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Spartan Supremacy 412-371 BC
Sparta was a small city which consistently punched above its weight in the affairs of classical Greece, happily meddling in the affairs of the other cities. For two centuries her...
Two Deaths at Amphipolis
Cleonvs Brasidas in the Peloponnesian War This original book looks in detail at arguably the two most significant characters on either side in the middle years of the great Peloponnesian...
The Battle of Fontenoy 1745: Saxe against Cumberland in the War of the
The Battle of Fontenoy marked a turning point in the War of the Austrian Succession, yet it has rarely been analysed in depth and the Europe-wide conflict in which it...
Rome and the Enemy: Imperial Strategy in the Principate
How did the Romans build and maintain one of the most powerful and stable empires in the history of the world? This book draws on the literature, especially the historiography,...
Black Box Canberras: British Test and Trials Canberras 1951-1994
English Electric's Canberra saw an unbroken 46 years of service in the UK as a test and trials aircraft from 1951 until final retirement in 1994. Flown by Government research...
War: What is it good for?: The role of conflict in civilisation, from
War is one of the greatest human evils. It has ruined livelihoods, provoked unspeakable atrocities and left countless millions dead. It has caused economic chaos and widespread deprivation. And the...
The Recollections Of Rifleman Bowlby
'One of the great Second World War memoirs ... will be read as long as that war is remembered' John Keegan'Extraordinary realism' SUNDAY TIMES'A touch of the Somme and more...
Bloody Promenade: Reflections on a Civil War Battle
On 5 and 6 May 1864, the Union and Confederate armies met near an unfinished railroad in central Virginia, with Lee outmanned and outgunned, hoping to force Grant to fight...
Their Promised Land: My Grandparents in Love and War
Ian Buruma's maternal grandparents, Bernard and Winifred (Bun & Win), wrote to each other regularly throughout their life together. The first letters were written in 1915, when Bun was still...
War: Past, Present and Future
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Their Promised Land: My Grandparents in Love and War
Ian Buruma's maternal grandparents, Bernard and Winifred (Bun & Win), wrote to each other regularly throughout their life together. The first letters were written in 1915, when Bun was still...
Operation Postern: The Battle to Recapture Lae from the Japanese, 1943
Japanese troops seized and brutally occupied New Guinea's capital, Lae, for 18 months - until 16 September 1943. That day Australian soldiers retook the town against fierce resistance. Defeated, and...
People Power: Fighting for Peace from the First World War to the Present
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Kippenberger: an Inspired New Zealand Commander
$50.00 AUD
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Resurgam
$40.00 AUD
Author: Vincent Adams WinterBinding: HardbackPublished: Vincent Adams Winter, n,d. [c.1980]Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsResurgam is a thought-provoking exploration of themes related to resurrection and...
Phoenix Triumphant: The Rise and Rise of the Luftwaffe
$20.00 AUD
Author: E. R. HootonBinding: HardbackPublished: Brockhampton Press, 1999, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis study outlines the birth, development, expansion and success of the Luftwaffe, the most...
Behind the Lines: One Woman's War 1914-1918: The Letters of Caroline Ethel Cooper
$15.00 AUD
Author: Caroline Ethel CooperBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1982Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book compiles the poignant letters of Caroline Ethel Cooper, offering a unique perspective on the...
Monitor: the Story of the Legendary Civil War Ironclad and the Man Whose Invention Charged the Course of History
$15.00 AUD
Author: James Tertius DekayBinding: SoftbackPublished: Walker Co, 1997, Third PrintingCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerOn March 9 1862, an epic battle was fought that not only affected...
The Sixth Year of War in Pictures
$15.00 AUD
Author: No stated authorBinding: HardbackPublished: The Sun News-Pictorial, 1111Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis vintage book is the 6th in a series of pictorial accounts of the...
Journal for the Society for Army Historical Research Volume II
$25.00 AUD
Author: Various:Binding: HardbackPublished: Arms and Armour Press, 1974Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis volume of the Journal for the Society for Army Historical Research features...
Assignment to Catastrophe Vol II: The Fall of France, June 1940
$30.00 AUD
Author: Sir Edward L. SpearsBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1954Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis book, written by Major General Sir Edward Spears, explores the events leading to the...
The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict (SIGNED)
$35.00 AUD
Author: Andrew PettegreeBinding: HardbackPublished: Profile Books, 2023, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis book explores the role of libraries and reading in times of conflict, examining how these institutions...
Eastern Epic Volume 1, September 1939-March 1943
$100.00 AUD
Author: Mackenzie, ComptonBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto & Windus, 1951, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis book is the first volume in a series that chronicles the events and dynamics...
Men at War: Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945
As the Second World War moves beyond living memory and its last veterans leave us, we are in danger of losing our opportunity to understand the reality behind the conflict's...
