Military - Weapons
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Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers
$26.95 Add to cartThe U.S. Army entered World War II unprepared. In addition, lacking Germany’s blitzkrieg approach of coordinated armor and air power, the army was organized to fight two wars: one on the ground and on
- Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
- Author: Johnson, David E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 15 2003
- ISBN10: 0801488478
- Language: English
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Marine Maxims: Turning Leadership Principles Into Practice
$33.95 Add to cartMarine Maxims is a collection of fifty principle-based leadership lessons that Thomas J. Gordon acquired commanding Marines over a career spanning three decades of service. Dealing with the complexiti… [more below]
- Series: Scarlet & Gold Professional Library
- Author: Gordon, Thomas J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 10 2021
- ISBN10: 1682476979
- Language: English
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Tanks: World’s Greatest Armoured Fighting Vehicles from World War I to the Present
$34.95 Add to cartIllustrated with detailed artworks and full-colour photographs, Tanks is a comprehensive study of the key tanks and armoured fighting vehicles built since their first use in World War I. Arranged chro
- Series: Inside Out
- Author: Haskew, Michaele
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1782747273
- Language: English
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Submarine Aircraft Carriers: From World War I to the Age of Drones
$39.95 Add to cartTwo innovations in weaponry appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century and revolutionized warfare, turning it into a multidimensional contest: the modern diesel-powered submarine and the fixed… [more below]
- Author: Gunnarson, Jacob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 16 2025
- ISBN10: 0811777294
- Language: English
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U.S. Army Guerrilla Warfare Handbook
$19.99 Add to cartThey can be swift, silent, and deadly. That’s why armed guerrillas are feared by even the largest, best-equipped fighting forces. No tank, rocket-propelled grenade, or infantry battalion can match the… [more below]
- Author: Department of the Army
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: February 12 2015
- ISBN10: 1607968185
- Language: English
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The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
$25.00 Add to cartHow the character of war is changing and how militaries can successfully adapt to meet the challenge
This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race fo- Author: Krepinevich, Andrew F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 568
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0300280092
- Language: English
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American Gun: The True Story of the Ar-15
$22.00 Add to cartA finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
“A magisterial work of narrative history and original reportage . . . You can feel the tension building one cold, catastrophic fact at a time . . . A vir- Author: McWhirter, Cameron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 125033800X
- Language: English
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Japanese Swords and Armor: Masterpieces from Thirty of Japan’s Most Famous Samurai Warriors
$45.00 Add to cartThe first book to present the amazing swords and armor belonging to the most famous Samurai in Japanese history!
Paul Martin, a world-renowned scholar of Japanese swords, takes us on a journey of disc- Author: Martin, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 4805318384
- Language: English
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The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Guns: Pistols, Rifles, Revolvers, Machine and Submachine Guns Through History in 1100 Clear Photographs
$35.00 Read moreAn authoritative historical guide to the world of military, antique and law-enforcement firearms, photographed throughout.
- Author: Fowler, Will
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: June 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0754831760
- Language: English
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The Svd Dragunov Rifle
$23.00 Read moreFeaturing specially commissioned artwork and carefully chosen photographs, this study charts the SVD Dragunov rifle’s development, combat use and lasting legacy, from Vietnam to Syria.
Developed as a- Series: Weapon #87
- Author: McNab, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1472855965
- Language: English
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K5 Rail Gun: Krupp’s WWII Behemoth
$24.99 Read moreAnzio Annie, Anzio Express, “Leopold”; known by many names, the German 8 cm Kanone 5 Eisenbahngesch?z (railway gun), commonly abbreviated K5(E), was the most successful and widely used of Germany’s ra… [more below]
- Series: Legends of Warfare: Ground #38
- Author: Doyle, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0764366440
- Language: English
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The Archaeology of Weapons: Arms and Armour from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry
$16.95 Read morePremodern weapons of war receive a tremendously detailed and thorough accounting in this volume — the work of a noted authority on medieval arms in Europe. Covering a period of 30 centuries, the stud… [more below]
- Series: Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor
- Author: Oakeshott, R. Ewart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 18 1996
- ISBN10: 0486292886
- Language: English
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Gun: A Visual History
$22.99 Add to cartWatch a 700-year history unfold, from the medieval “hand-gonne” to today’s technologically advanced assault weapons.
Discover how gun design influenced warfare, from the 15th century when the arquebu- Author: DK
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: April 16 2012
- ISBN10: 0756695732
- Language: English
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Tanks at the Iron Curtain 1975-90: The Ultimate Generation of Cold War Heavy Armor
$20.00 Read moreA comprehensive, illustrated account of the new generation of advanced tanks to emerge during the last 15 years of the Cold War, showcasing major improvements in armor protection, gunsights, and fire
- Series: New Vanguard #323
- Author: Zaloga, Steven J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1472853806
- Language: English
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Visual History of World Military Machines: Inside the World’s Most Incredible Combat Machines
$19.99 Read moreDiscover the incredible combat machines that have graced the skies, land, and sea of the world’s most famous conflicts. A fascinating account of the history and development of dozens of legendary mili… [more below]
- Series: Visual History
- Author: Harris, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1497104017
- Language: English
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Achtung-Panzer!: The Development of Tank Warfare
$36.40 Add to cartThis is one of the most significant military books of the twentieth century. By an outstanding soldier of independent mind, it pushed forward the evolution of land warfare and was directly responsible
- Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks
- Author: Guderian, Heinz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0304352853
- Language: English
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The Gun
$20.99 Add to cartIn a tour de force, prize-winning New York Times reporter C.J. Chivers traces the invention of the assault rifle, following the miniaturization of rapid-fire arms from the American Civil War, through … [more below]
- Author: Chivers, C. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 06 2011
- ISBN10: 0743271734
- Language: English
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Ak-47: The Weapon That Changed the Face of War
$15.95 Add to cartNo single weapon has spread so much raw power to so many people in so little time-and had such a devastating effect–as the AK-47 assault rifle. This book examines the legacy of this world-changing we… [more below]
- Author: Kahaner, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: October 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0470168803
- Language: English
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Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive That Changed the World
$18.99 Add to cartWhen Chinese alchemists fashioned the first manmade explosion sometime during the tenth century, no one could have foreseen its full revolutionary potential. Invented to frighten evil spirits rather t… [more below]
- Author: Kelly, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 27 2005
- ISBN10: 0465037224
- Language: English
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Critical Mass: How Nazi Germany Surrendered Enriched Uranium for the United States’ Atomic Bomb
$24.95 Add to cartOn May 19, 1945, eleven days after the surrender of Nazi Germany in Europe, a U-boat was escorted into Portsmouth Naval Yard, New Hampshire. News reporters covering the surrender of U-234 were ordered… [more below]
- Author: Hydrick, Carter Plymton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1634241177
- Language: English
