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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... -
Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks
RRP: £12.99£8.63As liberty and truth are increasingly challenged, the figures of Churchill and Orwell loom large. Exemplars of Britishness, they preserved individual freedom and democracy for the world through their far-sighted vision and inspired action, and cast a... -
In the Hell of the Eastern Front: The Fate of a Young Soldier During the Fighting in Russia in WW2 by Sauer, Arno 9781526797704
RRP: £14.99£10.95On 22 June 1941, German forces launched Operation Barbarossa -Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. Instead of the swift knock-out blow that the Germans had anticipated, the war against the Soviets ground on relentlessly for almost four years. It was... -
Roman Army Units in the Eastern Provinces 1: 31 BC-AD 195 by Raffaele D'Amato
RRP: £12.99£9.09Between the reigns of Augustus and Septimius Severus, the Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire frequently saw brutal fighting, most notably during the conquest of Dacia by Trajan, the suppression of the Great Revolt in Judea and intermittent clashes... -
Jutland, 1916: Death in the Grey Wastes by Nigel Steel
RRP: £12.99£8.60Dramatic, illustrated account of the biggest naval battle of the First World War.On 31 May, 1916, the great battle fleets of Britain and Germany met off Jutland in the North Sea. It was a climactic encounter, the culmination of a fantastically expensive... -
RAF Airfields of World War 2 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 Lee Fratantuono 9781526771834
RRP: £25.00£24.47The 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... -
Creative Methods in Military Studies by Alice Cree 9781538160978
RRP: £88.00£77.49What can creative methods offer our understanding of military power and militarised cultures? What constitutes 'creative research' in military studies? And, what are some of the challenges of this type of work? This edited volume brings together authors... -
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 -
Secret Intelligence: A Reader by Richard J. Aldrich
RRP: £47.99£42.81The second edition of Secret Intelligence: A Reader brings together key essays from the field of intelligence studies, blending classic works on concepts and approaches with more recent essays dealing with current issues and ongoing debates about the... -
Why We Fight by Mike Martin
RRP: £12.99£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... -
Grace Hopper: Admiral of the Cyber Sea by Kathleen Broom Williams
RRP: £27.95£17.37When Grace Hopper retired as a rear admiral from the U.S. Navy in 1986, she was the first woman restricted line officer to reach flag rank and, at the age of seventy-nine, the oldest serving officer in the Navy. A mathematician by training who became a... -
Hunting the Nazi Bomb: The Special Forces Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Deadliest Weapon Damien Lewis 9781786482105
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... -
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... -
Imperial Roman Warships 193-565 AD by Raffaele D'Amato
RRP: £11.99£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 First Anglo-Sikh War by Amarpal Singh
RRP: £14.99£9.70During the eighteenth and early years of the nineteenth century, the red tide of British expansion had covered almost the entire Indian subcontinent, stretching to the borders of the Punjab. There the great Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh had developed his... -
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 -
A Guide to Battles: Decisive Conflicts in History by Richard Holmes 9780198828976
£33.13This fascinating book tells the stories of the most dramatic, memorable, and important conflicts in world history, from Agincourt, Lepanto, and Trafalgar, to Gettysburg, Stalingrad, and the Somme. It begins with the battle of Megiddo fought by the... -
Black Ice: The memoir of a soldier, double amputee and world champion by Corie Mapp 9781910533581
RRP: £15.00£10.78On 31st January 2010, Trooper Corie Mapp of The Life Guards was driving his armoured vehicle on combat operations in Afghanistan when it ran over an IED. The explosion that followed caused him massive injuries. But this was not the end of his active life... -
Finishing School, the by Captain (Retd.) Dick Couch
RRP: £15.99£12.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780609810460Author Dick CouchFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA... -
Spike Island: The Memory of a Military Hospital by Philip Hoare
RRP: £10.99£7.25The story of Netley in Southampton - its hospital, its people and the secret history of the 20th-century. Now with a new afterword uncovering astonishing evidence of Netley's links with Porton Down & experiments with LSD in the 1950s. It was... -
The Long Range Desert Group in North Africa by Brendan O'Carroll
