Modern Military History from Viceroy Books

Osprey Pub Co, 2013. New book, 80 pages, RAID39. On March 4, 2002, a team of SEALs was choppered onto a hostile Afghan mountain peak as part of Operation Anaconda. The largest operation by US forces since Vietnam, it was intended to bring to battle foreign al-Qaeda fighters who had fled after the overthrow of the Taliban and the battle… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2003. New book, 95 pages, ESS055. The Gulf War of 1991 heralded a new type of warfare - one dominated by speed and high technology, that yielded a remarkably low level of casualties among the Allied forces. Just under a million Allied troops were deployed to the Gulf region, where they faced not only the extreme heat,… Read more about this item

Harper Press, 2009. New book, 324 pages. Afghanistan, 2008. After their eighteen-month epic tour of Helmand Province, the troops of 3 Para are back. This time, the weight of experience weighs heavily on their shoulders. In April 2006 the elite 3 Para Battle Group was despatched to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on a tour that has become a legend. All that… Read more about this item

Ebury Press, 2010. New book, 400 pages. Despite losing an eight-year war with Iran in 1988, Iraq remained the region's dominant military power. Saddam's war-experienced army comprised 260,000 troops and 2,000 tanks. But his 1990 invasion of Kuwait ended with the most efficient war victory in US history. It was the first war for the US since Vietnam, with the… Read more about this item

Simon & Schuster, 2010. New book, 303 pages. In summer 2006 Helmand Province erupted into violence as NATO forces struggled to crush Taliban strongholds. For six weeks the Royal Irish Regiment and the Paras defended Sangin in the face of ever-mounting attacks. At this point young officer Patrick Bury was learning the trade of the infantry in the Brecon Beacons.… Read more about this item

Zenith Press, 2009. New book, 320 pages. This book offer an in-depth, intimate look into operation Phantom Fury, the Second Battle for Fallujah and the single most significant battle undertaken during the occupation of Iraq. The author conducted personal interviews with combatants, from the divisional commander in charge of the operation to the Marines doing the fighting. The result is… Read more about this item

Zenith Press, 2009. New book, 320 pages. This book offer an in-depth, intimate look into operation Phantom Fury, the Second Battle for Fallujah and the single most significant battle undertaken during the occupation of Iraq. The author conducted personal interviews with combatants, from the divisional commander in charge of the operation to the Marines doing the fighting. The result is… Read more about this item

Zenith Press, 2008. New book, 128 pages. Fred J. Pushies has spent the last sixteen years in the company of the units assigned to United States Special Operations Command. He has skimmed the waves with the SEALs in an eighty-two foot long Mark V Special Operations craft, flown at treetop level with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, and crunched… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, 2010. New book, 300 pages. The gripping true story of a Royal Marine helicopter pilot at war in Afghanistan. Major Mark Hammond was awarded the DFC, which ranks third after the VC, for remarkable feats in Afghanistan in his Chinook helicopter. Like the other Chinook pilots and crews, and the surgical teams who travelled with them, Major Hammond… Read more about this item

Histoire & Collection, 2005. New book, 200 pages. Long before the beginning of the Second War in the Gulf, the Special Forces and clandestine teams of the Coalition's various services, did operate in Iraq in 2003. his new book reveals the actions and gestures of these very specific units, which fulfil their mission well ahead of the classical forces. Still… Read more about this item

Arrow Books, 2007. New book, 377 pages. Chris Terrill is a man in search of his limit. The Royal Marine Commando training base has a famous motto: '99.9 per cent need not apply'. Of those who start training, after a very tough selection process, nearly 50 percent fail to make it through the most gruelling physycal tests of any armed… Read more about this item

Sphere, 2008. New book, 288 pages. The Apache attack helicopter is the British Army's most awesome weapons system. Deployed for the first time in Afghanistan, it has already passed into legend. The only thing more incredible than the Apache itself are the pilots that fly her. For the first time, this book tells their story, and their baptism of fire… Read more about this item

Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Thomas Nelson Inc, 2007. New book, 305 pages. Andress's gripping narrative tells how his company, American-Iraqi Solutions Group, continues to conduct business in the midst of the ongoing battles in Iraq. By delivering essential supplies to allied forces, AISG is finding innovative ways to requild a war-ravaged nation, serve the interests of the U.S. Military, and make… Read more about this item

Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr, 2003. New book, 213 pages. This is a rivetting account of the war in Iraq with the 82nd Airborne Division as it convoys north from Kuwait to Iraq's Tallil Air Base en route to night-and-day battles within the major city of Samawah and its bridges across the Euphrates. Karl Zinsmeister, a frontline reporter embedded… Read more about this item

Virago, 2008. New book, 340 pages. In the early hours of New Year's Eve 1994, Russian troops invaded the Republic of Chechnya, plunging the country into a prolonged and bloody conflict that continues to this day. Asne Seierstad was a foreign correspondent in Moscow at the time, and travelled regularly to Chechnya to report on the war, describing its effects… Read more about this item

Scoresby, VIC, Australia: Random House Australia, 2006. New book, 289 pages. Peter Cosgrove's leadership of the peacekeeping force in East Timor saw him become the face of the Australian digger and our best loved and most highly respected general since World War II. 'Cos' as he is familiarly known, was born to wear khaki. He followed his father and grandfather… Read more about this item

Headline Publishing, 2007. New book, 246 pages. In this book, Lieutenant Commander James Newton DFC provides a breathtaking personal account of the ferocious battles that followed the British assault on Basra, Newton and his colleagues in the illustrious 847 Naval Air Squadron fought against tanks, mortar units, snipers and entire divisions of Iraqi troops as the Marines on the ground… Read more about this item

Osceola, Wisconsin, U.S.A.: Zenith Press, 2006. New book, 340 pages. Citizen soldiers have played a unique role in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - and their extended deployment and role in the wars battles have changed the towns, cities, and states they hail from as well. The Devil's Sandbox - a nickname for Iraq - is the story of… Read more about this item

Osceola, Wisconsin, U.S.A.: Zenith Press, 2004. New book, 141 pages, 110 color photos. As America struggles to "win the peace" in Iraq, Desert Dogs: The Marines of Operation Iraqi Freedom highlights the human side of war, the day-in-the-life of U.S. Marines stationed in that volatile region. Dramatic, harrowing, and simply unbelievable images of the marines of Operation Iraqi Freedom, personal… Read more about this item

Osceola, Wisconsin, U.S.A.: Zenith Press, 2005. New book, 288 pages. They were the soldiers who pulled down the statue of Saddam Hussein - the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, led by Lt. Col. Bryan P. McCoy (radio call sign: Darkside). And this is the story of their war, seen from the inside by the reporter they called Paperboy. From the… Read more about this item