Military from Gilt Edge Books

This is the most comprehensive book on modern armoured fighting vehicles to be published in English. The book is divided into seven sections for ease of reference: Tanks, Reconnaissance Vehicles, APCs, Tank Destroyers, Self Propelled Guns, Mobile Anti-Aircraft Systems and Other vehicles. Not only current in-service vehicles are covered but also those in development. The text is supported by over… Read more about this item

In this book the authors give a precise, detailed and highly authoritative account for the general reader of the development of the Soviet Ground Forces, their political and military organization, their training, tactics and weaponry. Illustrated with b/w photos. Price-intact illustrated dust jacket. A fresh bright copy.

New York: Penguin Books Limited, 1983. Trade Paper format. Illustrated card covers. Miracle At Midway is a sequel to "At Dawn We Slept" the untold story of Pearl Harbor. The contents provide: Introduction, Preface, Key Personnel, Forty-two informative chapters, Appendix, Index and a List of Illustrations ( six figs of photographs, maps and air attack group track chart). The… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1988. Trade Paper format. Photo illustrated card covers. Foreword by William L Shirer. The contents : Part I- Prelude To War, Part II- The War. An index supplied. "Berlin Diary" made history as" the most complete news report yet to come out of wartime Germany" when it first apeared in 1941. A compelling… Read more about this item

Ottawa: Department of Veterans Affairs, 1981. Illustrated card covers. Oblong format. Text in English and French. A brief history of Canada's effort in the war on land, sea and air. The Battle of Britain, The Battle of the Atlantic, Hong Kong, Dieppe, Normandy to the Netherlands. Illustrated with maps and photos. List of Victoria Cross Winners. . Cover: 'Carrier Convoy… Read more about this item

London: Arms and Armour Press, 1981. Major-General Richard Rohmer vividly recreates many of the central 'theatres of action' from the Battle of Normandy. Drawing on his own experiences as a reconnaissance pilot over Normandy, as well as his years as a military commander and analyst, Rohmer follows many of the events leading up to the creation and resolution of… Read more about this item

Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1985. Trade Paper format. Illustrated card covers.Preface by Barry Broadfoot. More than 900,000 Canadians spent WWII in the Army, Navy and Air Force; they returned to a Canada they scarcely knew. Forty years later Barry Broadfoot, himself a veteran, interviewed scores of veterans, men and women, in every part of the country. This is their story,… Read more about this item

Calgary: Corvus Publishing Group Ltd, 1985. Magazine. Many interesting articles, photographs in colour and b/w, ads, etc. 194 printed pages. A message from the Minister of Defence (Erik Nielson) and a message from the Chief of Defence Staff General G.C.E. Therialt). A message from the Commander of Maritime Vice-Admiral J.C. Wood opens this history-filled special edition celebrating… Read more about this item

Ottawa: Department of Veterans Affairs, 1995. Illustrated card covers..Oblong format. Published in commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Armistice of the First World War. A brief history of Canada's involvement in the war on land, sea and air, Passchendaele, the Somme, Vimy and Ypres. Illustrated with photos and maps. Text in English and French.. Cover: 'The Return… Read more about this item

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1899. G.W. Steevens author of "Egypt In 1898", " The Land of The Dollar", " With The Conquering Turks", etc. This is the Peoples Edition of 'With Kitchener To Khartum with Plans'. 1899 in Roman Numerals to title page. Note and Note to First Edition provided. The contents give thirty-six chapters. Six sketch… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942. The tragic panorama of the Philippine Campaign - the hopeless and the flaming courage around America's little Dunkirk. This is the true fighting accounts of four survivors of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three - a grim and brave story. The four men already known throughout the nation were Bulkeley, Kelly, Akers and… Read more about this item

Toronto Canada: Lester Publishing Limited, 1996. In this provocative book former soldier Scott Taylor and veteran author Brian Nolan blow the lid off crime and corruption in the Canadian high command, and attempt to restore some glory to this tarnished institution. A section of photographs on coated stock and index provided. Name to ffep. A clean bright copy.. First… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1943. Copyright 1943 by Warner Bros Pictures Inc. Novelization by John O Watson from the screen play by Dudley Nichols. "Air Force" was born of a meeting between Jack L. Warner, and General H.H. Arnold, Chief of the United States Army Air Force. Out of this meeting grew the story of a Boeing… Read more about this item

London: Rigel, 2004. Defiance At Sea -Dramatic Naval War Action. Experience fourteen breathtaking naval battles, as brave sailors defy daunting odds and the cruel sea itself. From Grenville and Nelson;s heriocs against the Spanish, to the crucial sea battles of WWII and the hunt for an Argentinian submarine in the Falklands, Four hundred years of war at sea are brought… Read more about this item

Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1994. "In Corvettes Canada, I have tried to create a layman's history of these warships. I follow our corvettes from start to finish and go beyond the crucial North Atlantic convoy escort role to explore their many other theaters of operations and duties. The result is a book that relates some of the experiences of more than… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1992. T.M. Hawley spent more than a month in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia during 1991, investigating the Gulf War's environmental aftermath. Carefully documented, and relying also on firsthand information this book presents a powerful case against war as an option in the modern age. A bright book in a photo illustrated, price-intact… Read more about this item

London: Putnam, 1956. Reprint of the 1955 Second Impression. Make A Signal! by Captain Jack Broome D.S.C. R.N and illustrated by the author. A collection of signals, famous and infamous, made in, to, or about the Royal Navy. This is the Navy talking by flags, lamps, and radio; the RN's private and intimate diary of messages. An exciting mixture of… Read more about this item

London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1955. A collection of true stories of men who owe their lives to a parachute descent. Gerald Bowman, an ex-Squadron Leader, shows that, while a jump from a doomed aircraft may offer a chance of evading death, it brings its own peculiar terror and danger. A generous list of illustrations provided. The Caterpillar Club, was founded… Read more about this item

England: Quartilles International, 1980. The contents provide a generous "List of Photographs and Illustrations", a Foreword by H.R.H. Prince Charles of Wales, K.G. , Fifteen Chapters, Epilogue, Glossary and Index. Colonel Sir Michael Ansell, C.B.E., D.S.O - one of England's most exceptional horsemen. The Prince of Wales writes: " Not only is this a touching story of a relationship that… Read more about this item

USA: Bartholomew House Ltd Publishers, 1969. Illustrated by Bill Wenzel whose work can be found through the pages of 'Esquire" and other leading publications. Joni Moura and Jackie Sutherland have described the rollicking actual experiences of girls who are irrepressibly human, both in and out of uniform. From training school days, through every conceivable situation in today's Armed Forces, this… Read more about this item