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Breaker Morant by Peter FitzSimons
$44.99 AUD
$49.99 (10% off)
Category: Military History/Biography
The epic story of the Boer War and Harry 'Breaker' Morant: drover, horseman, bush poet - murderer or hero? Most Australians have heard of the Boer War of 1899 to 1902 and of Harry 'Breaker' Morant, a figure who rivals Ned Kelly as an archetypal Australian folk hero. Born in England and emigrating to Qu ...Show more
On Our Doorstep: When Australia Faced the Threat of Invasion by the Japanese by Craig Collie
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
In 1942 Australia faced the threat of invasion by the Japanese. This is what happened.
Courage Under Fire by Daniel Keighran; Tony Park (As told to)
$39.99 AUD
$44.99 (11% off)
Category: Military History/Biography
'A man selfless in the face of threat. Courageous in the face of terror. Generous in the face of suffering. And humble in the face of an honour bestowed.' Dame Quentin Bryce On 24 August 2010, in battle in Afghanistan, Corporal Daniel Keighran risked his life in a hail of gunfire to save his fellow sold ...Show more
From Desk to Dugout - The Education of a Victorian ANZAC by Keith Hallett; Robyn Youl
$24.95 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
'Come see my little dugout - way up on the hill it stands, Where I can get a lovely view of Anzac's golden sands.' The Anzac Book was the finest 'trench publication' produced during the Great War and was an instant bestseller when first released in 1916. Created by soldiers under enemy fire and in extre ...Show more
The Bite of the Lotus: An Intimate memoir of the Vietnam War by Carl Robinson
$25.00 AUD
$34.99 (28% off)
Category: Military History/Biography
A fabulous, fast-paced and stirring memoir of the entire Vietnam War from an American civilian who began as an idealistic province-level do-gooder in the war's earliest days in 1964. Quitting in protest after Tet '68, a disillusioned Carl Robinson became a journalist for the remainder of the Vietnam War ...Show more
For Gallantry: Australians Awarded the George Cross and the Cross of Valour by Craig Blanch
$64.99 AUD
$69.99 (7% off)
Category: Military History/Biography
From the frozen wastes of Antarctica to the burning ruins of the Bali bombings, For Gallantry tells the stories of the 28 Australians awarded the nation's highest non-combat awards for bravery: the Imperial George Cross and its Australian Honours and Awards replacement, the Cross of Valour. Created to m ...Show more
Menzies at War by Anne Henderson
$14.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
In the months following his resignation as PM in late August 1941, Menzies swayed between relief at his release from the burdens of office as PM and despair that his life at the top had come to so little. Many followers of Australian political history, including Liberal party supporters, forget that Rob ...Show more
Failures of Command: The death of Private Robert Poate by Hugh Poate
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
On 29 August 2012 Private Robert Poate, Lance Corporal Rick Milosevic and Sapper James Martin were killed during an insider, or green on blue, attack in Afghanistan. Their killer was supposed to be their ally but was a Taliban sleeper in the ranks of the Afghan National Army. Information provided to the ...Show more
Eleven Bats: A Story of Combat, Cricket and the SAS by Anthony 'Harry' Moffitt
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
Anthony 'Harry' Moffitt spent more than twenty years in the SAS. His decades of service and his multiple tours in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan made him one of the regiment's most experienced and recognised figures. Alongside the SAS, Harry's other lifetime love is cricket. An improvised game of cr ...Show more
The Military History Quiz Book by Osprey Publishing Staff
$9.95 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography | Series: General Military Ser.
How well do you know the who, where, what, when and how of military history? Pit your knowledge against Osprey's very own quizmaster in this unique guide to the famous, infamous and quirky facts of military history. Complete with questions ranging from easy to nearly impossible and including true or fal ...Show more
How to Read Hitler by Neil Gregor
$19.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography | Series: How to Read
Incoherent, obsessive and violent, Hitler's ideas nonetheless found an audience of millions and led to one of the most horrific and devastating conflicts of the 20th century. Taking two of Hitler's texts as his starting point, Neil Gregor discusses 'this second-rate mind of great power' and helps the re ...Show more