee Fratantuono 9781526771834
RRP: £25.00£17.62The third century AD was one of unprecedented crisis and chaos for the Roman Empire. Nightmares both internal and external threatened to spell the end of Rome's thousand-year history. Diocletian was born either a slave or a freedman, and he grew up to... -
Charlie One: The True Story of an Irishman in the British Army and His Role in Covert Counter-Terrorism Operations in Northern Ireland by Sean Hartnett 9781785370854
RRP: £12.99£11.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785370854Author Sean HartnettFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
The Military and Police Forces of the Gulf States Volume 3: The Aden Protectorate 1839-1967 by Cliff Lord
RRP: £19.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914377228Author Cliff LordFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Why We Fight by Mike Martin
£11.95The world of the 2020s is one where instability, war and societal breakup seem close. But, surely, we have learnt the lessons of the past? Surely, peace will continue? Are you sure? Do you even know what causes wars? Mike Martin argues that we don't... -
Hunting the Nazi Bomb: The Special Forces Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Deadliest Weapon by Damien Lewis
RRP: £10.99£7.40'You couldn't make these stories up: yet they're true, and Lewis does the memory of these extraordinary men full justice in a tale that is both heart-stopping and moving' Evening Standard'Suicidal bravery, untold moral courage and awe-inspiring survival... -
Imperial Roman Warships 193-565 AD by Raffaele D'Amato
£9.08The period of relative peace enjoyed by the Roman Empire in its first two centuries ended with the Marcomannic Wars. The following centuries saw near-constant warfare, which brought new challenges for the Roman Navy. It was now not just patrolling the... -
The Bombing War: Europe 1939-1945 by Richard Overy
RRP: £20.00£14.69The ultimate history of the Blitz and bombing in the Second World War, from Wolfson Prize-winning historian and author Richard OveryThe use of massive fleets of bombers to kill and terrorize civilians was an aspect of the Second World War which continues... -
The Wagner Group: From Savage Global Mercenaries to Vladimir Putin's Unlikely Nemesis by Owen Wilson 9781783342563
RRP: £14.99£12.55This is the first book on the Wagner Group, the shadowy Russian paramilitary organisation that fought in Ukraine and staged a surprise uprising against Vladimir Putin on 23-24 June. It has been involved in conflicts in Syria, Libya, the Central African... -
The Beatty Papers: Selections from the Private and Official Correspondence and Papers of Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty: Volume 2: 1916-1927 by B. McL. Ranft
RRP: £32.99£29.56David Beatty joined the Victorian Navy in 1884. His early career therefore occurred at a time of great technological, tactical and strategic challenges to the Royal Navy.In 1910 he was promoted to Rear Admiral, and from 1912 served as Naval Secretary to... -
Loos 1915 by Nick Lloyd
£12.25The battle of Loos was one of the most hard-fought battles that the British Expeditionary Force waged during the First World War. This work presents an interpretation of Loos, placing it not only within its political and strategic context, but also... -
The Indian Mutiny by Julian Spilsbury
RRP: £10.99£7.40An epic true story of treachery, revenge and courageThe Indian Mutiny is a real page-turner, an epic story with surprising modern parallels. Fomer army officer-turned-TV scriptwriter, Julian Spilsbury is the ideal author to take us back to the desperate... -
High Flight: The Life and Poetry of Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee by Roger Cole
RRP: £12.99£9.09When Second World War Spitfire pilot John Gillespie Magee penned his poem `High Flight', little did he know that his words would inspire legions of aspiring aviators who had a similar wish to fly their `eager craft through footless halls of air'. Founded... -
Keenie Meenie: The British Mercenaries Who Got Away with War Crimes by Phil Miller 9780745340791
RRP: £19.95£12.92Keenie Meenie Services - the most powerful mercenary company you've never heard of - was involved in war crimes around the world from Sri Lanka to Nicaragua for which its shadowy directors have never been held accountable. Like its mysterious name,... -
Super Snoopers: The Evolution and Service Career of the Specialist Boeing C-135 Series with the 55th Wing and Associated Units by Bob Archer 9781781557693
£30.80The US Air Force has performed peripheral reconnaissance adjacent to the traditional foe of Russia, China, North Korea and others for seven decades. Evolving from rudimentary aircraft to an unprecedented level of sophistication, the current, elderly... -
The Crusades: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Tyerman
RRP: £8.99£6.45Crusading fervour gripped Europe for over 200 years, creating one of the most extraordinary, vivid episodes in world history. Whether the Crusades are regarded as the most romantic of Christian expeditions, or the last of the barbarian invasions, they... -
Falklands War Heroes: Extraordinary true stories of bravery in the South Atlantic Michael Ashcroft 9781785907142
£17.84The Falklands War, which may prove to be the last 'colonial' war that Britain ever fights, took place in 1982. Fought 8,000 miles from home soil, it cost the lives of 255 British military personnel, with many more wounded, some seriously. The war also... -
St Valery and Its Aftermath by Stewart Mitchell 9781473886582
RRP: £25.00£18.02During the German May 1940 offensive, the 51st (Highland) Division, including the 1st and 5th Battalions Gordon Highlanders, became separated from the British Expeditionary Force. After a heroic stand at St Valery-en-Caux the Division surrendered when... -
Sheperd Paine: the Life and Work of a Master Modeler and Military Historian by Jim DeRogatis
RRP: £72.99£47.99Sheperd Paine did more than anyone to elevate modeling to the level of an art form - one that includes elements of painting, sculpting, research, and storytelling. Building and painting miniature figures, armor, aircraft, and ships with equal skill, and... -
Losing Small Wars: British Military Failure in the 9/11 Wars by Frank Ledwidge
RRP: £15.99£13.82This new edition of Frank Ledwidge's eye-opening analysis of British involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan unpicks the causes and enormous costs of military failure. Updated throughout, and with fresh chapters assessing and enumerating the overall military...