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No Better Place to Die: Ste-Mere Eglise, June 1944-the Battle for La Fiere Bridge by Robert M. Murphy 9781612008004
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $20.40As part of the massive Allied invasion of Normandy, three airborne divisions were dropped behind enemy lines to sow confusion in the German rear and prevent panzer reinforcements from reaching the... -
L.B.J'S Hired Gun: A Marine Corps Helicopter Gunner and the War in Vietnam by John J. Gebhart 9781932033656
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $42.69Many Vietnam memoirs have appeared in recent years, but not a single one has the humour, pathos, poignancy, and often sheer hilarity of John J. Gebhart's riveting LBJ'S Hired Gun. As Gebhart tells... -
Domestic Plants and Animals: The Egyptian Origins by Douglas J. Brewer 9798888570791
Booksplease Price: $76.69This facsimile edition of a much acclaimed volume brings back into print a major study of the evidence for the domesticated plants and animals exploited by the ancient Egyptians. The rise of... -
Alpha One Sixteen: A Combat Infantryman's Year in Vietnam by Peter Clark
RRP: $35.08Booksplease Price: $27.01Peter Clark's year in Vietnam began in July 1966, when he was shipped out with hundreds of other young recruits, as a replacement in the 1st Infantry Division. Clark was assigned to the Alpha Company... -
Saving MacArthur: The Story of America's Most Daring Naval Rescue, and of the Men It Left Behind Rudy Tomedi 9781636245621
RRP: $58.40Booksplease Price: $45.53A photo in the New York Times on June 10, 1942 depicted a young naval officer, John Duncan Bulkeley, and his wife in the back of an open touring car as they were being treated to a New York ticker... -
The Day Rommel Was Stopped: The Battle of Ruweisat Ridge, 2 July 1942 by Major F. R. Jephson MC TD
RRP: $35.08Booksplease Price: $27.01George VI's biographer, Sir John Wheeler Bennett wrote "The actual turning of the tide in the 2nd World War may be accurately determined as the first week of July 1942." This book argues that it is... -
Battle for Skyline Ridge: The CIA Secret War in Laos by James E. Parker
RRP: $43.88Booksplease Price: $32.92In late 1971, the People's Army of Vietnam launched Campaign 'Z' into northern Laos, escalating the war in Laos with the aim of defeating the last Royal Lao Army troops. The NVA troops numbered... -
Vietnam War Portraits: The Faces and Voices by Thomas Sanders 9781612007038
RRP: $68.25Booksplease Price: $54.85Featuring modern portraits and first-hand accounts, this book offers a unique perspective on the Vietnam War, bringing together the stories of American Vietnam war veterans, southern Vietnamese war... -
The Tomb of Amenemhab: No. 44 at Qurnah: The Tomb-chapel of a Priest Carrying the Shrine of Amun Hassan El-Saady 9798888570852
RRP: $68.15Booksplease Price: $65.11This volume is a facsimile reissue of the full publication of the tomb identified as that of Amenemhab, a middle ranking priest of Amon. The tomb lies within the lower enclosure of the major cemetery... -
Ghost Patrol: A History of the Long Range Desert Group 1940-1945 by John Sadler
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $25.66The origins of most of the west's Special Forces can be traced back to the Long Range Desert Group which operated across the limitless expanses of the Libyan Desert, an area the size of India, during... -
Bait: The Battle of Kham Duc by James D. McLeroy 9781636242170
RRP: $43.88Booksplease Price: $30.81This is an account of the battle of Kham Duc, one of the least known and most misunderstood battles in the American Phase of the Second Indochina War (1959 to 1975). At the time it was painted as a... -
The Eagles of Bastogne: The Untold Story of the Heroic Defense of a City Under Siege by Martin King 9781636244136
RRP: $64.25Booksplease Price: $45.05There are few names in the annals of military history that evoke such emotion, and in some cases controversy, as the small Belgian town of Bastogne. The 101st Airborne are the best known defenders of... -
Kursk, 1943: Last German Offensive in the East by Ian Baxter
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $30.11In the summer of 1943, the German launched Operation Zitadelle (Citadel), aimed at cutting off a large number of Soviet forces in the Kursk salient. This offensive resulted in the battle of Kursk,... -
Napoleon'S Admirals: Flag Officers of the ARC De Triomphe, 1789-1815 by Richard Humble
RRP: $68.25Booksplease Price: $50.93On the four sides of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, serried tablets display the names of 660 honoured commanders of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Most are those of generals and marshals of... -
