While the PP and PPK were intended for police work, the Walther P 38 was produced for the Germany military; all three pistols have garnered a formidable international reputation since the 1930s.The innovative Walther PP (Polizeipist...Loe edasi...
Packed with rare and unpublished photographs, this is a new history of the Red Armys tracked artillery tractors that were pivotal to its success in World War II....Loe edasi...
This absorbing study describes and illustrates the US, British, Japanese, French, Italian and Czechoslovak troops deployed to North Russia and Siberia at the height of the Russian Civil War....Loe edasi...
Fully illustrated, this study examines World War IIs most dramatic single-ship action, in which Stephen Hopkins fought a heavily armed German auxiliary cruiser, Stier. Fully illustrated, this study examines World...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009712910)
In this innovative history of small arms, Maartje Abbenhuis demonstrates how the invention of ready-to-use rifle cartridges in the industrial era made death accessible to all, with revolutionary results. She explains how their lethality influenced p...Loe edasi...
The definitive account of the rise and fall of Britains nuclear strike force- the Valiant, Victor and Vulcan RAF bombers - and Britains changing role through the Cold War....Loe edasi...
A lavishly illustrated celebration of the much loved workhorse of the US Navy – the F-14 Tomcat – and a unique insight into its crucial final operational tour over the skies of Iraq. The Last Catfight charts the combat experi...Loe edasi...
Former tank commander Hamish de Bretton-Gordon OBE offers a gripping and unique account of the evolution of tank warfare, in collaboration with The Tank Museum....Loe edasi...
North Koreas Nuclear Cinema examines why and how North Korea has transitioned to an image-based nuclear power in the changing context of a post-Cold War world. What exactly is the North Korean nuclear threat? Why is North Korea enga...Loe edasi...
On 16 July 1945, the Nuclear Age began with the explosion of the first atomic bomb and the words of J. Robert Oppenheimer: Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds. While the threat of mutually assured destruction kept a lid on a...Loe edasi...
Ewer examines how British politics shaped the development of aviation in the first half of the twentieth century. He shows how aviation outcomes were shaped by political institutions, policy traditions, and cultural assumptions about the relations...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Michael Joseph Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780241767122)
War came to North Africa in June 1940. But it was over a year before a newly-formed SAS went into action. Until then, the fight belonged to an elite, top secret band of brothers called the Long Range Desert Group.They were Britain’s fi...Loe edasi...
Illustrated throughout, this uncovers the hundreds of British and French warships in the Dunkirk evacuation, whose actions have been overshadowed by the fame of the Little Ships.In this book, nav...Loe edasi...
Through World War II the US Army worked on projects for new heavy tanks, which are charted in this illustrated study of the M6 and the never-built T14, T28, and Pershing-derived designs....Loe edasi...
This fully illustrated study pits Germanys Panzer I against the Soviet T-26 in the Spanish Civil War. This fully illustrated study pits Germanys Panzer I against the Soviet T-26 in the Spanish Civil War.In 1936, as...Loe edasi...
Packed with illustrations, this is the first history of MarinegruppenkommandoSüd, Germanys southern naval command that fought a fast and furious war at the far end of the Mediterranean....Loe edasi...
An illustrated account of the action-packed combat missions carried out by the Luftwaffes powerfully armed Junkers Ju 88C day and nightfighters ...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009631976)
The digital age has afforded autocrats new technologies of control, allowing it to co-opt, pre-empt and repress dissent. This Element mentions that based on an analysis of 3,000 public procurement documents, and elite interviews with stakeholders, t...Loe edasi...
The digital age has afforded autocrats new technologies of control, allowing it to co-opt, pre-empt and repress dissent. This Element mentions that based on an analysis of 3,000 public procurement documents, and elite interviews with stakeholders, t...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Michael Joseph Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780241767139)
PRE-ORDER THE ACTION-PACKED STORY OF THE WWII GROUP THAT BECAME OUR SAS, FROM ONE OF THE UKS MOST STORIED SPECIAL FORCES OPERATORS A must read for any military enthusiast . . . insightful and inspirational JASON FOX A heart...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Verso Books, ISBN-13: 9781836742166)
The future of the image in the age of AI, by the celebrated artistWe once looked at pictures. Then, with the advent of computer vision and machine learning, pictures started looking back at us. Now, something even stranger is happening...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 12-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Sona Books, ISBN-13: 9781917259637)
In the Worlds Greatest Military Aircraft, climb into the cockpit of the worlds earliest combat aircraft, from the French Voisin III to the German Albatross D.VA, as well as some of Britains early forays into flight. Go nose-to-nose with the iconic f...Loe edasi...
This engrossing history explores the creation, development and actions of the Special Duties squadrons, which carried spies, political figures and documents in and out of Occupied Europe.In 1940, Winston Churchill famously set in mo...Loe edasi...
