Warfare & defence books

On a midsummer night in 1969 under a full moon, Richard L. Stevens helped capture a Viet Cong guerrilla leader named...  Read More >>

A brutally honest tale of a soldier's unorthodox life, a rogue career, and an often-maverick character not easily...  Read More >>

The county of Warwickshire, right at the very heart of England, is famous for its natural beauty with countless...  Read More >>

Ralph Bennett, a Cambridge historian, was drafted into Bletchley Park in 1940 to work in Hut 3 where secret German...  Read More >>

Drawing on neoclassical realism and institutionalist theory, it conceptualizes democracies’ use of private military...  Read More >>

The development of Auftragstaktik was the foundation stone of Prussia's, and later Germany's, astounding battlefield...  Read More >>

This edited volume examines the changes that arise from the entanglement of global interests and narratives with...  Read More >>

It applies the concept of the risk triangle, with its societal, organisational and personal angles, to two areas...  Read More >>

Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives...  Read More >>

Draws on archive sources to present the battle from the German perspective.  Read More >>

The Fighting Captain won third prize in the King George Book of the Sea Award in 1994. First Pen & Sword Paperback...  Read More >>

Out of print for 30 years and highly sought after Unique study of this vital part of the Naval War in WW2 Very...  Read More >>

This book is a fascinating discussion of the development of the military equipment of the earliest organized armies....  Read More >>

A unique, well-written autobiography set in some of the remotest areas of combat in WWII.  Read More >>

USS Lexington (CV-2) was just the second US Navy aircraft carrier produced. This Legends of Warfare illustrated...  Read More >>

An illustrated history of one of the US Navy's earliest aircraft carriers  Read More >>

The M10 was a fast tank destroyer based on the Sherman chassis. The Achilles was a British adaptation of the M10....  Read More >>

In the early hours of the morning of June 3rd 1949, General Harold Alexander was alongside the quay at Dunkirk as...  Read More >>

Explores how the RAF went on the offensive following the end of the Battle of Britain.  Read More >>

This book compares the construction of cross-border security regimes across five regions of the world to illustrate...  Read More >>

The author explores how the major European nations dealt with the development of their air forces in the lead-up...  Read More >>

Valuable to enthusiasts and defence professionals alike.  Read More >>

The fascinating story of the spy plane SR-71 Blackbird--the fastest manned aircraft in the history of aviation....  Read More >>

An engrossing history of life in the Royal Navy at the height of its power. 'comprehensive, well-documented and...  Read More >>

Underground is an emotive journey of restored hope and faith along the path of attaining the American Dream and...  Read More >>