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  • Future War In Citiesby Alice Hills

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 55.95

    This book is the first full-length study of a key security issue confronting the west in the twenty-first century, urban military operations - as currently being undertaken by US and UK forces in Iraq. It relates military operations in cities to the wider study of conflict and security in an era of urbanisation, expeditionary warfare and new power... more...

  • European Medieval Tactics (2)by David Nicolle

    Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 14.95

    Longbows, crossbows, heavy spears, swiss pikes, catapaults, and especially gunpowder artillery and handheld guns such as the arquebus gradually but profoundly changed European warfare. By about 1260 the steady rise of the European heavily armoured mounted knight to the predominant role in most pitched battles was complete. But though he dominated... more...

  • All-in Fightingby W.E. Fairbairn

    Andrews UK 2012; US$ 7.99

    The author of this concise guide to unarmed combat and self-defence is a legend. W. E. Fairbairn (1885-1960) spent over thirty years in the tough environment of the Riot Squads of China's Shanghai Municipal Police. In order to lower levels of Police mortality at the hands of Chinese Tongs, he studied ancient Chinese and Japanese martial arts, including... more...

  • Desert Boysby Peter Rees

    Allen & Unwin 2011; US$ 27.26

    Australians fought in the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East in both World Wars. This is the very human story of those soldiers, sailors and airmen and their involvement in some of the toughest campaigns of modern times, and their life away from the battlefield. more...

  • Insurgents, Raiders, and Banditsby John Arquilla

    Ivan R. Dee 2011; US$ 26.99

    Insurgent, Raiders and Bandits explores the history of irregular warfare over the past 250 years through the lives and campaigns ofFrom w the greatest masters of this mode of conflict. The book not only tells their stories, but shapes an alternate history of the world as seen through the eyes of those who made up for their small numbers with clever,... more...

  • Hawke's Special Forces Survival Handbookby Mykel Hawke

    Running Press 2011; US$ 15.00

    U.S. Special Forces Captain and outdoor survival expert Mykel Hawke provides the most practical and accessible survival skills and information necessary to survive in the outdoors. These methods are based on Hawke's 25-year career as a Captain in the U.S. Army, as founder of the survival training company Special Ops Inc, and as a popular survival... more...

  • Forward into Battleby Paddy Griffin

    Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 15.00

    The first edition (1981) took a critical look at the accepted wisdom of historians who interpreted battlefield events primarily by reference to firepower. It showed that Wellington's infantry had won by their mobility rather than their musketry, that the bayonet did not become obsolete in the nineteenth century as is often claimed, and that the tank... more...

  • Counterinsurgencyby David Kilcullen

    Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 14.99

    David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare. A Senior Counterinsurgency Advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq, his vision of war powerfully influenced America's decision to rethink its military strategy in Iraq and implement "the Surge," now recognized as a dramatic success.... more...

  • Developing an Army Strategy for Building Partner Capacity for Stability Operationsby Jefferson P. Marquis; Jennifer D. P. Moroney; Justin Beck

    RAND Corporation 2010; US$ 9.95

    Helps to develop an integrated strategy for building partner capacity for stability operations through an analysis of key strategic elements within the context of BPC and stability operations guidance as well as ongoing security cooperation programs. more...

  • Defense of Hill 781by James R. Mcdonough

    Random House Publishing Group 2010; US$ 15.00

    In the tradition of the humorous classic Defense of Duffer's Drift, our hero's escape lies in completing a successful mission. more...