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Howard's Whirlybirds - Howard Hughes' Amazing Pioneering Helicopter Exploits (Paperback): Donald J. Porter Howard's Whirlybirds - Howard Hughes' Amazing Pioneering Helicopter Exploits (Paperback)
Donald J. Porter
R519 R425 Discovery Miles 4 250 Save R94 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Howard Hughes, the movie mogul, aviation pioneer and political hound dog, has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle and reclusiveness. Companies responsible for major technological leaps often become household names. An exception is Howard Hughes s pioneering helicopter company, Hughes Helicopters, a name that has fallen into oblivion. Yet most schoolboys in the world have heard of the company s prize-winning product: the Apache helicopter. Hughes popularized the light helicopter trainer, mass-produced the first turbine powered light observation helicopter, led the way in hot cycle rotor craft propulsion research and, finally, developed the world s most advanced attack helicopter that was purchased and saw service with the UK. Here s how some of the world s most innovative helicopters were developed. Covering the period from the Second World War until the mid-1980s, you will learn why Hughes military aircraft contracts came under close scrutiny by the US government. The story is rich with tales of technological breakthrough and test-flying bravado made possible by a small crew of engineers and daring pilots. Written by a technical expert and insider to the industry, Howard s Whirlybirds: Howard Hughes Amazing Pioneering Helicopter Exploits is a fascinating and alternative view on the phenomenal pioneer with unpublished photographs and material that will fascinate the aviation and military historian as well as the casual reader and cinema buff."

The Memoirs of Roustam - Napoleon's Mamluk Imperial Bodyguard (Hardcover): Roustam Raza The Memoirs of Roustam - Napoleon's Mamluk Imperial Bodyguard (Hardcover)
Roustam Raza; Edited by Ara Ghazarians; Translated by Catherine Carpenter
R874 Discovery Miles 8 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Mauritanian (Originally Published as Guantanamo Diary) (Paperback): Mohamedou Ould Slahi The Mauritanian (Originally Published as Guantanamo Diary) (Paperback)
Mohamedou Ould Slahi; Edited by Larry Siems
R520 R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Save R82 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
March Or Die (Paperback): Tony Geraghty March Or Die (Paperback)
Tony Geraghty
R339 R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Save R86 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A history of the legendary French Foreign Legion by the bestselling author of Who Dares Wins. Tony Geraghty analyses the legend and re-examines the battle honours of the Foreign Legion, and his revelations illuminate the darker side of its historic relationship to the motherland. Called into being in 1831 as a device to absorb the footloose veterans of Napoleon's old armies, the French Foreign Legion subsequently won astonishing victories in the farflung battlefields of Spain, the Crimea, Algeria and Morrocco, Italy, Mexico, Syria, Indo-China, Madagascar, and West and Central Africa. March or Die also traces the Legion's diminished fortunes in recent years. It has fought in the Gulf War, Rwanda and Kosovo among other conflicts, but has found itself in 'a world of political correctness which left the Legion marooned on an island of admirable but anachronistic values'. Forced to accept women in its ranks and no longer unique now that conscription has been abolished, it is searching for its place in the modern world.

Lest We Forget: - Beckenham & the Great War (Paperback): Pat Manning, Ian Muir Lest We Forget: - Beckenham & the Great War (Paperback)
Pat Manning, Ian Muir
R321 Discovery Miles 3 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
International Arms Control Law and the Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism (Hardcover): Jonathan Herbach International Arms Control Law and the Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism (Hardcover)
Jonathan Herbach
R3,004 Discovery Miles 30 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Making a timely contribution to the legal literature, this important book discusses an under-analysed issue of great importance to international peace and security. It provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the prevention of nuclear terrorism specifically through an international (arms control) law lens. Jonathan Herbach sets out a basis for better understanding how the international legal framework for nuclear security is structured and why it is structured that way, and offers a critical analysis of the component instruments that make up the framework. He highlights the strengths and analyzes possible gaps and weaknesses of these instruments and the legal framework as a whole, as well as explaining the framework's key characteristics, approaches and rationale. As nuclear security is by no means a static topic, with changing circumstances a defining feature of the area, the book also offers ideas for the path forward and conceptualizes ways to further strengthen the nuclear security legal framework. Offering a fresh perspective on the prevention of nuclear terrorism, this book will benefit academics and students of public international law, counter-terrorism and conflict and security law. It will also be a useful resource for governmental legal advisors, think-tanks and diplomats to inform their work on means and mechanisms to help strengthen the global nuclear security regime and to provide guidance for decision-making.

