Military

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979663680Author Gary BrecherFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Soft Skull PressPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070760Author David NicolleFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788893274531Author Enrico AcerbiFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Luca Cristini Editore (Soldiershop)Publisher Luca Cristini Editore...

In a gripping story of international power and deception, Jeffrey Engel reveals the "special relationship" between the United States and Great Britain in a new and far more competitive light. As allies, they fought communism. As rivals, they locked horns...

Appropriate for anyone who wants to take on a leadership role in the military or law enforcement-or even business-based on Paul Howe's unique insight as a Special Operations soldier. Leadership and Training for the Fight is the perfect guide for anyone...

This book tells the tale of the illustrious Royal Air Force career of Tom Clark, a World War Two gunner and post-war signaller in action during some of the most pivotal events of the twentieth century. Lovingly penned by his son, it provides an authentic...

The B-29 Superfortress was the definitive expression in piston-powered offensive air power. It was designed for an air force that was slowly realising it needed larger and heavy aircraft to support its operations, especially in the Pacific. Riding on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804510346Author David NicolleFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Ocean-going U-boats, each one not much longer than four European articulated lorries with up to sixty men inside them, sailed the far-off seas to reap havoc in hot inhospitable waters. The air forces and navies from Britain, the United States and other...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501166396Author Jim RasenbergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm)...

From World War I to Operation Desert Storm, American policymakers have repeatedly invoked the "lessons of history" as they contemplated taking their nation to war. Do these historical analogies actually shape policy, or are they primarily tools of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070593Author Albert GrandoliniFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486419510Author Alfred HuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

British Aircraft Manufacturers since 1909 traces one hundred years of the British aviation industry, its history, origins, mergers and takeovers. It details the evolution of the British aviation industry and is an epitaph to household famous names such...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891418870Author Simon MurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 172mm *...

The biggest success of the Focke Wulf company during the Second World War was the choice of a radial engine for the Fw 190 fighter, in this way avoiding to compete against Messerschmitt for the in line engines. The decision of the Oberkommando der...

Almost all the images in this collection of intriguing photographs have never been published before. They cover over a century of Portsmouth's rich history, during which street scenes changed beyond recognition. Communities grew and then were fragmented...

Had it not been for the vital contributions of the four men and their inventions described in this book the Battle of Britain could not have been won by the Royal Air Force. Each of these brilliant men contributed enormously to the aircraft and equipment...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Pulitzer Prize (History) 2021.Book InformationISBN 9781501152542Author Megan Kate NelsonFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635617467Author R P HunnicuttFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Echo Point Books & MediaPublisher Echo Point Books & MediaWeight(grams)...

208 Squadron based at RAF Valley in Anglesey will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in October 2016, making it one of the few RAF squadrons to achieve this unique distinction whilst still part of the RAFs current order of battle. To celebrate this...

Volume five of the Battle Colors series shifts to the Pacific Theater of Operations with a focus on the Fifth, Seventh, Eleventh and Thirteenth U.S. Army Air Forces. As with previous volumes the primary emphasis of this work is group/squadron emblems in...

The inspiring story of a US Special Forces soldier who was medically retired after stepping on an IED, and his incredible return to active duty.Sergeant First Class (SFC) Ryan Hendrickson is a brave, determined, and courageous soldier--a Green Beret...

Tornado Boys is the latest in the ever-popular Boys series, and differs from earlier titles. With the introduction of female pilots to the RAF in 1994, the Tornado was among the first aircraft to be flown by both men and women. This is acknowledged in...

This book examines US military bases across the globe including those in Latin America, Europe, and Asia. It documents the massive political, economic and environmental impacts that these outposts have and studies the movements and campaigns against them...

The Violent American Century addresses the US-led transformations in war conduct and strategising that followed 1945 - beginning with brutal localised hostilities, proxy wars, and the nuclear terror of the Cold War, and ending with the asymmetrical...

A highly illustrated history of the US Navy's nuclear submarine program, from the postwar years to the 2020 Columbia-class SSBNs. James C. Goodall covers the origins, design and development of the US Navy's fleet of nuclear-powered...

The Battle of the Bulge lives in history as the U.S. Army's largest and bloodiest battle of World War II. This innovative study of American military leadership in action during the battle examines the performance of six generals in the days and weeks...

41 Squadron RAF is one of the oldest RAF Squadrons in existence, having celebrated its 95th Anniversary in 2011. The unit has seen service from the First World War through policing duties in the Middle East in the 1930s, throughout the Second World War,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982143350Author Chris WallaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Avid Reader Press / Simon & SchusterPublisher Avid Reader Press / Simon &...

Drawn from many international sources, many not employed before in English-language publications, Armies of the Seven Years War is the finest reference work on this most complex of conflicts. It details the senior commanders, uniforms, weapons,...

In this companion volume to his photographic history of Soviet tanks and armoured vehicles, Anthony Tucker-Jones provides a visual guide to the vast array of aircraft, warships and missiles the Soviet armed forces deployed at the height of the Cold War...

This is the adventurous, insightful, and often chilling story of a road trip through a shadow nation of state secrets, clandestine military bases, black sites, hidden laboratories, and top-secret agencies that make up what insiders call the 'black world'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786155583681Author Wilhelm BenderFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint PeKo Publishing Kft.Publisher PeKo Publishing Kft.

'I remember seeing a flash, I turned around and heard a roar like a train approaching in a tunnel. Then a tremendous crack like a whiplash passed directly overhead. I saw a mushroom cloud ... There was black and white smoke, orange and red flames...

Originally one of the paramilitary groups that arose in Germany's turbulent 1920s , the SS grew from its original protection activities into the"Death's Head" troops and the Verfugungstruppe, and later during WWII, the Waffen-SS. During its evolution,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761042003Author Mike CarltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint William Heinemann AustraliaPublisher Random House AustraliaWeight(grams)...

The film Gettysburg introduced the general public to Union cavalry leader John Buford and his key role on the first day of the battle no full-length biography of the general has ever been written until now.Book InformationISBN 9780306812743Author Edward...

A global history of U.S. nuclear espionage from its World War II origins to twenty-first century threats from rogue states. For more than sixty years, the United States has monitored friends and foes who seek to develop the ultimate weapon. Since 1952...

In The Trojan war as Military History, the author's starting point is the fact that the Iliad, notwithstanding the fantastical/mythological elements (the involvement of gods and demigods), is the earliest detailed description of warfare we have...