Weapons and equipment

Analyses the expansion of the nuclear arms control regime, evaluating Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty negotiations and preparations for on-site inspections.

An illustrated combat history of the A-4 Skyhawk, which flew numerous attack missions in Israeli service and initiated the Israeli Air Force's transition from French to US aircraft.

This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organisation of the troops that fought in Cambodia in the 1970s.

A technical outline of the history of the sniper rifle, from its introduction in warfare during the Napoleonic wars, through the US Civil War to its current apogee as the most frequently used combat rifle in Iraq and Afghanistan.

At its height the Roman Empire stretched across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, maintained by an army of modest size but great diversity.

International efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)-including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons-rest upon foundations provided by global treaties such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).

The latest edition of Warship, the celebrated annual publication featuring the latest research on the history, development, and service of the world's warships.

The Red Army suffered such catastrophic losses of armour in the summer of 1941 that they begged Britain and the United States to send tanks.

Entering service in 1897, the Arisaka family of bolt-action rifles armed Japanese troops and others through two world wars and many other conflicts, including the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 05.

The Forrestal class (Forrestal, Saratoga, Ranger, and Independence) was the first completed class of US Navy supercarriers, so-named for their 25 percent size increase over the World War II-era carriers such as the Midway class, and the strength of their air wings (80 100 aircraft, compared to 65 75 for the Midway, and fewer than 50 for the Essex class).

In the 1970s, during the ruinous 30-year dictatorship of General Mobutu, periodic rebellions led to the hasty insertion once again of Belgian and French paratroops to save European lives.

A technical outline of the history of the sniper rifle, from its introduction in warfare during the Napoleonic wars, through the US Civil War to its current apogee as the most frequently used combat rifle in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In the summer of 1943, the United Nations began Operation HUSKY, the invasion of Sicily.

The Light Armored Vehicle 25 (LAV-25) has played a significant role in transforming United States Marine Corps doctrine since its introduction in the early 1980s.

The M4 Sherman tank was the mainstay of the Western allies between 1942 and 1945.

Adopted in 1938 and remaining in British service until 1991, the popular and reliable Bren was an iconic light machine gun, and arguably the most recognizable Commonwealth weapon of World War ll.

The New Zealand Expeditionary Force earned an elite reputation on the Western Front In World War I, and the New Zealanders' war effort was a defining moment in their national history.

A detailed history of the world's first truly successful jet bomber and its role in the Vietnam War.

The Russian regime's struggle for internal control drives multifaceted actions in cyberspace that do not stop at national borders.

A comprehensive.

In June 1941 the US Army's air organisations were consolidated under a single command, the Army Air Forces or AAF.

A fully illustrated study of how the US-led half of the Normandy invasion fleet was composed, commanded, and how it fought, from D-Day until the fall of Cherbourg.

‘I went into the cloud and went flat out for a few minutes, turned, and as I dived out my luck was in and I got him head-on.

A highly illustrated examination of the key ships, tactics and operations of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the War in the Pacific in World War II.

A gripping account of the Second World War, from the perspective of a young tank commander.

The rise and fall of the concept of nuclear winter, played out in research activity, public relations, and Reagan-era politics.

The American Volunteer Group, or 'Flying Tigers', have remained the most famous outfit to see action in World War II.

This study examines how intellectual and institutional developments transformed the U.

Springing from 50 years'' experience in forensic seismology research, this book charts the development of seismic data analysis.

The Department of Defense (DOD) spends over $300 billion each year to develop, produce, field and sustain weapons systems (the U.

The 'Phabulous' Phantom first took to the air on 27 May 1958 and has been in service around the world for many decades.

The Kriegsmarine's Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, described either as a battleship or battlecruiser, and the lead ship of her class, which included one other ship, Gneisenau.

This authoritative history traces the evolution of the panzers from their modest beginnings to the most powerful German tanks used in World War II.

A fully illustrated account of the large-scale reformation of the Roman Army from the reign of Diocletian to the fall of the Western Empire in AD 476.

The Sherman tank was the principal US and Allied tank of World War II - more Shermans were built than all German tanks combined.

Biological Threats in the 21st Century offers a fresh understanding of contemporary biological threats to national security.

An award-winning US Marine Corps armor historian's account of the role of US and Japanese tanks on Iwo Jima.

The development of the US Navy's dreadnought battleships was a pivotal part of America's evolution into a true world power.

The fast and formidably-armed battlecruisers of Great Britain and Germany that were developed before and during the First World War are, in this new book, compared and contrasted in a way, and at a level of detail, that has never been attempted before.

The role that nuclear weapons play in international security has changed since the end of the Cold War, but the need to maintain and replenish the human infrastructure for supporting nuclear capabilities and dealing with the multitude of nuclear challenges remains essential.

Few of the massive military structures built by Germany during World War II are as impressive as the U-Boat bases and bunkers in Germany, Norway and France.

Though the 'Scythian period' in the history of Eastern Europe lasted little more than 400 years, the impression these horsemen made upon the history of their times was such that a thousand years after they had ceased to exist as a sovereign people, their heartland and the territories which they dominated far beyond it continued to be known as 'greater Scythia'.

The Rhodesian War of 1965 80 was the battle for control of present day Zimbabwe.

Entering service during the Sino-Japanese War, the Nakajima B5N (code-named 'Kate') excelled and went on to achieve surprising and dramatic successes in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

This examination of the implications and regulation of autonomous weapons systems combines contributions from law, robotics and philosophy.

This expert study discusses the development and evolution of the tank and the tactics behind its employment, covering both its capabilities as a weapons system and its strategic use on the battlefield.

The Department of Defense (DOD) spends over $300 billion each year to develop, produce, field and sustain weapons systems (the U.

The US Army and Marine Corps experimented with a wide range of flame-thrower tanks through World War II in both the European and Pacific theaters.

Defense against nuclear attack so natural and seemingly so compelling a goal has provoked debate for at least twenty years.

The most significant challenge to the post-Cold War international order is the growing power of ambitious states opposed to the West.