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Military history
This collection includes books on the organisation and training of military units, regimental histories, weapons, and accounts of conflicts.
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Scotland at war
Archive Publications in association with the Scotsman Publications Ltd
1989
A extensively illustrated account of aspects of Scottish civil and military life during the Second World War.
The Battle of Bannockburn 1314
Tempus
2000
A re-assessment of the events leading up to the Battle Bannockburn and the battle itself.
The strange story of Dr. James Barry: army surgeon, Inspector-General of Hospitals, discovered on death to be a woman
Longmans, Green and Co
1958
An account of Dr James Barry, who was probably the first woman to qualify as a doctor and practice as surgeon.
The Arrow of Glenlyon: the life of Alasdair MacGregor of Glenstrae, a Highland gentleman of the sixteenth century
John Murray
1930
The life of the red-headed warrior chief Alasdair Macgregor.
Paras: an illustrated history of Britain's airborne forces
Sutton Publishing
1998
A history of the Parachute Regiment.
Rifle training for war: a textbook for Local Defence Volunteers
Cassell and Company, Ltd
1940
A manual of rifle training for what become known as the Home Guard.
The flowers of the forest: Scotland and the First World War
Birlinn Limited
2006
An assessment of the industrial and human contribution made by Scotland during the First World War, and the post-war impact on its economy.
The longest day: June 6, 1944
Victor Gollancz Ltd
1960
An account of the preparation for and execution of the D-Day landings.
The '45: to gather an image whole
Mercat Press
1988
A collection of 14 essays on aspects of the rebellion.
The site of the Battle of Bannockburn: the reputed sites and the mythical Carse site reviewed
R. S. Shearer & Son
1914
A critical assessment of various proposed locations for the site of the Battle of Bannockburn. A limited edition.
The battlefields around Stirling
R. S. Shearer & Son
1913
A compact guide to the major battles that took place around Stirling. Gift inscription from author to front free endpaper.
Fact and fiction in the story of Bannockburn
R. S. Shearer & Son
1909
A critical analysis of other accounts of the Battle of Bannockburn and of its location.
The Home Guard pocket manual
Ruberoid Company Ltd.
1940
A manual for training members of the Home Guard in weapons and field defences.
Kept in the dark: the denial to Bomber Command of vital ULTRA and other intelligence information during World War II
Pen & Sword
2010
An assessment of intelligence control and failures and the impact of air missions during the Second World War.
Edinburgh in the Great War
Pen & Sword Military
2016
An account of the impact of the First World War on the people of Edinburgh.
The railway contractors : the story of John W. Stewart, his enterprises and associates
Morriss Publishing
1988
A history of one of the major contractors during the boom years of Canadian railway construction, including work supplying the front during the First World War.
The Gordon Highlanders: being a short record of the services of the Regiment
Swiss & Co.
1920
A history of the Gordon Highlanders, originally published in 1916 and revised to reflect action during the First World War.
The protection of your home against air raids
His Majesty's Stationery Office
1938
Guidance to house-holders issued shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War.
Drill up-to-date: a manual for the Home Guard
Longmans, Green and Co.
1941
A manual of drill exercises including how to address the difficult question of 'the correct foot'.
Standing orders for the Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Army Medical Corps (T.A.), and the Army Dental Corps 1937
His Majesty's Stationery Office
1940
Published under, and subject to the conditions laid down in, King's Regulations, 1935, para. 1651.
Natural history in the B.S.F.
British Salonika Forces
1919
A humorous assessment of army personnel using comparisons with wildlife.
Medical treatment of gas casualties
His Majesty's Stationery Office
1938
Part of a series of handbooks providing measures for safeguarding the civil population against the effects of air attack.
War report: a record of dispatches broadcast by the BBC's war correspondents with the Allied Expeditionary Force, 6 June 1944 - 5 May 1945
Geoffrey Cumberlege
1946
A day-by-day eye-witness account of the events and incidents of the campaign in North-West Europe from D-Day onwards.
The Near East from within
Cassell and Company, Ltd
1915
The impressions of an unknown participant in the by-paths of Eastern European politics at the outbreak of the First World War.
