Beersheba : A Journey Through Australia's Forgotten War by Paul Daley
$39.99 AUD
Category: War
The Battle of Beersheba, a redeeming win for the Anzacs who lost at Gallipoli, has slipped through the cracks of Australia's historical consciousness. Why are Australians so much more content to commemorate a glorious defeat than we are to celebrate such a resounding, against-the-odds, victory? The suns ...Show more
Pacific Fury : How Australia and Her Allies Defeated the Japanese by Peter Thompson
$39.95 AUD
Category: War
Presents an account of the Pacific conflict during World War II that places Australian voices and action at the heart of the struggle. Based on exclusive interviews with eyewitnesses and written with all the pace and verve you would expect of a master storyteller, this book vividly brings the people and ...Show more
Valkyrie : The Plot to Kill Hitler by Philipp Von Boeselager
$27.00 AUD
Category: War
When the Second World War broke out, Philipp von Boeselager fought enthusiastically for his country, leading a cavalry unit first in France and later on the Russian Front. However, when he discovered what the SS were doing to Jews and Gypsies in the summer of 1942 his enthusiasm quickly turned to disgus ...Show more
Nemesis - The Battle for Japan1944-1945 by Max Hastings
$25.00 AUD
Category: War
A companion volume to his bestselling 'Armageddon', Max Hastings' account of the battle for Japan is a masterful military history. Featuring the most remarkable cast of commanders the world has ever seen, the dramatic battle for Japan of 1944-45 was acted out across the vast stage of Asia: Imphal and Ko ...Show more
Cruel Conflict: The Triumph and Tragedy of HMAS Perth by Spurling Kathryn
$24.95 AUD
$26.99 (7% off)
Category: War
Cruel Conflict is the story of the men who served in HMAS Perth between 1939 and 1942. The courage and humour of those who were taken as prisoners of war, who endured the hardships of the camps and laboured on the Burma-Thailand railway is a story of triumph and tragedy. Kathryn Spurling has interviewed ...Show more
Five Days in London May 1940 by Lukacs, John
$30.00 AUD
Category: History
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Dead Men Risen: The Welsh Guards and the Real Story of Britain's War in Afghanistan by Toby Harnden
$32.99 AUD
Category: War
This is the tale of the Welsh Guards in Helmand in 2009. Underequipped and overstretched, guardsmen from the coal mining valleys and slate quarry villages of Wales found themselves in Helmand in some of the most intense fighting by British troops for more than a generation. They were confronted by a Tal ...Show more
The Illusion Of Victory: The True Costs of Modern War by Ian Bickerton
$36.99 AUD
$39.99 (7% off)
Category: War
Analysing two centuries of warfare involving Western nations, this book systematically demolishes every argument that is put forward to justify going to war. By looking at the victors and the vanquished at the end of a major war and then a generation later, Ian Bickerton finds that the rewards of victor ...Show more
Witnesses to War: The History of Australian Conflict Reporting by Fay and Richard Trembath
$36.99 AUD
Category: Political
'Witnesses to War' is a landmark history of Australian war journalism that covers the major conflicts of the 20th Century: World War I, World War II, Vietnam and Bosnia through to recent and ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 'Witnesses to War' looks at how journalists reported the horrors and politi ...Show more
All Day Long the Noise of Battle by Gerard Windsor
$29.99 AUD
Category: War
During the Tet Offensive in Vietnam in February 1968 an Australian infantry company assaulted a North Vietnamese bunker complex. In the longest sustained attack fought by Australians during the Vietnam War the soldiers went forward again and again over three days. Yet the battle passed without any notic ...Show more
Stories of Love and War: from the Collection of the Australian War Memorial by Rebecca Britt
$35.00 AUD
Category: War
The personal stories of generations of Australians in all their private trimph or despair.
Real Life Portrait: The Life of Wallace Anderson, Australian War Artist by Roderic Anderson
$39.99 AUD
Category: War | Series: Big Sky Publishing Ser.
Part biography, part history and part fiction, this is the compelling and powerful story of Wallace Anderson, a sculptor and artist who struggled for creative fulfilment. He served on the Western Front and became Official War Artist with Charles W. Bean's team.