Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4068

Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4068

Fifteen ex-library books with Gallipoli at the centre — multiple perspectives on the campaign from Australian, New Zealand, British and Ottoman angles — alongside Kokoda, the Western Front, Palestine and the home front. A serious collection for the committed military history reader.

1. Gallipoli: Command Under Fire — Edward J. Erickson — A rigorous military analysis of the Gallipoli campaign from an Ottoman perspective, examining the Turkish commanders whose decisions ultimately decided the battle's outcome.
2. The Bomber Boys: Heroes Who Flew the B-17s in World War II — Travis L. Ayres — The story of the young Americans who flew the legendary Flying Fortress on daylight bombing raids over Germany, with devastating losses.
3. The Lost Battalions — Tom Gilling — A battle that could not be won, an island that could not be defended, an ally that could not be trusted. Gilling's gripping account of the fall of Ambon.
4. Gallipoli — Alan Moorehead, introduction by Sir Max Hastings — The classic account of the Gallipoli campaign by one of Australia's greatest war correspondents, with a new introduction by Sir Max Hastings.
5. The Kokoda Campaign 1942: Myth and Reality — Peter Williams — A forensic re-examination of the Kokoda campaign, separating the legends that have grown around it from the documented historical record.
6. The Long Road Home: The Aftermath of the Second World War — Ben Shephard — An authoritative account of the vast displacement of peoples across Europe in 1945 and the years that followed, as millions struggled to rebuild their lives.
7. The Last Fifty Miles: Australia and the End of the Great War — Adam Wakeling — The story of Australia's extraordinary final push in the last hundred days of World War One, from Amiens to the Armistice.
8. Wallaby Warrior: The World War I Diaries of Australia's Only British Lion — Tom Richards, edited by Greg Growden — The remarkable diaries of Tom Richards, who played rugby for the British Lions before enlisting and serving on the Western Front.
9. Gallipoli — John Masefield — Masefield's classic book written in 1916, detailing the heroism, the horrors and the disaster, from one of England's finest literary voices.
10. Australia's Worst Aviation Disaster — Robert S. Cutler, foreword by Amb. Kim C. Beazley — The 70th Anniversary Commemoration Edition of the story of the RAAF's most catastrophic loss during World War II.
11. Charles Bean's Gallipoli Illustrated — edited by Phillip Bradley — The official historian's incomparable account of the Gallipoli campaign, distilled and presented with photographs and maps.
12. Australians at Home: World War II — Michael McKernan — A social history of Australia during the Second World War, examining how the conflict reshaped daily life, families and communities on the home front.
13. Gallipoli: An Australian Medical Perspective — Michael Tyquin (Australian Army Combat Support Series) — A detailed examination of the medical response to the Gallipoli campaign — the wounds, the disease, the improvisation and the suffering.
14. Australia's Palestine Campaign — Jean Bou (Australian Army Campaigns Series) — The story of the Australian Light Horse in Palestine, one of the most dramatic and successful cavalry campaigns of the First World War.
15. Echoes of Gallipoli: In the Words of New Zealand's Mounted Riflemen — Terry Kinloch — The New Zealand experience at Gallipoli told through the letters, diaries and testimony of the mounted riflemen who served there.