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  • The Lords of War

    Supreme Leadership from Lincoln to Churchill

    by Correlli Barnett ...
    In this compelling study of leadership, Correlli Barnett examines the strengths and weaknesses of twenty leaders in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He examines how the difficulties they faced and the political and strategic backgrounds of their days and analyses how they performed and what they achieved. Were they successful, or were they beaten down by the burden of their roles? His ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Naval Policy Between the Wars, Volume I

    The Period of Anglo-American Antagonism, 1919–1929

    by Stephen Roskill ...
    First published in 1968 and 1976, the two volumes of this work still constitute the only authoritative study of the broad geo-political, economic and strategic factors behind the inter-war development of the Royal Navy and, to a great extent, that of its principal rival, the United States Navy. Roskill conceived the work as a peacetime equivalent of the official naval histories, filling the gap ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Great War Handbook

    A Guide for Family Historians & Students of the Conflict

    by Geoff Bridger ...
    A guide to daily life and experiences for British servicemen in World War I, from recruitment and training to the battle and its aftermath.Geoff Bridger's Great War Handbook answers many of the basic questions newcomers ask when confronted by this enormous and challenging subject of World War One—not only what happened and why, but what was the Great War like for ordinary soldiers who were caught ... Read more

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  • Leadership in War

    From Lincoln to Churchill

    by Correlli Barnett ...
    From the author of The Audit of War comes "a valuable read for those interested in leadership" through the 19th and early 20th centuries (StrategyPage).Throughout history, there have been those who become leaders through effort, fate, violence, or simple luck. They are leaders of men, of armies, and of nations. Some strive for the best of humanity, while others spread death and destruction. But ... Read more

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  • The Desert Generals

    by Correlli Barnett ...
    A classic account of the Desert Campaign of 1940-43, by a renowned military historian.The distinguished historian Correlli Barnett gives here a complete and full account of the Desert Campaign 1940-43, an epic story set in a wasteland where soldiers fought for victory in a tumult of mechanical warfare. But THE DESERT GENERALS is also the story of five men under the strain of command in battle, the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Audit of War

    The Illusion and Reality of Britain as a Great Nation

    by Correlli Barnett ...
    Series Book 2 - Pride and Fall sequence
    Correlli Barnett described his Audit or War as an 'operational study' to 'uncover the causes of Britain's protracted decline as an industrial country since the Second World War.' First published in 1986, the book swiftly became one of the most controversial and influential historical works of its time.'[The Audit of War] argued that British industry during the Second World War was scandalously ... Read more

    $15.59 USD

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  • Naval Policy Between the Wars, Volume II

    The Period of Reluctant Rearmament, 1930–1939

    by Stephen Roskill ...
    First published in 1968 and 1976, the two volumes of this work still constitute the only authoritative study of the broad geo-political, economic and strategic factors behind the inter-war development of the Royal Navy and, to a great extent, that of its principal rival, the United States Navy. Roskill conceived the work as a peacetime equivalent of the official naval histories, filling the gap ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Redcoat

    The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket

    by Richard Holmes ...
    Redcoat is the brilliant story of the common British soldier from 1700 to 1900, based on the letters and diaries of the men who served and the women who followed them.Delving into the history of the period – charting events including Wolfe's victory and death at Quebec, Wellington's Peninsular War, Waterloo, the retreat from Kabul and the Sikh wars – celebrated military historian Richard Holmes ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Glorious First of June

    Fleet Battle in the Reign of Terror

    by Sam Willis ...
    Series series Hearts of Oak Trilogy
    France, early summer 1794. The French Revolution has been hijacked by the extreme Jacobins and is in the grip of The Terror. While the guillotine relentlessly takes the heads of innocents, two vast French and British fleets meet in mid-Atlantic after a week of skirmishing.The French, in ships painted blood-red and bearing banners proclaiming 'la République ou la mort!' are escorting an American ... Read more

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  • Rising Sun, Falling Skies

    The disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II

    by Jeffrey Cox ...
    Author Jeffrey Cox conducts a thorough and compelling investigation of the Java Sea Campaign, the first major sea battle of the Pacific War, which inflicted huge costs on the Allies and set the stage for Japan's rout across the Pacific and Indian oceans.Few events have ever shaken a country in the way that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor affected the United States. The Japanese forces then ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

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  • Castles of Steel

    Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea

    by Robert K. Massie ...
    In a work of extraordinary narrative power, filled with brilliant personalities and vivid scenes of dramatic action, Robert K. Massie, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and Dreadnought, elevates to its proper historical importance the role of sea power in the winning of the Great War.The predominant image of this first world war is of mud and trenches, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Churchill

    A Life

    by Martin Gilbert ...
    "A richly textured and deeply moving portrait of greatness" ( Los Angeles Times).In this masterful book, prize-winning historian and authorized Churchill biographer Martin Gilbert weaves together the research from his eight-volume biography of the elder statesman into one single volume, and includes new information unavailable at the time of the original work's publication.Spanning Churchill's ... Read more

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