A Week in September: A story of enduring love from the Burma Railway by Peter Rees
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
Through a precious cache of WWII letters, a story of war is revealed. But also, most movingly, a story of love, resilience and survival, from award-winning and bestselling writer, Peter Rees. Doug Heywood was a grown man when he discovered, in a shoe box hidden in a wardrobe, a time capsule of sorts - ...Show more
Australia's Secret Army by Michael Veitch
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
From acclaimed author Michael Veitch comes this compelling, vivid history of the secret army of civilians who worked with the Australian Defence Force during World War II as 'Coast Watchers', observing Japanese movements along the coastlines and in the jungles of the South Pacific. A Coastwatcher's work ...Show more
The Worst Military Leaders in History by John M. Jennings (Editor); Chuck Steele (Editor); Jeremy Blackham (Foreword by)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
Spanning countries and centuries, a "how-not-to" guide to leadership that reveals the most maladroit military commanders in history--now in paperback. For this book, fifteen distinguished historians were given a deceptively simple task: identify their choice for the worst military leader in history ...Show more
Kokoda: 75th Anniversary Edition by Peter FitzSimons
$36.99 AUD
Category: Military
Kokoda was a defining battle for Australia, where a small force of young, ill-equipped young men engaged an experienced and hitherto unstoppable Japanese force on a narrow, precarious jungle track. This book tells the Kokoda story in a gripping and moving style.
Little Book of the Concise History of Wwii by Mccan Liam
$19.99 AUD
Category: Military
A brief history of the Second World War
Semut: The Untold Story of a Secret Australian Operation in WWII Borneo by Christine Helliwell
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
This is the story of Operation Semut, an Australian secret military operation launched by the organisation popularly known as Z Special Unit in the final months of WWII. March 1945. A handful of very young Allied operatives are parachuted into the remote jungled heart of the Japanese-occupied island of ...Show more
Lone Survivor: The Incredible True Story of Navy SEALs Under Siege by Marcus Luttrell
$22.99 AUD
Category: Military
In June 2005 four US Navy SEALs left their base in Afghanistan for the Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al-Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less than twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy ...Show more
History of War in Maps by Philip Parker
$55.00 AUD
Category: Military
From the moment towns and cities arose, the struggle for land, resources and power has turned to violence. Almost from the start, maps have been an essential part of planning and waging war. History of War in Maps gives a unique visual representation of the development of warfare and the maps that have ...Show more
The Lost Boys - The untold stories of the under-age soldiers who fought in the First World War (HB) by Paul Byrnes
$45.00 AUD
Category: Military | Reading Level: very good
INDIE AWARD WINNER 2020They were just boys. And they were to face the horrors of a war more diabolical than any of them could have imagined. This is their story. Hundreds of Australian and New Zealander boys enlisted in the First World War, some as young as 13. No one knows how many went to war, but at ...Show more