Paddy Mayne: Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment by HAMISH ROSS
$12.00 NZD
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Category: Biographies and memoirs
The definitive biography of Paddy Mayne, and the true story behind the hit TV show SAS Rogue Heroes. 'Paddy' Mayne was one of the most outstanding special forces leaders of the Second World War. Hamish Ross's authoritative study follows Mayne from solicitor and a rugby international to troop commander ...Show more
In Deadly Combat by Gottlob Herbert Bidermann
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Category: Second World War | Series: Modern War Studies
In the hell that was World War II, the Eastern Front was its heart of fire and ice. Gottlob Bidermann served in that lethal theatre from 1941 to 1945, and this memoir of those years recaptures his gruelling experiences with an army marching on the road to ruin.
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything - Tales from the Pentagon by Rosa Brooks
$15.00 NZD
Category: Military theory and general reference
The first serious book to examine what happens when the ancient boundary between war and peace is erased.Once, war was a temporary state of affairs—a violent but brief interlude between times of peace. Today, America’s wars are everywhere and forever: our enemies change constantly and rarely wear unifor ...Show more
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner
$20.00 NZD
Category: Spies, intelligence and cold war
With shocking revelations that made headlines in papers across the country, Pulitzer-Prize-winner Tim Weiner gets at the truth behind the CIA and uncovers here why nearly every CIA Director has left the agency in worse shape than when he found it; and how these profound failures jeopardize our national ...Show more
Stalin's Silver by John Beasant
$15.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
On the night of August 28, 1944, three torpedoes from the German submarine U-859 sank the American merchant ship USS John Barry in the Arabian sea off the eastern seaboard of Oman. The holds of the John Barry contained over $300 million in silver bullion. The 7200-ton ship broke into two pieces and sank ...Show more
The Ballard of Les Darcy by Peter Fitzsimons
$10.00 NZD
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Category: First World War | Series: Books Alive Ser.
The Ballad of Les Darcy, a biography of the legendary Australian boxer, is the latest book from Australia's bestselling author Peter FitzSimons and is exclusive to Books Alive. It's FREE in participating bookshops when a customer buys any book from The 2007 Books Alive Great Read Guide.
Hitler's Samurai - The Waffen-SS in Action by Bruce Quarrie
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Category: Third Reich
Hermann Goring Fighter Ace by Peter Kilduff
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Category: First World War
Over the last 70 years, in countless books and essays, Hermann Goring has been defined by his crimes and excess during the Third Reich and the Second World War. But his activities as a young career military officer in World War-I have invariably been glossed over - until now. "Hermann Goring - Fighter A ...Show more
Battle of Britain Experience by Richard Overy
$30.00 NZD
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Category: Second World War | Series: Treasures and Experiences Series
With the fall of France, Great Britain was Hitler's last remaining stepping-stone to European domination. In July Hitler told his commanders to prepare for the invasion of England. To do this they would have to destroy the RAF - Britain's last line of defence. This book tells the story of that battle. ...Show more
Operation East Timor by John Crawford
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Category: Other Wars
Excellent, illustrated history of New Zealand's recent involvement in the United Nations backed police action in East Timor.
German Paratroopers by Chris McNab
$25.00 NZD
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Category: Second World War
The idea of using the newly available transport aircraft of the 1930s to deliver surprise assaults by small bodies of shock-troops was vigorously developed by the German armed forces in the late 1930s as a part of the blitzkrieg concept.