Stubborn Buggers by Tim Bowden
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
There was a place far worse than Changi - Singapore's Outram Road Gaol. Deprivation here was so extreme that there really was a fate worse than death. Stubborn Buggers is the story of twelve Australian POWs who endured and survived the Thai-Burma Railway and Sandakan and then the unimaginable hardships ...Show more
1947 - When Now Begins by Elisabeth Asbrink; Fiona Graham (translator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
As the clock strikes the end of the war, the time begins to turn towards a new age -- the one we call now. This shift does not happen overnight, from one day to the next; instead, the world vibrates for a number of years. People try to find their way back to homes that are no longer there, or on to an u ...Show more
HMAS Canberra : Casuality of Circumstance by Kathryn Spurling
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
HMAS Canberra: Casualty of Circumstance is a fascinating look at part of Australia's naval past. A beautifully presented book, including a black and white picture section.
First Day of the Somme : the Complete Account of Britain's Worst-Ever Military Disaster by Andrew Macdonald
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
The complete account of Britain's worst-ever military disaster. It took several million bullets and roughly an hour to effectively destroy General Sir Douglas Haig's grand plans for the first day of the Somme, 1 July 1916. By day's end, 19,240 British soldiers were dead, crumpled khaki bundles scattered ...Show more
The Charge by David Cameron
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
The Turkish Gaza-Beersheba line extended for 40 kilometres between the Turkish bastion of Gaza and the heavily fortified town of Beersheba, and stopped any Allied advance into Palestine proper. It needed to be breached, and Beersheba - on the eastern flank of this line - became the scene of the historic ...Show more
The Fear and The Freedom by Keith Lowe
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
The bestselling, prize-winning author explores the impact of the Second World War - for nations, cities and families around the world.How does the experience and memory of the Second World War - one of the most catastrophic events in human history - affect our lives today?The years after 1945 were a tim ...Show more
The Submarine Six: Australian Naval Heroes by Tom Lewis
$39.95 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
Any Australian asked to mention our war heroes could probably name General Monash and Albert Jacka VC from World War I, and then Weary Dunlop, and perhaps Field Marshal Blamey from WWII. A knowledgeable few might be able to suggest Australia's greatest fighting air ace, Clive Caldwell. But who could nam ...Show more
Diggerspeak : The language of Australians at war by Amanda Laugesen
$9.94 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
Rather than a collection of military slang or jargon, this dictionary draws together the diverse words produced and used by ordinary Australians at war, with evidence of contemporary usage. The language of Australians at war reveals a great deal about the experiences and understandings of war, and is al ...Show more
Commando Pocket Manual from 1940-1945 by Chris Westhrop
$12.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
A fascinating insight into the training of the special service volunteer soldiers who formed the Commandos. Compiled from wartime training manuals and documents, including 1942 reports and lecture notes from the Commando Training Centre at Achnacarry in the Scottish Highlands. Special flocked and fabric ...Show more
Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain, 1942 by War Office, Washington D.C.
$12.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
In 1942 the United States War Department distributed a handbook to American Servicemen advising them on the peculiarities of the 'British, their country, and their ways'. The guide was intended to lessen the culture shock for those embarking on their first trip to Great Britain, and for the most part, a ...Show more
Forgotten Voices of the Somme: The Most Devastating Battle of the Great War in the Words of Those Who Survived by Joshua Levine
$19.98 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
It is 1916, the Somme. With over a million casualties, it was the most brutal battle of the First World War. It is a clash that even now, over 90 years later, remains seared into the national consciousness, conjuring up images of muddy trenches and young lives tragically wasted. Its first day, July 1st ...Show more
The Navy and the Nation: Australia's Maritime Power in the 21st Century by Tim Barrett
$19.98 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
The Royal Australian Navy is at a watershed moment in its history. Major reinvestment following the 2016 Defence White Paper will see it re-equipped with offshore patrol boats, a new class of frigate, a modern and expanded submarine force and an air warfare destroyer.How does the Navy best prepare for t ...Show more