Wars & Conflicts

The Times Book of the YearBBC History Magazine Book of the YearDaily Telegraph Book of the Year BOOK OF THE WEEK - The Times 'The strength of this book lies in the cold realities it delivers. "The thirteen months of 1947-48," writes Fenby, "provide...

The XB-40 and XB-41 were secret, little-known experimental modifications of the B-17F and B-24D, respectively, into heavily-armed bomber gunships sometimes referred to as "bomber escorters". They were developed during early World War II in response to...

'This is an urgent and compelling account of great bravery and passion. Delphine Minoui has crafted a book that champions books and the individuals who risk everything to preserve them.' Susan Orlean, author of The Library Book In 2012 the rebel suburb...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912174782Author Paul MartelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

In December 1941, as the Japanese army led by Yamashita scythed through Malaya to capture Singapore, Britain's defence of its Asian colonies collapsed. Poor preparation and inadequate leadership saw the British exposed to a new type of warfare in the Far...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857066824Author Henry F NorburyFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 231g

Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer died at the hands of native americans by the banks of the Little Big Horn in Montana 25th June 1876. This is an established undisputed fact. What is disputed is the real reason that he died. So forget all you have been...

German naval officer Rolf Mutzelburg was one of the outstanding figures of the WWII German U-boat arm. After obtaining regular successes against the North Atlantic convoys during his first four missions, he found new victims directly along the shores of...

In The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Concise History, Second Edition, Don Munton and David A. Welch distill the best current scholarship on the Cuban missile crisis into a brief and accessible narrative history. The authors draw on newly available documents to...

In 1939, several hundred people - students, professors, international chess players, junior military officers, actresses and debutantes - reported to a Victorian mansion in Buckinghamshire: Bletchley Park. This was to be 'Station X', the Allies'...

Contact! is an enthralling set of recollections from ex-RAF pilot, instructor and test pilot Bob Tuxford. The book follows his twenty-year career within the RAF and describes highlights of active service across the world, including an accompanied...

The German offensive on Stalingrad was originally intended to secure the Wehrmacht's flanks, but it stalled dramatically in the face of Stalin's order: ""Not a Step Back!"" The Soviets' resulting tenacious defense of the city led to urban warfare for...

The Roman military was one of the most powerful forces of the ancient world. But what did its soldiers wear? This book presents an accurate and illuminating study of a popular yet understudied subject. Spanning 1000 years from the Late Republic to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804119986Author Gary LindererFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint FawcettPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 171mm * 106mm *...

This is a personal account written by a man reflecting on his time as a young pilot with the Royal Flying Corps in France during the First World War, who eventually became an ace. It is a story of survival against the odds at a time when the conduct of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679776635Author Lynn H. NicholasFormat PaperbackPage Count 656Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 533gDimensions(mm)...

Almost 90 years since its conclusion, the battle of Verdun is still little understood. German Strategy and the Path to Verdun is a detailed examination of this seminal battle based on research conducted in archives long thought lost. Material returned to...

Andrew Field, who has published four best-selling books on the Battle of Waterloo, has established himself as one of the leading experts on the French perspective of the campaign. Using selected extracts from French eyewitness accounts that haven't been...

From William H. Chafe, the best-selling author of The Unfinished Journey, comes a new text that offers in-depth and enlightening coverage of the history of the United States in the twentieth century. The Rise and Fall of the American Century: The United...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845409081Author Anne Glyn-JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Amphora PressPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467105484Author Lt Col George a Larson Usaf (Ret )Format PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526759863Author Tim HeathFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Pen and Sword HistoryPublisher Pen and Sword HistoryWeight(grams) 152g

During the critical summer months of 1943, Noor Inayat Khan was the only wireless operator transmitting secret messages from Nazi-occupied France to the Special Operations Executive in Britain. As the daughter of an Indian mystic, brought up in a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590178096Author Bela Zombory-MoldovanFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806153490Author Mitchell a YockelsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint University of Oklahoma PressPublisher University of Oklahoma PressWeight(grams)...

The battle of Tannenberg (August 27-30, 1914) opened World War I with a decisive German victory over Russia-indeed the Kaiser's only clear-cut victory in a non-attritional battle during four years of war. In this first paperback edition of the classic...

Though pressed many times to write about his battles and campaigns, the Duke of Wellington always replied that people should refer to his published despatches, and he refused to add further to his official correspondence, famously remarking that: The...

Written just after the heat of battle and in the language of the time, this extraordinarily moving account expresses in a brutally honest and personal way the ordinary soldier's experience of one of the most horrific series of battles ever fought...

'Remarkable and compelling. I loved this book' EDMUND DE WAAL'An exemplary sleuth, both astute and open-minded . . . Manera Sambuy writes with impassioned style and insight' TELEGRAPHA lost princess and a vanished world: a remarkable true story that...

'An epic tale of love, dishonour, bravery, cowardice, betrayal and high-treason. Beautifully written. A stunning debut' Damien LewisPlayboy. Fascist. Strongman. Thief.Traitors.John Amery is a drunk and a fanatic, an exiled playboy whose frail body is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451659146Author Jim McEneryFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Simon & Schuster Children's PublishingPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

Otto Skorzeny, Germanys top commando in the Second World War, is one of the most famous men in the history of special forces. His extraordinary wartime career was one of high risk and adventure and here he tells the full story. Skorzeny quickly proved...

Friends turn against friends, patriots are betrayed, and lovers must pay the ultimate price . . .The first gripping naval thriller in Seth Hunter's historical adventure series is sure to enthral fans of Julian Stockwin and Patrick O'Brian's...

In 1939 Hitler went to war not just with Great Britain; he also went to war with the whole of the British Empire, the greatest empire that there had ever been. In the years since 1945 that empire has disappeared, and the crucial fact that the British...

Thanks to Thomas Keneally's book Schindler's Ark, and the film based on it, Schindler's List, we have become more aware of the fact that, in the midst of Hitler's extermination of the Jews, courage and humanity could still overcome evil. While 6 million...

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Drawing on an extremely rare collection of photographs taken by the camera guns of Bristol Beaufighters deployed on ground-attack and anti-shipping operations, this book will form a rare indeed unique view of what it was like to fly dangerous strike...

In a broadcast to the nation in September 1940 King George VI announced the institution of the George Cross - a civilian equivalent of the Victoria Cross awarded to recognize the many acts of supreme gallantry being performed outside of the battlefield...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416546979Author David BellaviaFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 212mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913336035Author Vincent HuntFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company