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Blood River 1838 - The Zulu?Boer War And The Great Trek (Paperback): Ian Knight Blood River 1838 - The Zulu–Boer War And The Great Trek (Paperback)
Ian Knight
R350 R312 Discovery Miles 3 120 Save R38 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A myth-shattering study of the first clash between the Zulu kingdom and European interlopers and its dramatic effects on Boer and Zulu alike.

By the 1830s, the Zulu kingdom was consolidating its power as the strongest African polity in the south-east, but was under growing pressure from British traders and hunters on the coast, and descendants of the early Dutch settlers at the Cape – the Boers. In 1837, the vanguard of the Boers' Great Trek migration reached the borders of Zulu territory, causing alarm. When the Boer leader Piet Retief and his followers were massacred in cold blood, war broke out. Although the initial Boer counter-attacks were defeated by the Zulus, in December 1838 a new Trekker offensive resulted in a nation-defining clash between Boer and Zulu at the battle of Blood River.

In this ground-breaking and carefully balanced new work, containing stunning artwork and detailed maps, Ian Knight explores what has long been a controversial and partisan topic in South African history, placing the Zulus more squarely in this part of their history. Among the topics covered are the 1836 Boer/Ndebele conflict, the imbalance in technique and weaponry, the reasons why the British settlers allied themselves with the Boer Trekkers, and why the war was a key turning point in the use of traditional Zulu military techniques. This work also reveals that a Boer victory at Blood River was by no means a foregone conclusion.

A Member of the RAF of Indeterminate Race - WW2 Experiences of a Former RAF Navigator and POW (Paperback): Cy Grant A Member of the RAF of Indeterminate Race - WW2 Experiences of a Former RAF Navigator and POW (Paperback)
Cy Grant
R508 Discovery Miles 5 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Saving Yellowstone - Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America (Paperback): Megan Kate Nelson Saving Yellowstone - Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America (Paperback)
Megan Kate Nelson
R467 R435 Discovery Miles 4 350 Save R32 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Achtung Minen Guernsey - The History of the German Minefields on Guernsey 1940-45 - Told by the Bomb-disposal Officer Who... Achtung Minen Guernsey - The History of the German Minefields on Guernsey 1940-45 - Told by the Bomb-disposal Officer Who Supervised Their Removal (Paperback)
Henry W. Beckingham
R649 Discovery Miles 6 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Crash Boats of Gorleston - The Exploits of No.24 Air Sea Rescue Unit of the Royal Air Force During World War 2 (Paperback):... Crash Boats of Gorleston - The Exploits of No.24 Air Sea Rescue Unit of the Royal Air Force During World War 2 (Paperback)
Tony Overill
R588 Discovery Miles 5 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Prisoner in His Palace - Saddam Hussein, His American Guards, and What History Leaves Unsaid (Paperback): Will Bardenwerper The Prisoner in His Palace - Saddam Hussein, His American Guards, and What History Leaves Unsaid (Paperback)
Will Bardenwerper
R438 R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Save R30 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
619: The History of a Forgotten Squadron - The Activities of No.619 Squadron RAF During World War 2 (Paperback): Bryan Clarke 619: The History of a Forgotten Squadron - The Activities of No.619 Squadron RAF During World War 2 (Paperback)
Bryan Clarke
R688 Discovery Miles 6 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Virginian in Best Blue - A US Pilot in the Wartime RAF (Paperback): Parke Smith A Virginian in Best Blue - A US Pilot in the Wartime RAF (Paperback)
Parke Smith
R592 Discovery Miles 5 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Under the Red Eagle - Recollections of an Overseas Tour with HQ No.239 Wing, Desert Air Force, 1942-45 (Paperback): F.T. Pearce Under the Red Eagle - Recollections of an Overseas Tour with HQ No.239 Wing, Desert Air Force, 1942-45 (Paperback)
F.T. Pearce
R618 Discovery Miles 6 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
From One to One Thousand Horsepower - How a Scottish Cavalryman Became a WW2 Fighter Pilot (Paperback): Fergus Davidson From One to One Thousand Horsepower - How a Scottish Cavalryman Became a WW2 Fighter Pilot (Paperback)
Fergus Davidson
R618 Discovery Miles 6 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Siege of Khe Sanh - The Story of the Vietnam War's Largest Battle (Paperback): Robert Pisor Siege of Khe Sanh - The Story of the Vietnam War's Largest Battle (Paperback)
Robert Pisor; Preface by Mark Bowden
R425 R399 Discovery Miles 3 990 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The six-month siege of Khe Sanh in 1968 was the largest, most intense battle of the Vietnam War. For six thousand trapped U.S. Marines, it was a nightmare; for President Johnson, an obsession. For General Westmoreland, it was to be the final vindication of technological weaponry; for General Giap, architect of the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, it was a spectacular ruse masking troops moving south for the Tet offensive. With a new introduction by Mark Bowden-best-selling author of Hu? 1968-Robert Pisor's immersive narrative of the action at Khe Sanh is a timely reminder of the human cost of war, and a visceral portrait of Vietnam's fiercest and most epic close-quarters battle. Readers may find the politics and the tactics of the Vietnam War, as they played out at Khe Sahn fifty years ago, echoed in our nation's global incursions today. Robert Pisor sets forth the history, the politics, the strategies, and, above all, the desperate reality of the battle that became the turning point of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

