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Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 'Hermann G ring : A History of the Luftwaffe's Only Armoured Division, 1933-1945 by Paterson, Lawrence 9781784386108
RRP: £25.00£18.02In the early years of the Third Reich, Hermann Goring, one of the most notorious leaders of the Third Reich, worked to establish his own personal army to rival Himmler's SS and Reichswehr. The result: a private Prussian police force which grew into one... -
The Battle of Brunanburh: A Casebook by Michael Livingston 9780859898638
RRP: £27.50£24.95This casebook fills a major gap in our cultural knowledge of the Middle Ages. It gathers together for the first time the key historical and literary primary sources for the study of the Battle of Brunanburh (AD 937); a key moment in the history of the... -
To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima by Charles Pellegrino 9781538121788
RRP: £17.99£14.04Drawing on the voices of atomic bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles Pellegrino describes the events and the aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices, detonated over Japan, changed life on Earth forever. To... -
A Brief Guide To British Battlefields: From the Roman Occupation to Culloden by David Clark 9781472108135 [USED COPY]
RRP: £11.99£2.65A very readable work of reference offering a survey in chronological order, from AD 84 to 1746, of the major battles which have taken place on British soil, from the Roman occupation to Culloden, the last battle fought on British soil. In this way, the... -
A Brief Guide To British Battlefields: From the Roman Occupation to Culloden by David Clark
RRP: £11.99£4.11A very readable work of reference offering a survey in chronological order, from AD 84 to 1746, of the major battles which have taken place on British soil, from the Roman occupation to Culloden, the last battle fought on British soil. In this way, the... -
How to Grow a Navy: The Development of Maritime Power by Geoffrey Till 9780367607968
RRP: £35.99£31.69This book examines the large but neglected topic of the development of maritime power from both an historical and a contemporary point of view.Navies have never been more important than they are now, in a century becoming, as widely expected,... -
The German Peasants' War 1524-26 by Douglas Miller 9781804512029
RRP: £29.95£20.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512029Author Douglas MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Sweeney: The First Sixty Years of Scotland Yard's Crimebusting: Flying Squad, 1919-1978 by Dick Kirby 9781526756305 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£7.47Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Sweeney: The First Sixty Years of Scotland Yard's Crimebusting: Flying Squad, 1919-1978 Dick Kirby 9781526756305
RRP: £14.99£10.95The story of sixty years of Scotland Yards top crime-busting department has been written over a twenty year period by a former detective who spent over eight years with the Flying Squad The Sweeney. The meticulous research by the author has uncovered... -
Unspoken: A Father's Wartime Escape. A Son's Family Discovered by Tom McGrath
RRP: £15.99£11.61'A triumph of family story-telling' Hugo Hamilton, author of The Pages. A tale of three journeys, the final one a successful pursuit of shadows' Myles Dungan Growing up in Waterford, Tom McGrath never noticed the odd gaps in the stories of his... -
Tirpitz in Norway by Angus Konstam 9781472835857
RRP: £13.99£9.75In September 1943, under the cover of darkness, six British midget submarines crept into the heart of enemy territory, penetrating a heavily guarded Norwegian fjord in an attempt to eliminate the threat of the powerful German battleship, the Tirpitz... -
A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror by Alfred W McCoy 9780805082487
RRP: £20.00£12.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805082487Author Alfred W McCoyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm)... -
We Killed Yamamoto: The long-range P-38 assassination of the man behind Pearl Harbor, Bougainville 1943 by Si Sheppard
RRP: £13.99£11.04He masterminded the most devastating surprise attack against the United States in its history. He was a marked man in the war that followed. A key intelligence breakthrough enabled the military to pinpoint his location. An elite team was assembled and... -
Crabwalk by Gunter Grass
