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Africa

Paras Portugal's First Elite Force in Africa, 1961-1974

Cann John P.

ISBN: PB: 9781911512486, Casemate, Helion and Company, January 2017
72 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 27 colour illus., 73 black&white illus.

Portuguese paratroopers or "paras" began as a stepchild of the army and found a home in the Portuguese Air Force in 1955. Initially, the post-World War Two Portuguese Army seemed to have had mixed emotions about the need for elite, special-purpose fo...

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Military

Portuguese Commandos Feared Insurgent Hunters, 1961-1974

Cann John P.

ISBN: PB: 9781911096320, Casemate, Helion and Company, January 2017
104 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 90 black&white illus., 10 colour photos, 10 tables, 15 maps

During the 13-year insurgency (1961-74) in Portuguese Africa, more than 800,000 men and women served in the Portuguese armed forces. Of this number, about 9,000 served as commandos (or about 1 percent). Yet their combat losses ? 357 dead, 28 missing...

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Aviation

Modelling - Military Drawings

Hawker Hunters at War Iraq and Jordan, 1958-1967

Cooper Tom, Salti Patricia

ISBN: PB: 9781911096252, Casemate, Helion and Company, December 2016
104 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 113 black&white photos, 12 colour photos, 15 colour profiles

Designed by Sydney Camm as a swept wing, daytime interceptor with excellent manoeuvrability, the Hunter became the first jet aircraft manufactured by Hawker for the Royal Air Force. It set numerous aviation records and saw widespread service with a l...

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Military

Battles Before Case Studies of Australian Army Leadership after the Vietnam War

Connery David

ISBN: PB: 9781925520194, Casemate, Big Sky Publishing, November 2016
136 pp., 24.7x17.5 cm, 50 colour illus.

Much of Australia's military history literature focuses on battles and the way generals plan and prosecute an action or campaign. But what do generals do when they are not fighting battles? "The Battles Before" examines the role of senior leaders in...

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History of Art

Contemporary Art

Evelyn Dunbar A Life in Painting

Campbell-Howes Christopher

ISBN: PB: 9781526205841, Casemate, Romarin, October 2016
448 pp., 24x16.9 cm, 300 illus.

The importance of Evelyn Dunbar (1906-1960) in the history of British 20th century art is continually being reassessed and belatedly recognised. A gifted draughtswoman: youthful prodigy; brilliant student at the Royal College of Art under Sir William...

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History of Art

Silk, Porcelain and Lacquer China and Japan and Their Trade with Western Europe and the World, 1500-1644

Canepa Teresa

ISBN: HB: 9781911300014, Casemate, Paul Holberton Publishing, October 2016
440 pp., 30x24.5 cm, 400 colour illus.

Focusing on the prolific trade, transport and consumption of Chinese silk and porcelain, and Japanese lacquer abroad between 1500 and 1644, this groundbreaking book will show how the material cultures of late Ming China and Momoyama/Early Edo Japan o...

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Military

Biography & Memoires

We Are All Flourishing The Letters and Diary of Captain Walter JJ Coats MC 1914-1919

Chojecki Jan, LoCicero Michael Stephen

ISBN: HB: 9781911096399, Casemate, Helion and Company, October 2016
288 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 50 photos

"There have been moments during the last week or so when I had grave doubts as to whether I should see tomorrow". Compiled from the almost daily letters home and a diary written in the immediate aftermath of the First World War, We are all Flourishin...

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History of Art

People, Places & Piazzas The Life & Art of Charles Hodge Mackie

Clark Pat

ISBN: PB: 9781908326911, Casemate, Sansom & Co, October 2016
176 pp., 24.4x17.2 cm, 40 colour illus.

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Aviation

Modelling - Military Drawings

Luftwaffe in Colour Volume 1: The Victory Years, 1939-1942

Cony Christophe, Roba Jean-Louis

ISBN: PB: 9781612004082, Casemate, October 2016
160 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 300 colour illus.

This remarkable work pulls the lid off one of the legendary air forces in history at the very peak of its power-unveiling the and machines as they truly existed day-to-day, underneath the propaganda of their own regime and the scare stories of their...

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Military

Hear their Footsteps King Edward VII School, Sheffield, and the Old Edwardians in the Great War 1914-18

Cornwell John

ISBN: PB: 9781911096269, Casemate, Helion and Company, October 2016
76 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 44 photos

The book recounts the story of an elite Yorkshire day school – and its "Old Boys" who joined the forces – in the First World War. The school was founded by Sheffield City Council in 1905, who finessed an amalgamation of two much older institutions as...

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