 | Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front by Richard Holmes
Buy new: £5.45 / Used from: £0.96 The best book ever written about soldiers in WW1.
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 | Sahib: The British Soldier in India 1750-1914 by Richard Holmes
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £3.00 The British soldiers' experience in India.
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 | Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket by Richard Holmes
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.18 Another volume on the experience of the ordinary soldier -- personal, illuminating and great attention to detail.
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 | Wellington: The Iron Duke by Richard Holmes
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.45 The best single volume biography of one of the greatest Britons ever.
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 | Victoria Cross Heroes: Men of Valour by Michael Ashcroft
Buy new: £13.00 / Used from: £1.89 Great stories from the accompanying TV series.
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 | Bravest of the Brave: The Story of the Victoria Cross by John Glanfield
Buy new: £7.91 / Used from: £8.50 Probably the single best book on the Victoria Cross. Pictures and stories.
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 | Symbol of Courage: The Men Behind the Medal by Max Arthur
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.48 Comprehensive and massive tribute.
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 | Forgotten Voices of the Great War: A New History of WWI in the Words of the Men and Women Who Were There (Forgotten Voices/the Great War) by Max Arthur
Buy new: £2.97 / Used from: £0.01 Classic compilation.
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 | Forgotten Voices of the Second World War: A New History of the Second World War and the Men and Women Who Were There (Forgotten Voices World War 2) by Max Arthur
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £1.03 Classic compilation.
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 | Warriors: Extraordinary Tales from the Battlefield by Max Hastings
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.93 Gallantry by a top military historian.
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 | Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.01 The classic book which made the the classic TV series.
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 | Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers by Larry Alexander
Buy new: £6.82 / Used from: £3.04 If you loved "Band of Brothers" -- then read this too.
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 | Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Dick Winters
Buy new: £8.14 / Used from: £7.39 His own voice and memories.
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 | Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich by David Kenyon Webster
Buy used from: £4.49 This book is essential to the Band of Brothers experience.
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 | Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01 The Battle of Iwo Jima -- ignore the absurd anti-war movie by Clint Eastwood.
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 | WHY MARINES FIGHT by James Brady
Buy new: £7.67 / Used from: £7.21 I bought this from Amazon International. True American warriors -- God Bless the US Marines
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 | Ghost Force: The Secret History Of The SAS: The Secret History of the SAS (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Ken Connor
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £1.30 Comprehensive history of British Special Forces by and ex-member.
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 | The Autobiography of the British Soldier: From Agincourt to Basra, in His Own Words by John Lewis-Stempel
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £3.70 An instant classic.
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 | In Foreign Fields: Heroes of Iraq and Afganistan, In Their Own Words by Dan Collins
Buy new: £11.99 / Used from: £10.60 Stunning.....Quite simply, it makes you proud to be British.
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 | Moment of Truth in Iraq by Michael Yon
Buy new: £9.50 / Used from: £20.20 Ex-Special Forces turned journalist Michael Yon is quite simply the best reporter working in Iraq today (and the last 5 years). Read his important blog too (which shames our press).
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 | God Willing: My Wild Ride with the New Iraqi Army by Eric Navarro
Buy new: £10.89 / Used from: £9.22 Superb.
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 | A Million Bullets: The Real Story of the War in Afghanistan by James Fergusson
Buy new: £10.00 / Used from: £9.75 The title says it all really. Superb and troubling. Read alongside Patrick Bishop's "3 Para".
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