RRP: £9.99£6.70In this new novel Gunter Grass examines a subject that has long been taboo - the sufferings of the Germans during the Second World War. He explores the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, the deadliest maritime disaster of all time, and the repercussions... -
Hunt the Bismarck by Angus Konstam
RRP: £25.00£18.02Hunt the Bismarck tells the story of Operation Rheinubung, the Atlantic sortie of Nazi Germany's largest battleship, Bismarck, in May 1941 and her subsequent pursuit by the Royal Navy. Bismarck entered naval service in the summer of 1940. She was... -
Monmouth's First Rebellion: The Later Covenanter Risings, 1660-1685 by Warwick Louth 9781804512005
RRP: £29.95£20.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512005Author Warwick LouthFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
1864: The forgotten war that shaped modern Europe by Tom Buk-Swienty
RRP: £12.99£9.09The Battle of Dybbol, 1864. Prussian troops lay siege to an outpost in the far south of Denmark. The conflict is over control of the Duchy of Schleswig, recently annexed by Denmark to the alarm of its largely German-speaking inhabitants. Danish troops... -
The Historical Atlas of the British Isles by Alex Swanston
RRP: £19.99£14.28This atlas covers the history of the British Isles from earliest times to the present day.The first hunter-gatherers,who crossed into what would become our familiar islands by the land-bridge, and later followed by more familiar peoples the Celts,Angles,... -
The Guy Liddell Diaries, Volume I: 1939-1942: MI5's Director of Counter-Espionage in World War II by Nigel West 9780415547987
RRP: £37.99£33.78This is the first volume of Nigel West's acclaimed presentation of these fascinating diaries from the heart of Britain's Second World War intelligence operations.'No intelligence buff can be without this volume and anyone interested in British twentieth... -
SOE in France: An Account of the Work of the British Special Operations Executive in France 1940-1944 by M. R. D. Foot
RRP: £43.99£38.84SOE in France was first published in 1966, followed by a second impression with amendments in 1968. Since these editions were published, other material on SOE has become available. It was, therefore, agreed in 2000 that Professor Foot should produce a... -
Mercenaries and Their Masters: Warfare in Renaissance Italy by Michael Mallett
RRP: £14.99£10.95Michael Mallett's classic study of Renaissance warfare in Italy is as relevant today as it was when it was first published a generation ago. His lucid account of the age of the condottieri - the mercenary captains of fortune - and of the soldiers who... -
The Persian War in Herodotus and Other Ancient Voices by William Shepherd
RRP: £25.00£19.21'An exciting, highly informative and also enjoyable read: Shepherd writes with clarity and verve... this book should find its way into the hands of all schools, universities and lovers of Herodotus.' - Peter Jones, Classics for All Weaving together... -
Panzergrenadier vs US Armored Infantryman: European Theater of Operations 1944 by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: £13.99£9.75During World War II, the two pre-eminent mechanized infantry forces of the conflict, the German Panzergrenadier arm and the US Army's armoured infantrymen, clashed in France and Belgium after the Normandy landings. These engagements went on to... -
The 9/11 Dogs: The heroes who searched for survivors at Ground Zero (HarperTrue Friend - A Short Read) Isabel George 9780008105099
RRP: £5.99£4.46Meet the dogs who searched for life amongst the ruins of the Twin Towers. Many heroes were made on 9/11 and in the weeks that followed. Not all of them showed human courage. Some of them could only show that they were truly man's best friend... -
Thro Through the Gate by Kenneth Ballantyne 9780955060199
£10.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955060199Author Kenneth BallantyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Laundry Cottage BooksPublisher Laundry Cottage Books -
The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost by Cathal J. Nolan
RRP: £18.49£13.68History has tended to measure war's winners and losers in terms of its major engagements, battles in which the result was so clear-cut that they could be considered "decisive." Marathon, Cannae, Tours, Agincourt, Austerlitz, Sedan, Stalingrad--all... -
In Cold War Skies: NATO and Soviet Air Power, 1949-89 by Michael Napier
RRP: £35.00£24.17Throughout the second half of the 20th century, international relations across the globe were dominated by the Cold War. From 1949 until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, US and Soviet strategic forces were deployed across the Arctic Ocean in North... -
The Paras in Afghanistan by Craig Allen
RRP: £15.99£11.61In 2021, the British Army's 20-year engagement in Afghanistan ended with chaotic scenes at Kabul International Airport. The Parachute Regiment had been involved since the earliest days of conflict and was there at the end to provide security for the... -
Ballymurphy and the Irish War Ciaran de Baroid 9780745315096
RRP: £29.99£19.40'One of the most remarkable books to emerge from the Northern conflict. I can't recall any other book which gives the reader the same accessibility to the streets of Belfast.' Irish Post 'A thrilling people's history of Belfast's most famous housing... -
Military Intelligence Blunders and Cover-Ups: New Revised Edition by John Hughes-Wilson 9781841198712 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29This book is a professional military-intelligence officer's and a controversial insider's view of some of the greatest intelligence blunders of recent history. It includes the serious developments in government misuse of intelligence in the recent... -
Military Intelligence Blunders and Cover-Ups: New Revised Edition by John Hughes-Wilson 9781841198712
£14.87This book is a professional military-intelligence officer's and a controversial insider's view of some of the greatest intelligence blunders of recent history. It includes the serious developments in government misuse of intelligence in the recent... -
Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War by Raghu Karnad
RRP: £10.99£8.29Described as 'a masterpiece' by critics, this remarkable book tells the story of war through the lives and deaths of a single family. Absolutely unforgettable new writing. If you loved The English Patient or Rohinton Mistry's Fine Balance or... -
A Brief History of Britain 1485-1660: The Tudor and Stuart Dynasties Professor Ronald Hutton 9781845297046
RRP: £10.99£7.40Praise for the author::'For anyone researching the subject, this is the book you've been waiting for.'Washington PostFrom the death of Richard III on Bosworth Field in 1485 to the execution of Charles I after the Civil Wars of 1642-48, England was... -
Battle for Grozny, Volume 1: Prelude and the First Assault on the Capital of Chechnya, 1994-1995 by Efim Sandler 9781804512142
RRP: £19.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512142Author Efim SandlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
German Commerce Raiders 1914-18 by Ryan K. Noppen
RRP: £11.99£8.43This is the story of Germany's commerce raiders of World War I, the surface ships that were supposed to starve the British Isles of the vast cargoes of vital resources being shipped from the furthest reaches of the Empire. To that end pre-war German... -
Stuka: Hitler's Lethal Dive Bomber (Images of War Series) by Alistair Smith 9781848848047
RRP: £14.99£10.95The photographs in this collection belonged to Luftwaffe Stuka rear gunner and radio operator Erich Heine. The collection includes photographs of flights of Stukas in formation, operating training aircraft, and a selection of different Luftwaffe uniforms... -
Our War: How the British Commonwealth Fought the Second World War Christopher Somerville 9781474617635
RRP: £10.99£7.40Never heard before real stories of soldiers who fought in WW2 'Extraordinary ...If they had not made our war their war also, victory might not have come in 1945' DAILY TELEGRAPHIn this powerful and moving narrative, Christopher Somerville skilfully links... -
Horizons - The History of the Air Cadets by Wing Commander H. R. 'Ray' Kidd 9781848846548
RRP: £35.00£25.89Although the first air cadet unit was raised in Bournmouth in 1928, the first squadrons to be formed in a privately funded national organisation were part of the Air Defence Cadet Corps in 1938. Thousands of youngsters joined and were able to learn about... -
In Defence of War by Nigel Biggar 9780199672615
£44.09Pacifism is popular. Many hold that war is unnecessary, since peaceful means of resolving conflict are always available, if only we had the will to look for them. Or they believe that war is wicked, essentially involving hatred of the enemy and... -
German Automatic Rifles 1941-45: Gew 41, Gew 43, FG 42 and StG 44 by Chris McNab
RRP: £15.99£12.46This book explores the origins, development, combat use and lasting influence of Nazi Germany's automatic rifles, focusing on the Gew 41(W), Gew 43/Kar 43, FG 42 and MP 43/StG 44. The Blitzkrieg campaigns of 1939-40 convinced many observers that most...