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Kent Britain's Frontline County by Clive Holden 9781445655185
RRP: £15.99£14.56Kent's military heritage is well known because of popular tourist attractions such as Dover Castle or Chatham Dockyard, but there are also many lesser-known sites dotted around the county, each with their own story to tell. Most of the sites included... -
Panzer Battles by Maj Gen F. W. von Mellenthin 9781862274594
RRP: £14.99£11.55Born in 1904, von Mellenthin joined the Seventh Cavalry Regiment in 1924. In 1935, he began his general staff training and in 1939 was an intelligence officer. By the end of the war, he had risen in rank to Major General and was Chief of General Staff,... -
The Battle of Sekigahara: The Greatest, Bloodiest, Most Decisive Samurai Battle Ever Chris Glenn 9781399014175
RRP: £14.99£10.95Sekigahara was the greatest samurai battle in history. Japan had long been at civil war until brought under the rule of Oda Nobunaga, and then, following his death at the hands of a traitorous general, that of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It was Hideyoshi who... -
SS: A Warning from History by Guido Knopp 9780750933926 [USED COPY]
RRP: £19.99£2.65Supported by photographs and the words of former SS men, their close friends and colleagues, Guido Knopp brings back to life a generation whose fanaticism and violence shaped the identity of the Third Reich.About the AuthorDr Guido Knopp, born in 1948,... -
The Armies of Bolivar and San Martin by Terry Hooker
RRP: £12.99£11.01Spanish Americans of the early 19th century were eager to institute self-government and open their ports to foreign commerce. During the years 1810-14 two men of outstanding ability appeared in the front ranks of the Republican cause: Simon Bolivar, the... -
Conflict, Cultural Heritage and Peace: An Introductory Guide Colin Breen (Associate Head of the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences at Ulster University, Northern Ireland.) 9781032509389
RRP: £36.99£32.53Conflict, Cultural Heritage and Peace offers a series of conceptual and applied frameworks to help understand the role cultural heritage plays within conflict and the potential it has to contribute to positive peacebuilding and sustainable development in... -
Luftwaffe Blitz: The Inside Story November 1940-May 1941 by Chris Goss
RRP: £18.95£7.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859791519Author Chris GossFormat PaperbackPage Count 209Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The Irish Times Book of the 1916 Rising by Shane Hegarty
RRP: £17.99£13.35This heavily illustrated book focuses on the events of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland, rather than the background and the consequences. In a widely expanded version of the supplement that appeared in The Irish Times in March to commemorate the 90th... -
Hastings: Including a Brief History of the Hermes by Tim Senior
RRP: £19.95£16.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905414079Author Tim SeniorFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingPublisher Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingWeight(grams)... -
The Battle of Itter Castle, 1945 by Stephen Wynn 9781399007078
RRP: £22.00£15.62The Battle of Itter Castle was undoubtedly one of the strangest events of the Second World War, being one of only two occasions during the war in which Americans and Germans fought side by side. The castle was seized by the Nazis on 7 February 1943, on... -
Dalley and the Malayan Security Service, 1945-48: MI5 vs. MSS by Leon Comber 9789814818735
RRP: £22.95£19.73This book fills an important gap in the history and intelligence canvas of Singapore and Malaya immediately after the surrender of the Japanese in August 1945. It deals with the establishment of the domestic intelligence service known as the Malayan... -
His Dark Materials: Northern Lights by Philip Pullman 9780702311413
RRP: £9.99£7.03"Remarkable writing: courageous and dangerous as the best art should be." The Times "Only Rankin can light and photograph faces with such intensity and drama. I'm delighted with this vision of my story." Philip Pullman... -
The Red Army in WWII by David Porter
RRP: £24.99£16.79Without the Red (or Soviet) Army, it is likely that the Western Allies would have taken much longer to defeat the Third Reich - they may even have lost altogether. However even decades after the war's end, little is widely known about this giant... -
Ein Volk, Ein Reich: Nine Lives Under the Nazis by Louis Hagen
