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First published in 1992, Medieval Military Technology has become the definitive book in its field, garnering much praise and a large readership. This thorough update of a classic book, regarded as b……続きを見る

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” - Napoleon Bonaparte. Strategy Six Pack 2 brings together six master works for military theorists: Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott The Military I……続きを見る

Before it became a standard military tactic, and immortalised in film, the science of sniping was both untrusted and often regarded as unsportsmanlike by the military. To nostalgic British generals ……続きを見る

The ramifications of the Manhattan Project are with us to this day. The atomic bombs that came out of it brought an end to the war in the Pacific, but at a heavy loss of life in Japan and the openin……続きを見る

This book traces the evolution of the Browning Automatic Rifle from the Model of 1918, first to face combat in World War I, through its various configurations in all arenas of combat all the way to ……続きを見る

By the middle of the nineteenth century, industrialization and military-technological innovation were beginning to alter drastically the character and conditions of warfare as it had been conducted ……続きを見る

Most studies of modern chemical warfare begin with World War I and the widespread use of poison gas by both sides in the conflict. However, as Guy R. Hasegawa reveals in this fascinating study, nume……続きを見る

Extensively illustrated with 52 detailed campaign and battle maps and diagrams, this book, originally published in 1990, surveys the evolution of warfare in Europe from Napoleon to the end of the tw……続きを見る

Amply illustrated with pen & ink drawings, and including a glossary of key terms, this volume, originally published in 1955, traces the history of firearms and the pioneers who made that history, st……続きを見る

L'idea di usare il treno come mezzo bellico si diffuse durante la guerra Civile Americana, nel XIX secolo. I primi convogli armati erano semplici locomotive con carri scoperti al traino, su cui pren……続きを見る

Storia militare dei Normanni, come combattevano, organizzazione, insegne, panoplia, tattiche di guerra ed armi. Una guida veloce ed esauriente, che approfondisce le tattiche e le strategie militari ……続きを見る

Nel 1565 il Sultano Solimano il Magnifico decise l’invasione di Malta: oltre 40.000 turchi, capitanati da Mustafa Pascià e Piali Pascià e dal grande corsaro Dragut mossero contro le difese dell’isol……続きを見る

The Battle of Kursk was one of the most pivotal campaigns of World War II and Germany's final strategic offensive on the Eastern Front. Soviet armies had recently occupied the city of Kursk and the ……続きを見る

Storia militare degli assedi e dei conflitti urbani Quest’opera, su due volumi, parla di guerre e di città, dall’antichità ai giorni nostri. Le descrive nella loro natura all’interno di una cornice ……続きを見る

A first look at gunpowder's revolutionary impact on China's role in global history The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s, four centuries before th……続きを見る

Greece, Macedon and Persia contains a collection of papers related to the history and historiography of warfare, politics and power in the Ancient Mediterranean world. The contributions, written by ……続きを見る

Nel Vicino e Medio Oriente, dalla Siria, all’Iraq, alle recenti polemiche sull’Iran, ormai da anni il classico miscuglio di ritardo, incomprensione, indifferenza da un lato e cinismo, affarismo, ing……続きを見る

Dieser Bildband beschreibt die Entwicklungsgeschichte der deutschen U-Bootwaffe von den Anfängen bis zum Ende des ersten Weltkriegs. Mit umfangreichem Bildmaterial wird jede U-Bootklasse vorgestellt……続きを見る

Defence expert Kim Richard Nossal presents a damning indictment of defence procurement in Canada, and shows how to fix it. Defence procurement in Canada is a mess. New equipment is desperately neede……続きを見る

The bayonet was originally developed in the seventeenth century in its early ‘plug’ form, probably as a hunting ancillary. From this starting point it became a military success, helping to abolish t……続きを見る

The appearance of the crossbow on the European battle field in A.D. 1100 as the weapon of choice for shooting down knights threatened the status quo of medieval chivalric fighting techniques. By 113……続きを見る

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"Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it." And so we have. Time and again, mankind has faced down problems, but have often failed to take the hard-earned knowledge into the next battle. Doo……続きを見る

A renowned scholar brings to life medieval England’s most celebrated knight, William Marshalーproviding an unprecedented and intimate view of this age and the legendary warrior class that shaped it.……続きを見る

The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood’s blockbuster, Academy-Award nominated movie. "An amazingly detailed account of fighting in I……続きを見る

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING FOLLOW-UP TO AMERICAN SNIPER Join Chris Kyle on a journedy to discover “how 10 firearms changed United States history” (New York Times Book Review) Drawing on his lege……続きを見る

Tanks features 52 of the best armoured fighting vehicles from World War I to the present day. Beginning with the prototype Mark V Male in 1917, the book ranges from World War I, World War II, throug……続きを見る

Small arms have developed hugely since the introduction of the machine gun in the 1870s. Magazine-fed rifles, submachine guns, automatic pistols and, later, assault rifles and personal defence weapo……続きを見る

For more than 400 years, the big-gun warship stood as the supreme naval war machine. It was not only a major instrument of warfare, but a visible emblem of a nation’s power, wealth and pride. The Wo……続きを見る

Bringing together the law of armed conflict governing the use of weapons into a single volume, the fully updated Second Edition of Weapons and the Law of Armed Conflict interprets these rules and di……続きを見る