The Road to Verdun by Ian Ousby
$10.00 NZD
Category: First World War
A vivid account of the generals' planning and the troops' suffering in the largest, longest and bloodiest battle of World War I. It challenges the narrow horizons of military history and should challenge the reader's view of France, and the very nature of warfare.
Gallipoli: A Guide to New Zealand Battlefields and Memorials by Ian McGibbon
$19.99 NZD
Category: First World War
Gallipoli is one of the most significant sites in the story of New Zealand's First World War - a symbol of great sacrifice and camaraderie, and the heart of ongoing Anzac commemorations. Gallipoli- A Guide to New Zealand Battlefields and Memorialsis the indispensable handbook to the history and geograph ...Show more
Eisenhower's Armies - The American-British Alliance During World War II by Niall Barr
$13.47 NZD
Category: Second World War
An authoritative and dramatic behind-the-scenes history of 'the Atlantic Alliance' during World War II. The Anglo-American relationship from 1941-1945 proved to be the most effective military alliance in history. Yet there were also constant tensions and disagreements that threatened to pull the allianc ...Show more
The World's worst weapons by Martin J. Dougherty
$15.00 NZD
$20.00 (25% off)
Category: Tanks, artillery, trains, guns and vehicles
Laucala Bay: The Story of the RNZAF in Fiji 1939 to 1967 by Bee Dawson
$25.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
"A social history of the RNZAF flying-boat station at Laucala Bay, near Suva in Fiji. As the prospect of a Pacific war with Japan became likely in the 1930s, a Commonwealth defence conference decided which countries would be responsible for which parts of the Pacific. New Zealand was given responsibilit ...Show more
Last Stand in Singapore - The Story of 488 Squadron RNZAF by Graham Clayton
$15.00 NZD
$20.00 (25% off)
Category: Second World War
This history has been written using the diaries, letters, photographs and personal reminiscences of 488 Squadron, who were based just outside Singapore City and valiantly kept planes in the air against Japanese attacks until just before the city was overwhelmed.
Gun: A Visual History by Chris Stone (Editor); Philip Fitzgerald (Designed by); Tim Lane (Designed by); Victoria Clark (Designed by); Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
$20.00 NZD
$25.00 (20% off)
Category: Tanks, artillery, trains, guns and vehicles
Gunis a highly visual gift book perfect for anyone with an interest in gun culture at whatever level. Split into four main chronological chapters running from 1200 to the present day, the book showcases more than 300 different guns including rifles, pistols, sniper guns, machine guns and grenade launche ...Show more
Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45 by Max Hastings
$15.00 NZD
$20.00 (25% off)
Category: Second World War
Pre-eminent military historian Max Hastings presents Winston Churchill as he has never been seen before. Winston Churchill was the greatest war leader Britain ever had. In 1940, the nation rallied behind him in an extraordinary fashion. But thereafter, argues Max Hastings, there was a deep divide betwee ...Show more
Gallipoli to the Somme - Recollections of a New Zealand Infantry Man by Aitken Alexander
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
Alexander Aitken was an ordinary soldier with an extraordinary mind. The student who enlisted in 1915 was a mathematical genius who could multiply nine-digit numbers in his head. He took a violin with him to Gallipoli (where field telephone wire substituted for an E-string) and practiced Bach on the Wes ...Show more
Secret Army: An Elite Force, a Secret Mission, a Fleet of Model-T Fords, a Far Flung Corner of WWI by Barry Stone
$40.00 NZD
$45.00 (11% off)
Category: First World War
It was arguably the greatest fighting force in the entirety of the Great War. They were the very best: hardened, fearless, decorated, cocky fighting men, all veterans of Gallipoli and the Western Front. Yet this elite force secretly assembled in London in late 1917 remains an enigma even today. Barry St ...Show more
Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific["Threat and Response"] by Rohan Gunaratna (Editor)
$15.00 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror | Series: Regionalism and Regional Security Ser.
"This collection of essays provides readers with specialist knowledge of terrorist organizations, their modus operandi and the threat they pose." "It helps the reader to look at the multidimensional character of terrorism as well as the general and specific responses of regional states."--BOOK JACKET.Ti ...Show more
MILITANT ISLAM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA NETWORK by ABUZA ZACHARY
$15.00 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
Islamic extremism in Southeast Asia has moved beyond a matter of local concern to one of global significance - as the events of the past decade have so clearly demonstrated. Drawing on intensive on-the-ground investigation and interviews with key militants, Zachary Abuza explains the emergence of radica ...Show more