This must be the definitive account of 9/11. The
shockwaves of the September 11, 2001 attacks in America
reverberate to this day. Though Osama Bin Laden has been
killed, questions remain. What exactly happened? Could 9/11
have been prevented? How and why did so much acrimony and
misinformation arise from the ashes of the World Trade
Center, the Pentagon and a quiet field in Pennsylvania? And
what has yet to be revealed? The Eleventh Day, written with
access to thousands of recently released official documents,
is updated for this edition − and reports on a development
which the former chairman of Congress' 9/11 probe describes
as the ‘most important in years’.
The authorised edition of The
United States Government Commission’s Final Report provides
a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding
the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World
Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington DC.
This fascinating document examines the preparedness for, and
the immediate response to the attacks. It also includes
recommendations to guard against future attacks. Though it
is an official report, the narrative tells the story in a
readable and interesting manner.
New in card
cover - 567pp, 15pages of illustrations
The single-handed destruction of
the strategic bridge in Vietnam 1972 by Colonel John Ripley,
USMC. He rigged 500 lbs of explosives whilst under intense
fire for 3 hours, stalling a major North Vietnamese attack
by 30,000 men and 200 tanks. For his heroism Ripley was
awarded the Navy Cross, one of America's highest military
honours.
The first ever examination of the unknown story of WWII
Canadian tank production, based on official reports &
coupled with many recently uncovered photographs. The
vehicles described in this book proved that Canada was
capable of developing & constructing tanks which could more
than hold their own, but the realities of economy of scale
meant that Canadian Divisions eventually came to be equipped
with American Armoured Fighting vehicles.
New in card cover
- A4 format, 56pp, 51 b/w illustrations
Throughout most of the classical
period, Persia was one of the great superpowers, placing a
limit on the expansion of Western powers. It was the most
formidable rival to the Roman empire for centuries, until
Persia, by then under the Sassanians, was overwhelmed by the
Islamic conquests in the seventh century AD. The Sassanians,
the native Iranian dynasty that ousted their Parthian
overlords in AD 226, developed a highly sophisticated army
that was able for centuries to hold off all comers. They
continued the Parthian's famous winning combination of swift
horse archers with heavily-armoured cataphract cavalry, also
making much use of war elephants
New in d/w - 466pp, 41 colour & b/w
photos, 11 maps, 10 b/w illustrations
