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The Unknown Enemy: Counterinsurgency and the Illusion of Control by Christian Tripodi
RRP: £24.99£21.18Western counterinsurgency doctrine proposes that cultural intelligence is an important requirement for those forces operating amidst the unfamiliar socio-political structures often found in distant conflict zones. Yet while the determination to... -
Learning to Fight: Military Innovation and Change in the British Army, 1914-1918 by Aimee Fox
RRP: £39.99£36.59Learning, innovation and adaptation are not concepts that we necessarily associate with the British army of the First World War. Yet the need to learn from mistakes, to exploit new opportunities and to adapt to complex situations are enduring and... -
The Luftwaffe in Colour: The Victory Years, 1939-1942 by Christophe Cony 9781612004082
RRP: £19.99£16.48This remarkable work pulls the lid off one of the legendary air forces in history at the very peak of its powerface=Calibri>-unveiling the and machines as they truly existed dayface=Calibri>-to-day, underneath the propaganda of their own regime and the... -
The Great War in History: Debates and Controversies, 1914 to the Present by Jay Winter
RRP: £24.99£20.29This revised and updated edition of The Great War in History provides the first survey of historical interpretations of the Great War from 1914 to 2020. It demonstrates how the history of the Great War has now gone global, and how the internet revolution... -
Surprise, Strategy and `Vijay`: 20 Years of Kargil and Beyond by V.K. Ahluwalia 9789386618948
RRP: £52.00£50.60Talks about the lesser known facts and accounts of the intrusions and the war from various commanders and officers, some of whom have also served during the conflict. The book has been divided into five parts. The first part titled, 'Blood, Guts and... -
Causes of War: Power and the Roots of Conflict by Stephen Van Evera
RRP: £25.99£22.49What causes war? How can military conflicts best be prevented? A prominent political scientist here addresses these questions, offering ideas that will be widely debated. Stephen Van Evera frames five conditions that increase the risk of interstate war:... -
A History of Artillery by Jeremy Black 9781538178201
RRP: £30.00£26.68A History of Artillery traces the development of artillery through the ages, providing a thorough study of these weapons. From its earliest recorded use in battle over a millennium ago, up to the recent Gulf War, Balkan, and Afghanistan conflicts,... -
U. S. Army Medal, Badges and Insignia by Col Frank C Foster 9781884452611
RRP: £29.95£23.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781884452611Author Col Frank C FosterFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Medals of Ameica PressPublisher Medals of Ameica PressWeight(grams)... -
Battles of the American Civil War 1861-1865: From Fort Sumner to Petersburg by Kevin J Dougherty 9781862274334 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.80Battles of the American Civil War introduces twenty key battles from a conflict that devastated the United States for four bloody years.About the AuthorCHRIS McNAB is a writer and editor who specialises in military history and technology. He is an author... -
Companion to the Anglo-Zulu War by Ian Knight
RRP: £15.99£11.61The Anglo-Zulu War was a defining episode in British imperial history, and it is still a subject of intense interest. The Zulu victory at Isandlwana, the heroic British defence of Rorke's Drift and the eventual British triumph are among the most closely... -
Death Ride of the Panzers: German Armor and the Retreat in the West, 1944-45 by Dennis Oliver
£22.00Death Ride of the Panzers is a unique guide to the Nazi tanks, vehicles, and crews of World War II. It features never-before-seen photographs from the US National Archives and the author's personal collection, annotated artist renderings, and detailed... -
Sisters in Arms: Women in the British Armed Forces during the Second World War by Jeremy A. Crang
RRP: £37.99£32.97During the Second World War some 600,000 women were absorbed into the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, the Auxiliary Territorial Service, and the Women's Royal Naval Service. These women performed important military functions for the armed forces, both at... -
Multipolarity in the 21st Century: A New World Order by Donette Murray
RRP: £43.99£38.44This book seeks to help shape the debate surrounding power and polarity in the twenty-first century, both by assessing the likelihood of US decline and by analysing what each of the so-called 'rising powers' can do. As the twenty-first century moves... -
