Admiral John Benbow was an English naval hero, a fighting sailor of ruthless methods and indomitable courage. Benbow was a man to be reckoned with. Sam Willis tells the extraordinary story of Admiral Benbow through an age of dramatic change, from his birth under Cromwell's Commonwealth, to service under the restored Stuart monarchy, to the French wars of Louis XIV, to the bitter betrayal of 1702. It covers all aspects of 17th-century naval life.Quercus, 2010; 410 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 34,95 Voor/Our Price € 14,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 57 %
Few victories have been so complete, or achieved against such heavy odds, as that won by Henry V, king of England, against the army of the French sovereign Charles VI at the small French village of Agincourt on October 14, 1415.Cooper Square, 2000; 176 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 19,95 Voor/Our Price € 7,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
In 1958, William Morgan walked into a camp in the Cuban jungle to join the revolutionaries in their fight to overthrow the corrupt president Batista. His dedication, military skill, and charisma won him a place as a comandante in Castro's army.Algonquin, 2007; 300 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 24,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
From the eerie spectacle of a bristling hedgehog of Swiss pikemen oozing its way across the battlefield to a gargantuan cannon that breached the walls of Constantinople, Turnbull tells the story of the knight and the technology of warfare during the 14th and 15th centuries.Greenhill, 2006; 272 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 34,95 Voor/Our Price € 13,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
Was Napoleon murdered. This baffling question has been sparking hot debates for nearly 200 years. But according to Swedish toxicologist Forshufvud and Napoleonic scholar Weider, the answer is an irrefutable yes. John Wiley and Sons; 555 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 30,00 Voor/Our Price € 10,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 63 %
In Spain's First Carlist War, foreign volunteers fought on both sides, among them the 10,000 men of the British Auxiliary Legion, an arm of Palmerston's foreign policy supporting the liberal Cristino cause and Queen Isabella II against her uncle.Four Courts Press, 2005; 240 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 31,00 Voor/Our Price € 11,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
The chariot changed the face of ancient warfare. This unique book traces the rise and fall of the chariot right across the Old World, from Ireland, through Rome, Greece, Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China. Illustrated throughout.Overlook, 2005; 344 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 28,65 Voor/Our Price € 10,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
Carl von Clausewitz's On War, first published after the Napoleonic Wars, is perhaps the most important book on military strategy ever written. Strachan tells how and why On War was written, explains what Clausewitz meant, and its significance today. Atlantic Monthly, 2007; 238 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 21,95 Voor/Our Price € 8,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 59 %
The seventh Duke of Medina Sidonia is best known as the man who led to defeat the Spanish Armada of 1588. In this biography Pierson provides a radical interpretation of the armada campaign. Yale; 304 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 55,00 Voor/Our Price € 14,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 73 %
In 1815, just after the battle of Waterloo, more than 6,000 British volunteers sailed across the Atlantic to aid Simon Bolivar in his liberation of Gran Columbia from her Spanish oppressors. The expeditions were plagued with disaster from the start. Those who reached the New World faced disease, wild animals, mutiny, and desertion, yet those who endured made key contributions to Bolivar's success. An entertaining story of the British volunteers.Osprey, 2010; 376 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 25,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
Contary to popular belief and scholarly bias, LeBlanc argues that warfare has always been a part of human existence. He examines prehistoric warfare, ancient foraging, agricultural patterns and the ways people interact with each other and the environment.St. Martin's, 2003; 271 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 29,20 Voor/Our Price € 10,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
Tells the story of Operation Overlord, the largest and most meticulously planned seaborne invasion in the history of warfare. As dawn broke on 6 June, thousands of Allied soldiers hit the Normandy beaches and stormed the German defences.Capella, 2004; 144 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbpb € 9,90
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