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in Korea, China and the Middle East all had their origins in failed peace settlements. Why did peace so often collapse in this period? 242pp. £16.99 NOW £3.25


70479 ILLUSTRATED CATALOG OF RIFLES AND


SHOTGUNS by David Miller A brilliant introduction to Historic Rifles, The American Civil War, Taming The Frontier, Two World Wars, Modern Rifles and Shotguns. The rifle progressed from being a muzzle-loader to a breechloading, bolt-operated weapon, then to a


semi-automatic weapon and finally to the lightweight ‘assault rifle’. The shotgun is a smooth ball weapon originally developed as a hunting device for killing fast moving, flying or running prey. Loaded with shot (many small projectiles) the chance of hitting a moving target was greatly enhanced. The weapon has also seen military use in trench warfare and special operations. With over 500 clear colour photos, each entry has a description and technical specification and is arranged alphabetically within the categories listed above. A real gallery of fine craftsmanship. 256pp in large softback. £14.99 NOW £6


69360 THE NINJA ANCIENT SHADOW WARRIORS OF JAPAN: The Secret History of


Ninjutsu by Dr Kacem Zoughari This volume takes Ninjutsu research to a new level, including studies of its history, wisdom and philosophy. What is Ninjutsu? The commonly held image of the black-clad ninja is a recent invention. Simply put, Ninjutsu is a collection of adaptable survival techniques that allows the practitioner to face the uncertainties of life and to respond to dangerous situations, through physical and psychological discipline, where one uses orthodox weapons in unorthodox ways. 191 large pages, colour and b/w illus. £34 NOW £7


69409 HISTORY BUFF’S GUIDE TO THE CIVIL WAR by Thomas Flagel


Subtitled Top Ten Rankings of the Best, Worst, Largest, and Most Lethal People and Events of the Civil War. Here are unsung heroines, the self-promoting spy Belle Boyd and the privileged diarist Mary Chestnut, sisters of mercy like Catholic nuns, civil war films, facts like 470,000 soldiers captured, cross-eyed Benjamin F. Butler (New Hampshire 1818-93) who was a walking contradiction, newspapers and many characters. With over 30 annotated top ten lists and unexpected new findings. Timeline, 495 paperback pages, photos. £11.99 NOW £3


69474 CIVIL WAR: The Wars of the Three Kingdoms


1638-1660 by Trevor Royle On a warm late summer’s day in 1642, two rival English armies faced each other at Edgehill. There, Royalists faithful to King Charles I engaged the supporters of Parliament in a battle that left 1,500 dead and many more wounded. Ahead lay a bloody conflict that would divide the nation and transform the course of British


history. This vivid and dramatic account of these turbulent years from 1638, when the Scots signed the National Covenant, to the end of the Protectorate in 1659 tells the stirring story of one of the greatest struggles in our history. 888 paperback pages, illus in b/ w plus maps and plans. £15.99 NOW £4.50


70019 GUERRILLA WARFARE by Che Guevara


This is Che’s political testament, his own story of the Cuban Revolution. It was written in 1960, just after the 1956-59 Revolution and, originally intended as a manual for other guerrilla movements of Latin America, grew into Che’s classic account of the motivations and justifications of revolution. This is the work of a man before he was turned into a myth. The Cuban Revolution against the Batista dictatorship was also a struggle against American imperialism in Latin America. For Che, American capitalism had merely replaced colonial exploitation, and his prophetic insights into the globalisation that now dominates world politics are as pertinent today. He sets out the faith necessary for political action. 175pp in illustrated paperback. £7.99 NOW £3.50


70134 HITLER’S NAVY: A Reference Guide to the Kriegsmarine 1935-1945


by Jak Mallmann Showell This ultimate reference book on every aspect of the German Navy in World War II is a classic work for a new generation of readers, explaining exactly why the Kriegsmarine represented such a


potent force. The German Navy, both before the war and throughout the years of fighting, was heavily outnumbered by the navies of Great Britain and the United States, yet it proved a serious thorn in the sides of its adversaries. The U-boat war in the North Atlantic in particular threatened the very liberation of Europe, while the major warships posed a constant threat to the Allied shipping lanes. This superb volume covers all classes of ships, the naval bases, the organisation, the command and rank structure, the uniforms and awards, the sailors and commanders, and outlines the course of the navy’s evolution from the Treaty of Versailles to the collapse of the U-boat offensive and the demise of the Third Reich. As well as biographies of notable personalities and a chronology of the main naval events, there are also most interesting appendices. These show and explain in detail the workings of the Enigma Schluesselmaschine M, which the Germans used to encode most of their day-to-day secret communications. It was such a complex piece of apparatus that it was thought the codes could never be broken, yet it was eventually cracked by the British. With a section on uniforms by Gordon Williamson. The appendices also describe flags and German naval charts. 224 pages 25cm x 30cm lavishly illustrated in colour and b/w, with chronology, glossary and appendices. £35 NOW £16