War Doctor - Surgery On The Front Line (Paperback): David Nott War Doctor - Surgery On The Front Line (Paperback)
David Nott 1
R299 R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 Save R28 (9%) In Stock

‘Brave, compassionate and inspiring – it left me in floods of tears’ Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to Hurt

For more than twenty-five years, David Nott has taken unpaid leave from his job as a general and vascular surgeon with the NHS to volunteer in some of the world’s most dangerous war zones. From Sarajevo under siege in 1993, to clandestine hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, he has carried out life-saving operations and field surgery in the most challenging conditions, and with none of the resources of a major London teaching hospital.

The conflicts he has worked in form a chronology of twenty-first-century combat: Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Darfur, Congo, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Gaza and Syria. But he has also volunteered in areas blighted by natural disasters, such as the earthquakes in Haiti and Nepal.

Driven both by compassion and passion, the desire to help others and the thrill of extreme personal danger, he is now widely acknowledged to be the most experienced trauma surgeon in the world. But as time went on, David Nott began to realize that flying into a catastrophe – whether war or natural disaster – was not enough. Doctors on the ground needed to learn how to treat the appalling injuries that war inflicts upon its victims. Since 2015, the foundation he set up with his wife, Elly, has disseminated the knowledge he has gained, training other doctors in the art of saving lives threatened by bombs and bullets.

War Doctor is his extraordinary story

An Erk's Eye View of WW2 - An Airman's Recollections of RAF Elsham Wolds During World War Two (Paperback): Ted... An Erk's Eye View of WW2 - An Airman's Recollections of RAF Elsham Wolds During World War Two (Paperback)
Ted Mawdsley
R589 Discovery Miles 5 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Operation Ladbroke - From Dream to Disaster - A First-hand Account of the Airborne Assaults on Sicily and Arnhem (Paperback):... Operation Ladbroke - From Dream to Disaster - A First-hand Account of the Airborne Assaults on Sicily and Arnhem (Paperback)
Alec Waldron
R598 Discovery Miles 5 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Shetland Bus Man (Paperback, New edition): Kaare Iversen Shetland Bus Man (Paperback, New edition)
Kaare Iversen
R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Espionage Behind the Wire - The Remarkable Wartime Activities of a Prison Camp Spy (Paperback): Howard Greville Espionage Behind the Wire - The Remarkable Wartime Activities of a Prison Camp Spy (Paperback)
Howard Greville
R620 Discovery Miles 6 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Kiss Lori for Me (Hardcover): Lori Reaves Kiss Lori for Me (Hardcover)
Lori Reaves
R1,344 R1,123 Discovery Miles 11 230 Save R221 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Last Men Out - The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam (Paperback): Bob Drury, Tom Clavin Last Men Out - The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam (Paperback)
Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
R479 R450 Discovery Miles 4 500 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In a gripping, moment-by-moment narrative based on a wealth of recently declassified documents and in-depth interviews, Bob Drury and Tom Clavin tell the remarkable drama that unfolded over the final, heroic hours of the Vietnam War. This closing chapter of the war would become the largest-scale evacuation ever carried out, as improvised by a small unit of Marines, a vast fleet of helicopter pilots flying nonstop missions beyond regulation, and a Marine general who vowed to arrest any officer who ordered his choppers grounded while his men were still on the ground.
Drury and Clavin focus on the story of the eleven young Marines who were the last men to leave, rescued from the U.S. Embassy roof just moments before capture, having voted to make an Alamo-like last stand. As politicians in Washington struggled to put the best face on disaster and the American ambassador refused to acknowledge that the end had come, these courageous men held their ground and helped save thousands of lives. Drury and Clavin deliver a taut and stirring account of a turning point in American history that unfolds with the heartstopping urgency of the best thrillers--a riveting true story finally told, in full, by those who lived it.

