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Roman Imperial Armour: The production of early imperial military armour by David Sim 9781842174357
RRP: £25.00£20.30The Roman Empire depended on the power of its armies to defend and extend the imperial borders, enabling it to dominate much of Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East. Success was, in large part, founded on well-trained, well-disciplined soldiers... -
The War of Wars: The Epic Struggle Between Britain and France: 1789-1815 by Robert Harvey
RRP: £20.00£13.75Robert Harvey brilliantly recreates the story of the greatest conflict that stretches from the first blaze of revolution in Paris in 1789 to final victory on the muddy fields of Waterloo.On land and at sea, throughout the four corners of the continent,... -
The Oxford History of the First World War by Hew Strachan 9780198871170
RRP: £12.99£9.09Histories you can trust. The First World War, now a century ago, still shapes the world in which we live, and its legacy lives on, in poetry, in prose, in collective memory and political culture. By the time the war ended in 1918, millions lay dead... -
The Second World War: An Illustrated History by James Holland 9780241601327
RRP: £30.00£21.95Discover the story of the Second World War brought to life in full colour by renowned historian James Holland and award-winning artist Keith Burns'A fully immersive experience. A comprehensive yet fast-paced and gripping insight into the Second World War... -
Finding the Few: Some outstanding mysteries of the Battle of Britain investigated and solved by Andy Saunders 9781911714026
RRP: £20.00£14.291940 in the skies over Britain was a time of courage, heroism and extreme danger. Many men gave their lives to keep our island free and some disappeared into the summer sky with no trace of them ever being found. This remarkable book records the life of... -
Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam by John A. Nagl
RRP: £17.00£12.56Invariably, armies are accused of preparing to fight the previous war. In "Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife", Lieutenant Colonel John A. Nagl - a veteran of both Operation Desert Storm and the current conflict in Iraq - considers the now-crucial... -
Civilian Warriors by Erik Prince
RRP: £16.99£11.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591847458Author Erik PrinceFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 388gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 148mm *... -
The Battle of the Lys 1918: South: Objective Hazebrouck by Chris Baker 9781526716965
£16.91The German offensive in Flanders in April 1918 came close to catastrophe for the British Armies, but ultimately ended in strategic defeat for the Kaiser's men. Following closely on the heels of the devastating 'Operation Michael' attack in March on the... -
The RAF in 100 Objects by Peter Jacobs 9780750965361
RRP: £20.00£15.11It was in the closing year of the First World War, on 1 April 1918, that the Royal Air Force was born from the amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. Since then, the RAF has helped lead the world in the development of... -
The Circuit by Bob Shepherd
RRP: £10.99£7.71After nearly twenty years of SAS operations, including a never before published role in the infamous Bravo Two Zero patrol, Bob Shepherd retired from the military to work as an advisor on the international commercial security circuit. Certain his most... -
Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War by Barbara Ehrenreich
RRP: £9.99£6.70What lies behind the human attraction to violence? Why do we glorify war, seeing it as an almost sacred undertaking? Barbara Ehrenreich is known for the originality and clarity of her thinking, and in Blood Rites she proposes a radical new theory about... -
Armies of the War of the Grand Alliance 1688-97 by Gabriele Esposito
RRP: £11.99£8.43This title explores and illustrates the armies of France, and six countries allied against Louis XIV, in a wide-ranging Continental conflict that ushered in more than a century of European warfare. Formed in 1689, the 'Grand Alliance' or League of... -
Roman Republican Legionary 298–105 BC by Nic Fields
RRP: £14.99£12.55Soon after the Caudine Forks fiasco in 321 BC, the tactical formation adopted by the Roman Army underwent a radical change. Introduced as part of the Servian reforms, the legion had originally operated as a Greek-style phalanx. Now, however, the Romans... -
The Face Of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme by John Keegan
RRP: £16.99£12.28The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: an imperishable account of the direct experience of individuals at 'the point of maximum danger'. It examines the physical conditions of fighting, the particular emotions and behaviour... -
Passchendaele: A New History by Nick Lloyd
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER'A timely re-appraisal . . . a masterpiece' General Lord Richard DannattThe Third Battle of Ypres was a 'lost victory' for the British Army in 1917. Between July and November 1917, in a small corner of Belgium, more than... -
Lone Survivor: The Incredible True Story of Navy SEALs Under Siege by Marcus Luttrell
RRP: £12.99£9.09In June 2005 four US Navy SEALs left their base in Afghanistan for the Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al-Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less... -
Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe by Rachel Chrastil
RRP: £30.00£21.35'Compassionate and thought-provoking history' Daily Telegraph'Superb on the human consequences of war, ravishing in its evocations of wartime life' The Times'Fresh and compelling ... a tour-de-force' David A. BellLess than a month after it marched into... -
The Art of War by Sun Tzu 9781509827954
RRP: £10.99£7.00The perfect introduction to one of the world's best-known classics.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics bound in real cloth with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect... -
The Manner of Men: 9 PARA's Heroic D-Day Mission by Stuart Tootal
RRP: £12.99£8.60In June 1944, an elite unit of British paratroopers was sent on a daring and highly risky behind-the-lines mission, which was deemed vital to the success of D-Day. Dropping ahead of the main Allied invasion, 9 PARA were tasked with destroying an... -
Medieval Indian Armies (1): Hindu, Buddhist and Jain by Dr David Nicolle
RRP: £11.99£8.43This fully illustrated study explores the armies of the Hindu, Buddhist and Jain states within what are now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal during the period AD 500-1500, as well as Afghanistan until the early 13th century AD. ... -
