Weapons and equipment

An illustrated account of the combats in the closing months of World War II between one of America's premier fighter aeroplanes and the product of Japan's effort to introduce fighters that could match American qualitative superiority.

An illustrated study of how coalition armor in Iraq in 2003 06 handled a unique multi-threat environment, from enemy armor to IEDs.

At the outset of World War II, Scapa Flow was supposed to be the safe home base of the British Navy nothing could penetrate the defences of this bastion.

First adopted in 1917, the rugged and reliable Browning .

In Learning to Love the Bomb, Sean M.

A fully illustrated study of the colourful regiments raised for France's late 19th-century colonial wars in Africa and Vietnam.

Assured Destruction: Building the Ballistic Missile Culture of the U.

The Lebanese Civil War of 1975-76 caused 80,000 dead and totally split the country along factional lines.

With war against Germany looming, Britain pushed forward its carrier program in the late 1930s.

A unique perspective of the global history of U-boats during the entirety of the Second World War by Lawrence Paterson, one of the world's leading U-boat experts.

The growth in size, lethality, and technology of the German Luftwaffe was of concern to some defense planners in the United States before American entry into the war.

The mounted troops of the Hapsburg Empire comprised one of the most powerful forces of the Napoleonic Wars.

A look at the head-to-head match-up between two important Eastern Front fighters.

Brought to life by the personal accounts of six Navy pilots and one British POW, this is the history of the U.

At the start of the American Civil War, neither side had warships on the Mississippi River, which was a vital strategic artery.

This revised edition of Mike Chappell's original Men-at-Arms 138 represents nearly 20 years' new research.

This book does for naval anti-aircraft defense what Friedman's Naval Firepower did for surface gunnery - it makes a highly complex but historically crucial subject accessible to the layman.

This series started in 1981 with the Erice Seminars when the danger of a nuclear East-West confrontation was menacing the world.

The charge of the Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board (ARLTAB) is to provide biannual assessments of the scientific and technical quality of the research, development, and analysis programs at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL).

In a last desperate bid to stave off defeat, Japan's High Command launched the terrifying kamikaze attacks.

The military branch of the Nazi SS security organisation grew by the end of World War II from a handful of poorly regarded infantry battalions in 1939, into a force of more than 30 divisions including units of every type.

The second instalment of the history of this photo-bird aircraft type, featuring illustrations throughout.

A definitive technical guide to the Lockheed A-12 plus coverage of the interceptor and mother/daughter drone developments.

This book explores the role of the US Navy Hornet units in the northern Iraqi campaign, the first Navy Reserve unit to be mobilized since the Korean War.

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

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.

The main impact of the May 1998 nuclear tests of India and Pakistan was not on the nuclear non-proliferation regime, Peimani asserts, but on the structure of the international system.

The first instalment of the Aviation Elite Units series, a detailed history of this key unit, featuring photographs and colour illustrations throughout.

Barnes Wallis was the most famous inventor and designer of the Second World War.

The units and formations of the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) have privileged access to the finest weaponry in the world's arsenal.

After Hiroshima, published in 2010, forges links between the role of race and US foreign policy in Asia.

A fully illustrated study of the Wehrmacht's French volunteer units and their actions on the Eastern Front and in North Africa during World War II.

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

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Helicopter Boys is the latest addition to Grub Street’s Boys series from acclaimed author Richard Pike exploring the role of helicopters in military and civilian situations.

First established in 1940, the Sturmgesch tz assault guns were purpose-built vehicles intended to support the infantry during the phase of attack and breakthrough of enemy positions.

In the summer of 1944, the Red Army staged a massive armoured assault up the Karelian Isthmus with the intent of eliminating any remaining German and Finnish forces facing the Leningrad region.

Helicopters have been going to sea with the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm for over 70 years.

The Iosef Stalin tanks were the ultimate heavy tanks developed by the Soviet Union and were popularly called 'Victory tanks' due to their close association with the defeat of Germany in 1945.

The IS (Iosef Stalin) heavy tanks were some of the most widely used AFVs produced by the USSR.

Cyberwarfare, a term that encompasses a wide range of computer-based attacks on targeted enemy states, has emerged as one of the most pressing national security concerns of the 21st century.

North Korea's Nuclear Cinema examines why and how North Korea has transitioned to an image-based nuclear power in the changing context of a post-Cold War world.

The United States has the most expensive and seemingly military forces in the world.

A fully illustrated history of the Royal Air Force while on operations, publishing to mark the centenary of its foundation in World War I.

RAF recruit Neville Cox is trapped in Soviet rocket development, facing espionage and a daring escape from KGB captivity.

This book explains the origin and historical development of North Korean nuclear weapon dated from the aftermath of World War II.

The first of a two-part series on the armour of the samurai, this volumes traces first the history of the samurai themselves and then examines the history and evolution of the cuirass or dou, the armour protecting the samurai's chest.

An ancient design, emerging from Central Asia in the second millennium BC, the composite bow was adopted by a staggering variety of cultures, from nomadic tribal peoples such as the Huns, Turks and Mongols, to mighty empires such as the Romans, Byzantines, Persians, Arabs and Chinese.