While the PP and PPK were intended for police work, the Walther P 38 was produced for the Germany military; all three pistols have garnered a formidable international reputation since the 1930s.The innovative Walther PP (Polizeipist...Lasīt vairāk
The sequel to The English Longbow, this volume completes the history of English military archery. It investigates the final century of the bow as the most important weapon in the English army, reaching its apogee under Henry VIII before facing and fa...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Sep-2025, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: State House Press / McWhiney Foundation Press, ISBN-13: 9781649670274)
Few topics have fascinated American readers more than the Civil War. Occurring as it did at the beginning of a new industrial age, it fostered a wide variety of strange and innovation contraptions that shaped the course of the conflict. Texans we...Lasīt vairāk
A nuclear historian gives a new, surprising account of one of the most controversial actions in historyhow the United States deployed the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War IIand the fallout that continues to haunt us...Lasīt vairāk
Surveillance, assassination, and war by proxy--all ingredients for an unending disaster that never seems to end for those exposed to the wrath of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Despite the prevalence of these and other malign acts, few observers...Lasīt vairāk
No book will ever come closer than this to providing an inside overview of Admiral Hyman G. Rickovers nuclear propulsion program. The author, an Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) historian assigned to the admirals office, spent years observing the pro...Lasīt vairāk
