Air Forces & Warfare

While scores of books have been published about the atomic bombings that helped end World War II, little has been written about the personal lives ...

America's Few delves into the history of US Marine Corps aviation in World War II, following the feats of the Corps top-scoring aces in the skies o...

Charles Sweeny (1882-1963) was the heir to a fortune. Renouncing a life of comfort, he became a warrior for causes he believed in. Twice kicked ...

In May 1942 RAF Bomber Command observer Jack Loves world comes crashing down, literally. His aircraft sustains flak damage and a catastrophic engin...

An aircraft- and flight-themed puzzle book compiled by Dr Gareth Moore, author of the bestselling Mindfulness Puzzle Books among many others, done...

A study of the Macchi Folgore and Veltro, the most successful Italian fighters in World War II. With specially commissioned profiles, the book exam...

An illustrated history of how Japan devised and launched a new kind of air campaign in late 1944 the suicidal assaults of the kamikaze units again...

Scramble! Scramble! Almost 80 years ago the skies over Britain were full of dogfighting aircraft as young pilots of the RAF fought to repel the mig...

Almost since the advent of warfare, civilians have suffered collateral damage', but the concept of Total War - a war without limits - only surface...

The Flying Sikh tells the unique story of the only Sikh airman to fly with the RFC and the RAF during the First World War. It is the remarkable acc...

Born in 1916, after learning to fly as a civilian, Ian Richard Gleed was granted a RAF commission in 1936. He completed training on Christmas Day t...

In 1918, the RAF was established as the world's first independent air force. To mark the 100th anniversary of its creation, Penguin are publishing...

Ever since its introduction in the late 1950s, the B-52 Stratofortress has been the United States primary heavy bomber and a powerful symbol of its...

One of the many wartime airmen who documented his day to day experiences in a diary, was RCAF navigator Jan Gellner. Prior to the outbreak of the S...

The striking power of the Imperial Japanese Navys carrier-­based attack aircraft was established at Pearl Harbor, and the IJNs carrier-­based torpe...

Formed in 1918, the Royal Air Force is the oldest independent air force in the world. This long history has seen operations conducted across a vari...

In the new year of 1944 the French Resistance in northern France was on its knees. Relentless attacks on its diverse and disorganised networks by t...

Thor: Anatomy of a Weapon System examines the technical aspects of the Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile system as based in the UK during t...

The moving biography of Lt Col William Norman Reed, a World War II fighter ace who fought with the Flying Tigers and died in defence of the two nat...

While the F 105 Thunderchief was the USAF''s principal strike weapon during the Rolling Thunder campaign, the US Navy relied on the Douglas A-4 Sky...

A compact guide to 70 of the most iconic aircraft to have shaped warfare over the last 100 years.Aviation has revolutionised warfare over the last ...

This is a fighter pilot's autobiography of life in the RAF from 1955 to 1991. It is structured around the Hawker Hunter, it being the first operati...

The air campaign that incinerated Japans cities was the first and only time that independent air power has won a war.As the United States pushed ...

This compact, masterful work by an outstanding historian marks a pivotal moment in military history: the birth of Britains Royal Air Force. Writing...

In 1948, when the newly founded nation of Israel came under siege from a coalition of Arab states, a band of volunteer airmen from the United State...

The birth of the Royal Air Force during World War I marked a pivotal moment in modern military and political history. With Europes western front fr...

It is a story that has been told on numerous occasions. Still, it has an air of improbability about it. A low flying aircraft, faced with an onslau...

Formed in 1916, 41 Squadron is one of the oldest Royal Air Force squadrons in existence. The unit saw service in the First World War, on Policing D...

With the Third Reich on the brink of defeat Hitler's instructions to his designers were clear. He wanted a Volksjäger a People's Fighter that was ...

This book presents a fresh angle on the Spitfire by examining the contribution to its development and achievements by over 65 people - some famous,...

In this engaging book we see how an 18-year-old miner shoveling ore from deep in the ground in Utah suddenly found himself, only two years later, 3...

When the Royal Canadian Air Force wouldnt accept him as a pilot in the summer of 1939, Keith Skeets Ogilvie walked across the street in Ottawa and ...

William Francis Blackadder was a pilot of No. 607 Squadron, one of only two Auxiliary Air Force squadrons posted across the Channel during the illf...

When modern readers think of Hermann Goring, what probably comes to mind is the overweight drug addict and convicted war criminal who cheated the h...

In the second book in his series on RAF policy, author Greg Baughen uses archive material to reassess British air policy in the inter-war years. Go...

This book provides a comprehensive look at the air war over Europe during the climactic year of World War II, combining first-hand experience with ...

This compact, yet comprehensive, book looks at the evolution of combat aircraft. Covering the period from World War One to the present day, this de...

Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh - later Lord - Dowding was one of the greatest Englishmen of the 20th century. He created Fighter Command with its uniq...

The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie. THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSEL...

A fascinating insight into how the Allies learned about the capabilities and limitations of the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force and Japanese Army...

During the Second World War, the German Fallschirmjger (paratroopers) carried out many successful and daring operations, such as the capture of the...

Here, Martin Bowman brings us the first book on Operation Varsity to include both British and US air and ground operations, as well as the US, Brit...

Mick Powis describes the novel threat posed to the British war effort by the raids of German airships, or Zeppelins, and the struggle to develop ef...