Steven J : 501 books
by Steven J. Zaloga
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
The M18 76mm Gun Motor Carriage was developed for the US Army's Tank Destroyer Command. It was the only tank destroyer deployed during World War II actually based on their requirements for speed and firepower. This book examines the development of this vehicle, the controversies over the need for...
The Store in the Hood
A Century of Ethnic Business and Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
The Store in the Hood is a comprehensive study of conflicts between immigrant merchants and customers throughout the U.S. during the 20th century. From the lynchings of Sicilian immigrant merchants in the late 1800s, to the riots in L.A. following the acquittal of the police officers who beat Rodney...
by Steven J. Zaloga
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
The Sherman was the most widely used Allied tank of World War II and was built in larger numbers than all German tanks combined. There was also a huge number of variants, powered by different engines, and manufactured with different types of hulls and turrets. This book presents an expert guide to...
by Steven J. Zaloga
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
The jeep was the most famous military vehicle of World War II, and its name has become synonymous with a whole class of military and civilian all-terrain vehicles. The jeep originated in a prewar US Army requirement for a simple, inexpensive, and robust vehicle for basic utility chores. Its simple...
Early US Armor
Tanks 1916–40
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
Between the two World Wars, the US contributed significantly to the development of the tank, a weapon invented by the British and the French seeking a way to break through the lines of German trenches. From the employment of the French Renault FT and British Mark V during their involvement in World...
by Steven J. Janke
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
A comprehensive exploration of the mathematics behind the modeling and rendering of computer graphics scenes
Mathematical Structures for Computer Graphics presents an accessible and intuitive approach to the mathematical ideas and techniques necessary for two- and three-dimensional computer...
Fundamentals and Applications of Hardcopy Communication
Conveying Side Information by Printed Media
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
This book presents covert, semi-covert and overt techniques for communication over printed media by modifying images, texts or barcodes within the document. Basic and advanced techniques are discussed aimed to modulate information into images, texts and barcodes.
Conveying information over...
The Psychology of Exercise
Integrating Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
*The Psychology of Exercise: Integrating Theory and Practice, fourth edition, continues to weave together theory, research, application, and interventions to provide readers with a solid foundation in exercise psychology. In this comprehensive, accessible, book, the authors apply prominent theories...
When Theories Touch
A Historical and Theoretical Integration of Psychoanalytic Thought
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2019
This book aims to deconstruct the different theoretical perspectives of psychoanalysis, and reconstruct these concepts in a language that is readily understood. Wherever possible this is meant not to do away with terms that are meaningful, but to attempt to clarify terms and concepts. The book comes...
The Resilient Self
How Survivors of Troubled Families Rise Above Adversity
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2010
An informative and inspiring guide to rebounding from childhood hardships to find uncommon strength and courage
“The Resilient Self reminds us all of the importance of being aware of and building on the strengths of our young people, whatever their early life experiences. We must work to...
The Atlantic Wall (1)
France
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Germany's Atlantic Wall was the most ambitious military fortification program of World War II. With Germany's gradual loss of the strategic initiative to the Allies, in 1942 Hitler was forced to construct an impenetrable wall of fortifications along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coast. This book...
The Atlantic Wall (2)
Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark and Norway
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Germany's Atlantic Wall was the most ambitious military fortification program of World War II. Following its conquest of Western Europe, Germany had to defend some 5,000km of Atlantic coastline from the Spanish border to the Arctic Circle. The United States' entry into the war and the inevitability...
D-Day 1944 (2)
Utah Beach & the US Airborne Landings
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
On their western flank, the Allied landings on D-Day combined a parachute drop by the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions with an amphibious assault on “Utah” Beach by the US 4th Infantry Division. The landings came ashore in the wrong place but met weaker German resistance as a result. The heaviest...
Operation Market-Garden 1944 (1)
The American Airborne Missions
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
In the summer of 1944, plans began for a complex operation to seize a Rhine river bridge at Arnhem in the Netherlands. The American portion of the airborne mission was to employ two divisions of the US XVIII Airborne Corps to seize key terrain features that otherwise might delay the advance of British...