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The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel / The Novel as History by Norman Mailer
RRP: $19.48$14.27October 21, 1967, Washington, D.C. 20,000 to 200,000 protesters are marching to end the war in Vietnam, while helicopters hover overhead and federal marshals and soldiers with fixed bayonets await them on the Pentagon steps. Among the marchers is Norman... -
Poilu: The World War I Notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, Barrelmaker, 1914-1918 by Louis Barthas
RRP: $29.23$26.19The harrowing first-person account of a French foot soldier who survived four years in the trenches of the First World War Along with millions of other Frenchmen, Louis Barthas, a thirty-five-year-old barrelmaker from a small wine-growing town, was... -
Napoleon Paul Johnson 9781842126509
RRP: $19.48$11.99A short and vivid biography, which deconstructs the Napoleonic myth and reveals the reality of his rule.'Written with his customary verve and certainty' Andrew Roberts, SUNDAY TELEGRAPHWritten with great wit and panache, this biography also has a serious... -
Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam by Frances FitzGerald
$35.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316159197Author Frances FitzGeraldFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)... -
A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945: Volume One: North Africa, June 1940 - January 1942 by Christopher Shores
RRP: $97.50$71.80It is now more than 40 years since "Fighters over the Desert" was published, and nearly as long since this was followed by "Fighters over Tunisia". Both volumes have long been out of print and collectors' items, but, despite much prompting, Christopher... -
The Devil's Workshop: A Memoir of the Nazi Counterfeiting Operation by Burger, Adolf 9781399019156
$32.51One of the most remarkable episodes of the Second World War was the German attempt to forge currency and trigger the economic collapse of the Allies. The counterfeit operation was one of the largest the world has ever seen and lead to the post-war... -
Brothers in Arms: Real War. True Friends. Unlikely Heroes. Geraint Jones 9781529000405
RRP: $37.03$27.73Darkly funny, shockingly honest, Brothers in Arms is an unforgettable account of a soldier's tour of Afghanistan, the brutal reality of war - every scary, exciting moment - and the bonds of friendship that can never be destroyed.'If you could choose... -
Blackjack 33 by James Donahue
RRP: $17.53$11.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804117647Author James C. DonahueFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm)... -
The Origins of the First World War: Diplomatic and Military Documents by Annika Mombauer
RRP: $48.75$44.42Annika Mombauer's essential source reader translates, cross-references and annotates a vast range of international diplomatic and military documents on the origins of the First World War. It collects together documents which are newly discovered or were... -
The Soviet-Afghan War: How a Superpower Fought and Lost by Lester W. Grau
RRP: $64.25$62.93The War in Afghanistan (1979-1989) has been called ""the Soviet Union's Vietnam War,"" a conflict that pitted Soviet regulars against a relentless, elusive, and ultimately unbeatable Afghan guerrilla force (the mujahideen). The hit-and-run bloodletting... -
Painting Wargaming Figures Allied Forces in Northwest Europe, 1944 45: British and Commonwealth, US and Free French by Singleton, Andy 9781399005623
RRP: $33.13$25.58Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Defending the Motherland: The Soviet Women Who Fought Hitler's Aces Antony Beevor 9780857051950
RRP: $25.33$17.22Plucked from every background, and led by an N.K.V.D. Major, the new recruits who boarded a train in Moscow on 16th October 1941 to go to war had much in common with millions of others across the world. What made the 586th Fighter Regiment, the 587th... -
Luftwaffe in Colour Volume 2: From Glory to Defeat 1942-1945 by Jean Louis Roba
RRP: $38.98$28.28Eighty years after its creation, the Luftwaffe is still one of the most fascinating forces in the history of aviation. A companion to Luftwaffe in Colour Volume 1, which covered the victory years from 1939 up to Spring 1942, this volume with nearly 400... -
Racism and the Making of Gay Rights: A Sexologist, His Student, and the Empire of Queer Love by Laurie Marhoefer
