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1759 1759 Frank McLynn History would have been different if not for the events of 1759. It was the fourth year of the Seven Years', or the French-and-Indian, War, and crucial victories against the French in the first truly… OL15860366W
British military service tribunals, 1916-1918 British military service tribunals, 1916-1918 James McDermott This is the first substantial analysis of the work of British Military Service Tribunals, established in 1916 to adjudicate applications for exemption from military service (partial conscription was … OL16299866W
Went the Day Well? Went the Day Well? Crane, David. This book tells the panoramic story of Waterloo, from its causes to its aftermath, told through uniquely interwoven narratives drawn from the diaries, letters, reminiscences, and great novels of part… OL17213372W
With wings like eagles With wings like eagles Michael Korda From the Publisher: Michael Korda's brilliant work of history takes the reader back to the summer of 1940, when fewer than three thousand young fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force-often no more tha… OL17717059W
Daring young men Daring young men Richard Reeves The author of the bestsellers "President Nixon" and "President Kennedy" details the harrowing journey of two men who risked their lives to defy the Soviet blockade intended to drive Western powers ou… OL1895860W
British Counterinsurgency British Counterinsurgency John Newsinger "From the Zionist Revolt in Palestine at the end of the Second World War to the Provisional IRA's campaign in Northern Ireland, the British State has been involved in fighting guerrilla war and rebel… OL1967832W
Rogue heroes Rogue heroes Ben Macintyre Britain's Special Air Service--or SAS--was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristocrat with a remarkable strategic mind. Where his colleagues looked at a map of World War II's Afri… OL20036147W
National Service National Service Richard Vinen "Richard Vinen's new book is a serious - if often very entertaining - attempt to get to grips with the reality of National Service, an extraordinary institution which now seems as remote as the Briti… OL20288159W
Tank! Tank! Ken Tout This short book is a novelette-sized experiential treatment. It is raw, full of the period banter between the men of a tank battalion in Normandy. The characters crass humour is exquisitely raw. M… OL2274803W
From the front line From the front line Hew Pike 'From the Front line' is an extraordinary record of a family's military service over the last 100 years. Thanks to careful editing, each individual tells his story through letters and diaries which c… OL24266192W
Marlborough Marlborough Richard Holmes xxvii, 564 p., [24] p. of plates : 20 cm OL26297614W
Defending Essex Defending Essex Osborne, Mike (Military historian) 'Defending Essex' describes the various elements of the county's military heritage, and places them in their historical, archaeological and social context. OL27680231W
William Francis Butler William Francis Butler Martin Ryan xi, 244 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm OL3004851W
The Battle of Crécy, 1346 The Battle of Crécy, 1346 Andrew Ayton "First large-scale study of Crécy and its context, bringing out its full significance in English and French history"--Provided by publisher. OL3486392W
The killing ground The killing ground Tim Travers,Timothy Travers This book explains why the British Army fought the way it did in the First World War. It integrates social and military history and the impact of ideas to tell the story of how the army, especially t… OL3858515W
General Eisenhower on the Military Churchill General Eisenhower on the Military Churchill Alistair Cooke "What man could better have evaluated the military mind of Winston Churchill than the man who shared with him the momentous decisions of war - Dwight D. Eisenhower. In this conversational reminiscenc… OL537053W
Swansea Pals Swansea Pals Bernard Lewis Chapters on early recruitment and training in Swansea 1914/15; at the front in France and Flanders; trench raid 4 June 1916; the attack on Mametz Wood 10 July 1916; the Passchendaele Offensive 31 Jul… OL5856476W
Depictions and images of war in Edwardian newspapers, 1899-1914 Depictions and images of war in Edwardian newspapers, 1899-1914 Glenn R. Wilkinson "This book by Glenn R. Wilkinson seeks to delve deeper into the origins of war by examining the way that war was viewed before 1914. It argues that impressions of war experienced through the press ga… OL5962634W
Soldier Sahibs Soldier Sahibs Charles Allen "In this stirring chronicle of the quest undertaken by fearless young British officers in Queen Victoria's Army to secure India's northwest frontier, Charles Allen brings to life one of the most extr… OL7936506W
War and Border Societies War and Border Societies A. Goodman Examines the organisation behind societies which were 'organised for war' on a day to day basis. Drawing on a substantial body of Anglo-Scottish archive material the authors trace the first developed… OL8091490W
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