Military Science

This four volume set by Thomas M. Johnson, a leading collector and authoritative researcher, has been compiled to serve as a useful and authoritative reference on the daggers of Nazi Germany, and have been designed to aid not only the beginning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385418850Author Susan GriffinFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)...

Drone warfare described from the perspectives of drone operators, victims of drone attacks, anti-drone activists, international law, military thinkers, and others. "[A] thoughtful examination of the dilemmas this new weapon poses." -Foreign...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062843593Author Sean McfateFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Understanding the Syrian revolution is unthinkable without an in-depth analysis from below. Paying attention to the complex activities of the grassroots resistance, this book demands we rethink the revolution. Having lived in Syria for over fifteen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908032058Author Lee ArcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Panzerwrecks LimitedPublisher Panzerwrecks LimitedWeight(grams) 440g

David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare, a ground-breaking theorist whose ideas "are revolutionizing military thinking throughout the west" (Washington Post). Indeed, his vision of...

War lay at the heart of life in the classical world, from conflicts between tribes or states to internal or civil wars. Battles were resolved by violent face-to-face encounters: war was a very personal experience. At the same time, warfare and its...

The most successful film franchise of all time, Star Wars thrillingly depicts an epic multigenerational conflict fought a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. But the Star Wars saga has as much to say about successful strategies and real-life warfare...

A sweeping yet concise account of history's empires that managed to maintain dominance for long stretches. What should the United States do with its power? What goals should it have, and how should it pursue them? Ultimately, what do Americans want...

The fifth book in the bestselling Artech House EW 100 series explores electronic warfare (EW) in space. Practical problems - including intercept and jamming of hostile signals transmitted from the Earth's surface and the vulnerability of satellite links...

Located at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia, the School of the Americas (soa) is a U.S. Army center that has trained more than sixty thousand soldiers and police, mostly from Latin America, in counterinsurgency and combat-related skills since it was...

Even today Wilhelm Canaris is the principal mystery man of the Nazi regime - a man that historians cannot easily classify; a man who rarely showed his hand, who talked little and preferred to listen. Few who knew him ever understood his intentions or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984061433Author General James F AmosFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Signalman PublishingPublisher Signalman PublishingWeight(grams) 567g

As the People's Republic's seemingly inexorable rise to economic and military power con-tinues, never has the need for a better grasp of Chinese strategic thought by the West been more acute. In Deciphering Sun Tzu, Derek Yuen seeks to reclaim for the...

During the Cold War the concept of international security was understood in military terms as the threat or use of force by states. The end of EastDWest hostilities, however, brought 'critical' perspectives to the fore as scholars sought to explain the...

Foreword by Admiral Lord West of Spithead Few people, even in the Navy, are even aware of this dreadful incident [the loss of submarine HMS Truculent in the Thames] and certainly not the details of human error that led to this huge loss of life. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948803205Author David Hatcher ChildressFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Adventures Unlimited PressPublisher Adventures Unlimited PressWeight(grams)...

Motorcycles entered military service in World War I, replacing the mounted despatch rider and mechanizing machine-gun and stretcher units. The conflict brought an enormous upsurge in the use of motorcycles in Europe and America. This comprehensive new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937684549Author War DepartmentFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

War is a paradox. On the one hand, it destroys bodies and destroys communities. On the other hand, it is responsible for some of the strongest human bonds and has been the genesis of many of our most fundamental institutions. War and Society addresses...

In this widely discussed and influential book, Herman Kahn probes the dynamics of escalation and demonstrates how the intensification of conflict can be depicted by means of a definite escalation ladder, ascent of which brings opponents closer to all-out...

War at the Speed of Light explores the ever-increasing and revolutionary role of directed-energy weapons in warfare, including laser, microwave, electromagnetic pulse (EMP), and cyberspace weapons. In addition, this book delineates the threat that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955594045Author Lee ArcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Lee ArcherPublisher Panzerwrecks LimitedDimensions(mm) 210mm * 280mm * 7mm

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

Noted Luftwaffe historians Jochen Prien and Peter Rodeike present in this brand new book the Messerschmitt BF 109F, G and K models. Over 500 photos - most never published and some in rare color - superb line schemes, and detailed text show the late model...

This classic, definitive series continues with this volume on German halftracked vehicles from 1909-1945. Spielberger, a leading expert in the field of German military vehicles, presents the wide variety of halftracked types and their wide range of uses...

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,...

Strategy and Defence Planning: Meeting the Challenge of Uncertainty explores and examines why and how security communities prepare purposefully for their future defence. The author explains that defence planning is the product of interplay among...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060927622Author Carlo D'EsteFormat PaperbackPage Count 992Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955060168Author Kenneth James Stuart BallantyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Laundry Cottage BooksPublisher Laundry Cottage Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789872330Author Edward J RuppeltFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Pantianos ClassicsPublisher Pantianos ClassicsWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm)...

In the late 1950s, the Sukhoi Design Bureau, already an established fighter maker, started work on a successor to its Su-9 and Su-11 single-engined interceptors for the national Air Defence Force. Similar to its predecessors, the new aircraft designated...

No longer dogs of war running ragtag armies, the new breed of private soldiers operate their million-dollar contracts from executive boardrooms worldwide. Whether they're ex-special forces, CIA spooks or Foreign Legionnaires, you'll find them exchanging...

Unmanned combat air vehicles, or in common parlance 'drones', have become a prominent instrument in US efforts to counter an objective (and subjective) cross-border terrorist threat with lethal force. As a result, critical questions abound on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781512411720Author Rob IvesFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Hungry Tomato (R)Publisher Hungry Tomato (R)Weight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 171mm *...

This is fourth in mulit-volume series covering United States Navy patches from World War II to the present-each volume contains over 1000 patches in full color. This new volume covers: Activities, Bases, Centers, Commands, Communications, Cruises,...

Foreword by Admiral Lord West Whilst living in Liverpool, Britain's second most heavily bombed city during World War II, the author experienced at first-hand the terrible effects of the war on the civilian population and when studying at Cambridge he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486254340Author Charles Hugh StevensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

The first full history of US nuclear secrecy, from its origins in the late 1930s to our post-Cold War present. The American atomic bomb was born in secrecy. From the moment scientists first conceived of its possibility to the bombings of Hiroshima and...