Now, a decade after the violent death of ‘The Colonel’, Daad Sharab gives a unique insight into the character of a man of many contradictions: tyrant, hero, terrorist, freedom fighter, womanizer, father figure.
Fighter pilots! Images of Baron Manfred von Richthofen and Eddie Rickenbacker in the Great War, Johnnie Johnson, Robert Stanford Tuck and Richard Bong in the Second World War, or Robin Olds in Vietnam, all spring to mind. Volumes have been written about them, past and present.
From OSS Agent in the Eastern Bloc to Airborne Soldier in Korea and Green Beret - The Cold War Service of Leif Bangsbøll
by Brook G Bangsbøll
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781036119478
Pub Date: 2025-05-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Frontline Books
272 Pages
With the ending of the Second World War, Lief Bangsboll, after distinguished service with the O.S.S. behind enemy lines in Denmark, prepared himself for a life of peace and hopefully love with the young...
A Vietnam War Memoir of A Door Gunner and Huey Crew Chief
by Jim Wagner
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781036116163
Pub Date: 2025-05-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
224 Pages
At the start of 1967, Jim Wagner shipped out to Vietnam. As a UH-1D Huey crew chief and door gunner, Wagner was part of the 9th Aviation Battalion that would ferry infantry of the 9th Infantry Division...
"...we were bad-ass motherf*ckers in the baddest place in the universe. I understood how inane that macho-thinking was but as I soared high above the jungle with the cool air in my face I was as caught...
The Inside Story of How the Soviets developed Rocket Technology
by Amanda Vickers
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781036108823
Pub Date: 2025-04-28
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
264 Pages
When 20-year old RAF recruit Neville Cox, or ‘Cocky’, joins up in 1946, he is dismayed that the end of the war means he will never get to fly. Instead, he will be doing more of the technical drawing...
“This book tells of the awe in which the veterans of World War 2 were held by the post war generation, the close bonds of trust and loyalty within tank crews and the deep respect, often expressed...
The remarkable story of the Seychelles Affair began in 1978 when representatives of the exiled Seychelles president approached legendary mercenary commander Mike Hoare – who had successfully quelled...
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