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  • Empires in the Balance

    Japanese and Allied Pacific Strategies to April 1942

    by H. P Willmott ...
    The respected British military historian H. P. Willmott presents the first of a three-volume appraisal of the strategic policies of the countries involved in the Pacific War. Remarkable in its scope and depth of research, his thoughtful analysis covers the whole range of political, economic, military, and naval activity in the Pacific. This first volume comprehensively covers events between ... Read more

    $30.39 CAD

  • The Last Century of Sea Power, Volume 1

    From Port Arthur to Chanak, 1894–1922

    by H. P. Willmott ...
    Series Book 1 - The Last Century of Sea Power
    "In this first of three volumes on sea power, the author reviews the story of political, economic, and military oceanic control from the 1890s through WWI." — ChoiceThe transition to modern war at sea began during the period of the Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) and the Spanish-American War (1898) and was propelled forward rapidly by the advent of the dreadnought and the nearly continuous state of ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Escape from Hell

    by G. S. Willmott ...
    Escape from Hell by G.S. Willmott documents the history of POW escapes. Each chapter focuses on a particular character, conflict of prison camp, and follows the ingenious, determined, and often fruitless attempts made to leave enemy territory and get back to home ground. Some of these stories may be familiar, and others, not. All have one thing in common; the burning desire of the soldier not to ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Great Crusade

    by H.P. Willmott ...
    The best balanced one-volume history of the Second World War in its coverage of all the major themes and all the fronts. Willmotts fresh insights into the war on the Eastern Front are an outstanding feature. Russell F. Weigley, author of Eisenhowers Lieutenants: The Campaign of France and Germany, 194445The Great Crusade is a single-volume tour de force combining narrative, interpretation, and ... Read more

    $30.23 CAD

  • The War with Japan

    The Period of Balance, May 1942-October 1943

    by H. P. Willmott ...
    Series series
    Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 was the beginning of the United States' battle with Japan during World War II. In the months following the attack, Japan was successful in a series of victories throughout Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Then, from May 1942 to October 1943, the Japanese and the United States engaged in a series of fierce clashes in the Southwest Pacific. Both ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

  • 1000 Yard Stare

    Stories About PTSD Through the Ages

    by G. S. Willmott ...
    PTSD has been documented throughout history since man first began clubbing each other with rocks. Our understanding of this debilitation has only increased or become more visible in our digital age. In the past it was seen as a source of shame and embarrassment, not just for those suffering PTSD, but also their families and loved ones. The dark ages are gone we hope. We now strive to understand ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Escape

    True Accounts of POW Escapes

    by G. S. Willmott ...
    This sequence of authentic and audacious war-time escapes keeps the reader spell-bound from start to finish. Garry Willmott has unearthed a series of escapes which would be the envy of Houdini. From the chilling history of escapes from Colditz, escapes from comparatively humane British POW camps and from a Prisoner-of-War camp in Australia, these are all carefully selected to enthral us with the ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Gathering Darkness

    The Coming of War to the Far East and the Pacific, 1921–1942

    by H. P. Willmott, Haruo Tohmatsu ...
    Series series
    The United States' involvement in World War II began with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. But for Japan, the conflict began at a much earlier date. This book focuses on Japan and the events in its military history leading up to and including Pearl Harbor. Unique in its perspective, A Gathering Darkness shows how historical events in the 1920s and 1930s steered the country ... Read more

    $158.99 CAD

  • The Last Century of Sea Power, Volume 2

    From Washington to Tokyo, 1922–1945

    by H. P. Willmott ...
    Series Book 2 - The Last Century of Sea Power
    "An important contribution . . . a thoughtful account of the years preceding the Second World War and, at much greater length, of the war itself." — HistoryIn this second volume of his history of naval power in the 20th century, H. P. Willmott follows the fortunes of the established seafaring nations of Europe along with two upstarts—the United States and Japan. Emerging from World War I in ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Other Side of the Trench

    The Spirit of War

    by G. S. Willmott ...
    This story deserves to be told. Garry Willmott creates graphic and quite horrifying insights into unseen and 'unsung' aspects of World War 1, where so many Australian, Canadian, British, New Zealander, American and French soldiers were slaughtered and still, today, lie uninterred in forgotten furrows of French fields.The author tells this story in a simple direct style which has an immediate ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Clausewitz Reconsidered

    by H. P. Willmott, Michael B. Barrett ...
    Series series Praeger Security International
    This fascinating book assesses Prussian military thinker Carl von Clausewitz's famous theory on warfare in relation to historical and modern-day conflict—and future trends.Carl von Clausewitz's On War is arguably the most important single work ever written on the theory of warfare and military strategy. In Clausewitz Reconsidered, two prominent military historians assess his theories, examining ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Germany and the Second World War

    Volume 5: Organization and Mobilization of the German Sphere of Power. Part I: Wartime Administration, Economy, and Manpower Resources, 1939-1941

    Edited by Bernhard R. Kroener, Rolf-Dieter Muller, Hans Umbreit ...
    Series Book 1 - Germany & Second World War
    This is part one of the fifth volume in the comprehensive and authoritative series, Germany in the Second World War. It deals with developments in wartime administration, economy, and manpower resources in Germany and its occupied territories from 1939-1941. Series description This is the fifth in the magisterial ten-volume Germany and the Second World War. The six volumes so far published in ... Read more

    $95.99 CAD