They Came Three Thousand Miles and Died - The American War of Independence (Paperback): Tony Maclachlan They Came Three Thousand Miles and Died - The American War of Independence (Paperback)
Tony Maclachlan
R671 Discovery Miles 6 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A St Helena Who's Who - A Complete Guide to the People on St Helena During Napoleon's Captivity (Paperback): Arnold... A St Helena Who's Who - A Complete Guide to the People on St Helena During Napoleon's Captivity (Paperback)
Arnold Chaplin
R516 R422 Discovery Miles 4 220 Save R94 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A St Helena Who's Who details the island of St Helena and its administration, including military, naval and civil offices as well as the overall population in the 1820s and expenses. A must have for Napoleon historians, this comprehensive book chronicles the residents of Longwood, the 'Who's Who' of St Helena and what flag-ships were stationed there. As well as listing the regiments based on the island such as the 53rd Foot Regiment (2nd Battalion) and artillery and engineers, Napoleon's visitors to the island are recorded as well as the chronology of his death, the construction of his tomb and reports on the post-mortem examination. Also, Sir Hudson Lowe and the East India Company involvement in the island are exhaustively covered as are stories of military figures, marriages and the abolition of slavery.

The Secret War Against Hanoi (Paperback, New edition): Richard H. Shultz The Secret War Against Hanoi (Paperback, New edition)
Richard H. Shultz
R489 R410 Discovery Miles 4 100 Save R79 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1963, a frustrated President Kennedy turned to the Pentagon for help in carrying out subversive operations against North Vietnam- a job the CIA had not managed to handle effectively. Thus was born the Pentagon's Special Operations Group(SOG). Under the cover name"Studies and Observation Group," SOG would, over the next eight years, dispatch numerous spies to North Vietnam, create a triple-cross deception program, wage psychological warfare by manipulating North Vietnamese POW's and kidnapped citizens, and stage deadly assaults on enemy soldiers traveling the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Written by the country's leading expert on SOG, here is the story of that covert war-one that would have both spectacular and disastrous results.

In the Shadows - The extraordinary men and women of the Intelligence Corps (Hardcover): Michael Ashcroft In the Shadows - The extraordinary men and women of the Intelligence Corps (Hardcover)
Michael Ashcroft
R581 Discovery Miles 5 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With a Foreword by Lord Hague of Richmond The Intelligence Corps is one of the smallest and most secretive elements of the British Army. It has existed in various guises since the early twentieth century, but it was only formally constituted in July 1940. In this book, Michael Ashcroft tells the astonishing stories of some of its most courageous and ingenious figures, who have operated all over the world from the First World War to the present day. Whether carrying out surveillance work on the street, monitoring and analysing communications, working on overseas stakeouts, receiving classified information from a well-placed contact or interrogating the enemy in the heat of war, a hugely diverse range of people have served in the Corps, often supplementing their individual professional skills with original thinking and leadership in the name of the Crown. This book pays tribute to them and shows why, in the words of the 1st Duke of Marlborough, 'No war can be conducted successfully without early and good intelligence.'

