True war and combat stories

Ex-SAS soldier Pete Scholey tells the action-packed stories of 20 of his SAS colleagues.

The Pointblank Directive is the result of extensive new research that creates a richly textured portrait of perhaps the last untold story of D-Day.

Alice Zwicker was the only service woman from Maine to be a prisoner of the enemy in either of the two World Wars.

The Pointblank Directive is the result of extensive new research that creates a richly textured portrait of perhaps the last untold story of D-Day.

This is the remarkable account of Medal of Honor recipient Leslie Sabo Jr, whose brave actions in Vietnam and Cambodia were forgotten for over three decades.

The explosive, shocking and honest account from an MI5 officer, revealing never-before-seen detail into MI5's operation 'I do it because it is all I know.

Esta narración consta de espacios bien delimitados, comenzando por el relato pormenorizado de la historia de Afganistán para seguir con el de la guerra consecuencia de la invasión soviética, el de la lucha y posterior triunfo de los muyahidines, de los combates fratricidas entre las diferentes fracciones que dieron pie a que los interesados —Pakistán, Arabia Saudita, Emiratos y las petroleras norteamericanas— se comprometieran en la construcción de gasoductos para transportar las riquezas de Turkmenistán, aportando los medios para la creación del movimiento talibán que facilitaría dicha construcción.

Breve y muy interesante ensayo que analiza e ilustra varios momentos históricos en los que se tomaron decisiones críticas y que abarca desde la guerra civil americana (1861-1865) hasta la guerra de los Seis Días (1973) pasando por la guerra de Corea (1950-1953), la crisis del canal de Suez (1956) y la crisis de los misiles de Cuba (1962).

En Escoria de la tierra, biografía colectiva de la agonía de Francia, Arthur Koestler deja testimonio de la metamorfosis de un Estado democrático en una maquinaria totalitaria.

'[A] tremendously evocative debut, a love story set in the hallucinatory atmosphere of war, described in translucent, fever-dream prose.

From the bestselling author of 'Fighter Boys', the true story of two ruthless adversaries and a wartime killing that shook the modern world.

The first heroes of the air.

The allied expeditionary force landed on the beaches of Calamita Bay, on the south-west coast of the Crimean Peninsula, in September 1854.

Forgotten is an extraordinary blend of military and social history - a story that pays tribute to the valour of an all-black battalion whose crucial contributions at D-Day have gone unrecognised to this day.

This book takes the reader, alongside Kipling, to the training camps of Kitchener's army in the south of England, to the lines of the French army and the villages just behind them, to sea with submarines, minesweepers and the big ships of Jutland, to the Alpine front between Italy and Austria-Hungary and alongside the Irish Guards as they fight in the first battles of the war in the summer of 1914.

Ryuji Nagatsuka did not know, when he made an application to become a pilot in October 1943, that by the following autumn Japan's situation in the war would be so critical that the role for which he was destined would be part of the most incomprehensible phenomenon of the hostilities - that of a suicide pilot, known to the world as a kamikaze.

Revolt in the Desert is the extraordinary story of the war in Arabia between 1916 and 1918, written by one of the war's most extraordinary characters, Lawrence of Arabia.

'The observer, wherever on the globe his eyes were turned, would have found no area immune from the struggle.

A rare and forgotten first-hand account of the first day of the Battle of the Somme by a British infantry soldier who went 'over the top' and survived.

The Writers' War is a collection of excerpts from outstanding accounts of the First World War, a terrifying conflict that would otherwise be beyond our ability to imagine.

As a young Army officer, Robert Baden-Powell was stationed in Malta as an aide to his uncle, General Sir Henry Augustus Smyth.

First published in 1993 and now available as an ebook.

A completely original history of one of the most extraordinary movements in the world - the Girl Guides - and how they helped win the war.

A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure - a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960sCondemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charriere (nicknamed Papillon) was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana.

Following on from the success of 'The Speckled People', Hugo Hamilton's new memoir recounts the summer he spent working at a local harbour in Ireland, at a time of tremendous fear and mistrust.

This moving and timely book explores the way the First World War has been thought about and commemorated, and how it has affected its own, and later, generations.

"e;I looked around my cell and saw the sheet of paper taped to the door at chest height.

The ultimate story of escape to riches, revenge and redemption by 'the Napoleon of storytellers'.

A gripping history of the Mediterranean campaigns from the first rumblings of conflict through the Second World War and into the uneasy peace of the late 1940s.

A rich account of the impact of the Second World War on the lives of people living in the farms and villages of Britain.

Compelling and dramatic insights into crucial moments inside the cockpit.

Fifteen renowned authors from widely varied backgrounds examine the Vietnam War, providing a fresh insight into this controversial conflict, even for those who have 'read it all before'.

Separating myth from reality, The Enemy Within traces the history of espionage from its development in ancient times through to the end of the Cold War and beyond.

A full and detailed history of the military sniper, from the American Civil War to the war on terror, packed with first-hand accounts.

Fifteen renowned authors from widely varied backgrounds examine the Vietnam War, providing a fresh insight into this controversial conflict, even for those who have 'read it all before'.

A full and detailed history of the military sniper, from the American Civil War to the war on terror, packed with first-hand accounts.

Separating myth from reality, The Enemy Within traces the history of espionage from its development in ancient times through to the end of the Cold War and beyond.

This edition does not include illustrations.

Bomb Hunters tells the story of the British army's elite bomb disposal experts in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Seventy years on, D-Day remains the greatest combined military operation of all time.

World War II affected the lives of ordinary men and women more directly than any other conflict before or since.

Fascinante, reveladora y poderosa, Francotirador la asombrosa autobiografía del Capitán SEAL Chris Kyle, el francotirador que tuvo el récord más alto en la historia militar estadounidense.

An extraordinary collection of reportage that tells the story of some of the most important world events of the past 16 years, from one of the most talented and intrepid female journalists at work today.

Every nation has its founding myth, and for modern China it is the Long March.

In a series of powerful accounts drawn from diaries, letters, sound archives and interviews recorded during the period of devastation, discovery and transformation that make the blitz such an outstanding event in Britain's recent past, "e;The Blitz"e; brings to life the intense experiences, as they happened all over Britain.

An utterly gripping non-fiction adventure narrative, 'Lost in Shangri-La' is an untold true story of war, anthropology, survival, discovery, heroism, and a near-impossible rescue mission.

Personal stories from the men and women who volunteered to fight for a cause they passionately believed in.

Filled with diverse letters and diary entries from the archives and rich resources across America, Don't Hurry Me Down to Hades sheds new light on the military events, politics, and personal sacrifices experienced during the War Between the States.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREThe heartbreaking and inspiring story of one of the deadliest battles of the Afghanistan war, acclaimed by critics as a classic.