70371 HUNTING EICHMANN by Neal Bascomb


The suspenseful story of Adolf Eichmann’s capture, tracking the Nazi as he escapes two American POW camps, hides out in the mountains, slips out of Europe on the rat lines and builds an anonymous life in Buenos Aires. Witness how concentration camp survivor Simon Wiesenthal’s persistent search for the monster


evolved into an international man-hunt that involved the bulldog West German prosecutor, an Argentinean Jew and his beloved daughter, and a budding, ragtag spy agency called the Mossad. Presented in a pulse- pounding, hour-by-hour account, the capture of Eichman and efforts by Israeli agents to smuggle him out of Argentina for trial bring the narrative to a stunning conclusion. 388pp in paperback. $15.95 NOW £5


70526 SOLDIERS AND WARRIORS: An Illustrated


History by Jack Coggins From Mongol warriors, Roman soldiers and the Vikings, to Swiss Pike Men, British Redcoats and the French Foreign Legion, this crackling survey examines military might from the time of the Pharaohs to the modern era. Spotlighting frontline foot soldiers, Coggins’s


encyclopaedic effort focuses on the world’s great fighting forces looking at their weapons, tactics and training and uniforms. The ambitious work considers conflicts in the ancient world, siege warfare by the Greeks, raids by the Norsemen and the exploits of England’s Bowmen. It also probes combat histories of the Germans, Japanese, the Samurai code, Russians, Americans and troops from other lands, the Ghurkhas, the Sikhs, the Dervishes, the Ethiopians and the Zulus. 200 of the author’s own drawings make this a now classic compendium. Facsimile reprint of the 1966 original. 372 very large pages with diagrams, maps. £20.99 NOW £7


67984 THE D-DAY EXPERIENCE


by Richard Holmes D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history, took place on 6th June 1944. The subsequent battle in Normandy which lasted until the end of August involved


over a million men from Britain, the US, Canada, France, Poland and Germany and helped seal the fate of Hitler’s Third Reich. This large publication contains 15 facsimile items of rare memorabilia integrated into the pages of the book by way of wallets, stick in booklets and flaps. This way you can hold and examine maps, diaries, letters, secret memos and reports, posters and log books. Colour. $29.95 NOW £5


69002 THE GURKHAS: Special Force by Chris Bellamy


For nearly 200 years, the Gurkhas have fought with unswerving loyalty on behalf of Britain and India. But who are the Gurkhas? How much of the myth that surrounds them is true? Looking at the wars they have fought this century, the author examines their continuing appeal and remarkable status now, when each year 11,000 hopefuls apply for just over 170 coveted places in the ranks of the British Army Gurkhas. 414 paperback pages with b/w photos, maps and guide to military terms.


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70987 THE ROAD HOME by Max Arthur


11am, the 11th of the 11th 1918 - the war is finally over. After four long years Britain welcomed her heroes home. They were welcomed home by their loved ones and those who survived life at the Front faced the reality of rebuilding their lives in a society that had changed beyond recognition. How did they cope with their war wounds, amputations, lack of work,


homelessness and memories of lost comrades? And what of the independent young women who were asked to give up their work and wives who had to readjust to life with men who seemed like strangers? How did the shell shocked and the blind manage to find their place in society? And what of the conscientious objectors, the army of young widows, the spinsters without hope of a husband, the mothers who had sacrificed their sons? In this collection of testimonies of all these people and many more, these stories are not what you might expect to find. Principally collected from the archives of the Imperial War Museum and the Liddle Collection and contemporary news sources. 276pp in paperback with 16 pages of b/w photos. £7.99 NOW £4


71110 WARTIME WOMEN: A Mass Observation Anthology 1937-45


edited by Dorothy Sheridan Facsimile reprint of the 1990 original, this is a unique document offering unrivalled insight into women’s minds and lives during the Second World War. Seven women writing in 1937 described why they joined Mass Observation, why they like writing about their lives, and


what value they think it will have. The diarists include a single shipping clerk in her 30s from Glasgow, an 80 year old widow from Ilford, a 24 year old single teacher from Liverpool, an 18 year old accounting machine operator from London, Mrs Last (of Nella Last’s War) a middle aged housewife from Barrow-in-Furness, and a 40 year


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71077 BLACK WATCH by Tom Renouf


