Military Science

When originally published in 1981, The Hand Cannons of Imperial Japan was heralded as one of the most readable works on firearms ever produced. To arms collectors and scholars, it remains a prized source of information on Japanese handguns, their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912440641Author William F. OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Howgate Publishing LimitedPublisher Howgate Publishing LimitedWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912440658Author William F. OwenFormat HardbackPage Count 220Imprint Howgate Publishing LimitedPublisher Howgate Publishing LimitedWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815755531Author Michael MccGwireFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 712gDimensions(mm)...

In light of the spectacular performance of American high-technology weapons in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, as well as the phenomenal pace of innovation in the modern computer industry, many defense analysts have posited that we are on the threshold of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authornzberg /f EliBook InformationISBN 9780837184685Format HardbackPage Count 294Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authornerstein /f Herbert /i SamuelBook InformationISBN 9780837186580Format HardbackPage Count 265Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

This volume documents military advances in personnel measurement technology and practices. The military is the unquestionable forerunner of this technology. Until now some of this knowledge has not been easily accessible to the scientific community at...

Twelve experts analyze existing threats to American security, problems of defense, the prospects of limited and total wars, and possible strategies to meet the crisis in light of the stresses and strengths of NATO.About the Authororr /f Klauss /i Eugen...

Histories of all important and historically significant overseas U.S. naval and Marine Corps bases and facilities are presented alphabetically in this work. Those bases within a geographic area that permits (or permitted) overflight rights, port visits,...

A Maoist revolution has been raging in Nepal since 1996. In 1999, Li Onesto became the first foreign journalist to travel deep into the guerrilla zones. Allowed unprecedented access, she interviewed political leaders, guerrilla fighters, villagers in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632407375Author Osmond LynchFormat HardbackPage Count 215Imprint Clanrye InternationalPublisher Clanrye InternationalWeight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788562022043Author Carl Von ClausewitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Iap - Information Age Pub. Inc.Publisher Iap - Information Age Pub. Inc...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780522868227Author Joanne WallisFormat PaperbackPage Count 418Imprint Melbourne University PressPublisher Melbourne University PressWeight(grams)...

Many famous texts from classical antiquity-by historians like Thucydides, tragedians like Sophocles and Euripides, the comic poet Aristophanes, the philosopher Plato, and, above all, Homer-present powerful and profound accounts of wartime experience,...

The Maori economy is often defined simply by the contributions of Maori in New Zealand in the areas of farming, fisheries and forestry. This book explores the ways that Maori in the privatised military industry contribute in monetary and non-monetary...

This second edition of the basic textbook in shipboard engineering presents the latest information on steam, gas turbine, and nuclear propulsion, as well as auxiliary systems, ship stability, and damage control. New to this edition is a section on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780817356576Author Richard P. HallionFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint The University of Alabama PressPublisher The University of Alabama...

In this first history of the military ambulance, historian John S. Haller Jr. documents the development of medical technologies for treating and transporting wounded soldiers on the battlefield. Noting that the word ambulance has been used to refer to...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly used in military missions because they have the advantages of not placing human life at risk and of lowering operation costs via decreased vehicle weight. These benefits can be fully realized only if UAVs...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780522873962Author Paul DibbFormat PaperbackPage Count 191Imprint Melbourne University PressPublisher Melbourne University PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780700602544Author Maurice PeartonFormat PaperbackPage Count 287Imprint University Press of KansasPublisher University Press of KansasWeight(grams)...

From the American Revolution to the global war on terror, U.S. Army doctrine has evolved to regulate the chaos of armed conflict by providing an intellectual basis for organizing, training, equipping, and operating the military. Walter E. Kretchik...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833030368Author Obaid YounossiFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 263g

Life today is rife with rapid-fire "high alert" responses, a proliferating trend that is especially pronounced in the United States (though most certainly felt elsewhere as well), where past catastrophes shape expanding perceptions of imminent danger...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345471673Author Darryl YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Random House Publishing GroupPublisher Random House Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Maritime powers dominate the planet, from the British empire of the 19th century, to the American post-World War II domination of global affairs. To a large degree their control of the globe is based on control of the seas. This book seeks to examine the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666350319Author Mari SchucFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Pebble BooksPublisher Pebble BooksWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 209mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617614361Author Belinda M WhiteFormat HardbackPage Count 142Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 366g

This probing examination of the period just before and after Hitler came to power corrects many misconceptions about German rearmament. Drawing on previously unexploited sources, Edward Bennett unravels German military plans and shows their implications,...

To contribute to the worldwide debate on President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, here are two important studies, Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies and Anti-Satellite Weapons, Countermeasures. and Arms Control. Originally published in 1986...

Glenn Bugh provides a comprehensive discussion of a subject that has not been treated in full since the last century: the history of the Athenian cavalry. Integrated into a narrative history of the cavalry from the Archaic period through the Hellenistic...

In Disarmed Democracies: Domestic Institutions and the Use of Force, David P. Auerswald examines how the structure of domestic political institutions affects whether democracies use force or make threats during international disputes. Auerswald argues...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board (ARLTAB) provides biennial assessments of the scientific and technical quality of the research, development, and analysis programs at the...

A high percentage of defense systems fail to meet their reliability requirements. This is a serious problem for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), as well as the nation. Those systems are not only less likely to successfully carry out their intended...

Assessment of Supercritical Water Oxidation System Testing for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant reviews and evaluates the results of the tests conducted on one of the SCWO units to be provided to Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction...

The charge of the Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board (ARLTAB) is to provide biennial assessments of the scientific and technical quality of the research, development, and analysis programs at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL). The...

The Pueblo Chemical Depot (PCD) in Colorado is one of two sites that features U.S. stockpile of chemical weapons that need to be destroyed. The PCD features about 2,600 tons of mustard-including agent. The PCD also features a pilot plant, the Pueblo...

The Panel on Statistical Methods for Testing and Evaluating Defense Systems had a broad mandate-to examine the use of statistics in conjunction with defense testing. This involved examining methods for software testing, reliability test planning and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781624170829Author Jonathan BartensteinFormat HardbackPage Count 158Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams)...