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The Making Of The Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes 9781471111235
RRP: $29.14$20.72WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEThe Making of the Atomic Bomb is the seminal and complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan. Few... -
Germany's V-2 Rocket by Gregory P. Kennedy 9780764324529
RRP: $63.45$41.13Germany's V-2 looks at one of the major technological advances of the Second World War, the V-2 ballistic missile. Although dwarfed by today's giant rockets, the V-2 represented a quantum leap beyond anything previously built. During the last six months... -
Art Of Japanese Sword Polishing by Setsuo Takaiwa 9781568365183
RRP: $77.19$50.22To understand Japanese sword polishing is to understand the Japanese sword. Down through the years, the great sword connoisseurs in Japan have been sword polishers. A swordsmith can spend a large amount of time forging a classic sword, but refining and... -
Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America by Annie Jacobsen
RRP: $39.43$26.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316221030Author Annie JacobsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 520gDimensions(mm) 211mm... -
The Connoisseurs Book Of Japanese Swords by Kokan Nagayama
RRP: $128.65$76.25This comprehensive guide to the appreciation and appraisal of the blades of Japanese swords still offers an English translation of a definitive Japanese text on the subject. Taking the practical historical approach, it discusses each tradition, examining... -
Precision Rifle Marksmanship: The Fundamentals - A Marine Sniper's Guide to Long Range Shooting: A Marine Sniper's Guide to Long Range Shooting by Frank Galli
RRP: $34.29$23.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951115104Author Frank GalliFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Gun Digest BooksPublisher Krause PublicationsWeight(grams) 635g -
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird 9781838959708
RRP: $22.28$15.37***THE INSPIRATION FOR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S NEW FILM OPPENHEIMER***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION'Reads like a thriller, gripping and terrifying' Sunday TimesPhysicist and polymath, as familiar with Hindu... -
Modern Military Aircraft by Ryan Cunningham
RRP: $30.86$20.76Illustrated with detailed artworks of modern military aircraft and their markings with exhaustive captions and specifications, Technical Guide: Modern Military Aircraft is an extensively researched review of the military aircraft deployed by the world's... -
The Military History Book: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Weapons that Shaped the World by DK
RRP: $51.46$35.52A compelling visual guide to the history of the military!Travel through time and explore 5000 years of weaponry in stunning detail with this riveting military book - from the spears and swords of ancient times to the guns and grenades of modern warfare... -
The Bomber Mafia: A Story Set in War by Malcolm Gladwell
RRP: $18.85$13.33THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A parable written for the age of technological disruption . . . brilliantly told' Sunday TimesThe international bestselling author returns with an exploration of one of the grandest obsessions of the twentieth century'The... -
The Tank Book: The Definitive Visual History of Armoured Vehicles by DK 9780241638781
RRP: $42.88$28.25Get up close to more than 400 of the most important tanks and armoured vehicles ever built.In 1916, the British built a machine that was impervious to enemy fire, and could dominate the battlefield, crushing obstacles and barbed wire in its path. The... -
The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade by Andrew Feinstein
RRP: $29.14$21.06A gripping and urgent investigation into the secretive world of the global arms trade - from a former member of the African National CongressRevealing the corruption and the cover-ups at the heart of ex-President Jacob Zuma's South AfricaAndrew Feinstein... -
Post-Roman Kingdoms: ‘Dark Ages' Gaul & Britain, AD 450–800 by Dr Raffaele D’Amato
RRP: $25.71$18.78Meticulously researched, this book examines the evidence for the post-Roman military forces of France and Britain during the 'Dark Ages', reconstructing their way of life and the battles they fought in compelling detail. The collapse of the former... -
The Luger by Neil Grant
