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Charles E. Callwell and the British Way in Warfare by Daniel Whittingham 9781108480079
RRP: £90.00£81.03Daniel Whittingham presents the first full-length study of one of Britain's most important military thinkers, Major-General Sir Charles E. Callwell (1859-1928). It tells the story of his life, which included service in military intelligence, the South... -
Going Deep: John Philip Holland and the Invention of the Attack Submarine by Lawrence Goldstone
RRP: £20.00£12.86From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea to The Hunt for Red October, readers the world over have demonstrated an enduring fascination with travel under the sea. Yet the riveting story behind the invention of the submarine-an epic saga of genius,... -
Spiked Helmets of Imperial Germany: Vol One - Infantry Regiments, Pioneer Battalions, General Officers by Wm. Randall Trawnik
RRP: £54.99£35.01This monumental, two volume set, several years in preparation, includes over 400 color photographs, illustrations and period images from the finest collections in the United States and Europe. For the first time, collectors will see a comprehensive full... -
Killer High: A History of War in Six Drugs by Peter Andreas
RRP: £20.99£17.94The story of war from antiquity to the modern age through the lens of six drugs: alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, opium, amphetamines, and cocaine. There is growing alarm over how drugs empower terrorists, insurgents, militias, and gangs. But by looking... -
Strafbattalion: Hitler's Penal Battalions by Walter S. Zapotoczny, Jr. 9781781556474
RRP: £25.00£22.58When war broke out in 1939, Hitler created `Strafbattalion' (Penal Battalion) units to deal with incarcerated members of the Wehrmacht as well as `subversives'. His order stated that any first-time convicted soldier could return to his unit after he had... -
KGB Lexicon: The Soviet Intelligence Officers Handbook Vasili Mitrokhin 9780714682358
RRP: £49.99£43.90In this volume Mitrokhin presents two dictionaries produced by the KGB itself to define their activities in both offensive and defensive intelligence work. The translated documents tell the story of the KGB's methods and targets and should interest the... -
Of Arms and Men: A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression by Robert L. O'Connell 9780195053609 [USED COPY]
RRP: £42.49£2.54In this provocative book, Robert O'Connell examines the role and significance of weapons from the dawn of human history to the present, and the attempts of western civilization to come to terms with the grim results of its own inventiveness. This is not... -
Of Arms and Men: A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression by Robert L. O'Connell 9780195053609
RRP: £42.49£30.73In this provocative book, Robert O'Connell examines the role and significance of weapons from the dawn of human history to the present, and the attempts of western civilization to come to terms with the grim results of its own inventiveness. This is not... -
Jg 54 - a Photographic History of the Grunherzjager by Werner Held
RRP: £27.99£18.02In five turbulent years the members of this highly successful Luftwaffe fighter unit developed into such a close-knit team that even now - almost fifty years later - that bond still exists. This unique photo history was compiled with assistance from the... -
Uniforms of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution and the Men who Wore Them: 1835-1836 by Bruce Marshall
RRP: £22.99£14.65The notion has persisted far too long that the army of patriots that won Texas independence from Mexico in 1835-1836 was totally without uniforms, clad indifferently for the most part in rustic frontier garb. This was true for many, but by no means all... -
A General's Letters to His Son on Minor Tactics by Anonymous 9789390439072
£15.66The training which in ordinary times would form the course of study for years now has to be crammed into a few months, and it stands to reason that much which is essential remain unlearnt. I have generally found that the best way to train young officers... -
Walking Away from Terrorism: Accounts of Disengagement from Radical and Extremist Movements by John Horgan
RRP: £39.99£35.06This accessible new book looks at how and why individuals leave terrorist movements, and considers the lessons and implications that emerge from this process.Focusing on the tipping points for disengagement from groups such as Al Qaeda, the IRA and the... -
cavalry divisions of the waffen-ss by Rolf Michaelis 9780764336614
RRP: £31.99£20.40This new book is a concise combat history of the three Waffen-SS cavalry divisions in World War II. The 8th SS-Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer" was established out of the SS-Cavalry Brigade under Hitler's future brother-in-law Hermann Fegelein. The 22nd... -
