Battle of the Four Courts: The First Three Days of the Irish Civil War (Fewer Michael)(Paperback)

Battle of the Four Courts: The First Three Days of the Irish Civil War (Fewer Michael)(Paperback)

The Irish Civil War began at around four o'clock in the morning on June 28, 1922. An 18-pounder artillery piece commanded by soldiers loyal to Michael Collins and the new Irish government began to fire on the Four Courts--a beautiful 18th-century complex of buildings that housed Ireland's highest

Battle Tactics of the Civil War (Griffith Paddy)(Paperback)

In Battle Tactics of the Civil War, Paddy Griffith argues that, far from being the first 'modern' war, it was the last 'Napoleonic' war, and that none of the innovations of industrialized warfare had any significant effect on the

Traitor's Blood - Book 1 of The Civil War Chronicles (Arnold Michael)(Paperback / softback)

The first in The Civil War Chronicles featuring Captain Stryker - 'the Sharpe of the Civil

The Irish War of Independence and Civil War (Gibney John)(Paperback)

In the aftermath of the First World War, a political revolution took place in what was then the United Kingdom. Such upheavals were common in postwar Europe, as new states came into being and new borders were forged. What made the revolution in the UK distinctive is that it took place within one of

Decisive Battles of the English Civil War (Wanklyn Malcolm)(Paperback / softback)

In this stimulating and original investigation of the decisive battles of the English Civil War, Malcolm Wanklyn reassesses what actually happened on the battlefield and as a result sheds new light on the causes of the eventual defeat of Charles I. Taking each major battle in turn - Edgehill,

The Great Cover-Up: The Truth about the Death of Michael Collins (Murphy Gerard)(Paperback)

Why were both sides of the Irish Civil War so evasive when it came to the death of Michael Collins? Why were they still trying to effect cover-ups as late as the 1960s? Determined to find the truth despite the trails of deception left by many of the

Peace After the Final Battle: The Story of the Irish Revolution, 1912-1924 (Dorney John)(Paperback)

As we close out the decade of centenaries, and approach a re-appraisal of the Civil War our nation has never truly confronted, John Dorney's engaging history of those years - now in paperback for the first time - is a must read. Within the space of just a dozen years, Ireland was completely

Hunter's Rage - Book 3 of The Civil War Chronicles (Arnold Michael)(Paperback / softback)

The Third in The Civil War Chronicles featuring Captain Stryker - 'the Sharpe of the Civil

Devil's Charge - Book 2 of The Civil War Chronicles (Arnold Michael)(Paperback / softback)

The Second in The Civil War Chronicles featuring Captain Stryker - 'the Sharpe of the Civil

The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Beevor Antony)(Paperback)

A fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Fall Of Berlin 1945 Beevor's Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge is now available from Viking Books To mark the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War's outbreak, Antony Beevor has written

Battle for Spain - The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Beevor Antony)(Paperback / softback)

'The Battle for Spain' revisits the Spanish Civil War, drawing on masses of material from the Spanish, Russian & German archives. The author's account narrates the origins of the Civil War & its violent course from the coup d'etat in July 1936 through the savage fighting of the next three

Age of War: Book Three of the Legends of the First Empire (Sullivan Michael J.)(Pevná vazba)

The epic battle between humankind and their godlike rulers finally ignites in the masterful follow-up to Age of Myth and Age of Swords. The alliance of humans and renegade Fhrey is fragile--and about to be tested as never before. Persephone keeps the human clans from turning on one another through

A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh (Shaara Jeff)(Paperback)

' An] exciting read . . . Jeff] Shaara returns to the U.S. Civil War in this first book of a new trilogy. . . . This novel is meticulously researched and brings a vivid reality to the historical events depicted.'--Library Journal NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Spring 1862. The Confederate Army in the

Battle Cry of Freedom - The Civil War Era (McPherson James M.)(Paperback / softback)

Recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War including the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's

Essential Eight Decisive Battles of the Civil War (Walsh Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Guerilla Days in Ireland - New Edition (Barry Tom)(Paperback)

First published in 1949, 'Guerilla Days in Ireland' is an extraordinary story of the Irish War of Independence and the fight between two unequal forces, which ended in the withdrawal of the British from twenty-six counties. Seven weeks before the Truce of July 1921, the British presence in County

Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East (Oren Michael B.)(Paperback)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The first comprehensive account of the epoch-making Six-Day War, from the author of Ally--now featuring a fiftieth-anniversary retrospective Though it lasted for only six tense days in June, the 1967 Arab-Israeli war never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped

Age of War: Book Three of the Legends of the First Empire (Sullivan Michael J.)(Mass Market Paperbound)

Waterloo - The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles (Cornwell Bernard)(Paperback / softback)

The Sunday TimesNumber 1 Bestseller 'A fabulous story, superbly told ... cannot be bettered' Max Hastings 'Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost

After Hitler - The Last Days of the Second World War in Europe (Jones Michael)(Paperback / softback)

The fascinating and little-known history of the last days of the Second World War in

Hundred Days - The End of the Great War (Lloyd Nick)(Paperback / softback)

Explores the brutal, heroic and extraordinary final days of the First World War. In this study, the author examines the last days of the war and asks the question: how did it end? Beginning at the heralded turning-point on the Marne in July 1918, it traces the story of the next four months, which

The Last Army: The Battle of Stow-On-The-Wold and the End of the Civil War in the Welsh Marches 1646 (Barratt John)(Paperback)

Although the Battle of Naseby (14 June 1645) is generally regarded as the decisive action of the First Civil War, dooming the Royalist cause to inevitable defeat, fierce fighting continued for over a year, including several pitched battles and numerous sieges. By the end of 1645, with his forces

Making Sense of the Troubles - A History of the Northern Ireland Conflict (McKittrick David)(Paperback / softback)

The best one-volume history of the Troubles, from the Irish Civil War through the IRA campaign of the 70s onwards to today's historic power-sharing government in

Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (Kagan Donald)(Paperback)

The first volume of Donald Kagan's acclaimed four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War offers a new evaluation of the origins and causes of the conflict, based on evidence produced by modern scholarship and on a careful reconsideration of the ancient texts. He focuses his study on the question: