(Paperback)
By: Garrie Hutchinson
ISBN: 9781740668378
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2009
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
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Victoria's wartime and military heritage encompasses a vast range of memorials, from the majestic Shrine of Remembrance to local war monuments, honour boards, cemeteries, Avenues of Honour, sculptures, museums and memorabilia. This detailed guidebook shares the personal stories of the individuals honoured in 250 of Victoria's key war memorials.
(Paperback)
By: Neil Frances
ISBN: 9780958261791
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2012
Publisher: Fraser Books
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(Paperback)
By: Malcolm Hobart
ISBN: 9781848848948
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2013
UK Publication Date: 30th September 2012
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Throughout the relatively short yet highly distinguished history of the Royal Air Force there has been a tendency for the men and women of the Service to be overshadowed by the glamour of the aircraft.
(Paperback)
By: Gabriele Esposito
ISBN: 9781472844354
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2022
UK Publication Date: 28th October 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This title explores and illustrates the armies of France, and six countries allied against Louis XIV, in a wide-ranging Continental conflict that ushered in more than a century of European warfare.
(Paperback)
By: John Parker
ISBN: 9780755313495
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2006
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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A superb history of Britain's most decorated regiment
(Paperback)
By: John Masters
ISBN: 9780304361564
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2002
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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An evocation of the British Army in India on the eve of its last campaign.
(Paperback)
By: Kate Adie
ISBN: 9780340820605
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2004
UK Publication Date: 2nd August 2004
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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Bestselling author and highly respected BBC news correspondent Kate Adie brings a century of dramatic change for women in uniform vividly to life in this newly reformatted paperback edition of her successful hardback.
(Hardback)
By: Dr Stephen Bull
ISBN: 9781472838063
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A detailed illustrated history of the uniforms of the German army from the period leading up to World War II until 1945.
(Paperback)
By: Tim Newark
ISBN: 9781849013772
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2007
UK Publication Date: 29th July 2010
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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The complete story of the Highlanders - the fiercest Regiments in the British Army.
(Paperback)
By: Colin Shindler
ISBN: 9780751546200
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2013
UK Publication Date: 23rd May 2013
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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A groundbreaking look at life as a conscript during Britain's postwar National Service, as told by the men who served.
Published to tie in with the 50th anniversary of the end of conscription.
(Hardback)
By: Julie Wheelwright
ISBN: 9781472838001
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
UK Publication Date: 20th February 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A history of female combatants, from those who joined the military disguised as men to the current role of women in the armed forces.
(Paperback)
By: Tom Hickman
ISBN: 9780755312412
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2005
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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The most colourful and comprehensive history of national service ever published, featuring more than 80 interviews with those who experienced it, as well as correspondence from the period
(Paperback)
By: Neil Fetherstonhaugh
ISBN: 9780340960288
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2009
Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland
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An incredible account of one man's first hand experience of a conflict that continues to haunt the entire world.
The Gurkhas: An updated in-depth investigation into the history and mystique of the Gurkha regiments
(Paperback)
By: John Parker
ISBN: 9780755314157
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2005
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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An updated in-depth investigation into the history and mystique of the Gurkha regiments
(Paperback, Main)
By: Gary Mead
ISBN: 9781843542704
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2016
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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This controversial book, by one of our finest military historians, reveals the squalid truth about Britain's highest military honour, exposing a shameful history of racism, misogyny and political expediency.
(Paperback)
By: Dr Samantha Crompvoets
ISBN: 9781922464613
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2021
Publisher: Monash University Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: Camilo Mejia
ISBN: 9781931859530
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2009
Publisher: Haymarket Books
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The inspiring story of a soldier who, after fighting in Iraq, publicly refused to return to the war.
(Paperback)
By: Army
ISBN: 9781510728455
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2017
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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(Hardback)
By: Matthew Taylor
ISBN: 9781399034012
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2024
UK Publication Date: 30th March 2024
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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This book brings black history to the fore of the War of 1812, and gives voice those enslaved people who - amidst great power competition between a slave-holding Republic and a slave-holding Empire demonstrated exceptional bravery and initiative to gain precious freedom for themselves and their descendants.
(Hardback)
By: Andrew May
ISBN: 9781036104580
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2024
UK Publication Date: 30th April 2024
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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(Paperback, New edition)
By: Daniel Peterson
ISBN: 9781861264749
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2001
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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This volume illustrates the evolving patterns issued to the Waffen-SS, from the first "plane-tree" pattern to the rare 1945 "Leibermeister", including several "mystery" patterns. It contains rare original uniforms, from private collections, photographed in colour and worn by live models.
(Hardback)
By: Craig Jones
ISBN: 9781526765253
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
UK Publication Date: 30th November 2019
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the lifting of the ban on gay service men and women in the Armed Forces
(Paperback)
By: Peter Duffell
ISBN: 9781399021920
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th October 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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A compelling journey through Gurkha history written with grace and style it is indeed a wonderful read - Field Marshal Lord Bramall KG GCB OBE MC
(Hardback)
By: E C Coleman
ISBN: 9781847971388
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2009
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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For over a century and a half, since the Uniform Regulations of 1856 were introduced, identification of rank amongst officers in the Royal Navy, its branches and its reserves has not been restricted to a single, or even small number, of insignia. Rank may be seen on jacket cuffs, on shoulder badges, on shoulder boards and on epaulettes.
