History of War in Maps by Philip Parker
$62.99 NZD
Category: Military History
From the moment towns and cities arose, the struggle for land, resources and power has turned to violence. Almost from the start, maps have been an essential part of planning and waging war. History of War in Maps gives a unique visual representation of the development of warfare and the maps that have ...Show more
Gallantry in Action - Airmen Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Two Bars 1918-1955 by Norman Franks
$29.99 NZD
$55.00 (45% off)
Category: Military History
When the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service merged on 1 April 1918, to form the Royal Air Force, the new command needed to have its own gallantry medals to distinguish itself from the Army and the Royal Navy. Thus the new Distinguished Flying Cross came into being. Not that this new awar ...Show more
The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin by Brad Meltzer
$39.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The little-known true story of a Nazi plot to kill Winston Churchill, President Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at the height of World War II, and how it was averted. In 1943 only three men stood in Hitler's way; Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. As the war against Nazi Germany raged, the Allied lea ...Show more
Churchill's Shadow: An Astonishing Life and a Dangerous Legacy by Geoffrey Wheatcroft
$36.00 NZD
$45.00 (20% off)
Category: Military History
A critical but fair political biography of Churchill that zooms in on crucial moments in his life and career that help us understand the man in his many contradictions.While in A.J.P. Taylor's words, Churchill was 'the saviour of his country', he was also a deeply flawed character, whose personal ambiti ...Show more
Flawed Hero: Truth, Lies and War Crimes by Chris Masters
$37.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The shocking story of the case against Australia's most highly decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG, and the defamation trial of the century.
Orsogna: New Zealand's First Italian Battle by Jeffrey Plowman
$39.99 NZD
$65.00 (38% off)
Category: Military History | Reading Level: New
Of all the hilltop towns on this part of the Italian Adriatic Coast, none was of greater natural strength. From the south, it appeared as a long line of stone-built houses perched precariously on an escarpment above the Moro River, its buttresses extending down into the cliff face. To an attacker approa ...Show more
Flashpoints - Air Warfare in the Cold War by Michael Napier
$65.00 NZD
Category: Military History
From acclaimed aviation historian Michael Napier, this is a highly illustrated survey of the aerial fighting in the flashpoints of the Cold War. The Cold War years were a period of unprecedented peace in Europe, yet they also saw a number of localised but nonetheless very intense wars throughout the wi ...Show more
Where the Flaming Hell Are We?: The story of young Australians and New Zealanders fighting the Nazis in Greece and Crete by Craig Collie
$37.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The gripping story of Australia and New Zealand in the fight for the Aegean - through the eyes of the soldiers. 'We used our knees and our rifle butts and our blades. For a while we stopped being ordinary blokes and became blood-lusted creatures.' March, 1941: 40,000 Australian and New Zealand troops a ...Show more
Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen
$40.00 NZD
Category: Military History
We could have an uninhabitable earth in a century. It could take 26 minutes and 40 seconds. An edge-of-your-seat non-fiction thriller that has to be read to be believed. Up to now, no one outside of official circles has known exactly what would happen if a rogue state launched a nuclear missile at the ...Show more
SAS Forged in Hell by Damien Lewis
$39.99 NZD
Category: Military History
In the summer of 1943, the largest invasion fleet ever assembled sailed for fortress Europe, aiming to bulldoze its way onto Nazi shores. At its vanguard went a few hundred elite forces soldiers, the Royal Navy warship carrying them bearing the iconic winged dagger emblem on its prow, plus the motto 'W ...Show more
Rampant Dragons - New Zealanders in Armour in World War 2 by Jeffrey Plowman
$49.99 NZD
$75.00 (33% off)
Category: Military History | Reading Level: near fine
A ‘gritty’ history of the 4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade, from its formation in New Zealand through to its final campaign in Italy in 1945. Author Jeffrey Plowman is a well-established ‘armoured’ buff who has specialized in studying the history of New Zealand armoured fighting vehicles and units tha ...Show more
Monte Cassino - Amoured Forces in the Battle for the Gustav Line by Jeffrey Plowman
$44.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Images of War Ser.
The battles fought between the Allied armies and the German Wehrmacht at Monte Cassino in 1944 were key episodes in the protracted Italian campaign, and the eventual Allied victory was a decisive step in the wider war to liberate Europe from German occupation. Much has been written about Cassino, but fe ...Show more