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Now in paperback! From the author of the Navy SEALs Oral History series-an intimate look at the world's most efficient and deadly warriors. Snipers have a rich history. This fascinating book follows……続きを見る

In this piece from 1855 Lossing discusses the evolution of artillery pieces from the ancients up to the days just prior to the American Civil War. 続きを見る

On February 13 and 14, 1945, three successive waves of British and U.S. aircraft rained down thousands of tons of high explosive and incendiary bombs on the largely undefended German city of Dresden……続きを見る

The colossal scale of World War II required a mobilization effort greater than anything attempted in all of the world's history. The United States had to fight a war across two oceans and three cont……続きを見る

No single weapon has spread so much raw power to so many people in so little timeーand had such a devastating effectーas the AK-47 assault rifle. This book examines the legacy of this world-changing……続きを見る

Based on fifteen years of research, Glock is the riveting story of the weapon that has become known as American’s gun. Today the Glock pistol has been embraced by two-thirds of all U.S. police depar……続きを見る

This is a spectacular guide to weapons organized by categories of equipment. This Worldwide Equipment Guide (WEG) serves as a guide for use in training, simulations, and modeling, providing the basi……続きを見る

Recipient of the American Astronautical Society's 2012 Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award The space suit is an icon of space flight. It is the very symbol of interplanetary exploration – ……続きを見る

A generation before Vietnam, the war for Korea raged. It was as rough and dirty a war as has ever been foughtーa war small in history, but very large to the men who waged it. . . . In the Korean War……続きを見る

A monumental, groundbreaking work, now in paperback, that shows how technological and strategic revolutions have transformed the battlefield Combining gripping narrative history with wide-ranging an……続きを見る

It was the Battle of Vimeiro that established the reputation of Sir Arthur Wellesley, later to be the Duke of Wellington. This book forms part of the Bretwalda Battles series on The Peninsular War. ……続きを見る

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this unique publication describes training devices for the army of items such as mines, IEDS, and ordnance. Training de……続きを見る

This is the first attempt to understand the full scope of the USSR’s offensive biological weapons research, from inception in the 1920s. Gorbachev tried to end the program, but the U.S. and U.K. nev……続きを見る

He launched the weapon that changed a war. May 2006. Ed Macy arrives in Afghanistan along with the Apache AH Mk 1 on its first operational tour. It's an unfamiliar combat zone with a limited role fo……続きを見る

Gregg Herken's Brotherhood of the Bomb is the fascinating story of the men who founded the nuclear age, fully told for the first time The story of the twentieth century is largely the story of the p……続きを見る

This fascinating compilation of wartime battlefield reports drawn from British, American, Russian and German sources has been carefully selected by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carrut……続きを見る

At Gerona in 1808 the French for the first time ran into a Spanish army that neither ran away nor surrendered. The epic defence of Gerona lasted for over a year and saw the French throw everything t……続きを見る

Engineering the Revolution documents the forging of a new relationship between technology and politics in Revolutionary France, and the inauguration of a distinctively modern form of the “technologi……続きを見る

This is GAO’s annual assessment for 2012, issued in March 2012, of Department of Defense (DOD) weapon system acquisitions, an area that is on GAO’s high-risk list. The report is in response to the m……続きを見る

The story of the first great tank battle, and the genesis of one of the most formidable weapons of the twentieth century. Cambrai was the last - and most influential - battle fought by the British o……続きを見る

This rare little book was first published in 1836. Only a handful of the original editions remain, and are now extremely costly. OBSCURE PRESS has republished this classic work in a high quality, mo……続きを見る

American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume I: Colonial and Revolutionary War Arms focuses on the arms used from the early exploratory period throughout the colonial period and the American Revolution. ……続きを見る

George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. Abraham Lincoln shot them on the White House lawn. And Teddy Roosevelt had his specially cus……続きを見る

"The history of the sword is the history of humanity." With these words, British author, Victorian scholar, and world traveler Richard Burton begins his eloquent and exceptionally erudite history of……続きを見る

The Tiger I is the most famous tank in history. In the right hands it enjoyed spectacular successes, but the Tiger I was also plagued by an array of technical and design flaws which made it a death ……続きを見る

The political phenomenon known as the 'Springtime of the Nations' swept through Europe in 1848, toppling thrones, forcing old autocratic regimes to grant constitutions to the people and bringing str……続きを見る

In this brilliantly researched, deeply humane work of history, Michael Stephenson traces the paths that have led soldiers to their graves over the centuries, revealing a wealth of insight about the ……続きを見る

The Sniper at War looks at the impact and role of the sniper from the American Revolutionary War to the present day. It was not until the late 18th century that advances in technology made accurate ……続きを見る

**“Like swordplay itself, By the Sword is elegant, accurate, romantic, and full of brioーthe definitive study, hugely readable, of man’s most deadly art.”ーSimon Winchester With a new Preface by the……続きを見る

Part of our value-added professional format series of U.S. military manuals, this U.S. Marine Corps manual provides the tactics, techniques, and procedures of Marine Corps close combat. Today's Mari……続きを見る