Book cover for A Strange Campaign: The Battle For Madagascar by Russell Phillips. Top third is a photograph of British troops going ashore from a landing craft, overlaid with a Union Jack. Bottom two-thirds is title and a photo of French prisoners of war escorted by British troops, overlaid with a French Tricolore.

Now available: A Strange Campaign

Posted on 5th May 20213rd May 2021 by Russell Phillips

My new book, A Strange Campaign, is now available in ebook, paperback, hardback, and audio book. Madagascar provided the stunning backdrop for one of the strangest conflicts of the Second World War �... Read More

Book cover for A Strange Campaign: The Battle For Madagascar by Russell Phillips. There is a photograph of British troops going ashore from a landing craft, overlaid with a Union Jack. There is another photo of French prisoners of war escorted by British troops, overlaid with a French Tricolore.

A Strange Campaign available for pre-order

Posted on 8th September 202019th October 2020 by Russell Phillips

On 5th May next year my next book, A Strange Campaign: The Battle for Madagascar, will be published. This coincides with the anniversary of Operation Ironclad, which marked the start of the campaign. ... Read More

Operation Nimrod available for pre-order

Posted on 13th July 201513th July 2015 by Russell Phillips

I’m very happy to announce that Operation Nimrod will be available in October. This is an account of the 1980 Iranian embassy siege, when six terrorists held twenty-six hostages at the Iranian e... Read More

Buy the Paperback, get the Ebook Free

Posted on 5th September 20135th December 2013 by Russell Phillips

On Tuesday, Amazon announced Kindle MatchBook, to be launched in October. The idea is a simple one: If you buy a paper book from Amazon that is enrolled into the program, you will be able to buy the c... Read More