Wars & Conflicts

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805087246Author Rick AtkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Holt PaperbacksPublisher Holt PaperbacksWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm...

Trunk Monkeys: The Life of a Contract Soldier in Iraq tells the true story of operators from a private military contractor working in Iraq shortly after the Gulf War. From the perspective of grizzled veteran Lewis Steiner who had left the British Army to...

Did the Vietnam War have to happen? And why couldn't it have ended earlier? These are among the questions that Robert McNamara and his collabourators ask in Argument Without End, a book that will stand as a major contribution to what we know about the...

Unusual equipment such as portable cooking trailers, radio and surveillance trailers, cable laying trailers and many others not covered in any volume.Book InformationISBN 9780887407574Author Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.Format PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint...

This is the first English-language military history of what the People's Republic of China called the ""War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea."" Based upon a vast array of recently available Chinese sources, it provides a revealing new look at the...

Fighting in the Jim Crow Army is filled with first-hand accounts of everyday life in 1940s America. The soldiers of the 92nd and 93rd Infantry Divisions speak of segregation in the military and racial attitudes in army facilities stateside and abroad...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783312405Author Royal LaboratoriesFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Naval & Military PressPublisher Naval & Military PressWeight(grams)...

In the opening days of World War II, a joint U.S.-Filipino army fought desperately to defend Manila Bay and the Philippines against a Japanese invasion. Much of the five-month campaign was waged on the Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor Island. Despite...

On June 6, 1944, paratroopers of the legendary 101st Airborne Division jumped into Normandy with the mission of seizing exits of beaches at night before the amphibious invasion of France. They were the elite of the U.S. Army and were primed and ready to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789082506303Author Jelle PetersFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Odyssea PublishingPublisher Odyssea PublishingWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602392038Author David HowarthFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 413gDimensions(mm) 230mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788893278898Author Carlo CucutFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Luca Cristini Editore (Soldiershop)Publisher Luca Cristini Editore...

German soldiers, sailors and airmen of WWII went to war with a fascinating variety of personal effects in their pockets and knapsacks. This book explores this most personal, private, and often poignant aspect of military history, through a study of the...

The German invasion, conquest, and occupation of Europe sparked a civilian insurgency response never before witnessed in history. Understanding Germany's military and political failure is crucial in today's world, where unwelcome occupation forces, often...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786155583148Author Attila BonhardtFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint PeKo Publishing Kft.Publisher PeKo Publishing Kft.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390502Author Soviet General StaffFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802157195Author James HollandFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Black CatPublisher Black Cat

While cricket remains popular today, at the beginning of the 20th Century it was THE national game. Cricketers were the sporting icons of their age, as footballers are today. When the call to arms was made in 1914 and the years of war that followed, it...

Most books gloss over submarines at Midway and, if they are mentioned at all, conclude they failed miserably and had little impact on the outcome of the battle. It is undeniable that carrier aviation and intelligence saved the day, but the role of the...

Developed in response to the 1899 Hague Convention, the 37-mm gun met the restrictions on the size of weapons that could fire explosive shells, yet was also light and lethal enough to be used in battle. After World War I, in which the French Model 1916...

What was it like as a French soldier to defend the Maginot Line when the Germans invaded in 1940, and was the line really a strategic and tactical disaster a massive waste of resources? Clayton Donnell's expert, finely detailed and graphic account of the...

Histories of the USSR during World War II generally portray the Kremlin's restoration of the Russian Orthodox Church as an attempt by an ideologically bankrupt regime to appeal to Russian nationalism in order to counter the mortal threat of Nazism. Here,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316321006Author Michael GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Little, Brown and CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & Company

Mustangs Over Korea is a documentary history of one of the most famous fighters ever built during a historically almost unrecognized war. Flown by four air forces in support of the United Nations, the F-51 Mustang dropped more napalm and fired more...

Formed soon after Pearl Harbor, the Joint Chiefs of Staff were officially responsible only for the nation's military forces. Their functions grew to encompass a host of foreign policy concerns during World War II, however, when the military voice assumed...

This volume is a valuable illustrated documentation of German Flak guns, using photos largely unpublished to date, and includes their use on all fronts in both the air and ground roles. Included are the 37mm, 105mm and 128mm guns and especially the famed...

In July 1944, the 9,000-man Japanese garrison on the island of Tinian listened warily as the thunder of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, Army and Air Corps, descended on their neighbouring island, Saipan, just three miles away. There were 20,000...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632206428Author Peter G TsourasFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780199322459Author Research Associate Emily MayhewFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint OUP IndiaPublisher OUP IndiaWeight(grams) 572gDimensions(mm) 242mm *...

The Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, marked a critical turning point in the European theater of World War II. The massive landing on France's coast had been meticulously planned for three years, and the Allies anticipated a quick and decisive...

For the first two weeks of the Easter Offensive of 1972, the 571st Military Intelligence Detachment provided the only pertinent collateral intelligence available to American forces. Twice daily, the Detachment provided intelligence to the USS Buchanan...

When war broke out in 1939 over 20,000 Irishmen were serving in the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force with the greatest proportion in the Army. During the war this rose to over 120,000, suggesting that about 100,000 enlisted during the war.Nine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786155583070Author Jon FeenstraFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint PeKo Publishing Kft.Publisher PeKo Publishing Kft.

The nearly half-million American airmen who served during World War II have almost disappeared. And so have their stories. In Unsung Eagles, award-winning writer and former fighter pilot Jay Stout has saved an exciting collection of those accounts from...

The port of Tobruk, Libya, was besieged by German and Italian forces in April 1941. Following an abortive attempt in June, the Allies tried to relieve the siege in late November, when the Eighth Army launched Operation Crusader, which aimed at destroying...

The assault and capture of Iraq-and the resistance it has provoked-will shape the politics of the twenty-first century. In this passionate and provocative book, Tariq Ali provides a history of Iraqi resistance against empires old and new, and argues...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857063663Author Aubrey HerbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 249g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647489410Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm)...

A compilation for aero modellers of 4-view colour profiles, scale plans and photo details of the single variant of the Potez 63-11, with scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals.Book InformationISBN...

During World War II, Allied casualty rates in the air were high. Of the roughly 125,000 who served as aircrew with Bomber Command, 59,423 were killed or missing and presumed killed-a fatality rate of 45.5%. With odds like that, it would be no surprise if...