Military forces and sectors

John Rowland made his first flight with the RAF Volunteer Reserve on 1 October 1938 from Redhill in a DH60 Moth.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Born the son of George Byng, a favorite of the king and himself an admiral and member of the admiralty board (and later First Lord of the Admiralty), John Byng seemed destined for a shining career in the Royal Navy.

From the New York Times-bestselling author, an analysis of how flight has shaped warfare, politics, diplomacy, technology, and mass culture.

During the years before World War II, the Royal Air Force, created amid the bloodshed of the Great War, saw salvation in the doctrine of a relentless offensive by a bomber force which would sail over trenches and then on to the enemy cities and annihilate the ability of the enemy to wage war.

Everything you want to know, don't want to know, and don't know you need to know about weapons.

Sierra Leones eleven-year guerrilla war that left 200,000 people dead was brief, bloody and mindlessly brutal.

War & Peace is a masterpiece - an epic portrait of Russian society and its descent into the Napoleonic Wars, which has inspired love and devotion among its readers for over a century.

In 1942 at the centre point of World War II an extraordinary event took place not on the battlefield but in a municipal stadium in Kiev.

Following the recent unveiling of the monument to Bomber Command in London's Green Park, the publication of this lovingly crafted account of the exploits of oft-overlooked 1 Group is set to be a timely one.

Very few men have a more exciting and dramatic story of their wartime activities to tell than Patrick Dalzel-Job.

Tony Hough’s war started with ski training in the Alps in early 1940 preparing for winter warfare in Finland.

Commando is the all action history of World War II's toughest troops, and is the complete untold story of victory against overwhelming odds.

John Severne joined the RAF in 1944 and gained his wings two months after World War II ended.

If one aircraft was to represent the First World War, it could be the distinctive red Fokker Triplane of Manfred von Richthofen.

This vividly detailed WWII history chronicles the bitter conflict at sea between Allied and Japanese naval forces.

A key look at the history of airborne forces from the Second World War to the 1980s, studying their training and equipment as well as their actions in battle.

A celebration of the renowned WWII aircraft and the aviators who flew them—includes rare photographs.

The 2nd volume in this comprehensive naval history details the design and employment of British warships through the 18th century.

As the fall of France took place, almost the entire coastline of Western Europe was in German hands.

Highly experienced author John Frayn Turner has succeeded in capturing the indomitable spirit of the WAAF during WW2.

LIVES THAT NEVER GROW OLDA radical new series - edited by Richard Holmes - that recovers the great classical tradition of English biography.

The Middle East is potentially the worlds major and most dangerous trouble spot.