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The Long Walk
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2012; US$ 15.00In the tradition of Michael Herr?s Dispatches and works by such masters of the memoir as Mary Karr and Tobias Wolff, a powerful account of war and homecoming. Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in Iraq. Days and nights he and his team?his brothers?would... more...
Embers of War
Random House Publishing Group 2012; US$ 40.00WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNER OF THE FRANCIS PARKMAN PRIZE ? NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR ? A GLOBE AND MAIL ?BEST READS? SELECTION ? LONGLISTED FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE The struggle for Vietnam occupies a central place in the history of the twentieth century.... more...
The Oxford History of Modern War
OUP Oxford 2000; US$ 19.99How has war shaped modern society and vice versa? How has it changed between the introduction of firearms and the invention of the atom bomb? How is war waged today?The Oxford History of Modern War examines the techniques, technology, and theory of war from the 'military revolution' of the seventeenth century to the present day, with fascinating... more...
Battlefield
OUP Oxford 2007; US$ 17.99Salamis, Agincourt, Lepanto, Trafalgar, Gettysburg, Isandlwana, the Somme, Stalingrad: Battlefield tells the stories of the most dramatic, memorable, and important conflicts in world history. It begins with the battle of Megiddo fought by the ancient Egyptians and takes the reader through to the Second Gulf war of 2003. On the way it encompasses almost... more...
Operation Typhoon
Cambridge University Press 2013; US$ 28.00Fascinating new account of Hitler's Operation Typhoon, launched in October 1941, and its significance for the wider German war effort. more...
Reaping the Whirlwind
F+W Media 2012; US$ 12.99This title offers an amazing insight into the events of World War II through the eyes of those who fought against the Allied forces in all theatres of the war. It features many previously unpublished accounts of the war from German and Japanese soldiers, civilians and military leaders. It covers every major arena of the war: Europe; the German invasion... more...
Anzac Fury
Random House Australia 2010; US$ 18.08From Tobruk to the Battle of Crete - the new bestseller from the author of Pacific Fury. Anzac Fury commemorates the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe when 8900 Anzac prisoners of war captured in Greece and Crete were released from captivity. In 2010 it will be exactly 70 years since the 2nd AIF arrived in the Middle East to begin... more...
Somme Mud
Random House Australia 2010; US$ 18.08Written with dignity, candour and surprising wit, this soldier?s story of the horror of the Western Front trenches is a testament to the power of the human spirit.It's the end of the 1916 winter and the conditions are almost unbelievable. We live in a world of Somme mud. We sleep in it, work in it, fight in it, wade in it and many of us die in it.... more...
The Proud Bastards
Pocket Books 2004; US$ 8.99In 1967, a young E. Michael Helms boarded a bus to the legendary grounds of Parris Island, where mere boys were forged into hardened Marines -- and sent to the jungles of Vietnam. It was the first stop on a journey that would forever change him -- and by its end, he would be awarded the Purple Heart Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation,... more...
Who's Who in World War II
Routledge 2001; US$ 23.95Who's Who in World War II brings together over 300 of the most important characters from every sphere of responsibility and reflects the truly global nature of World War II. more...









