Our pick of the latest military history books

From rapidly evolving roles to new technologies, historian and airpower expert John Curatola discusses how fighter planes shaped the Second World War

A head trip and a nostalgia trip, but above all an endlessly intriguing, page-turning romp

Capturing the immediacy of fighting and the writhing bodies of soldiers, as well as keeping narrative clarity, proved enormously difficult for painters depicting battles before the advent of photography. Michael Hall reveals how they rose to the challenge

The jungle warfare in the Far East was both a tactical and political challenge for British forces in WWII

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