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  • The Decisive Duel

    Spitfire vs 109

    by David Isby ...
    London, 15 September 1940. The air battle over Britain on that day saw two of the most advanced fighter planes, the British Supermarine Spitfire and the German Messerschmitt Bf 109, battle for supremacy of the skies.The Decisive Duel tells the stories of these iconic, classic aircraft and the people that created them: Willy Messerschmitt, the German designer with a love for gliders and admiration ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Afghanistan

    by David Isby ...
    A startling history of modern Afghanistan: the story of a country caught in a vortex of terror.Veteran defense analyst and Afghanistan expert David Isby provides an insightful and meticulously researched look at the current situation in Afghanistan, her history, and what he believes must be done so that the US and NATO coalition can succeed in what has historically been known as “the graveyard of ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Russia’s War in Afghanistan

    by David Isby ...
    Series Book 178 - Men-at-Arms
    A comprehensive study of both sides in the Afghan war.In this compact edition, published in the midst of the conflict as it was happening, David Isby examines Soviet forces in Afghanistan during the war of 1979-1989. The origins and conduct of the war and the operational organisation of Soviet forces are discussed, and Afghan resistance and weaponry is also explored.Featuring colour plates by Ron ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Russia’s War in Afghanistan

    by David Isby ...
    Series Book 178 - Men-at-Arms
    A comprehensive study of both sides in the Afghan war.In this compact edition, published in the midst of the conflict as it was happening, David Isby examines Soviet forces in Afghanistan during the war of 1979-1989. The origins and conduct of the war and the operational organisation of Soviet forces are discussed, and Afghan resistance and weaponry is also explored.Featuring colour plates by Ron ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

  • M60 vs T-62

    Cold War Combatants 1956–92

    by Lon Nordeen, David Isby ...
    Series Book 30 - Duel
    A detailed, comparative look at the design, development, and combat performance of the M60 and the T-62.Designed for the battlefields of Europe at the height of the Cold War, the M60 and T-62 were the premier combat tanks of their day. However, it was in the deserts of the Middle East that they finally met in battle.This Duel title examines the design and development of these main battle tanks, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • M60 vs T-62

    Cold War Combatants 1956–92

    by Lon Nordeen, David Isby ...
    Series Book 30 - Duel
    A detailed, comparative look at the design, development, and combat performance of the M60 and the T-62.Designed for the battlefields of Europe at the height of the Cold War, the M60 and T-62 were the premier combat tanks of their day. However, it was in the deserts of the Middle East that they finally met in battle.This Duel title examines the design and development of these main battle tanks, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • C-47/R4D Skytrain Units of the Pacific and CBI

    by David Isby ...
    Series Book 66 - Combat Aircraft
    From Pearl Harbor to VJ-Day, the humble Douglas C-47/R4D carried out missions every bit as strategically important, and as dramatic for the aircrew involved, as those of the fighters and bombers in the vast Pacific/CBI theatres.The C-47's wartime operations paved the way for post-war military and civil air transport, proving that aircraft could safely conduct routine flights from the USA, ... Read more

    $21.19 CAD

  • C-47/R4D Units of the ETO and MTO

    by David Isby ...
    Series Book 54 - Combat Aircraft
    The C-47 units of the USAAF were an integral part of some of the most dramatic episodes of the European war: the airborne assaults in North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, southern France, Operation Market Garden and the crossing of the Rhine.The mass fratricide off Sicily, the night drop for D-Day and the Bastogne supply missions are also covered, along with more typical accounts of training, formation ... Read more

    $21.19 CAD

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  • The War for Afghanistan: A Very Brief History

    From Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History

    by Thomas J. Barfield ...
    Series Book 9 - Princeton Shorts
    When it invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the United States sought to do something previous foreign powers had never attempted: to create an Afghani state where none existed. More than a decade on, the new regime in Kabul remains plagued by illegitimacy and ineffectiveness. What happened? As Thomas Barfield shows, the history of previous efforts to build governments in Afghanistan does much to explain ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD

  • Spitfire Ace of Aces

    The Wartime Story of Johnnie Johnson

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    Johnnie Johnson is a character literally straight out of the pages of ' Boys Own'. By the end of the Second World War the RAF Spitfire pilot was a household name in Britain, feted by Churchill and Eisenhower. Although he missed the Battle of Britain, when slow- flying bombers were abundant and easy targets for fighters, by 1945 he had notched up 381/2 enemy 'kills' - all fighters, which took far ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Target Tirpitz

    X-Craft, Agents and Dambusters - The Epic Quest to Destroy Hitler’s Mightiest Warship

    by Patrick Bishop ...
    A gripping account of the epic hunt for Hitler’s most terrifying battleship – the legendary Tirpitz – and the brave men who risked their lives to attack and destroy this most potent symbol of the Nazi’s fearsome war machine.Tirpitz was the pride of Hitler’s navy. To Churchill, she was ‘the Beast’, a menace to Britain’s supply lines and a threat to the convoys sustaining Stalin’s armies. Tirpitz ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • The Luftwaffe Fighter Force

    The View from the Cockpit

    by Adolf Galland ...
    The Luftwaffe was the official Nazi air force during World War II and The Luftwaffe Fighter Force features thirty-four accounts of its missions given by pilots and members of its flight crews. Stories included give a rarely heard perspective on the war and Luftwaffe members are frank in revealing the difficulties they encountered and what they believe led to their downfall.The Luftwaffe pilot and ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD