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1815 - The Return of Napoleon by Paul Britten Austin
$39.99 NZD
Category: World Military History
This unique and atmospheric volume presents the dramatic story of Napoleon's escape from Elba and his march on Paris in the words of eyewitnesses and participants. Drawing on hundreds of firsthand accounts by Napoleon's supporters and opponents, Paul Britten Austin recreates the drama of those tumultuou ...Show more
1914: The Year the World Ended by Paul Ham
$59.99 NZD
Category: World Military History | Reading Level: very good
Few years can justly be said to have transformed the earth, yet 1914 did. The story of the outbreak of World War I.In July of 1914, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Britain, and France were poised to plunge the world into a war that would kill or wound 37 million people, tear down the fabric of society ...Show more
1st Battalion RNZIR 1957-2007: From South-East Asia to Afghanistan the First 50 Years by Paul Koorey
$59.99 NZD
Category: World Military History
1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment 1957-2007 commemorates the service of the Battalion both nationally and internationally and reflects upon the excellent leadership, training systems and innate soldiering abilities which have earned New Zealand's Army an international reputation for prod ...Show more
28 (Maori) Battalion: Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force by J. F. Cody
$55.00 NZD
Category: World Military History
John Douglas Publishing is delighted to be able to produce this work with kind permission from Manatu Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage and the 28 Maori Battalion Association. This is the official history of one of the greatest fighting infantry units of World War II, the 28(Maori) Battalion. We ...Show more
40 Squadron R.N.Z.A.F “To the Four Winds”
$20.00 NZD
Category: World Military History
A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
$26.50 NZD
Category: World Military History
Lt Colonel John Paul Vann went to Vietnam in 1962, but soon became appalled by the slaughter, leaking his pessimistic assessments to the US press corps in Saigon. Neil Sheehan was among them, and became fascinated by the angry Vann, befriended him, and followed his tragic and reckless career.
A Fair Sort of Battering New Zealanders Remember the Italian Campaign by Megan Hutching
$47.50 NZD
Category: World Military History
A History of the Ho Chi Minh Trail - The Road to Freedom by Virginia Morris; Clive A. Hills
$25.00 NZD
Category: World Military History | Series: History Ser.
The Ho Chi Minh Trail was a decisive factor in the defeat of American forces in the Vietnam War. Interviewing villagers along the Trail, as well as key military and political figures on both sides of the conflict, this work traces the footsteps of the hundreds of thousands who designed, built, used and ...Show more
A Long Road to Progress by Richard Hall
$20.00 NZD
Category: World Military History
As Commander of the New Zealand troops in the Bamiyan Province of Afghanistan, Colonel Richard Hall gained a unique insight into the lives of Kiwi soldiers serving in a harsh climate amid daily threats, as well as into the lives of the locals.This is an important and fascinating view of New Zealand's ro ...Show more
A Nurse at War: Emily Peter, 1858-1927 by Joan Woodward & Glenys Mitchell
$37.50 NZD
Category: World Military History
DoP Sept 2008, Christchurch Raised on a remote sheep farm in the Mid Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island, Emily Peters (1858-1927) had a remarkable career as a nurse. In the 1890s she travelled to the United Kingdom to train at Westminster Hospital. She then nursed in England and served as a ...Show more
A Sacrificial Pawn: Being a Memoir of his War Experiences, Particularly of his Time as a Prisoner of the Japanese, 1942-1945 by Peter R Jackson
$37.50 NZD
Category: World Military History
A Sacrificial Pawn is a story of survival. Peter Jackson was young and recently married when he was drafted into the army at the start of Wiorld War 2. He had no wish to be there but like most of his generation he was given no choice. Peter arrived in Singapore just as the city was being evacuated and w ...Show more
A Soldier's View of Empire The Reminiscences of James Bodell 1831-92 by Keith Sinclair
$55.00 NZD
Category: World Military History