Military life & institutions

THE CARMARTHEN PALS (Hardback - 17 Sep 2009)

THE CARMARTHEN PALS

By (author) STEVEN JOHN

ISBN-13: 9781848840775 ; ISBN-10: 1848840772

Price: £25.00 £19.00 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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RESCUE 194 (Hardback - 30 Jul 2009)

RESCUE 194
Rolling in across the Atlantic was the fiercest storm to rock the British Isles for decades. The European Windstorm 'Kyrill' would go on to claim nearly fifty lives before it blew itself out. Aboard the MSC Napoli a crew of twenty-six feared they might be part of that list. This work tells the inside story of the rescue of the crew of the Napoli.

By (author) JAY O'DONNELL

ISBN-13: 9780718155001 ; ISBN-10: 0718155009

Price: £17.99 £14.39 Not Available

Khaki Drill ℜJungle Green: British Tropical Uniforms 1939-45 (Paperback / softback - 15 Jul 2009)

Khaki Drill ℜJungle Green
The new paperback edition of Khaki Drill & Jungle Green offers the most detailed examination ever published of the tropical uniforms issued to all three services in the Mediterranean theatre and in South-East Asia during World War II.  The evolution of tropical uniforms under the pressure of campaign experience between 1939 and 1945 is traced in Martin Brayley's nearly 300 striking color photographs,...

By (author) Martin J. Brayley; Richard Ingram

ISBN-13: 9781847971098 ; ISBN-10: 1847971091

Price: £19.95 £17.47 UK delivery 2 to 5 days

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THE JUNIOR OFFICERS' READING CLUB: KILLING TIME AND FIGHTING WARS (Hardback - 25 Jun 2009)

THE JUNIOR OFFICERS' READING CLUB
Presents the story of how British soldiers were made through the testosterone-heavy breeding ground of Sandhurst, into the war-pockmarked, gritty Balkans. This book describes the frenetic violence of a soldier's life, and the periods of stifling and (sometimes) comic boredom, living inside an institution in a state of flux.

By (author) PATRICK HENNESSEY

ISBN-13: 9781846141867 ; ISBN-10: 1846141869

Price: £16.99 £13.59 Not Available

Roosevelt's Rough Riders (Paperback / softback - 23 Jun 2009)

Roosevelt's Rough Riders
This book examines the brief but colorful history of the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, and details the rich experiences of the men who fought in its ranks. Founded in May 1898, the unit's actions in Cuba during the Spanish-American War have passed into military and national legend. The men who volunteered for the force came from a broad spectrum of American society, including seasoned ranch hands and cowboys, college...

Illustrated by Stephen Walsh; By (author) Alejandro de Quesada

ISBN-13: 9781846033834 ; ISBN-10: 1846033837

Price: £11.99 £9.59 UK delivery 2 to 5 days

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MARCHING WITH THE TIGERS: THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 1955-1975 (Hardback - 18 Jun 2009)

MARCHING WITH THE TIGERS

By (author) MICHAEL GOLDSCHMIDT

ISBN-13: 9781848840355 ; ISBN-10: 1848840357

Price: £30.00 £21.90 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Soldiers Once: My Brother and the Lost Dreams of America's Veterans (Hardback - 12 May 2009)

Soldiers Once
From a bestselling author, the poignant story of her Vietnam veteran brother, whose circumstances in death echo the dismal condition of countless veterans Catherine Whitney’s brother, Vietnam veteran Jim Schuler, died at just fifty-three years old, while living in a flophouse. It had been sixteen years since, in one of his drunken rages, he had last seen his family. He was one of countless veterans who never...

By (author) Catherine Whitney

ISBN-13: 9780306817885 ; ISBN-10: 0306817888

Price: £14.99 UK delivery 2 to 5 days

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DIRTY COMBAT: SECRET WARS AND SERIOUS MISADVENTURES (Paperback - 7 May 2009)

DIRTY COMBAT
From intrigue in Mayfair offices to the wild Tribal Areas of Pakistan, from guerrilla training camps in South America to solitary confinement in a US jail, this book lets us in on the secrets of the author's life as a soldier of fortune.

By (author) DAVID TOMKINS

ISBN-13: 9781845964641 ; ISBN-10: 1845964640

Price: £7.99 £6.39 Not Available

VOICES OF THE FOREIGN LEGION: THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION IN ITS OWN WORDS (Paperback - 7 May 2009)

VOICES OF THE FOREIGN LEGION
The French Foreign Legion has established a reputation as the most formidable of military institutions. This book looks at how the Legion selects its recruits, where they come from and why they seek a life of hardship and danger. It analyses the Legion's 'robust' attitude to discipline and questions why desertion is a perennial problem.