RRP: $44.83$39.62In 1931, a sexologist arrived in colonial Shanghai to give a public lecture about homosexuality. In the audience was a medical student. The sexologist, Magnus Hirschfeld, fell in love with the medical student, Li Shiu Tong. Li became Hirschfeld's... -
Sobibor Death Camp: History, Biographies, Remembrance by Frank McDonough
$109.26The Sobibor Death Camp was the second extermination camp built by the Nazis as part of the secretive Operation Reinhardt -- with intent to carry out the mass murder of Polish Jewry. Following the construction of the extermination camp at Belzec in... -
November 1918: Triumph and Tragedy in the Final Days of WW1 Gordon Brook-Shepherd 9781448217182
RRP: $39.00$29.07The account of the Great War portrayed in this book spans the last hundred days of the conflict; from the surprise blow struck by the British at Amiens on 8 August, down to the signing of the Armistice which ended the war three months later. For the... -
Rearming the RAF for the Second World War: Poor Strategy and Miscalculation by Phillips, Adrian 9781399006248
RRP: $48.75$34.91When the RAF rearmed to meet the growing threat from Nazi Germany's remorseless expansion in the late 1930s, it faced immense challenges. It had to manage a huge increase in size as well as mastering rapid advances in aviation technology. To protect... -
The Russia Anxiety: And How History Can Resolve It by Mark B. Smith
RRP: $25.33$18.21'This exciting and provocative book blows apart misconceptions about the Russian past' Lara Douds, Times Higher Education Russia is an exceptional country, the biggest in the world. It is both European and exotic, powerful and weak, brilliant and... -
The Ninja, The Secret History of Ninjutsu: Ancient Shadow Warriors of Japan Kacem Zoughari 9784805314043
RRP: $29.23$19.60Here, for the first time, is an in-depth, factual look at the entire art of ninjutsu, including the emergence of the ninja warriors and philosophy in feudal Japan; detailed historical events; its context in the development of other schools of martial... -
Belgian Waffen-SS Legions & Brigades, 1941-1944: Wallonie, Wallonien, Flandern & Langemarck by Massimiliano Afiero
RRP: $23.38$16.89From the German occupation of Belgium in May 1940, Flemish recruits from northern Belgium - considered by the Nazis to be 'Germanic' - were accepted individually into Waffen-SS units. From Hitler's invasion of the USSR in June 1941, additional recruits... -
British Armoured Divisions and their Commanders, 1939-1945 Richard Doherty 9781848848382
RRP: $48.75$35.14A total of eleven British armoured divisions were formed during the 1939-1945 war but, as this highly informative book reveals, just eight saw action. In 1940 only 1st Armoured Division faced the overwhelming German blitzkrieg and it was in the North... -
Panzergrenadier Divisions 1939–45: The Essential Vehicle Identification Guide by Chris Bishop 9781838863524
RRP: $44.83$30.75Illustrated with detailed artworks of Wehrmacht vehicles and their markings with exhaustive captions and specifications, The Essential Vehicle Identification Guide: Panzergrenadier Divisions, 1939–45 is the definitive study of the equipment and... -
The World Crisis Volume II: 1915 by Sir Winston S. Churchill
RRP: $50.68$46.04The World Crisis is considered by many to be Winston S. Churchill's literary masterpiece. Published across five volumes between 1923 and 1931, Churchill here tells the story of The Great War, from its origins to the long shadow it cast on the following... -
The Final Archives of the FüHrerbunker: Berlin in 1945, the Chancellery and the Last Days of Hitler by Paul Villatoux 9781612009049
RRP: $58.48$41.50In November 1945, two French officers secretly entered the Fuhrerbunker, the air raid shelter near the Chancellery in Berlin. The bunker was the last home of Adolf Hitler, the background of the last months of his life, and the war, where he married Eva... -
They Fought in the Fields: The Women's Land Army by Nicola Tyrer 9780752443133
RRP: $21.43$16.52While troops fought on the front line, a battalion of young women joined up to take their places as agricultural workers. Despite many of them coming from urban backgrounds, these fearless, cheerful girls learnt how to look after farmland, operate and... -
Wrong Place, Wrong Time by George C. Kuhl 9780887404450
RRP: $54.58$35.14This is true story of the second raid on Schweinfurt, Germany by the Eighth Air Force 1st and 3rd Bombardment Divisions on 14 October 1943. On this day, the Eighth Air Force lost air superiority to the German Luftwaffe in a continuous air battle that... -
