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Night Fighters
The History Press 2013; US$ 36.46From its beginnings during World War I, the role of the dedicated night fighter aircraft and its pilots in the 21st century has evolved greatly. This work reflects the massive changes in technology and in tactics. It also covers the problems of tracking aerial targets by radar. more...
Aircraft Systems Integration of Air-Launched Weapons
Wiley 2013; US$ 134.50From the earliest days of aviation where the pilot would drop simple bombs by hand, to the highly agile, stealthy aircraft of today that can deliver smart ordnance with extreme accuracy, engineers have striven to develop the capability to deliver weapons against targets reliably, safely and with precision. Aircraft Systems Integration of Air-Launched... more...
Military Robots and Drones
ABC-CLIO 2013; US$ 58.00This book provides an insightful introduction to the most important field of military innovation for the 21st century?robotic and drone weaponry. more...
U.S. Army Guide to Rigging
Skyhorse Publishing 2013; US$ 5.99Have you ever tried to rig your own sailboat? How about tying up the boat to the dock? Have you ever made a ladder or hoist? Learning rigging can be tricky, but with the U.S. Army Guide to Rigging (FM 5-125), youll learn everything you need to know about rigging, from how to properly tie a rope to a rock to how to make rope chairs and build whole... more...
B-29 Superfortress Units of the Korean War
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 15.95This book is the story of a majestic bomber of the propeller era flying perilous combat missions against a sleek, nimble warplane of the jet age, the Soviet MiG-15. A very heavy bomber and a sky giant during World War II, at that time the B-29 was the most advanced combat aircraft in the world. By the time North Korea attacked its southern neighbour... more...
US Navy Hornet Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom (Part One)
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 15.95The first installment examining the US Hornet Units' participation in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-present). The F/A-18 Hornet in its various guises was the 'universal soldier' of OIF, with around 250 seeing combat. Flown by various squadrons and groups, the Hornet attacked a range of targets including tanks of the various Iraqi Republican Guard units... more...
Wartime on the Railways
The History Press 2012; US$ 18.94From the American Civil War onwards, railways have been an important aspect of war. So important were the railways that in the First World War, the state took control of the railways, and then repeated this exercise in the Second World War. Wartime on the Railways describes the part played by Britain's railways during the Second World War, dealing... more...
Nasser and the Missile Age in the Middle East
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95Egyptian efforts to acquire long-range surface-to-surface missiles in the early 1960s carry important lessons for our time, when weapons of mass destruction and charges of politicizing intelligence are key issues. This new study traces the history of the early Egyptian ballistic missile program, which began with the successful recruitment of German... more...
The Race for Hitler's X-Planes
The History Press 2012; US$ 29.15During World War 2, Hitler's engineers had pioneered an incredible array of futuristic secret weapons, from the Me 262, the first operational jet fighter, to the deadly V2 inter-continental ballistic missile. With the Third Reich shattered and lying in ruins, in the summer of 1945, the Allies launched a frantic race to grab what they saw as the justifiable... more...
Dark Sun
Simon & Schuster 2012; US$ 18.95Here, for the first time, in a brilliant, panoramic portrait by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, is the definitive, often shocking story of the politics and the science behind the development of the hydrogen bomb and the birth of the Cold War. Based on secret files in the United States and the former Soviet Union,... more...









