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department of Cranston Fine Arts the military print company. Our range of
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Great Military
Blunders by Geoffrey Regan
In this ground-breaking account of military blunders, acclaimed
expert Geoffrey Regan considers why they occur. Sometimes the
responsibility lies with leaders who fail as a result of being promoted
beyond their abilities and others fail as a result of ambition. Failure
can also be the result of poor planning or underestimating the enemy.
Technology is another cause and inevitably politics also play their
part.
Geoffrey Regan's Great Military Blunders is a powerful account of
many such mistakes - from the Crusades to Kosovo. It is fully
illustrated and accompanied the Channel 4 series of the same name.
Post: UK- £4.00 (max post for multiple books
£6.00).
For Europe £6.00 (each plus one charge of £3.00 recorded fee per
total shipment)
Rest of World £8.00 (each plus one charge of £3.00 recorded fee
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Book serial number M18441.
Price £18.99.
Fully illustrated hard back with 190 pages. |
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Military and Naval
Silver - Treasures of the Mess and Wardroom by Roger Perkins
This book seeks to demonstrate that the silver owned by the armed
forces is much more than beautifully crafted metalwork. This is silver
with a human face. By virtue of the wording engraved upon it, each piece
has a story to tell. Its provenance and history is there to be read or
interpreted. The opening chapters describe the ways in which military
and naval silver has been conceived and created since the late 18th
century, the work of some of the famous silversmiths involved, and the
distinctive styles of design which they have employed.
Post: UK- £5.00 (max post for multiple books
£6.00).
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Book serial number BK69.
Published Price £39.50.
Our special price £25.00.
Fully illustrated hard back with 232 pages. |
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A Concise History
of Warfare by Lord Montgomery
'Lord Montgomery's stimulating book must surely take its place as
a classic commentary on the history of warfare... It is the fruit of a
lifetime spent in the study and tactics of war and it bears the
authority of one who will without doubt be numbered among the great
commanders. Its greatest merit springs from the authors understanding of
the human factor in war. That it is permeated with his particular and
well-remembered idiosyncrasies, the freshness ans vigour of his approach
to any subject, will only enhance its undoubted value as a deeply
interesting, often inspiring and intensely instructive book.' Times
Literary Supplement
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Book serial number W45. Price £4.99. Fully illustrated paperback
with 368 pages. Post UK £3 (max multiple order post £6) |
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Against All Odds!
by Bryan Perrett
What
fierce motivation drives a soldier to commit himself to a last stand
against an enemy which outnumbers him, has greater firepower and boasts
other tactical advantages? The answer is no one characteristic, for such men are not always brave... or foolhardy.
A
warrior can fight well because of anger or fear, for the support of his
colleagues, out of loyalty to his superiors or his regiment, the urge
for revenge or personal glory, or for the most heartfelt of desires -
personal survival! Such commitment can destroy intended military
tactics, annul a well-laid battle plan and render ineffective the most
rabid armed force, but the times it has done so are few.
Following
the international success of Last Stand!, Bryan Perrett has selected a
further 13 examples of such actions, from two centuries and the
continents of Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. Offered as fiction
these events might be decried as unbelievable ... but they happened. And
they happened as described here, for the author applies his attention to
the detail which validates the action, and makes the volume relevant to
deeper military study, in the sure and certain knowledge that the
natural drama of the people and the combat covered will guarantee a text
which is exciting and entertaining. For military historians this further
collection of 'last ditch' warfare will offer pertinent insights into
battlefield strategy an soldiering; for the reader of adventure
non-fiction these awesome skirmishes will prove fascinating.
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Book serial number BK46. Price £16.99. Hard back with 224 pages.
Post UK, £5 (maximum post £6 )
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British
Artists and War, The Face
of Battle in Paintings and Prints, 1700-1914 by Peter Harrington
British
Artist and War is an important new reference work, examining how artists
at home and in the field dealt with the subject of war during a period
of more than 200 years, and how these images were perceived by the
public in Britain.
British
Artists and War examines in detail the artistic inspiration an response
to wars throughout the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, including
the Napoleonic wars and Waterloo, the Crimea, the Zulu War and the
Edwardian period to the Opening of the Great War in 1914. The
author, Peter Harrington, discusses popular themes and imagery in
military art and suggests reasons why certain wars failed to inspire
representation on canvas. He follows the development of the genre, from
early diagrammatic sketches to portraiture and history painting, and
traces the debate on the respective merits of glorification of the
subject and realism: the schools of 'truth in spirit' and of exactly
accurate portrayal of events and scenes were deeply divided. The
works of the leading artists of the period are analysed, as well as the
influence of Continental artist on British art. The public response to
these prints was closely linked with their accessibility, and the author
gives details of exhibitions, panoramas and appearances in the
illustrated press, and also cites contemporary printed evaluations and
criticism relating to these events. The major illustrated papers of the
19thcentury established their own artists at the battlefields thus
providing graphic material of war for a large audience at home. The
second part of the British Artists and War is a unique, comprehensive
catalogue of more than 800 surviving oil paintings, depicting soldiers
in battle and on campaign, in public and private collections around the
world, including exhibition and provenance details where known. |
Book serial number BK2. Book price £39.95
Hardback book 352 pages with 16 pages colour and 220 black and white
illustrations.
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The Cossacks by
Albert Seaton & Michael Youens
Book is packed with black and white photographs and colour illustrations.
Book price £8.99. Book serial number
Osprey MA13.
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The Arab Legion by
Peter Young & Michael Roffe
Book price £8.99. Book serial number
Osprey MA002.
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£5.00).
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Canadian Campaigns
1860-70 by David Ross, Grant Tyler & Rick Scollins
Book is packed with black and white photographs and colour illustrations.
Book price £8.99. Book serial number
Osprey MA249.
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Peking 1900, The
Boxer Rebellion by Peter Harrington
In 1900 a violent rebellion swept northern China - the
Boxer Rebellion. The Boxers were a secret society who sought to rid
their country of the pernicious influence of the foreign powers who had
gradually acquired a stranglehold on China. With the connivance of
the Imperial Court they laid siege to the legation quarter of
Peking. Trapped inside were an assortment of diplomats, civilians
and a small number of troops. They were all Sir Claude Macdonald,
the British Minister in Peking, had to defend against thousands of hostile
Boxers and Imperial troops. It would now be a race against time.
Could the rag-tag defenders hold out long enough for the gathering relief
force to reach them? This book describes the desperate series of
events as the multinational force rushed to their rescue.
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Book price £12.99.
Book serial number
Osprey M85.
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