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  • CHURCHILL'S GERMAN SPECIAL FORCES
    PAUL MOORCRAFT
    The existence of German-speaking units fighting for the Allied cause during WW2 has remained largely a well-kept secret. But seventy-five years on these units' contribution to victory needs to be fully acknowledged. Prime Minister Winston Churchill had no qualms about using native German speakers from Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia and of course Germany itself. The majority we...

    $251.00

  • THE JIHADIST THREAT
    PAUL L. MOORCRAFT
    An analysis of Jihadism through history, its twenty-first century evolution and rise, and the potential solutions to defeat this threat to Western society. This timely and controversial book examines the international and domestic threats to the West from Jihadism. It joins the dots in the Middle East, Asia and Africa and explains what it means for the home front, mainly Britai...

    $229.00

  • AXIS OF EVIL
    JOHN CHISHOLM / PAUL L. MOORCRAFT / GWYN WINFIELD
    By means of interviews with, and contributions from, prominent international figures, Axis of Freedom examines the dramatic world events which unfolded from 11 September 2001 to the end of occupation of Iraq in the summer of 2004. Many books have been written on the war on terror, but none include the personal views and opinions of so many top military and political leaders. Th...

    $119.00

  • THE RHODESIAN WAR
    PAUL L. MOORCRAFT / PETER MCLAUGHLIN
    A military history of the former British colony of Southern Rhodesia—now Zimbabwe—spanning from 1890 to the 1970s. In this exciting book, authors Paul Moorcroft and Peter McLaughlin examine the military history of Southern Rhodesia, from the first resistance to colonial rule through the period of UDI by the Smith government to the Lancaster House agreement that transferred powe...

    $229.00

  • TOTAL ONSLAUGHT
    PAUL MOORCRAFT
    The end of the Second World War may have heralded peace in Europe but conflicts in Southern Africa were about to begin. The imperial powers were weakened by the cost of war and a string of wars challenged colonial rule in countries such as Namibia, Angola and Rhodesia. Once independence was achieved, civil wars between rival factions unfamiliar with democratic principles result...

    $299.00

  • SUPERPOWERS, ROGUE STATES AND TERRORISM
    PAUL MOORCRAFT
    Numerous books have attempted to assess the generational threat from Jihadist-inspired terrorism but few offer any positive advice on solutions. Islamist terrorism is today a fact of life and its potency is vividly illustrated by outrages in otherwise secure Western democracies not to mention overt ISIL aggression in the Middle East and many African States. Without a far better...

    $249.00

  • DEADLINES ON THE FRONT LINE
    PAUL MOORCRAFT
    The author of this gritty memoir has lived life to the full and fortunately has the ability to recall his experiences in a graphic and entertaining manner.As a war correspondent and paramilitary policeman, Moorcraft was a magnet for drama and action. His descriptions of sometimes tragic and often hilarious escapades in war torn countries literally from A (Afghanistan) to Z (Zim...

    $249.00

  • THE RHODESIAN WAR
    PAUL MOORCRAFT / PETER MCLAUGHLIN
    A political and military analysis of this conflict in southern Africa with maps, photos, and a new introduction assessing its long aftermath. A half century after the Universal Declaration of Independence, this superb book depicts the military history of Southern Rhodesia from the first resistance to colonial rule, through the period of UDI by the Smith government to the Lancas...

    $229.00

  • NORTH KOREA
    PAUL MOORCRAFT
    A journalist and military historian’s in-depth look at the reclusive rogue nation, its ruling dynasty, and the ongoing threat it presents.   Created in 1945 when Korea was partitioned, North Korea, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, remains the world’s most secretive nation. Even the few permitted visitors are closely monitored by minders, so accounts of those who ha...

    $229.00

  • DYING FOR THE TRUTH
    PAUL MOORCRAFT
    The role of war correspondents is crucial to democracy and the publics discovery of the truth. Without them, the temptation to manipulate events with propaganda would be irresistible to politicians of all hues.It starts by examining how journalists have plied their trade over the years most particularly from the Crimean War onwards. Their impact on the conduct of war has been p...

    $119.00

  • DYING FOR THE TRUTH
    PAUL MOORCRAFT
    The role of war correspondents is crucial to democracy and the publics discovery of the truth. Without them, the temptation to manipulate events with propaganda would be irresistible to politicians of all hues.It starts by examining how journalists have plied their trade over the years most particularly from the Crimean War onwards. Their impact on the conduct of war has been p...

    $119.00

  • TOTAL ONSLAUGHT
    PAUL MOORCRAFT
    The end of the Second World War may have heralded peace in Europe but conflicts in Southern Africa were about to begin. The imperial powers were weakened by the cost of war and a string of wars challenged colonial rule in countries such as Namibia, Angola and Rhodesia. Once independence was achieved, civil wars between rival factions unfamiliar with democratic principles result...

    $299.00

  • PUTIN'S WARS AND NATO'S FLAWS
    PAUL MOORCRAFT
    Examines the complex military and political issues in an accessible manner while telling a compelling historical narrative. This book explores why there is a major war again in Europe. Putin’s actions need to be understood if not forgiven. With the Ukraine conflict increasingly seen as a proxy war of NATO versus Russia, how likely is the fighting to spread? The author, a highly...

    $255.99

  • CHURCHILL'S GERMAN SPECIAL FORCES
    PAUL MOORCRAFT
    The existence of German-speaking units fighting for the Allied cause during WW2 has remained largely a well-kept secret. But seventy-five years on these units’ contribution to victory needs to be fully acknowledged. Prime Minister Winston Churchill had no qualms about using native German speakers from Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia and of course Germany itself. The majority we...

    $319.99

  • OMAR AL-BASHIR AND AFRICA'S LONGEST WAR
    PAUL L. MOORCRAFT
    President Omar al-Bashir is Africa's and arguably Arabia's most controversial leader. In power since 1989, he is the first sitting head of state to be issued with an arrest warrant, for war crimes, by International Criminal Court.He has been a central personality in Islamic and African politics, as well as a love-to-hate figure for the US in the 'war on terror'.For military his...

    $229.00

  • TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE TAMIL TIGERS
    PAUL L. MOORCRAFT
    In 2009, the Sri Lankan government forces literally eradicated the Tamil Tiger insurgency after 26 years of civil war. This was the first time that a government had defeated an indigenous insurgency by force of arms. It was as if the British army killed thousands of IRA cadres to end the war in Northern Ireland. The story of this war is fascinating in itself, besides the intern...

    $229.00