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The Tank War
Little, Brown Book Group 2013; US$ 27.17Mark Urban turns his mind to the Second World War and the men and the Machines who beat Hitler more...
The Tank War
Little, Brown Book Group 2013; Not AvailableMark Urban turns his mind to the Second World War and the men and the Machines who beat Hitler more...
The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 12.99History books report?and rightly so?that it was the strategic and intelligence-gathering brilliance of the Duke of Wellington (who began his military career as Arthur Wellesley) that culminated in Britain's defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo in 1815. Nearly two hundred years later, many of General Wellesley's subordinates are still remembered... more...
Task Force Black
St. Martin's Press 2011; US$ 15.99When American and British forces invaded Iraq in March 2003, select teams of special forces and intelligence operatives got to work looking for the WMD their governments had promised were there. They quickly realized no such weapons existed. Instead they faced an insurgency?a soaring spiral of extremism and violence that was almost impossible to... more...
Rifles
Faber and Faber 2008; US$ 11.65In an exhilarating work of narrative histroy, Mark Urban traces the story of the 95th Rifles, the toughest and deadliest sharpshooters of Wellington's Army. 'A riveting slab of derring-do and high adventure ... Deeply researched, beautifully crafted and captivating.' Frank McLynn, Daily Express 'Urban writes history the way it should be... more...
Task Force Black
Little, Brown Book Group 2010; US$ 22.64When British and American forces invaded Iraq in April 2003, their intelligence operations got to work looking for the WMD their governments had promised us were there. They quickly realised no such weapons existed. Instead they become faced with an ever-increasing spiral of extremism and violence that was almost impossible to understand, let alone... more...
Task Force Black
Little, Brown Book Group 2010; Not AvailableWhen British and American forces invaded Iraq in April 2003, their intelligence operations got to work looking for the WMD their governments had promised us were there. They quickly realised no such weapons existed. Instead they become faced with an ever-increasing spiral of extremism and violence that was almost impossible to understand, let alone... more...
Big Boys' Rules
Faber and Faber 2012; Not AvailableThe SAS describes its attitude to the use of lethal force as 'Big boys' games, big boys' rules'. Anyone caught with a gun or bomb can expect to be shot. Mark Urban meticulously explores the security forces' covert operations in Northern Ireland: from the mid-1970s, when they were stepped up, to the Loughall shooting in 1987, in which eight Provisionals... more...
The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes
Faber and Faber 2012; Not AvailableIn 1812 two mighty armies manoeuvred across the Spanish plains. They were finely balanced, under skilful leaders. Each struggled to gain an advantage. Wellington knew that if he defeated the French, he could turn the tide of the war. Good intelligence was paramount, but the French were using a code of unrivalled complexity - the 'Great Paris Cipher'.... more...









