Military Veterans

When I grew up, World War II was omnipresent and hidden. This was also true of myfather’s time in the Air Force. Like most of his generation, it wa...

Seven soldiers. Seven military specialties. Seven stories. What was it like to serve in the combat mission in Afghanistan? Journalists’ reports fro...

Detailing the ways in which the Canadian government built on existing programs for veterans, Peter Neary identifies the key figures and events resp...

John Galsworthy – recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for literature – was one of the best-selling authors of the twentieth century. His literary rep...

For well over a century, traditional Civil War histories have concluded in 1865, with a bitterly won peace and Union soldiers returning triumphantl...

Spotlights the challenges faced by our increasing cadre of military women when their service ends and they become civilians. Combining research wi...

A vivid, first-hand account of the tension and excitement of flying missions over Nazi GermanyThe British and American bomber crews of the Second W...

'DESERVES TO JOIN REACH FOR THE SKY AND THE LAST ENEMY AS ONE OF THE GREAT RAF BOOKS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR' - ANDREW ROBERTSAs I write, I can cle...

Providing a compelling look at veterans' policy, this book describes why the Republican party is considered the party for veterans despite the fact...

Life after war is intrinsically political for former combatants. As wars end, societies and former combatants face a period of transition. This boo...

Women who fight in wars also have to fight for their right to do so. But what are the obstacles impeding their progress in achieving equal status a...

Find out what the Harpers Girls have been up to in the next instalment in the bestselling Harpers Emporium series from Rosie Clarke.Can the Harpers...

SURVIVOR STORIES FROM DUNKIRK, NOW THE SUBJECT OF A MAJOR FILM FROM CHRISTOPHER NOLANWhen Britain declared war against Germany in September 1939, t...

Most histories of wounded Civil War veterans construe them as feminized men whose manhood has suffered due to their inability to provide for and ra...

THE “MUST-READ”* BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARY FOR PUBLIC TELEVISIONLook for the Band of Brothers miniseries, now available to s...

As Americans--both civilians and veterans--worked to determine the meanings of identity for blind veterans of World War I, they bound cultural cons...

Alford Dalrymple Gardner is one of the few living passengers to have travelled on the Empire Windrush. Now published for the first time, this is hi...

You’ve served your country, now let the country serve you Veterans Benefits Guide For Dummies is your clear and concise guide to the benefits avail...

The Cultural Politics of Veterans' Narratives investigates the role of veterans' stories in our collective cultural and political life. Drawing on ...

N. O. K. -Next Of Kin, examines the ways in which American families memorialize their relatives killed in military conflict. The photographs, spann...

‘We are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go, Always a little further; it may be, Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow.'If there was ever a...

An inspirational can-do book from the star of Channel 4's SAS: Who Dares Wins.In Hero Living Rudy Reyes introduces his philosophy to life - part Ho...

The Second World War is famed for being the conflict that changed the face of warfare, and it is the last that changed the face of the world. In ad...