To the Fire of Normandy and Beyond - Behind Enemy Lines During World War II (Hardcover): Frank Kozol To the Fire of Normandy and Beyond - Behind Enemy Lines During World War II (Hardcover)
Frank Kozol
R887 R753 Discovery Miles 7 530 Save R134 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Napoleon and Betsy - Recollections of Napoleon at St Helena (Hardcover): Lucia Elizabeth Abell Napoleon and Betsy - Recollections of Napoleon at St Helena (Hardcover)
Lucia Elizabeth Abell
R582 R480 Discovery Miles 4 800 Save R102 (18%) Out of stock

The story of Napoleon and Betsy Balcombe is an unusual and fascinating tale. A fallen Emperor who once controlled most of Europe makes friends with an impudent, pretty and spirited young English girl, just about the celebrate her thirteenth birthday. Betsy produced a book full of interest, but notwithstanding that the book wanders backwards and forward chronologically, the general tenor of the relationship between this young girl and Napoleon is beyond question, and it was of an unusual and extremely friendly nature. Napoleon's fall from an unprecedented position of power to humiliating confinement must have been an impossible burden to have lived with, and yet, despite this - or possibly because of it - Napoleon befriended this child and held genuine affection for her. Despite the naivety, the warmth of the friendship between the ex-emperor and little 'Mees' Balcombe shines through, and her text is well-worth providing in this new edition. Napoleon was at the Briars for eight weeks, but the family were very close to the community at Longwood, some two miles further up hill and inland, and visited weekly, sometimes more often.It was here, as Betsy matured and grew more responsible, that the friendship developed, to the extent that she assisted Napoleon with his attempts at English. She was daring as well as impudent and with an irrepressible sense of humour she unlocked the inner child in Napoleon that led to the famous friendship. He found her boldness amusing and occasionally alarming. It must have been a welcome diversion from his darker thoughts.

Pittsburgh'S Lost Outpost - Captain Trent's Fort (Paperback): Jason A. Cherry Pittsburgh'S Lost Outpost - Captain Trent's Fort (Paperback)
Jason A. Cherry; Foreword by David L. Preston
R586 R489 Discovery Miles 4 890 Save R97 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Irish at Gettysburg (Paperback): Phillip Thomas Tucker Phd The Irish at Gettysburg (Paperback)
Phillip Thomas Tucker Phd
R679 R569 Discovery Miles 5 690 Save R110 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fading Eagle - Politics and Decline of Britain's Post-war Air Force (Hardcover): Ian Smith Watson Fading Eagle - Politics and Decline of Britain's Post-war Air Force (Hardcover)
Ian Smith Watson
R788 R647 Discovery Miles 6 470 Save R141 (18%) Out of stock

Fading Eagle - Politics and Decline of Britain's Post-War Air Force looks at the rise and fall of British air power from a more critical than usual angle, in particular the impact of political ineptitude. The Royal Air Force, following a troubled start as a result of resentful contention by the other services, rose to prominence during the Second World War countering imminent invasion and striking at Hitler's army and industrial complex before the Normandy landings. Air power also proved a vital factor in support of both land and sea operations. Post-war, the RAF continued its newfound prominence among the armed forces, again as the principal defender of the United Kingdom from likely Soviet air attack and as the principal means of delivering the nuclear deterrent, countering the submarine threat and providing rapid comprehensive air support across the globe. Despite this, the change in political aspirations and priorities led to decisions and policies which resulted in unintended and unnecessary weakening of the RAF and other services. When the Cold War ended in 1991, many western nations, Britain not least among them, were determined that modern warfare as understood was at an end, air power quickly became sidelined despite being relied upon extensively since. In an era of high demand on the armed forces in tandem with less and incompetently managed funding, there have been calls for the RAF to be disbanded, as had been so during the early years of its existence.

