Chesterfield’s Military Heritage
Mention of this Derbyshire market town’s name invariably conjures up an image of an iconic landmark: the crooked church steeple. It does, however, also speak of a military heritage built up over a millennium.
China Invasion: People’s Liberation Army Crosses the Yalu October 1950–March 1951
"China Invasion: People’s Liberation Army Crosses the Yalu October 1950–March 1951" explores a pivotal shift in the Korean War, as Chinese forces enter North Korea, overturning UN advances. After MacArthur's push north, China's ambushes and strategic assaults force UN troops into retreat, notably at the Chosin Reservoir. This volume highlights the transition from UN dominance to a fierce battle for survival against a formidable Chinese military presence, marking a critical juncture in the conflict's trajectory.
Derby in 50 Buildings
This book reveals the rich and diverse history that is reflected in Derby’s architecture as, through successive decades of growth, its character, built of brick and stone, underwent varying nuances of transformation.
Echoes of the Coventry Blitz
With the digital juxtaposing of archival images with photographs taken by the author himself for this publication, and drawing from contemporary press accounts of the Coventry Blitz, this book presents a totally unique comparative insight into the Nazi bombing of Coventry in the Second World War.
LT-GEN KEITH ROBERT COSTER SSAS, ICD, OBE: A Life in Uniform
In August 2015, the late former commander of the Rhodesian Army (1968–1972), Lt-Gen Keith Coster’s son, Steve, and daughter-in-law, Cindy, approached me, wanting to know if I would like to take custody of personal memoirs, photographs, letters, certificates, records and some items of uniform that had belonged to the general.
Mansfield Through Time
This book offers a cameo glimpse of a town whose character and identity has, over the last few hundred years, been moulded, modified and tempered by coal mining and the Industrial Revolution.