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East Sussex Under Attack: Anti-Invasion Sites 1500-1990 by Chris Butler
RRP: £25.00£18.54The East Sussex coastline has always been Britain's frontline defence against invasion. From the forts of Henry VIII and the Napoleonic Martello Towers to the pillboxes, gun emplacements and civil defence sits of the two World Wars and the secret... -
Russia's Wars in Chechnya 1994-2009 by Mark Galeotti
£16.08In this fully illustrated book an expert on the conflicts traces the progress of the wars in Chechnya, from the initial Russian advance through to urban battles such as Grozny, and the prolonged guerrilla warfare in the mountainous regions. He assesses... -
Battle Colors Vol 3: Insignia and Tactical Markings of the Ninth Air Force in World War Ii by Robert A. Watkins
RRP: £40.99£27.07This third volume in the Battle Colors series focuses on the unit insignia and tactical aircraft markings of the 9th USAAF in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. All combat elements assigned to the Ninth AAF in the UK from 1943-45 are... -
Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice by David Galula 9780275993030
£30.71This volume in the Praeger Security International (PSI) series Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era defines the laws of insurgency and outlines the strategy and tactics to combat such threats. Drawn from the observations of a French officer, David... -
Arnhem 1944: The Airborne Battle by Martin Middlebrook 9781526726803
RRP: £16.99£14.68Arnhem was meant to end the war in Europe. The Germans were in retreat from Normandy and seemed to be beaten. Three airborne divisions were to seize the bridges across the great rivers of Holland and unleash the Allied armies into Germany. The Battle of... -
Special Forces Heroes Michael Ashcroft 9780755318087
RRP: £12.99£8.60This book tells the stories of forty heroes, all awarded bravery medals for their conduct during Special Forces missions over the last 150 years. Often covert hit-and-run operations involving very small numbers of highly skilled men, those who partake in... -
Three Byzantine Military Treatises by George T. Dennis
RRP: £16.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884023395Author George T. DennisFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks Research... -
Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II by William Stevenson
£12.28New York Times Bestseller! By the author of A Man Called Intrepid. The story of Vera Atkins, legendary spy and holder of the Legion of HonorShe was stunning. She was ruthless. She was brilliant and had a will of iron. Born Vera Maria Rosenberg in... -
Reading Clausewitz by Beatrice Heuser
RRP: £16.99£12.28Clausewitz's On War, first published in 1832, remains the most famous study of the nature and conditions of warfare. Contemporaries found him 'endearing' or 'totally unpalatable', while later generations called him 'the father of modern strategical... -
Bomber Command: Men, Machines and Missions: 1936-68 by Gordon A. A. Wilson
RRP: £20.00£13.34Bomber Command is a richly illustrated account of the Royal Air Force organisation from its inception prior to the Second World War in 1936 to its final years during the Cold War. The book covers the reasons for Bomber Command and the personnel that... -
Behind Enemy Lines: Gender, Passing and the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War by Juliette Pattinson 9780719085093
RRP: £19.99£17.61Behind enemy lines is an examination of gender relations in wartime using the Special Operations Executive as a case study. Drawing on personal testimonies, in particular oral history and autobiography, as well as official records and film, it explores... -
Disintegrating Indonesia?: Implications for Regional Security Tim Huxley 9780198516682
RRP: £24.99£21.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780198516682Author Tim HuxleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Thomson WestWeight(grams) 210g -
Shadow Commander: The Epic Story of Donald D. Blackburn; Guerrilla Leader and Special Forces Hero by Mike Guardia 9781612000657
RRP: £30.00£24.46Praise for Mike Guardia: "...meticulously researched, with facts verified by exhaustive sleuthing...a fine work of investigative history."-Military Writers Society of America The fires on Bataan burned on the evening of April 9, 1942, illuminating... -
Johnnie Johnson's 1942 Diary: The War Diary of the Spitfire Ace of Aces Dilip Sarkar MBE 9781526791702
RRP: £25.00£17.62Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of Sog by John L Plaster 9780451214478
RRP: £24.00£17.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451214478Author John L. PlasterFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint New American LibraryPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 437gDimensions(mm)... -
I Am Still With You: A Reckoning with Silence, Inheritance and History by Emmanuel Iduma
RRP: £16.99£11.47'A lyrical investigation ... both powerful and transcendent' CHIGOZIE OBIOMA 'Acutely observed, hauntingly rendered and deeply affecting' AMINATTA FORNA 'Both epic and intimate' MARGO JEFFERSON An... -
U.S. Army Special Forces Guide to Unconventional Warfare: Devices and Techniques for Incendiaries by Army 9781616080099
RRP: £9.99£8.24The official manual from the United States, meant for novices and experienced soldiers. Describes ways to use tannerite, aluminum powder, thermite, fuse cords, fuse igniters, and more in unconventional warfare-and much more.U.S. Army Special Forces Guide... -
The French 75: The 75mm M1897 field gun that revolutionized modern artillery Steven J. Zaloga 9781472839305
RRP: £11.99£8.43The 'Soixante quinze', France's legendary 75mm Modele 1897, was the first modern field gun, pioneering several critical innovations in field artillery designs, including a fast action breech and a soft recoil system. Although some of these features had... -
The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost by Cathal J. Nolan 9780195383782
RRP: £24.99£19.52Cathal Nolan's The Allure of Battle shows that while wars have shaped the history of the modern world, their outcomes are decided by many other factors. The book argues that major battles are not decisive to the outcome of wars; rather, wars depend on... -
A Very Rude Awakening: The night the Japanese midget subs came to Sydney harbour by Peter Grose
RRP: £9.99£6.70On the night of 31 May 1942, Sydney was doing what it does best: partying. The theatres, restaurants, dance halls, illegal gambling dens, clubs and brothels offered plenty of choice to roistering sailors, soldiers and airmen on leave in Australia's most... -
Air Transport Auxiliary at War: 80th Anniversary of its Formation by Stephen Wynn 9781526726049
