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The Battle for Syria, 1918-1920
Boydell & Brewer Group Ltd 2013; US$ 36.46This book charts the continuing war between Britain and France on the one side and the Turkish Empire on the other following the British capture of Jerusalem in 1917. It outlines how the British prepared for their advance, bringing in Indian and Australian troops; how the Turks were defeated at the great Battle of Megiddo in September 1918; and how... more...
The Routledge Atlas of the Second World War
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 29.95In The Routledge Atlas of the Second World War , Martin Gilbert graphically charts the war?s political, military, economic and social history through 257 illuminating maps. The atlas covers all the major events from the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 to the defeat of Japan in August 1945. Focusing on the human ? and inhuman ? aspects... more...
D-Day Hero
The History Press 2013; US$ 24.78Stanley Hollis won the Victoria Cross when, on 6th June 1944, he single-handedly stormed a German pillbox before going on to save the lives of two comrades. Drawing on Hollis's personal diaries and letters, the author describes the real man behind the heroic image. more...
The Unknown Warrior
The History Press 2013; US$ 29.17If history, in terms of warfare, is told from the side of the victor, then it is also very often told by the commanders. Rarely does the story of those who do most of the fighting - the footsoldier - come forward. This is their book, a tale of the 'poor bloody infantry' and what we glean of their lot from prehistory right through to World War I. Richard... more...
Troop Leader
The History Press 2013; US$ 13.11Troop Leader is a unique account of one man's experience of the battle for Europe in 1944 and 1945. Bill Bellamy was a young officer in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars from 1943 to 1955. He served in 7th Armoured Division in the North West Europe campaign, landing in Normandy on D+3, fought throughout the Battle for Normandy and into the Low Countries... more...
The Battle for Manchuria and the Fate of China
Indiana University Press 2013; US$ 29.99In the spring of 1946, Communists and Nationalist Chinese were battled for control of Manchuria and supremacy in the civil war. The Nationalist attack on Siping ended with a Communist withdrawal, but further pursuit was halted by a cease-fire brokered by the American general, George Marshall. Within three years, Mao Zedong?s troops had captured Manchuria... more...
Strangers in the Wild Place
Indiana University Press 2013; US$ 28.99In 1936, the Nazi state created a massive military training site near Wildflecken, a tiny community in rural Bavaria. During the war, this base housed an industrial facility that drew forced laborers from all over conquered Europe. At war?s end, the base became Europe?s largest Displaced Persons camp, housing thousands of Polish refugees and German... 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...
A Brief History of Modern Warfare
Constable & Robinson 2013; US$ 14.57Since Vietnam, both the way we fight and our reasons for going to war have become much more complex.The importance of a conflict is determined not by its size or by the numbers of combatants involved but by its ripple effects and its influence upon future events. In a series of thrilling recreations of eight of the most significant encounters of the... more...
Rethinking Military History
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 31.95Rethinking Military History is a bold new 'thought book' that reconsiders military history at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The chapters provide a valuable and concise survey of the main themes in the study of military history from 1500 to the present day as Jeremy Black reveals the main trends in the practice and approach to military... more...









