Military forces and sectors

This book looks at the history of the US Air Force through the lens of its (lack of) preparedness for major wars, which is shown to be a result of its organizational culture.

Winston Churchill claimed the 'U-boat peril' was the only thing that frightened him during World War II.

As the Allies advance towards Germany, they face dogged resistance from the hard-pressed German forces.

When the Red Army needed to mechanize its cavalry branch in the 1930s, the BT fast tank was its solution.

The ferocity of the Pacific war almost defied the available military technology.

In this second volume examining the German infantryman before and during World War 2, post-1941 training, weapons, equipment, combat experiences and medical care are examined.

In 100 Missions North, Ken Bell recounts the harrowing sorties that he and his comrades flew in F-105 Thunderchiefs, the famous "e;Thud"e;, in 1966-67, when pilots faced a 50 percent loss rate.

The Soviet government tried to minimize the importance of Lend-lease fighters well into the 1980s.

The Supercarriers is a comprehensive historical overview with extensive photos, maps, drawings, and operational detail, including all air-wing deployments.

The Soviet Army hastily developed the T-62 in a struggle to compete against the rapid proliferation of NATO tanks in the 1960s.

Airpower can achieve military objectives—sometimes, in some circumstancesIt sounds simple: using airpower to intervene militarily in conflicts, thus minimizing the deaths of soldiers and civilians while achieving both tactical and strategic objectives.

The US armed forces pioneered amphibious warfare in the Pacific and by the time of the D-day landings they had perfected the special equipment and tactics necessary for this extraordinarily difficult and risky form of warfare.

With the interest shown in "The Royal Corps of Signals: Unit History (1920-2001) and their Antecedents", it was decided to extend the work to include some of the principal Commonwealth Signal Corps, and to provide supplemental data regarding British Signals that has come to light since the original volume was published.

The Israeli Special Forces' operation at Entebbe goes down in history as one of the most audacious counter-terrorist assaults ever conducted.

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.

From Army Rangers to Green Berets to the U.

"e;Rick Kaiser was a legend in the SEAL Teams for his courage, his leadership and his unparalleled professionalism.

This is the history of the founding in 1882 and operation through two world wars of America's first permanent intelligence agency, the Office of Naval Intelligence.

Naval deck logs require young officers to record mundane details of a ship's condition every few hours.

A thorough and compelling investigation of the Central Pacific campaign in World War II that saw the US Navy progress from the edge of disaster to the brink of victory, from Guadalcanal to the recapture of the Philippines.

'War as it should be described - ordinary men facing extraordinary horror' The Times'Epic and moving.

A navy is a state's main instrument of maritime force.

Filled with 1:72-scale drawings of armored vehicles from Germany, Japan, Italy, Hungary, and Romania.

New Orleans was the largest city--and one of the richest--in the Confederacy, protected in part by Fort Jackson, which was just sixty-five miles down the Mississippi River.

In the first full biography of Lieutenant General John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906), Donald B.

When Hitler's forces poured into France and the Low Countries in 1940, the uneasy peace of the 'Phoney War' was shattered, and Europe was ripped apart by another Blitzkrieg.

Known to seafarers as the Devil's Jaw, Point Honda has lured ships to its dangerous rocks on the coast of California for centuries, but its worst disaster occurred on 8 September 1923.

Applauded by the public and revered by the men who served under him, Adm.

Abraham Lincoln began his presidency admitting that he knew "e;but little of ships,"e; but he quickly came to preside over the largest national armada to that time, not eclipsed until World War I.

Gibraltar has been one of Great Britain's most legendary fortresses since its capture from Spain in 1704 and its strategic location as the gatekeeper of the Mediterranean Sea has given it a commanding position in the history of Modern Britain and in the history of the region.

When Sharon Hanley Disher entered the U.

An exhilarating story of a young Navy SEAL whose relentless faith transformed his life and inspired everyone who knew his courageous story.

This book focuses on the key naval strategic objectives of obtaining and maintaining sea control.

This is a new paperback edition of Becky Taylor's history of Britain's travelling communities in the twentieth century.

Motor torpedo boat development began in the early 1900s, and the vessels first saw service during World War I.

Everyone knows that members of the U.

The landmark expos of incompetent leadership on the Western Front - why the British troops were lions led by donkeys On 26 September 1915, twelve British battalions a strength of almost 10,000 men were ordered to attack German positions in France.

With Commodore Perry to Japan offers a personable account of Commodore Perrys expedition to Japan through the eyes of a sixteen-year-old pursers clerk of the Mississippi.

In the second half of World War II the German Army faced numerically superior armoured forces on the Eastern and Western Fronts.

This book explains both the strategic and the operational aspects of exercising control of the sea.

The Law of Non-International Armed Conflict brings together and critically analyses the disparate conventional, customary, and soft law relating to non-international armed conflict.

This research guide fills a major gap in the literature about the citizen and volunteer soldier in American military history and explains how to conduct research on the subject and to explore fruitful areas for future study.

Between the two World Wars, the US contributed significantly to the development of the tank, a weapon invented by the British and the French seeking a way to break through the lines of German trenches.

This book examines the LaGG family of fighters, that were amongst the first modern piston-engined interceptors made available to the Red Air Forces in early 1941 and proved far better fighters than their radial-engined predecessors.

The story of the P-51B Mustang aircraft from its development prior to the American entry into the war through to D-Day in June 1944.

Inch'on was probably the most significant campaign in the Korean theater, as well as being the last major amphibious assault of division-size conducted in the history of warfare.

At the end of the 1870-1 Franco-Prussian war, the French Navy began to reconstruct its fleet, replacing old generation warships with steam-powered and iron-hulled men-of-war.

This book examines the evolution of airpower and specifically the growth and proliferation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPAs).

This seminal work on modern terrorism is the one book to read in order to truly understand the reasons why radical Muslims such as Osama bin Laden and his followers have declared war on America and the West.