Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4075

Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4075

Seventeen ex-library books ranging from the Big Three alliance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander military service, from the search for missing WWII airmen to the enduring legacy of the Anzac legend. Broad in scope and serious in intent.

1. Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II — Wil S. Hylton — The remarkable story of one family's decades-long search for a B-24 lost in the Pacific, and what that search reveals about war, memory and loss.
2. Total War: From Stalingrad to Berlin — Michael Jones — A panoramic account of the Eastern Front's decisive phase, from the turning point at Stalingrad to the final battle for Berlin. Gripping and authoritative.
3. An Iron Wind: Europe Under Hitler — Peter Fritzsche — A deeply researched account of what it was like to live under Nazi occupation across Europe — the fear, the accommodation, the resistance and the collaboration.
4. Ambon: The Truth About One of the Most Brutal POW Camps in World War II — Roger Maynard — The story of the Australian survivors of Ambon, who endured some of the worst conditions of any POWs in the Pacific War.
5. Alliance: The Inside Story of How Roosevelt, Stalin & Churchill Won One War & Began Another — Jonathan Fenby — A masterful account of the wartime partnership between the three Allied leaders, and the tensions that would soon tear their alliance apart.
6. Animal Heroes: Moving True Stories of the Animals Alongside Australian Soldiers — Anthony Hill — The often-overlooked story of the animals — horses, mules, dogs and pigeons — who served and died alongside Australian soldiers in both world wars.
7. Armistice: Images of the National Archives — Louise Bell — A visually stunning collection of documents, photographs and artefacts from the National Archives, marking the centenary of the Armistice.
8. Anzac Battlefield: A Gallipoli Landscape of War and Memory — edited by Sagona, Atabay, Mackie, McGibbon & Reid — A scholarly interdisciplinary study of the Gallipoli landscape, combining archaeology, history and memory studies.
9. Anzac Journeys: Returning to the Battlefields of World War II — Bruce Scates — Scates examines the modern pilgrimage to WWII battlefields, and what Australians are searching for when they make the journey.
10. Unknown Soldiers: Reliving World War II in Europe — Joseph E. Garland — A deeply personal account of revisiting the European battlefields of WWII through the experiences of the ordinary soldiers who fought there.
11. From Trench and Troopship: The Experience of the Australian Imperial Force 1914–1919 — David Kent — A social history of the AIF, examining the lived experience of Australian soldiers from embarkation to demobilisation.
12. For Country, for Nation: An Illustrated History of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Military Service — edited by Lachlan Grant with Michael Bell — A landmark illustrated history of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who served in the Australian Defence Force, too long overlooked in the national story.
13. The Best Gallipoli Yarns and Forgotten Stories — Jim Haynes — A collection of remarkable and little-known stories from the Gallipoli campaign, many of them rescued from obscurity by one of Australia's most popular storytellers.
14. Anzac Memories: Living with the Legend (New Edition) — Alistair Thomson, foreword by Jay Winter — A masterly study of how Australians remember, forget, contest and imagine their experience of war. Jay Winter calls it "a masterly study."
15. Anzac Fury: The Bloody Battle of Crete 1941 — Peter Thompson — The full story of the disastrous Battle of Crete, in which Australian and New Zealand troops fought desperately against German paratroopers in a battle they ultimately could not win.
16. Trackers: The Untold Story of Australian Dogs of War — Peter Haran — The remarkable story of the tracker dogs and their handlers who served with the Australian Army in Vietnam, told for the first time in full.
17. Fighting the Great War: A Global History — Michael S. Neiberg — A wide-angle view of the First World War, from its global causes to its global consequences, reaching far beyond the Western Front.