Military history at your fingertips...a unique and expanding series of expert reference works.The Naval and Military Press is a unique venture in British publishing. For nearly 20years it has been bringing the most authoritative, unusual and specialised books onconflict and warfare on land, sea and in the air direct to the door of its growing armyof customers.N&MP, founded and run by Chris Buckland from a base in rural East Sussex,operates in partnership with the country's major military libraries, archives andinstitutions including the Imperial War Museum; the Royal Armouries, Leeds; thelibrary of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst; and the Royal ArtilleryInstitution.Chris, in co-operation with the librarians of these archives, scours the shelves insearch of interesting and out-of-print volumes: memoirs; military manuals; accountsof campaigns both obscure and familiar - and reproduces them in attractive,manageable and affordable new editions, putting unusual, unfamiliar and long soughtfor texts within the grasp, and the budget, of students of conflict around the world,both amateur and professional.The range and number of titles is simply enormous. With approaching 2,000 worksnow in print, N&MP publishes titles on the two world wars; the Napoleonic Wars;the English Civil War; medieval warfare; and the 19th century's 'small wars'. Thereare specialised areas including official, regimental and divisional histories; naval andaeronautical books; medals and awards; uniforms; and weapons both edged andballistic.N&MP's latest publishing partnership is with the Royal Geographic Society withwhom it has launched a new imprint, Rediscovery Books. Rediscovery is a newdeparture from purely military matters, focusing on the fantastic world of historictravel and exploration. It now has some 50 titles in print, including epic journeys andexpeditions form the golden age of exploration in the Victorian era.Chris believes that his readers' tastes and interests are as eclectic and wide-ranging ashis own. If there is an emphasis in his choice of titles, it is perhaps in seeking toreproduce the authentic experience and voice of the common soldier. 'In my viewthere is no substitute for reading first-hand accounts of war by those who took partat the sharp end,' he says.