Britain's Conflict with Indonesia. Britain won
an almost unbroken string of tactical military victories
during an undeclared war against the Republic of Indonesia
in the 1960s, yet it proved difficult to translate this into
strategic success. Using conflict termination theories, this
book argues that British strategy during Confrontation was
both exemplary and flawed, both of which need not be
mutually exclusive. The British experience in Indonesia
represents an illuminating case study of the difficulties
associated with strategy and the successful termination of
conflicts.
A German language
biography of the unusual woman who made her mark on history
as the companion and, at the end, the wife of Adolf Hitler.
The author provides a fair, unbiased book which uncovers
aspects of her personality and life
ROCKET FIGHTER: THE STORY OF
THE MESSERSCHMITT Me163
by Mano
Ziegler
The story
of the flight testing of the world's first operational
rocket-powered interceptor, the Me 163 is told by one of the
30 pilots of Test Commando 16 (Eprobingskommand 16) who were
entrusted with it's operational development during the
Second World War. The book is not just full of technical
details and development; it also tells the human stories of
the pilots who flew (and sometimes died in) this
revolutionary, but lethal fighter.
Good in d/w - xii + 161pp, 1 col & 68
b/w illustrations
On 25th May, 1982 the destroyer HMS Coventry, commanded
by the author, was attacked by Argentine A-4 Skyhawk
aircraft whilst on anti-aircraft picket duty in Falkland
Sound. She was hit by 3 bombs killing 19 of her crew and
leaving many more badly injured. Capsizing within minutes,
she would finally sink the following day off Pebble Island.
This book was adapted by the BBC into a documentary 'Sea of
Fire', which was shown in June 2007.
A comprehensive pictorial record
of the Allied air assault against Germany in WWII taken from
official and private photographic archives. It was the first
time in the history of warfare that military forces had been
able to wreak such destruction in the enemy heartland and
the photographic record was limited to what could be
acomplished in the frenzy of war. Nevertheless this book
contains a huge selection of graphic and exciting images.
Very good in d/w - Large format,
160pp, 260 photos, map
