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Goldman convincingly argues that a little-known, but intense Soviet-Japanese conflict along the Manchurian- Mongolian frontier at Nomonhan influenced the outbreak of World War II and shaped the course of the war. He draws on Japanese, Soviet, and western...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908388322Author Smedley D ButlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Aziloth BooksPublisher Aziloth BooksWeight(grams) 115g

In 1935 the USAAC wanted to build a potential intercontinental bomber, a 'Guardian of the Hemisphere,' and granted Donald Douglas a contract to build the world's largest bomber. The groundwork for the intercontinental bomber had been laid in the previous...

This is the history of how the mighty Gothic Line was defeated by American air power, in one of the most pivotal but least-known air campaigns of World War II. By late 1944, the Italian Campaign was secondary to the campaigns in France, and Allied...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781979875981Author Research Associate Andrew JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Andrew JohnsonPublisher Andrew JohnsonWeight(grams) 327g

Though the French and British colonies in North America began on a 'level playing field', French political conservatism and limited investment allowed the British colonies to forge ahead, pushing into territories that the French had explored deeply but...

A sobering account of how the United States trapped itself in endless wars-abroad and at home-and what it might do to break free.Over the past half-century, Americans have watched their country extend its military power to what seemed the very ends of...

An authoritative and entertaining portrait of the fateful friendship that was destined to save Western civilization. Drawing extensively on his intimate knowledge of the two men's correspondence, Mr. Kimball shows beyond all doubt how critical their...

With specially commissioned artworks and dynamic combat ribbon diagrams, this volume reveals how the 'last of the gunfighters', as the F-8 was dubbed by its pilots, prevailed against the growing MiG threat of the Vietnamese People's Air Force. When...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982770078Author Lochlainn SeabrookFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Sea Raven PressPublisher Sea Raven PressWeight(grams) 342gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312563967Author Nathan SassamanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939438102Author William Guy CarrFormat HardbackPage Count 252Imprint Dauphin PublicationsPublisher Dauphin PublicationsWeight(grams) 540gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679738282Author Elisha Hunt RhodesFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

The exclusive and definitive look at the 50-year history of the Navy Fighter Weapons School. The history of air combat has seen one recurring theme-new tactics are learned in battle, forgotten or discarded when battle concludes, and relearned at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635615036Author R P HunnicuttFormat HardbackPage Count 234Imprint Echo Point Books & MediaPublisher Echo Point Books & MediaWeight(grams)...

Prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, submarines in the Pacific Ocean were divided between the US Asiatic Fleet and the US Pacific Fleet. This distinction was eliminated when the United States entered World War II. While the rest of the US fleet...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307450760Author Jim FrederickFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

In 1898, US public opinion turned against the Spanish for their repression of Cuba. Relations between the two governments soured and ultimately resulted in the mysterious blowing up of the USS Maine in Havana harbour, which triggered a short but...

The American war against British imperial rule (1775-1783) was the world's first great popular revolution. Ideologically defined by the colonists' formal Declaration of Independence in 1776, the struggle has taken on something of a mythic character. From...

We think of precision warfare as a modern invention, closely associated with the Gulf War, the Kosovo Campaign and drone technologies. But its origins go back much further in history.As historian James Patton Rogers reveals, this quest to achieve...

Thousands of people have heard Kris "Tanto" Paronto speak about his experiences in Benghazi on September 11, 2012. But before he was a security contractor, Tanto was a US Army Ranger from 2nd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment. In The Ranger Way, Tanto...

At the dawn of the supersonic jet age, aircraft designers were forced to devise radical new planforms that suited the new power of the jet engine. One of the most successful was the delta wing. Although Gloster produced the delta wing Javelin, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594482014Author John CrawfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 197g

A vivid narrative history, packed with first-hand accounts, of the US Eighth Air Force's VIII Fighter Command from its foundation in 1942 through to its victory in the skies over Nazi Germany. On August 7, 1942, two events of major military...

In 1938 the US Chief of Infantry requested that the Ordnance Department develop a carbine to be used by service and support troops, artillerymen, machine-gun crews, tankers, mortar crews and other troops not needing the power of the M1 Garand rifle. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451239891Author John C. McManusFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 533gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

On the early morning of March 16, 1968, American soldiers from three platoons of Charlie Company (1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division), entered a group of hamlets located in the Son Tinh district of South Vietnam,...

This is the inside story of an Army Ranger, surrounded and outnumbered, fighting a desperate action on the ground during the Black Hawk Down raid in Somalia in 1993. In 1993 Lieutenant James Lechner, a member of the 3rd Ranger Battalion, was...

This book completes an authoritative two-part study on the Standard-type US battleships of World War II - ships that were designed to fight a different type of war than the one that unfolded. It gives precise technical details of the design history and...

George S. Patton Jr. lived an exciting life in war and peace, but he is best remembered for his World War II battlefield exploits. Patton's War: An American General's Combat Leadership: November 1942-July 1944, the first of three volumes, follows the...

The U.S. 1st Infantry Division (1st ID), familiarly known as the Big Red One, adapted to dynamic battlefield conditions throughout the course of its deployment during World War II by innovating and altering behavior, including tactics, techniques, and...

Seven minutes past midnight on 9 March 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a more than 1,800-degree firestorm that liquefied asphalt and vaporised thousands; sixteen square miles of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307275363Author Max HastingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 606gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812978728Author Bruce LevineFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

America's entry into World War One in April 1917 marked the end of one era in the nation's history and the start of another. As acclaimed historian Michael S. Neiberg reveals in his compelling new work, the Great War erupted in the midst of lively...

This second of three volumes of Patton's Warpicks up where the first one left off, examining General George S. Patton's leadership of the U.S. Third Army. The book follows Patton's contributions to both the Normandy and Brittainy campaigns; the closing...

Between 1940 and 1945, the Diamond T Motor Car Company supplied just over 50,000 vehicles to the US military, and also to the Allies. Of these, just over 30,000 were heavy 4-ton 6x6 trucks of varying types: cargo, tow truck, pontoon carrier, engineer,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451472243Author Mark OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint New American LibraryPublisher New American LibraryWeight(grams) 305g

As the Allies attempted to break out of Normandy, it quickly became apparent that there would be no easy victory over the Germans, and that every scrap of territory on the way to Berlin would have to be earned through hard fighting. This study...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451195081Author John L. PlasterFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 170mm *...