Military Science

The German army of World War II fed their men from field kitch ens like these. The cooks risked danger and adversity to deliver hot meals to the soldiers at the front. Now World War II reenactors have put the field kitchen back to work. This book looks...

The Age of Orion is the first book devoted solely to the development and operational use of the illustrious USN maritime patrol and anti-submarine hunting aircraft the Lockheed P-3 Orion. David Reade details for the first time the complete history and...

This samurai strategy books is the first widely available English translation of Yamamoto Kansuke's classic treatise on strategy and tactics.Secrets of the Japanese Art of Warfare is Thomas Cleary's translation of the seminal writings attributed to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789198232516Author Petr DolezalFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Canfora Grafisk FormPublisher Canfora Grafisk FormWeight(grams) 500gDimensions(mm) 210mm...

This classic, definitive series continues with this volume on Czech panzers and armored vehicles in German use from 1920-1945. Spielberger, a leading expert in the field of German military vehicles, presents the wide variety of variants on the 35(t) and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843425618Author The War OfficeFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Naval & Military Press LtdPublisher Naval & Military Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843423669Author C.Digby PlanckFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Naval & Military Press LtdPublisher Naval & Military Press Ltd

MUSTANG - Considered by many to be the best fighter aircraft of the Second World War. This new book by aviation historian Larry Davis begins with Mustang production in early 1941 with the British Air Purchasing Committee order fro 320 aircraft in August...

This book uniquely looks at the many facets of Greek generalship through the individual careers of some of the best-known Greek commanders. They include the Spartan king Leonidas, who embodied his countrymen's heroic ethos in the battle of Thermopylae...

This informative and long overdue account provides an extraordinary amount of insight into the Neptunes lengthy history, beginning with its inception during World War II to the present day survivors. Lockheeds Neptune was the first aircraft designed...

Over the years the B-32 has been described only in a small number of magazine articles and in a booklet that have generally given a superficial and incomplete account, maligning the bomber, fairly or not, as a mediocre design besieged with developmental...

After twenty-five years of service with the USAF, the F-15 is still the most effective air superiority fighter in the world today. In addition, the F-15E Strike Eagle has taken over the F-111's role as the USAF's Strike Fighter. This book chronicles,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809093557Author Jonathan Fetter-VormFormat PaperbackImprint Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.Publisher Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.

This new study of the sea-going Phantoms includes contributions from over a hundred aircrew and maintainers who were involved in the Phantom's success from the earliest service development flying to its twilight years in the Reserve units. There are...

Created by aviation pioneer Willy Messerschmitt, the Bf 109 was an innovative, ground-breaking design. In the face of stiff competition from other German aircraft manufacturers, this powerful, maneuverable and light aircraft was selected as the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903630181Author Hugh HarkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 147Imprint Centurion PublishingPublisher Centurion PublishingDimensions(mm) 246mm * 189mm * 10mm

Here is the Official US Army guide to staying alive in survival situations--and making your way to safety, no matter the obstacles! Compiled from the most relevant and important survival information offered by current U.S. Army personnel, and proved by...

The M9 has been the United States Army's standard bayonet for over two decades - with no plans in sight to replace it. In fact, it is already the longest serving American bayonet, joining the M-16 as an enduring symbol of the American soldier. Without...

War, like death and taxes, seems eternal but is it inevitable? Do nations simply blunder into it? What is victory and how is it achieved? The author of this original and lively study answers these and other perennial questions about War and Warfare...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684111398Author Kurt SaxonFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Stanfordpub.comPublisher Stanfordpub.comWeight(grams) 1102gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm *...

Number 3 in the Luftwaffe Profile Series describes the design and use of the Heinkel He 219 UHU.Book InformationISBN 9780887408199Author Joachim DresselFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

Detailed developmental and operational history of the first USAF dedicated all-weather, jet-powered interceptor. It also features the colorful paint schemes applied to F-89s, which should appeal to both modelers and historians.Book InformationISBN...

One of the only books available that presents German battle tanks in full color. Numerous color images depict battle tanks in both static and active positions.Book InformationISBN 9780887402081Author Horst ScheibertFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780396743Author J F C FullerFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Books Express PublishingPublisher Books Express PublishingWeight(grams)...

'In war, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns. Thus it may be known that the leader of armies is the arbiter of the people's fate, the man on whom it depends whether the nation shall be in peace or peril...' ("Sun Tzu The Art of War")...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935700463Author United States NavyFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams) 299g

Covered is the variety of British, French, American, Russian and other armored cars used by the Wehrmacht.Book InformationISBN 9780764301803Author Werner RegenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

Covers all German heavy bomber models used during WWII.Book InformationISBN 9780887406706Author Joachim DresselFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 318g

Are contemporary soldiers exploited by the state and society that they defend? More specifically, have America's professional service members disproportionately carried the moral weight of America's war-fighting decisions since the inception of an...

This book gives an account of the French model tanks used by Germany during WWII.Book InformationISBN 9780764302657Author Werner RegenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 363g

Tank and mechanized forces spearhead Red Army operations from the gates of Stalingrad to the center of Berlin. This new book profiles Six Soviet commanders who rose to lead six tank armies created by the Red Army on the eastern front during the Second...

A concise history pictorial of Richard Vogt's well known asymmetrical flying machine. Includes many never before published photographs and schematics.Book InformationISBN 9780764313974Author David MyhraFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Schiffer...

This book describes in excellent detail and striking photos, many unpublished, the development and amassing of Russia's armored vehicles from World War I through World War II. Included in this text are those models that did not make it to production, and...

From the early days of World War II, it was clear that the Wehrmacht's antitank units would need to be motorized as existing horse- or automobile-drawn units were too slow to be effective. Initially, antitank guns were mounted onto available, usually...

Captured Tanks in German Service: Small Tanks and Armored Tractors 1939-45Book InformationISBN 9780764305733Author Werner RegenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 363g

This pictorial book is a history of the F-117 Night Hawk Stealth Fighter containing over 400 color photographs. It is a "Roll Call" of the F-117 with individual history and photos of each F-117. In addition the book includes a short program history;...

This book covers the wide variety of large caliber artillery used by the German Wehrmacht along northern France during World War II. Also explained and diagramed are the massive emplacements, as well as ammunition and fire-control devices.Book...

A technology expert describes the ever-increasing role of artificial intelligence in weapons development, the ethical dilemmas these weapons pose, and the potential threat to humanity. Artificial intelligence is playing an ever-increasing role in...

Don Logan's latest book ""his tenth with Schiffer Publishing, and the first in a planned multi-volume set on F-4 Phantoms chronicles the service of the McDonnell-Douglas F-4 and RF-4 Phantom II in the U.S. Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard...

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...