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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 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 €

  • 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 €

  • Bacuffz Magazin Ausgabe 2

    Militär Magazin mit dem Schwerpunkt des 2. Weltkriegs

    by Benjamin Müller, Alexander Vatter Riemke ...
    Series Book 2 - Bacuffz Magazin
    Das Bacuffz Magazin enthält Berichte über den zweiten Weltkrieg. Wir schildern u.a. was die Soldaten im Einsatz erlebten, gehen den technischen Details von Waffen und Fahrzeugen auf den Grund und beleuchten berühmte Persönlichkeiten der Zeit. Also eine Reise in die Zeit, in welcher Europa und die Welt im Donner der Kanonen erzitterte. ... Read more

    4,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 前進或死亡：我在法國外籍兵團拿命來換的那五年

    by 許逢儒 ...
    Series series i生活
    法國外籍兵團有多操？拳打腳踢是家常便飯，照三餐吃被揍只是小事，最痛苦是不讓人睡覺命令你跪在遍地碎石中繞著山坡爬行一人犯錯，全部人都得把槍高舉過頭繞著山丘跑一圈又一圈內務沒整好，所有東西丟出窗外，叫你大半夜去撿回來懲罰式行軍走了一天一夜直到有人倒下為止看你不爽一腳軍靴直接把肋骨踹斷長官拿鐵椅直接往你臉上砸吃飯前先拉九十下單槓、做五百個伏地挺身被上級打破後腦勺還被關緊閉卻無處可申訴　　嚴苛的訓練（或折磨）不止以上這些……　　許逢儒都撐了下來，挺過了五年，活著退伍　　由於嚮往打仗生活，許逢儒十九歲在台灣服完義務役便孤身一人飛往法國，加入實戰經驗豐富的法國外籍兵團。這支世上公認最精銳的部隊之一，曾是亡命之徒的聚集地，如今卻成為足以改變人一生的聖地。　　法國外籍兵團（法語：Légion Étrangère）是法國的正規部隊，自一八三一年建立至今，曾參與法國大小戰事，擁有相當重要的功績... ... Read more

    7,51 €

  • An Ethical Evaluation of Lethal Functions in Autoregulative Weapons Systems

    by Nicole Kunkel ...
    This book connects two of the most pressing ethical topics of our time: questions of peace and technology, materialized in so-called autonomous weapons systems, which can operate without human control and intervention in real time. The author, however, criticizes the term "autonomy" as too anthropomorphic and therefore misleading. She consequently proposes using the term "autoregulation" in its ... Read more

    29,56 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Обратный отсчет: 116 дней до атомной бомбардировки Хиросимы

    by Крис Уоллес ...
    Translated by Юрий Чижов ...
    12 апреля 1945 года. После нескольких лет кровопролитного конфликта в Европе и на Тихом океане Америка ошеломлена известием о смерти президента Франклина Рузвельта. В одно мгновение вице-президент Гарри Трумэн, который был отстранен от планирования войны и ничего не знал о сверхсекретном Манхэттенском проекте по разработке первой в мире атомной бомбы, должен взять на себя командование страной, ... Read more

    9,99 €

  • Militarizing Artificial Intelligence

    Theory, Technology, and Regulation

    by Nik Hynek, Anzhelika Solovyeva ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Conflict, Security and Technology
    This book examines the military characteristics and potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the new global revolution in military affairs.Offering an original perspective on the utilization, imagination, and politics of AI in the context of military development and weapons regulation, the work provides a comprehensive response to the question of how we might reflect on the AI revolution in ... Read more

    54,78 €

  • The East German Army

    The Second Power in the Warsaw Pact

    by Thomas M. Forster ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Cold War Security Studies
    This book, first published in 1980, provides a detailed analysis of the East German army in the last decade of the Cold War. It examines the capabilities of the main force, after the Soviet army, in the Soviet Bloc, and shows how it depended on more things than purely military factors and national policies. It focuses the army as part of a society that had been comprehensively militarized through ... Read more

    45,04 €

  • World War II Croatian Legionaries

    Croatian Troops under Axis Command 1941–45

    by Vladimir Brnardic ...
    Series Book 508 - Men-at-Arms
    Written by a Croatian historian, a comprehensive guide to the uniforms and equipment of the significant yet little known Croatian units that fought alongside Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front of World War II.As Europe descended into war the newly formed state of Croatia found itself an ally in Nazi Germany. Tens of thousands of Croatians volunteered for the German Wehrmacht, with Croatian-badged ... Read more

    12,18 €

  • The Origins of Victory

    How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers

    by Andrew F. Krepinevich ...
    How the character of war is changing and how militaries can successfully adapt to meet the challengeThis book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century. It shows how militaries that successfully pursue disruptive innovation can gain a major advantage over their rivals, while those that fail to do so risk ... Read more