First Wave (Paperback): Kenneth James Stuart Ballantyne First Wave (Paperback)
Kenneth James Stuart Ballantyne
R357 Discovery Miles 3 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
In My Grandfather's Shadow - A story of war, trauma and the legacy of silence (Paperback): Angela Findlay In My Grandfather's Shadow - A story of war, trauma and the legacy of silence (Paperback)
Angela Findlay
R295 R231 Discovery Miles 2 310 Save R64 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'Absolutely extraordinary ... Findlay reveals a vast, hidden European story that few nations have ever been brave enough to confront' Keith Lowe' 'Beautifully written, poignant and acutely perceptive' Sinclair McKay 'Moving and powerful' Julia Samuel ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... In My Grandfather's Shadow is an unflinching, thought-provoking fusion of memoir and history, and an exploration of the hidden scars left across generations by the conflict and horrors of the Second World War. In a quest to discover the truth about her German grandfather, first a proud Wehrmacht General serving on the Eastern front, then a broken POW on trial for Nazi war crimes, Angela Findlay travels across Europe and Russia to uncover the untold story of millions of Germans long buried not only in guilt and shame but also trauma. Carefully breaking the silence surrounding so many of World War Two's perpetrators, she challenges widespread binary narratives and offers a way forward that allows the intergenerational wounds to heal and us all to grasp the urgent lessons of the darkest episode in modern history. Brave, profoundly insightful and moving, In My Grandfather's Shadow is a courageous look at a taboo subject and raises important questions about how and why we should remember the past.

The Franco Regime and its Historiography - Spanish Historians Confronting Propaganda and Censorship (Hardcover): Jan Muilekom The Franco Regime and its Historiography - Spanish Historians Confronting Propaganda and Censorship (Hardcover)
Jan Muilekom
R3,454 Discovery Miles 34 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For two decades after the civil war the Franco regime applied systematic historical propaganda and imposed relentless repression of history professionals. In the 1960s and 1970s, however, the balance shifted from all-pervading propaganda to structural but flexible censorship. Gradually and reluctantly, the regime had to give back the initiative for explaining the recent past to where it belonged: to the professional historians, but not without oversee and livelihood threat. In its efforts to keep control, the regime could count on historians who were willing to censor their more adventurous colleagues. But the outcome of this process was biased and uncertain. The main issue was always whether an author could be considered a friend of the regime. Personal interventions by Franco himself regularly played a decisive role. Historians fully loyal to the regime and its aims were published without difficulty; others took a reformist path, albeit without endangering the dominant interpretation that favoured the tropes of inevitability and positive consequences of Francos rebellion. Reformist historians avoided criticism of the personal integrity of the dictator and the army, and did not address the issue of systematically planned terror in Francos National Zone during the Civil War. Historians who dared to embrace these topics were condemned to write from abroad. Historical works dealing with the Spanish Civil War (19361939) have been regularly studied in-depth. Dutch historian Jan van Muilekom provides a wider perspective by viewing the Franco historiography from the time of the preceding Second Republic (1931-1936). His analysis recognizes the crucial 1939-1952 period where Franco consolidated his seizure of power. The research is based on a wealth of published censored books, unpublished manuscripts, censorship archives and historical propaganda material. The book is an important complement to earlier studies that mainly dealt with the regimes dealing with the press, the film industry and literature. Over a span of four decades, Franco never lost his grip on how recent Spanish history should be read. Exploring the historiography of the regime provides multiple insights into the links between authoritarianism and censorship.

Unshackled Spirit: - The Secret Purchase of a Spitfire by RAF Prisoners of War (Hardcover): Colin Pateman Unshackled Spirit: - The Secret Purchase of a Spitfire by RAF Prisoners of War (Hardcover)
Colin Pateman
R635 R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Save R107 (17%) Out of stock

Unshackled Spirit was a unique 'Spitfire' fighter aircraft purchased by allied prisoners of war whilst imprisoned in Germany; the book explains how this remarkable achievement was possible using previously restricted and secret material. In addition, accounts are compiled from a collection of original YMCA personal wartime logs as issued to RAF prisoners of war in 1944. 'Unshackled Spirit' draws out the story of each aviator, how they became a prisoner of war and life in the various camps across occupied Europe. Extensive and amazingly detailed pieces of artwork are taken from the logs and illustrated in the book. The balance of fact and inspired drawings makes for an impressive collection from a number of incarcerated aviators. The hardship of POW's and the extraordinary means adopted to escape are touched upon, but more importantly the aspect of how agencies helped by supplying all manner of equipment to the thousands of men behind barbed wire. The role of MI9 is revealed and how it participated in those agencies exploring the efforts taken to smuggle escape material into the prisoner of war camps without breeching the Geneva Convention and finally the extraordinary measures taken to secure intelligence during the process of prisoner repatriation.

