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Badon and the Early Wars for Wessex, circa 500 to 710 by David Cooper 9781526733573
£21.76David Cooper's book reappraises the evidence regarding the early battles for Wessex territory. It charts the sequence of battles from the c. AD 500 siege of Badon Hill, in which the Britons defeated the first Saxon attempt to gain a foothold in Wessex... -
Kangzhan: Guide to Chinese Ground Forces 1937-45 by Leland S. Ness
£41.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910294420Author Leland NessFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Trench Art: Materialities and Memories of War Nicholas Saunders 9781859736081
RRP: £35.99£31.69Trench art is the evocative name given to a dazzling array of objects made from the waste of industrialized war. Each object, whether an engraved shell case, cigarette lighter or a pen made from shrapnel, tells a unique and moving story about its maker... -
Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch: Skull-Crushing True Stories of the Most Hardcore Duels, Showdowns, Fistfights, Last Stands, Suicide Charges, and Military Engagements of All Time by Ben Thompson 9780062112347
£15.51This ain't no table tennis. You're not here to skip rope with your niece. You're here to witness the catastrophically awesome exploits of history's greatest badasses. Not only that, you're here to see what happens when badasses collide, when glory and... -
In The President's Secret Service by Ronald Kessler
RRP: £14.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307461360Author Ronald KesslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm)... -
War Lord: Khalifa Haftar and the Future of Libya by John Oakes
RRP: £20.00£13.34Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar leads an army that controls most of Libya, stands at the gates of Tripoli and is threatening to overthrow the Government of National Accord. Backed by the powerful Libyan tribes, Khalifa Haftar has also won the backing of... -
Subjugate or Exterminate!: A Memoir of Russia's Wars Against Chechnya by Akhmed Zakaev 9781680530889
RRP: £37.95£35.57Subjugate or Exterminate! is an authoritative first-hand account of the Russo-Chechen conflict by a Chechen leader who played a central role in all the main events. Akhmed Zakayev rose rapidly from an actor of Shakespearean roles to Commander of the... -
A World Apart: Imprisonment in a Soviet Labor Camp During World War II by Gustaw Herling 9780140251845
RRP: £24.00£15.74A searing, personal literary account of life in a Soviet prison campIn 1940, Gustaw Herling was arrested after he joined an underground Polish army that fell into Russian hands. He was sent to a northern Russian labor camp, where he spent the two most... -
Northumberland's Military Heritage by Neil R. Storey
RRP: £15.99£10.85The military heritage of Northumberland is without doubt one of the richest in all the British Isles. By nature of it being England's most northern county, its borders have seen many bloody clashes and battles since the earliest times. Hadrian's Wall... -
The Veterans' Tale: British Military Memoirs of the Second World War by Frances Houghton
RRP: £30.99£28.28This is a unique account of the ways in which British veterans of the Second World War remembered, understood, and recounted their experiences of battle throughout the post-war period. Focusing on themes of landscape, weaponry, the enemy, and... -
Return from Dunkirk - Railways to the Rescue: Operation Dynamo (1940) Peter Tatlow 9780853616979
RRP: £13.95£12.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853616979Author Peter TatlowFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
Tobruk: Birth of a legend by Frank Harrison
RRP: £10.99£7.40The 'Desert Rats' defeat Rommel: ' ... an impressive book ... highly recommended.' John Pimlott, MILITARY ILLUSTRATEDThe siege of Tobruk in 1941 was the first time the British army succeeded in defeating a German army operation in World War II. Despite... -
Bravo Two Zero by Andy McNab
RRP: £9.99£6.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780440218807Author Andy McNabFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 174mm *... -
Foch in Command: The Forging of a First World War General by Elizabeth Greenhalgh 9780521195614
RRP: £91.00£82.01Ferdinand Foch ended the First World War as Marshal of France and supreme commander of the Allied armies on the Western Front. Foch in Command is a pioneering study of his contribution to the Allied victory. Elizabeth Greenhalgh uses contemporary... -
