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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Oxfords Own The Men and Machines of No15XV
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Messerschmitt Bf109 FK
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£27.19
Schiffer Publishing Ltd PostWorld War II M1 Helmets
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£33.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Personnel Armor System Ground Troops PASGT
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£16.14
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Germanys Tiger Tanks D.W. to Tiger I
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£43.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd SS Officers List as of January 1942 Assignments
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£16.14
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Arado Ar 234C An Illustrated History Schiffer
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Straight Up
Book SynopsisThis book surveys the technology of all the many VTOL vehicles, and provides an overview of the programs and manufacturers. To take off and land vertically is not an easy task this is the story of how it has happened thus far.
£23.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Lockheed C5 Galaxy
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd British Aircraft Before the Great War
Book SynopsisGoodall (Brooklands Museum of Motor Racing and Aviation) and Tagg (formerly of Hawker Aircraft Ltd.) present the history of British pre-World War I aircraft, a remarkable period in aviation history. The text and 900-plus b&w photographs reveal details not only about the aircraft manufactured by Sopw
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd German Jet Aircraft
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd The V1 and Its Soviet Successors Schiffer
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Histroy of German Aviation Bombers and
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Fieseler Fi 103R
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£10.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Elite German Divisions in World War II
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£23.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The 448th Bomb Group H
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd World War II Troop Type Parachutes
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£23.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Sikorsky HH52A An Illustrated History Schiffer
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£23.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Dragonfly Schiffer Military History Book The
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Messerschmitt Me 262 Variations Proposed Versions
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Paramarine
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd VARIATIONSPROPOSED VERSIONS PROJECT D
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Messerschmitt Me 262 Variations Proposed Versions
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Uniforms Accoutrements of the Imperial German
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Uniforms Accoutrements of the Imperial German
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£58.39
Schiffer Publishing Ltd German Fighter Ace Werner MÃlders
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£39.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Modern Exterior Ballistics
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£74.99
Crabtree Publishing Co,US Tanks at War Crabtree Chrome
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£10.44
Heritage Books Military Cartridge Headstamps Collectors Guide
£19.95
Cornell University Press Rich Nation Strong Army
Book SynopsisSince World War II, Japan has become not only a model producer of high-tech consumer goods, but also-despite minimal spending on defense-a leader in innovative technology with both military and civilian uses.Trade ReviewA masterful study of the Japanese arms and aircraft industries, analyzing the interrelationship between military and civilian technology since the mid-nineteenth century. * Foreign Affairs *This book is a pleasure to read. It is a well-argued, lucid account and explanation of Japanese economic success since the Second World War; it is an excellent example of how, historically, to tackle questions of technology and technological innovation and their relation to economic change; and it provides fascinating insight into the debate about the role of national defense in either stimulating or suffocating economic activity. * Business History *
£42.30
Cornell University Press American Biodefense
Book SynopsisBiological weapons have threatened U.S. national security since at least World War II. Historically, however, the U.S. military has neglected research, development, acquisition, and doctrine for biodefense. Following September 11 and the anthrax letters of 2001, the United States started spending billions of dollars per year on medical countermeasures and biological detection systems. But most of this funding now comes from the Department of Health and Human Services rather than the Department of Defense. Why has the U.S. military neglected biodefense and allowed civilian organizations to take the lead in defending the country against biological attacks? In American Biodefense, Frank L. Smith III addresses this puzzling and largely untold story about science, technology, and national security.Smith argues that organizational frames and stereotypes have caused both military neglect and the rise of civilian biodefense. In the armed services, influential ideas about kinetTrade Review[Smith] asks rhetorically, will the US military neglect the threat of cyber weapons, as it neglected for so long the threat of biological weapons? It is a good question, especially since the new director of the US National Security Agency has specifically drawn attention to the fact that there are a number of contemporary states that have the capability to completely shut down the infrastructure of the United States. It is the virtue of books like this that they make us think about these things. -- Dr. Ron Smith * New Zealand International Review *Frank L. Smith III... draws upon his many years of experience, research and expertise to present a seminal work of national importance....A highly recommended study that is also suitable for non-specialist general readers concerned with bioterrorism issues and American national security. -- Michael J. Carson * The Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction. American Biodefense, from Boston to Baghdad1. Science and Technology for National Security: Threats, Interests, and Ideas2. Stereotypical Neglect of Military Research, Development, and Acquisition for Biodefense3. Fatal Assumptions: Military Doctrine4. An Unlikely Sponsor? The Rise of Civilian BiodefenseConclusion. Biodefense and Beyond: The Influence of Ideas on National SecurityNotes Index
£33.25
MB - Cornell University Press Rich Nation Strong Army National Security and
Book SynopsisSince World War II, Japan has become not only a model producer of high-tech consumer goods, but also-despite minimal spending on defense-a leader in innovative technology with both military and civilian uses.Trade ReviewA masterful study of the Japanese arms and aircraft industries, analyzing the interrelationship between military and civilian technology since the mid-nineteenth century. * Foreign Affairs *This book is a pleasure to read. It is a well-argued, lucid account and explanation of Japanese economic success since the Second World War; it is an excellent example of how, historically, to tackle questions of technology and technological innovation and their relation to economic change; and it provides fascinating insight into the debate about the role of national defense in either stimulating or suffocating economic activity. * Business History *
£28.00
Johns Hopkins University Press American Military Technology The Life Story of a
Book SynopsisThe book is an excellent springboard for understanding the complex relationship of science, technology, and war in American history.Trade ReviewAn attractive primer that should prove useful to readers looking for a straightforward and jargon-free introduction to the complex relationship existing between the American military and its tools (and toolmakers) of war. Journal of Military History The broad coverage and integrative approach of this survey, combined with its attractive packaging and price, will make it a useful text for introductory courses in U.S. military history and the history of technology. -- Robert G. Angevine Journal of Military History 2008 Definitely offers worthwhile reading for a broader perspective on military procurement, operations, and thinking. -- Col. Brett Morris Air Power History 2010Table of ContentsIntroductionTimeline1. Before Industrialization: Through the Early Nineteenth Century2. Transition to the Industrial Age: Mid-Nineteenth Century3. The Military-Technological Revolution: Late Nineteenth Century4. The Naval-Technological Revolution and the Rise of Navalism: Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries5. The Catastrophe of Industrial War: 1914-19186. From War to War: 1919-19417. The Climax of Mechanization: 1942-19458. Military Research Institutionalized: 1945-19519. Strategic Technologies Ascendant: 1952-196510. The Impact of Vietnam: 1965-198011. A New Era in Warfare? 1980-2000GlossarySelected BibliographyIndex
£27.73
University of Toronto Press In Defence of Canada Volume III
Book SynopsisThe first two volumes of this outstanding history of Canada's defence and foreign policy have drawn unanimous acclaim from scholars and critics alike. Richard Preston said of the first volume that is 'opens up a new chapter in Canadian historiography' and of the second that is 'amply lives up to the promise of the earlier epoch-making book.' Kenneth McNaught stated: 'There could not be more important reading for anyone trying to apprehend the tenacious traditions underlying our present position in world affairs.' The third volume has been described in Political Science Quarterly as 'a first class book – learned in content, lucid and witty in style.'
£34.20
Random House USA Inc Another Great Day at Sea
Book SynopsisAs a child Geoff Dyer spent long hours making and blotchily painting model fighter planes. So as an adult, naturally he jumped at the chance to spend a week onboard the aircraft carrier the USS George H.W. Bush. Part deft travelogue, part unerring social observation, and part finely honed comedy, Another Great Day at Sea is the inimitable Dyer’s account of his time spent wandering the ship’s maze of walkways, hatches, and stairs, and talking with the crew—from the Captain to the ship’s dentists. A lanky Englishman in a deeply American world, Dyer brilliantly records daily life aboard this floating fortress, revealing it to be a prism for understanding a society where discipline and conformity become forms of self-expression. At the same time we are reminded why Dyer is celebrated as one of the most original voices in contemporary literature.
£13.56
Metropolitan Books Journalism
Book SynopsisThe images Sacco draws are so powerful that they burn deep into your retina and reconfigure how you see the world... Journalism displays Sacco at the top of his game.National Post (Toronto)Over the past decade, Joe Sacco has increasingly turned to short-form comics journalism to report from conflict zones around the world. Collected here for the first time, Sacco''s darkly funny, revealing reportage confirms his standing as one of the foremost war correspondents working today. Journalism takes readers from the smuggling tunnels of Gaza to war crimes trials in The Hague, from the lives of India''s untouchables to the ordeal of Saharan refugees washed up on the shores of Malta. And in pieces never published before in the United States, Sacco confronts the misery and absurdity of the war in Iraq, including the darkest chapter in recent American historythe torture of detainees.Vividly depicting Sacco''s own interactions with the people he meets, the stories in this remarkable collection argue for the essential truth in comics reportage, an inevitably subjective journalistic endeavor. Among Sacco''s most mature and accomplished work, Journalism demonstrates the power of our premier cartoonist to chronicle lived experience with a force that often eludes other media.
£24.00
John Wiley & Sons United States Military Saddles 18121943
£16.95
John Wiley & Sons A British Profession of Arms The Politics of
Book SynopsisWithin the context of debates about both the evolution of Victorian professions and the nature of military professionalism, F.W. Beckett considers the late Victorian officer corps as a case study for weighing distinctions between the British soldier and his civilian counterparts.
£30.56
Louisiana State University Press Winds Waves and Warriors
Book SynopsisExamines the oceanographic conditions that US military planners considered, or should have considered, when landing troops and vehicles on the beach at three historic amphibious assaults: Normandy, Tarawa, and Inchon. Oceanographer Thomas Mitchell brings welcome insight into a little-studied yet extraordinary aspect of ground warfare.
£32.25
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Strategic Command and Control
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£18.99
University of Minnesota Press On Posthuman War
Book SynopsisTrade Review "On Posthuman War offers a compelling new account of the systemic militarization of human experience. Describing the weaponization of thought that has turned the brain itself into a combat zone, Mike Hill shows that the most basic epistemological and ontological questions can now only be posed from within the war machine."—Jan Mieszkowski, author of Watching War "As Mike Hill demonstrates, war has become woven into the fabric of all our lives through the woof and warp of data and virtuality, and his discussion reaches deeply into the ontological import of this process. This is a book for our times, at once compelling and chilling, lively and optimistic."—Geoffrey C. Bowker, University of California, Irvine "Flowing between philosophy, communication methods and the politics of diversity and race, the book bridges fields and informatively navigates the politics of war."—International Journal of Communication Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPreface: Supping with the Devil DogsIntroduction: Number RulesThe Terrorist Recognition HandbookCybernetics and Netcentric WarThe Lords of Things as They AreRealism and Posthuman WarSystem-of-SystemsSummary of Remaining Chapters1. War DemographyThe Revolution in Military AffairsU.S. Census Politics and the Coming White MinorityThe Graveyard of the Human RaceRace WarThe Algorithmic Unconscious2. War AnthropologyThe Human Terrain System ProgramData as Physical TransmissionNational Character Study in World War IICounterinsurgency Theory and VietnamQuantum Systems and Asymmetrical WarWhite Afghans3. War NeuroscienceThe Functional CombatantLiving MatterCartography and Virtual RealityThe Human Brain as Image GeneratorOpto-ElectronicsVirtuality and WarWhite MatterNotesIndex
£79.05
University of Minnesota Press On Posthuman War Computation and Military
Book SynopsisTrade Review "On Posthuman War offers a compelling new account of the systemic militarization of human experience. Describing the weaponization of thought that has turned the brain itself into a combat zone, Mike Hill shows that the most basic epistemological and ontological questions can now only be posed from within the war machine."—Jan Mieszkowski, author of Watching War "As Mike Hill demonstrates, war has become woven into the fabric of all our lives through the woof and warp of data and virtuality, and his discussion reaches deeply into the ontological import of this process. This is a book for our times, at once compelling and chilling, lively and optimistic."—Geoffrey C. Bowker, University of California, Irvine "Flowing between philosophy, communication methods and the politics of diversity and race, the book bridges fields and informatively navigates the politics of war."—International Journal of Communication Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPreface: Supping with the Devil DogsIntroduction: Number RulesThe Terrorist Recognition HandbookCybernetics and Netcentric WarThe Lords of Things as They AreRealism and Posthuman WarSystem-of-SystemsSummary of Remaining Chapters1. War DemographyThe Revolution in Military AffairsU.S. Census Politics and the Coming White MinorityThe Graveyard of the Human RaceRace WarThe Algorithmic Unconscious2. War AnthropologyThe Human Terrain System ProgramData as Physical TransmissionNational Character Study in World War IICounterinsurgency Theory and VietnamQuantum Systems and Asymmetrical WarWhite Afghans3. War NeuroscienceThe Functional CombatantLiving MatterCartography and Virtual RealityThe Human Brain as Image GeneratorOpto-ElectronicsVirtuality and WarWhite MatterNotesIndex
£19.79
The University of Alabama Press thecommandoftheair
Book SynopsisThe Italian General Giulio Douhet reigns as one of the twentieth century's foremost strategic air power theorists. As such scholars as Raymond Flugel have pointed out, Douhet's theories were crucial at a pivotal pre-World War II Army Air Force institution, the Air Corps Tactical School.Trade Review“The Italian General Giulio Douhet reigns as one of the twentieth century’s foremost strategic air power theorists. Along with William ‘Billy’ Mitchell, Douhet understood that the technological advances in weaponry made during World War I were not fully utilized by Allied commanders. Douhet thus spent the decade after the war constructing a theory that would facilitate the strategic use of what he conceived to be the biggest technological breakthrough of all, the airplane. As such scholars as Raymond Flugel have pointed out, Douhet’s theories were crucial at a pivotal pre-World War II Army Air Force institution, the AirCorps Tactical School.” — Michael J. Eula, Air University Review“Giulio Douhet’s The Command of the Air is a military classic. It was the first detailed analysis of the offensive and defensive employment of the air weapon. Published in 1921, The Command of the Air asserted the decisiveness of strategic bombardment before Billy Mitchell and other air leaders had given that subject any detailed thought. The 1927 edition . . . contains Douhet’s fully developed thesis on how to use the air weapon to achieve victory. Subsequently translated into English, French, German, and Russian, it stimulated the thinking of aviators in various countries prior to World War II.” — Col. John F. Shiner, Air University Review
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The University of Alabama Press Air Power and Armies
Book SynopsisSir John Cotesworth Slessor (1897-1979) was one of Great Britain's most influential airmen. He played a significant role in building the World War II Anglo-American air power partnership as an air planner on the Royal Air Force Staff, the British Chiefs of Staff, and the Combined Chiefs of Staff. He coordinated allied strategy in 1940-41, helped create an Anglo-American bomber alliance in 1942, and drafted the compromise at the Casablanca Conference that broke a deadlock in Anglo-American strategic debate. Also, Slessor was instrumental in defeating the U-boat menace as RAF Coastal Commander, and later shared responsibility for directing Allied air operations in the Mediterranean. Few aspects of the allied air effort escaped his influence: pilot training, aircraft procurement, and dissemination of operational intelligence and information all depended to a degree on Slessor. His influence on Anglo-American operational planning paved the way for a level of cooperation and combined action
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Chemical Publishing Company Military and Civilian Pyrotechnics
Book SynopsisWritten for manufacturers, laboratory pyrotechnicians, and lay students, this book contains an enormous amount of invaluable data on the properties and production of pyrotechnic materials, on heat and light production, on aerosols, energy, and noise