The Duchess Countess - The Woman Who Scandalized Eighteenth-Century London (Paperback): Catherine Ostler The Duchess Countess - The Woman Who Scandalized Eighteenth-Century London (Paperback)
Catherine Ostler
R543 R455 Discovery Miles 4 550 Save R88 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Triumph of Evil - Genocide in Rwanda and the Fight for Justice (Hardcover): Charles Petrie The Triumph of Evil - Genocide in Rwanda and the Fight for Justice (Hardcover)
Charles Petrie; Illustrated by Spike Zephaniah Stevenson
R450 Discovery Miles 4 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Rwandan Genocide began on 6 April 1994, when a plane carrying President Juvenal Habyarimana was shot down over Kigali. This sparked one hundred days of brutal massacres throughout the country, and as the violence and fear escalated, the UN was called on to take action. The Triumph of Evil details the events that took place both in Rwanda and inside the UN that allowed over 850,000 people to lose their lives in one of the most horrifying genocides of the twentieth century. The book is based on the eye-witness account of Charles Petrie, a UN official called in to assist in the region, and it documents what he believes were the failings of the UN when it came to protecting its own staff. In particular, Petrierelates the sinister events that led to the murders of a number of Rwandan nationals who were working for the UN, and were due to be evacuated. Focusing on individual stories and experiences, he highlights how quickly terror can reign when disenfranchised groups are incited to violence under an oppressive system, and how even our most respected institutions can fail when political motivations muddy the waters.

War Dogs - The True Story of How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History (Paperback): Guy... War Dogs - The True Story of How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History (Paperback)
Guy Lawson
R521 R432 Discovery Miles 4 320 Save R89 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Man's Search For Meaning (Paperback, Classic Editions): Viktor E. Frankl Man's Search For Meaning (Paperback, Classic Editions)
Viktor E. Frankl
R265 R212 Discovery Miles 2 120 Save R53 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Over 16 million copies sold worldwide 'One of the most remarkable books I have ever read' Susan Jeffers One of the outstanding classics to emerge from the Holocaust, Man's Search for Meaning is Viktor Frankl's story of his struggle for survival in Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps. Today, this remarkable tribute to hope offers us an avenue to finding greater meaning and purpose in our own lives.

Radical War - Data, Attention and Control in the Twenty-First Century (Paperback): Matthew Ford, Andrew Hoskins Radical War - Data, Attention and Control in the Twenty-First Century (Paperback)
Matthew Ford, Andrew Hoskins
R587 Discovery Miles 5 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the digital explosion that has ripped across the battlefield, weaponising our attention and making everyone a participant in wars without end. 'Smart' devices, apps, archives and algorithms remove the bystander from war, collapsing the distinctions between audience and actor, soldier and civilian, media and weapon. This has ruptured our capacity to make sense of war. Now we are all either victims or perpetrators. In 'Radical War', Ford and Hoskins reveal how contemporary war is legitimised, planned, fought, experienced, remembered and forgotten in a continuous and connected way, through digitally saturated fields of perception. Plotting the emerging relationship between data, attention and the power to control war, the authors chart the complex digital and human interdependencies that sustain political violence today. Through a unique, interdisciplinary lens, they map our disjointed experiences of conflict and illuminate this dystopian new ecology of war.

This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends - The Cyberweapons Arms Race (Paperback): Nicole Perlroth This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends - The Cyberweapons Arms Race (Paperback)
Nicole Perlroth
R531 R450 Discovery Miles 4 500 Save R81 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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