Task Force Black: The Explosive True Story of the SAS and the Secret War in Iraq by Mark Urban
Category: Military
'The book the MoD doesn't want you to read' Daily Mail Soon after British and American forces invaded Iraq they faced an insurgency that was almost impossible to understand, let alone reverse. Facing defeat, the Coalition waged a hidden war within a war. Major-General Stan McChrystal devised a campaign ...Show more
Mussolini and Hitler - The Forging of the Fascist Alliance by Christian Goeschel
Category: Military
A fresh treatment of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, revealing the close ties between Mussolini and Hitler and their regimes??? From 1934 until 1944 Mussolini met Hitler numerous times, and the two developed a relationship that deeply affected both countries. While Germany is generally regarded as the ...Show more
Two Weeks in November - The Astonishing Untold Story of the Operation That Toppled Mugabe by Douglas Rogers
Category: Military
Two Weeks in Novemberis the thrilling, surreal, unbelievable and often very funny true story of four would-be enemies - a high ranking politician, an exiled human rights lawyer, a dangerous spy and a low-key white businessman turned political fixer - who team up to help unseat one of Africa's longest se ...Show more
No Surrender - My Thirty-Year War by Hiroo Onoda
Category: Military
In the Spring of 1974, 2nd Lt. Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year ordeal. Hunted in turn by American troops, the Philippine army and police, hostile islanders, and eventually successive Japanese search parties, Onoda had s ...Show more
The Battle of Okinawa 1945 by Jon Diamond
Category: Military | Series: Images of War Ser.
The American campaign to capture Okinawa, codename Operation ICEBERG was fought from 1 April to 22 June 1945\. 350 miles from Japan, Okinawa was intended to be the staging area for the Allied invasion of the Japanese mainland. The Japanese Thirty Second Army defenders were on land and the Imperial Navy ...Show more
Merlin - The Power Behind the Spitfire, Mosquito and Lancaster by Graham Hoyland
Category: Military
The most iconic planes of WWII, the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, DeHavilland Mosquito and the Avro Lancaster, were all powered by one engine, the Rolls-Royce Merlin. The story of the Merlin is one of British ingenuity at its height, of artistry and problem-solving that resulted in a war-winni ...Show more
Chinese Tanks and AFVs - 1950-Present by Martin J. Dougherty
Category: Military | Series: Technical Guides
A colorful guide to the most significant Chinese AFVs deployed in the modern era. With 7,450 vehicles, China today has by far the largest number of armored fighting vehicles of any army in the world. Chinese Tanks & AFVs explores the main battle tanks, armored fighting vehicles, armored personnel ...Show more