Military - Weapons
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The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Knives, Swords, Spears & Daggers: Through History in Over 1500 Photographs
$35.00 Add to cartThis encyclopedia traces the fascinating history of knives,
daggers, bayonets, swords, sabres and lances, from their
Palaeolithic origins through to the 21st century. Weapons
from around the world are e
- Author: Withers, Harvey J. S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: June 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0754831957
- Language: English
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The Delaware Bay at War!: The Coastal Defenses of the Delaware Bay during World War Two
$29.95 Add to cartThe Delaware Bay at War!
The Coastal Defenses of the Delaware Bay during World War II
The defense of America’s seacoast has been one of the key concerns since the earliest years of the Republic. America
- Author: McGovern, Terrance
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 102
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1732391645
- Language: English
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The New Weapons of the World Encyclopedia: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 B.C. to the 21st Century
$30.99 Add to cartWeapons is one of the bestselling books on armament ever published. This definitive guide covers the entire history of weapons, from the earliest, most primitive instruments up to remarkable advances
- Author: Diagram Group
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 21 2007
- ISBN10: 0312368321
- Language: English
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Revolver: Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America
$21.00 Add to cartA “gripping,” (Booklist) “clear-eyed, and honest” (The New York Times Book Review) biography of Samuel Colt–the inventor of the legendary Colt revolver (a.k.a. six-shooter)–which changed the US fore… [more below]
- Author: Rasenberger, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 1501166395
- Language: English
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Ancient and Medieval Siege Weapons: A Fully Illustrated Guide To Siege Weapons And Tactics
$19.95 Add to cartIn this richly illustrated guide, author Konstantin Nossov masterfully analyzes and recreates the weaponry, tactics, and stratagems of the ancient world. He offers first a comprehensive history of sie… [more below]
- Author: Nossov, Konstantin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: September 04 2012
- ISBN10: 0762782641
- Language: English
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American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms
$21.99 Add to cartTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING FOLLOW-UP TO AMERICAN SNIPER
Join Chris Kyle on a fascinating journey to discover “how 10 firearms changed United States history” (New York Times Book Review)
Drawing on h
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Kyle, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 27 2014
- ISBN10: 0062242725
- Language: English
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50 Guns That Changed the World: Iconic Firearms That Altered the Course of History
$19.99 Read moreDiscover how fifty great firearms influenced and helped shape our world.
World history has always been interwoven with developments in firearms technology and so is peppered with legendary guns. Since- Author: Sadowski, Robert A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1510772650
- Language: English
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Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller
$32.99 Add to cartGregg Herken’s Brotherhood of the Bomb is the fascinating story of the men who founded the nuclear age, fully told for the first time
The story of the twentieth century is largely the story of the pow- Author: Herken, Gregg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 05 2000
- ISBN10: 080506589X
- Language: English
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Remington Army and Navy Revolvers 1861-1888
$65.00 Add to cartImmediately following the Civil War, the United States Ordnance Department reported it had purchased 128,575 Remington revolvers during the conflict. During the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71, Samuel
- Author: Ware, Donald L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: July 16 2007
- ISBN10: 0826342809
- Language: English
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Nuclear Weapons
$16.95 Add to cartA primer on nuclear weapons, from the science of fission and fusion to the pursuit of mutual assured destruction, the SALT treaties, and the Bomb in pop culture.
Although the world’s attention has shi- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Wolverton, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0262543311
- Language: English
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Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor
$45.00 Add to cartDiscover the origin, design, range, and function of arms including stone axes, swords, machine-guns, and sniper rifles, and meet the warriors who wielded them.
An epic, 4,000-year illustrated volume,- Author: Ford, Roger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 1465450963
- Language: English
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Gun Barons: The Weapons That Transformed America and the Men Who Invented Them
$21.00 Add to cartJohn Bainbridge, Jr.’s Gun Barons is a narrative history of six charismatic and idiosyncratic men who changed the course of American history through the invention and refinement of repeating weapons.
L- Author: Bainbridge, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1250905710
- Language: English
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The Sinking of the Bismarck
$10.99 Add to cartThe famous war correspondent delivers an edge-of-your seat account of the naval chase and battle to take out one of Hitler’s most powerful warships.
The Bismarck wasn’t just any warship. Its guns we- Author: Shirer, William L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0795300352
- Language: English
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Tank: The Definitive Visual History of Armored Vehicles
$40.00 Read morePivotal to modern warfare, tanks have dominated the battlefield for over a century. Get up close to more than 400 military colossuses with this definitive visual guide to armored vehicles.
In 1916, th- Series: DK Definitive Transport Guides
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1465457593
- Language: English
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The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
$40.00 Read moreHow 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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 568
- Publish Date: March 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 0300234090
- Language: English
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Russian Armored Fighting Vehicles
$14.95 Add to cartFilled with fine-scale drawings of Russian armored fighting vehicles including: T-34 Model 1940BA-64B Model 1943 Light Armored CarBT-7 (Model 1937 Fast Tank)SU-76i (on Pz.III chassis)KV-8 flamethrower… [more below]
- Series: World War II Afv Plans
- Author: Bradford, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 12 2007
- ISBN10: 0811733564
- Language: English
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Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War
$19.99 Add to cartThe era of autonomous weapons has arrived. Today around the globe, at least thirty nations have weapons that can search for and destroy enemy targets all on their own. Paul Scharre, a leading expert i
- Author: Scharre, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 12 2019
- ISBN10: 393356582
- Language: English
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Military History: The Definitive Visual Guide to the Objects of Warfare
$32.99 Add to cartA compelling visual guide to the history of the military!
Travel through time and explore 5,000 years of weaponry in stunning detail with this riveting military book — from the spears and swords of an… [more below]- Series: DK Definitive Visual Histories
- Author: DK
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 04 2015
- ISBN10: 1465436081
- Language: English
