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Malta's Greater Siege and Adrian Warburton by Paul McDonald 9781473860087
RRP: $32.25$24.38This is a true historical account of war in the air, at sea and on land in the battle for Malta's survival in the Second World War. It was a battle which decided the outcome of the war in North Africa and the Mediterranean. Adrian Warburton, the airman... -
The Day the Great War Ended, 24 July 1923: The Civilianization of War by Jay Winter 9780192870735
RRP: $56.10$50.99On 24 July 1923 the last Treaty ending hostilities in the Great War was signed at Lausanne in Switzerland. That Treaty closed a decade of violence. Jay Winter tells the story of what happened on that day. On the shores of Lake Geneva, diplomats,... -
The American War in Afghanistan: A History by Carter Malkasian 9780197645499
RRP: $25.79$22.61The first authoritative history of American's longest war by one of the world's leading scholar-practitioners, this New York Times notable book of 2021 has now been updated to cover the final phase of the conflict. The American war in Afghanistan,... -
Forgotten Lunatics of the Great War by Peter Barham 9780300125115
$50.04Touching, ribald and profoundly moving, this book recounts the histories of the ordinary British servicemen who suffered as psychiatric casualties of World War I. Focusing on their experiences - rather than those of their officers - it provides a new and... -
A Hero For All Times: Marshall VC in The Great War by Peter Lees 9781399035323
RRP: $32.25$23.09In September 1914 Neville Marshall gave up a successful horse treatment practice to join first the Belgian and then the British Army. His diary, dormant in family archives for 105 years, and letters describe his tumultuous war service. An Irish... -
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 by Ian W. Toll 9780393343410
RRP: $25.79$22.38On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers... -
Eight Ballers: Eyes of the Fifth Air Force: The 8th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron in World War II by John Stanaway 9780764309106
RRP: $47.72$30.93Beginning operations in April 1942 with a shoestring flight of four Lockheed F-4 Lightnings (the photo-recon version of the famed P-38), the 8th Photo Squadron gave the American Army Air Forces its only aerial reconnaissance coverage of the Southwest... -
Shot Down in Flames by Geoffrey Page 9781906502966
RRP: $14.18$10.31On 12 August 1940, during the Battle of Britain, in an engagement with Dornier Do 17s, Geoffrey Page was shot down into the English Channel, suffering severe burns. He spent much of the next two years in hospitals, undergoing plastic surgery, but... -
Hunt and Kill: U-505 and the U-Boat War in the Atlantic by Theodore P. Savas 9781611211283
$18.00One of WWII's pivotal events was the capture of U-505 on June 4, 1944. The top secret seizure of this massive Type IX submarine provided the Allies with priceless information on German technology and innovation. After the war, U-505 was transported to... -
Luftwaffe Aces in the Battle of Britain Chris Goss 9781526754219
RRP: $32.25$23.09The term 'fighter ace' grew in prominence with the introduction and development of aerial combat in the First World War. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an 'ace' has varied but is usually considered to be five or... -
Panzer Tactics: German Small-Unit Armor Tactics in World War II by Wolfgang Schneider
RRP: $32.25$24.79Wolfgang Schneider has written the definitive account of German small-unit armor tactics. Using period training manuals, after-action reports, countless interviews with Panzer veterans, and his own experiences as an armor commander in the modern German... -
Panzer Feldjacke: German Armored Crew Uniforms of the Second World War, Vol 4: Luftwaffe by Scott Pritchett 9780764343957
RRP: $94.16$60.88Few items of Third Reich militaria collecting hold as much fascination as the uniforms of the German armored forces. Germany revolutionized armored warfare and in the process developed some of the most striking uniforms ever worn. This four volume set by... -
The Imperial Guard of the First Empire. Volume 3: From the Mounted Troops to the Royal Guard by Andre Jouineau
RRP: $58.05$34.21"The Guard charges" Napoleon gave special attention to this splendid unit - the Imperial Guard - and it became a sort of little army within the "Grande Armee". This study of its organisation is here at its most erudite, like the one on the uniforms and... -
