The Railway Man by Eric Lomax
$19.95 AUD
Category: Military
During the Second World War Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships, Lomax suffered for years until, with the help of his wife, Patti Lomax, and of the Me ...Show more
World War I: The Definitive Visual History by DK
$65.00 AUD
Category: Military
The ultimate guide to World War I A uniquely accessible military history of one of the world's most devastating conflicts Now revised and updated, World War I- The Definitive Visual Guide takes you from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the Treaty of Versailles. Experience some of ...Show more
Rogue Forces by Mark Willacy
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military
Rogue Forces is the explosive first insiders' story of how some of Australia's revered SAS soldiers crossed the line in Afghanistan, descending from elite warriors to unlawful killers. Mark Willacy, who won a Gold Walkley for exposing SAS war crimes, has penetrated the SAS code of silence to reveal one ...Show more
Lawrence in Arabia - War, deceit, imperial folly and the making of the modern Middle East by Scott Anderson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Military | Reading Level: near fine
The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller 2014New York Times top ten bestseller 2014Amazon.com's Top Ten History Books of the Year 2014New York Times Book of the Year 2014 The Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War One was, in the words of T.E. Lawrence, 'a sideshow of a sideshow'. Amidst the slaughter i ...Show more
The Nasho's War: Australia's National Servicemen and Vietnam by Mark Dapin
$24.99 AUD
Category: Military
On 10 March 1965, the first nasho's birthdate was drawn from a lottery barrel at the Department of Labour and National Service in Melbourne. Over the next seven years, a total of 63740 young Australian men would be drafted into the army and face the prospect of being sent to war. The nashos came from al ...Show more
The War in the West - A New History: Volume 1: Germany Ascendant 1939-1941 by James Holland
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military
Are you ready for the truth about World War Two? In the first of an extraordinary three-volume account of the war on land, in the air and at sea, James Holland reveals not only the truth behind the familiar legends of the Second World War but he also unveils those lesser known events which were to have ...Show more
Sandakan by Paul Ham
$49.95 AUD
Category: Military
The untold story of the Sandakan Death Marches of the Second World War. This is the story of the three-year ordeal of the Sandakan prisoners of war until now a barely known episode of unimaginable horror. After the fall of Singapore in February 1942, the Japanese conquerors transferred 2500 British and ...Show more
Nelson: A Dream of Glory by John Sugden
$34.95 AUD
Category: Military | Reading Level: very good
The most comprehensive and thoroughly researched account ever written of Horatio Nelson's early career and rise to prominence -- it is certain to become the benchmark book on Nelson. There have been numerous biographies of Nelson, but most fail to penetrate the mythology encrusting Britain's greatest na ...Show more
Australian Heroines of World War One by Susanna de Vries
$34.95 AUD
Category: Military
Australian Heroines of World War One is the story of eight courageous women through diaries, letters, original photos, paintings and maps. These eight women had the courage and strength for which the Anzacs are renowned and the compassion and tenderness that only a woman can bring. One brave nursing sis ...Show more
Too Bold to Die: The Making of Australian War Heroes by Ian Mcphedran
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military
From Gallipoli to Afghanistan, many Australians have been awarded military honours for acts of selfless courage. Others have missed out. Bestselling author Ian McPhedran uncovers new stories of extreme bravery in action from WWII to today, and hears from those on the front line about what courage really ...Show more
The First World War in 100 Objects by Gary Sheffield
$49.95 AUD
Category: Military
he First World War was one of the seminal events in world history. The First World War in 100 Objects offers a unique perspective on the world's first truly global conflict. It traces its history through the examination of iconic items like the Zeppelin, the gas mask and Winston Churchill's Cigar, to pe ...Show more
Lost Boys of Anzac by Peter Stanley
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
Australians remember the dead of 25 April 1915 on Anzac Day every year. But do we know the name of a single soldier who died that day? What do we really know about the men supposedly most cherished in the national memory of war?Peter Stanley goes looking for the Lost Boys of Anzac: the men of the very f ...Show more