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Short History

Greek Warriors Hoplites and Heroes

Willekes Carolyn

ISBN: PB: 9781612005157, Casemate, September 2017
160 pp., 19.8x12.5 cm, 30 black&white illus.

Thermopylae, Marathon: though fought 2,500 years ago in Ancient Greece, the names of these battles are more familiar to many than battles fought in the last half-century, but our concept of the men who fought in these battles may be more a product of...

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Modelling - Military Drawings

Military

Godoy's Army Spanish Regiments and Uniforms from the Estado Militar of 1800

Esdailes Charles

ISBN: PB: 9781911512653, Casemate, Helion and Company, August 2017
120 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 79 colour plates

Based on an extremely rare (albeit slightly incomplete) illustrated version of the Spanish Army's order of battle as it existed in the year 1800, this work cannot but form a most unusual addition to the collection of anyone interested in military uni...

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Ancient World

Military

Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta The Persian Challenge

Rahe Paul A.

ISBN: PB: 9780300227093, Yale University Press, May 2017
424 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 44 black&white illus.

More than 2500 years ago a confederation of small Greek city-states defeated the invading armies of Persia, the most powerful empire in the world. In this meticulously researched study, historian Paul Rahe argues that Sparta was responsible for the i...

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Military

Gold Run The Rescue of Norway's Gold Bullion from the Nazis, 1940

Pearson Robert

ISBN: PB: 9781612004624, ISBN: HB: 9781612002866, Casemate, May 2017
208 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, black&white illus.

"Gold Run" is the true story of arguably one of the greatest gold snatches in history. It is a tale of immense bravery, endurance and great leadership of loyal Norwegians, plus a little good fortune and help from the British against intrigue and over...

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Military

Political Science

Guardians of the Arab State When Militaries Intervene in Politics, from Iraq to Mauritania

Gaub Florence

ISBN: HB: 9781849046480, Hurst Publishers, March 2017
224 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! "Guardians of the Arab State" explains clearly and concisely how and why military organisations become involved in politics across the Middle East and North Africa, identifying four key factors: a high degree of organisational...

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Aviation

Military

Gator on the Rise Kamov's Hokum Attack Helicopter Story 1977-2015

Mladenov Alexander

ISBN: PB: 9781911096450, Casemate, Helion and Company, February 2017
144 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 150 colour photos, 110 black&white photos

The Kamov Ka-50 (NATO codename Hokum) was developed as a new-generation heavily-armoured attack helicopter – originally conceived as a one-to-one replacement of the Mi-24 Hind. The programme was launched at the Moscow-based Kamov Experimental Design...

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Military

Glories to Useless Heroism The Seven Years' War in North America from the French Journals of Comte Maures De Malartic, 1755-1760

Raffle William

ISBN: PB: 9781911512196, Casemate, Helion and Company, February 2017
256 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 8 maps

"These are the facts and notes taken by a soldier on campaign, written daily, sometimes in a tent, sometimes in a canoe, today in the presence of the enemy, tomorrow in conference with a tribe of savages". This succinct description is taken from the...

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Military

Biography & Memoires

General and the President MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War

Brands H. W.

ISBN: HB: 9780385540575, Casemate, Presidio Press, November 2016
416 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, illus.

From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the post-World War II order....

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Military

Gallipoli An Australian Medical Perspective

Tyquin Michael

ISBN: PB: 9781921941863, Casemate, Big Sky Publishing, October 2016
140 pp., 24.7x17.5 cm

To be successful, a modern army needs logistical support to survive – to arm, feed, transport, and care for its soldiers. As history shows us, the maintenance of health in any army is a key factor in warfare. In many respects the Gallipoli campaign w...

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Military

Greece February to April 1941

Tyquin Michael

ISBN: PB: 9781922132611, Casemate, Big Sky Publishing, October 2016
160 pp., 24.7x17.5 cm

As with the failed attempt to seize the Gallipoli peninsula in 1915, the allied campaign to assist Greece against a seemingly invincible German juggernaut was poorly conceived and probably doomed even as plans were made to assist that country. Like a...

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