Jagdpanther Tank Destroyer: German Army, Western Europe 1944 -1945 by Dennis Oliver 9781526710895
RRP: $29.23$21.66Combining the destructive firepower of the 88mm gun with the outstanding mobility of the Panther series, the Jagdpanther is quite probably the best-known tank destroyer of the Second World War. In the vehicle's first action on 30 July 1944, three... -
Two of the Missing: Remembering Sean Flynn and Dana Stone by Perry Deane Young 9780981628097
RRP: $38.90$34.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981628097Author Perry Deane YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Press 53 Carolina Classics EditionsPublisher Press 53 Carolina Classics... -
Norfolk at War 1939 - 1945 by Stephen Browning 9781473856998
RRP: $29.23$22.13This year-on-year study of Norfolk at war is the first such for many years, which utilises material that has not been published in book form before or, sometimes, at all. In both the First and Second World War, Norfolk was pivotal, albeit for different... -
Battle Colors: Insignia and Aircraft Markings of the 8th Air Force in World War II: Vol 2: (VIII) Fighter Command by Robert A. Watkins
RRP: $79.93$52.79This second volume focuses on the Fighter Groups, Scouting Force and Special Operations units of the Mighty Eighth. Battle Colors approaches a visual subject in a visual manner utilizing full color illustrations and wartime photos.About the AuthorRobert... -
Huey in Vietnam: Bell's UH-1 at War by David Doyle
RRP: $37.03$24.71The design, development, and evolution of the Bell UH-1 Huey in combat during the Vietnam War. Few implements of war are as representative of the US presence in Vietnam as the Bell Huey UH-1-series helicopters. Whether serving in the role of troop... -
Beyond Ukraine: Debating the Future of War by Tim Sweijs 9781911723165
RRP: $87.75$78.25War in the 21st century will remain a chameleon that takes on different forms and guises. This book offers the first comprehensive update and revision of ideas about the future of war since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. It argues that the war has... -
U.S. Intelligence and the Nazis by Richard Breitman 9780521617949
RRP: $60.43$47.19Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Zemke'S Wolfpack: A Photographic Odyssey of the 56th Fighter Group During the Second World War by Nigel Julian
RRP: $58.40$42.74The only US 8th Army Air Force fighter group to retain the mighty P-47 Thunderbolt throughout its combat tour in the European Theatre of Operations, the 56th Fighter Group justified its nickname of 'Zemke's Wolfpack' by the aggressive attitude and... -
Aliens: The Chequered History of Britain's Wartime Refugees by Paul Dowswell 9781785907937
RRP: $48.75$35.31The welcome given to refugees from fascist Europe is part of our fond nostalgia for Britain's role in the Second World War, nestling in our imagination next to images of evacuees clutching teddy bears, and milkmen picking their way through bomb rubble... -
Rommel's Desert War: Waging World War II in North Africa, 1941-1943 by Martin Kitchen 9780521509718
RRP: $91.63$76.34Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
A Bad Day, I Fear: The Irish Divisions at the Battle of Langemarck, 16 August 1917 by Michael James Nugent 9781804513262
RRP: $48.75$34.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804513262Author Michael James NugentFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground by Jonathan Steele 9781846274312
RRP: $19.48$13.46Yes, there are dozens of books on the Afghan wars. Most of them are all about firefights and heroics. But this is the first to take the events of the war Bush and Blair started and put them in the context of the Soviet war and even the British imperial... -
Army of Shadows by Joseph Kessel 9781940625225
$25.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940625225Author Joseph KesselFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Contra Mundum PressPublisher Contra Mundum PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
Modelling British World War II Armoured Vehicles by Tom Cole
RRP: $38.98$33.31This new book will be an essential reference for modellers and wargamers who build and paint World War II British armoured fighting vehicles. It provides extensive information on different types of vehicles, describing when they were used, by whom and...