Cold War History from Viceroy Books

Osprey Pub Co, 2002. New book, 95 pages, ESS028. The Palestine War has been by far the most important military encounter in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. This book examines the origins of the war and its progression through two distinct stages: the guerrilla warfare between the Arab and Jewish communities of Mandatory Palestine, and the conventional inter-state war… Read more about this item

United Kingdom: Cassell, 2002. New book, 463 pages. Compelling first-hand accounts of The Falklands war by British soldiers, sailors and airmen involved in every incident of the conflict.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999. New book, some shelf wear to jacket. 468 pages. The book focuses on the personalities who controlled Germany's fate - FDR, Churchill, Stalin, De Gaulle, Adenauer, Kennedy, Brandt, Reagan, Bush, Gorbachev, Kohl and others. . Hard Cover. As New/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Osprey Pub Co, 2012. New book, 96 pages, CAM244. On the night of 1-2 April 1982, the Argentinian Junta led by Gen. Leopoldo Galtieri made its move against the Falkland Islands. On 3 April British Prime Minister Mrs. Margaret Thatcher faced an appalled and furious House of Commons to announce that Argentine armed forces had landed on British sovereign territory;… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2011. New book, 64 pages, RAID02. The Israeli Special Forces' operation at Entebbe goes down in history as one of the most audacious counter-terrorist assaults ever conducted. On June 27, 1976, four terrorists (two of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and two of the German Baader-Meinhof terrorist group) highjacked a passenger jet and forced… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2009. New book, 64 pages, RAID04. For 5 days in May 1980, thousands watched around the world as the shadowy figures of the SAS performed a daring and dramatic raid on the Iranian Embassy in London, catapulting a little-known specialist unit into the full glare of the world's media. Hailed by Margaret Thatcher as "a brilliant operation,… Read more about this item

Motorbooks International, 2008. New book, 352 pages. Some rubbing wear to jacket. Jack Broughton graduated from West Point in 1945, and was assigned to Europe untill 1948. He served in Korea and Vietnam, and is proud of being combat ready in every aircraft the US Air Force has up to the F-106. He is an experienced fighter, with forty-three seperate… Read more about this item

Zenith Press, 2009. New books, 432 pages. Slight rubbing wear to jacket. Iftach Spector is one of Israel's living legends - the second-highest scoring fighter ace in the Israeli Air Force, a courageous and much-admired fighter, with a string of successful combat missions to his credit. He was the leader of the flight that attacked the USS Liberty in 1967,… Read more about this item

Zenith Press, 2009. New books, 432 pages. Slight rubbing wear to jacket. Iftach Spector is one of Israel's living legends - the second-highest scoring fighter ace in the Israeli Air Force, a courageous and much-admired fighter, with a string of successful combat missions to his credit. He was the leader of the flight that attacked the USS Liberty in 1967,… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2011. New book, 64 pages, RAID19. In 1977, Lufthansa Flight 181 was hijacked by terrorists and flown to Mogadishu, Somalia. Once landed, members of the German special missions group, GSG-9, stormed the plane, killing three of the terrorists and wounding the fourth, while successfully avoiding any major harm to the hostages. This book details the backgrounds of… Read more about this item

Aurum Press, 1992. Used book, rubbing wear to jacket, internally fine. 493 pages. The aim of Fred Inglis's dazzling and provocative book is to help us to reappraise the history of the Cold War, and to understand the influence that it has had upon our lives and opinions. Within the brisk narrative history of the years from 1945 to 1990… Read more about this item

Sphere, 1984. Used book, 258 pages. Cover worn and pages yellowed, but still in good condition. This book is both a telling eye-witness account of action in the front line, and an accurate assessment of the vital importance of the invasion in a wider context. O'Shaughnessy traces the causes of the war through Grenada's colonial past, its indepencence in 1974,… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: Ebury Press, 2003. New book, 35 photos. This book reveals the story about one of America's most closely guarded secret Cold War weapons. It follows the creation, construction and operations of the NR-1, the smallest nuclear powered submarine in the US Navy. This is a story of covert operations, danger, bravery, technology and historic discovery.. Mass Market… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: Ebury Press, 2003. New book, 35 photos. This book reveals the story about one of America's most closely guarded secret Cold War weapons. It follows the creation, construction and operations of the NR-1, the smallest nuclear powered submarine in the US Navy. This is a story of covert operations, danger, bravery, technology and historic discovery.. Mass Market… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: Ebury Press, 2003. New book, 35 photos. This book reveals the story about one of America's most closely guarded secret Cold War weapons. It follows the creation, construction and operations of the NR-1, the smallest nuclear powered submarine in the US Navy. This is a story of covert operations, danger, bravery, technology and historic discovery.. Mass Market… Read more about this item

ACT, Australia: Air Power Development Center, 2005. New book, 252 pages. For nine years from 1975, Neville McNamara operated at the pinnacle of Australia's defence organisation: as deputy chief of the Royal Australian Air Force, then chief, and finally as uniformed head of all three of Australia's defence services. Told in his own words, this account traces his rise from… Read more about this item

The Stationary Office, 2001. New book, 312 pages. Uncovered Editions are historic official papers which have not been previously available in popular form. Starting with the official government history of the Falkland Islands (up to 1904), this book then gives the full text of Lord Franks' report, who was appointed to investigate the events leading up to the invasion, and… Read more about this item

The Stationary Office, 2001. New book, 312 pages. Uncovered Editions are historic official papers which have not been previously available in popular form. Starting with the official government history of the Falkland Islands (up to 1904), this book then gives the full text of Lord Franks' report, who was appointed to investigate the events leading up to the invasion, and… Read more about this item

World Almanac Library, 2005. New book, 64 pages. This book describes the ongoing struggle for land, power, and cultural and religious survival between the Jewish nation of Israel and the Palestinian and other Arabic-speaking people of the Middle East. Beginning with the contradictory promises that Great Britain made to the Arabs and Jews about Palestine during World War II, this… Read more about this item

London: Atlantic Books, 2007. New book, 272 pages. On 25 May 1982, at a critical juncture in the Falklands War, the destroyer HMS Coventry was attacked by Argentinian aircraft. In a devestating strike, she was hit by three bombs, two of which exploded inside her hull, killing nineteen of her crew and leaving many others badly injured. Within minutes, Coventry… Read more about this item