In the Midst of Civilized Europe
£30.00In the Midst of Civilized Europe is an extensively researched account of a forgotten history.
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Army Girls
£20.00They were female soldiers in a war Britain wanted to fight without conscripting women. It was a vain hope, by December 1941 for the first time in British history women were called up and a generation of girls came of age in khaki, serving king and country. Barbara trained to drive army-style in giant trucks and Grace swapped her servant’s pinafore for battledress and a steel hat, Martha turned down officer status for action on a gun-site and Olivia won the Croix de Guerre in France. Commemorating the 80th anniversary of conscription for women, this book captures remarkable stories from the last surviving veterans who served in Britain’s female army and brings to life a pivotal moment in British history. Precious memories and letters are entwined in a rich narrative that travels back in time and sheds new light on being young, female and at war.
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Soldiers
£25.00‘A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle ? Compelling’ Daily Mail
‘An unmissable read’ Sunday Times
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Riddle, Mystery, and Enigma
£20.00Britain’s relationship with the giant on the edge of the continent, Russia, are surprisingly under explored. With Owen’s characteristic insight and expertise, ‘Riddle, Mystery, Enigma’ depicts a relationship as often governed by principle as by suspicion, expediency, and outright necessity.
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The Shape of Battle
£25.00Every battle is different. Each takes place in a different context – the war, the campaign, the weapons. However, battles across the centuries, whether fought with sticks and stones or advanced technology, have much in common. Fighting is, after all, an intensely human affair; human nature doesn’t change. So why were battles fought as they were? What gave them their shape? Why did they go as they did: victory for one side, defeat for the other? In exploring six significant feats of arms – the war and campaign in which they each occurred, and the factors that determined their precise form and course – ‘The Shape of Battle’ answers these fundamental questions about the waging of war.
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Masters of War
£25.00Explore the lives and achievements of history’s most important military figures with this illustrated guide to military men and women. Featuring more than 100 key generals and military leaders from Alexander the Great to Winston Churchill, ‘Masters of War’ takes you on a visual chronological journey of military history and the people behind the battles that have shaped it, starting in ancient Egypt and coming up to date with World War I, World War II, Vietnam War, and conflicts in the Middle East. Profiles include Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, Genghis Khan, Oliver Cromwell, Napoleon, Horatio Nelson, Otto von Bismarck, Simon Bolivar, Ulysses Grant, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, Mao Zedong, and many more.
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The Longest Battle
£12.99Written by Richard Hough, a well known naval historian, this book provides a compelling history of the Second World War at sea. Hough’s own account is interspersed with personal accounts from those who took part.
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Operation Jubilee
£20.00On the moonless night of 18 August 1942 a flotilla pushes out into the flat water of the Channel. They are to seize the German-held port of Dieppe and hold it for at least 24 hours, showing the Soviets the Allies were serious about a second front and to get experience ahead of a full-scale invasion.But confidence turned to carnage with nearly two thirds of the attackers dead, wounded or captured. Operation Jubilee – the Royal Air Force’s biggest battle since 1940 – has drama from start to finish, human folly and tragedy in spades and a fast, tight narrative with heroes at every level. The raid was both a disaster and a milestone in the narrative of the war – it had powerful lessons and far-reaching consequences that paved the way to D-Day. Patrick Bishop’s account of this gallant endeavour reveals the big picture and unearths telling details, establishing definitively Operation Jubilee’s place in history.
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The World Aflame
£9.99A visually stunning history of global conflict from 1914 to 1945, from Dan Jones and Marina Amaral – the team who created The Colour of Time.
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War
£9.99The 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 military conflict ongoing every year since 1945. The same can be said for every century of recorded history. Is war, therefore, an essential part of being human? In ‘War’, Professor Margaret MacMillan explores the deep links between society and war and the questions they raise. We learn when war began – whether among early homo sapiens or later, as we began to organise ourselves into tribes and settle in communities. We see the ways in which war reflects changing societies and how war has brought change – for better and worse. Economies, science, technology, medicine, culture: all are instrumental in war and have been shaped by it.
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The Short History of War
£14.99An engagingly accessible introduction to war, from ancient times to the present and into the future
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Palaces of Revolution
£25.00The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span Europe from Scotland, via Denmark, Holland and Spain to England.