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The Hand Grenade Gordon L. Rottman 9781472807342
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £14.24Allowing the user to inflict damage on his opponent within throwing range without leaving cover, the portable, lethally efficient hand grenade is a ubiquitous weapon of modern warfare, and has now... -
Vietnam War Booby Traps by Gordon L. Rottman
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.78During the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong were frequently unable to hold their own in stand-up fights against US and allied forces who were superior in strength, firepower, mobility, and logistics. They... -
Grunt Slang in Vietnam: Words of the War by Gordon L. Rottman
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £22.84The slang, the unique vocabulary of the soldiers and Marines serving in Vietnam was a mishmash of words and phrases reaching back to the Korean War, World War II, and even earlier. At the same time... -
US Army Air Force (1) by Gordon L. Rottman
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.44In June 1941 the US Army's air organisations were consolidated under a single command, the Army Air Forces or AAF. Its expansion was rapid and massive, and its contribution to the war effort was... -
Hunters Island: Beyond Honor by Gordon L. Rottman 9781636240701
RRP: £22.50Booksplease Price: £17.08Private Henrik Hahnemann is an eighteen-year-old Missouri farm boy growing up in the hard scrabble times of the Great Depression. Known for his hunting skills, his close-knit family often depend on... -
The AK-47: Kalashnikov-series assault rifles by Gordon L. Rottman
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £14.52A detailed, fully illustrated study of the most recognizable assault rifle ever produced. The Kalashnikov AK-47 is the most ubiquitous assault rifle in the world, with more AK-47s and its variants... -
US Grenade Launchers: M79, M203, and M320 by Gordon L. Rottman
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £14.24In an effort to provide the US infantryman with more firepower to cover the range gap between the hand grenade and the light mortar, the 40mm M79 grenade launcher - a shoulder-fired, single-shot... -
Stryker Combat Vehicle 2002-06 by Gordon L. Rottman 9781841769301
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.86The eight-wheeled (8x8) Stryker combat light armored vehicle was adopted by the US Army in 2002 to provide a comparatively rapidly deployable contingency force with armor protection, tactical... -
D-Day Beach Assault Troops Gordon L. Rottman 9781472819468
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.44In the early hours of June 6, 1944, the first of over 150,000 Allied soldiers stormed five beaches in Normandy against fierce German resistance. They were specially trained and task-organized in a... -
Vietnam Riverine Craft 1962-75 by Gordon L. Rottman 9781841769318
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £10.11In 1965 the military situation in the Mekong River Delta of southern Vietnam had deteriorated to such a degree that the decision was made to commit a joint US Army and Navy Mobile Riverine Force to... -
Inside the United States Army Today by Gordon L. Rottman 9780850458558
RRP: £21.00Booksplease Price: £13.47When conscription was eliminated in the early 1970s, the US Army found itself with a very different kind of soldier.While the personality of the Army remained the same, the organization of its higher... -
US MACV-SOG Reconnaissance Team in Vietnam by Gordon L. Rottman
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.99In 1964 Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, activated a joint unconventional task force known as the Studies and Observation Group-MACV-SOG. As a cover its mission was to conduct analysis of... -
Landing Ship, Tank (LST) 1942-2002 by Gordon L. Rottman 9781841769233
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £10.11The Landing Ship Tank (LST) is one of the most famous of the many World War II amphibious warfare ships. Capable of discharging its cargo directly on to shore and extracting itself, the LST provided... -
Vietnam War US & Allied Combat Equipments Gordon L. Rottman 9781472819055
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.44Over the eight years of the Vietnam War, US forces used three major types of equipment sets, with numerous modifications for particular circumstances. Different equipments were also used by Special... -
World War II US Marine Infantry Regiments by Gordon L. Rottman
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.44The United States Marine Corps came into its own in the Pacific Islands campaign against Japan in World War II. From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, US Marines formed the tip of the spear as Allied forces... -
US 10th Mountain Division in World War II by Gordon L. Rottman 9781849088084
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.86The 10th was the only US mountain division to be raised in World War II, and still has a high profile, having been involved in operations from Iraq to Somalia and from Haiti to Afghanistan.It did not... -
World War II US Army Combat Equipments by Gordon L. Rottman 9781472814241
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.63A soldier's "web gear" is as important to his ability to live and fight on the battlefield as are his clothing and weapons. In World War II the US Army issued equipment items that had originated in... -
World War II Axis Booby Traps and Sabotage Tactics by Gordon L. Rottman 9781846034503
RRP: £21.00Booksplease Price: £14.01Booby traps laid by troops in war zones in World War II are largely neglected in histories and memoirs, and rarely examined in detail. Yet for a soldier, the threat of booby traps was hugely... -
World War II Allied Sabotage Devices and Booby Traps by Gordon L. Rottman 9781849081757
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US Patrol Torpedo Boats: World War II by Gordon Rottman 9781846032271
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £12.04Motor torpedo boat development began in the early 1900s, and the vessels first saw service during World War I.However, it was not until the late 1930s that the US Navy commenced the development of... -
World War II Pacific Island Guide: A Geo-Military Study by Gordon Rottman 9780313313950
Booksplease Price: £96.29Covering all Pacific islands involved in World War II military operations, this book is a detailed, single source of information on virtually every geo-military aspect of the Pacific Theater... -
Peleliu 1944: The forgotten corner of hell by Jim Moran 9781841765129
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £15.50A highly-illustrated examination of the controversial battle for Peleliu.Equalling Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Okinawa in scale and ferocity, Peleliu has long been regarded as the Pacific War's "forgotten... -
Korean War Order of Battle: United States, United Nations, and Communist Ground, Naval, and Air Forces, 1950-1953 by Gordon Rottman 9780275978358
Booksplease Price: £112.43Using historical files kept by each of the armed services and nations involved in the Korean War, Rottman provides information on unit backgrounds, organization, manning, periods of service,... -
U.S. Marine Corps World War II Order of Battle: Ground and Air Units in the Pacific War, 1939-1945 by Gordon Rottman 9780313319068
Booksplease Price: £77.31Including extensive information only found in scattered sources or official documents and archives, this book provides detailed coverage of all organizational aspects of the Marine Corps units in... -
Expendable Warriors: The Battle of Khe Sanh and the Vietnam War by Bruce B.G. Clarke 9780275994808
Booksplease Price: £51.71The battle of Khe Sanh was won and the Vietnam war was lost at the same time. Expendable Warriors describes at multiple levels the soldiers and marines who were expendable in the American political...