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When it comes to martial traditions, Dr. Robert Dohrenwend exemplifies a rare breed of scholar-warrior. You will find four chapters in this book devoted to weapons that have had enormous impact on w……続きを見る

The Roman military is an iconic, ancient institution; everybody is familiar with the image of fearsome Roman soldiers marching in their famous columns. In this book, Roman military experts Hilary an……続きを見る

When President Eisenhower referred to the "military-industrial complex" in his 1961 Farewell Address, he summed up in a phrase the merger of government and industry that dominated the Cold……続きを見る

This book assesses current views of the body armour used by the Roman army and its development, melding these with the archaeological evidence available. It draws together the streams of published i……続きを見る

On horsemanship deals with the selection, care and training of horses in general. Military training and the duties of the cavalry commander are dealt with in the Hipparchicus.Written in about 350 BC……続きを見る

Reimar Horten's 1960 Proposed Design For A Delta Winged Jet Powered Cruise Missile For The IAe Argentina This ebook tells the story of the cruise missile proposed by Reimar Horten in 1960, powered b……続きを見る

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this military study executed a contingency theory based organizational analysis of command level EW organizations respo……続きを見る

A republication of the 1842 edition. An illustrated manual enabling the soldier to strip, clean and maintain his weapon. 続きを見る

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 ge……続きを見る

The ramifications of the Manhattan Project are still 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 ……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

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this U.S. Air Force (USAF) publication examines areas of cooperation between the Army and the Air Force. For the past e……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

Auteur Norman Stone is gespecialiseerd in de geschiedenis van de twee wereldoorlogen. In 'De Tweede Wereldoorlog' vertelt hij beknopt de geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Hebben we nóg een bo……続きを見る

Auteur Norman Stone is gespecialiseerd in de geschiedenis van de twee wereldoorlogen. In 'De Eerste Wereldoorlog' vertelt hij beknopt de geschiedenis van de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Professor Norman Sto……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

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this work suggests that a closer look at the context within which IEDs develop, appropriate technology, could shed ligh……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

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this book provides a history of Marine artillery from early years through the Iraq and Afghanistan War. Marine artiller……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