The Opening guns: Fort Sumter to Bull Run, 1861 (Eyewitness history of the Civil War)

History

Albert A. Nofi

Americas

Combined Books

Written for the scholar, buff or layman, THE CIVIL WAR BOOK OF LISTS contains all the information you could possibly want regarding the war and its participants. Whether you want to judge a Civil War General on his battle tactics or his good looks, this is the book for you.

The Civil War Book of Lists

Battle Of The Bulge

Parker, Danny S.

Military

A Spy's London: A Walk Book of 136 Sites in Central London Relating to Spies, Spycatchers & Subversives from More Than a Century of London'Ssecret H

Travel

Berkeley, Roy

Europe

A look at the possibility of the existence of American POWs in Vietnam today reveals evidence from CIA documents and Pentagon files and tells the dirty secrets behind the American government's cruel and illegal withholding of critical information. Original.

The Bamboo Cage

Literature & Fiction

CAWTHORNE, NIGEL

British & Irish

If asked to name the most famous battle ever fought, most people would almost certainly say "Waterloo." But very few would mention, or even know of, Hougoumont; yet Wellington himself declared that "the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo rested upon the closing of the gates at Hougoumont."The defence of the chateau and farm of Hougoumont against heavy odds in fighting that continued all day was indeed the key to victory at Waterloo. Had Hougoumont not held out, Blucher's Prussians might well have arrived too late to save the day. Yet the dramatic story of this 'battle within a battle' has never been told until now. Julian Paget combines his skills as a military historian and a battlefield guide to provide a vivid account of the bitter fighting at Hougoumont on 18th June 1815. The book is written in collaboration with Derek Saunders, who has made a lifetime study of Hougoumont; it contains 7 maps and 17 illustrations, and appendices giving useful background information. There is also a chapter on what to look for and look at when visiting Hougoumont today, making it a valuable guide book as well as an authoritative account of events.

Hougoumont: The Key to Victory at Waterloo

Saunders, Derek

Paget, Julian

The "Pals" battalions were a phenomenon of the Great War, never repeated since. Under Lord Derby's scheme, and in response to Kitchener's famous call for a million volunteers, local communities raised (and initially often paid for) entire battalions for service on the Western Front. Their experience was all too frequently tragic, as men who had known each other all their lives, had worked, volunteered, and trained together, and had been shipped to France together, encountered the first full fury of modern battle on the Somme in July 1916. Many of the Pals battalions would not long survive that first brutal baptism, but their spirit and fighting qualities have gone down into history. This is the story of the four Salford battalions, many of whose original members were recruited from one of the most notorious, oppressive and desolate slums to arise from the Industrial Revolution. Salford was late in recruiting, but within a year had raised four Pals battalions and a reserve battalion - an enormous achievement for a town of its size, as Liverpool and Manchester each raised only four such battalions, and Sheffield just one. The book records the impact of the war on Salford (noting, for example, the widespread anti-war feeling in the early days), follows the difficulties and triumphs in raising the Pals battalions, and describes the subsequent events and actions, both great and small.

The Salford Pals: The History of the Salford Brigade, the 15th, 16th, 19th and 20th (Service Battalions the Lancashire Fusiliers, 1914-1919)

Stedman, Michael

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A Drop Too Many

Frost, John

Excellent Book with NO tears or marks &amp; No remainders. Light edgewear. Looks Wonderful &amp; Ships today with FREE tracking!

The U-Boat War, 1914-1918

Gray, Edwyn A.

Many important tactical innovations were made by British advisors in the guerrilla wars fought in the Arabian peninsula in the 60s and 70s.

Muscat Command: The Muscat Regiment in Oman in 1967

Thwaites, Peter

Sloane, Simon

Middle East

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