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  • Inside GHQ

    The Gallipoli Diary of Captain Orlo Williams

    by Orlo Williams ...
    Step inside the nerve centre of the Gallipoli Campaign with the previously unpublished diary of Captain Orlo Williams.As a cipher officer within General Headquarters (GHQ), Orlo possessed privileged access to the secret communications that shaped the ill-fated 1915 expedition. He gives an insider's account of life at GHQ, detailing the planning and execution of crucial moments - the landings, key ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • The Long Search for Peace: Volume 1, The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations

    Observer Missions and Beyond, 1947–2006

    Volume I of the Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations recounts the Australian peacekeeping missions that began between 1947 and 1982, and follows them through to 2006, which is the end point of this series. The operations described in The Long Search for Peace - some long, some short; some successful, some not - represent a long period of learning ... Read more

    $130.39 USD

  • Gallipoli

    A Ridge Too Far

    For the first time showcasing a unique and extensive range of Australian War Memorial photographs, Gallipoli: a Ridge too far describes the pivotal events of that momentous year as they affected all the countries involved. The book combines fresh perspectives from the worlds leading authorities, including Turkish and German historians, together with soldiers letters and diary accounts. In early ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Intelligence and the function of government

    Intelligence plays an important, albeit often hidden hand, in the everyday function of government. Australia's intelligence agencies—collectively referred to as the Australian Intelligence Community (AIC)—are an established and fundamental component of the bureaucracy: they keep watch on potential problems in the name of national security, exploit weaknesses in the name of national interests, and ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • The Secret Cold War

    The Official History of ASIO, 1975-1989

    Series Book 3 - OFFICIAL HISTORY OF ASIO
    The Cold War between the West and the Soviet Bloc didn't end with detente in 1975: it just went underground. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, tensions between the superpowers continued to play out across the world.Until now, few would have known of the surprising extent of clandestine operations in Australia by foreign intelligence operatives and the violence-prone activities of local ... Read more

    $13.79 USD

  • Climax at Gallipoli

    The Failure of the August Offensive

    by Rhys Crawley ...
    Series series Campaigns and Commanders Series
    Gallipoli: the mere name summons the story of this well-known campaign of the First World War. And the story of Gallipoli, where in August 1915 the Allied forces made their last valiant effort against the Turks, is one of infamous might-have-beens. If only the Allies had held out a little longer, pushed a little harder, had better luck—Gallipoli might have been the decisive triumph that knocked ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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  • New Zealand's Great War

    New Zealand, the Allies and the First World War

    This book is a collection of essays arising out of the Zealandias Great War conference organised by the New Zealand Military History Committee in November 2003. In 32 essays by distinguished military historians from New Zealand and around the world, various aspects of New Zealands involvement in World War One are discussed. Subjects include the Pioneer Maori Battalion, women who opposed the war, ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Nek

    A Gallipoli Tragedy

    Series Book 1 - Anzac Battles Series
    One of the greatest tragedies in Australian military history occurred at Gallipoli on 7 August 1915, when hundreds of Australian light horsemen were repeatedly ordered to charge the massed rifles and machine-guns of the Turkish enemy. It was a hopeless endeavour, and the resulting bloodbath has horrified every generation since and been the subject of considerable scrutiny by historians. The charge ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • No Better Death

    The Great War Diaries and Letters of William G. Malone

    Edited by Crawford, John ...
    Perhaps the greatest leader of men during the Gallipoli campaign, Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Malone was commanding officer of New Zealand’s Wellington Battalion at Gallipoli. Renowned for his humanity and his superb leadership, he played a key role in the successful assault on Chunuk Bair on 8 August 1915, but was killed later that day. No Better Death reproduces Malone’s impressive and often moving ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Long Shots

    The greatest underdog stories in New Zealand sport

    Kiwis adore underdogs. We never cheer louder than when the long-shot outsider charges in from nowhere to blitz the field, or the written-off veteran finds redemption. This book celebrates some of the most inspiring against-the-odds stories in New Zealand sport.From the famous to the forgotten, from the Carterton Showgrounds to the Stadio Olimpico, the tales within are a tribute to determination, ... Read more

    $11.49 USD

  • Gallipoli

    A century has now gone by, yet the Gallipoli campaign of 1915-16 is still infamous as arguably the most ill conceived, badly led and pointless campaign of the entire First World War. The brainchild of Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, following Turkey's entry into the war on the German side, its ultimate objective was to capture the Gallipoli peninsula in western Turkey, thus ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Gallipoli

    Many chronicles have been written about war, but few, if any, can compare with John Masefield’s masterpiece, Gallipoli. It can be found on countless lists of the finest literary works of all time, and is one of his major achievements.The Battle of Gallipoli campaign began one fateful Sunday morning in April 1915.A joint British Empire (including the newly formed Australian and New Zealand Army ... Read more

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