by Richard Holmes
From battlefield to barrack-room, this book tells the story of a man as ancient as a redcoat in Charles II's Tangier garrison and as modern as gate-guard on Camp Bastion. The British soldier forms a core component of British history.
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by Frances Lannon
Excellent overview of the Spanish Civil War.
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by Dilip Sarkar
An amazing array of leaflets, books and manuals were issued by the Air Ministry during the Second World War to aid pilots in flying the Supermarine Spitfire, here for the first time they are collated into a single book.
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£7.99
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by John Grehan & Martin Mace
In this in-depth study, the authors examine the early sources and the modern interpretations to unravel the compulsive evidence that historians have chosen to ignore because it does not fit the traditional view of where the battle was fought.
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by John Sweetman
This book details the gallant yet suicidal Charge of the Light Brigade, now immortalised in film.
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by Chris Bellamy
Award-winning historian Chris Bellamy describes the Gurkhas' origins in the Hills of Nepal, the extraordinary circumstances in which the British decided to recruit them and their rapid emergence as elite troops of the British Empire.
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by Mallinson, Allan
From the English Civil War to today's War on Terror: in this sweeping account of nearly 500 years of military history, former soldier Allan Mallinson looks at how the Army's dramatic past has made it one of the most effective fighting forces in the w
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by Duncan Barrett & Ronald Skirth
Part love story , part war reminiscence, this memoir based on personal letters and journals is a moving response to the horrors of war.
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by Matt Croucher
The complete story of the history of the Royal British Legion told through exclusive access to its archives, thus providing a celebratory, as well informative, tribute to their work over the past 90 years.
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by Hart-Davis, Duff
As discussed on Radio Four's Today programme this tells the story of a secret war fought by British mercenaries in the Yemen in the early 1960s.
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