Oliver Cromwell - New Perspectives (Hardcover): Patrick Little Oliver Cromwell - New Perspectives (Hardcover)
Patrick Little
R3,895 Discovery Miles 38 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Little integrates the latest research from younger and established scholars to provide a new evaluation and 'biography' of Cromwell. The book challenges received wisdom about Cromwell's rise to power, his political and religious beliefs, his relationship with various communities across the British Isles and his role as Lord Protector.

The World's Warships 1915 - Compiled from Jane's Fighting Ships (Hardcover): Fred T. Jane The World's Warships 1915 - Compiled from Jane's Fighting Ships (Hardcover)
Fred T. Jane
R2,497 Discovery Miles 24 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
To Strive and Not to Yield (Paperback): Dennis West To Strive and Not to Yield (Paperback)
Dennis West
R632 Discovery Miles 6 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The War Lords of Washington (Hardcover, New ed of 1948 ed): Bruce Catton The War Lords of Washington (Hardcover, New ed of 1948 ed)
Bruce Catton
R1,780 Discovery Miles 17 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Dream Machine - The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey (Paperback): Richard Whittle The Dream Machine - The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey (Paperback)
Richard Whittle
R548 R513 Discovery Miles 5 130 Save R35 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

WHEN THE MARINES decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid "tiltrotor" called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest Passage: an aircraft able to take off, land, and hover with the agility of a helicopter yet fly as fast and as far as an airplane. Many predicted it would reshape civilian aviation. The Marines saw it as key to their very survival.

By 2000, the Osprey was nine years late and billions over budget, bedeviled by technological hurdles, business rivalries, and an epic political battle over whether to build it at all. Opponents called it one of the worst boondoggles in Pentagon history. The Marines were eager to put it into service anyway. Then two crashes killed twenty- three Marines. They still refused to abandon the Osprey, even after the Corps' own proud reputation was tarnished by a national scandal over accusations that a commander had ordered subordinates to lie about the aircraft's problems.

Based on in-depth research and hundreds of interviews, "The Dream Machine" recounts the Marines' quarter-century struggle to get the Osprey into combat. Whittle takes the reader from the halls of the Pentagon and Congress to the war zone of Iraq, from the engineer's drafting table to the cockpits of the civilian and Marine pilots who risked their lives flying the Osprey--and sometimes lost them. He reveals the methods, motives, and obsessions of those who designed, sold, bought, flew, and fought for the tiltrotor. These stories, including never before published eyewitness accounts of the crashes that made the Osprey notorious, not only chronicle an extraordinary chapter in Marine Corps history, but also provide a fascinating look at a machine that could still revolutionize air travel.

Nobody Unprepared - The History of No 78 Squadron RAF (Paperback): Vernon Holland Nobody Unprepared - The History of No 78 Squadron RAF (Paperback)
Vernon Holland
R677 Discovery Miles 6 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Wot! No Engines? - Military Gliders, RAF Pilots and Operation Varsity, 1945 (Paperback): Alan Cooper Wot! No Engines? - Military Gliders, RAF Pilots and Operation Varsity, 1945 (Paperback)
Alan Cooper
R677 Discovery Miles 6 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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