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Iron Kingdom
Penguin Books Ltd 2007; Not Available'Of the "Great Powers" that dominated Europe from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, Prussia is the only one to have vanished . Iron Kingdom is not just good: it is everything a history book ought to be . The nemesis of Prussia has cast such a long shadow that German historians have tiptoed around the subject. Thus it was left to an Englishman... more...
We Shall Never Surrender
Pan Macmillan 2011; US$ 8.95During the six long years of the Second World War the British psyche was changed irrevocably. British men and women on both the war front and at home were forced to take life-altering decisions, independently. What no-one could predict was the consequences on the family and on society of these independent journeys by husbands, wives, children, mothers,... more...
Armageddon
Pan Macmillan 2012; US$ 9.58One of the greatest military feats during the Second World War was the transformation of the German force's activities in the weeks following the battles in Holland and the German border, where the Allies had finally inflicted the greatest catastrophes of modern war on them. Somehow the Germans found the strength to halt the Allied advance in its tracks... more...
This Kind of War: The Classic Military History of the Korean War
E-Reads 2004; US$ 9.99THIS KIND OF WAR is the most comprehensive single-volume history of the Korean-American conflict that began in 1950 and is still affecting United States' foreign policy. Fifty years later, not only does this enlightening account give details of the tactics, infantrymen and equipment, but also chronicles the story of military and political unpreparedness... more...
The Forgotten Soldier
Orion 2013; Not AvailableThe devastating true story of a young Franco-German soldier trapped in the lethal machinery of total war on the Eastern Front in the Second World War. more...
Crosshairs on the Kill Zone
Pocket Books 2004; US$ 7.99From the jungles of Vietnam to the unforgiving deserts of Afghanistan and Iraq, one breed of soldier has achieved legendary status in the arena of combat -- the sniper. Their only mission: wait, watch, and when the target is in sight, put the... Crosshairs on the Kill Zone From the authors of the classic sniper chronicle One Shot-One Kill ... more...
Cutthroats
Random House Publishing Group 2007; US$ 7.99Soon after we landed it became apparent that there was more than enough artillery here, that the enemy were excellent shots, and that their ammo supply seemed to be endless. With the Japanese deeply entrenched and determined to die rather than surrender, Robert Dick and his fellow soldiers quickly realized that theirs would be a war fought inch by... more...
Saboteurs
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007; US$ 17.00In 1942, Hitler's Nazi regime trained eight operatives for a mission to infiltrate America and do devastating damage to its infrastructure. It was a plot that proved historically remarkable for two reasons: the surprising extent of its success and the astounding nature of its failure. Soon after two U-Boats packed with explosives arrived on America's... more...
Goodbye, Darkness
Little, Brown and Company 2008; US$ 9.99The nightmares began for William Manchester 23 years after WW II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of a battle-weary youth (himself), "angrily demanding to know what had happened to the three decades since he had laid down his arms." To find out, Manchester visited those places in the Pacific where as a young Marine he fought the Japanese,... more...
The Art of War
The Floating Press 1910; US$ 4.95Inspiring countless business, political and military leaders (Napoleon, Mao Zedong and General MacArthur among them), The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise by Sun Tzu from the 6th century BC. Its 13 chapters are each dedicated to an aspect of warfare. Praised as a definitive work on the art of strategy and tactic, The Art of War now finds its... more...









