General Sir Mike Jackson's illustrious career in the British Army has spanned almost 45 years & all that time he has shown loyalty courage & commitment to the British army whilst also being an undeniable media attraction. A man of substance where foreign policy is concerned he has served in theatres from the Artic to the jungle but is perhaps best known for his role in charge of the British troops to end ethnic cleansing in Kosovo for assembling the British ground component of the coalition that toppled the Taliban for equipping & organising the army we dispatched to defeat in Iraq & for re-organising the British army with aplomb. His drive enthusiasm & dominating personality were always popular with his soldiers & drove him right to the top of his profession. He may have been a general but he never stopped caring about the men & women in his charge despite the politics. Soldier: The Autobiography" exhibits all the qualities for which Jackson is admired; his professionalism his honesty his directness his exuberance & his sense of humour. Most of all it gives a vivid sense of what modern soldiering entails." ...

Stand to attention with the inside story on the life of a soldier from the Saracens to the SAS. From the Samurai of Japan to US rifleman experience life on the frontline through personal accounts of the training living conditions & engagements from 2 500 years of military history. This title helps you to learn about fighting techniques & tactics from each era & see the armour uniforms kit & weapons used in the field. It

Includes:: virtual tours that take you inside the fortresses ships tanks & aircraft in which soldiers have battled from a Viking longship to the cockpit of a B17 bomber. It provides foreword from Colonel Tim Collins (OBE) who made headlines with his inspirational Eve-of-Battle speech during the Iraqi conflict. Soldier" is an essential visual record of the fighting man."

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No publicity no media. We move in silently do our job & melt away into the background. If you have the stamina the willpower & the guts well welcome you with open arms & you one of us. & if you havent then its been very nice knowing you. Eighteen years in the SAS saw Pete Winner codenamed Soldier I survive the savage battle of Mirbat parachute into the icy depths of the South Atlantic at the height of the Falklands War & storm the Iranian Embassy during the most famous hostage crisis in the modern world. For the first time Pete also details his close-protection work around the world from the lawless streets of Moscow to escorting aid convoys into war-torn Bosnia. He also unveils the problems of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder faced by many Special Forces veterans & how he battled his own demons to continue his roller-coaster career. This is his story written with a breathtaking take-no-prisoners attitude that brings each death-defying episode vividly to life. ...

Stanley's dad hasn't been the same since his wife died & his eldest son went off to fight in the war. Now Stanley is either invisible to his dad or the object of one of his rages & his only friend is his dad's prizewinning greyhound Rocket. But one day Rocket escapes & the result is a litter of non-thoroughbred puppies that Da says will all have to be drowned even Stanley's favourite puppy Solider. Stanley is so angry with his father that he runs away & enlists in the army to train as a messenger dog handler & despite being far too young he's soon heading to France with a great Dane called Bones by his side. As the fighting escalates & Stanley experiences the horrors of war he comes to realise that the loyalty of his dog is the one thing he can rely on. But his father hasn't given up on him & extraordinary circumstances will bring them together once more.. . ...

The ill-fated Brave Two Zero mission of the Gulf War has become one of the most notorious episodes in military history. Several accounts of the story have already appeared in books films & articles but in this book the author now seeks to set the record straight & honour the memory of his three comrades who were killed. ...

It is 1704 & Europe is at war. ' Take this sword as your own & wear it with more honour than the man from whom you took it'. With Lord Churchill's words ringing in his ears the courageous young Captain Daniel Rawson embarks on a dangerous mission to lead his men into battle against the French enemy. He must succeed at all costs
- the future of England is at stake. The author of the bestselling Railway Detective" series triumps with this stunning first book in the " Captain Rawson" series."
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The Great War ended more than ninety years ago yet still haunts & fascinates us today. In The Soldiers War Richard van Emden traces a history of the fighting month by month & year by year using original diaries letters & as-yet-unseen photographs taken by the soldiers themselves. We follow the British Tommy through devastating battles & trench warfare from the outbreak of war in 1914 to the armistice four years later guided by Richard van Emdens sure explanations. This is a history of the war as seen from the trenches that is shockingly intimate sometimes heartbreaking often wryly amusing but always compelling. ...

Dan Riley is a major in the British Army. After a six month tour of duty in Afghanistan he is coming home to the wife & young daughters he adores. The outside world sees those reunions as a taste of heaven after months of hell. But are they? Can a man trained to fight adjust again to family & domestic life? & how will the family cope if he cant? How much indeed can Alexa Dans wife sacrifice her own needs & fulfilment to serve his commitment to a way of life that demands everything not just of him but of her & the children as well? This novel takes a keen look at the home lives of the modern Army. What happens these days when love & a vocation collide head on? ...

Young Maisie Gibbs is a conscientious young woman though life is harder since both her parents passed away. She is relieved when she finds a position as a housemaid in Kensington under the watchful eyes of the formidable housekeeper Mrs Carpenter & she quickly settles in. When she meets a handsome young soldier she is tempted to give him his marching orders. But gradually Corporal Daniel Adams starts to win her over. When tragedy strikes the Fairfax household Maisie is lucky she has Daniel to rely on
- a good sign of things to come! A delight for fans of the Adams family
- this is the heartwarming story of Daniel & Chinese Lady.

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The soldiers are coming home
- after six months in Afghanistan. Surely being reunited with their wives & girlfriends & families
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