A Light Infantryman with Wellington: The Letters of Captain George Ulrich Barlow 52nd and 69th Foot 1808-15 by Gareth Glover
RRP: $25.74$23.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911628101Author Gareth GloverFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
War of Intervention in Angola, Volume 2: Angolan and Cuban Forces, 1976-1983 by Adrien Fontanellaz 9781911628651
RRP: $21.87$18.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911628651Author Adrien FontanellazFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Ulster Will Fight: Volume 1 - Home Rule and the Ulster Volunteer Force 1886-1922 by David R Orr
RRP: $38.64$31.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804510551Author David R OrrFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Anti-Tank Rifle by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: $20.63$17.45The emergence of the tank in World War I led to the development of the first infantry weapons to defend against tanks. Anti-tank rifles became commonplace in the inter-war years and in the early campaigns of World War II in Poland and the Battle of... -
The Red Army Guerrilla Warfare Pocket Manual by Les Grau
RRP: $12.89$9.44The Partisan's Companion was produced by the Red Army to train partisans to fight the Nazi invader. Its usefulness outlived World War II, as it was later used to train Third World guerrillas in their wars of national liberation during the 1950s-70s, and... -
The Hunter Killers: The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions of the Vietnam War by Dan Hampton 9780062375124
RRP: $12.89$8.82"A GRIPPING CLASSIC. Exhaustively researched, The Hunter Killers puts you directly into a Wild Weasel fighter cockpit during the Vietnam War. Dan Hampton lets you feel it for yourself as no one else could."--Colonel LEO THORSNESS, Wild Weasel pilot and... -
The War Lords and the Gallipoli Disaster: How Globalized Trade Led Britain to Its Worst Defeat of the First World War by Nicholas A. Lambert
RRP: $57.39$47.82An eye-opening interpretation of the infamous Gallipoli campaign that sets it in the context of global trade. In early 1915, the British government ordered the Royal Navy to force a passage of the Dardanelles Straits-the most heavily defended waterway... -
Sisters in the Resistance: How Women Fought to Free France, 1940-1945 Margaret Collins Weitz 9780471196983
RRP: $24.51$16.96Critical acclaim for Sisters in the Resistance "Often moving . . . always fascinating . . . women in the FrenchResistance is a key subject. Margaret Weitz has gathered personaltestimonies . . . and set them in an intelligible context thathelps us... -
If the War Goes On . . .: Reflections on War and Politics by Hermann Hesse
RRP: $12.89$8.90Herman Hesse remained clear-sighted and consistent in his political views and his passionate espousal of pacifism and the bloody absurdity of war from the start of the First World War to the end of his life. He wrote the earliest essay in this book in... -
The Peninsular War: The Spanish Perspective by J J Herrero Gim nez 9781399047852
RRP: $36.12$25.71The Peninsular War has been extensively studied by British historians for decades, even centuries, but the Spanish contribution to the conflict, which was fundamental to the defeat of Napoleon's armies, has been largely relegated to minor role. This book... -
The English Garrison of Tangier: Charles II's Colonial Venture in the Mediterranean, 1661-1684 by Andrew Abram
RRP: $45.15$31.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070326Author Andrew AbramFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Writing on the Wall by Juliet Rieden
RRP: $18.05$13.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760559489Author Juliet RiedenFormat PaperbackImprint Macmillan AustraliaPublisher Pan Macmillan AustraliaWeight(grams) 444gDimensions(mm) 155mm * 233mm *... -
Charles X's Wars Volume 2: The Danish Wars, 1657-1660 by Michael Fredholm Von Essen
RRP: $38.64$27.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070302Author Michael Fredholm Von EssenFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Over the Top: Alternate Histories of the First World War by Tsouras, Peter G 9781399092067
RRP: $19.34$14.33Although separated from the modern reader by a full century, the First World War continues to generate controversy and interest as the great event upon which modern history pivoted. Not only did the war cull the European peoples of some of their best and... -
