The Siege of Vienna in 1683 was one of the major turning points in European history. The hot September day that witnessed the last great trial of strength between Cross and Crescent opened an epoch in European history that lasted until the cataclysm of the First World War in 1914.

This book illuminates an event often over-shadowed by the tragedy of Dunkirk in the Second World War - that of the capture and valour of the 51st Highland Division in St Valery.

Flodden is widely regarded as one of Scotland's most ignominious military defeats; a battle that need never have been fought and a historical event that has been firmly engraved in Scotland's national consciousness ever since.

A Gripping tale by one of the few men who risked his life breaking east through the Iron Curtain.

Trevor Royle is one of Britain’s major military historians and this is the first study to show the massive importance of Scotland in the defeat of the Kaiser’s Germany.

A great collection of tales from an exciting period of history retold by one of Scotland’s most well-known storytellers.

Crucial to control of the North Atlantic during the Second World War was knowledge of the weather: for the wolf packs and German raiders that lurked in these bitter seas this was the vital ingredient that would enable them to cut the vital arteries t
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After his passing, Ray Ward’s son discovered his father’s memoirs of the Second World War in the basement of their family home. The Mirror of Monte Cavallara is a very personal, poignant and revealing account.

During the two world wars, the chain of island groups ­ Orkney, Shetland, the Faroes and Iceland ­ linking Europe to North America, acquired great strategic significance.

To War with the Black Watch is a sharp, witty and moving insight into Scots–Italian relations in the latter part of the Second World War.

'There is not much to say about this book by way of introduction. It describes an undeservedly successful attempt to travel overland from Peking in China to Kashmir in India. The journey took seven months and covered about 3,500 miles . . .'

This is a true story of romance and escape during World War Two.

Scottish military offensives against England from 1369 were largely the product of government policy, were launched with careful timing and in the reign of Robert II Involved close co-operation with France.

The sequel to Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Killer Angels.

Including a unique selection of war-time photography, Osborne and Armstrong draw on a wide variety of sources in writing this fascinating and moving book.

William Manchester fought his way from Guadalcanal to Okinawa in the front line of the American war in the Pacific. His account of this war combines searing observation and powerful commentary.

Evan Mawdsley’s lucid account of this vast and complex subject explains in detail the power struggles and political manoeuvres of the war, providing a balanced analysis of why the Communists were victors.

From Celtic warfare to the feudal host to the professional armies of the eighteenth century, from guerrilla warfare to the pitched battle, from siege to Border Reiver, Scotland is unique in having had almost every major type of warfare taking place within its frontiers. John Sadler weaves chronicle, narrative, and analysis together in a masterly way, recreating the drama and passion of centuries past.

On 31 December 1918, hours from the first New Year of peace, hundreds of Royal Naval Reservists from the Isle of Lewis poured off successive trains onto the quayside at Kyle of Lochalsh. This work tells the story of the Iolaire, the commitment of the people of Lewis to the war against the Kaiser, and the way of life that was destroyed.

A brilliant, insightful and unique portrait of the Scottish war at sea, examining an array of skirmishes including the Wars of Independence, the Napoleonic Wars, the Second World War, and cold war spying missions.