In the Company of Cowards by Michael Mori
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military
On a beautiful, balmy evening in Cuba in 2007, David Hicks walked out of Guantanamo Bay, in that moment ceasing to be a detainee of the United States and regaining his rights as an Australian citizen. Watching on was the man who had fought for four long years for Hicks's right to go home: Major Michael ...Show more
Eyewitness by Garrie Hutchinson
$34.95 AUD
Category: Military
In Eyewitness, Garrie Hutchinson has selected the cream of writing from Australia's wars. Many of our finest writer-reporters are featured - C.E.W. Bean, Alan Moorehead, Paul McGeough, Kenneth Slessor, Ray Parkin, Osmar White, John Martinkus, Peter Ryan and more. The settings range from the beach at Anz ...Show more
Smithsonian Civil War in 3D: The Life and Death of the Soldier by Michael Stephenson
$39.99 AUD
Category: Military
A collection of 35 stereoscopic photographs and sturdy metal viewer provide a remarkable and highly realistic 3D view of the daily life of soldiers during the American Civil War. Images will include building winter quarters, preparing food in the mess hall, bathing in a river in Virginia, waiting at the ...Show more
Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble by Antony Beevor
$49.99 AUD
Category: Military | Reading Level: very good
On 16 December 1944, Hitler launched his 'last gamble' in the snow-covered forests and gorges of the Ardennes on the Belgian/German border. Although Hitler's generals were doubtful of success, younger officers and NCOs were desperate to believe that their homes and families could be saved from the venge ...Show more
Atomic: The First War of Physics and the Secret History of the Atom Bomb 1939-49 by Jim Baggott
$22.99 AUD
Category: Military
Spanning ten historic years, from the discovery of nuclear fission in 1939 to 'Joe-1', the first Soviet atomic bomb test in August 1949, Atomic is the first fully realised popular account of the race between Nazi Germany, Britain, America and the Soviet Union to build atomic weapons. Rich in personality ...Show more
War Classics Slipcase: War Letters of General Monash & Australian Victories in France in 1918 by John Monash
$79.99 AUD
Category: Military
John Monash War Classics, In his own words . . . War Letters of General MonashThis collection of extraordinary, intimate letters from General Sir John Monash to his wife and daughter, records his experiences throughout World War I, from landing at Gallipoli to leading decisive victories on the Western F ...Show more
Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War by Raghu Karnad
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
The debut of a brilliant young writer, Farthest Field tells the lost history of India's Second World War narrated through the joys and tragedies of a single family, the author's own. Bobby, a young man from the sleepy south Indian coast, sensing adventure and opportunity, follows his brothers-in-law int ...Show more
Elegy : The First Day on the Somme by Andrew Roberts
$39.99 AUD
Category: Military
On 1 July 1916, after a five-day bombardment, 11 British and 5 French divisions launched their long-awaited 'Big Push' on German positions on high ground above the Rivers Ancre and Somme on the Western Front. Some ground was gained, but at a terrible cost. In killing-grounds whose names are indelibly im ...Show more
Kill Chain: Drone and the Rise of High-Tech Assassins by Andrew Cockburn
$40.00 AUD
Category: Military
Kill Chain uncovers the real and extraordinary story of drone warfare, its origins in long-buried secret programs, the breakthroughs that made drone operations possible, the ways in which the technology works, and, despite official claims, does not work. Through the well-guarded world of national securi ...Show more
The 51 Day War: Resistance and Ruin in Gaza by Max Blumenthal
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military
On July 8, 2014, Israel launched air strikes and a ground invasion of Gaza, that lasted 51 days, leaving over 2,000 people dead, the vast majority of whom were Gazan civilians. During the assault, at least 10,000 homes were destroyed and, according to the United Nations, nearly 300,000 Palestinians were ...Show more
Bombing Europe: The Illustrated Exploits of the Fifteenth Air Force by Kevin A. Mahoney
$45.00 AUD
Category: Military
Get the complete story of one of the most ambitious aerial campaigns in history--the bombing of Europe under the Axis powers--illustrated with over 200 compelling photos. Created in November 1943, the Fifteenth Air Force was the direct descendant of the American Ninth and Twelfth Air Forces that had fou ...Show more
1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History by R. G. Grant
$39.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: 1001
Since the first recorded armed conflicts in Sumeria in 2500 BCE, battles have been fought for geographical and political gain. Early combats were small in scale, involving only a few thousand infantry and primitive chariots, but successive campaigns in the region gave the city-states of Babylon and Agad ...Show more