Military Science

War Transformed: The Future of Twenty-First-Century Great Power Competition and Conflict provides insights for those involved in the design of military strategy, and the forces that must execute that strategy. Emphasizing the impacts of technology, new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783555239019Author Sun TzuFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint www.bnpublishing.comPublisher www.bnpublishing.comWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743235457Author Donald L. MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint ScribnerPublisher Simon & Schuster

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Few people will realise that at one time the Polish state was one of Europe's great powers. One of the chief instruments of her success was undoubtedly her army, which though small can claim many accomplishments and major successes in the 16th and 17th...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857041272Author Ton Class AssociationFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove

Based on meticulous research of actual vehicles, official photographs, factory specifications, and, in some cases, the original design plans, George Bradford's drawings of World War II armored fighting vehicles are rendered with great precision and in...

This meticulously researched and newly updated book charts the complete history of naval aviation, from pioneering days when the first biplanes were catapulted from converted destroyers through to the high-performance jets patrolling the world's seas...

Over the last decade (and indeed ever since the Cold War), the rise of insurgents and non-state actors in war, and their readiness to use terror and other irregular methods of fighting, have led commentators to speak of 'new wars'. They have assumed that...

In ancient times, the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) was home to warriors of great renown. Spanish and Celtiberian warriors, both infantry and cavalry, provided the backbone of the Carthaginian armies that terrorized Italy under Hannibal and...

Shortly after the end of the Second World War, the United Kingdom was described as one vast aircraft carrier anchored off the coast of Europe. During a seven year period 500 airfields were constructed to serve the needs first of the RAF and later the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950159116Author Spire Study SystemFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Spire Study SystemPublisher Spire Study SystemWeight(grams) 649gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839012655Author Adam BallingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Lume BooksPublisher Lume BooksWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 14mm

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684124299Author Sun TzuFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Canterbury ClassicsPublisher Canterbury ClassicsWeight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm) 244mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524746322Author David Fairbank WhiteFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Some pundits claim cyber weaponry is the most important military innovation in decades, a transformative new technology that promises a paralyzing first-strike advantage difficult for opponents to deter. Yet, what is cyber strategy? How do actors use...

'Being a JTAC is the closest a soldier on the ground in the midst of battle can get to feeling like one of the gods - unleashing pure hellfire, death and destruction' - Duncan FalconerMeet Sergeant 'Bommer' Grahame, one of the deadliest soldiers on the...

This book presents a photographic record of the service of a distinguished county regiment whose origins go back to the Seven Years' War, in the middle of the eighteenth century. Formed in 1881, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the KSLI, formerly the 53rd...

During World War 2, Hitler's engineers had pioneered an incredible array of futuristic secret weapons, from the Me 262, the first operational jet fighter, to the deadly V2 inter continental ballistic missile. With the Third Reich shattered and lying in...

This detailed, concise look at World War I bayonets presents, in over 270 color images, their development and use throughout the war. Bayonets of all war combatants are covered: Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain,...

RAF Fighter Command was established in July 1936 to provide the airborne element in the defence of Britain against air attack. The aerodromes under the Command described in this book came under the control of several Groups: No. 9 in the west, No. 10...

This volume of R A Burt's magnificent bestselling three-volume history of British battleships covers the pre-dreadnought era which has, in recent years, acquired a new and fervent following. The Russian war scare of 1884 and the public's anxiety about...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846831133Author Richard BarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Woodfield PublishingPublisher Woodfield PublishingWeight(grams) 260gDimensions(mm)...

Known collectively as the 'Great War', for over a decade the Napoleonic Wars engulfed not only a whole continent but also the overseas possessions of the leading European states. A war of unprecedented scale and intensity, it was in many ways a product...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978653637Author Antoine Henri de JominiFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint ARC ManorPublisher ARC ManorWeight(grams) 384gDimensions(mm) 140mm * 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912440672Author Col. Jon KlugFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Howgate Publishing LimitedPublisher Howgate Publishing LimitedWeight(grams)...

This is the first history of the legendary US Army's HAWK missile system, the world's first mobile air-defense missile system, which saw service and combat around the world. Designed to counteract the threat posed by advanced 1950s Soviet-built...

Britain's military involvement in Afghanistan is a contentious subject, yet it is often forgotten that the current conflict is in fact the fourth in a string of such wars dating back more than 170 years. Aiming to protect British India from the expanding...

WRECK RECOVERY IN BRITAIN THEN AND NOW By Peter J. Moran The last 50 years have seen an incredible interest in the excavation of crashed aircraft. Schoolboys of the war period eagerly sought and swapped souvenirs, purloined from crashes under the...

Strategy is not a modern invention. It is an essential and enduring feature of human history that is here to stay. In this original essay, Colin S. Gray, world-renowned scholar of strategic thought, discusses the meaning of strategy and its importance...

The conduct of combat operations in open order during the 18th and 19th centuries required an improved firearm with more accuracy than the standard-issue smoothbore infantry musket. Consequently, the appearance of a new type of regular light infantry...

When the U.S. military invaded Iraq, it lacked a common understanding of the problems inherent in counterinsurgency campaigns. It had neither studied them, nor developed doctrine and tactics to deal with them. It is fair to say that in 2003, most Army...

The Clyde submarine base was officially commissioned in 1967. The Faslane site had originally been used as a military port during the Second World War and was built and manned by the army. HMS Adamant, the Depot ship of the 3rd Submarine Squadron, first...

The burgeoning of global connectivity in recent decades is without historical parallel and the 'wiring up' of the world continues apace, even in the poorest regions. Flux and ever-quickening change are the leitmotifs of the 'information age' across a...

The major contribution made by Coastal Forces to the Allied war effort has had surprisingly little coverage in the literature of the Second World War. Motor torpedo boats, PT boats, motor gunboats, launches and submarine chasers served with distinction...

First book ever published on this little known aspect of German military equipment. Shown is the wide variety of horsedrawn equipment on a variety of war fronts.Book InformationISBN 9780764312731Author Wilfried KopenhagenFormat PaperbackPage Count...

A Question of Standing deals with recognizable events that have shaped the history of the first 75 years of the CIA. Unsparing in its accounts of dirty tricks and their consequences, it values the agency's intelligence and analysis work to offer balanced...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915969040Author Thomas JentzFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Panzer TractsPublisher Panzerwrecks LimitedWeight(grams) 400gDimensions(mm) 280mm *...

The brochs are among the best-known ancient monuments in Scotland. However, despite a long and colourful history of research, it is only in the last 20 years that the results of field survey, excavation and radiocarbon dating have begun to flesh out a...