Military Science category: 4493 books
by Gordon L. Rottman
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
The helicopter changed war forever. This book examines the range of duties helicopter pilots carried out in Vietnam, from air-lift, med-evac and fire-support to landing in high volume crossfires in 'Hot LZs'. Protected by little more than an armoured seat, operating in terrible conditions and flying...
Classic Video Games
The Golden Age 1971–1984
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
In the early 1970s, video arcade games sprung to life in the form of Pong, Space Invaders, Asteroids, and Pac-Man, and if you were lucky enough to have an Atari system you could play Frogger or Galaga at home. By the 1980s, arcade and video games were entrenched as a pop culture phenomenon and were...
Soldier ‘I’
The story of an SAS Hero
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
No publicity, no media. We move in silently, do our job, and melt away into the background. If you have the stamina, the willpower and the guts, we'll welcome you with open arms and you one of us. And if you haven't, then it's been very nice knowing you. Eighteen years in the SAS saw Pete Winner,...
Tonight We Die As Men PB
The Untold Story of Third Batallion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from Toccoa to D-Day
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
The exploits of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment have long been overshadowed by those of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion. Yet the actions of the 3rd Battalion during the D-Day landings were every bit as incredible. This is the astounding story of how, after suffering many immediate...
Hell in the Pacific
The Battle for Iwo Jima
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
The battle of Iwo Jima saw one hundred thousand men fighting over a tiny volcanic island of just 8 square miles. The island was of major strategic importance to the US Air Force. However, it was also of supreme importance to the 20,000 Japanese troops who were deeply entrenched in the island when...
The Bay of Pigs
Cuba 1961
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
ALSO AVAILABLE TO BUY AS AN E-BOOK. The landings by the Cuban exile Assault Brigade 2506 at the Bay of Pigs on April 17, 1961 led to three days of savage but unequal combat. Before they even sailed for Cuba, a White House decision had condemned them to constant attacks by Castro's air force, which...
Hunting the Jackal
A Special Forces and CIA Ground Soldier's Fifty-Year Career Hunting America's Enemies
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
For more than half a century, Special Forces and CIA legend Billy Waugh dedicated his life to tracking down and eliminating America's most virulent enemies. Operating from the darkest shadows and most desolate corners of the world, he made his mark in many of the most important operations in the annals...
Hitler's War
The War That Came Early, Book One
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
A stroke of the pen and history is changed. In 1938, British prime minister Neville Chamberlain, determined to avoid war, signed the Munich Accord, ceding part of Czechoslovakia to Hitler. But the following spring, Hitler snatched the rest of that country, and England, after a fatal act of appeasement,...
Fallschirmjäger
German Paratrooper 1935–45
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Few of the combatants of World War II have captured the imagination as compulsively as the Fallschirmjäger. Boldness and courage were vital characteristics in the rigorous selection process, and their training was highly demanding. Hitler's airborne troops were involved in some of the most daring...
The Bayonet, M1905
Basic Field Manual
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
An electronic edition of the World War II era Army Basic Field Manual for the Bayonet, M1905. The manual includes the complete Manual of Arms, and describes approved methods of physical training, instruction, and certification in techniques of combat with Bayonet affixed to...
1066
The Hidden History in the Bayeux Tapestry
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
For more than 900 years the Bayeux Tapestry has preserved one of history's greatest dramas: the Norman Conquest of England, culminating in the death of King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Historians have held for centuries that the majestic tapestry trumpets the glory of William the Conqueror...
by Chris Bishop
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
The Boeing (McDonnell Douglas, formerly Hughes) AH-64A Apache is the US Army's primary attack helicopter, and the most advanced helicopter gunship flying today. The most expensive rotary-winged aircraft ever built when it was introduced in the early 1980s, it has since proved its worth on battlefields...
A Pocket History of the Civil War
Citizen Soldiers, Bloody Battles, and the Fight for America’s Future
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2011
Whether novice or buff, readers across the spectrum will find unique and entertaining bits of trivia, facts, and lore about key American Civil War battles and leaders in A Pocket History of the Civil War, a collection of the unusual from author Martin F.Graham. From the identification of key troop...
by Ron Field
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Beloved by his soldiers and respected by his enemies, Robert E. Lee is undoubtedly the most popular general in American history to fight on the losing side. This book takes an in-depth look at this southern gentleman as a strategist and a tactician, covering all of his most important victories and...