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  • Operation Praying Mantis 1988

    The US Navy takes on Iran's fleet

    by Si Sheppard ...
    Series Book 61 - Raid
    Dramatically illustrated, this is an expert account of America's biggest surface battle since World War II, when the US Navy took on Iran's navy and air force in open combat.Operation Praying Mantis was the culmination of the 1980s Tanker Wars in the Persian Gulf between the US and Iran. This one-day naval battle was a rare full-scale clash between modern warships, and the only occasion since ... Read more

    $16.79 USD

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  • Crescent Dawn

    The Rise of the Ottoman Empire and the Making of the Modern Age

    by Si Sheppard ...
    A groundbreaking history of the wars of the Ottoman Expansion, a truly global conflagration that crisscrossed three continents and ultimately defined the borders and future of modern Europe.The determined attempt to thwart Ottoman dominance was fought across five theaters from the Balkans to the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, from Persia to Russia. This intercontinental melee is expertly re ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

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  • Byzantine Soldier vs Seljuk Warrior

    Manzikert to Myriokephalon, 1071–1176

    by Si Sheppard ...
    Series Book 84 - Combat
    This colourful study investigates the Byzantine and Seljuk forces that fought in a series of battles with profound implications for the Middle East during the 11th and 12th centuries.The Byzantine defeat at Manzikert in one of history's pivotal battles resulted in the victorious Seljuk Turks pushing west to the Bosporus. Byzantine appeals for aid sparked the First Crusade, as the Byzantines and ... Read more

    $17.49 USD

  • The Buying of the Presidency?

    Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New Deal, and the Election of 1936

    by Si Sheppard ...
    Series series Praeger Series on American Political Culture
    This groundbreaking work tells the true story behind Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1936 reelection, drawing upon never-before-published personal files to expose a nexus of patronage and power that changed America forever.FDR's 1936 reelection represented his greatest political triumph. Yet the election remains largely unstudied despite the fact that critical decisions by some of the most colorful—and ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • We Killed Yamamoto

    The long-range P-38 assassination of the man behind Pearl Harbor, Bougainville 1943

    by Si Sheppard ...
    Series Book 53 - Raid
    He masterminded the most devastating surprise attack against the United States in its history. He was a marked man in the war that followed.A key intelligence breakthrough enabled the military to pinpoint his location. An elite team was assembled and charged not with his capture and subsequent trial but with his execution. Osama bin Laden? No – this was Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in ... Read more

    $17.49 USD

  • ANZAC Soldier vs Ottoman Soldier

    Gallipoli and Palestine 1915–18

    by Si Sheppard ...
    Series Book 68 - Combat
    In 1915–18, ANZAC and Ottoman soldiers clashed on numerous battlefields, from Gallipoli to Jerusalem. This illustrated study investigates the two sides' fighting men.The Gallipoli campaign of 1915–16 pitched the Australian and New Zealand volunteers known as the ANZACs into a series of desperate battles with the Ottoman soldiers defending their homeland. In August 1915, the bitter struggle for the ... Read more

    $17.49 USD

  • The Viking Siege of Paris

    Longships raid the Seine, AD 885–86

    by Si Sheppard ...
    Series Book 56 - Raid
    The Vikings' siege of Paris in 885–86 was a turning point in the history of both Paris and France.In 885, a year after Charles the Fat was crowned King of the Franks, Danish Vikings sailed up the Seine demanding tribute. The Franks' refusal prompted the Vikings to lay siege to Paris, which was initially defended by only 200 men under Odo, Count of Paris, and seemingly in a poor state to defend ... Read more

    $16.79 USD

  • Patriot vs Loyalist

    American Revolution 1775–83

    by Si Sheppard ...
    Series Book 62 - Combat
    Following the American Declaration of Independence, communities from Boston to Savannah were forced to make a choice: to strike out for an independent republic, or remain true to the British Crown.The American Revolutionary War was America's first civil war. As the conflict raged from Canada to the Caribbean and from India to Gibraltar, it was in American communities that the war was the most ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Cuzco 1536–37

    Battle for the Heart of the Inca Empire

    by Si Sheppard ...
    Series Book 372 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated and detailed study of one of the most important campaigns in the colonization of the Americas, the Spanish conquest of the vast Inca Empire.In April 1532 a bloody civil war between two brothers ended with one of them, Atahualpa, as master of the mighty Inca Empire. Now the most powerful man in South America, his word was law for millions of subjects spread across thousands of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Roman Soldier vs Parthian Warrior

    Carrhae to Nisibis, 53 BC–AD 217

    by Si Sheppard ...
    Series Book 50 - Combat
    In 53 BC, Roman and Parthian forces collided in a confrontation that would reshape the geopolitical map and establish a frontier between East and West that would endure for the next 700 years.From the initial clash at Carrhae through to the battle of Nisibis more than 250 years later, Roman and Parthian forces fought a series of bloody campaigns for mastery of the Fertile Crescent.As Roman forces ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Constantinople AD 717–18

    The Crucible of History

    by Si Sheppard ...
    Series Book 347 - Campaign
    The siege of Constantinople in AD 717–18 was the supreme crisis of Western civilization.The Byzantine Empire had been reeling under the onslaught of Arabic imperialism since the death of the Prophet, whilst Jihadist armies had detached Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and Carthage from imperial control and were in the process of imposing their ascendancy at sea. The Empire had been reduced to its ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Tenochtitlan 1519–21

    Clash of Civilizations

    by Si Sheppard, Paul Kime, Bounford.com ...
    Series Book 321 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated history of the Spanish conquest of Mexico from 1519 to 1521, an epic clash of civilisations that saw the destruction of the Aztec Empire.In 1519, the Conquistador Hernán Cortés landed on the mainland of the Americas. His quest to serve God, win gold, and achieve glory drove him into the heartland of what is now Mexico, where no European had ever set foot before. He marched ... Read more

    $18.99 USD