RRP: $25.71$18.78Patented in 1898 and produced from 1900, Georg Luger's iconic semi-automatic pistol became synonymous with Germany's armed forces throughout both world wars. Initially chambered for the 7.65x21mm round, from 1902 the Luger was designed for DWM's... -
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner by Daniel Ellsberg 9781408889282
RRP: $25.71$18.78From the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, the first insider expose of the dangers of America's hidden, seventy-year-long nuclear policy. When former presidential advisor Daniel Ellsberg famously took the Pentagon Papers, he... -
British Battleships 1890–1905: Victoria's steel battlefleet and the road to Dreadnought by Angus Konstam
RRP: $20.57$14.46The Royal Navy's battleships at the turn of the 20th century were the most powerful battlefleet in the world, and embodied one of the key periods in warship development - the development of the dreadnought battleship. The term 'pre-dreadnought' was... -
World War II Tanks: Western Allies 1939-45: Identification Guide by David Porter
RRP: $34.29$23.57Illustrated with detailed artworks of American, British, Canadian, Australian, French, Polish and other Western Allied nations tanks and their markings with exhaustive captions and specifications, World War II Tanks: Western Allies 1939-45:... -
Modern Russian Tanks: 1990-Present by Dr Stephen Hart
RRP: $30.86$20.76Created from what was left of the gigantic stockpiles of Soviet armoured fighting vehicles after the end of the Cold War, the Russian armoured forces were reorganized in the early 1990s. Ground forces were involved in a series of conflicts in border... -
American Bomber Aircraft of World War II by Edward Ward 9781838863272
RRP: $30.86$20.76The United States built the best strategic bombers of World War II, and by the end of the conflict America’s bombers dominated the skies in both Europe and the Pacific. American Bomber Aircraft of World War II is a detailed guide to all the bombers... -
Drawing the Samurai Sword: The Japanese Art of Swordsmanship; Master the Ancient Art of Iaido by Tuttle
RRP: $24.00$15.78To the Japanese, the sword is a spiritual weapon. It possesses a particular divinity, reflecting the soul of its maker, owner, and user. Around its mystical powers has grown the centuries-old ritual and practice of Samurai swordsmanship which is still... -
Weapons of the Viking Warrior by Gareth Williams
RRP: $27.43$19.91Between the late 8th and late 11th century Viking warriors had a massive impact not just in northern Europe, but across a huge arc from the western Mediterranean round through northern Europe and the Baltic to the Middle East and Central Asia. Their... -
German Field Artillery of World War II by Steven J. Zaloga 9781472853974
RRP: $22.28$15.59An illustrated study of the big guns of Hitler's army - the Wehrmacht's field artillery, its capabilities and its role in German fighting units of World War II. Often overshadowed in military history by the tanks and aircraft of Blitzkrieg,... -
German and Italian Aircraft Carriers of World War II by Ryan K. Noppen
RRP: $20.57$14.46This fully illustrated study details Germany and Italy's failed development of World War II aircraft carriers, and the naval aviation ships that the two Axis powers sent into action in their place. The quest for a modern aircraft carrier was the... -
The Bomb: The Weapon That Changed the World by Didier Alcante
RRP: $37.72$25.32From the Big Bang to Hiroshima, the incredible story of the most disastrous weapon ever invented On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 in the morning, an explosive charge of more than 15 kilotons fell on the city of Hiroshima. Tens of thousands of people were... -
The Samurai Sword: A Handbook by John M. Yumoto
RRP: $27.43$18.75The samurai sword: a symbol of the spirit of old Japan, it embodies the samurai's steel discipline, unswerving devotion and peerless skill. With its creation, a feat of craftsmanship passed down by generations of artisans; the samurai sword is... -
Armies of Ancient Italy 753-218 BC: From the Foundation of Rome to the Start of the Second Punic War by Gabriele Esposito 9781526751850
RRP: $42.88$18.04Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Allied Carrier Aircraft of World War II: 1939-1945 by Edward Ward
RRP: $30.86$20.76Illustrated with colourful artworks of carrier aircraft and their markings, Allied Carrier Aircraft of World War II is a detailed guide to all the aircraft deployed by the Allied navies from 1939 to 1945. Organised chronologically by type and... -
Tanks and Military Vehicles by Philip Trewhitt
