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Invasion! D-Day & Operation Overlord in One Hundred Moments

By Scott Addington

Overconfidence and War: The Havoc and Glory of Positive Illusions

By Dominic D. P. Johnson

Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace

By Christopher Blattman

Warrior Race: A History of the British at War

By Lawrence James

General Boy: The Life of Leiutenant General Sir Frederick Browning

By Richard Mead

Ghost Force: Secret History of the SAS

By Ken Connor

Ordinary Heroes: The Story of Civilian Volunteers in the First World War

By Sally White

Rude Mechanicals: Account of Tank Maturity During the Second World War

By A.J. Smithers

The Lessons Of Terror: A History of Warfare Against Civilians

By Caleb Carr

Nelson's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Commander

By Jonathan Gosling, Stephanie Jones

What If?: Military Historians Imagin What MIght Have Been

The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command

By Andrew Gordon

Swords Around a Throne: Napoleon's Grande Armee

By John R. Elting

The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park: The Secret Intelligence Station that Helped Defeat the Nazis

By Sir John Dermot Turing, Professor Christopher Andrew

Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine

By Sir Lawrence Freedman

Intercept: The Secret History of Computers and Spies

By Gordon Corera

Tide at Sunrise: A History of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05

By Denis Warner, Peggy Warner

The Blitzkrieg Myth: How Hitler and the Allies Misread the Strategic Realities of World War II

By John Mosier

1001 Battles That Changed the Course of World History

By R G Grant, Robert Doughty

Strategy: A History

By Sir Lawrence Freedman (Professor of War Studies, Professor of War Studies, King's College London, London)

SOE Syllabus: Lessons in Ungentlemanly Warfare, World War II

By Denis Rigden

Operation Fortitude: The True Story of the Key Spy Operation of WWII That Saved D-Day

By Joshua Levine

The Atlantic Campaign: Great Struggle at Sea, 1939-45

By Dan Van der Vat

The Lost Battle: Crete, 1941

By C. A. MacDonald

Asymmetric Warfare: Threat and Response in the 21st Century

By Rod Thornton (King's College, London)

A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Secret Game that Revolutionised the War

By Simon Parkin

How Far From Austerlitz?: Napolean 1805-1815: Napoleon, 1805-15

By Horne, Alistair

Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution

By Nikki R. Keddie

The Whores of War: Mercenaries Today (Pelican)

By Roebuck, Derek, Burchett, Wilfred

The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy

By Philippe Sands, QC, Martin Rowson