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To the Mountains: My Life in Jihad, from Algeria to Afghanistan by Abdullah Anas 9781787380110
RRP: $42.88$37.70As 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: $51.46$36.62Night 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: $20.57$14.46Describes 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: $22.28$15.59In 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: $34.22$30.91Apologies 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: $60.04$46.67In 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: $34.22$30.22Apologies 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 -
Gun Button to Fire: A Hurricane Pilot's Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain by Tom Neil
RRP: $22.28$14.55The amazing story of one of the 'Few', fighter ace Tom Neil who shot down 13 enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain. This is a fighter pilot's story of eight memorable months from May to December 1940. When the Germans were blitzing their way across... -
Shooting Up: A History of Drugs in Warfare by Lukasz Kamienski
RRP: $27.43$24.96From hallucinogenic mushrooms and LSD, to coca and cocaine; from Homeric warriors and the Assassins to the first Gulf War and today's global insurgents - drugs have sustained warriors in the field and have been used as weapons of warfare, either as... -
London's Armed Police: Up Close and Personal by Stephen Smith
$46.86Come on a journey with veteran firearms officer, Stephen Smith as he goes behind the scenes of the Met's Specialist Firearms Unit, CO19. This book covers events from the controversial shooting of Azelle Rodney in 2005 and Mark Duggan in 2011, right up... -
Forgotten Voices of the Falklands: The Real Story of the Falklands War by Hugh McManners
RRP: $27.43$19.91The Falklands War was a turning point in modern British history. On the one hand, it was what some considered to be the 'last of the great Elizabethan adventures', with the Royal Navy pulling off an incredible feat of maritime warfare, under the most... -
Bismarck: 24 Hours to Doom by Iain Ballantyne
RRP: $18.85$12.01Now a major television documentary (Channel 4, 2021)The epic mission to destroy Hitler's flagship.'Bismarck was now loose in the Atlantic ... we had to find and sink her.'May, 1941. The most powerful battleship the world has ever seen, the German Navy's... -
The Last Battle by Cornelius Ryan 9781473620070
RRP: $18.85$12.69The Battle for Berlin was the final struggle of World War II in the European theatre, the last offensive against Hitler's Third Reich, which devastated one of Europe's historic capitals and brought an end to the Nazi regime. It lasted more than two weeks... -
The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz del Castillo
RRP: $22.28$15.59Vivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma's doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of adventurers. Bernal Diaz del Castillo,... -
Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age by Stephen R. Platt
RRP: $25.71$17.50SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZEA Financial Times Book of the YearA Sunday Times Book of the Year ________________________________________'Entertaining and well-paced... Platt's compelling book is a sobering read that should focus the minds... -
The Autobiography: The Sunday Times Bestseller by Alastair Cook
RRP: $20.57$14.46Get to know England legend Alastair Cook in his fascinating and remarkably honest autobiographyTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEAR'He is England's greatest ever batsman . . . a hugely enjoyable book' Daily Mail, SPORTS BOOKS OF THE... -
A Brief History of the Samurai by Jonathan Clements
RRP: $22.28$7.05From a leading expert in Japanese history, this is one of the first full histories of the art and culture of the Samurai warrior. The Samurai emerged as a warrior caste in Medieval Japan and would have a powerful influence on the history and culture of... -
The Great Siege of Malta - The Epic Battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St. John by Bruce Ware Allen
RRP: $32.59$31.73In the spring of 1565, a massive fleet of Ottoman ships descended on Malta, a small island centrally located between North Africa and Sicily, home and headquarters of the crusading Knights of St. John and their charismatic Grand Master, Jean de Valette... -
Holy Wars: 3000 Years of Battles in the Holy Land by Gary L. Rashba 9781612001531
RRP: $25.71$16.06Today's Arab-Israeli conflict, ever-present in the news, is merely the latest iteration of an unending history of violence in the Holy Land-a region that is unsurpassed as witness to a kaleidoscopic military history involving forces from across the world... -
The Men Who Made the SAS: The History of the Long Range Desert Group by Gavin Mortimer
RRP: $20.57$13.72Established in June 1940, the Long Range Desert Group was the inspiration of scientist and soldier Major Ralph Bagnold, a contemporary of T.E Lawrence who, in the inter-war years, explored the North African desert in a Model T Ford automobile.Mortimer... -
The Gurkhas by John Parker
RRP: $18.85$12.69Their ferocity is as legendary as their loyalty to the British Monarch and their regimental histories are crammed with actsof incredible bravery and sacrifice. The Gurkhas' particular reputation as fearsome fighting men remains undisputed and the mere... -
Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: Winston Churchill's Famous Speeches by Winston Churchill
RRP: $22.28$15.59The most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time - phrases such as 'iron curtain', 'business as usual', 'the few', and 'summit meeting' passed quickly into everyday use - Winston Churchill used language as his most powerful weapon at a time when... -
Zulu Rising: The Epic Story of iSandlwana and Rorke's Drift by Ian Knight
