This new book makes available for the first time recently
declassified government correspondence from Lord Owen's tenure as
Foreign Secretary. Nuclear Papers gives new insight into the work
of, and response to, the last major strategic nuclear study of the
UK's nuclear needs, which was undertaken in 1978. The book
demonstrates sustained dialogue between the Callaghan and Carter
administrations and the internal disputes and concerns of the UK
government as the Cold War and a bleak economic outlook exerted
equal pressures, in much the same way as recent foreign policy and
the economic downturn have challenged the current British
government.
New in d/w - 256pp
Liverpool University Press, 2009
ISBN 9781846312274
OSPREY AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES 72:
F-86 SABRE ACES OF THE 4TH FIGHTER WING
by Warren Thompson
The entry of the F-86 into the Korean War was triggered by the
ever-increasing presence of the Soviet-built MiG-15 south of the
Yalu River. The possibility of the USAF losing air supremacy over
the Korean Peninsula was unacceptable. The 4th Fighter Wing was made
up of a combination of new pilots just out of jet training and the
older combat veterans of World War II. These pilots wrote and
re-wrote the text books on jet warfare. Of the 40 jet aces that the
war produced, the 4th boasted 24 of them. This book details these
incredible pilots and the planes they flew.
New in card cover -
96pp, 14 colour plates, numerous colour & b/w photos, 6 1:48 scale side views
Russian language
(Cyrillic text). A modern review of the battle with numerous
colour illustrations showing uniforms and battle scenes. A
detailed description of the battle weaves the picture together.
Ideal for students of Napoleon's 1812 campaign into Russia.
Russian language (Cyrillic text). A printed translation of the
picture captions is included.
New in slightly worn card covers - Large Format, 88pp, numerous colour & b/w
illustrations
On October 13th 1939, German U-boat U-47 silently penetrated the
defences of Scapa Flow, Orkney. The pride of Britain’s wartime
fleet had sailed leaving behind only HMS Royal Oak and a few
smaller ships. Kapitan-Leutenant Günther Prien, commander of U-47,
ordered the attack on Royal Oak. His first salvo of three
torpedoes failed to do any damage. After an inteval to reload,
Prien fired another salvo and this time there was a huge
explosion. Royal Oak rolled over and sank within minutes. A total
of 833 men died with her. Told through declassified photographs
and naval records, as well as statements from survivors, this is a
dramatic and moving account of the biggest loss of life in a
single naval event in World War II.
New in card cover - 157pp, numerous
b/w illustrations
A History and Memoir of Colonel P J Woods and the British
Intervention in North Russia, 1918–1919. What TE Lawrence was to
the Arabs, Colonel Woods was to the people of Karelia, the land
lying between Russia and Finland. He was sent there in 1918 with
the aim of preventing German occupation of north Russia. British
troops stayed after the end of the first world war, with the new
objective of using Karelian help to arrest the progress of
bolshevism. Woods, born in Ulster, became the Karelians' champion.
