Pen And Sword Military imprint: 1065 books
Waterloo
Myth and Reality
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
More has probably been written about the Waterloo campaign than almost any other in history. It was the climax of the Napoleonic Wars and forms a watershed in both European and world history. However, the lethal combination of national bias, wilful distortion and simple error has unfortunately led...
by Timothy Venning
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2014
Continuing his exploration of the pathways of British history, Timothy Venning examines the turning points of the period from the death of William I to the reign of Edward III and a little beyond. As always, he discusses the crucial junctions at which History could easily have taken a different turn...
by Timothy Venning
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
Continuing his exploration of the pathways of British history, Timothy Venning examines the turning points of the Tudor period, though he also strays over into the early Stuart period. As always, he discusses the crucial junctions at which History could easily have taken a different turn and analyses...
Swords and Cinema
Hollywood Vs the reality of ancient warfare
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
The battles and sieges of the Classical world have been a rich source of inspiration to film makers since the beginning of cinema and the 60s and 70s saw the golden age of the 'swords and sandals' epic, with films such as Spartacus. Ridley Scott's Gladiator led a modern revival that has continued...
by Patrick Pesnot
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Heroes to some, traitors to others, spies and intelligence officers continue to fascinate and enthrall us with their abilities to operate secretly in the shadows. With these mini-biographies of twenty agents of various nationalities (including members of the DGSE, KGB, CIA, MI6 and Mossad), Patrick...
Wanton Troopers
Buckinghamshire in the Civil Wars 1640-1660
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
The causes of the three ‘English’ Civil Wars (1642 to 1645, 1648, and 1651) are complex and controversial – clashes of conviction, belief, and personality, and a struggle between opposing social groups and economic interests. But, whatever the focus of scholarship, many answers can be sought...
High Noon of Empire
The Diary of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Tyndall 1895 to 1915
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2007
Henry Tyndall was a typical product of the Victorian age - an intensely patriotic army officer who served in India, on the North-West Frontier, on the Western Front and in East Africa at the height of the British empire. For 20 years, from 1895 to 1915, he kept a detailed diary that gives a vivid...
Pill Boxes on the Western Front
A Guide to the Design, Construction and Use of Concrete Pill Boxes, 1914-1918
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
When the First World War froze into a static line of trenches stretching from the North Sea to the Swiss border, the most obvious means of protection against the murderous machine-gun fire which both sides inflicted upon each other was some form of shell-proof shelter which from which fire could be...
Monty’s Marauders
The 4th and 8th Armoured Brigades in the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2008
When Monty was given Allied command of the D Day landings he wasted no time gathering around him individuals and formations he could trust. Foremost among the latter were two armoured brigades: 4th (Black Desert Rats) and 8th (Red Fox's Mask). Both these brigades had unrivalled fighting records whether...
by Bob Bennett, Mike Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Sparta was a small city which consistently punched above its weight in the affairs of classical Greece, happily meddling in the affairs of the other cities. For two centuries her warriors were acknowledged as second to none. Yet at only one period in its long history, in the late fourth and early...
The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean
The Ancient World Economy and the Kingdoms of Africa, Arabia and India
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
The ancient evidence suggests that international commerce supplied Roman government with up to a third of the revenues that sustained their empire. In ancient times large fleets of Roman merchant ships set sail from Egypt on voyages across the Indian Ocean. They sailed from Roman ports on the Red...
Japan’s Blitzkrieg
The Allied Collapse in the East 1941-42
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2006
Early on the morning of 7 December 1941, 360 Japanese carrier-borne aircraft made a surprise attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, and laid waste to the American Far East Fleet. They sank four battleships, crippled three cruisers and three destroyers, and seriously damaged two other battleships....
Mozambican Civil War
Marxist–Apartheid Proxy, 1977–1992
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2019
As the Cold War raged on in the 1970s and 1980s, much of southern Africa, from Angola to Mozambique, became caught up in the superpower competition as local and regional proxies for both Moscow and Washington fought it out on the battlefield. Thus, the struggle to determine the future of a newly independent...
by Nick McCamley
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2007
This book offers a full examination and description of all the toxic chemical and microbiological agents, either tested, manufactured or used since 1914. It identifies the major research, testing and manufacturing plants worldwide with special emphasis on the UK and North America. Among the British...