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Half-Track
Random House Publishing Group 2010; US$ 80.00A complete history of American semi-track vehicles for both military and rural uses. It includes detailed explanations of each vehicle, including its use, the dates of its invention and use, and its mechanical workings, from fuel to horsepower. more...
Horse Soldiers
Scribner 2009; US$ 18.00From the New York Times bestselling author of In Harm?s Way comes a true-life story of American soldiers overcoming great odds to achieve a stunning military victory. Horse Soldiers is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who secretly entered Afghanistan following 9/11 and rode to war on horses against the Taliban.... more...
Wired for War
Penguin Group US 2009; US$ 17.00"riveting and comprehensive, encompassing every aspect of the rise of military robotics." -- Financial Times In Wired for War , P. W. Singer explores the greatest revolution in military affairs since the atom bomb: the dawn of robotic warfare. We are on the cusp of a massive shift in military technology that threatens to make real the stuff... more...
Warhorse
Continuum International Publishing 2007; US$ 130.00Cavalry were an important part of almost every ancient army, yet modern writers have neglected them in favour of the infantry of the Greek phalanx and the Roman legions. Warhorse seeks to correct this injustice. Phil Sidnell challenges the common view that ancient cavalry were useful for scouting and raiding but left the real fighting to the foot soldiers.... more...
Cavalry from Hoof to Track
Greenwood Publishing Group 2007; US$ 50.00outlining the doctrinal and material evolution of the cavalry in its quest for dominance and survival in the battlefield, this history assesses the philosophy and principles of one of warfare's most constant participants. more...
Medieval Weapons
ABC-CLIO 2007; US$ 85.00In the Middle Ages, the lack of standardized weapons meant that one warriorÕs arms were often quite different from anotherÕs, even when they were fighting on the same side. And with few major technological advances in that period, the evolution of those weapons over the centuries was incremental. But evolve they ultimately did, bringing arms, armor,... more...
On Armor
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 139.00On Armor tells three important and interconnected stories. The first is a tale of a technology, in particular, the rise and fall of the main battle tank?a type of armored vehicle that came to dominate land warfare in the middle of the 20th century but is now obsolete. The second is a history of ideas. The problem that armored vehicles created for 20th-century... more...
Early Riders
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 49.95In this wide-ranging and often controversial book, Robert Drews examines the question of the origins of man's relations with the horse. He questions the belief that on the Eurasian steppes men were riding in battle as early as 4000 BC, and suggests that it was not until around 900 BC that men anywhere - whether in the Near East and the Aegean or... more...