By (author) ADRIAN D. GILBERT

ISBN-13: 9781845964092 ; ISBN-10: 1845964098

Price: £10.99 £8.79 Not Available

Bravest: How some of Australia's greatest war heroes won their medals (Paperback - 2 Apr 2009)

Bravest
Tells the story of how 12 Australian war heroes won either the Victoria Cross, the highest military award for bravery, or the George Cross, the highest award to a civilian in a military situation. Ripping yarns for the general public rather than a military audience. The Victoria Cross is the highest award for valour that can be won by an Australian; just 96 Australians have been awarded the VC in conflicts from the...

By (author) Robert Macklin

ISBN-13: 9781741148824 ; ISBN-10: 1741148820

Price: £11.19 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Dirty Combat: Secret Wars and Serious Misadventures (Paperback / softback - 16 Mar 2009)

Dirty Combat: Secret Wars and Serious Misadventures
The memoirs of Britain’s most successful safebreaker and armed mercenary reads like a real-life Tom Clancy thriller. Dirty Combat is an account of Tomkins’s career as a safe-breaker, arms dealer and mercenary across the world.

By (author) David Tomkins

ISBN-13: 9781845963897 ; ISBN-10: 184596389X

Price: £12.19 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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WAR PLC: THE RISE OF THE NEW CORPORATE MERCENARY (Paperback - 5 Mar 2009)

WAR PLC
No longer dogs of war running ragtag armies, the new breed of private soldiers operate their million-dollar contracts from executive boardrooms worldwide. Whether they're ex-special forces, CIA spooks or Foreign Legionnaires, you'll find them exchanging gunfire with insurgents in Baghdad, patrolling government buildings in Afghanistan.

By (author) STEPHEN ARMSTRONG

ISBN-13: 9780571241262 ; ISBN-10: 0571241263

Price: £9.99 £7.99 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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THE GREEN MARINE (Paperback - 8 Jan 2009)

THE GREEN MARINE
An incredible account of one man's first hand experience of a conflict that continues to haunt the entire world.

By (author) GRAHAM DALE; NEIL FETHERSTONHAUGH

ISBN-13: 9780340960288 ; ISBN-10: 0340960280

Price: £8.99 £7.19 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Duty First: A history of the Royal Australian Regiment (Hardback - 4 Sep 2008)

Duty First
A story of humour and courage, of professionalism, and above all dedication to duty, this is the official history of The Royal Australian Regiment. Duty First is the complete history of the Royal Australian Regiment, which has been the mainstay of the Australian Regular Army for over sixty years. With the formation of the regular army, including the Royal Australian Regiment, for the first time Australia had a...

By (author) David Jean Homer Bou

ISBN-13: 9781741753745 ; ISBN-10: 1741753740

Price: £23.02 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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NATIONAL SERVICE: THE BEST YEARS OF THEIR LIVES (2 Jun 2008)

NATIONAL SERVICE
More than 2 million men were conscripted to serve in Britain's armed forces during the period of National Service, which began after the Second World War and was phased out by 1963. Aged just eighteen, these individuals, were put in uniform to serve their nation. This work gives an account of the National Service years.

By (author) TREVOR ROYLE

ISBN-13: 9780233002309 ; ISBN-10: 0233002308

Price: £24.99 £18.99 Not Available

British Regimental Traditions (Paperback / softback - 4 Mar 2008)

British Regimental Traditions

By (author) Ian F.W. Beckett

ISBN-13: 9780747806622 ; ISBN-10: 0747806624

Price: £9.99 £7.99 UK delivery 2 to 5 days

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Military Barracks (Paperback / softback - 4 Mar 2008)

Military Barracks

By (author) Trevor May

ISBN-13: 9780747804895 ; ISBN-10: 0747804893

Price: £6.87 Not Available

The Victorian Soldier (Paperback / softback - 4 Mar 2008)

The Victorian Soldier

By (author) David Nalson

ISBN-13: 9780747804604 ; ISBN-10: 0747804605

Price: £6.87 Not Available

THE MEN INSIDE THE METAL: THE BRITISH AFV CREWMAN IN WW2 (Paperback - 29 Feb 2008)

THE MEN INSIDE THE METAL
The British AFV Crewman in WW2.

By (author) DICK TAYLOR

ISBN-13: 9788389450661 ; ISBN-10: 8389450666

Price: £15.99 £12.79 Not Available

ITEMS OF BRITISH WEB EQUIPMENT, 1937-2002 (Paperback - 12 Jul 2007)

ITEMS OF BRITISH WEB EQUIPMENT, 1937-2002
1937-2002. Illustrated catalogue of the British Army soldier's web equipment showing how it has evolved over half a century.

By (author) MARK LANE

ISBN-13: 9780946995691 ; ISBN-10: 0946995699

Price: £17.50 £15.75 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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