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Inside the Regiment: The Officers and Men of the 30th Regiment During
In this companion volume to her pioneering study Redcoats Against Napoleon, Carole Divall tells the fascinating inside story of a typical infantry regiment during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Rather...
Zero Six Bravo: The Explosive True Story of How 60 Special Forces
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Damien Lewis has spent twenty years reporting from conflict zones around the world. Zero Six Bravo --a Sunday Times number one bestseller--tells the story of "sixty special forces against 100,000--a...
Amiens 1918: From Disaster to Victory
Gregory Blaxland has written a superb account of 1918, the final year of the war when the balance of advantage between the combatants changed so dramatically in a matter of...
The 54th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
During the height of the Cold War, the United States started to develop and expand its air defence capabilities to knock down Russian Air Force nuclear-armed bombers flying over the...
Masters of the Field: The Fourth United States Cavalry in the Civil
The Fourth United States Cavalry in the Civil War This is the untold story of the heroic efforts of the men of the 4th United States Cavalry as they sabred...
Armament And History: The Influence Of Armament On History From The
Although skill, leadership, strategy, and number of forces have been important factors in battles, armaments have played the most decisive role in determining ultimate military victory. Entranced by the power...
Mechanised Warfare: Tactical Illustrations, Performance
The book titled Mechanised Warfare: Tactical Illustrations, Performance by the author Chris Bishop. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Codex Wallerstein: A Medieval Fighting Book from the Fifteenth Century
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The Codex Wallerstein is one of the best known of the late medieval fencing treatises still in existence. Though perhaps not as widely known as Talhoffer 1467 or Flos Duellatorum,...
With Moore to Corunna: The Diary of Ensign Charles Paget, Fifty-Second
Ensign Charles Paget's previously unpublished diary of the Peninsular War is an important discovery for two reasons. The regiment in which he served - the 52nd Foot - was one...
The Kelly Hunters QBD Edition
The desperate manhunt to bring down Australia's most notorious outlaw When Ned Kelly and his band of young tearaways ambushed and killed three brave policemen in a remote mountain camp...
The Sentinel State: Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in
Countering recent hype around technology, a leading expert argues that the endurance of dictatorship in China owes less to facial recognition AI and GPS tracking than to the human resources...
World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations That Changed the Course
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The 'world atlas of warfare' provides an in-depth chronological survey of military history from the neolithic era until the present day, with special emphasis on csritical turning points in the...
Nam: The Vietnam War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Fought
Even now something is missing from the history of Vietnam. Behind the burning sense of horror and betrayal the personal stories remain untold. No one has bothered to talk to...
Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order
A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War II "When he is at his best, as he often is in these pages,...
Nelson's Pathfinders: A Forgotten Story in the Triumph of British Sea
The remarkable story of how a handful of intrepid scientific navigators underpinned British naval dominance in the conflict with Napoleon During the Napoleonic Wars, more than twice as many British...
The Dark Path: The Structure of War and the Rise of the West
From an esteemed military historian, a sweeping history of the revolutions in war-fighting that have shaped the modern world Heraclitus wrote that "war is the father of all," and it...
Analog Superpowers: How Twentieth-Century Technology Theft Built the
A gripping history that spans law, international affairs, and top-secret technology to unmask the tension between intellectual property rights and national security. At the beginning of the twentieth century, two...
The Gun: The Story of the AK-47
The AK-47, or 'Kalashnikov', is the most abundant and efficient firearm on earth. It is so light it can be used by children. It has transformed the way we fight...
Among the Italian Partisans: The Allied Contribution to the Resistance
The remarkable story of the foreigners who volunteered to join the guerrilla war against Germans and Fascists in World War II Italy. The fighters included Britons, Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders,...
Blamey: The story of Australia's greatest general, for readers of
From Gallipoli to Kokoda and beyond - the story of our greatest general and the power, politics and tragedy of command General Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander in Chief of Australian...
Tanks: Inside Out
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Illustrated with detailed artworks and full-colour photographs, Tanks Inside Out is a comprehensive study of the key tanks and armoured fighting vehicles built since their first use in World War...
Fighting Techniques of a Japanese Infantryman 1941-1945: Training,
Full description of Japanese fighting techniques of World War II. Detailed history of the development of Japanese offensive and defensive tactics. Full-colour Japanese uniform artworks. Detailed specifications for Japanese weapons...
The Rocket Propelled Grenade
A comprehensive illustrated study of the RPG, complete with technical detail and personal accounts. The RPG-series of weapons is the most widely used family of lightweight antitank weapons in the...
Retreat and Rearguard - Somme 1918
The German Spring offensive - or Kaiserschlacht - was a period of great danger for the Allies. Both sides were exhausted after years of bitter fighting and huge losses. While...
