Cry Havoc: The History of Military War Dogs by Nigel Allsopp
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
From Babylonian mastiff-type war dogs with spiked collars, to modern kitted-out military dogs highly trained to detect explosives, dogs have long been a soldier's best friend. Nigel Allsopp, a highly experienced dog handler in both military and civilian police arenas, details how the incredible abilitie ...Show more
After the Blast: An Australian Officer in Iraq and Afghanistan by Garth Callendar
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
A very Australian story of heroism and healing. In 2004 Garth Callender, a junior cavalry officer, was deployed to Iraq. He quickly found his feet leading convoys of armoured vehicles through the streets of Baghdad and into the desert beyond. But one morning his crew was targeted in a roadside bomb att ...Show more
High Life of Oswald Watt: Australia's First Military Pilot by Chris Clark (Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Edinburgh)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
'Father of the Flying Corps' and 'Father of Australian Aviation' were two of the unofficial titles conferred on Oswald ("Toby") Watt when he died in tragic circumstances shortly after the end of the First World War. He had become the Australian Army's first qualified pilot in 1911, but spent the first 1 ...Show more
In the Shadow of Gallipoli: The Hidden History of Australia in WWI by Robert Bollard
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
Fighting Anzacs have metamorphosed from flesh and blood into mythic icons. The war they fought in is distant and the resistance to it within Australia has been forgotten. In the Shadow of Gallipoli corrects this historical amnesia by looking at what was happening on the Australian home front during WWI ...Show more
War Letters of General Monash by John Monash
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
Monash in his own words . . . Long before this letter can possibly reach you, great events which will stir the whole world and go down in history will have happened, to the eternal glory of Australia and all who have participated. -John Monash, 24 April 1915 These extraordinary, intimate letters from ...Show more
The Australian Victories in France in 1918 by John Monash; Bruce Haigh (Foreword by)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
First published in 1920, The Australian Victories in France in 1918immediately garnered glowing praise as one of the most entertaining and informative accounts of war ever written. It is now recognised as one of the most important records of World War I, revealing the critical role Australians played on ...Show more
Running a Big Ship - The Classic Guide to Commanding a Second World War Battleship by Rory O'Conor;
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
Having completed the highly prestigious assignment of commanding HMS Hood, then the most famous warship in the world, Captain Rory O'Conor brought together his experiences to create the ultimate officers' guide for running a steel fighting ship. First published in 1937, and now with an extensive introdu ...Show more
letters home by morrison, geoff
$20.00 AUD
$34.95 (42% off)
Category: Military History/Biography
Lessons Learned: The Australian Military and Tropical Medicine by Geoffrey Grant Quail
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
Historically, prolonged campaigns have been frequently lost or won because of the greater fitness of one of the combatant armies. In the twentieth century, infection was still a major problem, leading to withdrawal from Gallipoli, and the near defeat of the Allies due to malaria early in the Second Worl ...Show more
Bully Beef & Balderdash: More Myths of the Aif Examined and Debunked: Volume 2 by Wilson , Graham
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
The late Graham Wilson delighted in his self-appointed role as the AIF's myth buster. In this, his second and final volume of Bully Beef and Balderdash, he tackles another eight popularly accepted myths, exposing the 'Water Wizard' of Gallipoli who saved an army, dismissing the old adage that the 'lions ...Show more
Dunkirk: The Real Story in Photographs by Tim Lynch
$37.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
The Second World War saw heroic efforts made by the Allied forces from its very outset, but in May 1940 disaster befell the British Expeditionary Force in France. Isolated from the rest of their allies, they faced insurmountable numbers of enemy troops. All was so very nearly lost, until the German land ...Show more
The Great War by Les Carlyon
$39.99 AUD
Category: Military History/Biography
Gives an extraordinary account of the Anzacs on the Western front from 1916 to 1918. It combines a brilliant overview of this immense conflict with telling detail, stories, letters and diaries that breathe life into those terrible battles of 90 years ago.