The 2026 edition of Warship, the celebrated annual featuring original research on the history, development and service of the worlds warships.For nearly 50 years, Warship has been providing scholars and enthusiasts wi...Loe edasi...
A unique approach to describing life at sea in the Royal Navy. A unique approach to describing life at sea in the Royal Navy.Despite the introduction of modern-day technology, Ships and Submarines of the Royal Navy st...Loe edasi...
A lively exploration of the poisoners, tricksters, stingers, stinkers and invaders of the plant and fungal worlds and how their lives intertwine with ours. “Peter Marren is a master storyteller and gifted with an inimitable gallows...Loe edasi...
British Defence Policy and Nuclear War (1964) examines the reasons advanced to justify an independent British nuclear deterrent, as well as looking at the worldwide context of nuclear weapons and strategies. It also assesses whether the pol...Loe edasi...
Why did the Cold War erupt so soon after the Second World War? How did it escalate so rapidly, spanning five continents over six decades? And what led to the spectacular collapse of the Soviet Union?In this comprehensive guide to the most wid...Loe edasi...
In 1912, TOM Sopwith transitioned from running a flying school to manufacturing aircraft, leveraging his nautical interests to create designs purchased by Britains Royal Navy. The onset of the First World War solidified the Sopwith Aviation Companys...Loe edasi...
The French tank corps was an essential part of the French army from 1917 onwards, yet its history has been strangely neglected in English accounts of the Western Front and that is why Tim Gales meticulously researched history is such a timely additi...Loe edasi...
Packed with rare and unpublished photographs, this is a new history of the Red Armys tracked artillery tractors that were pivotal to its success in World War II....Loe edasi...
This absorbing study describes and illustrates the US, British, Japanese, French, Italian and Czechoslovak troops deployed to North Russia and Siberia at the height of the Russian Civil War....Loe edasi...
Fully illustrated, this study examines World War IIs most dramatic single-ship action, in which Stephen Hopkins fought a heavily armed German auxiliary cruiser, Stier. Fully illustrated, this study examines World...Loe edasi...
During the twentieth century Australia was embroiled in the military and civilian nuclear programs of numerous global powers. From uranium extraction to weapons testing, Australias lands became sites of imperial exploitation under the guise of nati...Loe edasi...
Continuing the theme of detailed army organisations of WW2 started in the first four volumes on British and Commonwealth armies, the series now extends to take a look at the other nations of Europe that were victims of Axis aggression, or that manage...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009712910)
In this innovative history of small arms, Maartje Abbenhuis demonstrates how the invention of ready-to-use rifle cartridges in the industrial era made death accessible to all, with revolutionary results. She explains how their lethality influenced p...Loe edasi...
The definitive account of the rise and fall of Britains nuclear strike force- the Valiant, Victor and Vulcan RAF bombers - and Britains changing role through the Cold War....Loe edasi...
A lavishly illustrated celebration of the much loved workhorse of the US Navy – the F-14 Tomcat – and a unique insight into its crucial final operational tour over the skies of Iraq. The Last Catfight charts the combat experi...Loe edasi...
Former tank commander Hamish de Bretton-Gordon OBE offers a gripping and unique account of the evolution of tank warfare, in collaboration with The Tank Museum....Loe edasi...
From the international bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky, a sweeping oral history of the atomic bombs creation and deployment...Loe edasi...
Edwin Dado, Rene Janssen, Hamans, Marc Gouw, Kerry Malone
Sari: LUP NL ARMS
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Leiden University Press, ISBN-13: 9789087285036)
The nature of modern-day threats including those in the virtual dimension challenges traditional anti-access and area denial (A2/AD) strategies. But how should we advance A2/AD to defy these multifaceted threats? This edition of Netherlands Annual...Loe edasi...
Jarosaw Dobrzyski, Janusz wiatlo, Marcelo Ribeiro, Mads Bangsø
Sari: White
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Mushroom Model Publications, ISBN-13: 9788365958440)
US Combat Aircraft Colours over Vietnam 1964 – 1975 covers all fixed – wing combat aircraft operated by US military during the Vietnam War 1964 – 1975. Volume 1 covers aircraft operated by US Air Force, Volume 2 – by US Navy and Marines. US C...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Texas A & M University Press, ISBN-13: 9781648433641)
Entrepreneurship in aviation took flight during the 1920s, though at the beginning of the decade it was struggling for survival. After World War I, the market was oversaturated with war surplus airplanes, commercial transport a mere dream, and, with...Loe edasi...
The aircraft carrier HMS Furious was perhaps the most crucial ship in the development of naval aviation. She was effectively the testbed for the carrier aviation which emerged in the First World War and grew to dominate the war at sea in the Second....Loe edasi...
The French produced some of the most striking and innovatory interwar cruiser designs. A large amount of new information about these ships has become available over the past twenty years in France, but this book is the first to make this accessible...Loe edasi...
