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The Gun and the Olive Branch by David Hirst
$20.00 NZD
$25.00 (20% off)
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
A myth-breaking general history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, The Gun and the Olive Branch traces events right back to the 1880s to show how Arab violence, although often cruel and fanatical, is a response to the challenge of repeated aggression. Banned from six Arab countries, kidnapped twice, D ...Show more
Task Force Black: The explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq by Mark Urban
$10.00 NZD
Category: Special Forces
When British and American forces invaded Iraq in April 2003, their intelligence operations got to work looking for the WMD their governments had promised us were there. They quickly realised no such weapons existed. Instead they become faced with an ever-increasing spiral of extremism and violence that ...Show more
Invisible Armies: Terrorism into the 1990's by Stephen Segaller
$15.00 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
The Plague Makers - The Secret World of Biological Warfare by Wendy Barnaby
$5.87 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
The growing threat of bioterrorism on American soil over the past year has unleashed uncertainty and anxiety from coast to coast. Since the tragic events of September 11, and increasingly with every passing day, anthrax and other biological agents have become very real threats to public safety. Yet most ...Show more
American Jihad by Emerson
$20.00 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
The Great War for Civilisation - The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk
$25.00 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
Decorated British foreign correspondent Robert Fisk has been based in the Middle East for the last twenty-five years, reporting from the world's worst trouble-spots. This is his first-person account of fifty years of bloodshed and tragedy in the area, from the Palestinian-Israeli bloodbath to the shock ...Show more
Taliban: The Story of Afghan's War Lords by Ahmed Rashid
$15.00 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
The definitive account of the history of the Taliban and its uncertain future. This is the book that Tony Blair and Alistair Campbell consulted to gain a better impression of the unique circumstances of the Taliban. An exploration of the overwhelming complexity of Afghan politics, The Taliban: The Story ...Show more
Fiasco - The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks
$20.00 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
The definitive military chronicle of the Iraq war--and a searing judgment on the strategic blindness with which America has conducted it--draws on the accounts of senior military officers giving voice to their anger for the first time.
Elusive Peace by Ahron Bregman
$15.00 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
Ehud Barak's election as Prime Minister of Israel on 17th May 1999 and his determination to conclude a peace deal with the Palestinians inspired Israeli voters and the international community. So where did it all go wrong? This book traces the history of the Middle East peace process from Barak's electi ...Show more
In the Hands of the Taliban by Yvonne Ridley
$15.00 NZD
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
The full story of journalist Yvonne Ridley's 10-day detainment in Afghanistan by the Taliban regime in September 2001. From the day of her capture as she attempted to cross the border, to her eventual release, she offers a unique perspective into a way of life that remains a mystery to many.
Bomb Hunters : In Afghanistan with Britain's Elite Bomb Disposal Unit by Sean Rayment
$20.00 NZD
$26.99 (25% off)
Category: Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East and War on Terror
'Afghanistan is just like Iraq -- hot, dusty and full of people who want to kill you', SSgt Simon Fuller, Royal Engineer Search Advisor Bomb Hunters tells the story of the British army's elite bomb disposal experts, men who face death every day in the most dangerous region of the most lethal country on ...Show more