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Written by the head of the technical investigating team, this book examines the key factors in the 1989 explosion that killed 47 crewmen.

To win glory and power, to be renowned throughout posterity-such was the ambition that fueled Dahlgren's controversial rise to eminence during the Civil War era. This rich, balanced portrait examines...

The author recounts his experiences as an enlisted man on British minesweepers in World War II.

The dramatic story of a 1970 mutiny on an American tramp steamer transporting napalm to the Vietnam War.

With warmth and humor, Captain "Ned" Beach relates the many highlights of his distinguished naval career.

In September 2014, Azad Cudi became one of seventeen snipers deployed when ISIS, trying to shatter the Kurds in a decisive battle, besieged the northern city of Kobani. In LONG...

This new publication from Michael Belafi offers some truly intriguing content. Photographs of the mighty Zeppelin at all stages of development feature in a publication that aims to chart the...

Recounts the founding of the U.S. Coast Guard, looks at Coast Guard operations and functions, and looks at how it has changed over the last seventy years.

Traces the life and career of Admiral Towers, and examines his role in the development of military aviation in the United States.

This book covers all the vital aspects of th e organisations and equipment of the UK Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. There are also chapters on the role...

Lieutenant Charles W 'Savez' Read's life was one of swashbuckling adventure and dazzling escapes. Yet very little has been known about him until recently. Robert A. Jones has tracked down...

From rubber landing boats to picket boats to minesweepers, smaller support vessels did much of the work of the Korean War, and endured many of the dangers and hardships. Rarely...

This is the story of Robert Lawrence of the Scots Guards who was severely wounded as he led his platoon in an attack against an Argentinian machine-gun position during the...

* A sober, frightening yet unforgettable narrative of cutting-edge science and spycraft The atrocities in New York and Washington on 11 September have highlighted as never before the Western world's...

Royal Marine...SAS marksman...Elite soldier... Rob Maylor has seen action in the world's most dangerous combat zones. From East Timor and Iraq to Afghanistan, he has been places where no-one else...

In the summer of 1862, President Lincoln called General Henry W. Halleck to Washington, D.C., to take command of all Union armies in the death struggle against the Confederacy. For...

This first book in the Centenary History of New Zealand and the First World War tells the story of the hospital ships. Based on extensive research, it brings to life...

An explosive new book that puts the killing back into military history.. }The characteristic act of men at war is not dying, but killing. Politicians and military historians may gloss...

For the first time, one painstakingly researched volume unveils the weapons and ammunition that have served the SEALs in combat operations around the globe. Much more than a mere catalog...

It has long been claimed that the Allies did little or nothing to rescue Europe's Jews. Did they deny refuge to those fleeing Hitler's death machine? Why did they fail...

The book titled Phoenix: Policing the Shadows: Policing the Shadows by the author Holland & Phoenix. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A companion volume to The Spartan Regime and The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta that explores the collapse of the Spartan-Athenian alliance "Provocative, intriguing and cogently argued."-David Stuttard, Classics for...

An A-Z guide to warfare from the classical period to the present day, including the social, political, technological, and economic background of major conflicts. Entries cover people (military leaders, theorists,...

Special operational forces have been used since war began, and great reliance is laid upon them in the modern era. This is an illustrated account of the evolution and modern...

The author's adventures display the bonds of friendship forged between the Chinese people and a small band of AMericans who risked their lives with them against the brutal Japanese invaders.

Patrick Bishop looks at the lives and the extraordinary risks that the painfully young pilots of Bomber Command took during the air-offensive against Germany from 1940-1945. As featured on the...

In August 1942, the Allies launched a raid against the German-held port of Dieppe on the French channel coast. It was largely a disaster, with the Canadian forces bearing the...

We could have an uninhabitable earth in a century. It could take 26 minutes and 40 seconds. An edge-of-your-seat non-fiction thriller that has to be read to be believed. Up...

A fascinating, frightening and sometimes funny window into an all-too recent world - everyday life in Britain in the shadow of the mushroom cloud The first book to tell the...

'Brings war in the ancient world to vivid life...I'm blown away' - Anthony Riches. From the nation's finest historical novelist comes the second instalment in the Athenian series Themistocles stands...

Winning the war of the air and airwaves helped the Allies win World War II. This is the thrilling story of the maverick genius Reginald Jones who made that possible....

The explosive life story of Special Forces operative Jason Fox, star of Channel 4's 'SAS- Who Dares Wins' and 'Meet the Drug Lords'. Unflinchingly honest, Battle Scars is a breathtaking...

The first ever authorised history of the SAS, now a major BBC series starring Connor Swindells, Jack O'Connell and Dominic West In the summer of 1941, at the height of...

The official British Army book on how to become a better leader - whatever your field The Habit of Excellence is a unique insight into British Army leadership, explaining what...

For more than two thousand years, Sun-Tzu?sThe Art of Warhas provided military leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception. For more...

'One of the best first-hand accounts of combat that I've ever read' Andy McNab We all saw it at once. Half a dozen voices screamed 'Grenade!' simultaneously. Then everything went...

After World War II the Royal Air Force went through a considerable downsizing, but retained an essential maritime reconnaissance role for the protection of British interests overseas. These areas were...

Internationally acknowledged as the best one-volume reference to the world's naval and paranaval forces, this popular Naval Institute guide is both comprehensive and affordable. Updated biennially since 1976, it has...

This fully illustrated volume tells the dramatic history of the submarine. Starting with the numerous and often catastrophic early effects to build a working submersible vessel, Submarines describes the developments...