Warfare & Defence

Although bombed at Pearl Harbor, USS Tennessee was back to sea before the year was over.  The crew of the resilient warship fought from Alaska's Al...

Patrol Torpedoor PT boatscaptured the public's imagination during WWII due to the daring exploits of their crews. Built not of plywood, as many bel...

The Astute-class is the largest, most advanced and most powerful attack submarine ever operated by the Royal Navy, combining world-leading sensors,...

During the Second World War, more than 9,000 flying boats were produced by the main protagonists, fulfilling a multitude of roles including maritim...

Twelve years since the amazing account of Peter Vachers discovery in India was originally published, Grub Street is thrilled to bring readers the u...

In November 1859, the French warship La Gloire was launched. She was the world's first seagoing ironclad - a warship built from wood, but whose hul...

This book is the latest in a new reference series for aircraft modellers called Spotlight On and presents detailed illustrations of the German Luft...

The de Havilland DH 98 Mosquito was one of the fastest and most versatile aircraft of the Second World War. One of the first multi-role aircraft, i...

Among the world's military air arms, United States Marine Corps Aviation occupies a unique tactical niche. As the air component of a combined-ar...

The safe exchange of wounded or gravely ill prisoners of war, protected personnel medical staff and clergy and diplomats, civilians and alien int...

The construction of British Dreadnought warships between 1905 and 1920 was an enormous financial and industrial undertaking which involved all the ...

This is a country-by-country guide to 130 landing ships and landing craft, with over 210 wartime and modern photographs. It features a complete gui...

J.M.W. Turner's The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up (1838) was his masterpiece. Sam Willis tells the real-life story be...

This new book covers the Sino-Japan Naval War 1894-1895, a little-known part of late 19thC naval history.The First SinoJapanese War (1 August 1894 ...

This is a complete guide to aircraft carriers, from zeppelin and seaplane carriers to V/STOL and nuclear-powered carriers. It examines the evolutio...