Marine Corps Tank Battles in Vietnam by Oscar E. Gilbert 9781612005324
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $27.67Reviews for the Hardback Edition: "If you have any interest in the Vietnam War or military history in general I can thoroughly recommend Marine Corps Tank Battles in Vietnam as a great read that's... -
Major General George H. Sharpe and the Creation of the American Military Intelligence in the Civil War by Peter G. Tsouras 9781612006475
RRP: $58.50Booksplease Price: $49.96The vital role of the military all-source intelligence in the eastern theater of operations during the U.S. Civil War is told through the biography of its creator, George H. Sharpe. Renowned... -
Battle Yet Unsung: The Fighting Men of the 14th Armored Division by Timothy O'Keefe 9781935149446
RRP: $68.23Booksplease Price: $56.71While headline writers in the ETO were naturally focused on events in Normandy and the Bulge in the north, equally ferocious combats were taking place in southern France and Germany during 1944-45,... -
![King of Airfighters: The Biography of Major "Mick" Mannock, Vc, DSO Mc by Ira Jones 9781932033991](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/1567716/1567296/9781932033991__92480.1706198514.jpg?c=1 "King of Airfighters: The Biography of Major "Mick" Mannock, Vc, DSO Mc by Ira Jones 9781932033991")
King of Airfighters: The Biography of Major "Mick" Mannock, Vc, DSO Mc by Ira Jones 9781932033991
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $38.81Ira Jones' biography of Britain's top scoring ace of World War I has become the subject of some controversy over the last few years, most notably as it is the source of the claim of 73 "kills" for... -
![General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth" by Robert C. Conner 9781636241302](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/1646798/1646376/9781636241302__78198.1706456819.jpg?c=1 "General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth" by Robert C. Conner 9781636241302")
General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth" by Robert C. Conner 9781636241302
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $28.35This is the first full-length biography of the Civil War general who saved the Union army from catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga, and went on to play major roles in the Chattanooga and... -
The Conquering Ninth: The Ninth U.S. Army in World War II by Nathan N. Prefer 9781612008288
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $44.56The Ninth Army came into existence in May 1944, under the command of General William Hood Simpson, himself a rather unknown but highly successful ground commander. By late August, the Ninth Army was... -
Eight-Wheeled Warriors and Grunts: US Marine Lav and Infantry Operations, Spring 2004 by LT Col David E Kelly 9781636244921
RRP: $58.40Booksplease Price: $47.74In 2006, the shock and awe campaign of securing the major cities had ended, and the Iraq War had moved into an alien phase for the clandestine operators of Blackflag1. Their motto "swift, silent,... -
Storm Clouds Over the Pacific 1931-41 by Peter Harmsen 9781612004808
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $38.08War in the Asia Pacific is a trilogy of books comprising a general history of the war against Japan; unlike other histories it expands the narrative beginning long before Pearl Harbor and encompasses... -
Battle Yet Unsung: The Fighting Men of the 14th Armored Division in World War II Timothy O’Keeffe 9781636245324
RRP: $43.88Booksplease Price: $33.99While headline writers in the ETO were naturally focused on events in Normandy and the Bulge in the north, equally ferocious combats were taking place in southern France and Germany during 1944-45,... -
Survival in the South Pacific: A Lost Airman's Desperate Rescue amid the Maelstrom of War Robert Richardson 9781636244150
RRP: $64.25Booksplease Price: $48.17In September 1943, as America began advancing from its foothold on Guadalcanal, a young American airman was lost in heavy weather over the South Pacific on what was expected to be a routine flight... -
Hitler'S Pre-Emptive War: The Battle for Norway, 1940 by Henrik O. Lunde 9781935149330
RRP: $56.53Booksplease Price: $49.98"This book is essential reading; a must-have in your military library" - Military ModelcraftAfter Hitler conquered Poland, the British began to exert control of the neutral Norwegian coast, an action... -
Arctic Front: The Advance of Mountain Corps Norway on Murmansk, 1941 Wilhelm Hess 9781636245294