RRP: $22.28$14.56From the crude, unreliable tanks that first appeared on the Western Front during World War I to today's high-tech machines, Tanks and Military Vehicles features 300 of the most important and influential tanks and AFVs from 1916 to the present day. With a... -
Nambu Pistols: Japanese military handguns 1900–45 by John Walter
RRP: $27.43$19.91This is the absorbing story of the handguns credited to Nambu Kijiro, the principal personal-defence weapons of the Imperial forces. Featuring full-color artwork and carefully chosen photographs, this book charts the origins, development, combat use,... -
Plane Spotter's Guide by Tony Holmes
RRP: $13.71$9.93Aviation has revolutionised warfare over the last 100 years, and this new pocket guide gives the reader the essential details of 70 iconic aircraft, including the Sopwith Camel, the Spitfire, the Messerschmitt Bf 109, the P-51 Mustang and the F-4 Phantom... -
Berlin: Life and Loss in the City That Shaped the Century by Sinclair McKay
RRP: $18.85$13.33The Sunday Times-bestselling author of Dresden returns with a monumental biography of the city that defined the twentieth century - BerlinThroughout the twentieth century, Berlin stood at the centre of a convulsing world. This history is often viewed as... -
Battleships: The World's Greatest Battleships from the 16th Century to the Gulf War by David Ross
RRP: $34.29$24.60For more than 400 years, the big-gun warship stood as the supreme naval war machine. It was not only a major instrument of warfare, but a visible emblem of a nation's power, wealth and pride. Battleships features 52 of the greatest warships to have... -
World Encyclopedia of Tanks & Armoured Fighting Vehicles by Forty George 9780754833512
RRP: $34.31$28.63This book is an authoritative history and directory of tanks and their immediate derivatives, such as ARVs (armoured recovery vehicles), tank destroyers, command versions, bridgelayers, mine-clearers and other Funnies, and AFVs such as armoured cars,... -
Allied Fighter Aircraft 1939-45: American, British, French, Soviet, Dutch, Polish by Chris Chant
RRP: $34.29$22.88Allied Fighters 1939-45 offers an highly-illustrated guide to Allied fighter aircraft that fought in Europe during World War II. Featuring all the main models flown by the Allied air forces from 1939 to 1945, the book offers a wealth of detail, including... -
The Tanks of Operation Barbarossa: Soviet versus German Armour on the Eastern Front by Boris Kavalerchik
RRP: $25.71$18.78When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 the Red Army had four times as many tanks as the Wehrmacht and their tanks were seemingly superior, yet the Wehrmacht won the border battles with extraordinary ease the Red Armys tank force was pushed... -
Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Knives, Swords, Spears & Daggers by Harvey J. S. Withers 9780754831952
RRP: $34.31$28.63This encyclopedia traces the fascinating history of knives, daggers, bayonets, swords, sabres and lances, from their Palaeolithic origins through to the 21st century. Weapons from around the world are examined, such as the decorated daggers of Persia and... -
Panzer IV by Anthony Tucker-Jones 9781473856752
RRP: $25.71$18.78The Panzerkampfwagen Mk IV proved to be the one constant in Hitler's Panzerwaffe throughout the Second World War - the German equivalent of the American Sherman and the Soviet T-34. In this companion volume to his best-selling visual histories of the... -
Japanese Swords: Cultural Icons of a Nation; The History, Metallurgy and Iconography of the Samurai Sword by Colin M. Roach
RRP: $48.01$32.92With over 300 stunning photographs and woodblock prints along with extensive historical and cultural commentary, Japanese Swords is the ultimate authority on Samurai weaponry.Historically, Japanese warriors considered their swords to be more elevated... -
Universal Carrier 1936-48: The 'bren Gun Carrier' Story by David Fletcher
$16.36The Universal Carrier was a fast, lightly armed vehicle developed by the British Army to carry infantry across ground defended by small-arms fire; specifically the Bren light machine gun, hence the name 'Bren Gun Carrier'. This name would stick with the... -
Complete Illustrated History of the First & Second World Wars by Donald Sommerville 9780754833451
RRP: $34.31$32.30This comprehensive history begins by looking at the origins of WWI and then chronicles the war a year at a time. The second half of the book details the history of WWII, from the rise of Hitler and the persecution of the Jewish race to the attacks on...