Military & War

One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five....

Ishmael Beah tells a riveting story: how at the age of 12, he fled attacking rebels and became a child soldier.

Kargil takes you into the treacherous mountains where some of the Indian Army's bloodiest battles were fought. Interviewing war survivors and martyrs' families, Rachna Bisht Rawat tells stories of extraordinary human courage, of not just soldiers but also those who loved them most....

Undaunted tells the story of Lt. Ummer Faiyaz, a young Kashmiri who chose to join the Indian Army despite the challenges it posed to him and his family....

As noted in the preface to the edition published in 1990 of this true account: 'He was betrayed by one of his colleagues'....

Cleopatra’s palace shimmered with onyx and gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue....

The only Major League ballplayer whose baseball card is on display at the headquarters of the CIA....

Call Sign Chaos is the account of Jim Mattis’ storied career, from wide-ranging leadership roles in three wars to ultimately commanding a quarter of a million troops across the Middle East....

This is the second part of Roald Dahl's remarkable life story, following on from Boy.... 

From age 15 to 40, David Hackworth devoted himself to the US Army and fast became a living legend. In 1971, however, he appeared on television to decry the doomed war effort in Vietnam....

A remarkable memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam....

Irving shares the true story of his extraordinary career, including his deployment to Afghanistan in the summer of 2009....

Heinz Sührig (1925-2004) meldete sich freiwillig mit 17 zur Deutschen Kriegsmarine. Er war der jüngste an Bord von U968. An seinem 20.Geburtstag erblindete er infolge einer Explosion in der Zentrale des U-Bootes. Weil er sich aus seinem Haus ausgeschlossen hat, macht sich der Kriegsblinde erstmals nach 40 Jahren allein mit seinem Stöckchen auf den Weg ins 2km entfernte Stadtzentrum seiner Geburts-und Heimatstadt Osterode am Harz. Auf dem Weg erscheinen Menschen vor seinem geistige Auge, die ihm als Sehendem in Kindheit, Schule, Jugend und später als Blindem begegneten.

Letters from Bud is the remarkable firsthand account of the harrowing air war in Europe as told by WW2 flight navigator and bombardier John “Bud” Brandenburg, in his letters home during the conflict, from 1944-45. With guts, wit, and grace, Brandenburg records his experiences with the daring “Koltun crew”, which flew 30 missions over Europe. Through numerous strokes of fate, the crew survived a run of missions with the “bloody” 492nd Bomb Group, a unit that endured an 80 percent casualty rate as the men faced down the seemingly unstoppable German Luftwaffe. 

This audiobook is read by Jason Salkey, who played Harris in the Sharpe films, with sound effects provided by the 95th Rifles Re-enactment Society. A musical score by Adam Wakeman adds to this lavish production. A great deal of time and care has been spent creating an audiobook which truly honors the rifleman of the Peninsular War. 

On a cold May morning in 1940, Adrian Vincent arrived in France with his battalion. His war didn’t last long. Within five days the Siege of Calais was over, and nearly all his comrades were killed, wounded or, like him, taken prisoner. After a brutal journey across the breadth of Germany, Vincent and his fellow survivors began their life in Stalag VIIIB, set to work in terrible conditions down a Polish mine. For the next five years, they waged a war not against enemy soldiers but instead versus monotony, disease, cruelty, starvation, and hopelessness.

If Captain Tom's big heart and generosity of spirit helped see us through difficult days, this was his parting gift. Full of the wit, warmth and wisdom that made him so special, his reflections and guiding principles form a long life, well lived; Life Lessons will be a source of reassurance, hope and encouragement for generations to come. And a reminder, whenever times are hard, that tomorrow will be a good day.

As the US occupation of Iraq rages, novelist Mortada Gzar, a student at the University of Baghdad, has a chance encounter with Morise, an African American soldier. It’s love at first sight, a threat to them both, and a moment of self-discovery. Challenged by society’s rejection and Morise’s return to the US, Mortada takes to the page to understand himself. In his affecting memoir, Mortada interweaves tales of his childhood work as a scrap-metal collector in a war zone and the indignities faced by openly gay artists in Iraq with his impossible love story and journey to the US.