Wars & Conflicts

This book provides a comprehensive look at air war over Europe during the climactic year of World War II, combining firsthand experience with expert analysis. The centerpiece is a mission-by-mission diary of 1st Lieutenant Richard R. Ayesh, bombardier on...

The announcement in December 1942 by the Polish government-in-exile that the Germans were attempting to exterminate all Jews in Poland came after much information had reached the West through other sources. The Polish government's action and inaction in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780194114219Author Jayne WildmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams)...

Using newly available material from the U.S. National Archives, Michael Phayer sheds new light on the actions of the Vatican and of the man whom some have mistakenly called "Hitler's Pope." As a new world war loomed, the Vatican believed it had to make a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671668341Author HastingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 391Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 650g

World War II's naval battles between the United States and Japan have been the subject of many books, popular movies, and documentaries, but the very important story of the fighting between United States and Japanese aircraft carriers is often lost in...

This book covers the organization, tactics, weapons, equipment, orders of battle, and uniforms of official and unofficial units, from early raiding parties to formal assault battalions. Rare photos depict badges and insignia not previously known, while...

This two volume set originally appeared in 1919 in limited quantities - original copies are now highly sought collectibles. Both volumes of New England Aviators are now available in new quality editions. 542 New England pilots - who flew with the USAAC,...

The GI's War contains eyewitness accounts from ordinary young men, farm hands and factory workers, who had war thrust upon them and in the process became veteran soldiers. Their unsparing narratives, presented in their own words, capture the many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978919207Author Todd a WoofendenFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Signal Light BooksPublisher Signal Light BooksWeight(grams) 308g

The reverses experienced by Canadian troops during the late stages of World War II continue to be the subject of intense debate among military historians. Going beyond the immediate causes of these setbacks, John A. English presents a detailed...

The men featured in this book originally came from Germany's big city police forces, where they had previously dealt with traffic control, street crime and the often violent street demonstrations occurring during Germany's politically turbulent 1920s...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062905710Author Bret BaierFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 596gDimensions(mm) 230mm...

The German 3rd Panzer Division was established in 1935 under the command of Generalleutnant Ernst Fessmann. It later participated in the 1939 invasion of Poland, the 1940 invasion of France, and the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union. On the Eastern Front...

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Kelly Eads joined the 101st Airborne Division soon after 9/11, his experience reflecting the patriotism and commitment of so many young men and women who responded to the attack. He deployed to Iraq twice with the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment. ...

Scorned by allies and enemies alike, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was one of the most maligned fighting forces in modern history. Cobbled together by U.S. advisers from the remnants of the French-inspired Vietnamese National Army, it was...

Even before Japan joined Nazi Germany in the Axis Alliance, its leaders clarified to the Nazi regime that the attitude of the Japanese government and people to the Jews was totally different than that of the official German position and that it had no...

The history of the Ottoman Empire spanned more than seven centuries. At the height of its power, it stretched over three continents and produced marvels of architecture, literature, science, and warfare. When it fell, its collapse redrew the map of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393316193Author Professor of History Richard OveryFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint W. W. Norton & CompanyPublisher W. W. Norton &...

Winner of the Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize"The Idealist is a powerful book, gorgeously written and consistently insightful. Samuel Zipp uses the 1942 world tour of Wendell Willkie to examine American attitudes toward internationalism, decolonization, and...

'Lloyd George at War, 1916-1918' refutes the traditional view that Lloyd George was the person most responsible for winning the Great War. Cassar's careful analysis shows that while his work on the home front was on the whole good, he was an abysmal...

In this gripping companion to his acclaimed The Battalion, which told the story of the 2nd Ranger Battalion in World War II, Robert W. Black turns his attention to the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Ranger Battalions, otherwise known as Darby's Rangers. These elite...

We live together under the thick canopy, each searching for the other; the same leeches and mosquitoes that feed on our blood feed on his blood. John Edmund Delezen felt a kinship with the people he was instructed to kill in Vietnam; they were all at the...

Courage Under Fire is the first book published about Operation Lamar Plain. After 50 years, the story of the renowned 101st Airborne's major offensive near Tam Ky, South Vietnam remains largely unknown. Fighting at Tam Ky by the 1st Brigade began 15 May...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062405661Author Sir Max HastingsFormat HardbackPage Count 896Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 1383gDimensions(mm) 231mm...

Wars create their own dynamics, especially with regard to images and language. The semiotic and semantic codes are redefined, according to the need to create an enemy image, or in reference to the results of a war that are post-event defined as just or...

Behind enemy lines is an examination of gender relations in wartime using the Special Operations Executive as a case study. Drawing on personal testimonies, in particular oral history and autobiography, as well as official records and film, it explores...

The incredible true story of one man's escape from Nazis in Norway."I remember reading We Die Alone in 1970 and I could never forget it. Then when we went to Norway to do a docudrama, people told us again and again that certain parts were pure fiction...

Two soliders of World War II, one American, a member of the Easy Company "Band of Brothers," and one a German, fight in the Battle of the Bulge, then meet decades later and help deliver one another from the nightmares of war. Stephen E. Ambrose and E.B...

Acclaimed children's author Allan Burnett turns his attention to the First World War in a book of explosively exciting and emotionally charged tales of bravery and adventure. Featuring the true exploits of soldiers, spies, pilots, sailors and many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643880150Author Daniel SimmonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Luminare PressPublisher Luminare PressWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140235425Author John KeeganFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 195mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909384149Author Michael C. FoxFormat HardbackPage Count 316Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Rainy Day Ramen and the Cosmic Pachinko is told in two distinct, overlapping and interwoven, formats - it describes Fred's drunken, staggering, metaphysical odyssey from Okinawa to Tokyo, and the search for meaning beyond the physical path trodden - and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951682361Author Edwin C ParsonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Orchard InnovationsPublisher Orchard InnovationsWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410206527Author Richard a RussellFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853036913Author Peter Leighton-LangerFormat HardbackPage Count 401Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945430725Author George LubomskiFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Winged Hussar PublishingPublisher Winged Hussar PublishingWeight(grams)...

In 1943, the New Brunswick Rangers were sent to Britain, converted into a heavy weapons support unit, and shipped off to Normandy. Originating as a 19th century militia, the New Brunswick Rangers were placed on active service for the first time during...