RRP: $38.90Booksplease Price: $31.61"This is a serious, thoughtful book about war "on the right wing of the Western Front and the left wing of the Eastern Front" in conditions hardly conducive to survival, let alone combat. Definitely... -
Kimberley'S Flight: The Story of Captain Kimberly Hampton, America's First Woman Combat Pilot Killed in Battle by Anna Simon 9781612001029
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $39.55U.S. Army Captain Kimberly N. Hampton was living her dream, flying armed helicopters in combat and commanding D Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry, the armed reconnaissance aviation squadron of the... -
Brick Architecture in Ancient Egypt by A. J. Spencer 9798888570302
Booksplease Price: $90.46First published in 1979, this facsimile edition of Jeffrey Spencer's comprehensive study provides a detailed account of the brick architecture of ancient Egypt. Part I provides introductory... -
The Waffen-SS in Poland, 1939 Massimiliano Afiero 9781636244655
RRP: $48.65Booksplease Price: $36.37During the Polish campaign, SS combat units were seconded to various formations of the Heer. Still considered more parade troops than frontline soldiers, they did not prove a decisive factor in the... -
Roman Maritime Villas: Rediscovering Architecture in Southern Latium and its Wider Context Roberta Ferritto 9798888572153
Booksplease Price: $131.61This book offers a comprehensive survey of Roman maritime villas along the Tyrrhenian coast of southern Latium, tracing their architectural evolution and construction methods from the 2nd century BC... -
Gunship Ace: The Wars of Neall Ellis, Gunship Pilot and Mercenary by Al Venter 9781612000701
Booksplease Price: $58.62"The days of Congo and Angola when you had the image of mercenaries as drunken guys going around shooting up the place... has gone - the people you find now... are well-trained, professional... -
The Red Army Guerrilla Warfare Pocket Manual by Les Grau
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $15.07The Partisan's Companion was produced by the Red Army to train partisans to fight the Nazi invader. Its usefulness outlived World War II, as it was later used to train Third World guerrillas in their... -
With Musket and Tomahawk II: The Mohawk Valley Campaign in the Wilderness War of 1777 by Michael O. Logusz 9781612000671
RRP: $62.40Booksplease Price: $51.48Praise for Michael O. Logusz: "Logusz has a flair for vivid detail, whether describing the terror Colonists felt during Indian raids on their settlements or the chaos of battles in the unfamiliar... -
The Mammals of Ancient Egypt by Dale J. Osborn 9798888570777
RRP: $77.90Booksplease Price: $73.87Various attempts have been made to systematize the mammals depicted in Egyptian tomb paintings, inscriptions, carvings, figurines and other objects, and as mummies, but there are many discrepancies,... -
Nam Sense: Surviving Vietnam with 101st Airborne Division by Arthur Wiknik 9781935149095
Booksplease Price: $33.68Nam 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... -
Finland'S War of Choice: The Troubled German-Finnish Coalition in World War II by Henrik O. Lunde
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $35.22This book explores the unlikely coalition between Germany and Finland in World War II, and their joint military operations from 1941 to 1945. An oft overlooked participant of the war, Finland fought... -
The Beaker People: Isotopes, Mobility and Diet in Prehistoric Britain by Mike Parker Pearson 9798888571545
RRP: $81.90Booksplease Price: $78.25The Beaker People: isotopes, mobility and diet in prehistoric Britain presents the results of a major project that sought to address a century-old question about the people who were buried with... -
Jagdstaffel 356: The Story of a German Fighter Squadron by M. E. Kahnert 9781612001449
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $36.48Although the author has given this Jagdstaffel a fictitious number and changed the names of the pilots composing it, the incidents related in this book have the genuine ring of truth and will be... -
First to Fight: The U.S. Marines in World War I by Oscar E. Gilbert 9781612005089
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $42.39"Retreat, hell! We just got here!" The words of Captain Lloyd Williams at Belleau Wood in June 1918 entered United States Marine Corps legend, and the Marine Brigade's actions there-along with the... -
The Dawn of the Drone: From the Back Room Boys of World War One by Steve Mills 9781612007892
Booksplease Price: $44.48In the dark days of World War I, when flying machines, radio, and electronics were infant technologies, the first remotely controlled experimental aircraft took to the skies and unmanned radio...