Alamo by John Myers Myers 9780803257795
RRP: £15.99£14.24John Myers Myers authored sixteen books, including Doc Holliday and Tombstone's Early Years, also available as Bison Books.About the AuthorJohn Myers Myers authored sixteen books, including Doc Holliday and Tombstone's Early Years, also available as... -
Isonzo: The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Great War by John R. Schindler 9780275972042
£74.78This is the first account in English of a much-overlooked, but important, First World War battlefront located in the mountains astride the border between Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Not well known in the West, the battles of Isonzo were... -
Desert Rats by John Parker 9780755312894 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.29In the recent war in Iraq, the 7th Armoured Brigade, bearers of the Desert Rats insignia, was immediately engaged in some of the fiercest early fighting, ultimately taking Basra for the Allies. The war in Iraq revived public focus on the Desert Rats... -
Desert Rats John Parker 9780755312894
RRP: £10.99£7.40In the recent war in Iraq, the 7th Armoured Brigade, bearers of the Desert Rats insignia, was immediately engaged in some of the fiercest early fighting, ultimately taking Basra for the Allies. The war in Iraq revived public focus on the Desert Rats... -
23rd Waffen SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland by Massimiliano Afiero 9780764350733
RRP: £36.99£26.09This book is a detailed history of the 23rd Waffen-SS Panzergrenadier Division "Nederland," the Dutch volunteer SS combat formation. Employed exclusively on the eastern front, except for a brief period in Croatia, the "Nederland" formations participated... -
A Prayer for Gallipoli: The Great War Diaries of Chaplain Kenneth Best by Gavin Roynon 9781849833677
RRP: £7.99£2.68Many chaplains were not permitted to go near the Front in the First World War - others insisted on doing so, like Kenneth Best in the Gallipoli Campaign. Best had no military training before the war but he felt that he could only fulfil his pastoral role... -
One Shot, One Kill: A History of the Sniper by Andy Dougan 9780008189402
RRP: £9.99£7.58A cultural and military history of the sniper since 1643, when the first shot was fired by a sniper during the battle for Litchfield in the English Civil War, to the present day. Previously published as The Hunting of Man. `The modern sniper is perhaps... -
Intelligence Theory: Key Questions and Debates by Peter Gill
RRP: £43.99£38.44This edited volume brings together a range of essays by individuals who are centrally involved in the debate about the role and utility of theory in intelligence studies. The volume includes both classic essays and new articles that critically analyse... -
Industry and Air Power: The Expansion of British Aircraft Production, 1935-1941 Noel Sebastian Ritchie (Air Historical Branch, Royal Air Force, United Kingdom) 9780714643434
RRP: £47.99£41.81The author begins with a general survey of British aircraft manufacturing in the inter-war period. Policy, production, finance and contracts are examined, and the final chapter is concerned with the mobilization of the aircraft industry in 1939, and the... -
German 88 Gun in Combat by Janusz Piekalkiewicz 9780887403415
RRP: £36.99£23.98This book by renowned World War II historian Janusz Piekalkiewicz presents the history of the famous German "88" in its ground combat role - a role it mastered. First used by the Legion Condor in Spain, the 88 was soon recongnized as a superb... -
From Byron to Bin Laden: A History of Foreign War Volunteers by Nir Arielli
RRP: £35.95£28.96What makes people fight and risk their lives for countries other than their own? Why did diverse individuals such as Lord Byron, George Orwell, Che Guevara, and Osama bin Laden all volunteer for ostensibly foreign causes? Nir Arielli helps us understand... -
Mimi and Toutou's Big Adventure: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika by Giles Foden 9781400075263
RRP: £16.00£11.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400075263Author Giles FodenFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
The Bases of Empire: The Global Struggle Against U.S. Military Posts Catherine Lutz 9780745328324
