Military forces and sectors

The surprise Chinese invasion of Vietnam in 1979 shocked the international community.

The first of two illustrated histories of the A-10, which first saw combat in Operation Desert Storm in 1991 and is now at the leading edge of CAS.

The Herndon Climb is an important and meaningful ritual in Naval Academy culture.

Far China Station was the first work to put nineteenth century American naval and diplomatic affairs in the Far East into clear perspective.

The success of the U.

This book describes the organization of this formidable force from 1917-18 and details their uniforms, insignia and decorations, weapons and equipment.

Established in 1932, the Vozdushno-desantnye voyska ('air-landing forces', or VDV) of the Red Army led the way in airborne doctrine and practice.

With its distinctive double-cockpit design, the Mi-24 'Hind' is arguably the most recognizable war machine of the Cold War, and has achieved near-legendary status in the annals of military history.

Few weapons developed a more deadly reputation than the German '88' in the role of anti-tank gun, its long reach and lethal hitting power making it a significant problem for every type of British and later American armour.

A gripping history of the SAS in World War II, supported by a collection of rare images from the SAS Regimental Association.

The twenty-seven stories in this book serve as a graphic reminder of the selfless heroism of America's World War II Army Air Forces flyers and how necessary they were to achieve Allied victory.

In fascinating detail, Dr Stephen Bull describes the slow and painful learning curve of the Allies in the mid-war years, trying to end the Japanese stranglehold on Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

The last volume of Prit Buttar's best-selling series on the Eastern Front in World War I in paperback.

There were two kinds of pilots involved in the action during the Second World War: those who took the lead, and the others who went along for the ride.

The story of the hardest-fought air war of the jet era, where highly trained Israeli air forces almost met their match against Egypt and Syria's high-tech MiGs and missiles.

In 1961 US Special Forces units began entering remote areas of Vietnam dominated by the Viet Cong.

Indian Ocean studies, which once lagged behind studies of the Atlantic and the Pacific, is an important emerging academic field which has come into its own.

Civil wars are among the most difficult problems in world politics.

Following the 1952 reorganization of the Portuguese Air Force from the army and naval air arms, Portugal now had an entity dedicated solely to aviation that would bring it into line with its new NATO commitment.

Now, for the first time, comes a long-overdue book that presents all of the U.

This book focuses on Von Leeb's Army Group North, tasked with seizing the Baltic States and Leningrad.

The second of two books on the Navy's Phantom II MiG killers of the Vietnam War, this book covers the numerous actions fought out over North Vietnam during the Linebacker I and II operations of 1972-73.

At War in Distant Watersinvestigates the reasons behind Great Britains combined military and naval offensive expeditions outside of Europe during the Great War.

The Second Battle of Sirte was a key naval clash in the Mediterranean, and a vital moment in the struggle for Malta's survival.

A detailed analysis of the Soviet armed forces during the final days of the war, covering the soldiers that successfully turned the tide against the Nazi onslaught and pushed it back into Germany itself.

The ineffectiveness of conventional air attacks on US Navy surface ships, particularly heavily defended targets like carrier task groups, forced the Japanese to re-evaluate their tactics in late 1944.

Compiled by an acclaimed Civil War historian, this beautiful volume illustrated with stunning photography examines America's deadliest conflict through the camera's lens.

From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, US Marines formed the tip of the spear as Allied forces sought to push the Japanese back to their Home Islands.

The importance of the Australian contribution to the Allied war effort during World War I should never be underestimated.

During World War II, the United States built 72 light cruisers of various classes.

This book is simultaneously a biography of Rear Admiral Herbert Victor Wiley and a history of the U.

China's shipbuilding industry has grown more rapidly than any other in modern history.

This meticulously researched book traces the development of airborne forces from their earliest mythology to their earth-shattering debut in the Second World War.

Heroism and valor in the sky!

A fascinating re-examination of the battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval encounter in history and probably the most decisive naval battle of the entire Pacific War, and one that saw the Imperial Japanese Navy eliminated as an effective fighting force and forced to resort to suicide tactics.

During the Second World War, the British movie industry produced a number of films concerning the war, all of which were, by necessity, heavily myth-laden and propagandised.

Known as "e;the Great War,"e; the world's first truly global conflict is remarkable in what might now be termed modern espionage.

Air power for warfighting is a story that's been told many times.

From critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar comes this paperback edition of his detailed and engrossing account of the World War II's Eastern Front as German forces were driven back following the Battle of Kursk.

A pictorial history of America's response to Pearl Harbor, with "e;hundreds of photos of the various stages of the raid"e; (ModelingMadness).

A fully illustrated new assessment of the German tank force that won its greatest victory in France during 1940.

A concise illustrated history of the Special Air Service's lightweight, heavily armed vehicles and their combat use.

A detailed and comprehensive study of the carrier formations of the Pacific War, including their origins, development and key battles from the Coral Sea, through Midway and Guadalcanal to the battle of the Philippine Sea.

Strategic Survey 2022: The Annual Assessment of Geopolitics provides objective, in-depth analysis of the events that have shaped relations between major powers, region by region, over the past year, and highlights the pressing geopolitical and geo-economic challenges that will shape the international agenda in 2023.

Winner of the Air Force Historical Foundations Space History Book Award Selected for the US Space Com 2024 Commanders Reading List Selected for USSFs National Security Space Institute 2024 Space Professional Reading ListFight for the Final Frontier uses the concepts associated with irregular warfare to offer new insights for understanding the nature of strategic competition in space.

Newly updated fifth edition: The remarkable reference that is "e;absolutely essential in every naval historian's library"e; (Warship World).

India's armed forces play a key role in protecting the country and occupy a special place in the Indian people's hearts, yet standard accounts of contemporary Indian history rarely have a military dimension.

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Sunk by a U-boat, Attacked by Kamikazes tells the story of one man’s experiences during the years 1939 to 1947.

A comprehensive new history of the shaping and performance of the British army during the First World War.