Islamic State’s Online Activity and Responses provides a unique examination of Islamic State’s online activity at the peak of its golden age between 2014 and 2017 and evaluates some of the principal responses to this phenomenon. ...Loe edasi...
A brilliantly detailed visual representation of one of the greatest US warships, the USS Iowa, whose four decades in service took her from the Pacific War in World War II to the Persian Gulf in the late 1980s. A brilliantl...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jan-2020, Hardback, Kirjastus: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781787380172)
This book explores terrorism as a strategic choic-- one made carefully and deliberately by rational actors. Through an analysis of the terrorist groups of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, it charts a series of different strategic scripts at pla...Loe edasi...
The first two volumes of the History of the Panzerwaffe have described how the Germans transformed armored warfare from a lumbering and ponderous experiment in World War I into something that could decide the outcome of conflicts, and how t...Loe edasi...
Winning World War II was about more than military force. It required guile, and tremendous acts of bravery by Special Forces and intelligence operatives who had the odds stacked against them. Using hundreds of documents and images from The National A...Loe edasi...
This lavishly illustrated volume details the design, development and operational history of British tanks from the end of World War II through to the present day. This lavishly illustrated volume details the design, development a...Loe edasi...
D-Day is a vibrant and evocative graphic novel exploring the events of the pivotal Normandy Landings from the perspective of the soldiers on the ground.June 6, 1944: a vast armada stands off the coast of Normandy; in th...Loe edasi...
The Pleiku campaign of October-November 1965 was a major event in the Vietnam War, and it is usually regarded as the first substantial battle between the US Army and the Peoples Army of Vietnam. The brigade-sized actions involving elements of...Loe edasi...
In 1943, the USAAF and RAF launched the Combined Bomber Offensive, designed to systematically destroy the industries that the German war machine relied on. At the top of the hit list were aircraft factories and plants making ball-bearings - a c...Loe edasi...
The Roman long sword, the spatha, was central to the Romans’ defense of their empire--this title investigates the origins, development, combat use, and lasting legacy of this feared close-combat weapon. The Roman long swor...Loe edasi...
The Late Roman Empire was a period of significant change in the designs of standards and in the costumes of standard-bearers. During the middle decades of the chaotic 3rd century, evidence confirms the continued use of the old legionary eagle a...Loe edasi...
During World War IIs battle for control of the Mediterranean, both the British and Italian navies planned to bring their battle fleets into play. At the centre of both of these fleets was a core of battleships which both sides expected to play...Loe edasi...
Patrick OBrien provides the forward to this edition of the most successful Conway Maritime title. This book is the perfect guide to Nelsons Navy for all those with an interest in the workings of the great fleet. The book is eminently readab...Loe edasi...
In the English language World War I has largely been analysed and understood through the lens of the Western Front. This book addresses this imbalance by examining the war in Eastern and Central Europe. The historiography of the war in the West has i...Loe edasi...
An important book SIR RICHARD DEARLOVE, FORMER DIRECTOR, MI6 The Freakonomics of modern warfare CONN IGGULDEN Everything you think you know about war is wrong. War is timeless. Some things change - weapons, tactics, leadership -...Loe edasi...
This book investigates the complexities of modern urban operations—a particularly difficult and costly method of fighting, and one that is on the rise. Contributors examine the lessons that emerge from a range of historical case studies, from ninetee...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-Jan-2020, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198739760)
The law of neutrality - the corpus of legal rules regulating the relationship between belligerents and States taking no part in hostilities - assumed its modern form in a world in which the waging of war was unconstrained. The neutral State enjoyed t...Loe edasi...