War & defence operations books

Detailed study of Alexander the Great's invasion of the Persian Empire, which was cast as a war of vengeance for...  Read More >>

A new perspective on the Battle of the Little Big Horn and the death of G. A. Custer. Ground breaking new history....  Read More >>

The little-known true story of a Nazi plot to kill Winston Churchill, President Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin...  Read More >>

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In 1798, with the fear of a French invasion, the Percy Tenantry Volunteers were one of many volunteer corps preparing...  Read More >>

With the Australian troops crossing of the Kumusi River in mid-November 1942, after pushing the Japanese back along...  Read More >>

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Charts the incredible rise of South Korea, from colonisation and civil war to today's thriving nation.  Read More >>

This volume, the first of its kind entirely dedicated to food in the context of pilgrimage and faith-based tourism,...  Read More >>

Emotions in a Crusading Context is the first book-length study of the emotional rhetoric of crusading. It investigates...  Read More >>

Most of the great powers contested the lands around the Adriatic Sea during the Napoleonic Wars. While never a major...  Read More >>

Ex-SAS Commander and award-winning filmmaker provides a fascinating, myth-busting story of the REAL origins of the...  Read More >>

Based on two decades of research, the five causes of wars and four ways to stop them It's easy to overlook that...  Read More >>

Fully illustrated, this book investigates the Mexican soldiers and Texian volunteers who fought one another in three...  Read More >>

This work explores the dramatic battles and operations to wrest back control of Burma from the Japanese, including...  Read More >>

Examines Eighth Army's 1,000-strong tank force - rebuilt, reorganized, and equipped with brand-new Sherman and Churchill...  Read More >>

A detailed and fascinating exploration of the 1945 US combined land, naval and air operation to retake Corregidor...  Read More >>

Drawing on 30 years of scholarship, this is a unique, richly illustrated history of the Ancient Assyrian Army and...  Read More >>

In this magisterial new study, the author of a history of warfare goes to the heart of a series of important conflicts...  Read More >>

Authors Caroline Davis and Bert Dunkerly explore a significant turning point of the Civil War – a battle that had...  Read More >>

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Based on more than two hundred interviews with the friends and families of these men, conducted over one year and...  Read More >>

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"In ""The Horror Days of Nidwalden"" Lukas Stofer reveals the dark side of Swiss history. He relentlessly exposes...  Read More >>

Focusing on the tumultuous years 1885-1892, Robert K. DeArment’s compelling narrative is the first to reveal the...  Read More >>