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Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket
Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket
by Richard Holmes
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Redcoat is the story of the British soldier--those noncommissioned men whom Kipling called "the backbone of the army"--from roughly 1760 to 1860. Based on the letters and diaries of the men who served and the women who followed them, this book is rich in... (read more)

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Indian Mutiny
Indian Mutiny
by John Harris
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The Wordsworth Military Library covers the breadth of military history, including studies of individual leaders and accounts of major campaigns and great conflicts.... (read more)

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Churchill's War Lab: Code-Breakers, Scientists, and the the Mavericks Churchill Led to Victory
Churchill's War Lab: Code-Breakers, Scientists, and the the Mavericks Churchill Led to Victory
by Taylor Downing
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AHistory Book Club selection. As a young boy he re-enacted historic battles with toy soldiers, as a soldier he saw action on three continents, and as the Prime Minister only a direct edict from King George VI could keep him from joining the troops on D... (read more)

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The Junior Officers' Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars
The Junior Officers' Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars
by Patrick Hennessey
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Hailed as a classic of war writing in the U.K., The Junior Officers' Reading Club is a revelatory first-hand account of a young enlistee's profound coming of age. Attempting to stave off the tedium and pressures of army life in the Iraqi desert by losing... (read more)

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War of the Running Dogs: Malaya 1948-1960
War of the Running Dogs: Malaya 1948-1960
by Noel Barber
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Only three short years after the end of the Japanese occupation, war came again to Malaya. The Chinese-backed guerrillas called it the War of the Running Dogs - their contemptuous term for those in Malaya who remained loyal to the British. The British... (read more)

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Eyewitness in the Crimea: The Crimean War Letters of Lt. Col. George Frederick Dallas
Eyewitness in the Crimea: The Crimean War Letters of Lt. Col. George Frederick Dallas
by George F Dallas
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The thoughts of an officer at the forefront of the fighting, portraying the daily hardships experienced by the soldiers.... (read more)

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The Steel of the DLI (2nd Bn 1914/18)
The Steel of the DLI (2nd Bn 1914/18)
by John Sheen
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The 2nd Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry was one of only two battalions of the regiment that did not have its history published in some form after the Great War, the other was the 1/7th (Territorial) Battalion. As the regular Home Service battalion... (read more)

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Wellington as Military Commander
Wellington as Military Commander
by Michael Glover
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Known affectionately as "Old Nosey," Wellington earned the highest reputation as a British military commander. He achieved victories despite impossible obstacles and had the undying loyalty of his men. In Wellington as Military Commander Michael Glover... (read more)

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Bad Lads: RAF National Service Remembered
Bad Lads: RAF National Service Remembered
by Alf Townsend
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Between 1945 and 1963, over two and a half million eighteen year olds were called up for national service. Alf Townsend was one of them, and here he tells his story - the highs and lows of life as a lowly Aircraftman Second Class in the early '50s... (read more)

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Montgomery (Brassey's Military Profiles)
Montgomery (Brassey's Military Profiles)
by Nigel. Hamilton
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This fascinating study of military leadership follows British general Bernard Law Montgomery's military career from his cadet days and service in World War I to his great victories of World War II, including his defeat of the great German panzer... (read more)

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Haig
Haig
by Andrew A. Wiest
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Examines Haig??'s continuing controversial role in British national... (read more)

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Wellington: The Iron Duke (Brassey's Military Profiles)
Wellington: The Iron Duke (Brassey's Military Profiles)
by Phi Haythornthwaite
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One of the Duke of Wellington's officers once remarked, "We would rather see his long nose in the sight than a reinforcement of ten thousand men." Arthur Wellesley, first duke of Wellington (17691852), was one of the greatest military commanders in... (read more)

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Symbol of Courage
Symbol of Courage
by Max Arthur
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The Victoria Cross can only be awarded for 'most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy.' It has been awarded only 1,354 times since 1856, the majority... (read more)

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British Military Greats
British Military Greats
by Peter Snow
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Forty experts give their takes on the triumphs, tragedies, heroes, and icons that have given Britain one of the richest military histories in the world. The subjects feature pioneering leaders such as Alfred the Great and Boudicca; spectacular feats of... (read more)

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Battle of Bannockburn 1314
Battle of Bannockburn 1314
by Aryeh S Nusbacher
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A history of the most celebrated battle in Scottish history, where Robert the Bruce defeated the forces of Edward II and won independence for Scotland.... (read more)

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The English Civil War
The English Civil War
by Martyn Bennett
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This text deals not only with the military campaigns of the English Civil War, but also with the way war affected the people and institutions of mid-17th-century England. In addition, the book looks beyond England's borders and situates the war in its... (read more)

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Old Ironsides: The Military Biography of Oliver Cromwell (Phoenix Press)
Old Ironsides: The Military Biography of Oliver Cromwell (Phoenix Press)
by Frank Kitson
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Subtitled, "The Military Biography Of Oliver Cromwell". How a country gentleman with no military experience rose to become the greatest general of the English Civil War.... (read more)

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Marijuana Time
Marijuana Time
by Ken Lukowiak
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"In Soldier's Song", Ken Lukowiak described the nightmare of war in the Falklands. "Marijuana Time" recalls the years after the war, in which Lukowiak struggled to come to terms with what he had experienced.... (read more)

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Mr. Kipling's Army: All the Queen's Men
Mr. Kipling's Army: All the Queen's Men
by Byron Farwell
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This is an upstairs-downstairs view of the Victorian-Edwardian army, one of the world's most peculiar fighting forces. The battles it fought are household words, but the idiosyncracies and eccentricities of its soldiers and the often appalling conditions... (read more)

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Wellington: The Iron Duke (Brassey's Military Profiles)
Wellington: The Iron Duke (Brassey's Military Profiles)
by Phi Haythornthwaite
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One of the Duke of Wellington's officers once remarked, "We would rather see his long nose in the sight than a reinforcement of ten thousand men." Arthur Wellesley, first duke of Wellington (17691852), was one of the greatest military commanders in... (read more)

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