Results for: books tagged ‘Military’
Admirals: Andrew Lambert
Why for centuries was the British Navy the most successful organisation in the world? What does it take to lead such a force?Britain achieved unparalleled global pre-eminence through one critical ... More
Alamein to Zem Zem: Keith Douglas
A classic war book by one of the finest poets of the Second World War. Keith Douglas was posted to Palestine in 1941 with a cavalry regiment. When fighting broke ... More
The Assassins' Gate: George Packer
The Assassin's Gate is the main entrance to the Green Zone, the fortified enclave of Saddam's former palaces that now houses the US military and political leadership in Baghdad. George ... More
Bear in Mind These Dead: Susan McKay
Nearly 4,000 people were killed over the thirty or so years of the Northern Irish Troubles. And the killings were as intimate as they were brutal. Neighbours murdered neighbours. Susan ... More
Big Boys' Rules: Mark Urban
The SAS describes its attitude to the use of lethal force as 'Big boys' games, big boys' rules'. Anyone caught with a gun or bomb can expect to be shot. ... More
Black Watch: Gregory Burke
The award-winning play about life in a warzone returns for a new run at the Barbican. More
Churchill's Wizards: Nicholas Rankin
The true story of how the British really won WWII - by hoodwinking Hitler, misleading Mussolini and hoaxing Hirohito. More
The Complex: Nick Turse
'How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives' ... It's a weird world that Nick Turse describes. It's unfortunately very like our own. More
Constantinople: Roger Crowley
In the spring of 1453, the Ottoman Turks advanced on Constantinople in pursuit of an ancient Islamic dream: capturing the thousand-year-old capital of Christian Byzantium.During the siege that followed, a ... More
Crucible of War: Fred Anderson
This is a masterly narrative history of the Seven Years War, in which the British decisively eliminated French power north of the Caribbean, and yet also managed to ignite the ... More
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