Born in 1925, Tom Renouf like his father before him, joined the army to see action in France against the Germans. He joined the Black Watch as a private and was promoted in the field to Lieutenant. Awarded the Military Medal in 1945 for his actions during the Rhine crossing, on his return he graduated in physics from the University of


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69149 LUFTWAFFE FIGHTER ACE


by Norbert Hannig


Norbert Hannig was Frontflieger or Operational Pilot who says himself he did nothing special during World War Two. He was one of the many rank and file pilots fighting for his country and not for the Fuhrer. But his wartime career makes for fascinating reading on an aspect of the 1939-45 war not covered


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70986 WARTIME NOTEBOOKS


by Marguerite Duras Fay Weldon says of this book, ‘The work cuts to the bone: distressing and illuminating as the texts are about the nature of war and the self, and the eroticism of grief and violence...enough to make you change your view of history.’ Marguerite Duras was one of the leading intellectuals and novelists of post-war France. She kept four


notebooks in a cupboard in her country home, but until recently the importance of the material she wrote between 1943 and 1949 was not recognised. These notebooks retraced her formative experiences - difficult childhood in Indochina, her harrowing wait for her husband’s return from internment - and reveals the personal history behind her bestselling novels The Lover and La Douleur. These are intimate documents


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chronicling each hope and disappointment with a spontaneity and authenticity that make for an unparalleled closeness with the reader. Raging, sensual, embittered, ardent, we enter a dreamlike and savage world filled with the great themes of love, war and death. 336pp in paperback. £9.99 NOW £4


71043 EVADER by Derek Shuff


Full of terrifying and humorous moments, here are the true-life adventures of a 1000 plus mile journey of the first British airman to escape occupied Europe during the Second World War. In 1941 Air Gunner Sergeant Jack Newton’s Wellington is hit by flak on his first bombing raid over Germany. Miraculously, the skipper makes an emergency landing on a German-


occupied Belgian airfield, narrowly avoiding Antwerp Cathedral. Having torched the plane, the crew give the unsuspecting Germans the slip and are hidden by the Resistance. Hoping to make it to the coast and back across the Channel, the airmen are surprised when 23 year old female leader of the Comète Escape Line, Andrée de Jonge codenamed Dédée has other plans for them. 198pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £3.50


71052 LETTERS FROM AN AIRFIELD


by Jack Rosenthal


Subtitled ‘The True Story of a GI Bride of the Mighty Eighth’, Rosenthal reconstructs one particular relationship from its beginning in March 1944 to its culmination in marriage in July 1945. ‘It was as if they came from another planet’ reflected one Suffolk farm worker remembering the arrival of the


Yanks in 1944. The tall, courteous, big-spending strangers often became the first love and sometimes the love of a lifetime of many of the local young women. Using letters kept by his mother, Rosenthal traces the history of both the American and British sides of his family, in a narrative that ranges from a dramatic escape after the fall of Hong Kong to the nightmares of the Arctic convoys, supported by lively insights into the history and social circumstances of all four families involved in his research. Like sparkling wine - ‘was ever music more wonderful, men so handsome; was the summer really that hot, were the jokes funnier, laughter more merry than at any other time during the World’s history?’ 16 pages of b/w photos, 192pp in large softback.


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67983 THE BLITZ: An Illustrated History by Gavin Mortimer


The winter of 1940-41 was the season of the Blitz as Germany attempted to bludgeon Britain into submission. Although journalists and photographers were out on the streets with ordinary citizens, fire-fighters and ARP wardens witnessing the terrifying events of the Blitz for themselves, many of their stories and incredible photos were never published. Today, the author has scoured the unique photo archive of the Mirror newspaper group to unearth some of the most inspiring images of the Blitz, from the famous photo of St Paul’s in the flames to a number of incredibly moving images that have never been made public. Alongside are stories taken from contemporary sources, newspaper articles, diary entries and interviews with survivors. 196 large pages, archive photos.


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69259 ALL MUCK, NOW MEDALS: Landgirls by Landgirls by Joan Mant


The Women’s Land Army was actually founded in 1917, but it was during WWII that it attracted the kind of attention which assured its place in the history of the British war effort. Here is Elsie Druce, leaving home for the first time, Betty Schibler in a hostel up a steep hill, threshing - a filthy and noisy job, adventures at silage time, work on a ‘market garden’ and reminiscences of dozens of ‘green’ girls. Getting up at 4am, eating raw potatoes, they cover all facets of the WLA experience, from initial volunteering, training, uniforms and dealing with bombing raids to all aspects of the farming and building work they undertook and, of course, their limited but heartily enjoyed social lives. 259pp paperback with b/w photos.


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