Weapons and equipment

An extensive history of enemy fleets following both World Wars, featuring never-before-seen archival and archaeological materials.

A journalist and military historian's in-depth look at the reclusive rogue nation, its ruling dynasty, and the ongoing threat it presents.

A history of the iconic vehicle: "e;This modeler's delight showcases the M1 and its variations with all sorts of camouflage schemes.

An in-depth look at this sophisticated armored vehicle with photos, technical details, and modeling information.

The conception and evolution-through inter-war tensions, global war, and years of Cold War hostility-of the Royal Navy's large fleet destroyers.

"e;From mountain warfare with guns on mules to V2 rockets and everything between makes it well worth a place on anyone's reference shelf.

This unique pictorial history captures the many types of armored vehicles used across the Western Front of WWII-through soldiers' photos of enemy wreckage.

The author of Boeing 707 Group: A History delivers "e;a stunning study in early French aviation design with a plethora of aircraft"e; (IPMS/USA).

The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types.

An in-depth overview of these fearsome heavy tanks, including photos, illustrations, and modeling information.

The biography of a British battleship, from an author with "e;a facility for rendering nonfiction into a narrative as brisk and readable as a novel"e; (HistoryNet).

A definitive new edition of a classic, World War II memoir, complete with more than 100 photographs, and notes from leading historians.

Cyber-warfare is often discussed, but rarely truly seen.

Bousquets book considers the impact of key technologies and scientific ideas on the practice of warfare and the handling of the perennial tension between order and chaos on the battlefield.

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A vivid history, packed with first-hand accounts, of the US Eighth Air Force's VIII Fighter Command from its foundation in 1942 through to its victory in the skies over Nazi Germany.

A vivid history, packed with first-hand accounts, of the US Eighth Air Force's VIII Fighter Command from its foundation in 1942 through to its victory in the skies over Nazi Germany.

The air war over the critical Eastern Front is illustrated with 120 specially selected and informatively captioned photographs in this striking new book.

Explores the history of the US Navy's 11 new steel warships, built during the late 19th century to advance American naval supremacy.

Using specially commissioned artwork and detailing technical specifications, this book explores the Bf 109's different roles occasioned by wartime necessity, from its employment as a fighter to its evolution as a fighter-bomber.

A new study of tank warfare used in the Soviet offensive of Operation Bagration, which destroyed Army Group Center.

Using first-hand accounts and rare and unpublished images, this highly illustrated title tells the full story of the German reconnaissance troops in World War II.

A new study of tank warfare used in the Soviet offensive of Operation Bagration, which destroyed Army Group Center.

With over 260 images, this is a highly illustrated history of the ships and operations of the Royal Navy during the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Using first-hand accounts and rare and unpublished images, this highly illustrated title tells the full story of the German reconnaissance troops in World War II.

With specially commissioned artworks and dynamic combat ribbon diagrams, this volume reveals how the 'last of the gunfighters', as the F-8 was dubbed by its pilots, prevailed against the growing MiG threat of the Vietnamese People's Air Force.

The Carthaginians are well known as Rome's great enemy of the three Punic wars and Hannibal, their greatest general, is a household name.

The Carthaginians are well known as Rome's great enemy of the three Punic wars and Hannibal, their greatest general, is a household name.

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In July 1944, with the Eastern Front crumbling and the first cracks appearing in the Normandy defenses, Hitler ordered the creation of a new type of unit based on the ad-hoc Kampfgruppen which the Germans used so successfully throughout the war.

The Pzkpfw III tank was the mainstay of the Panzer divisions during the Blitzkrieg era and made up the bulk of the armored force sent to North Africa.

The Pzkpfw III tank was the mainstay of the Panzer divisions during the Blitzkrieg era and made up the bulk of the armored force sent to North Africa.

Featuring specially commissioned artwork and carefully chosen photographs, this study charts the SVD Dragunov rifle's development, combat use and lasting legacy, from Vietnam to Syria.

Featuring specially commissioned artwork and carefully chosen photographs, this study charts the SVD Dragunov rifle's development, combat use and lasting legacy, from Vietnam to Syria.

Does state acquisition of nuclear weapons lead to stability and peace or instability and crises?

When the Second World War erupted, Latin America - despite being initially neutral - became part of it.

This is the story of military aviation in Rhodesia from the romantic days of 'bush' flying in the 1920s and '30s-when aircraft were refueled from jerrycans and landing grounds were often the local golf course-to the disbandment of the Rhodesian Air Force (RhAF) on Zimbabwean independence in 1980.

In 1961 - two years after a revolution in Cuba overran the government of Fulgencio Batista - a group of Cuban exiles (backed by the CIA) landed on the beaches of the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro from the new government.

The South African Air Force (SAAF), formed on 1 February 1920, is the second oldest air force in the Commonwealth.

Much has been written about the use of tanks in battle.

A technical study of medium & heavy tank gun systems used from World War I to World War II.

1977 und 1980 erscheint ein Katalog mit Kunstkunstobjekten aus dem Nahen und Mittleren Osten.

Designed in 1942, Britain's innovative Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT) provided British and Commonwealth troops with a much-needed means of taking on Germany's formidable Panzers.

In 1983, more than one million Germans joined together to protest NATO s deployment of nuclear missiles in Europe.

Since the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks, no state has unleashed nuclear weapons.

For more than forty years, the United States has maintained a public commitment to nuclear disarmament, and every president from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama has gradually reduced the size of America's nuclear forces.

This stunning field guide provides a comprehensive resource for identifying and appreciating nearly 500 species of spiders.

Lethal autonomous weapons are weapon systems that can select and destroy targets without intervention by a human operator.

Daniel Gerstein draws on twenty-nine years of experience in the security and defense sectors to address the threat of bioterrorism.