{"product_id":"secondhand-wwii-military-history-bargain-book-box-sp2952","title":"Secondhand WWII Military History Bargain Book Box SP2952","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand WWII Military History Bargain Book Box SP2952\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFifteen books spanning the sweep of the Second World War — from the British Army and the Western Desert to the Australian Light Horse, MacArthur, the Gestapo, and HMAS Sydney. A mix of narrative history, biography, and illustrated reference, weighted toward the Australian and British experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistory of the British Army — Charles Messenger — A comprehensive illustrated survey from the Civil War to the modern era, tracing the development of tactics, organisation, and character across three centuries of conflict.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAustralia Goes to War 1939–1945 — John Robertson — Robertson's authoritative overview of Australia's participation in the Second World War: the campaigns, the command decisions, and the human cost.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFighting Machines of World War II — B.T. White — An illustrated reference covering the tanks, artillery, and armoured vehicles of all major combatants. White was one of the most reliable writers on WWII military hardware.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Nature of War — John Keegan \u0026amp; Joseph Darracott — Keegan and Darracott examine how war has been depicted in art from the medieval period to the twentieth century — a visual and intellectual history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurse of the Death's Head — Rupert Butler — The story of the SS Totenkopf Division: its origins as a concentration camp guard formation, and its brutal record on the Eastern Front.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAgainst the Sun — Edward Lanchbery — The story of Wing Commander Roland \"Bee\" Beaumont, RAF fighter and test pilot — one of the great aviators of the war generation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGestapo: The Truth Behind an Evil Legend — Rupert Butler — Butler strips away the mythology of the Gestapo to examine how it actually worked: its structure, methods, and the scope of its terror.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerican Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880–1964 — William Manchester — Manchester's magisterial biography of MacArthur — vain, brilliant, theatrical, and one of the defining military figures of the twentieth century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Crucible of War: Western Desert 1941 — Barrie Pitt — The pivotal year in the North African campaign: Rommel's advances, British reverses, and the brutal back-and-forth that made the desert war unlike any other theatre.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarve Her Name with Pride — R.J. Minney — The true story of Violette Szabo, SOE agent — a young widow who volunteered for dangerous work in occupied France and was executed at Ravensbrück at age twenty-three.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand of Steel — Rupert Butler — The story of the British Commandos: their formation, training, and some of the most audacious raids of the war.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Search for the Sydney — David L. Mearns — The decades-long quest to find HMAS Sydney, sunk in 1941 with all 645 hands. Mearns led the expedition that finally located her in 2008.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight Horse: The Story of Australia's Mounted Troops — Elyne Mitchell — Mitchell's tribute to the Australian Light Horse — from the Boer War through the famous charge at Beersheba and the campaigns of the Middle East.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSomewhere in France — Allan M. Nixon — The wartime letters home of Sergeant Roy Whitaker to A.I.F., 1914–1945. A personal document of the experience of Australian soldiers across two world wars.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreat Battles of World War II — Len Deighton — Deighton's illustrated overview of the war's decisive engagements, combining the designer's eye with the historian's judgement.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49164206604507,"sku":"SP2952","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp2952.jpg?v=1787266192","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-wwii-military-history-bargain-book-box-sp2952","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}