War & defence operations books

"A Swift Boat is sunk by two rockets from an unidentified aircraft near the border between North and South Vietnam....  Read More >>

The study of Peter the Great's reign has occupied a great and often tumultuous place in the fields of Russian and...  Read More >>

"A Swift Boat is sunk by two rockets from an unidentified aircraft near the border between North and South Vietnam....  Read More >>

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The adventures of a soldier of the 95th (rifles) in the Peninsular & Waterloo campaigns of the Napoleonic wars  Read More >>

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In this fascinating book, Clive Ponting separates the myths from the reality, and tells the true story of the heroism...  Read More >>

Lord Hugh Dowding was the Air Chief Marshall of the Royal Air Force, Head of Fighter Command, and First Baron of...  Read More >>

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Neither willing to engage in a meaningful way to save targeted civilians in Iraq, Bosnia and Rwanda nor to stand...  Read More >>

This book examines both the effects of conflict on architecture over the last century and also examples throughout...  Read More >>

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From forts to blockhouses, garrison houses to trading posts, stations to presidios, missions to ranches, and towns,...  Read More >>

This book tells the story of the South's ill-fated attempt to bring Kentucky into the Confederacy.  Read More >>

Empire of the French  Read More >>

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

A series of letters describing the experiences of a young officer of the Queen's Regiment (2nd Foot) in the First...  Read More >>

The first half of this history is a narrative account of the Division's services in Mesopotamia from the time it...  Read More >>

Revealing that the Korean War actually began with partisan clashes two years earlier and had roots in the political...  Read More >>

When American and South Vietnamese forces attacked Cambodia in 1970, the invasion ignited a firestorm of violent...  Read More >>

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From the author of the best-selling The Bedford Boys, the remarkable story of America's most decorated platoon that...  Read More >>

This book examines the transformation of the discourse and praxis of peace, from its early beginnings in the literature...  Read More >>

Honour restored  Read More >>

In this addition to the successful ""Seventy"" series, a distinguished team of 26 military historians reveals the...  Read More >>