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  • Tank Battles of the Cold War, 1948–1991

    by Anthony Tucker-Jones ...
    As Anthony Tucker-Jones shows in this highly illustrated, wide-ranging history, for most of the Cold War the tank retained its pre-eminence on the battlefield. The Arab-Israeli wars witnessed some of the biggest tank battles of all time, and tanks played key roles in conflicts in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan as well as in the Iran-Iraq War and the wars fought between India and Pakistan. But then ... Read more

    6,46 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Shadow World

    Inside the Global Arms Trade

    by Andrew Feinstein ...
    **A gripping and urgent investigation into the secretive world of the global arms trade - from a former member of the African National CongressRevealing the corruption and the cover-ups at the heart of ex-President Jacob Zuma's South Africa**Andrew Feinstein delves behind BAE's controversial transactions in South Africa, Tanzania and eastern Europe and the revolving-door relationships that ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • Tracer

    A gripping thriller full of intrigue and suspense

    by Jason Dean ...
    Series Book 1 - Korso Thrillers
    'Unique and engaging characters woven into the fabric of a fantastic plot. Jason Dean is one to watch' Marc Cameron, New York Times bestselling author of Tom Clancy Code of HonorWhat is a death sentence to a dead man?He was a man with many names. Moving from country to country, changing his face constantly so as to remain in the shadows, he was nothing more than a ghost. For now, he is known ... Read more

    4,99 €

  • The Military Institutions of the Romans

    by Flavius Vegetius Renatus ...
    The Military Institutions of the Romans is a classic treatise about Roman warfare and military principles. Its author emphasizes things such as training of soldiers as a disciplined force, orderly strategy, maintenance of supply lines and logistics, quality leadership and use of tactics and even deceit to ensure an advantage over the opposition. ... Read more

    0,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Sniper

    Memorial Edition

    by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice ...
    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 Iraq—a humanizing, brave story that’s extremely readable." — PATRICIA CORNWELL, New York Times Book Review**"Jaw-dropping...Undeniably riveting." *—***RICHARD ROEPER, Chicago Sun-Times... ... Read more

    7,62 €

  • Glock

    The Rise of America's Gun

    by Paul M. Barrett ...
    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 departments, glamorized in countless Hollywood movies, and featured as a ubiquitous presence on prime-time TV. It has been rhapsodized by hip-hop artists, and coveted by cops and crooks alike.Created in 1982 ... Read more

    9,74 €

  • World war /// the false truth

    Story of fall of humanity caused by their own action.

    by Niraj Joshi Gawali ...
      "In every war, the dead are counted, but the livings are forgotten."War is never a solution. It is not a path to peace, nor a display of strength-it is devastation dressed in false glory. Behind every so-called victory lies a trail of destruction: schools reduced to rubble, hospitals left in ruins, roads and factories erased, industries ... ... Read more

    2,39 €

  • Progress of War

    The Length of the Thirty Year’S War

    by Philip F. Rose ...
    This book consists of fifteen cartoons inspired by an 1866 Harpers Weekly article about the hypothetical length of the Thirty Years War at different periods in time and extending into the future when both sides had developed the ultimate weapons to end all wars. Of course, war is inspired by the devil. ... Read more

    4,23 €

  • Army of the Republic of Vietnam 1955–75

    by Gordon L. Rottman ...
    Series Book 458 - Men-at-Arms
    This book discusses the original reorganization of these forces into the first national army, evolved from the colonial units created by the French.Complete with a detailed history of the command structure and orders of battle, the author also sheds light on the little known divisional histories of the army through rare, original source material. Moreover, the author examines in detail the ... Read more

    12,18 €

  • 42cm 'Big Bertha' and German Siege Artillery of World War I

    by Marc Romanych, Martin Rupp ...
    Series Book 205 - New Vanguard
    In the early days of World War I, Germany unveiled a new weapon – the mobile 42cm (16.5 inch) M-Gerät howitzer.At the time, it was the largest artillery piece of its kind in the world and a closely guarded secret. When war broke out, two of the howitzers were rushed directly from the factory to Liege where they quickly destroyed two forts and compelled the fortress to surrender.After repeat ... Read more

    12,18 €

  • Tank Turret Fortifications

    by Neil Short ...
    Tank Turret Fortifications traces the origins of the idea from the development of the first armoured turrets in the nineteenth century through to the present day. On the way it covers the inter-war period when the first turrets were used in this way, the Second World War, when tank turrets were used on every front in the European Theatre of Operations, and the post-war period, when tank turrets ... Read more

    17,27 €

  • The Belgian Army in World War I

    by Ronald Pawly, Pierre Lierneux ...
    Series Book 452 - Men-at-Arms
    While small in numbers, the Belgian Army played a vital role in World War 1 that is often overlooked.Germany's invasion of neutral Belgium, which led Britain to declare war in August 1914, should have been swift and fierce. Yet, the unexpected heroic defence, against great odds, of Belgian fortresses, frustrated the German Schlieffen Plan for a thrust to Paris and a lightning victory.The plucky ... Read more

    12,18 €

  • Living by the Sword

    Weapons and Material Culture in France and Britain, 600–1600

    by Kristen Brooke Neuschel ...
    Sharpen your knowledge of swords with Kristen B. Neuschel as she takes you through a captivating 1,000 years of French and English history. Living by the Sword reveals that warrior culture, with the sword as its ultimate symbol, was deeply rooted in ritual long before the introduction of gunpowder weapons transformed the battlefield.Neuschel argues that objects have agency and that decoding their ... Read more

