20th Century History

The Heart of Hell is the untold story of the crew of Landing Craft Infantry 449. Based on 130 exclusive interviews with sailors who survived the battle, the families of...

Britain, in common with other colonial powers, established and controlled her empire from the seas. In defending this realm, the gunboat was developed to preserve secure trading conditions and operate...

A grand tale of heroic failure during the Dieppe raid of 1942, grippingly told by the bestselling author of Bomber Boys On the warm night of 18 August 1942, a...

This is a collection of three essays which explore various sieges, the first discusses the siege of the Peking Embassy, 1900. The Boxer movemnnt in China was a secret society...

The influence of Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) permeates the art, literature and music of the past century as profoundly as any of his contemporaries. Hero of Dada, Constructivist virtuoso, patron saint...

From interviews with his numerous contacts among the coalition forces stationed in Afghanistan, Mike Ryan has done what journalists have so far been unable to do. Battlefield Afghanistan is the...

A heavily illustrated journey through the first decade of the 20th century, the first in a series of 10 books outlining the key events of the century by best-selling author...

Winston Churchill is synonymous with the Second World War and the defeat of Nazism and his name will forever be remembered in British and indeed world history. However, Winston Churchill:...

During World War I, German U-boats had been the most effective naval weapon against the Allies and without America's entry into the war in 1917 Britain would have been starved...

A major new biography from the internationally bestselling author of Wild Swans, Mao and Empress Dowager Cixi- a gripping story of sisterhood, revolution and betrayal, and three women who helped...

On 21 March 1918, Germany initiated one of the most ferocious offensives of the First World War. During the so-called Kaiserschlacht, German troops advanced on allied positions in a series...

A Mother's Sorrow is a heart-rending family saga set around WW1 from bestselling author and Queen of the Saga, Margaret Dickinson. Three young women. Two families united. A bond that...

When writing his magnificent life of Robert Peel, Douglas Hurd found himself caught up again in a debate that has always fascinated him as a former diplomat and Foreign Secretary...

For the 80th anniversary, the first popular account of the most daring British raid of WW2 In the darkest months of the WW2, Churchill approved what seemed to many like...

'Indignant, angry, personal and strangely touching - Koba the Dread carries a punch, artfully delivered' New York Times Koba the Dread is the successor to Amis's celebrated memoir, Experience. It...

At the height of the Cold War, America's most elite aviators bravely volunteered for a covert program aimed at eliminating an impossible new threat. Half never returned. All became legends....

In these murky tales of grisly ingenuity and quick-witted opportunism, The Wreckers opens a beguiling vista of life at the rough edges of our land and legality.

A fascinating and unique history of the launch of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service through the unusual life of its founder, Mansfield Cumming. * Sir Mansfield Cumming, the founder of the...

In the last devastating months of the First World War, the British Fourth Army pursued the Germans to their final defensive position - the Hindenburg Line, a formidable series of...

In the early summer of 1942, following the German defeat at Stalingrad and the inconclusive battle at Kharkov, Hitler sought a decisive battle that would turn the struggle on the...

Invaluable and meticulously researched contribution. David Horner has done justice to a proud Regiment that has served Australia in peace and war for almost 150 years. Major General S.N. Gower,...

We still need tanks any time it's necessary to invade an enemy, not just punish him. The major fighting vehicles of the world are on display in this photographic parade...

The first year of the Korean War was a tumultuous series of epic battles, ending in a legendary and harrowing retreat. In the summer of 1950, British and Australian troops...

The 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing (FIW) was sent to Korea in December 1950 expressly to deal with the threat posed by the all-new MiG-15 fighter that had made its combat...

This new history of China's pivotal wars from 1894 to 1949 explains how China was transformed from a isolated and ramshackle medieval empire into a fledgling new world power. China...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during World War II It is the twentieth century's unrivaled...

A historic alliance between nations at war determined to defeat the Axis armies was more a facade than it was a meeting of the minds. Behind the solidarity lay raging...

Meet the brilliant writer, fiercely independent mother, and passionate woman who captured the heart of C.S. Lewis and inspired the books that still enchant and change us today, from the...

The book titled The Somme: Then and Now - A Visual History by the author Duncan Youel. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

From 17 trunks in a Lakeland attic comes this eyewitness account of a soldier's life at a pivotal moment in the history of the British Empire. Allan Marriot Hutchins, handsome,...

The book titled Sandakan - the Last March: The Last March by the author Don Wall. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In November 1944, the U.S. Navy fleet lay at anchor in Ulithi Harbor, deep in the Pacific Ocean, when the oiler USS" Mississinewa" erupted in a ball of flames. Japan...

The armaments of chemical and biological warfare (CBW), as Eric Coddy shows in this introduction for the concerned layman, are now widely held not just by nation-states, but by terrorist...

Exploring many of the most pertinent ethical and economic issues of our time, this book offers both new insights and innovative solutions. Including case studies of international companies and analysis...

In winter 1953-54, the French army in Vietnam challenged its elusive enemy, General Gap's Viet Minh, to pitched battle. Ten thousand French paras and legionnaires, with artillery and tanks, were...

Out of this emotional turbulence came the poem "The Waste Land". Carole Seymour-Jones seeks to show that the poem cannot be understood without reference to the marriage. Based on papers...

Settlements of the Doomed is part of the Pocket History series - a conveniently portable, stylishly packaged and eminently collectible set of twelve books that each open a window onto...

From a go-go to zonked, this is an A to Z of the words which have entered the English language since 1960. With over 2000 entries and 4000 definitions, this...

From "Gymnopedies" to the scandalous ballet "Relache", Erik Satie's creations are paradoxical and extraordinary, and the mask the composer created for himself was as deliberately ambiguous as his music. This...

This book, written by one of the most highly regarded experts on global security, is a controversial look at the changing face of war and the role of the military...

The first comprehensive history of the 1921 Cairo Conference which reveals its enduring impact on the modern Middle East Called by Winston Churchill in 1921, the Cairo Conference set out...

A powerful and humane book, Healing Our History eschews rhetoric and cuts to the true story of race relations in New Zealand. A powerful and humane book, Healing Our History...

Addressing the question everyone asks about economic sanctions this book specially commissioned by the Australian Government, presents an argument for why financial sanctions are needed to compel change in South...

The book titled The Fighting First: Combat Operations in Vietnam 1968-69, the First by the author Lex McAulay. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

A vivid, seminal portrait of early 1980s Britain- a period that changed Britain forever The early 1980s in Britain were a time of hope, and of dread- of Cold War...

A searing indictment of racial injustice in America - inspired by the life and work of James Baldwin - to help us understand the present moment, and imagine a new...

After serving twenty-seven years of a lifetime sentence for conspiring to overthrow South Africa's apartheid government, Nelson Mandela emerged to become both the catalyst and the symbol of post-apartheid South...

One of our finest narrative historians, and journalist for the Sunday Times and Literary Review , Lawrence James, has written a genuinely new biography of Winston Churchill, set within a...