Helion And Company imprint: 162 books
Forging a Special Operations Force
The US Army Rangers
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2015
Forging a Special Operations Force: The U.S. Army Rangers details the origins and development, combat philosophy, and key engagements of America's elite fighting force. Structured topically, the book gives a chronological review of the history of the Ranger from the 17th century to the present day,...
Ethiopian-Eritrean Wars. Volume 1
Eritrean War of Independence, 1961-1988
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Ethiopia, a country of ancient origins in eastern Africa, has remained a military powerhouse of that continent until the present day. Currently involved in the war in neighboring Somalia, Ethiopia was also involved in half a dozen of other armed conflicts during the last 60 years. One of the most...
by Frank Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
In Case is a murder story set in north Wales. The narrator is an English lawyer who is invited by the Professor, an old friend, to help launch the law department at a new university being established near Llandudno. He is to be a part-time lecturer for the opening term before returning to his practice...
by Bavarian General Staff
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
The Bavarian army, which fought the War of 1866, was not greatly distinguished for its performance, but a translation of the Bavarian general staff history of the war is a document, which should be available in English, since it gives an official analysis of the conflict. The narrative presents a...
The Easter Offensive, Vietnam 1972. Volume 2
Tanks in the streets
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2015
On 30 March 1972, while peace negotiations had been dragging on for four years in Paris, the North Vietnamese launched a wide scale offensive in order to break the stalemate. At that date, practically no American ground forces remained in South Vietnam where a limited offensive was expected in the...
The Battle of Worth
August 6th 1870
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
This is a companion volume - and a much less well-known study - to the same author's classic, The Battle of Spicheren August 6th 1870, providing an account of the 'other' battle fought that day, at Woerth, in Alsace. The Battle of Woerth was, like Spicheren, an encounter battle during the opening...
Selous Scouts
Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
"Its members consisted of some of the finest guerrilla-fighting men in the western world, unconventional in many ways, disregardful of parade-ground discipline, unorthodox in their dress, yet a force so tightly knit in the face of danger that those who knew anything about them could only marvel"...
Bush War Operator
Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and beyond
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
From the searing heat of the Zambezi Valley to the freezing cold of the Chimanimani Mountains in Rhodesia, from the bars in Port St Johns in the Transkei to the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa, this is the story of one man's fight against terror, and his conscience.
Anyone living in Rhodesia...
Shadows of a Forgotten Past
To the Edge with the Rhodesian SAS and Selous Scouts
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
This all-new work chronicles the experiences of Paul French who, upon leaving the British Army's 21 SAS (V), sought adventure and excitement in C Squadron of the Rhodesian SAS. Upon passing the arduous Rhodesian SAS selection course, Paul was thrown into the maelstrom that was the Rhodesian Bush War....
Jet Age Man
SAC B-47 and B-52 Operations in the Early Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
The events in Jet Age Man took place during the early Cold War, an era that will go down as a period when civilization teetered on the edge of the abyss. To some, nuclear deterrence appeared as utter madness, and was in fact commonly referred to as M.A.D. The concept of Mutually Assured Destruction...
Green Leader
Operation Gatling, the Rhodesian Military's Response To The Viscount Tragedy
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
On 3 September 1978, a Russian-supplied heat-seeking missile shot down an Air Rhodesia Viscount civilian airliner shortly after it took off from the lakeside holiday resort of Kariba in the Zambezi Valley. Miraculously, 18 people, including small children, survived the crash only for most of them...
France in Centrafrique
From Bokassa and Operation Barracude to the Days of EUFOR
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
France in Centrafrique explores the pre- and post-colonial history of the Republic of Central Africa as well as giving the reader a taste of the country's involvement in WWII itself. The main focus of this volume is on Central Africa's independence and the rise to power of Jean Bedel Bokassa including...
Three Sips of Gin
Dominating the Battlespace with Rhodesia's famed Selous Scouts
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
There is nothing that terrorized Russian and Chinese-backed guerillas fighting Rhodesia's bush war in the 1970s more than the famed Selous Scouts. The very name of the unit struck fear into the very heart and soul of even the most battle-hardened guerillas. Too afraid to even whisper the name amongst...
Secrets of the Cold War
US Army Europe's Intelligence and Counterintelligence Activities Against the Soviets During the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Secrets of the Cold War focuses on a dark period of a silent war and offers a new perspective on the struggle between the superpowers of the world told in the words of those who were there. The author, formerly an expert in counterintelligence in US Army Europe, weaves together exciting true accounts...