The Improbable War: China, the United States and the Logic of Great Power Conflict by Christopher Coker 9781849048781
RRP: £16.99£15.31The Improbable War explains why conflict between the USA and China cannot be ruled out. In 1914 war between the Great Powers was considered unlikely, yet it happened. We learn only from history, and popular though the First World War analogy is, the... -
British Culture and the First World War by George Robb
£35.52The First World War has left its imprint on British society and the popular imagination to an extent almost unparalleled in modern history. Its legacy of mass death, mechanized slaughter, propaganda, and disillusionment swept away long-standing... -
World's Worst Military Disasters: Battlefield Calamities from the Ancient World to the Present Day by Chris McNab
RRP: £9.99£6.85World's Worst Military Disasters examines some of the worst battle defeats in military history from ancient times through to the present day, including some of the most famous battles in history. The accounts range from remarkable stories of how the... -
The Garde Nationale 1789-1815: France's Forgotten Armed Forces Pierre-Baptiste Guillemot 9781915113887
RRP: £35.00£34.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915113887Author Pierre-Baptiste GuillemotFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Some Corner of a Foreign Field: Deaths Behind the Lines in Italy 1942-5 by Janet Kinrade Dethick
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398408494Author Janet Kinrade DethickFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
Against All Tides: The Untold Story of the USS Kitty Hawk Race Riot by Marv Truhe 9781641607841
RRP: £29.99£18.81Simmering racial tensions inflamed by discriminatory punitive measures sparked a violent confrontation aboard the USS Kitty Hawk while it was engaged in air strikes off the coast of North Vietnam. The US Navy charged Black sailors with rioting and... -
Defeat in Detail: The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912-1913 by Edward J. Erickson 9780275978884
£65.93No critical analysis has ever examined the specific reasons for the Ottoman defeat. Erickson's study fills this gap by studying the operations of the Ottoman Army from October 1912 through July 1913, and by providing a comprehensive explanation of its... -
Corporate Soldiers and International Security: The Rise of Private Military Companies by Christopher Kinsey 9780415457767
RRP: £53.99£46.87This book traces the history of private military companies, with a special focus on UK private forces. Christopher Kinsey examines the mercenary companies that filled the ranks of many European armies right up to the 1850s, the organizations that... -
The Battle of Britain by Nigel Cawthorne
RRP: £14.99£13.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789508031Author Nigel CawthorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint ArcturusPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
The United Kingdom and Nuclear Deterrence by Jeremy Stocker 9780415438346 [USED COPY]
RRP: £22.99£10.23In December 2003 the British government announced that within a few years it would need to take decisions about the future of Britain's strategic nuclear deterrent. Exactly three years later, its plans were revealed in a White Paper. The existing Trident... -
Secrets and Power in Myanmar: Intelligence and the Fall of General Khin Nyunt by Andrew Selth 9789814843775
RRP: £25.95£23.56No external observer knows more about Myanmar's security and intelligence apparatus than Andrew Selth. In this book he presents an account of the structure and functions of Myanmar's deep state, along with a tale of personal ambition, rivalry and... -
Luftwaffe Pilots In World War II: The Veterans' Stories Volume 1 by Christer Bergstrom 9789188441546
RRP: £59.99£37.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789188441546Author Christer BergstromFormat HardbackPage Count 234Imprint Vaktel ForlagPublisher Vaktel ForlagWeight(grams) 434g -
On War and Leadership: The Words of Combat Commanders from Frederick the Great to Norman Schwarzkopf by Owen S. Connelly 9780691123691
£35.64What can we learn about leadership and the experience of war from the best combat leaders the world has ever known? This book takes us behind the scenes and to the front lines of the major wars of the past 250 years through the words of twenty combat... -
Soldier, Poet, Rebel: The Extraordinary Life of Charles Hudson VC by Miles Hudson 9780750944366 [USED COPY]