Somerset's Military Heritage by Andrew Powell-Thomas 9781445676982
RRP: £15.99£10.85The serene and tranquil countryside of Somerset is an unlikely setting for a rich military history that stretches back thousands of years. Somerset has it all, from Iron Age hill forts to castles constructed in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest of... -
Military Effectiveness by Allan R. Millett
RRP: £26.99£22.80This three-volume study examines the questions raised by the performance of the military institutions of France, Germany, Russia, the United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Italy in the period from 1914 to 1945. Leading military historians deal with... -
Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948-1991 by Kenneth M. Pollack 9780803287839
RRP: £25.99£22.88Kenneth M. Pollack, formerly a Persian Gulf military analyst at the CIA and Director for Persian Gulf Affairs at the National Security Council, describes and analyzes the military history of the six key Arab states-Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Saudi... -
The Real German War Plan, 1904-14 by Terernce Zuber
RRP: £14.99£11.55The Real German War Plan, 1904-14 fundamentally changes our understanding of German military planning before the First World War. On the basis of newly discovered or long-neglected documents in German military archives, this book gives the first... -
The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943 by Robert M. Citino 9780700623433
RRP: £32.95£19.95Winner of the Arthur Goodzeit AwardThroughout 1943, the German army, heirs to a military tradition that demanded and perfected relentless offensive operations, succumbed to the realities of its own overreach and the demands of twentieth-century... -
Llandudno's Military Heritage by Peter Johnson
RRP: £15.99£9.53The north Wales seaside resort of Llandudno developed in the 1850s from a scatter of small settlements on the slopes of the Great Orme. The Iron Age defences of Pen Dinas hill fort and the presence of Roman coin hoards suggest local military conflict,... -
Captives of War: British Prisoners of War in Europe in the Second World War by Clare Makepeace 9781107145870
RRP: £39.99£36.59This is a pioneering history of the experience of captivity of British prisoners of war (POWs) in Europe during the Second World War, focussing on how they coped and came to terms with wartime imprisonment. Clare Makepeace reveals the ways in which POWs... -
Sheperd Paine: the Life and Work of a Master Modeler and Military Historian by Jim DeRogatis
RRP: £72.99£47.99Sheperd Paine did more than anyone to elevate modeling to the level of an art form - one that includes elements of painting, sculpting, research, and storytelling. Building and painting miniature figures, armor, aircraft, and ships with equal skill, and... -
The Conquest of the Missouri: Captain Grant Marsh, and the Riverboats of the American Civil War and Plains Indian Wars by Joseph Mills Hansom 9780857067524
£13.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857067524Author Joseph Mills HansomFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 417g -
The Struggle for the West: A Divided and Contested Legacy Christopher Browning 9780415851596
RRP: £53.99£46.87In recent years debates about the nature and future of the West have been high on the political agenda. Prognoses of the West's imminent demise have been countered by those arguing for its continued relevance, or those arguing that while the West will... -
The Montgomery Legend by R.W. Thompson 9781032045351
RRP: £28.99£25.09This book, first published in 1967, examines the foundations and the substance of the Montgomery Legend. His appearance upon the scene in the Western Desert coincided with a change in warfare as ‘ironmongery replaced generalship’, as General Fuller... -
Three Fingers of Death: Soviet 2K12 KUB (SA-6 Gainful) Missile System by Danko Borojevic 9781775395386
RRP: £13.27£12.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781775395386Author Danko BorojevicFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint Amazon Digital Services LLC - KdpPublisher Amazon Digital Services LLC -... -
Mapping the Great Game: Explorers, Spies and Maps in 19th-Century Asia by Riaz Dean 9781636243764
RRP: £22.50£16.38Although the ultimate prize of the Great Game played out between Great Britain and Imperial Russia in the 19th century was India, most of the intrigue and action took place along its northern frontier in Afghanistan, Turkestan and Tibet. Maps and... -
The Doomed Horse Soldiers of Bataan: The Incredible Stand of the 26th Cavalry by Raymond G. Woolfe 9781442245341
RRP: £41.00£33.98This is the story of the last mounted American troops to see action in battle, when, in late 1941, six-hundred men and their horses held off the Japanese invasion of Luzon in the Philippines just long enough to allow General Douglas MacArthur's forces to... -
Tiger I and Tiger II by Anthony Tucker-Jones
£17.24The German Tiger I and Tiger II (known to the Allies as the 'King Tiger' or 'Royal Tiger') were the most famous and formidable heavy tanks of the Second World War. In their day their awesome reputation inspired such apprehension among Allied soldiers... -
The M1 Carbine by Leroy Thompson
RRP: £14.99£13.13In 1938 the US Chief of Infantry requested that the Ordnance Department develop a carbine to be used by service and support troops, artillerymen, machine-gun crews, tankers, mortar crews and other troops not needing the power of the M1 Garand rifle. The... -
A History of the Pakistan Army: Wars and Insurrections by Brian Cloughley
£50.29The scope of this study of the Pakistan Army must be wide and in-depth, as the army has played a major part in the country's history. The author describes Pakistan's violent internal politics and erratic international relations with a deep knowledge... -
The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today by Thomas E Ricks 9780143124092
RRP: £20.00£12.94A New York Times bestseller! An epic history of the decline of American military leadership-from the bestselling author of Fiasco and Churchill and Orwell.While history has been kind to the American generals of World War II-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton,... -
A Stranger in My Own Country: East Pakistan, 1969-1971 by Major General (Retd.) Khadim Hussain Raja 9780190704230
RRP: £10.99£9.92The 1971 East Pakistan tragedy was not just a failure of the military but also a collapse of civil society in the West Wing. The few voices raised against the military action were too feeble to make the army change its course, a course that lead to... -
The Age of Revolution 1789-1848 by E. J Hobsbawm
RRP: £19.00£11.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679772538Author Eric HobsbawmFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 201mm *... -
Impossible Victories by Bryan Perrett 9781473847491
RRP: £16.99£5.31Victory on the battlefield is sometimes achieved against the odds - victory snatched from the jaws of apparently inevitable defeat. A daring counter attack, an unexpected manoeuvre, a stubborn refusal to be beaten and the impossible victory is won. In... -
Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East by Stephen G. Fritz
RRP: £43.50£39.48On June 22, 1941, Germany launched the greatest land assault in history on the Soviet Union, an attack that Adolf Hitler deemed crucial to ensure German economic and political survival. As the key theater of the war for the Germans, the eastern front... -
The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry: by Christine de Pizan by Charity Cannon Willard
RRP: £34.95£31.19It is unexpected in any era to find a woman writing a book on the art of warfare, but in the fifteenth century it was unbelievable. Not surprisingly, therefore, Christine de Pizan's The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry, written around 1410, has... -
I Wouldn't Start from Here: Travels in 21st-century terror, torture and torpor by Andrew Mueller 9781846271519 [USED COPY]
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I Wouldn't Start from Here: Travels in 21st-century terror, torture and torpor by Andrew Mueller 9781846271519
RRP: £9.99£6.70With considerable skill, Mueller skids around the globe from failed state to ravaged war zone to desolate no-man's-land, from Beirut to Basra via Belfast and Bihac, to try to unpick why we humans seem so prone to plucking war from the jaws of peace, why... -
Petersfield At War by David W. Jeffery
RRP: £14.99£11.55The small Hampshire town of Petersfield saw little direct conflict during the Second World War, yet its story reflects all the anxieties and concerns of Britain's inhabitants during that period: food shortages, evacuees, blackout restrictions, family... -
US Covert Operations and Cold War Strategy: Truman, Secret Warfare and the CIA, 1945-53 by Sarah-Jane Corke
RRP: £49.99£43.50Based on recently declassified documents, this book provides the first examination of the Truman Administration's decision to employ covert operations in the Cold War. Although covert operations were an integral part of America's arsenal during the...