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Hey for Old Robin! The Campaigns and Armies of the Earl of Essex During the First Civil War, 1642-44

Scott Chris, Turton Alan

ISBN: PB: 9781911512219, Casemate, Helion and Company, March 2017
256 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 70 black&white illus., 8 colour illus.

"Hey For Old Robin!" was the cry of the Earl of Essex's army during the First Civil War as, contrary to modern popular belief, Robert Devereux was well-liked by the men he led. This book fills a gap in the literature of the Civil Wars, taking up the...

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Army of Brigadiers British Brigade Commanders at the Battle of Arras 1917

Harvey Trevor

ISBN: HB: 9781911512004, Casemate, Helion and Company, March 2017
356 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 25 tables, 16 maps, 32 black&white illus.

There have been two major studies in recent years that have explored the roles and responsibilities of British generals at different levels within the British Expeditionary Force's command structure. Dr Simon Innes-Robbins has written about the gener...

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Taste of Success The First Battle of the Scarpe: The Opening Phase of the Battle of Arras, 9-14 April 1917

Smithson Jim

ISBN: HB: 9781911096405, Casemate, Helion and Company, March 2017
288 pp., 24.5x17 cm, 40 black&white illus., 4 tables, 56 maps

Wedged between the Battles of the Somme and Passchendaele, the Battle of Arras has often been termed "The Forgotten Battle" with little in the way of supporting literature. "A Taste of Success" is aimed at filling that void -giving the reader an insi...

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Biography & Memoires

Cromwell's Buffoon The Life and Career of the Regicide, Thomas Pride

Hodkinson Robert

ISBN: PB: 9781911512110, Casemate, Helion and Company, March 2017
184 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 7 maps, 13 black&white illus.

Colonel Thomas Pride was central to one of the English Civil War's key events: the arrest and exclusion of 140 Members of Parliament at Westminster in December 1648. Those that remained in the House of Commons – the Rump – voted to bring King Charles...

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Special Forces Berlin Clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army's Elite, 1956-1990

Stejskal James

ISBN: HB: 9781612004440, Casemate, March 2017
336 pp., 23.6x15.9 cm

It is a little-known fact that during the Cold War, two U.S. Army Special Forces detachments were stationed far behind the Iron Curtain in West Berlin. The existence and missions of the two detachments were highly classified secrets. The massive arm...

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Aviation

Modelling - Military Drawings

Monographs, No. 63 Focke-Wulf Ta 152

Murawski Marek J.

ISBN: HB: 9788364596933, Casemate, Kagero, March 2017
80 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 110 archival photos

Not for sale in Poland! The events of World War 2 proved beyond any doubt that the strategic bombing campaign greatly contributed to the Allies' ultimate victory over Nazi Germany. British night bombing raids and daylight carpet bombing missions fl...

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White Water Red Hot Lead On Board U.S. Navy Swift Boats in Vietnam

Daly Dan

ISBN: HB: 9781612004785, Casemate, March 2017
336 pp., 23.6x15.9 cm

During the Vietnam war 3500 officers and men served in the Swift Boat program in a fleet of 130 boats with no armor plating. The boats patrolled the coast and rivers of South Vietnam, with the average age of the crew being twenty-four. Their days con...

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Wings Over Sinai The Egyptian Air Force During the Sinai War, 1956

Nicolle David, Ali Gabr Gabr, Cooper Tom

ISBN: PB: 9781911096610, Casemate, Helion and Company, March 2017
112 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 120 black&white illus. 3 colour illus., 15 colour profiles

Sixty years since the tripartite aggression of France, Great Britain and Israel against Egypt, this is the first account about Egyptian military operations during the Suez War of 1956 (or "Suez Crisis", as it is known in the West). Based on research...

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Instruments of Battle The Fighting Drummers and Buglers of the British Army from the Late 17th Century to the Present Day

Tanner James

ISBN: HB: 9781612003696, Casemate, March 2017
288 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm

"Instruments of Battle" examines in detail the development and role of the British Army's fighting drummers and buglers, from the time of the foundation of the army up to the present day. While their principal weapon of war was the drum and bugle (an...

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Army of James II, 1685-1688 The Birth of the British Army

Ede-Borrett Stephen

ISBN: PB: 9781911512363, Casemate, Helion and Company, March 2017
208 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 60 black&white illus., 8 colour illus.

Between James' accession in February 1685 and flight in December 1688 the British Armies increased four fold (the English, Scots and Irish Armies were still separate institutions and were to remain so until the early 18th Century, in the case of the...

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