The Art of War and Peace: The Changing Face of 21st Century Warfare
'A deeply thought-provoking book full of wisdom, insight and common sense, by two of our foremost strategists' James Holland, bestselling author of The War in the West FOREWORD BY SIR...
Revolution Day (TPB): The human story of the battle for Iraq
The first book, entitled Revolution Day will be Rageh Omaar's story of the recent Iraq war. During that conflict millions of people turned to Omaar for the quality of his...
Who Will Defend Europe?: An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent
While Ukraine holds back Russia's onslaught, Moscow has been working hard at rebuilding its army for the next invasion. But for the past 30 years, Britain and Europe have been...
Epic Retreats: From 1776 to the Evacuation of Saigon
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Napoleon in Russia is the centerpiece of a study of great retreats including Washington from Long Island, Chief Joseph across Idaho, Dunkirk, Stalingrad, Chosin Reservoir and Saigon.
US Army Twin Beeches
Most people think the US Army only flies helicopters, but it has quietly flown a multitude of fixed-wing aircraft for decades. One of the Army's best aircraft providers is Beech...
From Corunna to Waterloo: The Letters and Journals of Two Napoleonic
This is the story of two young Welsh cavalry officers who served for much of the Napoleonic Wars with the 15th (King's) Hussars. Major Edwin Griffith and his nephew, Captain...
Saving Soldiers or Civilians?: Casualty-Aversion versus Civilian
Concerns for the lives of soldiers and innocent civilians have come to underpin Western, and particularly American, warfare. Yet this new mode of conflict faces a dilemma: these two norms...
Airways to the East 1918-1920 and the Collapse of No.1 Aerial Route
The origins of what became officially known as No 1 Aerial Route lay in the newly formed Royal Air Force's desire to move several squadrons of the then recently designed...
World Air Power Guide
Compiled by the author of Jane s Air Forces of the World, this book is a must for aviation experts.In one volume the reader will find the composition and details...
American Sharpe
Sharpe and his adventures has made the 95th Foot renowned again and the discovery of an unpublished diary by an American from Charleston South Carolina who served, despite his father's...
Walking into Hell 1st July 1916
The 1st July 1916 was the blackest day in the history of the British Army when 60,000 unsuspecting men of the British 4th Army advanced into the teeth of a...
Naval Air: Celebrating a Century of Naval Flying
Naval aviation arrived early in the last century in the form of balloons and airships employed by the British Royal Navy for reconnaissance, and interest was stirring in naval circles...
The Cambrai Campaign 1917
Cambrai Campaign 1917 is an account of the British Expeditionary Force s battles in November and December of 1917. It starts with the plan to carry out a tank raid...
Spirits of the Somme: Visions of War
The 1st of July 1916, the opening day of the Battle of the Somme, was the blackest day in the history of the British Army. 60,000 men became casualties on...
Why America Loses Wars: Limited War and US Strategy from the Korean
How can you achieve victory in war if you don't have a clear idea of your political objectives and a vision of what victory means? In this provocative challenge to...
Royal Hospital Chelsea: A Year in Pictures
***SPECIAL PRICE down from $90.00 while stocks last*** Founded by Charles II 'for the succour and relief of veterans broken by age and war', designed by Sir Christopher Wren and...
Fall of Constantinople: The Ottoman Conquest of Byzantium
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Byzantium was the last bastion of the Roman Empire following the fall of the Western Roman Empire. It fought for survival for eight centuries until, in the mid-15th century, the...
Walking the Western Front: The Somme in Pictures
The Walking the Western Front series started in 2012 with the release of two films on the Ypres Salient. Directed by acclaimed film maker Ed Skelding with guest historian Nigel...
Countdown: The Sunday Times bestselling spy thriller
Intelligence officer Amy Cornwall must prove she exists before time runs out in this new heartstopper thriller - perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Patricia Cornwell. An undercover CIA...
American Survivors: Trans-Pacific Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
American Survivors is a fresh and moving historical account of U.S. survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, breaking new ground not only in the study of World War...
Combat Aircraft of World War II: 1943-44
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Fighters, bombers, assault aircraft and torpedo launchers from the most famous to the lesser known are described here, accompanied by photographs and technical data. The author also provides chronological and...
British Battles: Life on the Front Lines of History
This text brings the past to life with photographs of battles in British history, re-enacted by "English Heritage" and "Historic Scotland". The written commentary describes what it was probably like...
The Military Airfields of Britain: North England
This series of books provides a fresh user-friendly look at the military airfields of the British Isles. The series is split geographically, each book including a number of counties on...