War & Defence Operations

From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli comes the epic story of Australia's deadliest Vietnam War battle.4.31 pm: Enemy [on] left flank...

In a remote, enemy-held valley in Afghanistan, a Special Forces team planned to scale a steep mountain to surprise and capture a terrorist leader. ...

Praise for Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author Damien Lewis' SAS mission series:'One of the great untold stories of WWII' - Bear Grylls on SAS Gho...

This book contains rare reproductions of photographs taken during the American Civil War. It is believed to be the first time that the camera was u...

Here is a sober consideration of the relationship between war and economics as reflected in the history of economic thought of the 19th century. It...

This book examines the emergent conviction that UN robust peacekeeping works better than UN traditional peacekeeping in reducing civilian killings ...

This book is part love story, part wartime thriller, part coming-of-age struggle, a compelling reminder that the human story is not over when a wa...

Descent into Hell is a scrupulously researched and groundbreaking account of one of the most traumatic calamities in Australian history - the Malay...

This is Bill Cull's unforgettable story of his experiences in WW1: he fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front where he was captured by the Ger...

Evidence for Oxfordshire's strategic location in ancient times can be found in the remains of prehistoric hillforts, fortified Roman towns and Saxo...

In 1066 the most significant battle on English soil and arguably the most important in British history took place some six miles northwest of Has...

THE PACIFIC is a gripping piece of historical writing following the extraordinary true stories of four U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy carrier pilot f...

'A brilliant insight into life in the air and on the ground' ObserverIn February 1945, British and American bombers rained down thousands of tons o...

This broad-ranging book examines the creation, through the arts and culture, of societies that enjoy sustainable, positive peace. It begins with a ...

A groundbreaking look at how the interrogation rooms of the Korean War set the stage for a new kind of battlenot over land but over human subjectsT...