D-Day by Stephen E. Ambrose
$14.00 NZD
Category: Military & War
<p>On the basis of 1,400 oral histories from the men who were there, bestselling author and World War II historian Stephen E. Ambrose reveals for the first time anywhere that the intricate plan for the invasion of France in June 1944 had to be abandoned before the first shot was fired. <br ...Show more
Generation Kill by Evan Wright
$12.00 NZD
Category: Military & War
"Generation Kill is about the young men sent to fight their nation's first open-ended war since Vietnam. Despite the flurry of media images to come of the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, you have never really met any of these people, who serve as front-line troops. For whatever reason, the media si ...Show more
War Junkie by Jon Steele
$12.00 NZD
Category: Military & War
Living for the adrenalin rush which comes as bullets fly around your head and bombs explode at your feet, Jon Steele worked as an ITN cameraman. He filmed scenes of brutality and suffering in Georgia, Moscow, Rwanda, Zaire and Bosnia, before finally realising he had seen and filmed too much.
El Alamein : The Battle that Turned the Tide of the Second World War by Bryn Hammond
$15.00 NZD
Category: Military & War | Series: General Military
The battle of El Alamein in 1942 was one of the most crucial events in the entire Second World War. Before it, the British had never won a major battle on land against the Germans; nor indeed had anyone else, even the Russians. At Alamein the British Eighth Army first thwarted the Axis attempts in North ...Show more
In the Face of the Enemy: The Complete History of The Victoria Cross & New Zealand by Glyn Harper & Colin Richardson
$18.00 NZD
Category: Military & War | Reading Level: very good
For 150 years the highest Commonwealth military decoration for gallantry has been the Victoria Cross. These are the extraordinary stories of the New Zealand VCs. Since its instigation in 1856 more than 40 Victoria Crosses have been awarded with strong New Zealand associations to men whose courage in the ...Show more
Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II by Keith Lowe
$10.00 NZD
Category: Military & War | Reading Level: very good
Keith Lowe's "Savage Continent" is an awe-inspiring portrait of how Europe emerged from the ashes of WWII. The end of the Second World War saw a terrible explosion of violence across Europe. Prisoners murdered jailers. Soldiers visited atrocities on civilians. Resistance fighters killed and pilloried co ...Show more
3 Para by Patrick Bishop
$8.00 NZD
Category: Military & War
Afghanistan in the summer of 2006. In blazing heat in remote outposts the 3 Para battlegroup is pitted against a stubborn enemy who keep on coming. Until now, the full story of what happened there has not been told. This is it. In April 2006, the elite 3 Para battlegroup was despatched to Helmand Provi ...Show more
The Forever War: Dispatches from the War on Terror by Dexter Filkins
$10.00 NZD
Category: Military & War
There are already many books on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and about the War on Terror - but this is something very different. In "The Forever War", award-winning "New York Times" correspondent Dexter Filkins does not analyse how these wars happened and why, or where they have succeeded or failed ...Show more
King of Spies by Blaine Harden
$12.00 NZD
Category: Military & War
In King of Spies, prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14, Blaine Harden, reveals one of the most astonishing -- and previously untold -- spy stories of the twentieth century. Donald Nichols was "a one man war", according to his US Air Force commanding general. He won the ...Show more
Air America - The True Story of the CIA's Mercenary Fliers in Covert Operations from Pre-War China to Present Day Nicaragua by Christopher Robbins
$8.00 NZD
Category: Military & War
A worldwide bestseller when it was originally published, this reissue ties-in with the 1990 film starring Mel Gibson. From the author of "The Ravens", this novel is about a secret airline run by the CIA and sent out on dangerous missions. The text is illustrated with shots taken from the film.
A Year in the Life of the Red Arrows by Tony Cunnane; Chris Bennett
$16.00 NZD
Category: Military & War
The book follows the '97 squadron of the Red Arrows, from the selection and training process of the new Red Arrow pilots, to the moment when the team are permitted to wear their red flying suits.
Road to Victory: D Day 1944 to VJ Day 1945 : Classics, Rare and Unseen Photographs from the Daily Mail by Maureen Hill
$20.00 NZD
Category: Military & War | Series: Classic, Rare and Unseen
July 2009 is the 70th Anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Britain, which was one of the most remarkable defensive actions of World War II. With 220 photographs from the wartime archive of the "Daily Mail", this book offers a visual coverage of this extraordinary period of the War.