Military History & Warfare

Annie Ryan / Witnesses (Large Paperback)

  The first book to draw on official witness statements of the Easter Rising (taken in the late 1940s) and only released to the public in 2002.       All of our books are second hand, and...

David Nott / War Doctor : Surgery on the Front Line (Large Paperback)

 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...

David James Smith / Young Mandela (Large Paperback)

 Nelson Mandela is the world's greatest idol. He has been mythologised as a flawless hero of the liberation struggle. But how exactly did his early personal and political life shape the triumphs to...

Kim Hughes / Painting the Sand (Large Paperback)

 The Sunday Times and international bestseller.'Breathtaking. Kim Hughes is the man who stands between us and oblivion.' Andy McNab (author of Bravo Two Zero)'An uplifting and enlightening account of...

Andrew J. Nathan / The Tiananmen Papers (Hardback)

  The events of the Beijing Spring of 1989 were amongst the most momentous of China's tumultuous 20th century. What began as a peaceful memorial demonstration following the death of a popular...

Lance Price / The Spin Doctor's Diary: Inside Number 10 with New Labour (Hardback)

 While Lance Price was Alasdair Campbell's deputy in the Downing Street Press Office at the end of the 1990s and then Director of Communications at the Labour Party, he kept an informal journal of...

Caitriona Perry / The Tribe: The Inside Story of Irish power and influence in US politics (Hardback)

 In The Tribe, Caitriona Perry is on familiar ground, returning to Washington and the green strongholds of the United States.Irish Americans were once considered kingmakers in local and national...

Betty Boothroyd / Autobiography (Hardback)

 The enormous respect and affection of the British public for Betty Boothroyd has its roots in a strong belief in what she stands for: fair play, an unshakeable sense of honour and a passionate...

Andrew Neil / Full Disclosure (Hardback)

  The insider's story of the biggest controversies to rock the 1980s and early 1990s, this work, by the editor of the "Sunday Times" throughout the 1980s, covers the main political events of this...

Johnny Mercer / We Were Warriors

 Unflinching, action-packed and laced with wry humour, Johnny Mercer's We Were Warriors is a compelling read.'An adrenalin-fuelled, gritty story of heroism on the frontline in Afghanistan' - Andy...

Hilary Spurling / Matisse : The Life

 'Inspired, innovative, remarkable' Independent'Spurling has done better than anyone else at uncovering intimate information about Matisse' GuardianThe abridged, one-volume edition of Hilary...

Kuki Gallmann / African Nights

  Continuing the book "I Dreamed of Africa", this volume is written in episodes and covers Kuki's life over the last ten to 12 years. She refers glancingly to the deaths of her husband and son,...

Ruby Wax / How to Be Human

 'With this marvellous book, Ruby Wax has confirmed her position as one of the most readable, inspirational and engaging writers in the field of human mental health, happiness and fulfilment.'...

Frank MacDermot - Theobold Wolfe Tone and his Times : A Biographical Study - PB Anvil Edition - 1968 - ( Originally 1939)

A first edition Anvil paperback,1968, of a key study of the life and historical impact of Wolfe Tone, regarded as the founding father of Irish Republicanism, and a key figure in the events of 1798...

Eve Morrison - Kilmichael - The Life and Afterlife of an Ambush - PB - BRAND NEW

  The Kilmichael Ambush of 28 November 1920 was and remains one of the most famous, successful – and uniquely controversial – IRA attacks of the Irish War of Independence. This book is the first...

Owen O'Shea - Ballymacandy : The Story of A Kerry Ambush - PB - BRAND NEW - 2021

On 1 June 1921, at the height of Ireland’s War of Independence, a cycling patrol of members of the RIC was ambushed by members of the IRA at Ballymacandy, between Milltown and Castlemaine in County...

Irma Kurtz / Dear London

  Irma Kurtz arrived in London from New Jersey in the late 1950s. Dismayed by the city's drabness, she quickly moved on to Paris - but returned in 1963, and stayed. Part memoir, part...

Jon Swain / River of Time

  Between 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in David Puttnam's film, The Killing Fields, lived in the lands of the Mekong river. This is his account of those years, and the...