    16,21 €

  • Hacking

    by Kit A. Rasmussen ...
    Series series LÆSBAR
    Kender du mon forskellen på en sort hat-hacker, en hvid hat-hacker og en grå hat-hacker? Ved du, at din egen computer kan risikere at være en “zombie” i en hackers botnet? Og har du hørt om hackergrupperne Anonymous, Sandworm og Lazarus?Der kan være mange grunde til, at nogen ønsker at hacke. Nogle vil måske bare se, om de kan få adgang. Andre gør det for penge. Og atter andre hacker for deres ... Read more

    5,22 €

  • Yatagan, Khanda, and Jamdhar: Swords and Sabers of Persia and India

    Knives, Swords, and Bayonets: A World History of Edged Weapon Warfare, #6

    by Martina Sprague ...
    Series Book 6 - Knives, Swords, and Bayonets: A World History of Edged Weapon Warfare
    The important role that edged weaponry played in early Persia is evidenced by the region’s long history of metallurgic science, the sword’s mention in poetry, and its use as a sidearm to cavalry employing lance, mace, and bow. Edged weaponry proved no less important to the Ottoman Turks, who depicted the two-edged sword of Othman on the standard carried by the disciplined recruits, the corps of ... Read more

    5,00 €

  • Handbuch der Waffenkunde, Band 2

    Das Waffenwesen in seiner historischen Entwicklung vom Beginn des Mittelalters bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts

    by Wendelin Boeheim ...
    Boeheims Handbuch der Waffenkunde ist das Werk eines absoluten Fachmanns, dessen Name in seinem Fach auch heute noch einen sehr guten Klang hat. Es gibt in einer Einleitung die Entwicklung des Waffenwesens in ihren Grundzügen, dann eine genaue Schilderung der Schutzwaffen (Helm, Harnischkragen, Armzeug, Handschuhe, Harnischbrust und -rücken, Beinzeug, Gesamtharnisch, Schild, Pferdezeug und ... Read more

    16,99 €

  • The Webley Service Revolver

    by Robert Maze ...
    Series Book 19 - Weapon
    The Webley .455in service revolver is among the most powerful top-break revolvers ever produced. First adopted in 1887, in various marques it was the standard-issue service pistol for British and Commonwealth armed forces for nearly fifty years; later versions in .38in calibre went on to see further service in World War II and beyond, as well as in a host of law-enforcement roles around the world ... Read more

    13,45 €

  • Shooting up

    Storia dell'uso militare delle droghe

    Translated by Chiara Baffa ...
    by Lukasz Kamienski ...
    Tutte le storie di guerra, dall'antichità ai giorni nostri, sono anche storie di droga. Quasi senza eccezioni, combattenti e soldati, governi e organizzazioni militari, nel corso dei secoli, hanno sfruttato il potenziale bellico di alcol e sostanze stupefacenti.I primi furono gli opliti omerici in viaggio verso Troia, poi le truppe di Annibale, i guerrieri dell'Amazzonia e i berserker vichinghi. ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • On Horsemanship

    by Xenophon ...
    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, the treatises of Xenophon were considered the earliest extant works on horsemanship in any literature. ... Read more

    0,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Motorcycles at War

    by Gavin Birch ...
    Series series Images of War
    Motorbikes were widely used by all sides in WW2 due to their agility, adaptability and speed,. A precious few survive today as rare collectors items.The author, who is the Photo Archivist at the IWM has unearthed images of all the major marques. Famous British names (Triumph, Norton, Matchless, BSA, Velocette, James and Rudge) feature along with the bigger American machines from Indian and Harley ... Read more

    6,14 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • ABC's of Bombers

    by David Blanchard ...
    Series series ABC's of Military Weaponry
    ABC’s of Bombers takes off with an array of historical aircraft, from whimsical early concepts to some of the longest serving and enduring bombing platforms in history. From light to heavy bombers, from World War 1 to the present and everything in-between. Done in the style of a children’s ABC book, with a unique airframe selected for each letter, and its technical data and historical over view ... Read more

    3,63 €

  • The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II

    by Wayne Stack, Barry O’Sullivan ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    In 1939 more than 140,000 New Zealanders enlisted to fight overseas during World War II. Of these, 104,000 served in the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force.Initially thrown into the doomed campaign to halt the German blitzkrieg on Greece and Crete (1941), the division was rebuilt under the leadership of MajGen Sir Bernard Freyberg, and became the elite corps within Montgomery's Eighth Army in ... Read more

    11,33 €

  • War Bows

    Longbow, crossbow, composite bow and Japanese yumi

    by Mike Loades ...
    A fascinating and lively history of four bows that changed warfare – the composite bow, the longbow, the crossbow and the Japanese bow, the yumi – by a world-renowned expert.War bows dominated battlefields across the world for centuries. In their various forms, they allowed trained archers to take down even well-armoured targets from great distances, and played a key role in some of the most ... Read more

    23,84 €

  • Geschichte der Kriegskunst, Band 4

    by Hans Delbrück ...
    "Die Geschichte der Kriegskunst" von Hans Delbrück (4 Bände) gehört zu den umfassendsten und besten Werke zur Militärgeschichte und Kriegskunst. Sehr detailliert und verständlich werden die Geheimnisse der Kriegsführung durch viele Jahrhunderte aufgearbeitet. Inhalt: Vorwort. Das Kriegswesen der Renaissance. Die Bildung einer europäischen Infanterie. Die Feuerwaffe. Die Taktik der Spießerhaufen. ... Read more

    4,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus