War - How Conflict Shaped Us by Margaret MacMillan
45.00 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
How the human history of conflict has transformed the world we live in - for good and evil. The time since the Second World War has been seen by some as the longest uninterrupted period of harmony in human history: the 'long peace', as Stephen Pinker called it. But despite this, there has been a militar ...Show more
How to Win on the Battlefield by France, John
21.99 NZD
Category: Military History
How can you off-balance your enemy? When is the best moment to deliver a counter-attack? What is the effect of shock action or defence in depth? Certain tactical concepts have stood the test of time. This ground-breaking book examines, in a series of case studies, 25 of the key tactics that have achieve ...Show more
Courage Under Fire (HB) by Daniel Keighran
49.99 NZD
Category: Military History
'A man selfless in the face of threat. Courageous in the face of terror. Generous in the face of suffering. And humble in the face of an honour bestowed.' Dame Quentin Bryce On 24 August 2010, in battle in Afghanistan, Corporal Daniel Keighran risked his life in a hail of gunfire to save his fellow sold ...Show more
Aces - True Stories of Victory and Valor in the Skies of World War II by Bill Yenne
39.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Aces is an illustrated history of the brave World War II fighter pilots who earned the title of ace, with archival and modern photos of their aircraft.
The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light by Jean Edward Smith
32.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Prize-winning and bestselling historian Jean Edward Smith tells the "rousing" (Jay Winik, author of 1944) story of the liberation of Paris during World War II--a triumph achieved only through the remarkable efforts of Americans, French, and Germans, racing to save the city from destruction. Following th ...Show more
Agent Sonya - Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy by Ben Macintyre
40.00 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
In the quiet Cotswolds village of Great Rollright in 1945, an elegant housewife emerged from her cottage to go on her usual bike ride. A devoted wife and mother-of-three, Mrs Burton seemed to epitomise rural British domesticity.However, rather than pedalling towards the shops with her ration book, she w ...Show more
US Soldier vs German Soldier: Salerno, Anzio, and Omaha Beach, 1943-44 by Chris McNab
34.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Combat Ser.
This absorbing study investigates the doctrine, training, equipment, and combat record of the US specialist beach-landing troops and their German opponents who fought over three bitterly contested amphibious beachheads in Europe at the height of World War II. During World War II, the US Army and its al ...Show more
Black Ops - Secret Military Operations by Nigel West
45.00 NZD
Category: Military History
Black Opsis a thrilling compendium of undercover warfare from around the world. Here you will meet the most hardened soldiers and operatives facing extraordinary dangers deep behind enemy lines. The book features many amazing stories from World War II, such as the assassination of Holocaust architect R ...Show more
Spitfire - The Biography by Jonathan Glancey
24.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The bestselling biography of the Spitfire updated with a new chapter for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
Decoding the Bayeux Tapestry by Arthur Colin Wright
79.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The story of the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings as shown in the Bayeux Tapestry is arguably the most widely-known in the entire panoply of English history, and over the last 200 years there have been hundreds of books portraying the Tapestry and seeking to analyze its meanings. Yet, there is ...Show more
The Good Germans: Resisting the Nazis, 1933-1945 by Catrine Clay
34.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
After 1933, as the brutal terror regime took hold, most of the two-thirds of Germans who had never voted for the Nazis - some 40 million people - tried to keep their heads down and protect their families. They moved to the country, or pretended to support the regime to avoid being denounced by neighbour ...Show more