In an age where anthrax can be produced in a garage and multilateral agreements among nations seem ever harder to reach, the threat of biowarfare could rapidly spiral out of control.
A major history of technology and Western conquestFor six hundred years, the nations of Europe and North America have periodically attempted to coerce, invade, or conquer other societies.
A first look at gunpowder's revolutionary impact on China's role in global historyThe Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s, four centuries before the technology passed to the West.
Manual de historia universal de la guerra, la obra Guerras, soldados y máquinas está organizada a partir de criterios cronológicos, recoge las aportaciones de diversas corrientes historiográficas contemporáneas y combina niveles de análisis general con focalizaciones de microhistoria.
Martin Stauber, ein nicht minder begabter Freund des Astronomen und Mathematikers Johannes Kepler, ist von frühester Jugend von allem Lebendigen fasziniert.
Wernher von Braun (1912–1977) war zeit seines Lebens von dem Traum beseelt, zum Mond zu fliegen und die dafür erforderliche Großrakete zu konstruieren.
In an age where anthrax can be produced in a garage and multilateral agreements among nations seem ever harder to reach, the threat of biowarfare could rapidly spiral out of control.
In addition, it covers cutting-edge tech that will soon be employed by our soldiers: missiles, small arms, biological detection systems, rockets, reconnaissance systems, radios, planes, bows and arrows (believe it or not).
From the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures to the XM320 grenade launcher, this comprehensive guide profiles nearly every weapon currently in use by the U.
Military demolitions are the destruction by fire, water, explosive, and mechanical means of areas, structures, facilities, or materials to accomplish a military objective.
Collected here in this 4-in-1 omnibus are the most important books ever written on the art of war: 'The Art of War' by Sun Tzu; 'On War' by Carl von Clausewitz; 'The Art of War' by Niccolò Machiavelli, and 'The Art of War' by Baron De Jomini.
Written by one of the foremost firearms experts of the twentieth century, Charles Edward Chapels Guns of the Old West is an exhaustively researched document that not only boasts a significant collection of antique Western guns, but also categorizes the firearms into easy-to-reference sections.
