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This volume is the only current treatment of security issues in Central Asia for the nonspecialist, as well as specialists and policy-makers.

Authoritative reference guide, using the documents in which arms and armour first appeared to explain and define them.

This volume offers an insight into the iconic Mauser family of German bolt-action rifles.

A multidisciplinary overview of current research into the enduringly fascinating martial artefact which is the sword.

One of the most impressive computer systems ever was the vacuum tube based behemoth AN/FSQ-7, which was the heart of the 'Semi Automatic Ground Environment'.

This book explores the origins, development, combat use and lasting influence of Nazi Germany's automatic rifles, focusing on the Gew 41(W), Gew 43/Kar 43, FG 42 and MP 43/StG 44.

Providing for National Security: A Comparative Analysis argues that the provision of national security has changed in the 21st century as a result of a variety of different pressures and threats.

This book documents electric power requirements for the dismounted soldier on future Army battlefields, describes advanced energy concepts, and provides an integrated assessment of technologies likely to affect limitations and needs in the future.

A technical history of seven Italian heavy cruisers: Trento, Trieste, Bolzano, Zara, Fiume, Gorizia, Pola-a perfect companion volume to Italian Battleships.

The Maginot Line was one of the most advanced networks of fortifications in history.

This fully illustrated new book describes and analyses the weapons and equipment traditionally associated with the samurai, Japan's superlative warriors.

From the early 1950s until 1992, the U.

First adopted in 1917, the rugged and reliable Browning .

Electronic Warfare: Element of Strategy and Multiplier of Combat Power describes how the application of electronic warfare allowed the Allies to multiply combat power during World War II in order to accomplish strategic objectives.

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

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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.

Nanoweapons just might render humanity extinct in the near future—a notion that is frightening and shocking but potentially true.

As entrenched bureaucracies, military organizations might reasonably be expected to be especially resistant to reform and favor only limited, incremental adjustments.

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

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.

How aggressive military strategies win wars, from ancient times to todayThe goal of war is to defeat the enemy's will to fight.

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

The science of small arms ballistics is seriously underdeveloped and underappreciated.

This absorbing illustrated study reveals the evolving tactics and techniques used by all sides in the underground war during 1914 18.

Created by a long-forgotten Austrian nobleman, Adolf Odkolek von Augezd, the air-cooled Hotchkiss machine gun was the first to function effectively by tapping propellant gas from the bore as the gun fired.

While Germany and Austria-Hungary were well-equipped with sniping rifles in 1914, their Allied opponents were not.

This Encyclopedia International Encyclopedia of Intelligence, Terrorism Laws and Security successfully presents the various legal options legal options we have today to tackle this serious problem which question the very existence of human beings in some way or the other.

Die Welt erlebt eine Zeitenwende.

Following the 9/11 attacks, a war against al Qaeda by the U.

The National Research Council's Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board provides biennial assessments of the scientific and technical quality of the research, development, and analysis programs at the Army Research Laboratory, focusing on ballistics sciences, human sciences, information sciences, materials sciences, and mechanical sciences.

Written for foreign policy practitioners, scholars, and students, this book offers critical insights into the modern landscape of international politics and warfare and explains how the United States can sustain its strategic advantages in the 21st century and beyond.

A unique chapter in the history of firearms, the multibarrel, hand-cranked Gatling gun was one of the first practical rapid-fire weapons ever to be used in battle.

This book reveals the impact of communications on the military operations of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War.

This book explores the origins, development, combat use and lasting influence of Nazi Germany's automatic rifles, focusing on the Gew 41(W), Gew 43/Kar 43, FG 42 and MP 43/StG 44.

In an era when knowledge can travel with astonishing speed, the need for analysis of intellectual property (IP) law-and its focus on patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and issues of copyright-has never been greater.

An informative study of how corporations, governments, and individuals are perfecting the ability to monitor and sabotage Internet infrastructure.

Since the dramatic end of the Pacific War in 1945 the threat of nuclear war has exercised the minds of many.

In brute-force struggles for survival, such as the two World Wars, disorganization and divisions within an enemy alliance are to one's own advantage.

In response to the irregular warfare challenges facing the U.

Since the end of World War II, there have been 181 insurgencies around the world.