Mark Urban / Task Force Black

 The book the MoD doesn't want you to read' Daily MailSoon after British and American forces invaded Iraq they faced an insurgency that was almost impossible to understand, let alone reverse.Facing...

Pauline Bracken / Light of Other Days : A Dublin Childhood

  Through her father, Charles E. Kelly, who was Director of Broadcasting in Radio Eireann and Editor of Dublin Opinion, Pauline's family encountered all sorts of talented and entertaining people...

Gillian Slovo / Every Secret Thing

  This autobiography provides an investigation into the past of Gillian Slovo's family and country. Brought up in exile, Gillian Slovo retains the closest of ties with South Africa. After her...

Michael Cohen / Disloyal: A Memoir (Hardback)

 A #1 New York Times Bestseller!"I read it cover-to-cover. I did not intend to, but I started at the beginning and didn't put it down until it was over."-Rachel Maddow, MSNBCThis book almost didn't...

Michael Lenihan - Cork Burning - PB - BRAND NEW - War of Independence 1920

A tale of arson, loot and murder' was how one source described the events that would befall Cork city on the night of 11-12 December 1920. In a scene of almost unprecedented destruction, members of...

Lissa Evans / Old Baggage

 As featured on BBC Radio 4 Good Reads'A timely, bittersweet comic novel' Guardian____________________What do you do next, after you've changed the world?It is 1928. Matilda Simpkin, rooting through...

Sebastian Junger / War

 From the author of The Perfect Storm, a gripping book about Sebastian Junger's almost fatal year with the 2nd battalion of the American Army.For 15 months, Sebastian Junger accompanied a single...

Robert S. Wistrich / Hitler and the Holocaust

  Robert Wistrich begins by exploring the origins of anti-Semitism in Europe, and especially in Germany, to try to explain how millions of Jews came to be killed systematically by the Third Reich...

William Blum / Rogue State : A Guide to the World's Only Superpower

 'This is not a book for anyone who wishes to maintain any cosy illusions about their own liberty - let alone the liberty of anyone in any country to whose domestic policy the United States...

Rick Atkinson / In The Company Of Soldiers (Large Paperback)

 During the recent war in Iraq, renowned historian Rick Atkinson was embedded with the 101st Airbourne Division of the US forces. He had access to the headquarters command post and the top-secret...

Tom Barry - Guerilla Days in Ireland - Mercier PB - War of Independence - BRAND NEW

DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST.  The classic account by Tom Barry of the War of Independence - Guerilla Days in Ireland, originally published in 1949 as a hardback by The Irish Press...

Chris Kyle / American Sniper

 Former U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle tells the story of his legendary career, from 1999-2009, during which time he recorded the most confirmed sniper kills (officially a record 155, though the real...

Tom O'Neill - The Battle of Clonmult : The IRA'S Worst Defeat - 1921 - Revised Edition 2019 - BRAND NEW

The Battle of Clonmult was the IRA's greatest loss of volunteers in a single engagement against Crown Forces. On Sunday, 20 February 1921, at Clonmult near Midleton in County Cork, almost the entire...

Michael Smith / Station X - The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park

 In 1939, several hundred people - students, professors, international chess players, junior military officers, actresses and debutantes - reported to a Victorian mansion in Buckinghamshire:...

Joshua Levine / Forgotten Voices of the Somme

 1916. The Somme. With over a million casualties, it was the most brutal battle of World War I.It is a clash that even now, over 90 years later, remains seared into the national consciousness,...

Thomas E. Ricks / Fiasco

  Cutting through the headlines and spin, this is the first book to give us a true picture of the reality on the ground, through the words of the people there - from commanders to intelligence...

Edward J Bourke - Murder by the Throat : Espionage, Assassination, Collaboration and Execution in the Irish War of Independence- PB - BRAND NEW - SIGNED

Lloyd George boasted that he had “murder by the throat” in a London Guildhall speech on 10 November 1920.  He had flooded Ireland with troops, Black and Tans, Auxiliaries, secret service, touts and...

