Based on the activities of British re-enactors, this is a colourful romp through 2000 years of invasion, defence and civil war. Beginning with the Celts and Romans, clearly laid out sections examine the hardware and strategies of warfare through the Vikings, medieval knights, to the Redcoats and Dad's Army. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs of ancient sites, weapons and re-enactors in action.

War in Britain

History

Newark, Tim

Ancient Civilizations

English Heritage

Provides historical information about battles from Gaugamela in 331 B.C. to Desert Storm, and uses printed transparent overlays to demonstrate what the battlefields looked like at the time of battle and as they look today

Battlefields Then & Now

Man, John.

Military

Macmillan General* Reference

For the first twenty-five years of his criminal career, Charles “Lucky” Luciano was a vicious mobster who rose to become the multimillionaire king of the New York underworld. For the next twenty-five years of his life, Luciano was a legend---but a fake master criminal without real power, his evil reputation manipulated and maintained by the government agents who had put him behind bars. 
 Drawing on secret government documents from archives in the United States and Europe, this myth-busting biography tells the real story from Luciano’s early days as a top hit man for the Mob to his exploits running sex and narcotics empires. His criminal career abruptly ended with conviction and imprisonment, but his reputation was only enhanced by rumors that he was winning World War II for the Allies in Sicily and the Mediterranean. Now, for the first time, author Tim Newark exposes the truth about what Luciano really did do to help the Allies in the war.
 With his expulsion from the United States after the war ended, Luciano returned to Italy. He was reputed to have overseen a massive transatlantic narcotics network and became the arch-villain for international law enforcement agencies. But Newark reveals how Luciano really spent his twilight years. 
 Lucky Luciano: The Real and the Fake Gangster turns accepted Mafia history on its head with an extraordinary story that has never been told before.

Lucky Luciano: The Real and the Fake Gangster

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Thomas Dunne Books

The Worldwide History Of Warfare by Tim Newark Thames &amp; Hudson

The Worldwide History of Warfare /anglais

Thames&Hudson

The fascinating story of camouflage: from nature to the military to the worlds of art, design, and popular culture. The animal kingdom provides examples of all the essential principles of camouflage: the chameleon, whose colors change to merge with its setting; the zebra, whose vivid stripes disrupt its outline and make it more difficult for predators to sight from a distance; the stick insect that pretends to be what it's not. Creativity in the art of disguise was spurred in World War I by the threats of aerial reconnaissance and long-range enemy fire. Aircraft and ships were painted with lozenge and zigzag patterns to make them more difficult to target. Artists were involved in creating these patterns, and were influenced in turn by the extraordinary painted vessels, said to be like floating cubist paintings. In 1919 the Chelsea Arts Club in London, inspired by wartime camouflage patterns, staged the Dazzle Ball, the first known example of camouflage influencing popular culture. Since then, artists from Pablo Picasso to Andy Warhol to Bridget Riley have explored the themes and extremes of camouflage and optical illusion, while camouflage patterns in clothes and accessories have filtered from the street to high fashion and back again. Uniforms made from camouflage-printed textiles were first developed before World War II, and teams of artists, designers, and scientists worked together to create ever more sophisticated modes of camouflage and disguise. Today's high-tech research on textiles that are resistant to infrared and thermal detection shows a new direction in the future of camouflage. 300 illustrations, 250 in color

Camouflage

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Describes the wars, weapons, and cultures of the Huns, Goths, Vandals, Franks, Moors, Magyars, Vikings, and Mongols, and examines their influence on European history

The Barbarians: Warriors and Wars of the Dark Ages

Americas

Blandford Pr

Looks at Celtic history in Great Britain and Europe, describes their armor, weapons, leaders, and culture, and recounts their battles against Germanic, Norse, and Roman conquerors

Celtic Warriors: 400 Bc - 1600 Ad

Surveys the history of female military leadership in ancient and medieval warfare

Women Warlords: An Illustrated Military History of Female Warriors

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Europe

Retells the stories of seven medieval warlords, pirates, rebels, and mercenaries, describes battles and power struggles, and shows the weapons and armor used in each period

Medieval Warlords

McBride, Angus

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Books by Newark, Tim

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Newark, Tim. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

War in Britain

Battlefields Then & Now

Lucky Luciano: The Real and the Fake Gangster

The Worldwide History of Warfare /anglais

Camouflage

The Barbarians: Warriors and Wars of the Dark Ages

Celtic Warriors: 400 Bc - 1600 Ad

Women Warlords: An Illustrated Military History of Female Warriors

The Barbarians: Warriors and Wars of the Dark Ages

Medieval Warlords