War & Military History
War’s most momentous events—the Battle of Britain and D-Day.
Teddy Peacock-Edwards Rick Peacock-Edwards 30th September, hb, £25, 9781911714279
Teddy Peacock-Edwards was one of 11 young men from southern Rhodesia recruited into the RAF in 1938. This is a personal tribute written by his son, a fighter pilot.
RAF Boys in the Far East Steve Bond 30th September, hb, £25, 9781911714286
For 82 years the RAF maintained a permanent military presence in the Far East. Those who were there tell their stories.
Headline
World in Peril Al Murray, James Holland 30th December, hb, £25, 9781472296504
From Alamein to Barbarossa, the war on China to Stalingrad, this book will capture readers with its pioneering academic research on a host of Second World War-related topics.
Imperial War Museum
15th December, pb, £25, 9788365958204
With RAF assistance Hellenic Squadrons were formed, allowing Greek pilots to fight across Palestine, Egypt, Libya and Italy. Among various aircraft, one remained significant.
Nuremberg James Bulgin, Toby Haggith
6th November, pb, £20, 9781912423989
Drawing on documents, witness testimony and visual material from IWM’s collections, Nuremberg captures the importance and complexity of the trials that attempted to bring Nazi war criminals to justice.
John Murray
The Traitor’s Circle Jonathan Freedland 11th September, hb, eb, £22, 9781399813679
Thrilling true story of courage, resistance and ultimately betrayal in the Third Reich, captured by internationally bestselling author and prize-winning journalist.
Peacemakers
Margaret MacMillan 14th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399827171
JM Classics edition of the influence of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. Peacemakers won the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Duff Cooper Prize and the Hessell-Tiltman Prize.
John Murray One
The Concise Art of War Sun Tzu 28th August, hb, eb, £11.99, 9781399821506
The Poppy 16th October, pb, £12.99, 9781912423958
Through archival material from the museum’s collections this giftbook tells the story of the poppy, from the battlefields of the First World War to its role as a symbol of remembrance.
Emergency Exits Carl Warner 4th September, pb, £12.99, 9781912423972
Through 50 photographs Emergency Exits explores how key conflicts in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus became defining events in the end of the British Empire.
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Master the art of strategy and achieve victory in life’s battles with Sun Tzu’s enduring guide to wisdom, foresight and adaptability.
Macmillan
Warhead Nicholas Wright 30th October, hb, eb, £20, 9781035013982
Essential book for understanding our divided world from a brain surgeon and strategic adviser to the UK and US governments.
Mushroom Model
Colours and Markings of Hellenic Spitfires 1943-1954 John Korellis, Tilemahos Panagiotidis
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-Fiction
US Combat Aircraft Colours Over Vietnam 1964 - 1975 Vol 2 Jaroslaw Dobrzynski, Janusz Swiatlon, Marcelo Ribeiro, Mads Bangso
15th December, hb, £40, 9788365958440
Details fixed-wing combat aircraft used in Vietnam (1964-75).
Assembly Ships of the Mighty Eight Jacek Jackiewicz
15th October, pb, £29, 9788367227858
Explores specialised aircraft that organised bomber formations, highlighting the vital role assembly ships played in ensuring the success of US Eighth Air Force bombing missions.
Oldcastle Books
War Without Mercy Gordon Kerr 22nd January, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780857305923
Engaging introduction to a pivotal moment in European history—the Spanish Civil War. Charts the conflicts, key events and a timeline and considers the war’s wider geopolitical impact and relevance today.
Osprey
The Rise and Fall of the British Army, 1975–2025 Ben Barry
9th October, hb, eb, £30, 9781472856340
New study of a critical period in the history of the British Army.
Rhineland Anthony Tucker-Jones 9th October, hb, eb, £25, 9781472859921
Dramatic retelling of the desperate battle of the Rhineland from the German perspective.
Defenders of the Reich Robert Forsyth 6th November, hb, eb, £25, 9781472862860
The story of the Luftwaffe fighter arm’s desperate defence of the Third Reich from the growing Allied bomber offensive.
Devil’s Fire, Southern Cros Jeffrey Cox
14th August, hb, eb, £30, 9781472864482
Absorbing, fast-paced read of the final months of the crucial Guadalcanal- Solomons Campaign during the Pacific War.
Pearl Harbor: Japan’s Greatest Disaster Mark Stille
6th November, hb, eb, £25, 9781472865311
Detailed re-examination of the Japanese attack that saw the US enter the Second World War.
