Military institutions

An entertaining book detailing the military slang of World War II.

In May 1945, as the triumphant Red Army crushed the last pockets of German resistance in central Berlin, French soldiers fought back.

'The best political weapon is the weapon of terror.

SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR and FINANCIAL TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014WINNER OF THE TEMPLER MEDAL AND THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE Sunday Times Top 10 BestsellerRichard Vinen's new book is a serious - if often very entertaining - attempt to get to grips with the reality of National Service, an extraordinary institution which now seems as remote as the British Empire itself.

Alexander Shannon escaped a shady past to enjoy a glittering career in the army, only to end up back in the thick of criminal activity.

McCrae's Own was the 'Heart of Midlothian Battalion' mentioned all too briefly in Martin Middlebrook's classic book The First Day on the Somme.

Before his death at the age of 110 in May 2011, Claude Choules was the last man alive who had served in both world wars.

Warrior is the powerful true story of a British soldier's heroism during the Iraq War that reveals how he was ruthlessly sacrificed by the Establishment.

Collecting uniforms of the Soviet Union is fairly new, because the Soviet regime did not collapse until December 1991.

Whether you are interested in the career of an individual service woman or just want to know more about the part played by service women in a particular war or campaign, this is the book for you.

What was life in the Red Army like for the ordinary soldier during the Great Patriotic War, the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany on the Eastern Front?

In Liverpool local heroes tend to be drawn from football or the music business or from the period when the city was one of Britains greatest ports.

In Kitchener's Men John Hutton provides a absorbing account of the raising, training and fighting experiences of the Service and Territorial battalions of the Kings Own Royal Lancasters in France during the Great War.

In this companion volume to her pioneering study Redcoats Against Napoleon, Carole Divall tells the fascinating inside story of a typical infantry regiment during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.

A WWII historian shines a light on an unsung hero of the Battle of Britain and reveals the conspiracy that led to his undignified dismissal.

The precepts laid down are the result of the experience acquired in the war in the Peninsula, from the first battle of Rolia in 1808, to the last in Belgium, of Waterloo in 1815They have been the means of saving the lives, and of relieving, if not even of preventing, the miseries of thousands of our fellow-creatures throughout the civilized world.

A guide to the history of each of the British Army's regular formations, from their origins to their development over time.

Scottish Lion on Patrol was first published in 1950, the record of the 15th Scottish Reconnaissance Regiments formation, training and service in the campaign that took them from Normandy to the Baltic.

Aviation historian Guy Warner's First in the Field is an essential history of the Royal Air Force's Air Observation Post Squadron formed in World War II.

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

'Fun and entertaining.

This book contributes important new insights into how deployment on international military missions affects soldiers and their lives.

This book contributes important new insights into how deployment on international military missions affects soldiers and their lives.

Americans have long been asked to support the troops and care for veterans' psychological wounds.

The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) was created in 1917, re-formed in 1938 and maintained after 1945.

The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) was created in 1917, re-formed in 1938 and maintained after 1945.

In 1922, his dreams of an independent Arabia shattered, T.

Rome's rise to empire is often said to have owed much to the efficiency and military skill of her armies and their technological superiority over barbarian enemies.

Rome's rise to empire is often said to have owed much to the efficiency and military skill of her armies and their technological superiority over barbarian enemies.

Dedicated to the investigation of fortifications as important and integral elements of ancient built space, the present volume results from the activity of the German based international research network Fokus Fortifikation.

Dedicated to the investigation of fortifications as important and integral elements of ancient built space, the present volume results from the activity of the German based international research network Fokus Fortifikation.

The heroic and inspiring story of the fortunes of the Black Watch, whose soldiers have distinguished themselves in theatres of war across the world.

In the early summer of 1914, the headmaster of Brighton College, Canon W.

In the early summer of 1914, the headmaster of Brighton College, Canon W.

The Naval and Military Club or the 'In & Out' as it is affectionately known is one of Britain's greatest and oldest service clubs and this book tells its rich and entertaining history for the first time.

The Naval and Military Club or the 'In & Out' as it is affectionately known is one of Britain's greatest and oldest service clubs and this book tells its rich and entertaining history for the first time.

An illustrated history of one brigade of German World War II armored fighting vehicles and the action they saw along the Eastern Front.

A history of the development and role during World War II of the private army of the Nazi Luftwaffe's commander-in-chief.

This illustrated series presents the uniforms and equipment of the United States Army from the nineteenth century to the present day.

The best propaganda is made by the best artists.

This groundbreaking work of military history reveals the unsettling truth about British Army executions during WWI.

The author explains how the tradition of loyalty to the regiment has served the British Army so well over the past 350 years and, in his vivid description of some of the major campaigns in which it has fought, shows what it was like at various times to have been an officer or a soldier in the British Army.

Eighth Army, Britain's most famous field army of the twentieth century, landed in Italy in September 1943 and fought continously until the defeat of the Germans in early-May 1945.

Having established himself as one of the foremost military historians in the world, Martin Middlebrook's books are eagerly awaited and prized by publishers.

This book traces the evolution of the German Army uniform from 1870 to the present day, using nearly 800 photographs to offer the reader an unparalleled analysis.

In August and September 1914 the Regimental Depot of the Durham Light Infantry at Fenham Barracks in Newcastle was overwhelmed by the number of men enlisting.

An ex-SAS surgeon's gripping memoir of trying to save lives in disaster areas and war zones around the globe.

'Wellingtons Highland Warriors' covers the early history of the British Armys Highland regiments, from the raising of the Black Watch in 1739 to the battle of Waterloo in 1815.

Hermann Gring, Erwin Rommel, Manfred von Richthofen, Paul von Hindenburg, Helmuth von Moltke, Ernst Junger, Max Immelmann they were among the most famous individuals to be awarded the Kingdom of Prussias highest military order, the Pour le Mrite, better known as the Blue Max.

Base Encounters explores the social friction that US bases have caused in South Korea, where the entertainment districts next to American military installations have come under much scrutiny.