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Black Knights by Oliver Poole
$10.00 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
Tornado Down by John Peters
$15.00 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
RAF Flight lieutenants John Peters and John Nichol were shot down over enemy territory on their first airborne mission of the Gulf War. This book tells the story of their part in the war against Saddam Hussien's regime.
The Jihadist Threat: The Re-Conquest of the West by Paul Moorcraft
$69.99 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
This timely and controversial book examines the international and domestic threats to the West from Jihadism. It joins the dots in the Middle East, Asia and Africa and explains what it means for the home front, mainly Britain but also continental Europe and the USA. More Brits are trying to join the Isl ...Show more
Jarhead - A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles by Anthony Swofford
$15.00 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
In his New York Times bestselling chronicle of military life, Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections on the mythos of the marines, and remembrances of battles with lovers and family. When the U.S. Marines -- or "jarheads" -- were sent to Saudi Arabia ...Show more
The Gamble - General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks
$15.00 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
Thomas E. Rick's news-breaking follow up to the #1 New York Times bestseller Fiasco Now updated to fully document the inside story of the Iraq war since late 2005, The Gamble is the definitive account of the insurgency within the U.S. military that led to a radical shift in America's strategy. Based ...Show more
A History of the Middle East by Peter Mansfield
$32.00 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
Over the centuries, the Middle East has confounded the dreams of conquerors and peacemakers alike. This now-classic book, fully updated to 2009, follows the historic struggles of the region over the last two hundred years, from Napoleon's assault on Egypt, through the slow decline and fall of the Ottoma ...Show more
Redeployment by Phil Klay
$53.00 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
Phil Klay's Redeployment takes readers to the frontlines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking us to understand what happened there, and what happened to the soldiers who returned. Interwoven with themes of brutality and faith, guilt and fear, helplessness and survival, the characters in these st ...Show more
A Modern History of the Kurds by David McDowall
$73.06 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
In this detailed history of the Kurds from the 19th century to the present day, McDowall examines the interplay of old and new aspects of the struggle, the importance of local rivalries within Kurdish society, the enduring authority of certain forms of leadership and the failure of modern states to resp ...Show more
Kandak: Fighting With Afghans by Patrick Hennessey
$37.00 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
When Patrick Hennessey returned home from Afghanistan, battle-worn, exhilarated, unsure if he'd see anything like it in his life again, he left behind him bands of friendship forged in the heat of the moment between living and dying. The comrades he left furthest behind were Qiam, Syed and Majhib. They ...Show more
Standard Operating Procedure : Inside Abu Ghraib by Philip Gourevitch & Errol Morris
$38.00 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
"Standard Operating Procedure" is an utterly original collaboration by the writer Philip Gourevitch ("We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families") and the film-maker Errol Morris ("The Thin Blue Line" and "The Fog of War"). They have produced the first full reckoning of what ...Show more
Taliban by James Fergusson
$43.00 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror