Devotion An Epic True Story of Heroism, Brotherhood and Sacrifice by Adam Makos
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military
'Devotion' is the true story of the US Navy's most famous aviator duo: Tomn Hudner, a white, blue-blooded New Englander, and Jesse Brown, a black sharecropper's son from Mississippi. The two went on to fly and fight together in the early stages of the Korean war, before Brown was shot down.
A Week in September: A story of enduring love from the Burma Railway by Peter Rees
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
Through a precious cache of WWII letters, a story of war is revealed. But also, most movingly, a story of love, resilience and survival, from award-winning and bestselling writer, Peter Rees. Doug Heywood was a grown man when he discovered, in a shoe box hidden in a wardrobe, a time capsule of sorts - ...Show more
D-Day The Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor
$24.99 AUD
Category: Military | Reading Level: very good
"As near as possible to experiencing what it was like to be there...It is almost impossible for a reader not to get caught up in the excitement". (Giles Foden, "Guardian"). The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking ...Show more
Lone Survivor: The Incredible True Story of Navy SEALs Under Siege by Marcus Luttrell
$22.99 AUD
Category: Military
In June 2005 four US Navy SEALs left their base in Afghanistan for the Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al-Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less than twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy ...Show more
History's Worst Battles by Joel Levy
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military
In the bad, old, politically incorrect days, history was about individuals - kings, queens, emperors, prime ministers, generals, and presidents - and the battles they fought, and lost or won. Today, history is much more likely to be about technological change, economics, and abstract socio-political for ...Show more
1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History by R. G. Grant
$39.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: 1001
Since the first recorded armed conflicts in Sumeria in 2500 BCE, battles have been fought for geographical and political gain. Early combats were small in scale, involving only a few thousand infantry and primitive chariots, but successive campaigns in the region gave the city-states of Babylon and Agad ...Show more
How to Defend Australia by Hugh White
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
A brilliant and important book about Australia's future. Can Australia defend itself in the Asian century? How seriously ought we take the risk of war? Do we want to remain a middle power? What kind of strategy, and what Australian Defence Force, do we need? In this groundbreaking book, Hugh White cons ...Show more
Anzac Girls: The Extraordinary Story of Our World War I Nurses by Peter Rees
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military
By the end of the Great War, forty-five Australian and New Zealand nurses had died on overseas service and over two hundred had been decorated. These were the women who left for war looking for adventure and romance but were soon confronted with challenges for which their civilian lives could never have ...Show more
In the Company of Cowards by Michael Mori
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military
On a beautiful, balmy evening in Cuba in 2007, David Hicks walked out of Guantanamo Bay, in that moment ceasing to be a detainee of the United States and regaining his rights as an Australian citizen. Watching on was the man who had fought for four long years for Hicks's right to go home: Major Michael ...Show more
Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble by Antony Beevor
$49.99 AUD
Category: Military | Reading Level: very good
On 16 December 1944, Hitler launched his 'last gamble' in the snow-covered forests and gorges of the Ardennes on the Belgian/German border. Although Hitler's generals were doubtful of success, younger officers and NCOs were desperate to believe that their homes and families could be saved from the venge ...Show more
History of War in Maps by Philip Parker
$55.00 AUD
Category: Military
From the moment towns and cities arose, the struggle for land, resources and power has turned to violence. Almost from the start, maps have been an essential part of planning and waging war. History of War in Maps gives a unique visual representation of the development of warfare and the maps that have ...Show more