Wars & Conflicts

Britain's peacekeeping role in Southeast Asia after World War II was clear enough but the Commonwealth's purpose in the region later became shadowy. British involvement in the wars fought in Vietnam between 1946 and 1975 has been the subject of a number...

For many of the 200,000 black soldiers sent to Europe with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, encounters with French civilians and colonial African troops led them to imagine a world beyond Jim Crow. They returned home to join activists...

This is an in-depth study of the battle of Midway that reviews the many previous accounts and compares their accuracy and veracity with fresh documentation that has been released recently, including some new material on the post-war analysis made by a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837129853Author Albert NormanFormat HardbackPage Count 230Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451465535Author Stephen L MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint New American LibraryPublisher New American LibraryWeight(grams) 452g

Originally published in 1998 by Simon and Schuster, this book starts at 00:01 hours, June 7, 1944 on the Normandy beaches and ends at 02:45 hours, May 7, 1945, covering the battles in the hedgerows of Normandy, the breakout of Saint-Lo, the liberation of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788483468548Author John HerseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DebolsilloPublisher Penguin Random House Grupo EditorialWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684803296Author Ryan CorneliusFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 783g

John Nutting is nineteen years old in 1966. Raised in small-town Idaho, to a family that could trace its military roots back to the Revolutionary War, Nutting knows he’s going to fight the war as a Marine. On the day of his high school graduation, he...

During World War II, jazz embodied everything that was appealing about a democratic society as envisioned by the Western Allied powers. Labelled 'degenerate' by Hitler's cultural apparatus, jazz was adopted by the Allies to win the hearts and minds of...

"My first telegram came Sep. 3 1942 that my son was missing in action. And the next telegram came Aug. 18 1943 that he was Declared Dead. Till this day I do not know what happened to him." Mrs. Ann M. Lyons, August 7, 1957. Between 1942 and 1944,...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544947238Author Adam HochschildFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm *...

Specifically designed as a reconnaissance vehicle, the Ford M8 Light Armored Car was intended primarily for use by mechanized cavalry units. A total of 8,523 units were built. Able to move quickly and cover long distances without refuelling, they...

In the late 1930s, as Europe moved toward war, the peaceful kingdom of Norway found itself strategically vital to the interests of Germany, France, and Great Britain. Though Norway was strictly neutral, in April 1940 Britain and France mined Norwegian...

This book continues with the overview of the Waffen-SS units that fought during WWII. It follows each unit as it was raised and then where it fought. Within each of the various battles covered, the book focuses specifically on each Waffen-SS soldier that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788458439Author David BruhnFormat PaperbackPage Count 418Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 558g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307270801Author Michael HerrFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 442gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

The odds were against the Allies on June 6, 1944. The task ahead of the paratroopers who jumped over Normandy and the soldiers who waded ashore onto the beaches, all under fire, was colossal. In such circumstances good leadership can be the defining...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307742223Author Christopher McDougallFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645235968Author Alec RileyFormat HardbackPage Count 156Imprint Little Gully PublishingPublisher Little Gully PublishingWeight(grams) 422g

The air aces of Imperial Germany's Luftstreitkrafte are an ever-popular subject among aviation historians, enthusiasts, war gamers, and aircraft modelers. The images of famous airmen such as Manfred von Richthofen, Ernst Udet, and Werner Voss are well...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857067210Author Irving HowbertFormat HardbackPage Count 148Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 327g

Among the military leaders of the Second World War, Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz remains a deeply enigmatic figure. As chief of the German submarine fleet he earned Allied respect as a formidable enemy. But after he succeeded Hitler - to whom he was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Edgar Award.Book InformationISBN 9780307888778Author Ben MacintyreFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316583053Author Samuel MorisonFormat HardbackPage Count 389Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 300g

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A story of espionage that could have changed the course of history and saved thousands of American and British lives - and millions of Asian lives. 'On the night of 3 December 1941, I could not fall asleep,' Kilsoo Haan remembered. 'I went to the Chop...

This compact and accessible biography critically assesses the life and career of Dean Acheson, one of America's foremost diplomats and strategists. As a top State Department official from 1941 to 1947 and as Harry S. Truman's secretary of state from 1949...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788411496Author David BruhnFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 576g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Dafoe Book Prize 2018. Short-listed for Ottawa Book Award for Non-Fiction 2018. Long-listed for British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction 2018...

The Tank Killers is the story of the American Tank Destroyer Force in North Africa, Italy, and the European Theatre during World War II. The tank destroyer (TD) was a bold-if some would say flawed-answer to the challenge posed by the seemingly...

Winner: Paul Birdsall PrizeWinner: Society for Military History book AwardWhen Germany launched its blitzkrieg invasion of France in 1940, it forever changed the way the world waged war. Although the Wehrmacht ultimately succumbed to superior Allied...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788365437235Author Carlo CestraFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian MajsakPublisher Oficyna Wydawnicza KAGERO Damian Majsak

"Richard Opio has neither the look of a cold-blooded killer nor the heart of one. Yet as his mother and father lay on the ground with their hands tied, Richard used the blunt end of an ax to crush their skulls. He was ordered to do this by a unit...

Featuring the careers of forty-three men, this volume tells the story of the Battle of Cambrai, famous for being the first occasion when tanks were used en masse in battle. Its first day was so successful that church bells in Britain were rung in...

The Thought War is the first book in English to examine the full extent of Japan's wartime propaganda. Based on a wide range of archival material and sources in Japanese, Chinese, and English, it explores the propaganda programs of the Japanese...

In 1941, Sgt Albert Victor Ient sought adventure and travel in the Services. Stationed in Hong Kong, he faced a different reality when his position was overrun. A generation later, his son Vic Ient set out to discover exactly what his father went through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639365760Author Saul DavidFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 640gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm * 46mm

During the First World War the North Sea became the principal battleground between the navies of Britain and Germany. This book explains in chronological order the major encounters between Kaiser Wilhelm IIs High Seas Fleet and the Royal Navy. It also...