Last Stands - Why Men Fight When All Is Lost by Michael Walsh
$49.99 AUD
Category: Miltary General
A philosophical and spiritual defense of the premodern world, of the tragic view, of physical courage, and of masculinity and self-sacrifice in an age when those ancient virtues are too often caricatured and dismissed. --Victor Davis Hanson Award-winning author Michael Walsh celebrates the masculine att ...Show more
The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz by Denis Avey & Rob Broomby
$28.99 AUD
Category: Miltary General | Series: Extraordinary Lives, Extraordinary Stories of World War Two Ser.
THE MAN WHO BROKE INTO AUSCHWITZ is the extraordinary true story of a British soldier who marched willingly into Buna-Monowitz, the concentration camp known as Auschwitz III. In the summer of 1944, Denis Avey was being held in a POW labour camp, E715, near Auschwitz III. He had heard of the brutality me ...Show more
Harrier 809: Britain's Legendary Jump Jet and the Untold Story of the Falklands War (PB) by Rowland White
$35.00 AUD
Category: Miltary General
When the Falkland Islands were invaded by Argentina in April 1982, Britain's immediate response was to send a task force. But behind the pomp and bravado of its departure, a sober reality lurked. A mere 20 Sea Harriers operating from two aircraft carriers would take on the might of the Argentine air for ...Show more
Modern Warfare: A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special: Lessons from Ukraine by Sir Lawrence Freedman
$12.99 AUD
Category: Miltary General
The foremost authority on modern war in the English-speaking world examines Europe's most important conflict since World War IIMore than any other modern war, the fight between Russia and Ukraine has been a tough testing ground for modern weapons and operational concepts.Drawing on extensive research in ...Show more
Bastard Behind the Lines: The Extraordinary Story of Jock Mclaren's Escape from Sandakan and His Guerrilla War Against the Japanese by Tom Gilling
$32.99 AUD
Category: Miltary General
He escaped from Singapore's Changi prisoner of war camp to become one of Australia's greatest World War II guerrilla fighters. 'The way I look at it is this...When you're behind the line and get yourself into trouble, you've got to get your bloody self out irrespective of anybody else. That's why I like ...Show more
Rogue Forces by Mark Willacy
$35.00 AUD
Category: Miltary General
Rogue Forces is the explosive first insiders' story of how some of Australia's revered SAS soldiers crossed the line in Afghanistan, descending from elite warriors to unlawful killers. Mark Willacy, who won a Gold Walkley for exposing SAS war crimes, has penetrated the SAS code of silence to reveal one ...Show more
Should We Fall to Ruin - New Guinea, 1942. The untold true story of a remote garrison and their battle against extraordinary odds. by Harrison Christian
$34.99 AUD
Category: Miltary General | Reading Level: near fine
When the Japanese invade in 1942, the Australian men and women stationed at the New Guinea port of Rabaul flee into the jungle. Written off by their government as ‘hostages to fortune’, the little-known garrison on Australia’s tropic frontier has been left with no modern equipment, no lifeline to the ou ...Show more
Crossing the Line: The explosive inside story behind the Ben Roberts-Smith headlines by Nick McKenzie
$34.99 AUD
Category: Miltary General
An explosive expose and testament to the power of investigative journalism. In mid-2017, whispers from Australia's most secretive and elite military unit reached Walkley Award-winning journalist Nick McKenzie. McKenzie and veteran reporter Chris Masters began an investigation that would not only reveal ...Show more
Australia's Secret Army by Michael Veitch
$35.99 AUD
Category: Miltary General
From acclaimed author Michael Veitch comes this compelling, vivid history of the secret army of civilians who worked with the Australian Defence Force during World War II as 'Coast Watchers', observing Japanese movements along the coastlines and in the jungles of the South Pacific. A Coastwatcher's work ...Show more
Looking for Trouble by Virginia Cowles
$32.99 AUD
Category: Miltary General
This sensational 1941 memoir of life on wartime Europe's frontline by a trailblazing female reporter is an 'unforgettable' (The Times) rediscovered classic, introduced by Christina Lamb.Paris as it fell to the NazisLondon on the first day of the BlitzBerlin the day Germany invaded PolandMadrid in the Sp ...Show more
August in Kabul: America's last days in Afghanistan by Andrew Quilty
$34.99 AUD
Category: Miltary General
Told through the eyes of witnesses to the fall of Kabul, Walkley award-winning journalist Andrew Quilty's debut publication offers a remarkable record of this historic moment As night fell on 15 August 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. After a 20-year conflict with the United Stat ...Show more
Semut: The Untold Story of a Secret Australian Operation in WWII Borneo by Christine Helliwell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Miltary General
Winner of the Les Carlyon Literary Prize and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards Australian History Prize. First Runner Up for Templer Medal Book Prize (UK). Shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Australian History Prize, the ACT Notable Book Awards, and the Reid Prize.A remarkable new book about Operation ...Show more