Military life & institutions

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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POLICE MEDALS OF THE WORLD (Paperback)

POLICE MEDALS OF THE WORLD

By (author) ROGER CAMPION

ISBN-13: 9781870192392 ; ISBN-10: 1870192397

Price: £19.95 £17.47 Not Available

Marching with Gomez: A War Correspondent's Field Note-Book Kept During Four Months with the Cuban Army (Paperback / softback - 29 Dec 2003)

Marching with Gomez
A war correspondent's field note-book kept during four months with the Cuban Army, plus appendices covering such topics as social classes in Cuba, organization of the Cuban Army, and the effects of the modern Mauser bullet. From the introduction by the noted historian, John Fiske: ©The visit of my son-in-law, Mr. Grover Flint, to Cuba, early in 1896, was made with the purpose of obtaining correct information as...

By (author) Grover Flint; Introduction by John Fiske

ISBN-13: 9781410210456 ; ISBN-10: 1410210456

Price: £22.99 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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NAKED BLADE (Paperback / softback - 6 Jun 2003)

NAKED BLADE
In 1833 fifteen-year-old George Taylor leaves his family home in Macon, Georgia, and enters the Military Academy at West Point with nothing more than the clothes on his back and the strong will to succeed. Through the adventures of this young man, the reader experiences life in the strict confines of the Academy, and then his life-changing experiences as an officer in the United States 3rd Artillery. The painful...

By (author) Taylor-Leigh; Edited by Richard B. Taylor

ISBN-13: 9780967853031 ; ISBN-10: 0967853036

Price: £14.90 £13.41 UK delivery 4 to 7 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: £17.47 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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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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Armed Forces Guide to Personal Financial Planning, 6th Edition (Paperback / softback - 10 Jan 2007)

Armed Forces Guide to Personal Financial Planning, 6th Edition
Revised and updated for today's military, this comprehensive guide covers all key financial decisions from choosing checking accounts and using credit cards to deciding whether to rent or buy a home and choosing an insurance policy. In light of the realities of the war on terror, special attention is paid to managing your finances while deployed. Military personnel of all services and ranks will benefit from the...

By (author) Colonel Margaret H Belknap; Major F Michael Marty

ISBN-13: 9780811733106 ; ISBN-10: 0811733106

Price: £19.50 £15.31 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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HISTORY OF THE SHINY SEVENTH (Paperback - 1 Sep 2002)

HISTORY OF THE SHINY SEVENTH

By (author) C.DIGBY PLANCK

ISBN-13: 9781843423669 ; ISBN-10: 1843423669

Price: £18.00 £16.20 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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CAP-BADGES OF THE BRITISH ARMY 1939-1945 (Hardback - 1 Feb 2007)

CAP-BADGES OF THE BRITISH ARMY 1939-1945
The regiments of the British Army have always set great store by their cap-badges which, in miniature, encapsulated the history and traditions of the units which wore them. This book presents the reader with a collection of cap-badges through the years of the Second World War. Every cap-badge is clearly illustrated with pictures.

By (author) G.L.D. ALDERTON

ISBN-13: 9781862273689 ; ISBN-10: 1862273685

Price: £20.00 £15.00 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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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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NOBODY'S HERO (Paperback - 22 Jun 2001)

NOBODY'S HERO

By (author) ART RICHARDS

ISBN-13: 9781588517593 ; ISBN-10: 1588517594

Price: £14.43 Not Available

Airman's Guide, 7th Edition (Paperback / softback - 10 Jul 2007)

Airman's Guide, 7th Edition
Continuously published since the formation of the Air Force, Airman's Guide, 7th Edition, has been newly revised to include the latest information needed by airmen and non-commissioned officers for successful performance of duty in today's Air Force. A combination of reference materials and guidance from several generations of old-timers who have authored this guide, it is a must-have book for those men and women...

By (author) Master Sergeant Boone Nicholls USAF, Retired

ISBN-13: 9780811733977 ; ISBN-10: 0811733971

Price: £15.99 £12.79 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Servicemember's Legal Guide, 5th Edition: Everything You & Your Family Need to Know About the Law (Paperback / softback - 15 Nov 2005)

Servicemember's Legal Guide, 5th Edition
A straightforward plain-English guide to what members of all the services and their families need to know about the law while serving in the armed forces. This expanded 5th edition contains new material on the laws of war for use by servicemembers deployed to combat updated laws on military status, military justice, legal remedies plus loads of personal law-marriage and divorce; family, home, financial, and...

By (author) Jonathan P Lieutenant Colonel Tomes, (USA Ret')

ISBN-13: 9780811732321 ; ISBN-10: 0811732320

Price: £14.50 £11.60 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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THE DARK IS ALL GONE (Paperback - 13 Mar 2003)

THE DARK IS ALL GONE

By (author) LOUIS D. SISK

ISBN-13: 9781592861460 ; ISBN-10: 1592861466

Price: £16.13 Not Available

SOLDIERS DIED IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-19: THE KING'S OWN (YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY) (Hardback - 1 Feb 1989)

SOLDIERS DIED IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-19

ISBN-13: 9781871505542 ; ISBN-10: 1871505542

Price: £16.00 £14.40 Not Available

Today's Military Wife, 5th Edition: Meeting the Challenges of Service Life (Paperback / softback - 15 Mar 2003)

Today's Military Wife, 5th Edition
Now in its 5th edition, this book covers all the information a service wife needs to survive and prosper in a service environment, including a complete description of family-friendly programs, coping with periodic separations, managing a separate career, living overseas, raising a family, and being a full participant in the rich and rewarding social aspects of military life.

By (author) Lydia Sloan Cline

ISBN-13: 9780811726375 ; ISBN-10: 0811726371

Price: £15.99 £14.39 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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ONE STEP FURTHER: THOSE WHOSE GALLANTRY WAS REWARDED WITH THE GEORGE CROSS (Paperback - 24 Dec 2005)

ONE STEP FURTHER

By (author) MARION HEBBLETHWAITE

ISBN-13: 9780954691745 ; ISBN-10: 0954691741

Price: £19.50 Not Available

AUSTRIAN DRAGOONS AND CUIRASSIERS OF THE SEVEN YEARS WAR (Paperback - 22 Jul 2002)

AUSTRIAN DRAGOONS AND CUIRASSIERS OF THE SEVEN YEARS WAR

By (author) R.D. PENGEL; G.R. HURT

ISBN-13: 9781858181127 ; ISBN-10: 1858181127

Price: £19.49 Not Available

UNIFORMS OF SWEDISH AND GERMAN STATES, LINE AND CANNON OF THE SEVEN YEAR WAR (Paperback - 1 Jul 2002)

UNIFORMS OF SWEDISH AND GERMAN STATES, LINE AND CANNON OF THE SEVEN YEAR WAR

By (author) R.D. PENGEL; G.R. HURT

ISBN-13: 9781858181059 ; ISBN-10: 1858181054

Price: £19.49 Not Available