War, combat and military adventure fiction

This book looks at the representations of modern war by analysing texts and examining the ways in which authors relate to the atrocious horrors of war.

At the start of the war in 1939 James Bevan is a junior officer approaching middle-age, attached to a small anti-aircraft unit on the south coast.

In this provocative study, Hazel Hutchison takes a fresh look at the roles of American writers in helping to shape national opinion and policy during the First World War.

With the approach of the First World War, the German community in Britain began to be assailed by a combination of government measures and popular hostility which resulted in attacks against individuals with German connections and confiscation of their property.

What characterised women's international co-operation in the interwar period?

Believing they were being taken to a better camp, Belgrade's Jews would climb into the truck with a sense of relief.

Choice Outstanding TitleWhen on May 15, 1918 a French lieutenant warned Henry Johnson of the 369th to move back because of a possible enemy raid, Johnson reportedly replied: Im an American, and I never retreat.

Once war strikes, life can never be the same again.

On September 1, 1910, France became the last great naval power to lay down a dreadnought battleship, the Courbet.

Pershing's Lieutenants details the history of the key leaders working for and with the American Expeditionary Forces Commander-in-Chief General John J.

In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place.

“The compelling story of the squadron of adventurous young American pilots who were among the first to engage in air combat.

'Someone had made a perfect job of creating a place in which to hide a notebook .

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Turner (1871-1961) was a capable but controversial Canadian general who played a critical role in the development of the Canadian Corps up to 1917 and contributed significantly to its success thereafter.

Stephen Kiernan has pulled off the nearly impossible.

This book recasts the role of the Indian Army on the Western Front, questioning why its performance was traditionally deemed a failure.

A riveting, ultra-realistic example of dystopian fiction at its best (Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author) from the acclaimed author of the Day By Day Armageddon novels!

Dare she risk her reputation?

As World War I ended, the victors were developing a powerful new generation of 'hyper-dreadnoughts' and battlecruisers.

During the last few decades there has been a growing recognition of the great role that remembering and collective memory play in forming the historical awareness.

Over the last 70 years, in countless books and essays, Hermann Göring has been defined by his crimes and excess during the Third Reich and the Second World War.

Indian Arrivals, 1870-1915: Networks of British Empire explores the rich and complicated landscape of intercultural contact between Indians and Britons on British soil at the height of empire, as reflected in a range of literary writing, including poetry and life-writing.

This text analyzes what really happened in Glasgow in the tumultuous years following World War I.

We have often heard about the brutal world of the trenches, the willingness of brave young soldiers and the apparent indifference of the generals, but reevaluations of the Great War in previous decades have shown us much more complexity, and in many cases some surprising reconstructions of very standard narratives of the war.

**Celebrating 100 years of Douglas Reeman.

Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will love this action-packed, all-guns-blazing, non-stop story from multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan, the established master of the military thriller.

A second edition of the leading introduction to the origins of the First World War and the pre-war international system.

Disentangling a controversial history of turmoil and progress, this Handbook provides essential guidance through the complex past of a region that was previously known as the Balkans but is now better known as Southeastern Europe.

What makes wars drag on and why do they end when they do?

The exact legacies of the two Hague Peace Conferences remain unclear.

This book examines the radicalization of beliefs, tactics, and oppression by a dominant governing group when faced with a subordinate group's historic quest for basic human rights dating back for five centuries.

Booker Prize Finalist: A “gripping” novel of the World War I armistice negotiations that set the stage for World War II, by the author of Schindler’s List (The Guardian).

This book is based on original research into intimidation and violence directed at civilians by combatants during the revolutionary period in Ireland, considering this from the perspectives of the British, the Free State and the IRA.

The Flying Sikh tells the unique story of the only Sikh airman to fly with the RFC and the RAF during the First World War.

Thetwelfth installment of Bernard CornwellsNew York Timesbestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England"e;superiorentertainment that is both engaging and enlightening (Washington Post), and the basisforThe Last Kingdom, the hit Netflix series.

This lively collection of essays showcases recent research into the impact of the conflict on British women during the First World War and since.

The Magical Stranger is a moving story of love and sacrifice, fathers and sons, heroism and duty, soldiers and the families they leave behind.

A sudden curtain of silence fell over the burning city.

"e;A brilliant short novel that serves as a brave, sharp-toothed brief against letting the past devour the present"e; (The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice), Yishai Sarid's The Memory Monster is a harrowing parable of a young historian who becomes consumed by the memory of the Holocaust.

Perfect for fans of Robert Harris, Conn Iggulden and Simon Scarrow, a riveting thriller set in Ancient Rome from bestselling author Douglas Jackson.

Volume 3 of The Cambridge History of the First World War is a comprehensive, transnational account of the social and cultural history of the war.

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the tale of three brothers and of their rivalry that created the mysterious Stonehenge.

Living on the Western Front provides a highly original history of the settler experience in Befland ([B]ritish [E]xpeditionary [F]orce land) during the First World War.

L’aumônerie militaire ?

This volume describes and analyses the methods Germany used to reinforce Spain's independence thereby preventing Madrid's entry into the war on the Allied side.

You're no idiot, of course.

This book draws on a rich set of materials to examine postwar experiences of ex-servicemen who were facially-disfigured during the First World War.