RRP: £17.99£13.64When Louis Hagen returned to Berlin immediately after the war, having survived not only incarceration and torture in a German concentration camp but also the Battle of Arnhem, it was through a desire to see the great German eagle toppled, its talons... -
The Army of Occupation in Ireland 1603-42: Defending the Protestant Hegemony Malcolm Wanklyn 9781915070364
RRP: £35.00£24.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070364Author Malcolm WanklynFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence by Lauren Benton 9780691248479
RRP: £35.00£23.70A sweeping account of how small wars shaped global order in the age of empiresImperial conquest and colonization depended on pervasive raiding, slaving, and plunder. European empires amassed global power by asserting a right to use unilateral force at... -
Sabres on the Steppes: Danger, Diplomacy and Adventure in the Great Game John Ure 9781849016674
RRP: £16.99£11.54Back in the day when men were men and Britain ruled the world, the two great world powers went head to head over control of central Asia - from the Caucasus to Kabul. This was the stage of open warfare but also espionage, subterfuge and reckless... -
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence by Norman F. Dixon 9780465097807
RRP: £22.99£20.43The Crimea, the Boer War, the Somme, Tobruk, Pearl Harbor, the Bay of Pigs: these are just some of the milestones in a century of military incompetence, of costly mishaps and tragic blunders. Are these simple accidents--as the "bloody fool" theory has... -
War: An Enquiry by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £12.99£11.46A renowned philosopher challenges long-held views on just wars, ethical conduct during war, why wars occur, how they alter people and societies, and more For residents of the twenty-first century, a vision of a future without warfare is almost... -
Isandlwana: Solving the Enigma by Frank Allewell
RRP: £40.00£33.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781928359852Author Frank AllewellFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint 30 Degrees South PublishersPublisher 30 Degrees South PublishersWeight(grams) 500g -
The Russian Campaign of 1812: The Memoirs of a Russian Artilleryman by Alexander Mikaberidze
RRP: £20.00£14.29The first of three volumes, this book represents the first English translation of the memoirs that rank among the best in the vast Napoleonic memoir literature. The author, Ilya Timofeyevich Radozhitskii, served with distinction during the wars against... -
The African Wars: Warriors and Soldiers of the Colonial Campaigns by Chris Peers
RRP: £14.99£10.95In The African Wars Chris Peers provides a graphic account of several of the key campaigns fought between European powers and the native peoples of tropical and sub-tropical Africa in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His pioneering and... -
Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker
RRP: £12.95£12.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307477385Author Kim BarkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)... -
Cold War Kent by Clive Holden
RRP: £15.99£10.85For almost forty-five years following the end of the Second World War, the world held its breath as the spectre of an even more terrible and devastating conflict hung over it. Britain played a significant role in what became known as the 'Cold War'... -
Dirty Tricks or Trump Cards: U.S. Covert Action and Counterintelligence Roy Godson 9780765806994
RRP: £43.99£38.44Contrary to popular misconceptions and public branding as "dirty tricks," covert action and counterintelligence can have considerable value. Democracies, while wary of these instruments, have benefited significantly from their use, saving lives,... -
Total War Michael Jones 9781848542310
RRP: £12.99£8.60In February 1943, German forces surrendered to the Red Army at Stalingrad and the tide of war turned. By May 1945 Soviet soldiers had stormed Berlin and brought down Hitler's regime. Total War follows the fortunes of these fighters as they liberated... -
The Oxford History of the Crusades by Professor Jonathan Riley-Smith
RRP: £23.49£17.07Written by a team of leading scholars, this fascinating book presents an authoritative and comprehensive history of the Crusades, from the preaching of the First Crusade in 1095 to the legacy of crusading ideas and imagery today. Reflecting the recent... -
The Glory of the Empires 1880-1914: The Illustrated History of the Uniforms and Traditions of Britain, France, Germany, Russia and the United States by Wendell Schollander 9780752486345