RRP: $29.14$20.89The battle of iSandlwana was the single most destructive incident in the 150-year history of the British colonisation of South Africa. In one bloody day over 800 British troops, 500 of their allies and at least 2000 Zulus were killed in a staggering... -
Old Soldier Sahib by Frank Richards
RRP: $17.14$12.20From the author of the celebrated Great War memoirAbout the AuthorFrank Richards was born in 1883 in Monmouthshire. Orphaned at nine years old, he was brought up by his aunt and uncle in the industrial Blaina area, and went on to work as a coal miner... -
Partition: The story of Indian independence and the creation of Pakistan in 1947 by Barney White-Spunner 9781471148033
RRP: $18.85$12.01THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Stands out for its judicious and unsparing look at events from a British perspective' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday TimesBetween January and August 1947 the conflicting political, religious and social tensions in India culminated... -
The English Civil Wars: 1640-1660 by Blair Worden
RRP: $17.14$11.66A brilliant appraisal of the Civil War and its long-term consequences, by an acclaimed historian. The political upheaval of the mid-seventeenth century has no parallel in English history. Other events have changed the occupancy and the powers of the... -
Doctor for Friend and Foe by Rick Jolly
RRP: $22.28$15.59Rick Jolly was the Senior Medical Officer in the Falklands, setting up and running the field hospital at Ajax Bay, where he and his Royal Marine and Parachute Regiment medical teams treated a total of 580 casualties, of which only 3 died of wounds. The... -
The Story of the Malakand Field Force by Sir Winston S. Churchill 9780486474748
RRP: $24.85$15.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486474748Author Sir Winston S. ChurchillFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Nam: The Vietnam War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Fought There by Mark Baker
RRP: $18.85$12.69Even now something is missing from the history of Vietnam. Behind the burning sense of horror and betrayal the personal stories remain untold. No one has bothered to talk to the men and women who went to Vietnam and fought the war.What happened to boys... -
The V-Weapons Then and Now by Winston Ramsey
RRP: $64.32$53.62Day-by-day listings are included covering the locations in Britain where every V1 was either destroyed or where they impacted, plus those for all the V2s. Illustrated with many censored photographs from the period, 'then and now' comparisons bring... -
The Spanish Civil War by Hugh Thomas
RRP: $37.74$27.48Since its first publication, Hugh Thomas's The Spanish Civil War has become established as the definitive one-volume history of a conflict that continues to provoke intense controversy today. What was it that roused left-wing sympathizers from all over... -
Spanish Galleon vs English Galleon: 1550–1605 by Mark Lardas
RRP: $24.00$16.72Between 1550-1600, Europe witnessed a rapid evolution in the art of ship design which enabled safer and more efficient transatlantic travel. This was the pinnacle of the Age of Discovery and Exploration for the European powers, in which the galleon... -
Frostgrave: Perilous Dark by Joseph A. McCullough
RRP: $30.86$23.35There are many tales of the Frozen City, and not all of them tell of battles between rival wizards. Often, the greatest adventures are those that pit a wizard and his trusty warband against the myriad perils found amidst the ruins of Felstad. This new... -
Generation Kill by Evan Wright
RRP: $18.85$13.33Generation Kill is about the young men sent to fight their nation's first open-ended war since Vietnam. Despite the flurry of media images to come of the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, you have never really met any of these people, who serve as... -
The Zekameron: One hundred tales from behind bars and eyelashes by Maxim Znak
RRP: $22.28$15.33WINNER OF ENGLISH PEN AWARD 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE REPUBLIC OF CONSCIOUSNESS PRIZE 2024 'How did these stories get into your hands? They flew, as if painted by Marc Chagall, through prison walls, borders, and languages.' - Valzhyna Mort ... -
Task Force Black: The explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq by Mark Urban
RRP: $18.85$12.69The book the MoD doesn't want you to read' Daily MailSoon after British and American forces invaded Iraq they faced an insurgency that was almost impossible to understand, let alone reverse.Facing defeat, the Coalition waged a hidden war within a war... -
The Inca Empire: An Illustrated History by David Jones
RRP: $34.31$28.63The history of the Incas fascinates the modern world. This groundbreaking book separates fact from fiction, exploring the native peoples of Peru and the Andes, their mythologies and ancient belief systems, and the amazing beauty of Inca art and... -
Italian Medium Tanks by Filippo Cappellano
RRP: $20.57$14.46Several factors delayed and greatly hampered the development of an Italian medium tank during World War II. The first was the strategic stance of the country, focussed on a war against neighbouring countries such as France and Yugoslavia, and... -
The British West Indies Regiment: Race and Colour on the Western Front by Dominiek Dendooven 9781399067690
RRP: $34.31$24.51This is a military-political history with a vital and all-pervading cultural and social theme which shapes the narrative - race, colour and prejudice. But despite this, there is an extraordinary underlying theme of empire loyalty among serving soldiers -... -
Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Paul Scharre
RRP: $44.58$38.25A new industrial revolution has begun. Like mechanization or electricity before it, artificial intelligence will touch every aspect of our lives-and cause profound disruptions in the balance of global power, especially among the AI superpowers: China,...