This book is a collection of papers presented at the 11th International Conference of Military Geoscience that was held in 2015. The conference included discussion on a diverse range of geosciences, including military history...Lasīt vairāk
During the United States involvement in the war in Vietnam, the decision by the US Marine Corps to emphasize counterinsurgency operations in coastal areas was the cause of considerable friction between the Marines and the army commanders in Vietnam,...Lasīt vairāk
In this World War II memoir set in Nazi-occupied Francea story of bravery, daring, adventure, survival and romancea former Eastern European Jew remembers his flight from the Holocaust and his extraordinary four years in the French underground. 100,...Lasīt vairāk
A comprehensive look at torture, this book explains where we are as a society with regard to use, how we got here, and where the state of thought on it may be in the future. * Exposes the main myths about torture and its use * Provides re...Lasīt vairāk
Stunning. Sean McFate is a new Sun Tzu. -Admiral James Stavridis (retired), former Supreme Allied Commander at NATOAn Economist Book of the Year 2019...Lasīt vairāk
Bloody Streets details the tactical street fighting during the final Battle for Berlin in more detail than any book published to date. It uses first-person accounts, operational war diaries, and period aerial imagery to trace the battle street-...Lasīt vairāk
Closed in 1949, the Sukhoi Design Bureau was reborn in 1953 to meet an urgent demand for a fast interceptor that would counter the threat posed by NATO bombers. It wasted no time developing a succession of missile-armed, Mach 2 interceptors cha...Lasīt vairāk
During the waning days of World War II, a frenzied race was underway in rubble-strewn Europe as US and Soviet forces sought to seize advanced German weapons technology. Over the next quarter century the North American Aviation (NAA) would enhan...Lasīt vairāk
The Mil Mi-24 Soviet/Russian gunship and attack helicopter has been in continuous combat service since its first appearance in the early 1970s. Its impressive performance, ability to transport fully armed troops, and imposing armament soon earn...Lasīt vairāk
A collection of first-hand accounts and diaries by German Paratroopers that convey the reality of war experienced by veterans of this elite wartime formation....Lasīt vairāk
This new photo album is number 20 in the MMPBooks/Stratus Camera On series and is the first to cover an anti-aircraft weapon alone and whilst there have been a few books covering medium German 37mm Flak weapons before the 37 mm Flak 18/36/37 has ne...Lasīt vairāk
Islamic States Online Activity and Responses provides a unique examination of Islamic States online activity at the peak of its golden age between 2014 and 2017 and evaluates some of the principal responses to this phenomenon. ...Lasīt vairāk
A brilliantly detailed visual representation of one of the greatest US warships, the USS Iowa, whose four decades in service took her from the Pacific War in World War II to the Persian Gulf in the late 1980s. A brilliantl...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 23-Jan-2020, Hardback, Izdevniecība: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781787380172)
This book explores terrorism as a strategic choic-- one made carefully and deliberately by rational actors. Through an analysis of the terrorist groups of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, it charts a series of different strategic scripts at pla...Lasīt vairāk
The first two volumes of the History of the Panzerwaffe have described how the Germans transformed armored warfare from a lumbering and ponderous experiment in World War I into something that could decide the outcome of conflicts, and how t...Lasīt vairāk
Winning World War II was about more than military force. It required guile, and tremendous acts of bravery by Special Forces and intelligence operatives who had the odds stacked against them. Using hundreds of documents and images from The National A...Lasīt vairāk
This lavishly illustrated volume details the design, development and operational history of British tanks from the end of World War II through to the present day. This lavishly illustrated volume details the design, development a...Lasīt vairāk