The Man in the Arena: From Fighting Isis to Fighting for My Freedom by Eddie Gallagher 9781733428002
RRP: $41.28$28.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733428002Author Eddie GallagherFormat HardbackPage Count 452Imprint Ballast BooksPublisher Ballast BooksWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 170mm *... -
Lone Wolf: The Remarkable Story of Britain's Greatest Nightfighter Ace of the Blitz by Andy Saunders
RRP: $25.80$19.87During the Second World War, Flt Lt Richard Stevens led an extraordinary campaign as an RAF nightfighter. Known to contemporaries as Cats Eyes and by the height of his success in July 1941 as the Lone Wolf, Flt Lt Stevens was the RAFs highest scoring... -
Britain's Final Defence: Arming the Home Guard 1940-1944 by Dale Clarke
RRP: $23.21$17.85Known affectionately as 'Dad's Army', the Home Guard was Britain's very serious attempt to protect our shores from invasion by Nazi Germany in the Second World War. In the 'Spitfire summer' of 1940, all that the 1 million unpaid, untrained part-timers of... -
The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christendom by Professor Jonathan Phillips
RRP: $21.92$19.36The first complete account of Catholic Europe's onslaught on "unbelievers" in the 12th century The Second Crusade (1145-1149) was an extraordinarily bold attempt to overcome unbelievers on no less than three fronts. Crusader armies set out to defeat... -
Angels Against the Sun: A WWII Saga of Grunts, Grit, and Brotherhood by James M. Fenelon
RRP: $32.25$20.95In the tradition of Band of Brothers, historian and former paratrooper James M. Fenelon offers a grunt's-eye view of the 11th Airborne's heroic campaign to liberate the Philippines in World War II. A soldier's history at its best.A Grunt's-Eye View of... -
A Soldier's Story: Neville 'Timber' Wood's War, from Dunkirk to D-Day Mike Wood 9781472144607
RRP: $12.89$9.03'This captivating account . . . is the story of an ordinary soldier, but an extraordinary man. I commend this book most warmly.'Richard Dannatt, General The Lord Dannatt GCB CBE MC DL, Chief of the General Staff 2006-9'The amazing account of a young man,... -
Cashing Out: The Flight of Nazi Treasure, 1945–1948 by Neill Lochery 9781541702301
RRP: $32.25$24.02By the end of January 1945, it was clear to Germany that the war was lost. The Third Reich was in freefall, and its leaders, apart from those clustered around Hitler in his Berlin bunker, sought to abscond before they were besieged. But they wanted to... -
Pearl: December 7, 1941 by Daniel Allen Butler
RRP: $32.25$28.70What happened at Pearl Harbor?What really happened?The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is one of those rare moments where, in the space of a few hours, the "hinge of Fate" turned and the course of history was utterly changed. Nearly eight decades later,... -
The Forever War by Dexter Filkins
RRP: $25.80$16.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Critics Circle Awards.Book InformationISBN 9780307279446Author Dexter FilkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random... -
The French and Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America by Walter R Borneman 9780060761851
RRP: $21.92$17.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060761851Author Walter R BornemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
When the Shooting Stopped: August 1945 Barrett Tillman 9781472848987
RRP: $32.25$23.61"Highly recommended as a sobering but enlightening account." Richard B. Frank, author of Downfall: The End of the Japanese Empire In the 44 months between December 1941 and August 1945, the Pacific Theater absorbed the attention of the American nation... -
SS Panzer Divisions on the Eastern Front by Bob Carruthers 9781473868403
RRP: $19.34$14.33Rare photographs from SS sources illustrating the armoured formations which took part in this titanic struggle. Includes rare images of the Panther in action.Book InformationISBN 9781473868403Author Bob CarruthersFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint... -
Poland 1939: The Outbreak of World War II by Roger Moorhouse 9780465095384
RRP: $41.28$26.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780465095384Author Roger MoorhouseFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 155mm * 33mm