This book covers more than its title suggests. Greenwood begins with his childhood, his journey to India, his experience with the British revenge army with…
View More Excellent memoir — The Campaign in AfghanistanTag: War & Defence Operations
Books on Afghanistan
There are 2 passes from British India’s North West Frontier into Afghanistan. The more famous and shorter pass is the Khyber Pass from Peshawer to…
View More Books on AfghanistanHistory well told — Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan
William Dalrymple started off as a writer of travel books. He then branched off into Indian history after a trip to India aroused his senses…
View More History well told — Return of a King: The Battle for AfghanistanA short history – Decisive Battles in Chinese History
This book is the only book in the English language that discusses the decisive battles fought on Chinese soil from the Warring States Period to…
View More A short history – Decisive Battles in Chinese HistoryScholarly book – The Boxers, China, and the World
This book is a compilation of 10 of the papers presented for a conference at the School of Oriental and African Studies in 2001, to…
View More Scholarly book – The Boxers, China, and the WorldBeautiful coffee table book – The Longest Day
This is an illustrated edition published for the 70th anniversary of D-day. Its strengths are that it contains the entire text of the original book,…
View More Beautiful coffee table book – The Longest DayThe definitive history of the Pacific war – Hirohito’s War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945
This book has been criticised { rightly} for having some factual mistakes and { unjustifiably} for putting its appendices and maps on a website. These…
View More The definitive history of the Pacific war – Hirohito’s War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945A fitting 75th anniversary tribute – The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light
This newly published book to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Paris is a short book as Smith is 86 years old. But…
View More A fitting 75th anniversary tribute – The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light