RRP: £14.99£10.95This book looks at the invaluable work carried out by members of the Air Transport Auxiliary during the course of the Second World War. Comprised of both men and women, it was a civilian organisation tasked with the collection and delivery of military... -
Wars and Battles of the Roman Republic: The Military, Political and Social Fallout by Paul Chrystal 9781781553053
RRP: £18.99£14.32Wars and Battles of The Roman Republic is no arid list of military engagements. In each listed battle, individual points of military or sociological interest are highlighted and examined, including the use of elephants as weapons, the first deployment of... -
The Good Soldier: The Biography of Douglas Haig Gary Mead 9781782392248
RRP: £20.00£13.86Posterity has not been kind to Douglas Haig, the commander of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front for much of the First World War. Haig has frequently been presented as a commander who sent his troops to slaughter in vast numbers at the... -
Axis Suicide Squads: German and Japanese Secret Projects of the Second World War Justo Miranda 9781781555651
RRP: £30.00£21.35During the Second World War both Germany and Japan developed several types of anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles. Unfortunately for them, the Allies were technologically superior in electronic warfare by mid-1944, just in time to interfere the guidance... -
English Medieval Armies: 1066-1337 by Gabriele Esposito 9781802825886
RRP: £16.99£7.77After the Norman conquest of 1066, the English lands gradually lost their Saxon character and became much more similar to continental Europe than previously; feudalism was brought to the British Isles by the Normans, together with a new model of... -
The Naval Brigade in South Africa During the Kafir and Zulu Wars 1877-79 by Henry F Norbury 9780857066817
£18.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857066817Author Henry F NorburyFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 358g -
If You're Reading This...Last Letters from the Front Line by Sian Price 9781848326101 [USED COPY]
RRP: £19.99£2.29Throughout history, soldiers have known that they run the daily risk of being killed in action for their country. When you are stationed on the front line, it is an ever-present danger. Hence, for more than three centuries, soldiers have been writing... -
We Were Never There Volume 2: CIA U-2 Asia and Worldwide Operations 1957-1974 by Kevin Wright
RRP: £16.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070692Author Kevin WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Offa and the Mercian Wars Chris Peers 9781526711502
RRP: £14.99£10.95In England in the eighth century, in the midst of the so-called Dark Ages, Offa ruled Mercia, one of the strongest Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. For over 30 years he was the dominant warlord in the territory south of the Humber and the driving force behind the... -
The Caribbean in Europe: Aspects of the West Indies Experience in Britain, France and the Netherland Colin Brock 9780714632636
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book is the fourth in a series of volumes to emerge from the commemoration by the University of Hull of the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the British Empire, and in particular an international conference held to discuss some of... -
Malayan Emergency by Gerry Van Tonder 9781526707864
RRP: £14.99£10.95When the world held its breath It is 25 years since the end of the Cold War, now a generation old. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944 long before the last shots of the Second World War had echoed across the wastelands of Eastern Europe with the brutal... -
The Blitz by John Grehan
RRP: £15.99£7.11For months, The Few' had defended Britain against the might of the Luftwaffe. Then, on 7 September 1940, everything changed. Instead of targeting airfields, the German bombers turned their attention to London. The Blitz had begun. For two months,... -
Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England by Sue Wilkes 9781781592649
RRP: £12.99£9.09Immerse yourself in the vanished world inhabited by Austen's contemporaries. Packed with detail, and anecdotes, this is an intimate exploration of how the middle and upper classes lived from 1775, the year of Austen's birth, to the coronation of George... -
Huey: The Story of an Assault Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam by David Groen 9780991355204
RRP: £14.97£12.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991355204Author David GroenFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Artha PublishingPublisher Artha PublishingWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm... -
JG 26: Top Guns of the Luftwaffe by Donald Caldwell
RRP: £16.99£12.28Jagdgeschwader 26, the German elite fighter unit, was more feared by the Allies than any other Luftwaffe group. Based on extensive archival research in Europe, personal combat diaries and interviews with more than 50 surviving pilots, Caldwell has... -
New Zealand Infantryman vs German Motorcycle Soldier: Greece and Crete 1941 by David Greentree
RRP: £12.99£9.09In April 1941, as Churchill strove to counter the German threat to the Balkans, New Zealand troops were hastily committed to combat in the wake of the German invasion of Greece where they would face off against the German Kradschutzen - motorcycle troops... -
Of Living Valour: The Story of the Soldiers of Waterloo by Barney White-Spunner
RRP: £10.99£7.00For the first time a modern British historian tells the story of the against-the-odds triumph through the accounts of the regimental officers and soldiers whose bravery and resolution achieved victory. The author has used many unpublished sources,... -
Rikugun: Guide to Japanese Ground Forces 1937-1945: Volume 1: Tactical Organization of Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Ground Forces by Leland Ness 9781911096191
RRP: £49.95£35.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911096191Author Leland NessFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Blitzkrieg in the West: Then and Now by Jean-Paul Pallud
RRP: £50.00£37.62The author presents an account of the Battle of France: the forty-five traumatic days from May 10 to June 24, 1940 that resulted in one of the most remarkable military victories of modern times. During those six weeks, six nations found themselves at... -
En Garde! by Craig Woodfield
RRP: £12.99£9.80En Garde! is a small-scale skirmish game based on the successful Ronin rules, in which small groups of warriors fight each other for honour or riches. Rather than just rolling a few dice, the rules allow players to make tactical decisions about how the...