    25,75 €

  • The Hussite Wars 1419–36

    by Dr Stephen Turnbull ...
    Series Book 409 - Men-at-Arms
    An illustrated study of the fighting men of the Hussite Wars in 15th-century Bohemia, a significant transition point in medieval history.In 1415, the judicial murder of the religious reformer Jan Hus sparked a major uprising in Bohemia. His death led within a few years to the 'Hussite' revolution against the monarchy, the German aristocracy and the Church establishment. In this book, Stephen ... Read more

    12,18 €

  • Sagger Anti-Tank Missile vs M60 Main Battle Tank

    Yom Kippur War 1973

    by Chris McNab ...
    Series Book 84 - Duel
    The 1973 Yom Kippur War rewrote the textbook on the tactics of modern armored warfare.Unlike the previous major Arab-Israeli war of 1967, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) faced an enemy that had invested heavily in modern Soviet weapon systems and tactics. Using detailed colour artwork and insightful analysis, this book explains how the effective use of the Soviet-supplied AT-3 Sagger (9M14 ... Read more

    13,24 €

  • Governing Military Sacrifice

    Drones, Privatization, and the Future of War

    by Bianca Baggiarini ...
    Governing Military Sacrifice examines the deterioration of the relationship between citizen-soldiering and military sacrifice. As a key historical archetype, the citizen-soldier has come to represent the highest expression of devotion for the nation in cultural imaginings of war. However, this book asks if bloodshed today even requires this offering of the self. This work explores the social, ... Read more

    32,11 €

  • First Freedom

    A Ride Through America's Enduring History with the Gun

    by David Harsanyi ...
    From one of America’s smartest political writers comes a “captivating and comprehensive journey” (#1 New York Times bestselling author David Limbaugh) of the United States’ unique and enduring relationship with guns.For America, the gun is a story of innovation, power, violence, character, and freedom.From the founding of the nation to the pioneering of the West, from the freeing of the slaves to ... Read more

    13,74 €

  • M26/M46 Pershing Tank 1943–53

    by Steven J. Zaloga ...
    Series Book 35 - New Vanguard
    From the moment that the M4 Sherman had been matched against German Panther and Tiger tanks, the American tank crews had known that their vehicles were outclassed by the opposition.What was needed was a more powerful tank, more heavily armed and armored, that could take-on the powerful German panzers on a more equal footing. Although it took time to develop by the latter months of the war numbers ... Read more

    11,33 €

  • A History of Technoscience

    Erasing the Boundaries between Science and Technology

    by David F. Channell ...
    Series series History and Philosophy of Technoscience
    Are science and technology independent of one another? Is technology dependent upon science, and if so, how is it dependent? Is science dependent upon technology, and if so how is it dependent? Or, are science and technology becoming so interdependent that the line dividing them has become totally erased? This book charts the history of technoscience from the late nineteenth century to the end of ... Read more

    70,61 €

  • The Algerian War 1954–62

    by Mr Martin Windrow ...
    Series Book 312 - Men-at-Arms
    It is hard to convey the public impact of France's war to maintain her colonial grip on Algeria.In the late 1950s this ugly conflict dominated Europe's media to almost the same extent as would Vietnam ten years later. It brought France to the very verge of military coup d'etat; it destroyed thousands of careers; bitterly divided the French military and political classes for a generation; and was ... Read more

    12,18 €

  • French Foreign Legion

    Infantry and Cavalry since 1945

    by Mr Martin Windrow ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    Men of action and elite soldiers with a young and dynamic spirit, the French Foreign Legion are capable of doing their duty anywhere anytime.Martin Windrow's superb text examines the history of this famous force from the end of the Second World War onward. This first class addition to the Men-at-Arms series not only contains a wealth of accompanying photographs and illustrations, including eight ... Read more

    12,39 €

  • How to Become a Mercenary

    The Ultimate Guide to the Weapons, Training, and Tactics of the Modern Warrior-for-Hire

    by Barry Davies ...
    For anyone who's ever considered a career as a warrior-for-hire—or who just wants to learn more about the lifestyle—How to Become a Mercenary is the ultimate guide to all the history, training, and equipment information you'll ever need!Mercenaries—who are often trained as part of the best Special Forces, including American Delta Force, British SAS, French Foreign Legion, Marines, SBS, SEALs, and ... Read more

    14,89 €

  • The M60 Machine Gun

    by Kevin Dockery ...
    Series Book 20 - Weapon
    The US M60 General Purpose Machine Gun, known as “the Pig,” was developed in the years after World War II from two revolutionary German designs. Adopted in 1957, the M60 came into its own in the jungles, hamlets, and city streets of Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. “Humping the Pig” became common in US military squads, with at least one soldier equipped with an M60 and every squad member ... Read more

    13,45 €