Military History: Post WW2 Conflicts

An expert account of the development, role, and capabilities of the S-300 and S-400 air defence missile systems, key strategic weapons in Putin's R...

The crew of the Norland were having a whale of a time in 1982, ferrying passengers between Rotterdam and Hull. Especially the 'girls' in the cateri...

The evacuation of Kabul in August 2021 will go down in military history as one of the most unexpected events in modern times. In an eerie replay of...

'An important account of one of the defining moments of the modern world' PETER FRANKOPANThe evacuation of Kabul in August 2021 will go down in mil...

The Thunderbolts of VMFA-251 were reactivated as a Marine Air Reserve squadron in 1946. Their Cold War only included a few weeks of traditional com...

This book covers the complete and long overdue history of the Hunting/BAC Jet Provost and Strikemaster, which for thirty-eight years trained genera...

When Ukrainian journalist Iuliia Mendel got the call she had been hired to work for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, she had no idea what was to come...

The Battle of Goose Green was the first and longest land conflict of the Falklands War, which was fought between British and Argentine forces in 19...

Italy began work on a new fighter-bomber in the late 1970s, aiming to field an aircraft capable of surviving in heavily defended Cold War airspace,...

One Hundred Victories is a portrait of how,after a decade of intensive combat operations,special operations forces have become the go-to force for...

From a NATO nuclear attack on the Soviet Union to a Warsaw Pact land assault on Western Europe; from building an electric fence between North and S...

The Irish Times bestseller 'A gripping tale of savagery and courage' Noam Chomsky 'Fascinating and captivating' Irish Times 'A beautiful book....

This book examines the US infantry against the Chinese Army amid the unforgiving terrain of Korea during the first real clash of the Cold War. On ...

A journey through the most unlikely of gardens: the oases of peace people create in the midst of warIn this millennium, we have become war weary. F...

In 1979 the Soviet Union moved from military help to active intervention in Afghanistan. Four-fifths of the Afghan National Army deserted in the fi...

*As featured in the landmark BBC2 documentary Our Falklands War: A Frontline Story*Published to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Falklands war'...

Called to action on 2 April 1982, the men of 45 Commando Royal Marines assembled from around the world to sail 8,000 miles to recover the Falkland ...

'_A scrupulously researched account...the most authoritative yet to have appeared_.' **Financial Times** '_Certainly the best account of the war f...

In 1993 Ewen Southby-Tailyour joined the British Foreign Office for duties with the European Community Monitoring Mission. He was also tasked, info...

Valor features the thrilling stories that are the fruit of Mark Lee Greenblatts interviews with brave American servicemen from twenty-first-century...

Valor features the thrilling stories that are the fruit of Mark Lee Greenblatts interviews with brave American servicemen from twenty-first-century...

A TLS and a Prospect Book of the Year A revelatory, explosive new analysis of the military today. Over the first two decades of the twenty-first ce...

With decades of research to draw from Philip Jowett explores this extraordinary David-and-Goliath conflict, where the rag-tag Igbo tribal army of s...

Key Selling Points: Have you ever wondered what it was like to fly the Phantom? This is not a potted history of an aeroplane, nor is it Hollywood g...

AWARDED THE ANDERSON MEDAL 2021 This fascinating title offers a new study of the loss of six British ships and an Argentinian cruiser during the F...

For most Americans, Cambodia was a sideshow to the war in Vietnam, but by the time of the Vietnam invasion of Democratic Kampuchea in 1978 and the ...

Colbeck recalls his every advance and battle in careful detail.' **Publishers Weekly** This book should be read by any soldier who wants to underst...

Twenty years ago, the term ethnic cleansing entered the common lexicon. The terrible events that took place in the UN safe haven at Bihac in North-...

HMS Glamorgan was in the thick of the fighting throughout the war. Her role for most of the time was that of an expendable escort and she became th...

Insurgencies in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere-the majority linked to al Qaeda-are in the news on an almost daily basis. But very li...