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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

  • 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 €

  • 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

  • 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

    4,49 €

  • 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 €

  • 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

    10,27 €

  • The German Army in World War I (2)

    1915–17

    by Nigel Thomas ...
    Series Book 407 - Men-at-Arms
    The years 1915–17 saw the Imperial German Army forced to adapt to the new realities of static trench warfare.Prewar uniforms and equipment had to be modified, for both utility and economy; on battlefields ruled by machine guns and artillery the steel helmet reappeared, as well as masks to protect against poison gas. Fashionable cavalry regiments soon proved irrelevant on the Western Front; many ... Read more

    12,18 €

  • The Nuclear Confrontation in Europe

    Edited by Jeffrey H. Boutwell, Paul Doty, Gregory F. Treverton ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Nuclear Security
    Originally published in 1985, this book explores the nuclear confrontation between East and West in Europe: where we stand, how we got there and what the future may hold. Its concluding chapter outlines the prospects for nuclear arms control in Europe, and it frames the debate over NATO strategy and the role of nuclear weapons in the years ahead. Can NATO reduce its reliance on nuclear weapons? ... Read more

    42,61 €

  • British Coastal Weapons vs German Coastal Weapons

    The Dover Strait 1940–44

    by Neil Short ...
    Series Book 125 - Duel
    For the first time ever, compare the British and German World War II big guns duelling with each other and harrying shipping in the Channel.One of the longest-running battles of World War II took place across the English Channel, in which huge artillery guns attempted to destroy each other, created psychological terror among the local inhabitants living near the coast, and harassed shipping over a ... Read more

    14,41 €

  • Roman Plate Armour

    by M.C. Bishop ...
    Series Book 247 - Elite
    Fully illustrated, this book investigates the articulated plate armour worn by Roman legionaries.First named by Renaissance historians studying the reliefs on Trajan's Column, lorica segmentata evaded successful attempts to reconstruct it until a series of importantarchaeological finds in the 20th century revealed how it worked and the truth of its extended chronology. The earliest findsdate from ... Read more

    13,24 €

  • Top Secret: The Story of the Manhattan Project

    by Kathleen Tracy ...
    Describes the events and people involved in the making of the atomic bomb. ... Read more

    19,78 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 圖解捍衛戰士：美國頂尖飛行員的誕生地

    by 布列‧愛爾華 ...
    Translated by 艾榮 ...
    Series series 戰爭歷史
    美國最新圖解「捍衛戰士」美國海軍戰鬥機武器學校的書籍一冊在手讓你看懂TOPGUN戰術與培訓方法超過百張全彩照片介紹假想敵戰機特色《圖解捍衛戰士》告訴你多年來不知的變遷與發展他們追求的不是速度，他們追求的也不是榮譽。他們尋求的是卓越與態度，他們不是別人，正是TOPGUN！科技發展的更迭，使得人們不再相信空中纏鬥是飛彈時代需要學習的技能。歷經學習、失傳、再學習的過程，今天空中纏鬥已經成為空戰高手的必修課。即使到了二十一世紀，空中纏鬥依然是戰鬥機飛行員不可或缺的生存之道。沒有了它，你只能任人宰割！假想敵訓練現在已經是家喻戶曉的訓練方法，通過模擬敵人的作戰方式，讓飛行員準備好戰技和心理，知道如何與敵人對戰，務求做到知己知彼，訓練出最精湛的空戰高手。TOPGUN是全球最為知名的假想敵作戰訓練的培訓中心，他們的事蹟經由好萊塢的傳頌，使得已經成軍超過半世紀的「美國海軍戰鬥機武器學校」至今名氣依然響噹噹 ... Read more

    11,26 €

  • Sejarah Senjata dan Teknologi Ketenteraan Sejak Dimulakan

    by Vasil Teigens, Peter Skalfist, Daniel Mikelsten ...
    Penggunaan objek sebagai senjata telah diperhatikan di kalangan simpanse, yang menyebabkan spekulasi bahawa hominid awal menggunakan senjata seawal lima juta tahun yang lalu. Namun, ini tidak dapat disahkan menggunakan bukti fizikal kerana tongkat kayu, lembing, dan batu yang tidak berbentuk akan meninggalkan catatan yang tidak jelas. Senjata terawal yang paling awal dijumpai adalah lembing ... Read more

    2,99 €

  • The Hand Grenade

    by Gordon L. Rottman ...
    Series Book 38 - Weapon
    Since 1915 the lethal, portable and reliable hand grenade has become an essential and ubiquitous weapon in the infantryman's armory.Allowing 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 found its way into law-enforcement arsenals too.Featuring specially ... Read more

    14,41 €

  • Brazilian Expeditionary Force in World War II

    by Cesar Campiani Maximiano, Ricardo Bonalume Neto ...
    Series Book 465 - Men-at-Arms
    In the English-speaking world, it is generally unknown that a volunteer Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) fought alongside the US Army in Italy from mid-1944 until the end of the war.This was in effect a light infantry division, consisting of three infantry regiments augmented with artillery and light armour. It was supported by a Brazilian Air Force contingent of a light reconnaissance squadron ... Read more

    12,18 €

  • Armies of the Italian-Turkish War

    Conquest of Libya, 1911–1912

    by Gabriele Esposito ...
    Series Book 534 - Men-at-Arms
    Italy was a young country, ambitious for colonies, but had been defeated in Ethiopia in the 1890s. Giovanni Giolitti was keen to overwrite the memory of that failure, and to gain a strategic grip over the central Mediterranean by seizing Libya.The Italian expeditionary force that landed in October 1911 easily defeated the Ottoman division based in the coastal cities, incurring few losses. However, ... Read more

    12,18 €

  • Snipers at War

    An Equipment and Operations History

    by John Walter ...
    Series series Greenhill Sniper Library
    Snipers at War is a detailed history and analysis of the equipment, tactics and personalities of the ‘sniping world’, from the pursuit of accuracy to the latest electronic aids to observation and ranging.Technology and marksmanship from the Crimean War to the present day is examined in detail. The role of the sniper was largely ignored until the Winter War of 1939-40 between Finland and the USSR ... Read more

    13,03 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • British Territorial Units 1914–18

    by Ray Westlake ...
    Series Book 245 - Men-at-Arms
    In his Army Reforms of 1906/07, the Secretary of State for War, Richard Burdon Haldane, provided for an expeditionary force: the Regular Army supplemented by the old Militia and a new organisation intended for home defence, the Territorial Force.This new 'Citizen's Army' was formed by the transfer of the Honourable Artillery Company, Imperial Yeomanry and Volunteer Force, all with many years of ... Read more

    12,18 €

  • Gun Barons

    The Weapons That Transformed America and the Men Who Invented Them

    by John Bainbridge, Jr. ...
    "A dazzling epic of inventors, wars, arms, and men." – Daniel Mark Epstein, author of The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage"Deeply researched, rich in insight, Gun Barons widens our understanding even as it enchants us with its masterful prose." – Jim Rasenberger, author of Revolver: Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America"John Bainbridge, Jr. cuts through the myths, romance, and ... Read more

    11,86 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Indian Tribes of the Southwest

    by Michael G Johnson ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    This focuses on the history, costume, and material culture of the native peoples of North America.It was in the Southwest – modern Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of California and other neighboring states – that the first major clashes took place between 16th-century Spanish conquistadors and the indigenous peoples of North America. Despite nearly 500 years of white settlement and pressure, the ... Read more

    11,33 €

  • The Czech Legion 1914–20

    by David Bullock ...
    Series Book 447 - Men-at-Arms
    The Czech Legion was not just a single military unit, but a volunteer army that fielded up to 100,000 troops on the Allied side on all three main fronts of the war.Since only the defeat of Austro-Hungary and Germany offered any hope for Czech national independence, they were amongst the most motivated and steadfast of the Allied forces. After the Bolshevik Revolution, they fought their way across ... Read more

    12,18 €

  • Wellington’s Guns

    The Untold Story of Wellington and his Artillery in the Peninsula and at Waterloo

    by Colonel Nick Lipscombe ...
    Written in the same engaging style of Mark Urban's Fusiliers and Rifles, this is a brilliant study of the Gunners who revolutionised warfare during the course of the Napoleonic Wars despite the opposition of their commander-in-chief.Dismissive, conservative and aloof, Wellington treated his artillery with disdain during the Napoleonic Wars – despite their growing influence on the field of battle. ... Read more

    17,16 €

  • Firearms An Illustrated History

    The Definitive Visual Guide

    by DK ...
    Firearms: An Illustrated History tells the story of the gun using photos of hundreds of weapons. It traces every milestone from the first muskets to modern automatic weapons. Pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, machine-guns and artillery are profiled with beautifully photographed weapons and stunning close-up details of key firearms - all combining to make this the definitive guide to firearms ... Read more

    11,99 €

  • Democratizing Violence: The Rise of Open-Source Warfare and the Decline of State Control

    by Josh Luberisse ...
    Democratizing Violence: The Rise of Open-Source Warfare and the Decline of State Control delivers a groundbreaking exploration of how technological innovation, open-source principles, and globalized knowledge sharing are empowering individuals and non-state actors to wield unprecedented destructive power. Drawing on historical case studies, cutting-edge examples of open-source weaponry, and the ... Read more

    8,99 €