Warfare & defence books

A gripping, true story from the Battle of Leyte Gulf, which won the Allies control of the Pacific in World War II....  Read More >>

During the Second Anglo-Boer War the British forces used air balloons to conduct various tasks during their campaign,...  Read More >>

Over the last thirty years, Latin America has undergone an unprecedented wave of reparations targeting victims of...  Read More >>

Resistance was a refusal to accept the finality of the military defeat of 1940; a refusal to accept that Vichy was...  Read More >>

During the Second World War, soldiers of the German Wehrmacht destroyed over a hundred places in Greece. In the...  Read More >>

Un récit de guerre maritime intense sur la survie, le courage et la solidarité humaine.  Read More >>

What if a hacker-trained to find weaknesses-was tasked with protecting a VVIP? This book explores that very idea....  Read More >>

Tears at the Pier is a memoir of family and exile, recounting a Burgher family's departure from Ceylon amid rising...  Read More >>

In today's world, the need for effective crisis management extends far beyond traditional emergency response personnel....  Read More >>

In today's world, the need for effective crisis management extends far beyond traditional emergency response personnel....  Read More >>

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An empire built on marriage, shaken by revolution, and shattered by world war... this is the story of the Habsburgs...  Read More >>

A letter from the past. A dead man in the dirt. And Sherman heading straight into hell. When a cryptic message...  Read More >>

Battleship Nevada holds the unique distinction of having survived Pearl Harbor, D-Day, Iwo Jim, and Okinawa, and...  Read More >>

NPR investigative journalist and the daughter of a Tuskegee Airman, Cheryl W. Thompson explores the stories of the...  Read More >>

18 international photographers turn their gaze to the period from 2004 to 2024 in Ukraine, telling the story of...  Read More >>

A beautifully illustrated catalogue of a world-class collection of arms and armour from Asia, Africa and the Ottoman...  Read More >>

Made for Curious, Smart (and Slightly Silly) Kids (Kid Approved!) Warning: This book may cause the following...  Read More >>

Made for Curious, Smart (and Slightly Silly) Kids (Kid Approved!) Warning: This book may cause the following effects:...  Read More >>

This is a gripping new account of the career of Lieutenant Frank Abbott, Royal Navy (1854-86). It begins with his...  Read More >>

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From government coverups to strange military experiments, Declassified uncovers some of the most remarkable revelations...  Read More >>

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Step into the shadowed aftermath of World War II with A Nice Piece of Flying, Robert J. Flood's masterful collection...  Read More >>