Military Science

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316533539Author Christian BroseFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm...

Shown are the weaponry, uniforms and other equipment of the German paratroops as used on all fronts throughout World War II.Book InformationISBN 9780887409646Author EditorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer...

Northern 'Q': The History of Royal Air Force, Leuchars takes its title from the long standing primary role as one of the oldest airfields in the UK. Leuchars began its links with military aviation as far back as 1911 with the arrival of the Royal...

Birmingham has been a key innovator in the gun trade since the seventeenth century and the Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof house operates to this day. Between 1855 and 1861 six million arms were testing and proofed here - many of them destined for the USA...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616082826Author Barry DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 231mm...

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...

More than a tenth of the Roman army's total strength was stationed in Britain. Focusing on the auxiliary forts that were occupied from the second century onwards, this work looks at: the plans and functions of forts; the everyday life of officers and...

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...

Deployed to the European front in November 1944, the 761st Tank Battalion was almost immediately ambushed by a veteran German force. Despite suffering heavy casualties, the unit cut its way out of the trap. Quickly battle hardened, the tankers continued...

In this important book, eminent authorities discuss how various nations have sought to integrate their political, economic, and military goals in order to preserve their long-term interests in time of war and peace. Edited and with two chapters written...

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...

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...

This volume in the Praeger Security International (PSI) series Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era defines the laws of insurgency and outlines the strategy and tactics to combat such threats. Drawn from the observations of a French officer, David...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101971215Author Hampton SidesFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

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...

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

In Wired for War, P. W. Singer explores the great est revolution in military affairs since the atom bomb: the dawn of robotic warfare. We are on the cusp of a massive shift in military technology that threatens to make real the stuff of I, Robot and The...

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...

This book covers in photos and text all of the conversion kits that were available for the Luftwaffe's Bf 109.Book InformationISBN 9780764305658Author Harald VogtFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

The F-104 Starfighter is quite possibly one of the most photographed aircraft of all time. It is certainly one of the most iconic. Here, Martin Bowman offers up a well researched, comprehensive and thoroughly entertaining history of this impressive...

Model ship building does not have to be an expensive hobby. The author takes you by the hand on a journey through one of the oldest crafts - nowadays a hobby - and shows how you can build an end product of fascination, history, skill and value using...

Along with numerous photographs of the bunkers in use and their structures, this book also offers schematics of the layout of some of the larger U-boat bunkers to be constructed by Germany. Covered are the bunkers of St. Nazaire, Brest, Bordeaux,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789562914970Author Department of the ArmyFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint www.bnpublishing.comPublisher www.bnpublishing.comWeight(grams) 349g

During the last decade, 'Hybrid Warfare' has become a novel yet controversial term in academic, political and professional military lexicons, intended to suggest some sort of mix between different military and non-military means and methods of...

In Defending Humanity , internationally acclaimed legal scholar George P. Fletcher and Jens David Ohlin, a leading expert on international criminal law, tackle one of the most important and controversial questions of our time: When is war justified? When...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780446514521Author Tim WeinerFormat HardbackPage Count 273Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm)...

The warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subject in naval history with an almost uncountable number of books devoted to them. However, for a concise but authoritative summary of the design history and careers of the...

A renowned philosopher challenges long-held views on just wars, ethical conduct during war, why wars occur, how they alter people and societies, and more For residents of the twenty-first century, a vision of a future without warfare is almost...

Allowing the user to inflict damage on his opponent within throwing range without leaving cover, the portable, lethally efficient hand grenade is a ubiquitous weapon of modern warfare, and has now found its way into law-enforcement arsenals too...

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...

The third book in the bestselling "Artech House EW 100" series is dedicated entirely to the practical aspects of electronic warfare against enemy communication. Like its predecessors, EW 103 presents a series of highly informative and easy-to-comprehend...

Colin Gray presents an inventive treatise on the nature of strategy, war, and peace, organized around forty maxims. This collection of mini essays will forearm politicians, soldiers, and the attentive general public against many-probably most- fallacies...

In June 1941 the US Army's air organisations were consolidated under a single command, the Army Air Forces or AAF. Its expansion was rapid and massive, and its contribution to the war effort was substantial. Books abound describing the AAF's impressive...

In the past, an excavated musket ball might simply have been catalogued as either a ""spherical lead bullet"" or an ""impacted bullet."" But each recovered ball, far from being a mere lump of lead, is a part of history and has a story to tell. With the...

The assassination of Osama bin Laden by SEAL Team 6 in May 2011 will certainly figure among the greatest achievements of US Special Forces. After nearly ten years of searching, they descended into his Pakistan compound in the middle of the night, killed...

Poison gas was one of the most fearful weapons of its day and added a terrifying new dimension to modern warfare. In 1915, the only item a soldier had to protect himself from the harmful effects of gas was a shell dressing, soaked in his own urine and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857803464Author Philip BirtlesFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Midland PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing