books by Wordsworth Military Library     books:     Wordsworth Militar...      Great Siege: Malta 1565 (Wordsworth Military Library.) Ernle Bradford Wordsworth Military Library, 1999 Amazing siege, amazing story, amazing book... What I read: An amazingly heroic defense of the knights and the Maltese against an amazing siege of the navy of the Magnificient and his generals. When I read in my middle school history class, this siege just was an unsuccessful one-sentence event in the hundreds of ...             Battle of Britain (Wordsworth Military Library) Len Deighton, Max Hastings Wordsworth Military Library, 1999 Easy read This is a great first book on the Battle of Britain. I have enjoyed many Max Hastings and Len Deighton history books because of their ability to make these subjects very readable. The book includes sections on the equipment of both sides of the Battle and keeps the ...             The Eighth Passenger: A Flight of Recollection and Discovery (Wordsworth Military Library) Miles Tripp Wordsworth Military Library, 2002 In 1944, the author, and six other young men were brought together by chance to run bombing raids over Germany for Bomber Command. There was 'Mike' (the author), Ray, George, 'Dig', Paul, Les and Harry. When statistically, nearly half the aircrew men of the RAF Bomber Command were killed in action, it is no wonder that they always flew with an ...             Business in Great Waters: The U-Boat Wars 1916-1945 (Wordsworth Military Library) John Terraine Wordsworth Military Library, 1999 Unquestionably the best book on U Boat war Author has written a comprehensive account of U boat campaign in both world wars. The book opens with Germany imposing a naval blockade of British Isles.Suddenly Britain was engulfed by a crisis of stunning dimensions andAdmiralty in London despaired.Had no idea how ...             Passchendaele (Wordsworth Military Library) Philip Warner Wordsworth Military Library, 1999 Missing in action, no dog tags This is an older account of this famous, or infamous, battle and acute in its description of this classic ultimate as a quagmire, beyond even Verdun, but more so in its indirect critique, from a military historian, hang the stiff upper lip. Perhaps this is the most ...             Mons: The Retreat to Victory (Wordsworth Military Library) John Terraine Wordsworth Military Library, 2002 Mons An excellent study of a crucial engaement early in the war. A must read for anyone interested in the First World War.             Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars (Wordsworth Military Library) David G. Chandler Wordsworth Military Library, 2001 This is a place to start your research. This a place to start your research if you are a serious or casual student of the Napoleonic Wars. There are some errors, omissions and "failed" links. But all in all a good reference. Highly desired by the historian and wargamer alike. Eric T. Holmes Camino Real ...             Nelson: The Essential Hero (Wordsworth Military Library) Ernie Bradford, Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford Wordsworth Military Library, 1999 Horatio Nelson, son of a clergyman, is the most celebrated admiral in British history. He entered the navy at age 12, made captain by 20. British policy was to contain the dominant European power which during Nelson's lifetime, was Napoleon's France. The two nations hated well. Providence sailed with Nelson at Trafalgar, off the coast of ...             Rommel: The Trail of the Fox (Wordsworth Military Library) David John Cawdell Irving Wordsworth Military Library, 1999 A true to life page turner The author of this fascinating, illuminating and utterly engrossing biography of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel have created a real true to life page turner that would make Tom Clancy proud. Drawing from copious research and rare documents, Irving works wonders humanizing ...             The Battle of Jutland (Wordsworth Military Library) Geoff Bennett Wordsworth Military Library, 1999 Not just another account of this famous indecisive battle. When this book first arrived, my first thoughts were; "Oh not another book about Jutland!" Then I saw the name of the author and I became immediately optimistic. I was not to be disappointed. Geoffrey Bennett was a distinguished naval historian who had previously ...             Dervish: The Rise and Fall of an African Empire (Wordsworth Military Library) Philip Warner Wordsworth Military Library, 2000 Civil War in the Sudan in the 1880s and 1890s. As the recent conflicts in both Afghanistan and Iraq show, the West has had to confront Islamic fundamentalism throughout its history. In the 1880s, the Mahdi rose to prominence as the hidden Iman and confronted both British and Egyptian Imperialism in the Sudan. The ...             Zeebrugge Raid (Wordsworth Military Library) Philip Warner Wordsworth Military Library, 2003 The Belgian seaport of Zeebrugge was a vital submarine base for the Germans in World War I. In the spring of 1918, Admiral Roger J. B. Keyes was given the task of stopping the "marauding" submarines - and he set his sights on the port at Zeebrugge. The daunting plan of sealing the harbor by sinking some of their own vessels was entrusted to a ...             The War in the Trenches (Wordsworth Military Library) Alan Lloyd Wordsworth Military Library, 2002 A unique account of the Western Front 1914-1918, drawing on eyewitness accounts, with many photographs and paintings from the war years.             The Indian Mutiny (Wordsworth Military Library) John Harris Wordsworth Military Library, 2002 flawed with British arrogance, but readable and interesting This book drips with old-fashioned racism and outrage that anyone would ever want to rebel against the british empire. It could have been written a hundred years ago. Balancing that, it's readable and concise, but could use more maps to illustrate the action for people ...          products you might be interested in search for books dictionary, discovery, napoleonic, passchendaele, recollection, wordsworth      toavi.com    web we recommend Amazing siege, amazing story, amazing book... randomly chosen DVD: Starship Troopers 1-3