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Sub-Categories of Military history
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The Alphabet Bomber: A Lone Wolf Terrorist Ahead of His Time
Jeffrey D. Simon
History; Military history; Terrorist attack
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The story of the Alphabet Bomber is one of an extraordinary manhunt to find an elusive killer, a dogged prosecutor determined... [more]
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Gallipoli: New Perspectives on the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 1915-16...
Michael LoCicero, Rhys Crawley
History; Middle Eastern history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; First World War; Battles & campaigns
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Generally conceded to be doomed from the outset by the most recent historiography, the Gallipoli campaign still arouses heated... [more]
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Up Against the Wall: The KGB and Latvia
Vincent Hunt
History; Military history; Police & security services; Espionage & secret services; Political control & freedoms
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A hundred years of oppression, seen through the eyes of Latvians - first as the oppressors, then as the oppressed. After WWII... [more]
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life
Robert Dallek
Biography: historical, political & military; History; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War; Political leaders & leadership
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Franklin D. Roosevelt is a towering figure in twentieth-century history. A masterful politician who would win an unprecedented... [more]
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The End Game: The Final Chapter in Britain's Great Game in Afghanistan
Susan Loughhead
History; Asian history; Colonialism & imperialism; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Afghan War
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A poignant exploration of the British role in Afghanistan from the close of the Second World War to the present. [more]
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Angels in the Trenches: Spiritualism, Superstition and the Supernatural...
Leo Ruickbie
History; First World War; Unexplained phenomena & the paranormal
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The mechanised slaughter of the First World War brought a sudden and concentrated interest in life after death. This book... [more]
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Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness
Craig Nelson
History; African history; History of the Americas; Social & cultural history; Second World War
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The gripping and definitive account of the Day of Infamy, the attack on Pearl Harbor that led to the United States' entry... [more]
$22.99
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Thunderchief: The Complete History of the Republic F-105
Dennis Jenkins
History; Military history; Air forces & warfare; Military engineering
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Forward by Colonel Clarence E. Bud Anderson, Jr USAF (Ret.) Provides a level of detail unseen in any previous work... [more]
$85.00
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Spitfire Leader: Robert Bungey DFC, Tragic Battle of Britain Hero
Dennis Newton, Richard Bungey
True war & combat stories; History; Second World War; Aviation skills & piloting
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The brilliant career and moving personal story of Battle of Britain Spitfire ace and squadron leader Bob Bungey. [more]
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Hitler's Scapegoat: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust
Stephen Koch
True crime; History; The Holocaust; Second World War
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How Hitler used the murder of a Nazi diplomat to blame the Jews for WW2, based on new archive sources. [more]
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The Thousand Doors: Australian Doctors at War Part Five: The Middle East...
Colonol Robert Likeman
History; Military history; Second World War; Medical profession; History of medicine
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Illustrated biographies of doctors who served during the Second World War. The fourth volume in the series Australian Doctors... [more]
$65.00
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Alone: Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk: Defeat into Victory
Michael Korda
Memoirs; History; British & Irish history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War
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Combining epic history with rich family stories, Michael Korda chronicles the outbreak of the Second World War and the great... [more]
$26.95
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Leaves of Grass: Selected Poems
Walt Whitman
Poetry; Poetry by individual poets; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); American Civil War
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A selection of Walt Whitman's groundbreaking poetry edited and introduced by Professor Bridget Bennett. [more]
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World War I Battlefields: A Travel Guide to the Western Front: Sites, Museums,...
John Ruler, Emma Thomson
First World War; Travel & holiday; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides
Paperback
Published to coincide with the centenary of the end of World War I, this new, thoroughly revised edition of Bradt's World... [more]
$19.99
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Operation Typhoon: The Assault on Moscow 1941
Philippe Naud
History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War
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This volume in the Casemate Illustrated series takes an in-depth visual look at the German assault on Moscow during October... [more]
$46.95
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The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917-21
Prit Buttar
History; First World War; Warfare & defence
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At the beginning of 1917, the three empires fighting on the Eastern Front were reaching their breaking points, but none was... [more]
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Dutch Navies of the 80 Years' War 1568-1648
Bouko de Groot
History; Military history; Naval forces & warfare
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The tiny new state of the United Provinces of the Netherlands won its independence from the mighty Spanish empire by fighting... [more]
$24.99
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Chinese Soldier vs Japanese Soldier: China 1937-38
Benjamin Lai
History; Military history; Warfare & defence; Military tactics
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In July 1937, the Marco Polo Bridge Incident sparked a bloody conflict between Chinese and Japanese forces that would rage... [more]
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Peckuwe 1780: The Revolutionary War on the Ohio River Frontier
John F. Winkler
History; History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; American War of Independence; Battles & campaigns
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As the Revolutionary War raged on fields near the Atlantic, Native Americans and British rangers fought American settlers... [more]
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Dornier Do 335
Robert Forsyth
History; Military history; Military aircraft
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The Dornier Do 335 was conceived as a high-speed, all-weather fighter, and represented the pinnacle of piston-engined aircraft... [more]
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Le Quesnoy 1918
Christopher Pugsley
History; Military history; First World War
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* A thrilling account of daring and victory at the First World War's close * Superbly written, stunningly illustrated, easily... [more]
$43.95
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The Landing in the Dawn: Dissecting a Legend - the Landing at ANZAC, Gallipoli,...
James Hurst
History; First World War
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The Gallipoli landing of 25 April 1915 is arguably Australia's best known battle. It is commemorated each year with a national... [more]
$75.00
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Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle to Protect the Louvre and its Treasures from...
Gerri Chanel
Forgery, falsification & theft of artworks; History; Social & cultural history; Second World War
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Thrilling narrative history describing how France's museum staff protected Leonardo da Vinci's Joconde - and her famous smile... [more]
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Air Combat: Dogfights of World War II
Dmitriy Khazanov, Aleksander Medved, Edward M. Young
History; Second World War; Air forces & warfare; War & defence operations
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The battle for the skies in World War II fuelled a race between rival air forces to develop ever faster and more capable fighter... [more]
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Auntie's War: The BBC during the Second World War
Edward Stourton
History; British & Irish history; Social & cultural history; Second World War; International institutions; Radio & television industry
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BBC RADIO 4 'BOOK OF THE WEEK'The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British institution unlike any other, and its story... [more]
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