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  • Intelligence and Military Operations

    Edited by Michael Handel ...
    Series series Studies in Intelligence
    Traditionally the military community held the intelligence profession in low esteem, spying was seen as dirty work and information was all to often ignored if it conflicted with a commander's own view. Handel examines the ways in which this situation has improved and argues that co-operation between the intelligence adviser and the military decision maker is vital. ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Two Minutes Over Baghdad

    by Uri Bar-Joseph, Michael Handel, Amos Perlmutter ...
    A detailed account of the way Israel dealt with the Iraqi nuclear buildup between its launch in 1974 and the destruction of the Tamuz I reactor on 7 June 1981. This updated account includes formerly classified information and photographs taken during the mission and from US spy satellites. ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • The Allies Strike Back, 1941–1943

    by James Holland ...
    Series series The War in the West
    Volume two in this "expert, anecdote-filled, thoroughly entertaining" history of WWII follows The Rise of Germany as the Allied forces turn the tides ( Kirkus).James Holland's The Rise of Germany, the first volume in his War in the West trilogy, was widely praised for his impeccable research and lively narrative. Covering the dawn of World War II, it ended at a point when the Nazi war machine ... Read more

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  • The Bombers and the Bombed

    Allied Air War Over Europe 1940-1945

    by Richard Overy ...
    The ultimate history of the Allied bombing campaigns in World War IITechnology shapes the nature of all wars, and the Second World War hinged on a most unpredictable weapon: the bomb. Day and night, Britain and the United States unleashed massive fleets of bombers to kill and terrorize occupied Europe, destroying its cities. The grisly consequences call into question how “moral” a war the Allies ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • 1918 Year of Victory: The end of the Great War and the shaping of history

    by Ashley Ekins ...
    World War I, The Great War involved the mobilisation of some 70 million soldiers worldwide. It produced images of such pervasive horror on the Western Front that it defined warfare in human memory long into the twentieth century. The war also left a grim legacy: 13 million people died, 9 million of them combatants. Over one-third of those who died were missing, having no known graves. The chapters ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Plan Z

    The Nazi Bid for Naval Dominance

    by David Wragg ...
    "A well-written yet concise history" of Hitler's plan to build a massive naval fleet, why it failed, and how it may have affected the outcome of WWII ( Nautical Research Journal).Except for the strength of the U-boat fleet at the height of the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Navy, or Kriegsmarine, was never a match for the Royal Navy, even though the latter was overstretched and fighting in ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Military Misfortunes

    The Anatomy of Failure in War

    by Eliot A. Cohen ...
    Why do competent armies fail? Eliot Cohen and John Gooch explore answers to this question throughout this extensive analysis of unsuccessful military operations.Since it was first published in 1990, Military Misfortunes has become the classic analysis of the unexpected catastrophes that befall competent militaries. Now with a new Afterword discussing America's missteps in Iraq, Somalia, and the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Great World War 1914–1945

    1. Lightning Strikes Twice

    by Peter Liddle, John Bourne, Ian Whitehead ...
    Comparing and contrasting the World Wars.This will be a landmark in military history: a collaborative venture between historians from 20 different countries addressing every aspect of the two world wars. The scope of the book is enormous. From frontline combat to civilian experience, women and children in wartime, genocide etc.The Face of BattleLeadership in the warsCivilians in the warsNational ... Read more

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  • The Brandenburger Commandos

    Germany's Elite Warrior Spies in World War II

    by Franz Kurowski ...
    Series series Stackpole Military History Series
    This WWII history chronicles the exploits of an elite German spy unit and offers a rare look into the secret operations of Hitler's military.Directed by the German Army's intelligence service, the Brandenburgers became legendary for their brutally efficient clandestine operations. Trained to be quick, mobile, and self-reliant and steeped in local customs and languages, they operated behind enemy ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Forward into Battle

    Fighting Tactics from Waterloo to the Near Future

    by Paddy Griffith ...
    The first edition (1981) took a critical look at the accepted wisdom of historians who interpreted battlefield events primarily by reference to firepower. It showed that Wellington's infantry had won by their mobility rather than their musketry, that the bayonet did not become obsolete in the nineteenth century as is often claimed, and that the tank never supplanted the infantryman in the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • We March Against England

    Operation Sea Lion, 1940–41

    by Robert Forczyk ...
    We March Against England tells the thrilling tale of Operation Sea Lion, Hitler's plan to invade Britain and end its involvement in World War II.In May 1940 Nazi Germany was master of continental Europe, the only European power still standing was Great Britain – and the all-conquering German armed forces stood poised to cross the Channel. Following the destruction of the RAF fighter forces, the ... Read more

    $11.29 USD

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  • Third Reich Victorious

    Alternate Histories of World War II

    Edited by Peter G. Tsouras ...
    This book is a stimulating and entirely plausible insight into how Hitler and his generals might have defeated the Allies, and a convincing sideways look at the Third Reich's bid at world domination in World War II. What would have happened if, for example, the Germans captured the whole of the BEF at Dunkirk? Or if the RAF had been defeated in the Battle of Britain? What if the U-Boats had ... Read more

    $10.99 USD