Brendan O'Brien / O'Brien Pocket History of the IRA

 An accessible, clearly-written account of the IRA from its beginnings to today. It covers the origins and history of the organisation, its aims, the political and military thinking which has driven...

Andrew Lambert / Admirals

  The true story of how Britain's maritime power helped gain this country unparalleled dominance of the world's economy, Admirals celebrates the rare talents of the men who shaped the most...

Paul Jones - The Irish Brigade - Vintage NEL PB - 1971 - Irish in the US Civil War

First published in 1969, this is the first NEL PB edition , 1971.  Condition - tanning to page block, , creases to spine, internally unmarked , no inscriptions or marks noted. Light sun fade to...

Joachim E. Fest / Not Me : Memoirs of a German Childhood (Hardback)

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so...

General Mike Jackson / Soldier : The Autobiography (Large Paperback)

  General Sir Mike Jackson's career in the British Army has spanned almost forty-five years. His autobiography exhibits all the qualities for which he is admired: professionalism, honesty,...

Michael Kelly - Martyrs' Day : Chronicle of a Small War - HB 1st Ed 1993 - Desert Storm Iraq

This eyewitness account differs from the many other books on the Persian Gulf War in that it deals primarily with human-interest elements rather than military matters. Kelly, a journalist who...

Christopher Hibbert - Benito Mussolini : A Biography - The Rise and Fall of Il Duce - HB 1st Edition 1962

With his signature insight and compelling style, Christopher Hibbert explains the extraordinary complexities and contradictions that characterized Benito Mussolini. Mussolini was born on a Sunday...

Jim Maher - The Oath is Dead and Gone - HB - Fianna Fáil & the Treaty

The Oath of Allegiance clause in the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, which obliged all elected representatives to swear allegiance to the British monarch, was perhaps the major immediate  cause of the...

John Ray / The Battle Of Britain

    Based on over a decade of new resarch into the Battle of Britain, this book examines Dowding's tactics in detail, relating how everyday he was under personal attack from rivals who wanted...

Jane Corbin - The Base : In Search of Al-Qaeda

The definitive investigation into the background, personnel and methods of al-Qaeda, the terrorist organisation which represents the greatest threat to democracy since the end of the Cold War. The...

Séamus Ó Loingsigh - The 1798 Rebellion in Meath - PB 1997

Published 1987, the first and only edition issued, this is an account by Séamus ó Loingsigh of the events surrounding the 1798 Rebellion in Meath.  In excellent condition, as new, no isbn, larger...

Thomas E. Ricks / Fiasco : The American Military Adventure in Iraq (Large Paperback)

 

Donal O'Donovan - Kevin Barry and his Time - No More Lonely Scaffolds - PB 1st Ed 1989 - War of Independence

A paperback first edition, 1989 of Donal O'Donovan's Kevin Barry and his Time ( also known by the subtitle No More Lonely Scaffolds') , published by Glendale Press as a paperback original. The...

Liz Gillis - The Fall of Dublin 1922 - Mercier History of the Irish Civil War - PB Brand New 2011

Focusing on the people and the decisions they made,The Fall of Dublin examines the attack on the Four Courts and the subsequent fighting in Dublin in June and July 1922 which signalled the beginning...

Stan D. O'Brien - John Joe's Story - Commandant John Joe O'Brien - War of Independence, Limerick - Galbally -2016

JOHN JOE'S STORY COMMANDANT JOHN JOE O'BRIEN - War of Independence, Limerick & Tipperary   The author, Stan D. O'Brien is the son of John Joe O'Brien.

Desmond Ryan - Michael Collins and the Invisible Army - Vintage PB Anvil Press - War of Independence

Desmond Ryan, the literary executor of Padraig Pearse, was a pupil of his in St. Enda's College, Rathfarnham,  in the General Post Office, Dublin, in 1916, as did Michael Collins. He had the inside...

Alan Bullock - Hitler and Stalin : Parallel Lives - HB Book Club Edition 1991 - Dual Biography

Alan Bullock's 1991 classic Hitler and Stalin was his crowning achievement, the magnum opus of one of the century's most admired historians--the distinguished Oxford scholar and author of the now...