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This volume examines the key battles of both Boer Wars, and the principal sieges of the second Boer War: Kimberley; Ladysmith; and Mafeking. It provides a summary of the guerilla war that the British fought, explaining how the need for camouflage became realised.

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An account of the Boer Wars. Triggered by Cecil Rhodes' failed Jameson raid, the Anglo-Boer war started in 1898. It marked the end of the old wars of empire and the beginning of a recognizably 20th-century style of warfare including the use of concentration camps and "scorched earth" policies.

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Book of John Mandeville

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Book of John Mandeville

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As well as holding some of the world's most prized cultural treasures, the British Library is the repository of the nation's collective memory. In this highly illustrated book Michael Leapman tells the Library's story, highlighting the most significant and beautiful items in its care, as well as some of the lesser known.

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The most deeply researched and generously detailed history of the sword of all...

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Describes the uniforms, insignia, weaponry, campaigns and military practices of the border reivers, the guerrilla soldiers who ran wild in the Marches of England and Scotland between the 13th and 17th centuries, and who for a while produced the best cavalry of their time.

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Originally published by Harcourt in 1973, this book argues that the escape and survival of Nazi war criminals was the result of a plan by Martin Bormann to create a brotherhood that would survive the war and evade justice through a complex series of safe houses spread throughout the world.

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A Moving and Informative Guidebook and Keepsake Worthy of Coffee Table Display!

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A fascinating reappraisal of Britains `oldest ally, the House of Braganza.

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An illustrated history of Palestine from 1850 to 1948, drawing heavily on vivid oral accounts and using photographs of the period never previously published.

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A study of the men who fought in the Burma Campaign against the Japanese, and saw some of the hardest battles of World War II - the Chindit campaign, Imphal and Kohima. It shows how, by 1945, experience was giving rise to some of the most modern tropical uniforms and equipment in the world.

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This volume covers the pre-war British Army that became the first British Expeditionary Force which was virtually wiped out in the first year of the war and the "New Armies" that answered Lord Kitchener's call - "Your Country Needs You". It looks at organization, uniforms, equipment and weapons.

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This volume covers the years of the "big pushes": the costly mistakes of the Somme in 1916, and Third Ypres - the infamous Passchendaele battle - in 1917. The author goes on to describe the successful defensive fighting against the great German offensive of spring 1918.

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Guides us through the history of the British Expeditionary Force in 1916 as it struggled to become a modern army and turn the tide of the First World War. The title also explores the difficulties facing the British Army, including the number of new technologies in use, from novelties such as combat aircraft, and tanks to trench mortars.

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Traces the major transformations in British Army doctrine, organisation, structures, units, uniforms and equipment, from the end of the Cold War in the 1990s up to today, revealing how despite being a small force in global terms, the British Army continues to be able to punch above its weight.

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