Military Science

Throughout history society has determined specific rules of engagement between adversaries in armed conflict. With advances in technology, from armor to in the Middle Ages to nerve gas in World War I to weapons of mass destruction in our own time, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780391618Author U.S. Department of the ArmyFormat PaperbackPage Count 598Imprint Books Express PublishingPublisher Books Express PublishingWeight(grams)...

The pioneering tank crew of the First World War would be astonished by the advances made in the design of armoured fighting vehicles over the last 100 years which have resulted in the Challenger 2, the current main battle tank in service with the British...

Dedicated German anti-tank vehicles made their first major appearance in the Second World War as combatants developed effective armoured vehicles and tactics. Some were little more than stopgap solutions, mounting an anti-tank gun on a tracked vehicle to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873203651Author Nick CarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Woodfield Publishing LtdPublisher Woodfield Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

This book examines Western military technological innovation through the lens of developments in small arms during the twentieth century. These weapons have existed for centuries, appear to have matured only incrementally and might seem unlikely...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873203385Author Bernard Hart-HallamFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Woodfield Publishing LtdPublisher Woodfield Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

On today's complex, fragmented, fast-moving battlefield, where combatants adapt constantly to exploit one-another's weaknesses, there is a demonstrable requirement for military commanders to devolve a high level of autonomy of decision-making and action...

As World War II recedes further into the past, still each year hundreds of new books are published about some aspect of this global conflict. Many offer new insights from recently declassified documents. Other's look to re-interpret what was thought to...

Logistics is an essential aspect of warfare and this is an original and much-needed contribution. All commanders know that an army (or navy) cannot operate without supplies yet most aspects of war studies emphasise strategy, tactics, weaponry and command...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734888041Author Matthew LukeFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Matthew Luke PublishingPublisher Matthew Luke PublishingWeight(grams) 630gDimensions(mm)...

Sir Richard Fairey was one of the great aviation innovators of the twentieth century. His career as a plane maker stretched from the Edwardian period to the jet age - he lived long enough to see one of his aircraft be the first to break the 1000mph...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551647029Author Nick HenckFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Black Rose BooksPublisher Black Rose Books

One of the great spectacles of modern naval history is the Imperial Japanese Navy's instrumental role in Japan's rise from an isolationist feudal kingdom to a potent military empire stridently confronting, in 1941, the world's most powerful nation. Years...

This series of books, based on the author's popular series for Flypast magazine, provides a fresh user-friendly look at the military airfields of Britain. The books, each of which includes a number of counties on a regional basis, are designed for the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467105484Author Lt Col George a Larson Usaf (Ret )Format PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing...

In July 1940, a desperately weakened Britain licks her wounds after the humiliating retreat from Dunkirk. How can the fight be taken to the enemy? New Prime Minister Winston Churchill orders the creation of the Special Operations Executive, to 'set...

When Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, launching World War Two, its army seemed an unstoppable force. The Luftwaffe bombed towns and cities across the country, and fifty divisions of the Wehrmacht crossed the border. Yet only two decades...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781425736712Author Robert L with Fjallstam Bjorn SimmenFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint XlibrisPublisher XlibrisWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

This classic Chinese text, the earliest known treatise on war, offers strategy and tactics that can be applied to every type of human conflict. Central to Sun Tzu's philosophy is the concept of using deception and superior intelligence to minimize risk,...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER MEDAL FOR MILITARY LITERATURE** **SHORTLISTED FOR BRITISH ARMY BOOK OF THE YEAR** In the wars in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan and in recent conflicts more generally, liberal powers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782918590446Author Phil H ListemannFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint PhileditionPublisher PhileditionWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 2mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905414123Author Tony ButlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingPublisher Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908032010Author Lukas FriedliFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Panzerwrecks LimitedPublisher Panzerwrecks LimitedDimensions(mm) 210mm * 280mm * 23mm

Minuteman: A Technical History of the Missile That Defined American Nuclear Warfare is a detailed history of the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile program, which has served as a powerful component of US nuclear strategies for over half a...

David Kilcullen is one of the world's foremost experts on guerrilla warfare. His vision of war has been enormously influential, through his service as senior counterinsurgency adviser to General David Petraeus during the Surge in Iraq, as special adviser...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619848764Author Robert EscobarFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Catoblepas PressPublisher Catoblepas PressWeight(grams) 957gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

A new translation for the 21st century.The Art of War by Sun Tzu is one of the most influential political and business books of our era. This gateway edition for the 21st century reader rediscovers the essential clarity of the ancient masterpiece, cited...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908032003Author Lee ArcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Lee ArcherPublisher Panzerwrecks LimitedDimensions(mm) 210mm * 280mm * 7mm

In World War Two, allied armies were issued with identification guides to the enemy armour they might encounter on the battlefield. These black & white printed books were a vital aide for soldiers dealing with the confusion of fighting and the difficulty...

While a large number of books have dealt with the navies and war at sea during the World Wars, the immediate aftermaths have generally received only minimal coverage. However, the fates of defeated navies are of enormous interest from a number of...

Since the end of the Cold War, America's national security establishment has been searching for a new operating theory to explain how this seemingly "chaotic" world actually works. Gone is the clash of blocs, but replaced by what? Thomas Barnett has the...

Just as the Anglo-Canadian forces in the east found it difficult to advance beyond Caen after D-Day, so the US First Army laboured to advance through the Norman bocage country in the west. The lethal struggle that developed there was a defining episode...

Covers the design and deployment of the Bv 138 in the Luftwaffe during WWII.Book InformationISBN 9780764302961Author Heinz J. NowarraFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 363g

This book gives descriptions and a photographic account of the ground radar systems of the Luftwaffe used during WWII.Book InformationISBN 9780764305672Author Werner MullerFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer...

As one of the earliest Arabs to join the Afghan Jihad, the Algerian Islamist Abdullah Anas counted as brothers-in-arms the future icons of al-Qaeda's global war, from Abdullah Azzam to Osama bin Laden, and befriended key Afghan resistance leaders such as...

As one of the earliest Arabs to join the Afghan Jihad, the Algerian Islamist Abdullah Anas counted as brothers-in-arms the future icons of al-Qaeda's global war, from Abdullah Azzam to Osama bin Laden, and befriended key Afghan resistance leaders such as...

Over the last decade, the rapid pace of innovation with drone technology has led to dozens of new and innovative commercial and scientific applications, from Amazon drone deliveries to the patrolling of national parks with drones. But what is less...

Military demolitions are the destruction by fire, water, explosive, and mechanical means of areas, structures, facilities, or materials to accomplish a military objective. The U.S. Army Explosives and Demolitions Handbook is a guide to the use of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906190507Author Valerie WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Hansib Publications LimitedPublisher Hansib Publications LimitedWeight(grams) 165g