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1916: The Rising Handbook by Lorcan Collins 9781847175991
RRP: £13.99£10.95A handbook to the events and locations of the Easter 1916 Rising. There are so many different versions of the story of Easter Week 1916. Lorcan Collins, an acknowledged expert on the subject and founder of the 1916 Rebellion Walking Tour, decided that... -
Bloody British History: Liverpool by Ken Pye 9780752465517
RRP: £14.99£11.55Here is the LOATHSOME, LURID and DOWNRIGHT LAMENTABLE history of Liverpool! Beginning with the mysteries of the Druids and featuring astonishing tales of bloodshed, battles and the Black Death, Viking assaults, Victorian gangland riots, the mud, blood... -
The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece by Victor Davis Hanson 9780520260092
£24.76The Greeks of the classical age invented not only the central idea of Western politics - that the power of state should be guided by a majority of its citizens - but also the central act of Western warfare, the decisive infantry battle. Instead of... -
German Paratroopers Uniforms and Equipment 1936 - 1945: Volume 1: Uniforms by Karl Veltze 9783938447864
RRP: £69.95£61.07The books will be indispensable to collectors, uniform enthusiasts and military historians alike. This three-volume work is the most comprehensive and detailed study of the World War II German paratrooper to date, providing in-depth examinations of... -
Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II by William Stevenson
£12.48New 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... -
The Price of Freedom: Courage in the Shadow of the Berlin Wall by Volker G. Heinz
RRP: £14.99£9.70Berlin 1966, a city divided by an impenetrable wall erected by the communist German Democratic Republic. Together with his friends, the West German student Volker G. Heinz is looking for ways to help would-be fugitives escape from East to West. Their... -
A Short History of War by Jeremy Black
RRP: £10.99£9.37An engaging, accessible introduction to war, from ancient times to the present and into the future "Forty short chapters . . . describe war from the ancient world to the present day. . . . A Short History of War offers an expansive and often evocative... -
Rose, Castle and Crown: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight's Citizen Soldiers by Patrick Crowley 9781911487883
RRP: £25.00£20.70Rose, Castle and Crown is a unique history of the part-time soldier of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, from the time of the militia, yeomanry and volunteer, through to the Territorial Army and today's Army Reserve. This is all placed in the wider... -
French Destroyers by John Jordan 9781848321984
RRP: £40.00£29.99Between the wars the French produced some of the largest, and certainly the fastest, destroyers in the world. Known as Contre-Torpilleurs, these striking and innovatory super-destroyers form the core of this book, but the more conventional Torpilleurs... -
War In Croatia And Bosnia-Herz Branka Magas 9780714682013
RRP: £53.99£47.27First published in 2001. The main focus of this book is on a particular topic: the internal military political history of the war in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. In other words, it examines the actual policies of the military and political leaderships... -
Legend: A Harrowing Story from the Vietnam War of One Green Beret's Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines by Eric Blehm
RRP: £13.99£11.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804139533Author Eric BlehmFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Crown ArchetypePublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Hitler's Last Days: The Führerbunker and Beyond by Mel Kavanagh 9781399048057
RRP: £20.00£14.29Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission by Hampton Sides
RRP: £19.00£11.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385495653Author Hampton SidesFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)... -
Invasion Airfields Then and Now by Winston Ramsey 9781870067911
RRP: £34.95£28.71In his 1945 report to the Combined Chiefs-of-Staff on the success of Operation `Overlord', the Supreme Commander General Eisenhower wrote that `on the morning of June 9 I was able to announce that for the first time since 1940, Allied air forces were... -
Next War: Reimagining How We Fight by John F Antal 9781636243351
RRP: £22.50£15.62The nature of war is constant change. We live in an era of exponential technological acceleration which is transforming how wars are waged. Today, the battlespace is transparent; multi-domain sensors can see anything, and long-range precision fire can... -
Montgomery: Friends Within, Foes Without: Relationships In and Around 21st Army Group by Malcolm Pill
RRP: £25.00£17.70In this new study of personal relationships within the British (including Canadian) Command in 21st Army Group during the campaign in North-West Europe in 1944-1945, Malcolm Pill considers the scope and depth of these relationships, ranging from those of... -
The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II Wayne Stack 9781780961118
RRP: £12.99£11.01In 1939 more than 140,000 New Zealanders enlisted to fight overseas during World War II. Of these, 104,000 served in the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Initially thrown into the doomed campaign to halt the German blitzkrieg on Greece and Crete... -
Britain's Secret War against Japan, 1937-1945 Douglas Ford 9780415514101
RRP: £53.99£46.87A new look at how Britain's defence establishment learned to engage Japan's armed forces as the Pacific War progressed. Douglas Ford reveals that, prior to Japan's invasion of Southeast Asia in December 1941, the British held a contemptuous view of... -
At War's Summit: The Red Army and the Struggle for the Caucasus Mountains in World War II by Alexander Statiev 9781108424622
RRP: £28.99£24.82This is the story of the highest battlefield of World War Two, which brings to life the extremes endured during this harsh mountain warfare. When the German war machine began faltering from a shortage of oil after the failed Blitzkrieg against the Soviet... -
Day Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe: Knight's Cross Holders 1943-1945 by Jeremy Dixon 9781399030731
RRP: £25.00£17.62The German fighter pilots of the Second World War are among the undoubted heroes of the conflict, their reputation for flying skill, single-minded determination and solitary courage hasn’t diminished or been clouded by controversy over the years. Their... -
The Tao Of Spycraft: Intelligence Theory And Practice In Traditional China by Ralph D. Sawyer 9780813342405