RRP: £19.99£2.65Charles Hudson VC was one of the twentieth century's outstanding fighting soldiers. His military career through two world wars and in Russia in 1919 earned him a host of medals. He was also a man of deep feeling, an accomplished poet and, in many ways, a... -
Lost Battlefields of Britain by Martin Hackett
RRP: £16.99£12.94The British Isles have witnessed hundreds of battles, both great and small, in their two thousand years of recorded history, but not all are widely remembered today. Many of these battles are well known, due to their far-reaching consequences, their... -
Peace in International Relations Oliver P. Richmond (University of Manchester , UK) 9780815356813
RRP: £37.99£33.78This updated and revised second edition examines the conceptualisation and evolution of peace in International Relations (IR) theory.The book examines the concept of peace and its usage in the main theoretical debates in IR, including realism,... -
The British Army, Manpower and Society into the Twenty-first Century Hew Strachan 9780714680699
RRP: £47.99£42.21These essays set the relationship between the Army and society in the context of the 20th century as a whole. They then consider the key areas of current controversy - the pressure on the Army caused by changes in society, the Army's "right to be... -
Combat to Catwalk by Katrina Hodge 9781843583370 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843583370Author Katrina HodgeFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint John Blake Publishing LtdPublisher John Blake Publishing Ltd -
Land Based Air Power or Aircraft Carriers?: A Case Study of the British Debate about Maritime Air Power in the 1960s by Gjert Lage Dyndal
RRP: £49.99£43.50During the 1960s - in the midst of its retreat from empire - the British government had to grapple with complex political and military problems in order to find a strategic defence policy that was both credible and affordable. Addressing what was perhaps... -
Desert Boneyard: Retired Aircraft Storage Facilities n the U.S. by Patrick Hoeveler 9780764336621
RRP: £40.99£27.07The "Desert Boneyards" are a concept well known to every aeronautical enthusiast, and yet also veiled in secrecy. Gigantic desert aerodromes in which military and civilian aircraft from all over the world are stored, either permanently or for a time, in... -
Bannockburn: The Scottish War and the British Isles, 1307-1323 by Michael Brown
RRP: £25.99£23.58The battle of Bannockburn, fought on the fields south of Stirling at midsummer 1314, is the best known event in the history of Medieval Scotland. It was a unique event. The clash of two armies, each led by a king, followed a clear challenge to a battle... -
World War II in Global Perspective, 1931-1953: A Short History Andrew N. Buchanan (University of Vermont) 9781119366096
RRP: £25.95£23.00A comprehensive review of World War II that offers a global-level analysis Written for academics and students of history, World War II in Global Perspective, 1931-1953 presents a dynamic and global account of the historical events prior to, during, and... -
Renaissance Mass Murder: Civilians and Soldiers During the Italian Wars by Stephen D. Bowd
RRP: £94.00£77.71Renaissance Mass Murder explores the devastating impact of war on the men and women of the Renaissance. In contrast to the picture of balance and harmony usually associated with the Renaissance, it uncovers in forensic detail a world in which sacks of... -
A Military History of the Ottomans: From Osman to Ataturk by Mesut Uyar 9780275988760
£83.64The Ottoman Army had a significant effect on the history of the modern world and particularly on that of the Middle East and Europe. This study, written by a Turkish and an American scholar, is a revision and corrective to western accounts because it is... -
Sussex's Military Heritage by Dean Hollands 9781445695174
RRP: £15.99£9.53The county of Sussex, today divided into East and West Sussex, has a rich military history that stretches back through the centuries. With its coastline facing continental Europe, Sussex has experienced the impact of invasions from Celtic and Roman... -
Forgotten Soldiers by Brian Moynahan 9781847243874 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£2.29Forgotten Soldiers is an enthralling work of military history that shows how the courage, intelligence or simple good fortune of the individual can exert a decisive influence on the outcome of a battle or campaign. It tells the stories of fifteen unsung... -
Forgotten Soldiers Brian Moynahan 9781847243874
RRP: £8.99£6.20Forgotten Soldiers is an enthralling work of military history that shows how the courage, intelligence or simple good fortune of the individual can exert a decisive influence on the outcome of a battle or campaign. It tells the stories of fifteen unsung...