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This fascinating visual account of firearms shows everything from the earliest cannons to modern weapons of war.

This book outlines how to reorganize the U.

A highly illustrated history of the development and operation of the first British tanks, published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of their introduction in World War I.

From the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of Hunting Eichmann and The Perfect Mile, a World War II spy adventure set in Norway that draws on top-secret documents and memoirs of the saboteurs.

How, in the absence of institutional mechanisms, do Maoist rebels in India quit an ongoing insurgency without getting killed?

Naval Architecture for Marine Engineers focuses on resistance, propulsion, and vibration aspects of ships.

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

This lavishly illustrated volume details the design, development and operational history of the British-made tanks in World War II.

Differential Game Theory with Applications to Missiles and Autonomous Systems explains the use of differential game theory in autonomous guidance and control systems.

A comprehensive history of the legendary armoured vehicles of the Panzerwaffe, Germany's most famous fighting force.

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The Diffusion of Military Power examines how the financial and organizational challenges of adopting new methods of fighting wars can influence the international balance of power.

The story of the HMS Hood, the last great warship of the British Royal Navy, told by the bestselling author of Hannibal.

This study looks at how the Soviet armed forces developed and deployed a range of machine guns that fitted with their offensive and defensive infantry tactics across six years of total war.

No military service can long remain effective without searching self-criticism and continuous re-examination of its own ideas.

"e;Takes us to the front lines of the space- and cyber-security world.

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.

A comprehensive overview of the work of the Military Vehicles Research and Development Establishment on Chobham Common, which provided armoured vehicles for the British Army from 1945 to its close in 2004.

A book by the specialist for the specialist, this is a must-have history of the SturmartillerieThe Sturmartillerie was a key part of Germany's armoured arsenal throughout World War II.

Weapons of mass destruction have the potential to kill thousands of people in a single attack.

This technical and operational history is the definitive guide to the legendary Panzerwaffe, from its very infancy to the days when it made Europe its garden path at the height of Nazi German power.

The fascinating history and unnerving future of high-tech aerial surveillance, from its secret military origins to its growing use on American citizensEyes in the Sky is the authoritative account of how the Pentagon secretly developed a godlike surveillance system for monitoring America's enemies overseas, and how it is now being used to watch us in our own backyards.

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

The technological characteristics of drones, together with the law, have been instrumental in expanding warfare in time and space in the counter-terrorism context.

Following 9/11, Americans were swept up in a near hysteria-level fear of terrorists, especially of Islamic extremists working domestically.

Examining Britain's imperial outposts in 1920s East Asia, this book explores the changes and challenges affecting the Royal Navy's third largest fleet, the China Station, as its crews fought to hold back the changing tides of fortune.

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

A fascinating look at the history and development of the revolver.

The United States manufactured significant quantities of chemical weapons during the Cold War and the years prior.

From 1962 when the first SEAL teams were commissioned to present day, Navy SEALs have distinguished themselves as an individually reliable, collectively disciplined and highly skilled maritime force.

Maritime Unmannedrecounts the promising beginning, demoralizing setbacks, and ultimatesuccess ofthe visionaries whochampioned unmannedaircraft systems (UAS)technology forthe U.

Radio Remote-Control and Telemetry and their Application to Missiles provide information pertinent to the developments in the design of remote-control and telemetry equipment.

In Aircraft Stories noted sociologist of technoscience John Law tells "e;stories"e; about a British attempt to build a military aircraft-the TSR2.

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.

Militarization: A Reader offers a range of critical perspectives on the dynamics of militarization as a social, economic, political, cultural, and environmental phenomenon.

The illustrious history of the Third Marine Division is retold in this exceptional volume.

Against the backdrop of four decades of continuous conflict in Afghanistan, the Pashtun male protagonists of this book carry out their daily effort to internally negotiate, adjust (if at all), and respond to the very strict cultural norms and rules of masculinity that their androcentric social environment enjoins on them.

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

This lavishly illustrated volume details the design, development and operational history of the British-made tanks in World War II.

An invaluable addition to the literature on UAV guidance and cooperative control, Cooperative Path Planning of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles is a dedicated, practical guide to computational path planning for UAVs.

A History of the Samurai tells the complete story of Japan's legendary warrior class from beginning to end--an epic tale of intrigue, bloodshed and bravery that is central to an understanding of the Japanese character and of Japanese history.

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.

Strategic Military Deception explains the nature of deception, its processes, and the elements and conditions when a person used and succeeds at deception.

Soviet Military Strategy in Europe focuses on the development, form and content, implications for international relations, and goal of Soviet military plan in Europe.

Sesame Street has taught generations of Americans their letters and numbers, and also how to better understand and get along with people of different races, faiths, ethnicities, and temperaments.

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), also called the Lightning II, is a strike fighter airplane being procured in different versions for the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy.

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Firearms: An Illustrated History tells the story of the gun using photos of hundreds of weapons.