From the moment Germany launched its invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, code-named Operation Barbarossa, Hitler was fixated on the capture of Moscow. Yet his fear of exposing the flanks of the German Central Front led to costly diversions no...Loe edasi...
Outside of the Spitfire, the Nimrod was without doubt the RAF aircraft most familiar to the general public thanks to its role in maritime rescue co-ordination. But this was not the Nimrods primary role.As the first jet-powered dedicated anti-submari...Loe edasi...
The combat superiority of the jet fighter as demonstrated towards the end of World War II presented the U.S. Navy with a significant problem. Carrier-based aircraft have additional and burdensome design requirements compared to those that do not have...Loe edasi...
North Koreas Nuclear Cinema examines why and how North Korea has transitioned to an image-based nuclear power in the changing context of a post-Cold War world. What exactly is the North Korean nuclear threat? Why is North Korea enga...Loe edasi...
On 16 July 1945, the Nuclear Age began with the explosion of the first atomic bomb and the words of J. Robert Oppenheimer: Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds. While the threat of mutually assured destruction kept a lid on a...Loe edasi...
Ewer examines how British politics shaped the development of aviation in the first half of the twentieth century. He shows how aviation outcomes were shaped by political institutions, policy traditions, and cultural assumptions about the relations...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Michael Joseph Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780241767122)
War came to North Africa in June 1940. But it was over a year before a newly-formed SAS went into action. Until then, the fight belonged to an elite, top secret band of brothers called the Long Range Desert Group.They were Britain’s fi...Loe edasi...
Illustrated throughout, this uncovers the hundreds of British and French warships in the Dunkirk evacuation, whose actions have been overshadowed by the fame of the Little Ships.In this book, nav...Loe edasi...
Through World War II the US Army worked on projects for new heavy tanks, which are charted in this illustrated study of the M6 and the never-built T14, T28, and Pershing-derived designs....Loe edasi...
This fully illustrated study pits Germanys Panzer I against the Soviet T-26 in the Spanish Civil War. This fully illustrated study pits Germanys Panzer I against the Soviet T-26 in the Spanish Civil War.In 1936, as...Loe edasi...
Packed with illustrations, this is the first history of MarinegruppenkommandoSüd, Germanys southern naval command that fought a fast and furious war at the far end of the Mediterranean....Loe edasi...
An illustrated account of the action-packed combat missions carried out by the Luftwaffes powerfully armed Junkers Ju 88C day and nightfighters ...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009631976)
The digital age has afforded autocrats new technologies of control, allowing it to co-opt, pre-empt and repress dissent. This Element mentions that based on an analysis of 3,000 public procurement documents, and elite interviews with stakeholders, t...Loe edasi...
The digital age has afforded autocrats new technologies of control, allowing it to co-opt, pre-empt and repress dissent. This Element mentions that based on an analysis of 3,000 public procurement documents, and elite interviews with stakeholders, t...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Michael Joseph Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780241767139)
PRE-ORDER THE ACTION-PACKED STORY OF THE WWII GROUP THAT BECAME OUR SAS, FROM ONE OF THE UKS MOST STORIED SPECIAL FORCES OPERATORS A must read for any military enthusiast . . . insightful and inspirational JASON FOX A heart...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Verso Books, ISBN-13: 9781836742166)
The future of the image in the age of AI, by the celebrated artistWe once looked at pictures. Then, with the advent of computer vision and machine learning, pictures started looking back at us. Now, something even stranger is happening...Loe edasi...
The first comprehensive and exhaustive history of the design, construction and operation of Soviet nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs), with a complete and up to date analysis of accidents suffered by these vessels. This is the history of a grou...Loe edasi...
This is a revised and expanded edition of a book published some years ago which looks at American fighter projects that were proposed during a period extending from around 1950 though to 1980. This time frame is fluid as some early projects included...Loe edasi...
The Pentomic Army: The U.S. Army and the Nuclear Battlefield in the 1950s-60s by Robert F. Williams, describes the U.S. Armys ill-fated 1956–1962 Pentomic transition. This radical reorganization aimed for nuclear battlefield adaptability and institu...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 12-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Sona Books, ISBN-13: 9781917259637)
In the Worlds Greatest Military Aircraft, climb into the cockpit of the worlds earliest combat aircraft, from the French Voisin III to the German Albatross D.VA, as well as some of Britains early forays into flight. Go nose-to-nose with the iconic f...Loe edasi...
This engrossing history explores the creation, development and actions of the Special Duties squadrons, which carried spies, political figures and documents in and out of Occupied Europe.In 1940, Winston Churchill famously set in mo...Loe edasi...
The 2026 edition of Warship, the celebrated annual featuring original research on the history, development and service of the worlds warships.For nearly 50 years, Warship has been providing scholars and enthusiasts wi...Loe edasi...
A unique approach to describing life at sea in the Royal Navy. A unique approach to describing life at sea in the Royal Navy.Despite the introduction of modern-day technology, Ships and Submarines of the Royal Navy st...Loe edasi...
