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  • War in the Pacificby Harry Gailey

    Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 27.00

    Historian Harry Gailey offers a fresh one-volume treatment of the vast Pacific theater in World War II, examining in detail the performance of Japanese and Allied naval, air, and land forces in every major military operation. The War in the Pacific begins with an examination of events leading up to World War II and compares the Japanese and American... more...

  • There's a War to Be Wonby Geoffrey Perret

    Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 27.00

    THERE'S A WAR TO BE WON is the landmark story of one of the greatest armies in history, a conscript force of amateur soldiers who had an unparalleled record of combat success. Here -- for the first time in one volume -- is the chronicle of the United States Army's dramatic mobilization and stunning march to victory in World War II. In a lively and... more...

  • US MACV-SOG Reconnaissance Team in Vietnamby Gordon Rottman; Brian Delf

    Osprey Publishing 2011; US$ 14.95

    Osprey's study of the Military Assistance Command of the Vietnam War (1955-1975). In 1964 Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, activated a joint unconventional task force known as the Studies and Observation Group--MACV-SOG. As a cover its mission was to conduct analysis of lessons learned in combat involved all branches of service. SOG's real mission... more...

  • The Silent Listenerby D J Thorp

    The History Press 2011; US$ 27.69

    On 2 April 1982 Argentina launched Operation Rosario, the invasion of the Falklands. The British, caught off guard, responded with Operation Corporate. Deployed alongside the rest of the British Army was a small specialist intelligence unit, whose very existence was unknown to many commanders and whose activities were cloaked in the Official Secrets... more...

  • The Penguin History of the Second World Warby Guy Wint; Peter Calvocoressi; John Pritchard

    Penguin Books Ltd 1999; Not Available

    First published in 1972 under the title TOTAL WAR, THE PENGUIN HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR was designed by its authors to show a rising generation why the Second World War happened and how it was conducted. In this bold feat of compression they give as much stress and space to political, social and moral forces (not to mention intelligence and... more...

  • Our Darkest Dayby Patrick Lindsay

    Hardie Grant Books 2011; US$ 24.95

    On 19 July 1916, in the northern French village of Fromelles, Australia suffered its worst-ever military defeat when a British of?cer ordered 15,000 of our best and bravest to go ‘over the top’ and attack the German lines. Eight hours later, more than 5500 Diggers lay dead or wounded: the equivalent of all Australian casualties from the Boer,... more...

  • I am Soldierby Robert O'Neill

    Osprey Publishing 2011; US$ 9.95

    I am Soldier brings together the profiles of sixty soldiers who have fought over the past 2,500. These vivid accounts graphically depict the role of the soldier in battle often using the soldiers’ own words to reveal what they felt during the chaos of war and its aftermath. From the Spartans at Thermopylae to the war in the Persian Gulf,... more...

  • War Reportby Trevor Royle

    Mainstream Publishing 2012; US$ 17.28

    Whenever man has gone to war in modern times there has been no shortage of men and women to write about his exploits. They were known as war correspondents, a type of journalists whom General Wolseley called 'the newly invented curse to armies'. This study of the war correspondent's view of war traces the story from Russell's pioneering work for ... more...

  • The Medicby Leo Litwak

    Algonquin Books 2001; US$ 22.95

    Leo Litwak was a university student when he joined the Army to fight in World War II, "a na've, callow eighteen-year-old son prepared to join other soldier boys being hauled off to war." In 1944 he found himself in Belgium, in the middle of the waning European war, a medic trained to save lives but often powerless to do much more than watch life slip... more...

  • Confirmed Killby Nigel Cawthorne

    Ulysses Press 2011; US$ 15.95

    HIGHLY TRAINED MARKSMEN WITH ONE GOAL ? A PERFECT SHOT, A CONFIRMED KILL Elite snipers ? with their deadly aim, iron nerves, killer instincts and unwavering courage ? play a more critical role in modern military missions than ever before. Confirmed Kill accurately recounts the heroic actions of the world?s deadliest snipers, from the one-on-one... more...