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Sub-Categories of Land forces & warfare
Land forces & warfare
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Warlords: Strong-arm Brokers in Weak States
Kimberly Marten
Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship; Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare
Paperback
Kimberly Marten shows why and how warlords undermine state sovereignty. Unlike the feudal lords of a previous era, warlords... [more]
Combat Colonels: Of the Aif in the Great War
David Clare Holloway
History; First World War; Land forces & warfare
Hardback
Combat Colonels seeks to address the regrettable gap in Australias documented history of its combat colonels. Its purpose... [more]
A Sappers' War: How the Legendary Aussie Tunnel Rats Fought the Vietcong...
Jimmy Thomson
History; Vietnam War; Land forces & warfare
Paperback
They were the forward scouts, the mine clearers, the bridge builders and the tunnel rats. This is the story of the sappers,... [more]
Monty's Rhine Adventure
Patrick Delaforce
Second World War; Land forces & warfare
Paperback
The second volume in Patrick Delaforce's important trilogy covering the latter days of the Second World War [more]
Invading Hitler's Third Reich
Patrick Delaforce
Second World War; Land forces & warfare; Battles & campaigns
Paperback
Early in 1945 the British Liberation Army, who had battled their way from the Normandy beaches to the borders of Germany,... [more]
Letters From the Front: Letters and Diaries from the Bef in Flanders and...
Kevin Smith
Diaries, letters & journals; First World War; Land forces & warfare
Paperback
The First World War told in the letters and diaries of those that fought it. [more]
Uncommon Soldier: Brave, Compassionate and Tough, the Making of Australia's...
Chris Masters
History; Land forces & warfare
Paperback
Groundbreaking and revealing expose on the modern Australian soldier from the country's foremost investigative journalistJournalist... [more]
Polar Bears: Monty'S Left Flank: from Normandy to the Relief of Holland...
Patrick Delaforce
Land forces & warfare
Paperback
In August 1944, the Polar Bears acted as Monty's left flank. Following the battle for Normandy, they played a key role in... [more]
Untold Valor: The Second World War in the Pacific
Rob Morris
Australasian & Pacific history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War; Land forces & warfare
Hardback
Rob Morris spent three years interviewing veterans of the war in the Pacific, focusing on men who had undergone extreme combat,... [more]
Tunnel Rats: The larrikin Aussie legends who discovered the Vietcong's secret...
Jimmy Thomson
History; Vietnam War; Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare
Paperback
The thrilling story of the young Australian Army engineers of 3 Field Troop who were the first allied soldiers to risk their... [more]
The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the...
Mark Mazzetti
History; Espionage & secret services; Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare; Battles & campaigns
Paperback
A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter presents a revelatory account of the transformation of the CIA and America's special forces... [more]
The Medieval Military Orders: 1120-1314
Nicholas Morton (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Military history; Church history; Land forces & warfare
Paperback
This new seminar study considers the origins, development and organisation of the military orders during the twelfth and thirteenth... [more]
Armored Fist: The 712th Tank Battalion in the Second World War
Aaron Elson
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War; Land forces & warfare; Regiments
Hardback
The 712th Tank Battalion landed in Normandy and spent eleven months in combat. Along the way, its men dug up potatoes with... [more]
Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times...
Max Boot
History; Military history; Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare
Hardback
As fitting for the twenty-first century as von Clausewitz's On War was in its own time, Invisible Armies is a complete global... [more]
Demobilizing Irregular Forces
Eric Y. Shibuya
Armed conflict; Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare
Paperback
From Afghanistan and Sierra Leone to East Timor, the aftermath of any armed conflict presents a complex set of challenges.... [more]
Bolt Action: Armies of the Soviet Union
Warlord Games, Andy Chambers
History; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War; Land forces & warfare; Role-playing, war games & fantasy sports
Paperback
Provides Bolt Action players with the information they need to field the military forces of the Soviet Union. From the bitter... [more]
Toowoomba to Torokina: The 25th Battalion in Peace and War, 1918-1945
Bob Doneley
History; Military history; Land forces & warfare
Paperback
Toowoomba to Torokina traces the proud history of the 25th Battalion from the end of one war to end of the next. It tells... [more]
Medical Emergency: Major-General 'Ginger' Burston and the Army Medical Service...
Ian Howie-Willis
History; Second World War; Land forces & warfare
Hardback
Major-General `Ginger' Burston led the Army Medical Service throughout the Pacific campaigns. This pivotal book explains how... [more]
Mission 101
Duncan McNab
History; Second World War; Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare
Paperback
In Late 1940 a group of five Australian soldiers set out on a secret mission: one of the second world war's most daring operations.... [more]
The Spirit of the Digger
Patrick Lindsay
History; Land forces & warfare; Military life & institutions
Paperback
A re-issue of Patrick Lindsay's bestselling SPIRIT OF THE DIGGER in an updated edition that will include fascinating new material... [more]
Caught in the Crossfire: An Australian Peacekeeper Beyond the Front-Line...
Matina Jewell
Biography; Memoirs; Armed conflict; Land forces & warfare
Paperback
Matti Jewell is the kind of soldier every country is proud to have - fearless, honourable and highly skilled. Caught in the... [more]
The Counter-Insurgency Myth: The British Experience of Irregular Warfare...
Andrew Mumford (University of Sheffield, UK)
Military history: post WW2 conflicts; Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare
Hardback
This book examines the complex practice of counter-insurgency warfare through the prism of British military experiences in... [more]
Unconventional Warfare in South Asia, 1947 to the Present
Dr. Kaushik Roy
Military history: post WW2 conflicts; Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare
Hardback
Includes essays that deal with insurgencies, counter-insurgencies and terrorism. This title covers the religious aspects of... [more]
Counterinsurgency
David Kilcullen
History; Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare; Military tactics
Paperback
David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare. In Counterinsurgency,... [more]
Cambrai 1917: The Myth Of The First Great Tank Battle
Bryn Hammond
History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; First World War; Land forces & warfare; Battles & campaigns
Paperback
The story of the first great tank battle, and the genesis of one of the most formidable weapons of the twentieth century.... [more]
