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Stalingrad
1.  Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
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  "Proper, hard core, no nonsense war at its most brutal!"
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With A Machine Gun To Cambrai (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
2.  With A Machine Gun To Cambrai (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by George Coppard
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  "Rare first hand account from WW1 soldier of life in the trenches"
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Once A Warrior King: Memories of an Officer in Vietnam
3.  Once A Warrior King: Memories of an Officer in Vietnam by David Donovan
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  "Treatise of the loneliness of command in a COIN campaign"
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A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
4.  A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan
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  "Pulitzer Prize winner, the definitive Vietnam book seen through one man's war"
£12.34   Used & New from: £0.90
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The Reason Why
5.  The Reason Why by Cecil Woodham-Smith
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  "Dissects the Charge of the Light Brigade"
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Legion of the Damned: none (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
6.  Legion of the Damned: none (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Sven Hassel
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  "A guilty pleasure"
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The Third World War, August 1985: A Future History
7.  The Third World War, August 1985: A Future History by Sir John Hackett
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  "What might have been!"
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World War Z
8.  World War Z by Max Brooks
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  "Battling the zombie hordes ...."
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We Were Soldiers Once...And Young: The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
9.  We Were Soldiers Once...And Young: The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Lt General Harold G Moore
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  "Much better than the film"
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Goodbye to All That (Penguin Modern Classics)
10.  Goodbye to All That (Penguin Modern Classics) by Robert Graves
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  "One of the best known WW1 books"
£6.59   Used & New from: £2.32
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Chickenhawk
11.  Chickenhawk by Robert Mason
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  "Helicopter porn"
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Don't Cry For Me , Sergeant Major
12.  Don't Cry For Me , Sergeant Major by Jeremy Hands
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  "Everyone's favourite Falklands book"
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Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA
13.  Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA by Mark Urban
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  "SAS v PIRA"
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.01
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They Stood in the Door
14.  They Stood in the Door by Don MacNaughton
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  "The Para Regt circa 1960's told with a huge grin!"
£9.95
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Devil's Guard
15.  Devil's Guard by George Robert Elford
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  "Utter rubbish, but oh what a tale!"
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My War Gone by, I Miss it So
16.  My War Gone by, I Miss it So by Anthony Loyd
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  "Bosnia, drugs & self reflection"
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Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall
17.  Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall by Spike Milligan
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  "Still very, very funny"
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The Forgotten Soldier (CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS)
18.  The Forgotten Soldier (CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS) by Guy Sajer
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  "Authentic account of life on the Eastern Front - powerful"
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Green-Eyed Boys: 3 Para and the Battle for Mount Longdon
19.  Green-Eyed Boys: 3 Para and the Battle for Mount Longdon by Christian Jennings
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  "By our  very own tame author"
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Quartered Safe Out Here
20.  Quartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald Fraser
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  "Should be essential reading for all Officers"
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Wind in the Wires
21.  Wind in the Wires by Duncan Grinnell-Milne
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  "Highly personal story of pioneering WW1 Ace. Great read"
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A Million Bullets: The real story of the British Army in Afghanistan
22.  A Million Bullets: The real story of the British Army in Afghanistan by James Fergusson
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  "The truth about 16 Air Assault Bde's 2006 tour of Helmand"
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The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French defeat in Vietnam (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
23.  The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French defeat in Vietnam (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Martin Windrow
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  "The end of French colonialism in one act"
£10.49   Used & New from: £1.43
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The 13th Valley
24.  The 13th Valley by John Del Vecchio
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  "Cracking dit!"
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Fortress Malta: An Island Under Siege 1940-1943 (CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS)
25.  Fortress Malta: An Island Under Siege 1940-1943 (CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS) by James Holland
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  "Want to know why they gave an entire island the George Cross?"
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