Penguin Books Australia

Take a guided tour of every major conflict through the ages

Trace the epic 5,000-year story of warfare from the earliest battles to the War on Terror with War, now in compact format.

Explore the campaigns and conflicts, the warriors and commanders and the tactics, weapons and technology that have shaped human warfare.  With fascinating features on topics including the role of infantry, siege warfare...

The Battlebox, Britain's Command HQ in the Malayan Campaign during the Second World War, lies beneath Singapore's Fort Canning. After the war, it was sealed off and forgotten until the late 1990s .

Secrets of the Battlebox provides an understanding of the Battlebox; its history, uses and final role in the Malayan Campaign. It seeks to address the gap in knowledge in one of the most crucial aspects...

'Luke Skywalker, this is Deathstar, Move to our location now.'

'Gents, we've got a shout . . . '  The IRT crew were being scrambled.

Helmand, 2006: 3 Para were under heavy fire in Sangin and taking casualties. Mark Hammond pulled on his boots, holstered his Browning 9mm pistols and ran to the waiting Chinook. Once airborne, he'd be dodging tracer rounds and RPGs. It was going to be a long night...