Wars & Conflicts

A preeminent writer on Paris, John Baxter brilliantly brings to life one of the most dramatic and fascinating periods in the city's history. From 1914 through 1918 the terrifying sounds of World War I could be heard from inside the French capital. For...

"Operation Vengeance is colorful, intimate, eye-popping history, delivered at a breakneck pace. I loved it." -Lynn VincentThe New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot delivers an electrifying narrative account of the top-secret U.S. mission to...

Understanding the role of combat in the Iraq war is essential for both the American people and the U.S. military. Recognizing the objectives of both sides and the plans developed to attain those objectives provides the context for understanding the war...

"Elegant and iconoclastic ...refreshing ...persuasive."-NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Here is the first biography to offer a complete picture of the life of George C. Marshall, chief of staff of the U.S. Army from 1939 to 1945 and the military leader who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874515961Author Richard BreitmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Brandeis University PressPublisher Brandeis University PressWeight(grams)...

Nam Sense is the memoir of a combat squad leader in the 101st Airborne Division. Arthur Wiknik was drafted by the army in 1969 at the age of nineteen, promoted to sergeant 'without ever setting foot in a combat zone', and sent to Vietnam. He was flown...

In the brutally cold winter of 1919, 5,000 Americans battled the Red Army 600 miles north of Moscow. We have forgotten. Russia has not."AN EXCELLENT BOOK." -Wall Street Journal * "INCREDIBLE." - John U. Bacon * "EXCEPTIONAL." - Patrick K. O'Donnell * "A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771621274Author D. Peter MacLeodFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Douglas & McIntyrePublisher Douglas & McIntyre

At the heart of David Butterys third book on the Peninsular War lies the comparison between two great commanders of enormous experience and reputation Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, and Jean de Dieu Soult. In Soult, Wellesley met one of his...

Gorgeous War argues that the Nazis used the swastika as part of a visually sophisticated propaganda program that was not only modernist but also the forerunner of contemporary brand identity. When the United States military tried to answer Nazi displays...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786070741562Author Taibo IIFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Planeta PublishingPublisher Planeta PublishingWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 239mm *...

World War One took place just after the birth of powered flight, when aerial technology was still in its infancy. At the outbreak of war, the military potential of this novelty invention was not fully recognised until commanders began to use the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Orwell Prize 2023.Book InformationISBN 9780593685174Author Luke HardingFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA...

The cloak-and-dagger war fought by British secret agents against Mussolini's Italy has been little known - until now. Target: Italy is the official history of the efforts of Britain's Special Operations Executive to strike at Fascist Italy in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781595231192Author Steven PressfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint SentinelPublisher SentinelWeight(grams) 437gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 140mm * 29mm

In August 1942, Hitler directed all German state institutions to assist Heinrich Himmler, the chief of the SS and the German police, in eradicating armed resistance in the newly occupied territories of Eastern Europe and Russia. The directive for...

It is estimated that the First World War claimed the lives of 40,000 Welshmen, all of them heroes whose sacrifice is honoured by a grateful nation. 'Call them to remembrance', which includes 120 illustrations and maps, tells the stories of 13 Welsh...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852533212Author Donald JourneauxFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Ashford,Buchan & EnrightPublisher Ashford, Buchan & EnrightWeight(grams)...

In early October 1935 and without any declaration of war some two hundred thousand men, comprising soldiers and airmen of the Italian armed forces, Fascist ‘Blackshirt’ Militia, Eritrean ascari and Somali dubats, invaded the independent state of Ethiopia...

'British propoganda brought America to the brink of war, and left it to the Japanese and Hitler to finish the job.' So concludes Nicholas Cull in this absorbing study of how the United States was transformed from isolation to belligerence in the years...

Contesting home defence is a new history of the Home Guard, a novel national defence force of the Second World War composed of civilians who served as part-time soldiers: it questions accounts of the force and the war, which have seen them as symbols of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771622660Author Mark ZuehlkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 482Imprint Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.Publisher Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975597651Author Troy OliverFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint Subterfuge PublishingPublisher Subterfuge PublishingWeight(grams) 513gDimensions(mm)...

Lives Reclaimed tells an extraordinary story of resistance against the Nazi regime and help for Jews in the Third Reich. Still largely unknown today, 'The Bund' were a small left-wing group based in Germany's industrial heartland. Initially preoccupied...

After the murder of senior generals in the Indonesian army by elements of the country's communist party in 1965, General Suharto orchestrated the mass killing of some half a million leftists and fellow travelers. But his ambitions spanned far beyond...

Charles Sydnor relates the political and military experience of the SS Totenkopfdivision to the institutional development of the SS and the ideological objectives of Nazi Germany.Reviews"Sydnor has managed to assemble a painstakingly detailed and...

'Brilliantly researched and sympathetically told, 44 DAYS is more than just a fitting tribute to brave but overlooked heroes. It's also a top read.' DAILY TELEGRAPHThe epic World War II story of the heroes of Australia's 75 Squadron - and the 44 days...

Dubbed the 'Oscar' by the Allies, the Ki-43 Hayabusa Peregrine was the most prolific Japanese fighter of World War 2. Designed for manoeuverability and speed, the low-wing model meant that firepower and safety had to be sacrificed, with only two machine...

In his previous book on early jet fighters Leo Marriott traced the history of the revolutionary aircraft produced by the British and Americans immediately after the Second World War; in this companion volume he describes jet fighter development on the...

____________________________ 'The last surviving eyewitness to the Nazi power apparatus ... Her memories are remarkable given her age. Yet this book is also notable for what is not recalled ... These gaps result not from memory's decay, but from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593183724Author Daniel P. BolgerFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

On 28 June 1914 the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in the Balkans. Five fateful weeks later the Great Powers of Europe were at war. Much time and ink has been spent ever since trying to identify the 'guilty' person or state...

How were agents recruited for secret operations in World War II? How did they fare once dropped behind enemy lines? How effective were resistance movements? And how brutal were the reprisals? Ranging from the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS),...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914059520Author Stephen PopeFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

In this inspiring account of the Tuskegee Airmen--the country's first African American military pilots--historian J. Todd Moye captures the challenges and triumphs of these brave aviators in their own words, drawing on more than 800 interviews recorded...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316414531Author Saul DavidFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 157mm * 33mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390762Author Lt-Gen Jonathon RileyFormat HardbackPage Count 672Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

This unique photographic history of the Dorsetshire Regiment conveys the history and spirit of a county regiment which was raised in 1702 and continued its service until amalgamation with the Devons in 1958. With over 200 photographs taken from the...

Historians agree: the diary of Leon Werth (1878-1955) is one of the most precious--and readable--pieces of testimony ever written about life in France under Nazi occupation and the Vichy regime. Werth was a free-spirited, unclassifiable writer, the...

In 2009, three US professors with access to Adolf Hitler's alleged remains startled the world with scientific DNA proof that the skull and bones that Russia had claimed since the end of World War II were Hitler's actually belonged to a middle-aged woman...