Warfare & defence books

PLAICE's patrols spanned the war's latter half, hunting increasingly desperate Japanese convoys. Her declassified...  Read More >>

World War II began at Hollywood and Vine. From the moment Hitler took power in Germany in 1933, there was no American...  Read More >>

World War II began at Hollywood and Vine. From the moment Hitler took power in Germany in 1933, there was no American...  Read More >>

Operating on the front lines with WWI-era equipment, S-15 and her crew faced impossible odds. These declassified...  Read More >>

SHARK was lost in October 1944, probably to depth charges. Before her final patrol, she ran successful missions...  Read More >>

ARCHERFISH earned eternal fame sinking the carrier SHINANOâ ""the largest warship ever destroyed by a submarine....  Read More >>

WAHOO and Commander Dudley Morton became legendsâ ""aggressive, successful, lethal. Before her loss in October 1943,...  Read More >>

S-13's patrols reveal the brutal reality of early submarine combat. A bent stern plane nearly spelled disasterâ...  Read More >>

BURRFISH's Pacific patrols contributed to the strangulation of Japanese shipping. Her declassified reports document...  Read More >>

The escape of General MacArthur from the Philippines after the initial Japanese onslaught in World War II is well...  Read More >>

The escape of General MacArthur from the Philippines after the initial Japanese onslaught in World War II is well...  Read More >>

ASPRO stalked the Pacific for nine war patrols, surviving depth charges and close calls. Her patrol reports document...  Read More >>

Battles, blockades, convoys, raids: how the indefatigable British Royal Navy ensured Napoleon's ultimate defeat...  Read More >>

Battles, blockades, convoys, raids: how the indefatigable British Royal Navy ensured Napoleon's ultimate defeat...  Read More >>

Compiled by bestselling author susan abulhawa, an Arabic-English bilingual anthology of essays from 18 young Palestinians...  Read More >>

Bert Ibelle was 19 years old when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps, flying bomber missions over Nazi-occupied Europe....  Read More >>

Bert Ibelle was 19 years old when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps, flying bomber missions over Nazi-occupied Europe....  Read More >>

For decades, the existence of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) was relegated to the fringes of society, shrouded...  Read More >>

The S-11 patrolled Pacific waters with aging equipment pushed to its limits. Her crew battled mechanical failures...  Read More >>

GROUPER survived the war to tell her taleâ ""a rarity for her class. Her patrol reports document the tactics and...  Read More >>

For more than 70 years, the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules has been the backbone of Western airlift. From the pioneering...  Read More >>

Novel insights into Russian military thought―from the Crimean War to the war in Ukraine The development of the Russian...  Read More >>

Novel insights into Russian military thought―from the Crimean War to the war in Ukraine The development of the Russian...  Read More >>

S-27 met her end on Alaskan rocks, but her crew walked away. These patrol reports document her service before that...  Read More >>

In Multidomain Operations: The Pursuit of Battlefield Dominance in the 21st Century, Amos Fox and Franz-Stefan Gady...  Read More >>