Operation Pedestal: The Fleet that Battled to Malta 1942 by Max Hastings
39.99 NZD
Category: Military History
An epic, intimate new account of one of the greatest naval dramas of World War II, from number one bestselling historian Max Hastings. Operation Pedestal was a crucial relief mission that became an epic, bloody naval battle and a pivotal moment in the Second World War. In 1942, the Luftwaffe had a stra ...Show more
SAS Great Escapes by Damien Lewis
34.99 NZD
Category: Military History
SAS Great Escapes tells the story of seven of the most dramatic and daring escapes executed during WWII by what is arguably the world's most famous military fighting force - the SAS.With each story comes a nail-biting, rollercoaster ride in classic Damien Lewis style - readers join individual escapees a ...Show more
Lone Survivor: The Incredible True Story of Navy SEALs Under Siege by Marcus Luttrell
29.99 NZD
Category: Military History
In June 2005 four US Navy SEALs left their base in Afghanistan for the Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al-Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less than twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy ...Show more
Pilgrim Days - A Lifetime of Soldiering from Vietnam to the SAS by Alastair MacKenzie
26.99 NZD
Category: Military History
'We are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go, Always a little further; it may be, Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow.' If there was ever anyone who went a little further, a little beyond, it was Alastair MacKenzie. In a career spanning 30 years, MacKenzie served uniquely with the New Zealand A ...Show more
Our First Foreign War - The impact of the South African War 1899-1902 on New Zealand by Nigel Robson
55.00 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: near fine
When war broke out between the British Empire and the Boer republics in 1899, New Zealand was among Britain's most enthusiastic supporters. The South African War was a chance for New Zealand to prove its military capabilities and loyalty to the Empire. There was a huge surge in nationalist feeling and i ...Show more
We Will Not Cease by Archibald Baxter
30.00 NZD
Category: Military History
To oppose the military machine means to accept the possibility that one may be destroyed by it. - Archibald BaxterWe Will Not Cease is the unflinching account of New Zealander Archibald Baxter's brutal treatment as a conscientious objector during World War I.In 1915, when Baxter was 33, he was arrested, ...Show more
The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive by Philippe Sands
27.99 NZD
Category: Military History
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Hypnotic, shocking and unputdownable' JOHN LE CARRÉ'Remarkable' THE SUNDAY TIMES'Breathtaking, gripping, shattering' ELIF SHAFAK'A taut and finely crafted factual thriller' OBSERVER'A triumph of research and brilliant storytelling' ANTONY BEEVOR'Extraordinary' EVENING STANDAR ...Show more
Barbarossa by Stewart Binns
37.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Drawing on remarkable and never-before-seen material, the extraordinary story of one of the most horrific and devastating encounters of the Second World War.Sunday June 22nd 1941: 6 million Nazi troops marched on Moscow, with a brutal scorched-earth tactic that saw millions of Soviet citizens massacred. ...Show more
The Western Front: A History of the First World War by Nick Lloyd
55.00 NZD
Category: Military History
In the annals of military history, the Western Front stands as an enduring symbol of the folly and futility of war.However, The Western Front, by bestselling military historian Nick Lloyd, reveals that the story is not, as so many assume, one of pointlessness and stupidity. Rather, it is an epic triumph ...Show more
Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy by Ben Macintyre
26.00 NZD
Category: Military History
In a quiet English village in 1942, an elegant housewife emerged from her cottage to go on her usual bike ride. A devoted wife and mother-of-three, the woman known to her neighbours as Mrs Burton seemed to epitomise rural British domesticity.However, rather than pedalling towards the shops with her rati ...Show more
The Bomber Mafia - A Story Set in War by Malcolm Gladwell
40.00 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
A riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war, from the international bestselling author of Talking to Strangers and host of the award-winning podcast Revisionist History Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. B ...Show more
Derrick VC: in His Own Words - Australia's Most Famous Fighting Soldier of World War II by Mark Johnston
47.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Tom 'Diver' Derrick VC DCM was Australia's most famous fighting soldier of World War II. Derrick fought in five campaigns, won the highest medals for bravery, and died of wounds sustained while leading his men in the war's last stages. His career reached its climax on the jungle-clad heights of Sattelbe ...Show more