RRP: £25.00£17.62Formed in July 1940 for reconnaissance and intelligence gathering behind enemy lines, the Long Range Desert Group was the first British special force unit. In no time the LRDG earned itself an enviable reputation for deep penetration patrols into German... -
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
RRP: £40.00£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 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 -
Falklands War Heroes: Extraordinary true stories of bravery in the South Atlantic Michael Ashcroft 9781785907142
RRP: £25.00£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... -
Rising Sun And Tumbling Bear: Russia's War with Japan by Richard Connaughton
RRP: £10.99£7.40The definitive history of the Russo-Japanese warThe Russians were wrong-footed from the start, fighting in Manchuria at the end of a 5,000 mile single track railway; the Japanese were a week or so from their bases. The Russian command structure was... -
St Valery and Its Aftermath 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... -
City on Fire: Kingston upon Hull 1939-45 by Nick Cooper
RRP: £15.99£10.85During the Second World War Hull spent more than 1,000 hours under air-raid alerts and was the target of the first daylight raid of the war and the last piloted air raid on Britain. The city was vulnerable because it was a port and industrial centre... -
Twenty Years: Hope, War, and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation by Sune Engel Rasmussen 9780374609948
RRP: £25.99£16.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374609948Author Sune Engel RasmussenFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams) 454g -
Courage without Glory: The British Army on the Western Front 1915 by Spencer Jones 9781912174119
RRP: £29.95£21.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912174119Author Spencer JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Somme: Into the Breach by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
RRP: £12.99£9.49THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER'The best new narrative of the battle thus far, reflecting his gifts for fluent prose and moving quotations.' Max Hastings, Sunday Times No conflict better encapsulates all that went wrong on the Western Front during... -
The Wars of the Roses by Terence Wise
RRP: £12.99£9.79Much myth and fantasy surrounds the events of the Wars of the Roses: a bloody and prolonged dynastic struggle between the houses of York and Lancaster. Terence Wise's fascinating text lays bare the real story, and examines the armies, liveries and badges... -
The Trench: Life and Death on the Western Front 1914 - 1918 by Trevor Yorke
RRP: £8.99£8.37The Trench - Life and Death on The Western Front - with a Foreword by Michael Morpugo.The horrors of the First World War scarred an entire generation at the beginning of the twentieth century. Now, one hundred years later, we are asked to reflect upon... -
Der Tiger: Schwere Panzer Abteilung 501: Vol. 1 by Volker Ruff 9783981690804
RRP: £29.99£21.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783981690804Author Volker RuffFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Volker RuffPublisher Volker Ruff -
A Question of Standing: The History of the CIA by Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones 9780192847966
RRP: £26.49£18.61A Question of Standing deals with recognizable events that have shaped the history of the first 75 years of the CIA. Unsparing in its accounts of dirty tricks and their consequences, it values the agency's intelligence and analysis work to offer balanced... -
The Art of War: Complete Text and Commentaries Thomas Cleary 9781590300541
RRP: £27.00£17.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590300541Author Thomas ClearyFormat PaperbackPage Count 474Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)... -
Luftwaffe Over Scotland: A History of German Air Attacks on Scotland, 1939-45 Les Taylor 9781849950008
RRP: £17.99£14.87Luftwaffe over Scotland is the first complete history of the air attacks mounted against Scotland by Nazi Germany during World War Two and undertakes a detailed examination of the strategy, tactics and politics involved on both sides, together with a... -
Loco Spotter's Guide by Stuart Black
RRP: £6.99£5.13Since the 1800s locomotives have steamed, chugged and sparked their way into the nation's affections. These powerful engines were the drivers of the Industrial Revolution, and to the present day carry passengers and freight to every corner of Britain... -
Rise Of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
RRP: £22.00£14.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Pulitzer Prize 1980.Book InformationISBN 9780375756788Author Edmund MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 960Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA... -
Browned Off and Bloody-Minded: The British Soldier Goes to War 1939-1945 by Alan Allport
RRP: £14.99£13.03A social history of the ordinary British soldier during World War II"Reflects impressively wide reading, and commands respect for its shrewd judgments and lack of sentimentality."-Max Hastings, New York Review of Books"The stories of these brave but...