Military Science

This book describes the development of the legendary F4U Corsair, and follows it into battle from Guadalcanal to the Indian Ocean, Central Pacific Ocean, Korea, Africa, and Central America, and throughout its lengthy military career into Korea. Also...

The Military Covenant states that in exchange for their military service and their willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice, soldiers should receive the nation's support. Exploring the concept's invention by the Army in the late 1990s, its migration to...

Since the 1990s, private military and security companies (PMSCs) have intervened in civil wars around the globe. International, legally registered corporate actors have assisted governments with a myriad of tasks including combat support, logistics, army...

Defense forces have always invested a great deal of their resources in training. In recent times, changes in the complexity and intensity of operations have reaffirmed the importance of ensuring that warfighters are adequately prepared for the...

Number 4 in the Luftwaffe Profile Series describes the design and use of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190.Book InformationISBN 9780887408175Author Manfred GriehlFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

Rare history of the the secretive and seldom photographed Me 209 V1, V2, V3, and V4 prototypes.Book InformationISBN 9780764311079Author David MyhraFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

The legendary STUKA in a new collection of World War II era photos over a variety of war fronts.Book InformationISBN 9780764300929Author Fritz ZoebelFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

Throughout history, states have tried to create the perfect combatant with superhuman physical and cognitive features that are akin to those of comic book superheroes. However, the current innovations have nothing to do with the ones from the past and...

U.S. defense spending isn't excessive and, in fact, should continue to grow because it's both affordable and necessary in today's challenging world. The United States spends a lot of money on defense $607 billion in the current fiscal year. But...

The two books, by authors Andrei Alexandrov and Genadi Petrov, illustrated with many previously unpublished photos, depict the blooming period of the Soviet aviation industry, which owed a great deal of its knowledge to technology derived from German...

The pilot-operated Bachem Ba 349 "Natter" ("Adder") was one of several unexpected new weapons Germany was seeking to perfect for a more effective defense against Allied heavy bombers. The idea of the ground-to-air missile to slow down, if not stop,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471785309Author Peter A. HuchthausenFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

Will tomorrow's wars be dominated by autonomous drones, land robots and warriors wired into a cybernetic network which can read their thoughts? Will war be fought with greater or lesser humanity? Will it be played out in cyberspace and further afield in...

The legendary German fighter is shown here in all new photographs, and on a variety of war fronts. All early to late models are covered.Book InformationISBN 9780887409196Author Fritz X. KobelFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410201140Author V Ye SavkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the PacificWeight(grams)...

This new book is a detailed look at Germany's elite units of World War II. It covers the formation and combat use of the Waffen-SS, Fallschirmjager and mountain troops throughout the war and on a variety of war fronts. Details include pre-war formation...

Reknowned Japanese aircraft historians Richard Bueschel revises and updates his classic series of books on Japanese Naval and Army Air Force aircraft of World War II. The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa is presented in this volume. All variations and markings...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908487674Author War OfficeFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint FireStep PressPublisher FireStep Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908487599Author War OfficeFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint FireStep PressPublisher FireStep Publishing

This new book presents over seven years of research into the history of the M-1 helmet during World War II, and provides the most comprehensive examination of its development and production. All aspects of M-1 helmet production are covered including: the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845743154Author A. M. DanielsFormat PaperbackPage Count 197Imprint Naval & Military Press LtdPublisher Naval & Military Press Ltd

Covers the use and design of the Panzer I armored fighting vehicle.Book InformationISBN 9780887406737Author Horst ScheibertFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 272g

This is the first comprehensive, well-illustrated documentation on the Do 335, one of the milestones in German aviation history. The Do 335 was developed by Dornier as a heavy fighter in 1943. One of the last high-performance piston-engined aircraft...

Military Recruiting is a war. It's just a different kind of war than what you were prepared and trained to fight for. Recruiting is a war for talent. Smart, competent, and capable people are rare and in high demand. Every organization, from commercial...

Like its predecessors in the series, this book is an epic chronicle of previously unpublished topics, including the uniforms and equipment of the submarine force, PT boat squadrons, mine warfare men, gun crews, signalmen, and more. In addition,...

The people in the United States are experiencing an extreme degree of division, political partisanship, and civic disorder. Destructive fights are waged about matters such as misinformation, voting rights, school curriculum, government spending, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870034039Author Frederic M. WehreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Carnegie Endowment for International PeacePublisher Brookings Institution

Never before has such a complete pictorial history of Tactical Air Command been put together. The planes, demonstration teams, and foreign units of TAC are covered in pictorial and textual detail from the the 1940s to the 1990s. Included in this...

Siberia - infamous for its brutal winters, and larger than the entire United States - is not the only wilderness within the former Soviet Union. Harsh southern deserts, arctic islands, disputed border regions, and minority populations beligerent towards...

Throughout history, states have tried to create the perfect combatant with superhuman physical and cognitive features that are akin to those of comic book superheroes. However, the current innovations have nothing to do with the ones from the past and...

The ethics of changemaking and peacebuilding may appear straightforward: advance dignity, promote well-being, minimize suffering. Sounds simple, right? Actually acting ethically when it really matters is rarely straightforward. If someone engaged in...

The North American XB-70 is one of the most unusual looking aircraft in aviation history, and only two were constructed. It was originally designed as a Mach 3 high-altitude bomber, but was later used as a research aircraft. This new book by John...

Over 220 photos show the various R12 and R75 types in various combat roles on all war fronts.Book InformationISBN 9780887403064Author Janusz PiekalkiewiczFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

At its dawn in the early twentieth century, the new technology of aviation posed a crucial question to American and British cavalry: what do we do with the airplane? Lacking the hindsight of historical perspective, cavalry planners based their decisions...

Operational and technical history of Germany's World War II jet bomber and reconnaissance aircraft.Book InformationISBN 9780764314315Author Manfred GriehlFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

This book covers the guns that were emplaced along the Atlantic Wall by Germany during WWII.Book InformationISBN 9780764305726Author Karl HienzandFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

After World War II, the Soviet Union and the USA, who had been allies in the war, started moving towards political and military confrontation. The Soviet Union urgently needed a strategic bomber capable of striking at the USA. Thus, the windfall of three...

Unique history of the first Wehrmacht bomber aircraft including the early Dornier Do F, 11, and 13 models.Book InformationISBN 9780764300936Author H.P. DabrowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374519322Author John McPheeFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

Eugen SAnger's proposed manned, bi-fuel, liquid rocket-powered orbital bomber was truly mid-1940s high tech. The world's first intercontinental bomber project, the SAnger orbital bomber's total flight time was expected to be no more than two hours...