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Death ray! Just an absurd idea peddled by con artists and amateur inventors and promoted by a sensationalist press? Not quite. Government leaders, military authorities and even mainstream scientists periodically endorsed the possibility of such a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711031890Author Pat WareFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

In recent years, India has asserted its desire not simply to be a balancing power but to become a leading power on the world stage. As India's economic development has steadily progressed, so too have its foreign policy and security ambitions. However,...

In August 1990, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein ordered his army to occupy the oil-rich state of Kuwait - an event that triggered the First Gulf War to liberate Kuwait using military force. Although this campaign was successfully completed by 1991,...

This comprehensive pocket guide includes full and up-to-date details of all British military organisations and structures. This edition includes detail regarding all of the UK MoD's latest future force proposals. The Armed Forces of the United Kindom...

Once again, the British Army Pocket Guide 2006-2007 will be a comprehensive guide to the organisation, equipment and tactics of today's British Army. This latest edition will incorporate the detail of all of the December 2004 army reorganisation and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780831757922Author John TolandFormat HardbackPage Count 652Imprint Smithmark PublishersPublisher Smithmark Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780831750619Author John JordanFormat HardbackImprint Smithmark PublishersPublisher Smithmark PublishersWeight(grams) 340g

This is a chronolgical account of SAS operations in conventional warfare from the early days in the western desert during World War II to the great "Scud Hunt" in Iraq during the Gulf War. It includes explanations of SAS operational procedures, weapons...

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-- A stunning account of the struggle for the Falklands -- Published to mark the twentieth anniversary of the campaign -- Captures the full experience of modern battle On Friday, April 9, 1982, a British task force set sail for the Falkland Islands...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781979242Author Hinkler Pty LtdPage Count 176Imprint Igloo Books LtdPublisher Bonnier Books LtdWeight(grams) 650g

Which was the most brilliant of Napoleon's victories? How close did the Duke of Wellington come to losing the battle of Waterloo? What qualities made 'Stonewall' Jackson a battlefield commander of genius? What tactics did Montgomery employ to defeat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780752419787Author Edmund YorkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint NPI Media GroupPublisher The History Press Ltd

James Knox Polk (1845-1849) was the first commander-in-chief to demand detailed knowledge of his administration's every action. He made audacious use of covert actions and was determined to keep these operations from the Congress. Polk authorized covert...

Using recently released French official documents and a variety of other sources, this study explains how the French Army, so recently defeated by the Viet Minh insurgents in Indochina, was able to successfully defeat the Algerian nationalist rebels on...

Women on the Land tells the remarkable story of women's contribution to agriculture and forestry during the two World Wars. It traces the formation and history of the Women's Land Army, and shows how women, mostly untrained and from non-farming...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780900587924Author J.J. WilkesFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Institute of Classical StudiesPublisher Institute of Classical Studies

Replete with larger-than-life characters, the American adventure in Cuba, Hawaii, and the Philippine Islands in 1898 was a watershed in the United States' rise to world power. In this superbly written narrative of what we now call the Spanish-American...

The period 1350-1750 saw major developments in European warfare, which not only had a huge impact on the way wars were fought, but also are critical to long-standing controversies about state development, the global ascendancy of the West, and the nature...

Lieutenant General Sir Frank Berryman is one of the most important, yet relatively unknown officers in the history of the Australian Army. Despite his reputedly caustic personality and noted conflicts with some senior officers, Berryman was crucial to...

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The dramatic story of Hitler and Stalin's marriage of convenience has been recounted frequently over the past 60 years, but with remarkably little consensus. As the first English-language study to analyze the development, extent, and importance of the...

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A full scale examination of the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War - the events that led to it, the Cold War aftermath, and the implications for the region and beyond.Book InformationISBN 9780873328739Author Jon WoronoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 303Imprint M.E...

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Silence lies between forgetting and remembering. This book explores how different societies have constructed silences to enable men and women to survive and make sense of the catastrophic consequences of armed conflict. Using a range of disciplinary...

In this groundbreaking study, Heather Jones provides the first in-depth and comparative examination of violence against First World War prisoners. She shows how the war radicalised captivity treatment in Britain, France and Germany, dramatically...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313214332Author Joseph G. DawsonFormat HardbackPage Count 1368Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780952915126Author Brian DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Brian DavisPublisher Brian Davis

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891412885Author Charles GaddFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio PressWeight(grams) 620g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780276444210Author Felicity Felicity GoodallFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Reader's DigestPublisher Reader's DigestWeight(grams) 1256g

The age of maritime expansion and the Anglo-Spanish War have been analyzed by generations of historians, but nearly all studies have emphasized events and participants at the top. This book examines the lives and experiences of the men of the Elizabethan...

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An in-depth account of Hitler's V-Weapons, the devastation they caused, and the massive Allied countermeasures taken to destroy themBook InformationISBN 9780306812927Author Benjamin KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Da Capo Press IncPublisher...

Mercenaries have been employed as auxiliaries since early times, but in the post-1945 world they have operated, almost exclusively, in weak Third World countries. From Columbia to the Congo, Angola to Papua New Guinea, Cambodia to Nicaragua, they have...

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