Warfare & defence books

Victorian science-fiction adventure combining early aviation and submarine technology, originally published 1908....  Read More >>

Sir Richard Hawkins's account of his 1593 voyage into the South Seas.  Read More >>

In the winter of 1710, the Nottingham-Galley smashed onto Boon Island off New England.  Read More >>

Biography of John Paul Jones, the Scottish-born sailor who became the greatest naval hero of the American Revolution....  Read More >>

Technical treatise on submarine mines, torpedoes, and harbour defence systems in the late Victorian Royal Navy....  Read More >>

Stoddard's enchanting account of cruising through Polynesia, Tahiti, and the Hawaiian Islands.  Read More >>

Richard Hakluyt's monumental 1589 collection of English voyages of discovery.  Read More >>

The famous Lewis and Clark expedition account (1804-1806).  Read More >>

Gripping WWI naval adventure following the British Naval Patrol's anti-submarine warfare operations in the Great...  Read More >>

Comprehensive account of the pirate fleets that terrorized the South China Sea in the early 19th century, including...  Read More >>

The true story of the most extraordinary and little-known escapades of a German light cruiser called into the thick...  Read More >>

This book explores the little-known history of Hungarian bomber aviation from its origins through the end World...  Read More >>

An overview of what destroyers were and how their capacity for heroic deeds captured the popular imagination.  Read More >>

Winner of the Academy of American Poets First Book Award, selected by Alberto Ríos  Read More >>

Experience the battlegrounds and landmarks of the American War of Independence like never before with this definitive...  Read More >>

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Chapter 1: The Mind Enters the Battlefield Before a weapon is fired, the battlefield already exists in the mind....  Read More >>

""Red Tails Rising"" vividly chronicles the journey of the Tuskegee Airmen, a pioneering group of African American...  Read More >>

Entrepreneurship in aviation took flight during the 1920s, though at the beginning of the decade it was struggling...  Read More >>

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This book explores how Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Units have evolved from battlefield actors into powerful political...  Read More >>

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The Gododdin is a song of courage and catastrophe-a lament for three hundred warriors who rode out from the Old...  Read More >>

Could Putin or other war criminals ever be put on trial? Steve Crawshaw's compelling new history of prosecuting...  Read More >>