Military Science

This book is the first comprehensive and easy to use reference since World War II covering prominent German wartime plastics manufacturers and products. Aimed squarely at World War II German militaria, ordnance, and small arms collectors, the author...

During the late 1930s the He 100 was the fastest aircraft, yet was used only for propaganda purposes.Book InformationISBN 9780887403453Author H.P. DabrowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

Covers the various models of the Junkers Ju 290 and its counterparts.Book InformationISBN 9780764302978Author Heinz J. NowarraFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 363g

In Gambling with Violence, Yelena Biberman tackles a global problem that is particularly consequential for Pakistan and India: state outsourcing of violence to ordinary civilians, criminals, and ex-insurgents. Why would these countries gamble with their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937684396Author War DepartmentFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

The rugged German self-propelled anti-tank gun that used the 38(t) chassis on a variety of war fronts.Book InformationISBN 9780764303944Author Horst ScheibertFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

Covers all of the light half-tacked prime movers used by Germany during WWII.Book InformationISBN 9780764302626Author Reinhard FrankFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 363g

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This work features the fresh thinking of twenty-eight leading authors from a variety of military and national security disciplines. Following an introduction by Lt. Gen. James Dubik, Commander I Corps, U.S. Army, the anthology first considers the...

Superb study of the 88, 105, 128 and 150mm guns.Book InformationISBN 9780887402630Author Werner MullerFormat HardbackPage Count 140Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 953g

Nanoweapons just might render humanity extinct in the near future-a notion that is frightening and shocking but potentially true. In Nanoweapons Louis A. Del Monte describes the most deadly generation of military weapons the world has ever encountered...

The French Vautour was designed to serve as an attack aircraft, bomber and nightfighter. Israel purchased all three versions and was the only nation to operate all three types. Sqdn.110 recon Vautours collected imagery crucial for IAF Operation Focus,...

Number 8 in the Luftwaffe Profile Series describes the design and use of the Arado Ar 240.Book InformationISBN 9780887409233Author Gerhard LangFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 181g

This book is a detailed look at the World War II German assault gun in all its variants. Everything from design and construction, to ammunition, tactics, and operations on all war fronts is presented. War era photos show up-close details, as well as...

One of the true land-marks of flight, this book covers its limited yet devastating use during WWII.Book InformationISBN 9780887404085Author Joachim EngelmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410202444Author Michael PillsburyFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937684334Author Department of the ArmyFormat PaperbackPage Count 428Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937684518Author Department of the ArmyFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams)...

The famous "Tante Ju" in its legendary transport role over a variety of war fronts.Book InformationISBN 9780887405235Author Heinz J. NowarraFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 272g

This book sheds new light on the origins and nature of modern military thinking. The ideas of Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) - which remain at the heart of strategic analysis today - have hitherto been examined largely in isolation from their cultural...

Here is a comprehensive analysis of rearmament under the Baldwin and Chamberlain governments. It reveals the primary determinants of events and provides important new information regarding the principal considerations underlying Chamberlain's policy of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908487919Author War OfficeFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint FireStep PressPublisher FireStep PublishingDimensions(mm) 132mm * 107mm * 12mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628371840Author Charlie TrimmFormat PaperbackPage Count 750Imprint Society of Biblical LiteraturePublisher Society of Biblical LiteratureWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940453064Author Department of the ArmyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570919572Author Jerry PallottaFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Charlesbridge PublishingPublisher Charlesbridge PublishingWeight(grams) 279g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955984013Author Kev DarlingFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Big Bird Aviation PublishingPublisher Big Bird Aviation PublishingWeight(grams)...

Number 6 in the Luftwaffe Profile Series describes the design and use of the Flettner Fl 282.Book InformationISBN 9780887409219Author Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.Format PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

Shows the developmental history of every German airplane utilized in the aerial attack and reconnaissance roles. The many types, variants, and models - to include those revolutionary, futuristic projects which never took to the air - are comprehensively...

A detailed look at the aircraft proposed by Gotha to replace the Horten Ho 229, which had already been selected for series production by the RLM. Includes a comparison of the two aircraft, as well as firsthand interviews with those involved in the...

The Hellenistic pike-phalanx was a true military innovation, transforming the face of warfare in the ancient world. For nearly 200 years, from the rise of the Macedonians as a military power in the mid-fourth century BC, to their defeat at the hands of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780947506155Author Jeff EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Oratia BooksPublisher Oratia Media

Ever since its foundation in 2002, the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility has become the symbol for many people around the world of all that is wrong with the 'war on terror'. Secretive, inhumane, and illegal by most international standards, it has been...

Number 2 in the Luftwaffe Profile Series describes the design and use of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 G/K.Book InformationISBN 9780887408182Author Manfred GriehlFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

The Luftwaffe's Arado Ar 232 combat area transport flew for the first time in the summer of 1941, and was a state-of-the-art flying machine, abounding with technological firsts and innovations. Author David Myhra has controbuted 200 black and white...

GPS Declassified examines the development of GPS from its secret, Cold War military roots to its emergence as a worldwide consumer industry. Drawing on previously unexplored documents, Richard D. Easton and Eric F. Frazier examine how military rivalries...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843422709Author Greenhill GardyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 546Imprint Naval & Military Press LtdPublisher Naval & Military Press Ltd

Number 7 in the Luftwaffe Profile Series describes the design and use of the Heinkel He 60.Book InformationISBN 9780887409226Author Gerhard LangFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 318g

The He 111 flew over every front from the first day of the Second World War to the last and was among the most produced aircraft of the Luftwaffe. Aerodynamically a very clean aircraft, it was a superior bomber during the first two years of the war. This...

The F-117 was probably the most secret aircraft ever developed. The Stealth technology upon which the plane was based made it unique in its appearance. With its stark black appearence and wispy configuration, the plane was a strange departure from the...

Historian Alfred W. Crosby looks at hard, accurate throwing and the manipulation of fire as unique human capabilities. Humans began throwing rocks in prehistory and then progressed to javelins, atlatls, bows and arrows. We learned to make fire by...