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The Crown of the Conqueror
Osprey Publishing 2011; US$ 6.99But when he is confronted with a truth too shocking to contemplate, he has to choose between power and honor. File Under: Epic Fantasy [ Learning To Rule | A Vast Empire | A Shocking Truth | History Dictates ] e-book ISBN: 9780857661227 From the Paperback edition. ]]> more...
The Chaco War 1932-35
Osprey Publishing 2011; US$ 13.95Often over-shadowed by contemporary events in China and Japan, the Chaco War (1932-1935) was a massive territorial war between Bolivia and Paraguay, which cost almost 100,000 lives. It was sparked by Bolivia's attempts to capture a stretch of the Paraguay River to gain access to the Atlantic. An old fashioned territorial dispute, the contested... more...
Space Shuttle Launch System 1972-2004
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 13.95The Space Shuttle is one of the oldest and most famous manned launch systems ? the only launch vehicle that has been used for a longer period of time is the Soviet (now Russian) R-7 booster. By the start of the third millennium, the Space Shuttle had carried crews into space over 85 times. Although not a military structure, the Shuttle had been sold... more...
Spanish Republican Aces
Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 15.95At the start of the civil war, most young fighter officers joined the rebels (Nationalists). It was the high ranking officers, grupo or escuadrilla commanders, and the NCOs, sergeants and corporals who remained loyal to the government. The obsolete Nieuport Ni.52s and the three rare Hawker Furies were soon outpaced by the opposing more modern Fiat... more...
Blue Moon over Cuba: Aerial Reconnaissance during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 9.95Most books on the Cuban Missile Crisis tell the story using the memoirs of those who advised President Kennedy as he struggled to avoid World War III. This book is the only known personal account of the lead photographic reconnaissance squadron?s scouting dangerous low-level operations, flying the supersonic RF-8A Crusader, during the classified... more...
Peking 1900
Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 15.95Osprey's study of the violent Boxer Rebellion, which swept northern China in 1900. The Boxers were a secret society who sought to rid their country of the pernicious influence of the foreign powers who had gradually acquired a stranglehold on China. With the connivance of the Imperial Court they laid siege to the legation quarter of Peking. Trapped... more...
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...
Scud Ballistic Missile and Launch Systems 1955-2005
Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 13.95The Scud missile was developed as the centerpiece of Soviet plans to fight nuclear war in the heart of Europe. However, it was never used in its intended role and has instead become a symbol of the changing nature of warfare in the aftermath of the Cold War. Saddam Hussein's Iraqi armed forces were almost helpless in the face of the Coalition forces... more...
M3 Lee/Grant Medium Tank 1941-45
Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 13.95The highly successful 'stop-gap' M3 medium tank was designed in 1941, and as adequate turret casting facilities were not yet ready, the M3 used an unusual armament configuration patterned after a French tank. British lend-lease demands led to the design of a second turret type with the US version called the Lee and the British version the Grant. It... more...
M18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer 1943-97
Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 13.95The M18 76mm Gun Motor Carriage was developed for the US Army's Tank Destroyer Command. It was the only tank destroyer deployed during World War II actually based on their requirements for speed and firepower. This book examines the development of this vehicle, the controversies over the need for high-speed tank destroyers, and its actual performance... more...









