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Petersburg 1864-65
Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 15.95In 1864, Petersburg, Virginia became the setting for one of the last great campaigns of the American Civil War (1861-1865) and the longest siege in American History. After his failure to capture Richmond in the Spring, General Ulysses S. Grant decided to strangle the life out of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia by surrounding the city of Petersburg... more...
Vietnam Infantry Tactics
Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 14.95Osprey's study of the evolving US, Viet Cong and NVA tactics at battalion level and below throughout the Vietnam War (1955-1975). Beginning with a description of the terrain, climate and the unique nature of operations in this theater of war, author Gordon Rottman, a Vietnam veteran himself, goes on to explain how unit organization was broken down... more...
British Frigate vs French Frigate
Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 15.95In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650-1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought command of a frigate. Speedy, nimble and formidably armed, frigates often operated independently, unlike the larger ships of the line. Legendary sailors such as Edward Pellew and Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand, Comte de Linoise, found that commanding such... more...
Kill Hitler - Operation Valkyrie 1944
Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 9.95At the end of 1943 the SS and the Gestapo arrested several prominent Germans involved in plotting to overthrow Adolf Hitler, including Dietrich Bonhoffer, Klaus Bonhoffer, Josef Muller and Hans Dohnanyi. Others under suspicion, such as Wilhelm Canaris and Hans Oster, were dismissed from office in January 1944. Major Claus von Stauffenberg emerged as... more...
The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun
Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 15.95The world's first self-powered machine gun, the Maxim gun became a potent symbol of Victorian colonialism in the closing years of the 19th century. It was the brainchild of Sir Hiram Maxim, the American-born firearms inventor who founded the company bearing his name with financing from Albert Vickers, who became the company's chairman; Maxim's company... more...
The Martini-Henry Rifle
Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 15.95The breech-loading, single-shot .458in Martini-Henry rifle has become a symbol of both the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the numerous battles in Egypt and the Sudan in 1884-85, but continued to be used by both British and colonial troops well into the 20th century. Its invention and introduction into British service were in direct response to the success... more...
The Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle
Osprey Publishing 2011; US$ 15.95Throughout the Napoleonic Wars, there was a growing perception that a muzzle-loading rifle was more practical compared to the limitations of rifles then currently in use. This thinking ultimately resulted in the 1853 Enfield Pattern, a rifle which, for the first time, was issued to every soldier in the British Army instead of the few trained marksmen.... more...
Fortress Monasteries of the Himalayas
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 13.95Buddhism has been influential in the mountain kingdoms of the Himalayas since the 7th century AD, most notably in the kingdom of Tibet where it permeated all aspects and levels of society until the 20th century. From the 9th-century AD onwards, the secular rulers of Tibet sought to extend their influence, and that of Buddhism, throughout the region.... more...
Lungenfunktionsprufung
Springer 2007; US$ 64.99Lungenfunktionspr?fungen sind zunehmend verbreitet und haben einen hohen Stellenwert f?r therapeutische Entscheidungen und Gutachten. Sie werden inzwischen in jeder Klinik und bei ca. 50% der haus?rztlich t?tigen Niedergelassenen durchgef?hrt. Voraussetzungen f?r die Zuverl?ssigkeit der Untersuchungsmethode sind korrekte Durchf?hrung der Untersuchung... more...
TPM
Elsevier Science 2000; US$ 135.95Total productive maintenance (TPM), a Japanese management protocol developed to alleviate production losses caused by machine breakdowns has moved on. Through TPM, more companies accept the concept of Zero Breakdowns as achievable. From the foundation of zero breakdowns, world class plants are able to run for complete shifts without the need for... more...









