Warfare & defence books

The first book in a new series telling, for the first time ever, the true stories of Special Forces missions. The...  Read More >>

This thoroughly revised second edition of a popular text explores the theory and application of concepts central...  Read More >>

A history of the enduring Essex-class ships, the US Navy's finest and most numerous fleet carrier during World War...  Read More >>

With updates from the author, specially commissioned maps, and 30 new images, this is a concise overview of the...  Read More >>

Thought-provoking exploration of the factors that determine the outcome of battles.  Read More >>

An honest depiction of one of the great war leaders and statesmen of the Middle Ages.  Read More >>

Fate brought them together, now it's up to them to make it work... Having left the army to recover from a traumatic...  Read More >>

The Men of Wellington's Light Division is certain to be welcomed by historians and enthusiasts alike, providing...  Read More >>

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Investigates interconnections between space and violence throughout the twentieth century, and how such connections...  Read More >>

A classic memoir of the Napoleonic Wars.  Read More >>

The first book to explicitly demonstrate how the permanent member nations have exploited the Genocide Convention...  Read More >>

Drawing on up-to-date literary and archaeological research, an in-depth study of the units based in the Eastern...  Read More >>

The previously unpublished wartime diary of Lieutenant General James Gavin, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division...  Read More >>

"This is the smoking gun linking Talaat Pasha, the Ottoman Minister of Interior and later Grand Vizier, to the Armenian...  Read More >>

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"Russia's stealth invasion of Ukraine and its assault on the US elections in 2016 forced a reluctant West to grapple...  Read More >>

"Russia's stealth invasion of Ukraine and its assault on the US elections in 2016 forced a reluctant West to grapple...  Read More >>

"UNSUNG reveals in-depth stories by members of the US Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) community of special...  Read More >>

Examines intelligence gathering and analysis and the significance of these programs. Coverage assumes a basic understanding...  Read More >>

Introduction to Intelligence Studies (3rd edition) provides an overview of the US intelligence community, including...  Read More >>

Ngo Dinh Diem, the first president of the Republic of Vietnam, possessed the Confucian ""Mandate of Heaven"", a...  Read More >>

Animals in Wartime highlights 50 images from IWM's vast collection and illustrates the many and varied ways that...  Read More >>

""Internment was a defining experience of War World I with ten million combatants and civilians placed in camps...  Read More >>