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John Campbell reveals Haldane's intensely personal side through previously unpublished private correspondence, and shows his enormous relevance in our search for just societies today

The first comprehensive single-volume history of India's soldiers in the British Empire, written with flair and rich in detail, this book offers a vital new perspective to mark the 75th anniversary of Indian independence.

In time for the eightieth anniversary, The Lighthouse of Stalingrad will shed fresh light on this iconic battle through the prism of the men who fought one another over five months and the officers who commanded them.

The 47th Regiment of Foot served throughout the whole of the American War of Independence. The regiment experienced the transition from peacetime soldiering in Ireland and New Jersey, throughout the deteriorating political situation, to open rebellion.

Counterinsurgency is defined as efforts to defeat and confine a rebellion against a constituted authority. While it has become a buzzword in the last twenty years, it is as old as society itself.

Andrew Chatterton examines Britain's readiness to defend against a German invasion during the Second World War

James Holland recounts the heroism of the Sherwood Rangers, an elite tank regiment blooded in the deserts of North Africa, who played a pivotal role in D-Day and the final months of the Second World War

During WW2, Josephine Baker, the world's richest and most glamorous entertainer, was an allied spy in Occupied France. This is the story of her heroic personal resistance to Nazi Germany.

Part of the Oxford University Great Battle Series. Waterloo was the last battle fought by Napoleon and the one which finally ended his imperial dreams.

Giles Orpen-Smellie writes about his experience as a battalion intelligence officer, of how battlefield or tactical intelligence, was collected and assessed to develop a picture of the Argentine defenders.

Dr Peter Caddick-Adams explores the final weeks of the Second World War and what it was like to encounter enemy combatants and civilians face-to-face during this closing stage of the Allies' fight against Nazi Germany.

A dramatic and colourful new account of the most daring British commando raid of World War Two.