New Releases

Women's Suffrage in Wales

Women's Suffrage in Wales

RRP: £14.99
Introductory Price: £8.99

Women’s Suffrage In Wales allows its readers to take a glimpse at the lives of the many ordinary Welsh women who contributed in some way to the suffrage movement. Although suffragettes from across the rest… Read more...

Women's Suffrage in Wales

Women's Suffrage in Wales

RRP: £14.99
Introductory Price: £8.99

Women’s Suffrage In Wales allows its readers to take a glimpse at the lives of the many ordinary Welsh women who contributed in some way to the suffrage movement. Although suffragettes from across the rest… Read more...

Vietnam's Final Air Campaign

Vietnam's Final Air Campaign

RRP: £14.99
Introductory Price: £8.99

On March 30, 1972 some 30,000 North Vietnamese troops along with tanks and heavy artillery surged across the demilitarized zone into South Vietnam in the opening round of Hanoi’s Easter Offensive. By early May South… Read more...

Vietnam's Final Air Campaign

Vietnam's Final Air Campaign

RRP: £14.99
Introductory Price: £8.99

On March 30, 1972 some 30,000 North Vietnamese troops along with tanks and heavy artillery surged across the demilitarized zone into South Vietnam in the opening round of Hanoi’s Easter Offensive. By early May South… Read more...

King's Cross Second Man

King's Cross Second Man

RRP: £30.00
Introductory Price: £18.00

Late in 1964 the author made a career change from the Midland Region railway clerical grades, to the Eastern Region Motive Power Department at King's Cross, initially as a locomotive cleaner. This was the realisation… Read more...

King's Cross Second Man

King's Cross Second Man

RRP: £30.00
Introductory Price: £18.00

Late in 1964 the author made a career change from the Midland Region railway clerical grades, to the Eastern Region Motive Power Department at King's Cross, initially as a locomotive cleaner. This was the realisation… Read more...

Irgun

Irgun

RRP: £12.99
Introductory Price: £7.79

In October 1944, the US Office of Strategic Services described the Irgun Tsvai Leumi – National Military Organization – as ‘an underground, quasi-military organization with headquarters in Palestine … fanatical Zionists who wish to convert… Read more...

Irgun

Irgun

RRP: £12.99
Introductory Price: £7.79

In October 1944, the US Office of Strategic Services described the Irgun Tsvai Leumi – National Military Organization – as ‘an underground, quasi-military organization with headquarters in Palestine … fanatical Zionists who wish to convert… Read more...

The Guinea Pig Club

The Guinea Pig Club

RRP: £17.99
Introductory Price: £10.79

'This book speaks to two of the most diametrically opposed yet mutually supportive aspects of war: the ability to inflict horrific injury and the ability to heal… Mayhew is to be commended on an outstanding… Read more...

The Guinea Pig Club

The Guinea Pig Club

RRP: £17.99
Introductory Price: £10.79

'This book speaks to two of the most diametrically opposed yet mutually supportive aspects of war: the ability to inflict horrific injury and the ability to heal… Mayhew is to be commended on an outstanding… Read more...

Fight, Dig and Live

Fight, Dig and Live

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The Korean War, which began with an unprovoked attack by North Korea in 1950, went on for three long years. Over 100,000 soldiers of the United Nations forces, including those of the Republic of Korea,… Read more...

The Battle of North Cape

The Battle of North Cape

RRP: £7.08

Transcribed from a hand-typed manuscript, this is a poignant eye-witness account of the Battle of North Cape, as witnessed by a young signal-boy aboard the British warship HMS Belfast. This crucial battle to protect the… Read more...

24 Hours at Agincourt 25 October 1415

24 Hours at Agincourt 25 October 1415

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Agin Court was an astonishing clash of arms, a pivotal moment in the Hundred Years War and the history of warfare in general. King Henry V's exhausted troops were preparing for certain defeat as they… Read more...

Grunt

Grunt

RRP: £26.95 ($)

This new title from Mary Roach, author of other books such as Gulp, Stiff, Bonk, Spook and Packing for Mars, offers a fresh look at the aspects of war that not many people talk about;… Read more...

X Platoon

X Platoon

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For three decades one of the most secretive units in the British military has been a mystery force known as X Platoon. Officially there was no X Platoon. The forty men in its elite number… Read more...

A Dying Breed

A Dying Breed

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Kabul, Afghanistan. William Carver, a veteran but unpredictable BBC hack, is thrown into the unknown when a bomb goes off killing a local official. Warned off the story from every direction, Carver won't give in… Read more...

Socket Bayonets

Socket Bayonets

RRP: £14.99

Socket Bayonets is a richly informative title covering the history of the socket bayonet. Graham Priest uses clear and detailed images to explore the role of the bayonet, showing common examples and rarer versions to… Read more...

Over There: America in the Great War

Over There: America in the Great War

RRP: £17.99

More than 400 photographs detail the American military experience in World War I on the ground, in the air, and at sea, from recruitment to the Armistice. This richly informative new release features the infamous… Read more...

Sniper on the Eastern Front

Sniper on the Eastern Front

RRP: £7.99

This book is a rare first-hand account by a ruthlessly efficient German sniper of life and death during the bitter conflict that followed the Nazi invasion of Russia. Josef 'Sepp' Allerberger was an Austrian conscript… Read more...

Nachtjagd, Defenders of the Reich 1940-1943

Nachtjagd, Defenders of the Reich 1940-1943

RRP: £20.00

This new volume from Martin Bowman examines the first three years of the Second World War, consolidating first-hand accounts from German fighter pilots caught up in some of the most dramatic night time conflicts of… Read more...

Dates in History

Start of Iraq War

20th March 2003

The Iraq War, also known as The Second Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation New Dawn, is an ongoing military campaign which began on March 20th 2003, with the invasion of Iraq by a multinational force led by troops from the United States and the United Kingdom.

Further Reading

Baghdad or Bust
(Hardback - 224 pages)
by Mike Ryan

This is the true and compelling story of the sensationally successful joint US and UK campaign to liberate Iraq from the oppressive regime of Saddam Hussein from its conception to dramatic conclusion. The author describes the meticulous planning, and looks into the logistical and political problems. He also delves into… Read more at Pen & Sword...

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