World Military History

	Iron Curtain -Anne Applebaum Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 by Anne Applebaum is the long-awaited follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning "Gulag." Here acclaimed journalist Anne Applebaum delivers a groundbreaking history of how Communism took over Eastern Europe after World War II and transformed in frightening fashion the individuals who came under its sway.	ZAR 195.00
	The Blood Telegram - Gary J Bass The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a forgotten Genocide by Gary J Bass is a thrilling chronicle of a pivotal chapter in American foreign policy.	ZAR 135.00
	The War of 1812 - Carl Benn The War of 1812 by Carl Benn describes the bloody confrontation that tore through the American frontier, the British colonies of Upper and Lower Canada, and parts of the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico. The conflict saw British, American, and First Nations' forces clash, and in the process, shape the future of North American history.	ZAR 85.00
	Drums of the Birkenhead - David Bevan Drums of the Birkenhead by David Bevan tells the story of the disaster, on 26 February 1852, of Her Majesty's Troopship Birkenhead, and offers us one of the most pulsating examples of discipline and self-sacrifice ever recorded.	ZAR 150.00
	Avoiding Armageddon - Jeremy Black Avoiding Armageddon: From the Great War to the Fall of France, 1918-40 by Jeremy Black is an original and up-to-date account of a key period of military history, one that not only links the two World Wars but also anticipates the more complex nature of conflict following the Cold War.	ZAR 175.00
	Master of War - Benson Bobrick Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas by Benson Bobrick is a revelatory and dynamic biography of general George H. Thomas. Bobrick argues that he was the greatest and most successful general of the Civil War. Because Thomas didn't live to write his memoirs, his reputation has been largely shaped by others, most notably Ulysses S.	ZAR 150.00
	This Seat of Mars - Charles Carlton This Seat of Mars: War and the British Isles, 1485-1746 by Charles Carlton is an innovative and moving book. Charles Carlton explores the glorious and terrible impact of war at the national and individual levels.	ZAR 150.00
	A Great and Glorious Adventure - Gordon Corrigan A Great and Glorious Adventure: A History of the Hundred Years War and the Birth of Renaissance England by Gordon Corrigan is a captivating new history of a conflict that raged for over a century. The author reveals the horrors of battle and the machinations of power that have shaped a millennium of Anglo-French relations.	ZAR 160.00
	1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War - Charles Emmerson 1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War by Charles Emmerson liberates the world of 1913 from this “prelude to war” narrative, and explores it as it was, in all its richness and complexity.	ZAR 175.00
	The Wrecks of Scapa Flow - David M Ferguson The Wrecks of Scapa Flow compiled by David M Ferguson is about all ships that were scuttled after WW1 and during WW2. The book includes maps, tables, archive photographs in b/w and underwater pictures in colour. There is an account of the sinking of the German Fleet by Prof.	ZAR 120.00
	Album of the Damned - Paul Garson Album of the Damned: Snapshots from the Third Reich by Paul Garson has nearly 400 WWII photographs in this book which were taken primarily by German soldiers; some by civilians; some by professionals embedded with the troops. Consequently, many of them depict everyday life: jobs, weddings, dinners, musical and other social events--men and women at work and play as well as at war.	ZAR 325.00
	Lords of the Sky - Dan Hampton Lords of the Sky: Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16 by Dan Hampton, bestselling author of Viper Pilot and retired USAF F-16 legend, offers the first comprehensive popular history of combat aviation-a unique, entertaining, and action-packed look at the aces of the air and their machines, from the trailblazing aviators of World War I to today's technologically	ZAR 165.00
	The Great War 1914-1918 - Peter Hart The Great War 1914-1918 by Peter Hart was published in paperback for the anniversary of the conflict and is a pioneering and comprehensive account of the First World War, comparable to Anthony Beevor or Max Hastings.	ZAR 130.00
	Catastrophe 1914 - Max Hastings Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War by Max Hastings gives us a conflict different from the familiar one of barbed wire, mud and futility.	ZAR 225.00
	Shooting Range - Inge Henneman Shooting Range: Photography & The Great War edited by Inge Henneman draws on a selection of magnificent private archives to show how this then relatively new technology was used for a variety of propaganda purposes. The First World War began on July 28, 1914, 100 years ago, and lasted until November 11, 1918.	ZAR 220.00
	The Kaiser's Pirates - Nick Hewitt The Kaiser's Pirates: Hunting Germany's Raiding Cruisers in World War I by Nick Hewitt is a dramatic and little-known story of World War I, when the actions of a few men shaped the fate of nations. By 1914 Germany had ships and sailors scattered across the globe, protecting its overseas colonies and "showing the flag" of its new Imperial Navy.	ZAR 150.00
	Wellington's Smallest Victory - Peter Hofschroer Wellington's Smallest Victory: The Duke, the Model Maker and the Secret of Waterloo by Peter Hofschroer is the extraordinary story of how one man's obsession to build a huge model of Waterloo - the greatest model of the greatest battle of all time - incurred the wrath of the Duke of Wellington.	ZAR 65.00
	Churchill's Bunker - Richard Holmes Churchill's Bunker: The secret headquarters at the heart of Britain's victory by Richard Holmes draws on a fascinating range of original material, including newly available first-hand accounts of the people who lived there. Holmes reveals how and why the bunker and its war machine developed; how the inhabitants' lives were transformed; and how their work led to victory.	ZAR 95.00
	The First World War in Photographs - Richard Holmes The First World War in Photographs by Richard Holmes presents the conflict in all its appalling and intensely moving detail - covering all the great battles and theatres of operations, from the mud of Flanders to the beaches of Gallipoli.	ZAR 280.00
	Japan 1941 - Eri Hotta Japan 1941: Countdown to infamy by Eri Hotta is a groundbreaking history that considers the attack on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese perspective and is certain to revolutionise how we think of the war in the Pacific.	ZAR 150.00
	1913 - Florian Illies 1913: The year before the storm by Florian Illies is a witty yet moving narrative worked up from sketched biographical fragments and is an intimate vision of a world that is about to change forever. The stuffy conventions of the nineteenth century are receding into the past, and 1913 heralds a new age of unlimited possibility.	ZAR 110.00
	The Great and Holy War - Philip Jenkins The Great and Holy War: How World War I became a religious crusade by Philip Jenkins offers the first look at how religion created and prolonged the First World War.	ZAR 165.00
	Bosworth 1485 - Michael Jones Bosworth 1485: Psychology of a Battle by Michael Jones rewrites this landmark event in English history. He shifts our perspective of its heroes and villains and puts Richard firmly back into the context of his family and his times.	ZAR 130.00
	The Pointblank Directive - L Douglas Keeney The Pointblank Directive: Three Generals and The Untold Story of the Daring Plan that Saved D-Day by L Douglas Keeney carefully reconstructs the events in the air war that led up to D-Day while painting an in-depth portrait of the lives and times of General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, General Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz and General James "Jimmy" Doolittle. Where was the Luftwaffe on D-Day?	ZAR 135.00
	Never Surrender - John Kelly Never Surrender: Winston Churchill and Britain's decision to fight Nazi Germany in the fateful summer of 1940 by John Kelly tells the story of summer of 1940, the summer of the 'Supreme Question' of whether or not the British were to surrender to the impending threat of Hitler's invasion.	ZAR 135.00