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Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket by Richard Holmes Publisher Comments 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) List Price $27.25 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Indian Mutiny by John Harris Publisher Comments 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) List Price $12.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Churchill's War Lab: Code-Breakers, Scientists, and the the Mavericks Churchill Led to Victory by Taylor Downing Publisher Comments 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) List Price $30.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Junior Officers' Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars by Patrick Hennessey Publisher Comments 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) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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War of the Running Dogs: Malaya 1948-1960 by Noel Barber Publisher Comments 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) List Price $12.99 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Eyewitness in the Crimea: The Crimean War Letters of Lt. Col. George Frederick Dallas by George F Dallas Publisher Comments The thoughts of an officer at the forefront of the fighting, portraying the daily hardships experienced by the soldiers.... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Steel of the DLI (2nd Bn 1914/18) by John Sheen Publisher Comments 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) List Price $50.00 Your price: $22.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Wellington as Military Commander by Michael Glover Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Bad Lads: RAF National Service Remembered by Alf Townsend Publisher Comments 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) List Price $12.99 Your price: $7.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Montgomery (Brassey's Military Profiles) by Nigel. Hamilton Publisher Comments 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) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.97 New - Trade Paper
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Haig by Andrew A. Wiest Publisher Comments Examines Haig??'s continuing controversial role in British national... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Wellington: The Iron Duke (Brassey's Military Profiles) by Phi Haythornthwaite Publisher Comments 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) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Symbol of Courage by Max Arthur Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $5.98 Used - Trade Paper
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British Military Greats by Peter Snow Publisher Comments 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) List Price $17.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Battle of Bannockburn 1314 by Aryeh S Nusbacher Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $7.48 Used - Trade Paper
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The English Civil War by Martyn Bennett Synopsis 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) List Price $105.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Old Ironsides: The Military Biography of Oliver Cromwell (Phoenix Press) by Frank Kitson Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Marijuana Time by Ken Lukowiak Synopsis "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) Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Mr. Kipling's Army: All the Queen's Men by Byron Farwell Publisher Comments 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) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Wellington: The Iron Duke (Brassey's Military Profiles) by Phi Haythornthwaite Publisher Comments 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) List Price $20.50 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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