Jungle Commandos Lucy Betteridge-Dyson 9th October, hb, eb, £20, 9781472866646
Drawing on unpublished firsthand accounts, this is a tense history of the experiences of the Commandos and their unsung allies in one of the bloodiest battles of the Burma Campaign.
Into the Reich Prit Buttar 11th September, hb, eb, £30, 9781472866998
Enriched by extraordinary firsthand accounts, this is a fascinating history of the dying days of the Third Reich as Stalin sought to consolidate his own empire.
T-72 Main Battle Tank James Kinnear, Stephen L Sewell
15th January, hb, eb, £30, 9781472871800
Generously illustrated study of the tank and variants, detailing its history from the Soviet Army in the Cold War though to the current conflict in Ukraine.
Vikings 6th November, hb, eb, £25, 9781472872296
Colourful exploration of the history, training, weapons, lifestyles and legacy of the Vikings.
War Without Mercy Mark Edward Lender, James Kirby Martin
9th October, hb, eb, £25, 9781472872678
By drawing on vivid contemporary accounts Lender and Martin are able to relate a fascinating exploration of how and why America’s Revolutionary War descended into a brutal existential struggle.
Oxford University Press
Out of Hitler’s Shadow Tobias Straumann 10th September, hb, £20, 9780192849519
The destruction left by Nazi Germany was horrendous. Straumann tells the story of how, why and to what extent “Hitler’s Debt” was ’paid’ in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Annapolis Goes to War Craig L Symonds 2nd September, hb, £22.99, 9780197752678
America’s pre-eminent naval historian offers a history of the Second World War based on the experiences of the young officers fresh out of the United States Naval Academy.
The Skeptic Isle Steven Casey 4th August, hb, £26.99, 9780197781876
Based on a massive array of overlooked primary sources, The Skeptic Isle presents an intriguing narrative of the British government’s attempt to sell the Second World War to its citizens.
Faith and Fear Gregory A Daddis 4th November, hb, £26.99, 9780197804223
Reassessment of the long Cold War era argues that faith in and fear of war became central to Americans’ thinking about the world around them.
The Great War and the Transformation of Habsburg Central Europe Pieter Judson, Tara Zahra 25th September, hb, £25, 9780198804000
How the First World War transformed the multinational Austro- Hungarian monarchy into a fractured landscape of mistrust, scarcity and dissolution and laid the foundation for the new postwar world.
Wannsee Jeremy Noakes, Lesley Sharpe, Peter Longerich 10th September, pb, £14.99, 9780198834052
The complete story of the Wannsee Conference, the meeting that paved the way for the Holocaust.
Inchon SP MacKenzie 11th September, hb, £18.99, 9780198851653
Chronicles the origin, course and consequences of the Battle of Inchon in September 1950 and examines its afterlife through various media in the US and South and North Korea.
Goebbels and ‘Total War’ Jeremy Noakes, Lesley Sharpe, Peter Longerich
13th November, hb, £20, 9780198923770
On 18 February, 1943, Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels made a speech in the Berlin Sports Palace that is regarded as one of the most chilling ever made. This book explores that speech.
Pen & Sword Military
Japanese Spy Gear & Special Weapons Stephen C Mercado
30th August, hb, £22, 9781036107987
Detailed history of the Imperial Japanese Army’s Noborito Research Institute in the First and Second World Wars and the Cold War.
Vietnam Fire Mission Larry Allen Hilton 30th August, hb, £25, 9781036114237
Reflects on Hilton’s time in the US Marine Corps, initially enlisting at 18 with the belief that all Marines were infantrymen.
The English Bowman in the Hundred Years War MJ Trow
30th August, hb, £22, 9781036124724
Looks at every aspect of medieval military life—battles, sieges, campaigns, medicine and supplies.
Basra and Back Matthew Okuhara 30th August, hb, £25, 9781036129651
True story of a volunteer infantryman deployed in the second Iraq War.
Behind the Lines With the SBS
Nicholas James Marshall, Robert Desmond Marshall 30th September, hb, £25, 9781036134815
A soldier’s personal story of volunteering, recruitment and training undertaken in the Middle East during the Second World War.
Why Appeasement Failed Andrew Sangster 30th August, hb, £22, 9781036135836
Detailed explanations on why Nazism was allowed to flourish in Germany despite the many warning signs given to the West.
Picador
Inside Hitler’s Bunker Joachim Fest, Margot Bettauer Dembo (tr)
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