RRP: £27.99£21.57This book examines US military bases across the globe including those in Latin America, Europe, and Asia. It documents the massive political, economic and environmental impacts that these outposts have and studies the movements and campaigns against them... -
Advanced Land Warfare: Tactics and Operations by Mikael Weissmann 9780192857422
RRP: £83.00£75.34International politics have become ever more volatile over the last decade, increasing the risk of large-scale military violence. Yet the precise character of future war will depend on a range of factors that relate to adversaries, allies, technology,... -
The Oxford Book of Military Anecdotes by Sir Max Hastings 9780195205282
RRP: £26.99£18.49If anecdotes are marginal notes on the pages of history, these will delight any reader who has ever been moved or entertained by the condition of the soldier. Few fields of human endeavor have inspired so many memorable anecdotes as warfare, from the... -
The Patton Papers: 1940-1945 by Martin Blumenson
RRP: £35.00£24.44One of World War II's most brilliant and controversial generals, George S. Patton (1885-1945) fought in North Africa and Sicily, as commander of the Third Army, spearheaded the Allies'spectacular 1944-1945 sweep through France, Belgium, and Germany. ... -
Clean Bombs and Dirty Wars: Air Power in Kosovo and Libya by Robert H Gregory 9781612347318
£25.18On March 24th, 1999, President Clinton announced that the United States, along with NATO allies, had initiated air strikes against the Serbian forces of Slobodan Milosevic in Kosovo. After seventy-eight days of bombing, Milosevic agreed to withdraw his... -
If the Allies Had Fallen: Sixty Alternate Scenarios of World War II by Harold C Deutsch 9781616085469
RRP: £19.99£12.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616085469Author Dennis E ShowalterFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm)... -
Military Logistics and Strategic Performance Thomas M. Kane 9781138981119
RRP: £43.99£38.44This work argues that logistics in warfare is crucial to achieving strategic success. The author identifies logistical capabilities as an arbiter of opportunity, which plays a critical role in determining which side will hold the strategic iniative in... -
Victoria Crosses of the Gurkha and Indian Regiments by Kevin Brazier 9781399067492
RRP: £25.00£17.62In this book you will find the stories of all the men awarded the VC while serving in the Gurkha and Indian regiments of the Indian Army; this also includes British soldiers serving in these regiments. The Indian Army have been involved in wars all over... -
The Art of War in Western World by Archer Jones 9780252069666
RRP: £23.99£21.84The magnum opus of one of America's most respected military historians, The Art of War in the Western World has earned its place as the standard work on how the three major operational components of war--tactics, logistics, and strategy--have evolved and... -
U.S. Army Hand-to-Hand Combat by Army 9781602397828
RRP: £9.99£8.41The official illustrated guide from the US Army on the best ways to fight and win when you are reduced to going toe to toe with an enemy: fundamentals, vulnerable points., holds, and escapes, and more.This manual was created to teach American solider... -
Operation Cactus: Indian Military Intervention in the Maldives, 1988 by Sanjay Badri-Maharaj
RRP: £16.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914377020Author Sanjay Badri-MaharajFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
United Nations Medals and Ribbons for Peacekeeping by Col Frank C Foster 9781884452765
RRP: £29.95£24.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781884452765Author Col Frank C FosterFormat HardbackPage Count 118Imprint Medals of Ameica PressPublisher Medals of Ameica PressWeight(grams)... -
South Pacific Air War Volume 4: Buna & Milne Bay June - September 1942 by Michael Claringbould
£20.62Volume Four chronicles aerial warfare in the South Pacific in the critical period between 19 June and 8 September 1942. It can be read alone or as a continuation of the first three volumes that spanned the first six months of the Pacific War, culminating... -
Special Operations and Strategy: From World War II to the War on Terrorism by James D. Kiras 9780415459495
RRP: £43.99£38.44James D. Kiras shows how a number of different special operations, in conjunction with more conventional military actions, achieve and sustain strategic effect(s) over time. In particular, he argues that the root of effective special operations lies in...