£56.00
Duke University Press The School of the Americas
Book SynopsisTransnational ethnography and history of the School of the Americas, analyzing the military, peasant, and activist cultures that are linked by this institution.Trade Review“Lesley Gill has produced an in-depth exposé of the militaristic mentality, socioethnic tensions, and outrageous atrocities of the empire’s Praetorian Guard. Insightful and richly researched, a work of superior quality.”—Michael Parenti, author of The Terrorism Trap and The Assassination of Julius Caesar“Lesley Gill’s study of the premier military training operation in the Americas is a treasure trove of histories that will provoke a long overdue debate about the values and limits of U.S. engagement in the region.”—Robin Kirk, author of More Terrible Than Death: Massacres, Drugs, and America’s War in Colombia“Lesley Gill’s The School of the Americas is an ambitious book that provides the reader with a thorough analysis of the School of the Americas (SOA), and the effects of the SOA’s training on the trainees and on two Andean Communities.” -- Silvia Borzutzky * Latin American Research Review *“The notion of impunity which Lesley Gill develops with many insights has far-reaching ramifications and consequences. . . . Gill’s clarity appeals to our reason, love of truth, and common human decency. . .” -- Bill Griffin * Catholic Worker *“This book is a hugely impressive, detailed, and fascinating cultural history of jazz in Britain and should be recommended not only to cultural historians but also to historians of the Cold War, the British Left, and those interested in race relations and national identity in twentieth-century Britain.” -- James J. Nott * American Historical Review *"[B]reathtaking. . . . This book should make one proud to be in the same profession as its author and appalled at the implications of having a U.S. citizenship." -- Gavin Smith * Journal of Latin American Anthropology *"[I]n the wake of recent revelations that suspected terrorists captured by CIA and U.S. special forces in Afghanistan and Iraq have been deliberately hidden from the Red Cross, severely tortured and in some cases abused to death, this book remains immediately relevant. The questions at the heart of the controversy over the school -- is the U.S. military teaching the art of atrocity to Latin American soldiers, and do Americans bear responsibility for the horrors that many of the supposedly 'professionalized' graduates of the school have committed? -- take on new meaning as the United States engages in actions that bear a damning resemblance to the dirty wars fought in years past in Central and South America." -- Peter Kornbluh * Washington Post Book World *"Gill was able to examine the school's folkways and rhetoric, thanks to glasnost-like levels of administrative cooperation. Lessons in thinking in terms of how to 'kill and maim' opposition and to 'dehumanize' those who persist. Gill then traces the paths of various graduates of the school and links their activities directly to the torture and death of 'Latin American peasants, workers, students [and] human rights activists'--i.e., 'opposition.' " * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Prologue: The Teflon Assassin xiii Introduction: The Military, Political Violence, and Impunity 1 1. Georgia Not on Their Minds 23 2. De-Mining Humanitarianism 43 3. Foot Soldiers of the U.S. Empire 59 4. Pathways to Power 90 5. Strategic Alliances 110 6. Human Wrongs and Rights 137 7. Disordering the Andes 163 8. Targeting the " School of Assassins" 198 Conclusion: The School of the Americas 233 Notes 245 References Cited 259 Index 271
£20.69
University of Missouri Press Military Realism
Book SynopsisIn five case studies of US Army doctrine, Peter Campbell pits military realism against bureaucratic and cultural perspectives in three key areas - nuclear versus conventional warfare, preferences for offense versus defense, and COIN missions - and finds that the army has been more doctrinally flexible than those perspectives would predict.
£31.30
RAND What Role Can LandBased MultiDomain
Book SynopsisLand-based, multi-domain anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) forces can play a role in deterring or defeating aggression. This report highlights growing Chinese and Russian A2/AD capabilities and potential scenarios for conflict in the Asia-Pacific region (centered on China) and the Baltic Sea (centered on Russia). Ground-based capabilities offer an affordable way for U.S. allies and partners to deter or defeat aggression.
£21.84
