Weapons and equipment

Following the cataclysmic losses suffered in World War I, air power theorists in Europe advocated for long-range bombers to overfly the trenches and strike deep into the enemy's heartland.

Following the cataclysmic losses suffered in World War I, air power theorists in Europe advocated for long-range bombers to overfly the trenches and strike deep into the enemy's heartland.

After the United States declared war against Germany in April 1917, the US Army established the Tank Corps to help break the deadlock of trench warfare in France during World War I.

The noted historian offers "e;a compelling sociohistorical account of an often overlooked yet critical"e; WWII explosive twice as powerful as TNT (Choice).

During the early years of World War II, American ships crossing the Atlantic with oil and supplies were virtually defenseless against German U-boats.

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This history of American armored warfare through the twentieth century "e;boasts some of the best available analysis of mobile war as practiced by the US"e; (Publishers Weekly).

The tank revolutionized the battlefield in World War II.

World War II submariners rarely experienced anything as exhilarating or horrifying as the surface gun attack.

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World War II submariners rarely experienced anything as exhilarating or horrifying as the surface gun attack.

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Intrigued by hints of ';the bigger man' behind the war personality of Gen.

For modelers and WWIl enthusiasts, a collection of scale drawings of German combat vehicles.

This fully illustrated volume presents an authoritative and highly detailed study of WWII's lesser-known armored fighting vehicles.

WWII fighter pilots share stories of flying into battle from Berlin to Tokyo in Mustangs, Spitfires, Flying Fortresses and more.

A pictorial history of American tank combat in the final months of World War II-includes over one thousand photos.

Almost 1,200 photos of American World War II armor from Shermans to Hellcats, accompanied by informative captions by a prominent military historian.

Technical artist and military historian George Bradford has been producing detailed drawings of armored fighting vehicles for over thirty years.

Filled with fine-scale drawings of Russian armored fighting vehicles including:*; T-34 Model 1940*; BA-64B Model 1943 Light Armored Car*; BT-7 (Model 1937 Fast Tank)*; SU-76i (on Pz.

For modelers and military enthusiasts, a collection of scale drawings of post-WWII 20th century military vehicles.

Action-packed stories of legendary tank soldiers in some of the bloodiest engagements of World War II, from North Africa to the Eastern Front.

A military historian analyzes the ingenious WWII tanks known as Hobart's Funnies, detailing their development and their role in the D-Day campaign.

Technical artist and military historian George Bradford has been producing detailed drawings of armored fighting vehicles for over thirty years.

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

Filled with 1:72-scale drawings of armored vehicles from the U.

Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) encompasses the various disciplines of wireless interception, cryptanalysis, communications intelligence, electronic intelligence, direction-finding, and traffic analysis.

As a teenager ‘Tich’ Palliser became ‘hooked on this flying game’ and aspired to take to the skies.

An essential and page-turning narrative on the history of drone warfare from journalist Andrew Cockburn, exploring how this practice emerged, who made it happen, and the real consequences of targeted killing.

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"e;An excellent contribution to the debate on the future role of nuclear weapons and nuclear deterrence in American foreign policy.

"e;Perry has long been one of the more strenuous advocates for confronting the dangers of the nuclear age, and his engaging memoir explains why.

Interest in nuclear energy has surged in recent years, yet there are risks that accompany the global diffusion of nuclear power-especially the possibility that the spread of nuclear energy will facilitate nuclear weapons proliferation.

The history of Pakistan's nuclear program is the history of Pakistan.

These essays by nuclear policy experts provide "e;a speculative but serious and well-informed journey through a variety of scenarios and contingencies"e; (Foreign Affairs).

The use of biological warfare (BW) agents by states or terrorists is one of the world's most frightening security threats but, thus far, little attention has been devoted to understanding how to improve policies and procedures to identify and attribute BW events.

Nuclear-armed adversaries India and Pakistan have fought three wars since their creation as sovereign states in 1947.

Biosecurity comprehensively analyzes the dramatic transformations that are reshaping how the international community addresses biological weapons and infectious diseases.

Confronting the Bomb tells the dramatic, inspiring story of how citizen activism helped curb the nuclear arms race and prevent nuclear war.

In 2008, the iconic doomsday clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientistswas set at five minutes to midnight-two minutes closer to Armageddon than in 1962, when John F.

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

A gripping account of the most famous convoy operation of the war, which marked a high-water mark for the German naval campaign in the Arctic.

Since 1945, the United States has manufactured and deployed more than 70,000 nuclear weapons to deter and if necessary fight a nuclear war.

This a story of pioneers, intrepid aviators, adventurers, tycoons and innovators.

Tracing Diefenbaker's deliberations over nuclear policy, McMahon shows that Diefenbaker was politically cautious, not indecisive - he wanted to acquire nuclear weapons and understood from public opinion polls that most Canadians supported this position.

A subarctic mine on the far eastern shores of Great Bear Lake provided Canadian uranium for the bombs detonated over Japan in August 1945.

A subarctic mine on the far eastern shores of Great Bear Lake provided Canadian uranium for the bombs detonated over Japan in August 1945.

Tracing Diefenbaker's deliberations over nuclear policy, McMahon shows that Diefenbaker was politically cautious, not indecisive - he wanted to acquire nuclear weapons and understood from public opinion polls that most Canadians supported this position.

In Power versus Prudence Paul develops a prudential-realist model, arguing that a nation's national nuclear choices depend on specific regional security contexts: the non-great power states most likely to forgo nuclear weapons are those in zones of low and moderate conflict, while nations likely to acquire such capability tend to be in zones of high conflict and engaged in protracted conflicts and enduring rivalries.

In Canada's Early Nuclear Policy Brian Buckley weaves information from a number of disciplines to shed new light on Canada's early policies.