German Luftwaffe in World War II by Chris McNab
RRP: £24.99£16.43The Luftwaffe - the German Air Force - played a crucial role in the Wehrmacht's blitzkrieg tactics, providing both air cover and air artillery for Germany's panzer troops on the ground. Germany's successful invasions of France, the Low Countries, the... -
Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior by Fergus Cannan 9781846035777
RRP: £14.99£11.47Galloglass, from the Gaelic galloglaigh for 'foreign warriors', were mercenaries from the Western Isles of Scotland who fought in the retinues of Irish magnates from the mid-13th century until the early 17th century. This work looks at the clan and... -
Pilgrimage to the Western Front: By the Men Who Went Back to the Old Frontline by Mike Hill 9781781559130
RRP: £30.00£21.35In the years after the First World War, thousands of men who had fought on the battlefields were drawn back to the Western Front. For the former soldier, these journeys of remembrance offered a chance to pay homage to their past and to see what peace... -
The Guy Liddell Diaries Vol.II: 1942-1945: MI5's Director of Counter-Espionage in World War II by Nigel West
RRP: £54.99£48.12WALLFLOWERS is the codename given to one of the Security Service's most treasured possessions, the daily journal dictated from August 1939 to June 1945 by MI5's Director of Counter-Espionage, Guy Liddell, to his secretary, Margo Huggins. The document was... -
Uncivil War: The British Army and the Troubles, 1966–1975 by Huw Bennett 9781107136380
RRP: £25.00£18.02When Operation Banner was launched in 1969 civil war threatened to break out in Northern Ireland and spread over the Irish Sea. Uncivil War reveals the full story of how the British army acted to save Great Britain from disaster during the most violent... -
The Art of War by Tzu Sun 9780143105756
RRP: £12.99£9.09For more than two thousand years, Sun-tzu's The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a... -
1945: Victory in the West by Prof. Peter Caddick-Adams, TD, VR, BA (Hons), PhD, FRHistS, FRGS, KJ
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to come.' TELEGRAPHMarch 1945. Allied troops are poised to cross the Rhine and sweep on into Germany. Victory is at last within their grasp. But if they... -
A Time to Risk All: The incredible untold story of Mary Elmes, the Irish woman who saved children from Nazi Concentration Camps by Clodagh Finn
RRP: £18.99£13.61'I am truly grateful to Mary Elmes for the life I might not have had, had it not been for her brave actions to save us and many others. She was truly a heroine.' Michael Freund Mary Elmes was an extraordinary woman. Sometimes known as the 'Irish... -
Alamein: War Without Hate by John Bierman
RRP: £16.99£12.28'Excellent ... a remarkable achievement and ought to be recognised as one of the most successful histories of the Western Desert and North African fighting yet to have appeared' John Keegan, Daily TelegraphFor the British, the battle fought at El Alamein... -
The Gallic War: Seven Commentaries on The Gallic War with an Eighth Commentary by Aulus Hirtius by Julius Caesar
RRP: £8.99£6.61The Gallic War, published on the eve of the civil war which led to the end of the Roman Republic, is an autobiographical account written by one of the most famous figures of European history. On one level a straightforward narrative of the campaigns... -
Emigre and Foreign Troops in British Service, 1803-15 by Rene Chartrand 9781855328594
£15.91Following his study of the astonishing range of French Royalist and foreign mercenary units employed by Britain in the period 1793-1802 (Men-at-Arms 328), the author describes often for the first time in an English language publication the part played by... -
Yasuke: The true story of the legendary African Samurai by Kelley Armstrong
RRP: £12.99£9.80WARRIOR. SAMURAI. LEGEND.The remarkable life of history's first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the heights of Japanese society.The man who came to be known as Yasuke arrived in Japan in the 16th century, an... -
A Most Secret Squadron by Des Curtis 9781906502515
RRP: £20.00£14.44Des Curtis was one of the founder members of 618 Squadron. Formed within days of the illustrious 617, 618's primary objective was to mount a daylight low-level attack by Mosquitos on the German battleship Tirpitz within hours of the attack on the Ruhr... -
To the Mountains: My Life in Jihad, from Algeria to Afghanistan by Abdullah Anas 9781787380110
RRP: £25.00£21.98As one of the earliest Arabs to join the Afghan Jihad, the Algerian Islamist Abdullah Anas counted as brothers-in-arms the future icons of al-Qaeda's global war, from Abdullah Azzam to Osama bin Laden, and befriended key Afghan resistance leaders such as... -
RAF Bomber Command Operations Manual: Insights into the organisation, equipment, men, machines, technology and tactics of the RAF's bomber offensive 1939 -1945 by Jonathan Falconer
RRP: £30.00£21.35Night and day in the Second World War RAF Bomber Command pounded away at the infrastructure of Germany to bring the Reich to its knees. Author Jonathan Falconer describes the Command's complex organisation and the science, technology and engineerBook... -
Armies of the First Sino-Japanese War 1894-95 by Gabriele Esposito
RRP: £11.99£8.43Describes how newly modernized Japan waged war against China in its first overseas campaign, marking its rapid transition into Asia's leading military power only 30 years after emerging from centuries of feudalism. After the Meiji restoration of the... -
The Persian Expedition by Xenophon
RRP: £12.99£9.09In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the Ten Thousand - to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the... -
Wasted Years Wasted Lives, Volume 1: The British Army in Northern Ireland 1975-77 by Ken Wharton 9781910777411
RRP: £19.95£18.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910777411Author Ken WhartonFormat PaperbackPage Count 430Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle by Stephen D. Biddle
RRP: £35.00£27.21In war, do mass and materiel matter most? Will states with the largest, best equipped, information-technology-rich militaries invariably win? The prevailing answer today among both scholars and policymakers is yes. But this is to overlook force... -
'Sir, They'Re Taking the Kids Indoors': The British Army in Northern Ireland 1973-74 by Ken Wharton
RRP: £19.95£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910777428Author Ken WhartonFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company