RRP: £50.00£39.86During the period 1880-1914, the soldiers of the great empires of Britain, France, Germany, Russia and the United States were bedecked in elaborate helmets, with ornate weapons and finery. Their colourful uniforms represented centuries of regimental... -
Tempting the Fates by Dare Wilson 9781844154357 [USED COPY]
RRP: £19.99£2.65General Dare Wilson saw action in France 1940 (Dunkirk), Italy and North West Europe (where he won his MC) with the Northumberland Fusiliers and later the Recce Regiment. He then served in Palestine and Korea which he rates as the most vicious war he... -
His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass Classic Art Edition by Philip Pullman 9780702314018
RRP: £14.99£9.36The third volume in Philip Pullman's groundbreaking His Dark Materials trilogy, re-published in hardback with a stunning fine art cover.Now a major, critically acclaimed BBC/HBO TV series. "We're going to the land... -
Marengo and Hohenlinden: Napoleon's Rise to Power James R. Arnold 9781844152797
RRP: £15.99£12.01In a tense, crowded thirty-three days in the autumn of 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte organized a coup and made himself dictator of France. Yet his position was precarious. He knew that France would accept his rule only if he gained military victories that... -
Medieval Wrestling: Modern Practice of a Fifteenth-Century Art by Jessica Finley
RRP: £29.50£28.06In the Middle Ages, wrestling was practiced as both pastime and self-defense by every level of society - nobles, townsman and peasants alike - and was regarded as the foundation of all other martial arts. And no medieval wrestler's name looms as large as... -
Whispers in the Tall Grass by Nick Brokhausen
RRP: £25.00£19.47On his second combat tour, Nick Brokhausen served in Recon Team Habu, CCN. This unit was part of MACV-SOG (Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies and Observations Group), or Studies and Observations Group as it was innocuously called. The small... -
Nelson at Naples: Revolution and Retribution in 1799 by Jonathan North
RRP: £20.00£19.92During the wars which followed the French Revolution, France's armies turned on Britain's last ally in Italy, the kingdom of Naples. The French chased out the Bourbon royal family and established a republic, governed by scholars and philosophers. It... -
Bolt Action: Campaign: Market Garden by Warlord Games
RRP: £25.00£18.47Market Garden was a bold plan, designed to capture the Rhine crossings along the Dutch-German border and establish a foothold for an advance into Germany. A massive combined arms operation involving airborne landings and an armoured thrust, it was one of... -
The Taliban at War: 2001 - 2018 by Antonio Giustozzi
RRP: £18.99£16.98How does the Taliban wage war? How has its war changed over time? Firstly, the movement's extraordinary military operation relies on financial backing. This volume analyses such funding. The Taliban's external sources of support include foreign... -
The Call Up: A Study of National Service in Peacetime Britain by Phil Carradice 9781781555262 [USED COPY]
RRP: £18.99£2.26The Call Up or National Service existed in Britain from 1947 until the 1960s. It was the only time that young men were expected to serve in the Armed Forces in peace time. It was a traumatic and revolutionary time for many, giving them experiences,... -
Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies: National Styles and Strategic Cultures by Beatrice Heuser
RRP: £26.99£22.80This book is a major new study of the extent to which national mentalities, or 'ways of war', are responsible for 'national styles' of insurgency and counterinsurgency. Leading scholars examine the ways of war of particular insurgent movements, and the... -
Germany and the Baltic Problem After the Cold War: The Development of a New Ostpolitik, 1989-2000 Kristina Spohr 9780415647991
RRP: £48.99£42.66The root question this book addresses is how the new Germany will use its re-found status as a great power. Does Germany - as in the past - aim to dominate Europe? Or has it renounced its imperial ambitions following the trauma of division during the... -
Soviet Military Operational Art: In Pursuit of Deep Battle by Colonel David M. Glantz 9780714640778
RRP: £54.99£47.72David Glantz examines the Soviet study of war, the re-emergence of the operation level and its connection with deep battle, the evolution of the Soviet theory of operations in depth before 1941, and its refinement and application in the European theatre...