£33.29In The Tao of Spycraft , for the first time anywhere Ralph Sawyer unfolds the long and venerable tradition of spycraft and intelligence work in traditional China, revealing a vast array of theoretical materials and astounding historical developments... -
The School of the Americas: Military Training and Political Violence in the Americas by Lesley Gill
RRP: £22.99£20.01Located at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia, the School of the Americas (soa) is a U.S. Army center that has trained more than sixty thousand soldiers and police, mostly from Latin America, in counterinsurgency and combat-related skills since it was... -
On Escalation: Metaphors and Scenarios by Herman Kahn
RRP: £44.99£39.28In this widely discussed and influential book, Herman Kahn probes the dynamics of escalation and demonstrates how the intensification of conflict can be depicted by means of a definite escalation ladder, ascent of which brings opponents closer to all-out... -
1648 and all that: The Scottish Invasions of England, 1648 and 1651. Proceedings of the 2022 Helion and Company 'Century of the Soldier' Conference Charles Singleton 9781804513644
RRP: £25.00£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804513644Author Charles SingletonFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Art of War by Ralph D. Sawyer 9780762415984
RRP: £5.99£4.32The ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu is universally recognized as the greatest military strategist in history, a master of warfare interpretation. This condensed version of his influential classic imparts the knowledge and skills to overcome every... -
HMS Defiance: Plymouth's Submarine Base by Keith Hall
RRP: £14.99£11.55Devonport, the largest naval base in Western Europe, covers 650 acres and has fifteen dry docks. There are 4 miles of waterfront, twenty-five tidal berths and five basins. Plymouth has had a naval base since 1691 and today Devonport is the base port of... -
Indian Army: The Medals and Ribbons by J Francis 9789393499790
RRP: £65.00£41.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789393499790Author J FrancisFormat HardbackPage Count 266Imprint Vij Books IndiaPublisher Vij Books IndiaWeight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
One Square Mile of Hell: The Battle for Tarawa by John Wukovits 9780451221384
RRP: £24.00£16.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451221384Author John WukovitsFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint New American LibraryPublisher New American LibraryWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm)... -
His Dark Materials: Northern Lights Classic Art Edition by Philip Pullman 9780702313998
RRP: £14.99£10.07The first volume in Philip Pullman's groundbreaking His Dark Materials trilogy, re-published in hardback with a stunning fine art cover. "Without this child, we shall all die." Lyra Belacqua and her animal... -
Joining Hitler's Crusade: European Nations and the Invasion of the Soviet Union, 1941 by David Stahel 9781316649749
RRP: £25.99£21.46The reasons behind Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union are well known, but what about those of the other Axis and non-Axis powers that joined Operation Barbarossa? Six other European armies fought with the Wehrmacht in 1941 and six more countries sent... -
Queen Victoria's Wars: British Military Campaigns, 1857-1902 by Stephen M. Miller
RRP: £34.99£30.49This is a new history of Britain's imperial wars during the nineteenth century. Including chapters on wars fought in the hills, on the veldt, in the dense forests, and along the coast, it discusses wars waged in China, Burma, Afghanistan, and... -
Luzon 1945: The final liberation of the Philippines by Clayton K. S. Chun 9781472816283
RRP: £16.99£14.59Driven from the Philippines in 1942, General Douglas MacArthur returned three years later to force the Japanese off of its main island of Luzon. Containing the capital of Manila, vital natural resources as well as thousands of Allied prisoners of war,... -
Flags of the Napoleonic Wars (1): Colours, Standards and Guidons of France and her Allies by Terence Wise
RRP: £12.99£9.09In the summer of 1804, the eagle was chosen as the symbol of the French Army by Napoleon himself. The Emperor's sculptor, Chaudet, made the original model, and from this were cast bronze copies in the workshop of Thomire, which would be proudly borne... -
Enduring the Great War: Combat, Morale and Collapse in the German and British Armies, 1914-1918 by Alexander Watson 9780521123082
RRP: £30.99£28.28This book is an innovative comparative history of how German and British soldiers endured the horror of the First World War. Unlike existing literature, which emphasises the strength of societies or military institutions, this study argues that at the... -
The Manchester Regiment: The 63rd & 96th Regiments of Foot: Britain in Old Photographs by Robert Bonner 9780752460154
RRP: £12.99£9.62This fascinating illustrated regimental history contains photographs between the 1860s and the last days of the Manchester Regiment in 1958, when it ceased to exist as a distinct unit. During this time the Regiment served in most parts of the Empire... -
The Colonial Ironsides: English Expeditions Under the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1650 - 1660 by Jonathon Riley
RRP: £35.00£24.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070371Author Jonathon RileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 385Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Nuremberg Trial by Ann Tusa 9781616080211
RRP: £12.99£12.90Here is a gripping account of the major postwar trial of the Nazi hierarchy in World War II. The Nuremberg Trial brilliantly recreates the trial proceedings and offers a reasoned, often profound examination of the processes that created international law... -
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 by Ian W. Toll 9780393343410
RRP: £19.99£17.20On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers... -
Hunt and Kill: U-505 and the U-Boat War in the Atlantic by Theodore P. Savas 9781611211283
£13.53One of WWII's pivotal events was the capture of U-505 on June 4, 1944. The top secret seizure of this massive Type IX submarine provided the Allies with priceless information on German technology and innovation. After the war, U-505 was transported to... -
100 Years of the RAF by Colin Higgs 9781782813262
RRP: £9.99£6.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782813262Author Colin HiggsFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint G2 Entertainment LtdPublisher G2 Entertainment Ltd