SAS Great Escapes Two: Six Untold Epic Escapes Made by World War Two
'Damien Lewis is both a meticulous historian and a born storyteller' Lee ChildSAS Great Escapes Two recounts the hitherto untold stories of six of the most dramatic and daring escapes...
Modern American Snipers
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The Gun, the Ship and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions and the Making
'If there were a Nobel Prize in History, Colley would be my nominee' - Jill Lepore, New Yorker'One of the most exciting historians of her generation, but also one of...
Men of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima
$10.00 AUD
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Closing the Ring
$20.00 AUD
Author: Churchill, Winston S.Binding: HardbackPublished: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, 1951Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsClosing the Ring is the fourth volume of Winston S. Churchill's six-volume history of the...
The Dawn of Liberation
$30.00 AUD
Author: Winston ChurchillBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell and Company Ltd, London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney, 1945Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis book by Winston Churchill chronicles the events leading...
Onwards to Victory: War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill C.H., M.P.
$30.00 AUD
Author: Winston S. Churchill; Charles EadeBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell and Company, 1944, First Australian EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book compiles the wartime speeches of Winston S. Churchill during...
Step By Step 1936-1939
$30.00 AUD
Author: Winston S. ChurchillBinding: HardbackPublished: Odhams Press Limited, 1948, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsA historical account detailing the events and challenges faced by Britain...
A History of England: Volume 5; The Century of Revolution 1603-1714
$30.00 AUD
Author: Christopher HillBinding: HardbackPublished: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1966, Sixth Impression Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume explores the transformative events in England between 1603 and...
Ten Years After: Vietnam Today
$15.00 AUD
Author: Tim PageBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1987Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a poignant reflection on Vietnam a decade after the war, capturing...
The Gilgit Game
$60.00 AUD
Author: John KeayBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1990Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous owner'The Gilgit Game' is a story of exploration unlike any other. The arena...
The Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Gift Book
$70.00 AUD
Author: George GoodchildBinding: HardbackPublished: Jarrold & Sons, -Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThe Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Gift Book is a poignant collection that aims to raise...
The Politics of Patriotism: The Pressure Group Activities of the Returned Servicemen's League
$15.00 AUD
Author: G. L. KristiansonBinding: HardbackPublished: Australian National University Press, 1966, FIRST EDITION!Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book examines the influence of the Returned Servicemen's League in...
The Australian Experience of War Illustrated Stories & Verse
$30.00 AUD
Author: John LairdBinding: HardbackPublished: Mead & Beckett, 2010Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book presents a collection of illustrated stories and verse that encapsulate the Australian experience...
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Insignia of the 20th Century
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Author: Guido RosignoliBinding: HardbackPublished: Chartwell Books, 1986Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive reference book explores the military insignia of the 20th century, providing detailed illustrations and...
Jubal Early's Raid on Washington 1864
$40.00 AUD
Author: B. F. CoolingBinding: HardbackPublished: Nautical and Aviation Publishing, 1989, FIRST EDITION!Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book is a compelling account of Jubal Early's...
The War in Southwest Virginia 1861-65 SIGNED
$80.00 AUD
Author: Gary C WalkerBinding: HardbackPublished: A&W Enterprise, 1985, Sixth Edition RevisedCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis book provides a detailed account of the Civil War...
Pearl Harbor in Perspective
$20.00 AUD
Author: Michael SlackmanBinding: Other bindingPublished: Arizona Memorial Musuem, 1986Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book offers a comprehensive analysis of the Pearl Harbor attack, exploring its historical...
Semut: The Untold Story of a Secret Australian Operation in WWII
Winner of the Les Carlyon Literary Prize and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards Australian History Prize. First Runner Up for Templer Medal Book Prize (UK). Shortlisted for the NSW Premier's...
Stalin's War: Through the Eyes of His Own Commanders
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Defence Report 1990-1991
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Author: Australian GovernmentBinding: SoftbackPublished: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1991Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Defence Report 1990-1991 provides an analysis of Australia's defence policies in the...
Department of Defence the Defence of Australia A Policy Information Paper 1987
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Author: Department of DefenceBinding: SoftbackPublished: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1987Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis policy information paper outlines the strategic framework and defense policies of...
Report of the Interdepartmental Committee (IDC) on the Wrigley Review The Defence Force and the Community
$20.00 AUD
Author: Interdepartmental CommitteeBinding: SoftbackPublished: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis report examines the relationship between the Defence Force and the communities it...
Hollywood At War: The American Motion Picture and World War II
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Author: Ken D. Jones, Arthur F. MclureBinding: HardbackPublished: Castle Books, 1973Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the relationship between Hollywood and World War II, detailing...