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Men-at-Arms: Napoleon s Guard Cavalry (Series #83) (Paperback)

This title examines some of the most colorful and fanciful uniforms in military history those of Napoleon s Guard Cavalry. The detailed text covers units such as the Grenadiers à Cheval; the Empress s Dragoons; the Chasseurs à Cheval; the Mamelukes;... more

Description of Indian and Oriental Armour - Egerton Of Tatton

About the Book:- A well illustrated book about the various arm and armour that have been used in the east. For want of a volume describing the subject the author wrote this book. It starts with a sketch of the military history of India from the... more

World military expenditures and arms transfers / U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Volume 1963-1973 1973 [Leather Bound]

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Men-at-Arms: Ancient Chinese Armies 1500–200 BC (Series #218) (Paperback)

By the 15th century BC the valley of Hwang Ho was dominated by a palace-based military caste which owed its supremacy to a monopoly of bronze-working techniques among a still mainly Stone Age population. To the Shang Dynasty war was a means of... more

Men-at-Arms: German Military Police Units 1939–45 (Paperback)

The military policeman must be one of the least appreciated yet most indispensable military figures in modern history. In the mobile warfare of the 20th century no army could keep its vital supply routes open without the military policeman. This... more

Men-At-Arms (Osprey): Byzantine Armies 886-1118 (Paperback)

The Byzantines had a remarkably sophisticated approach to politics and military strategy. Unlike most of their contemporaries they learnt very early in their history that winning a battle did not necessarily win a war and they frequently bought off... more

Library of Modern American History: Eisenhower and the Cold War Arms Race: Open Skies and the Military-Industrial Complex (Paperback)

Under the growing shadow of the Cold War President Eisenhower announced his Open Skies initiative to Soviet British and French delegations at the Geneva Summit in 1955. In a climate of intense fear and suspicion this proposed system of mutual aerial... more

The Nation In Arms A treatise on modern military systems and the conduct of war 1914 [Leather Bound]

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A Treatise on Gun-Powder; A Treatise on Fire-Arms; and a Treatise on the Service of Artillery in Time of War (Paperback)

This classic manual of artillery written by Major-General Alessandro D Antoni (1715-1786) chief director of the Royal Military Academies of Artillery and Fortification in the city of Turin combines three books in one. There is a treatise on the... more

Pre-Owned The Long Arm of Lee: The History of the Artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia Volume 2: Chancellorsville to Appomattox (Paperback) 0803297343 9780803297340

Originally published in 1915 when Jennings Cropper Wise was commandant of the Virginia Military Institute The Long Arm of Lee has never been surpassed as an authoritative study of the Confederate artillery in the Civil War. Volume 1 described the... more

The British Military Revolution of the 19th Century (Paperback)

From the Crimean War through the Second Boer War the British Empire sought to solve the Great Gun Question --to harness improvements to ordnance small arms explosives and mechanization made possible by the Industrial Revolution. The British public... more

Japan Library Military Intervention in Pre-War Japanese Politics: Admiral Kato Kanji and the Washington System (Paperback)

This is a study of the impact of inter-war naval arms control policy-making on the domestic politics of Japan especially the areas of civil-military inter-military (Army/Navy) and especially intra-military (Navy) relations and on the professional... more

Pre-Owned Vintage Aircraft Nose Art (Paperback) 0760312087 9780760312087

Here is an unprecendented collection of the unique art that graced military aircraft in World War II and the Korean War. Applied by amateurs or professional artists like Vargas and Brinkman the art typically featured alluring women whose charms... more

Pre-Owned Peace and Disarmament: Naval Rivalry and Arms Control 1922-1933 (Hardcover) 0813118786 9780813118789

Arms control remains a major international issue as the twentieth century closes but it is hardly a new concern. The effort to limit military power has enjoyed recurring support since shortly after World War I when the United States Britain and... more

Reports Of Experiments With Small Arms For The Military Services : By Officers Of The Ordnance Department U. S. Army (Paperback)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

Pre-Owned The Armies of George S. Patton (Paperback) 185409484X 9781854094841

Marvelous manager of men or dangerous military maverick? George Patton Old Blood and Guts was a hard-nosed soldier with an eye for a pertinent phrase ( The only good enemy is a dead enemy ) or message that would inspire or instruct but he was not... more

Schiffer Military/Aviation History: German 20mm Flak in World War II (Paperback)

All variations on the 20mm FLAK anti-aircraft gun including towed versions and self-propelled as used by all arms of Wehrmacht. more

Cornell Studies in Security Affairs: Innovation and the Arms Race: How the United States and the Soviet Union Develop New Military Technologies (Paperback)

Innovation and the Arms Race investigates the causes and mechanisms of the technological arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union. Challenging the commonly held notion that Soviet weapons innovation processes simply mirror those of... more

Cultural History of Modern War: Picturing the Western Front: Photography Practices and Experiences in First World War France (Paperback)

Between 1914 and 1918 military press and amateur photographers produced thousands of pictures. Either classified in military archives specially created with this purpose in 1915 collected in personal albums or circulated in illustrated magazines... more

Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare: Sisters in Arms (Paperback)

During the Second World War some 600 000 women were absorbed into the Women s Auxiliary Air Force the Auxiliary Territorial Service and the Women s Royal Naval Service. These women performed important military functions for the armed forces both at... more

Machiavelli and the Problems of Military Force: A War of One s Own (Paperback)

Central to Niccolò Machiavelli s writing is the argument that a successful state is one that prefers to lose with its own arms (arma propriis)than to win with the arms of others (arma alienis). This book sheds light on Machiavelli s critiques of... more

Pre-Owned The World s Elite Forces: Small Arms and Accessories (Hardcover 9781853674969) by John Walter

9781853674969. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 144. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 144 p. Greenhill Military Manuals. This book presents an illustrated guide not just to the guns of the world s special forces but... more

Modern War Studies Combined Arms Warfare in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)

For centuries the world has witnessed the development and use of increasingly complex and powerful military systems and technologies. In the process the art of war has truly become the art of combined arms warfare in which infantry artillery air... more

West Point Military History Series Challenge of Command: Reading for Military Excellence (Paperback)

A must for those who aspire to follow the profession of arms. --Maj. Gen. George S. Patton Here is a unique book that emphasizes the attainment of military excellence through reading and field experience. Written to help men and women prepare for... more

Field artillery with the other arms : its employment illustrated from military history and its re-armament with quick-firing guns discussed / by Major E.S. May (1898) [Leatherbound]

Leatherbound edition. Language: English Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1898 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations... more

Central Africa - 2022 Casablanca Naval Battle - Stamp Souvenir Sheet - CA220839b

Country: Central Africa Year of Issue: 2022 Type: Stamp Souvenir Sheet Topic: Casablanca Naval Battle World War II Military War Casablanca 80th Anniversary USS Texas (BB-35) Ship Texas State Coat of Arms more

Report to His Excellency Washington Hunt ... on the subject of the organizations of the national guards and municipal military systems of Europe and the artillery and arms best adapted to the State

Leatherbound edition. Language: English Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1853 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations... more

Arms and the boy; military training in schools and colleges its value in peace and its importance in war 1916 [Leather Bound]

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Arms and the boy; military training in schools and colleges its value in peace and its importance in war 1916 [Leather Bound]

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Pre-Owned Call to Arms: The Great Military Speeches Paperback

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Pre-Owned Ancient Arms Race: Antiquity s Largest Fortresses and Sasanian Military Networks of (Hardcover 9781789254624) by Eberhard Sauer Jebrael Nokandeh Hamid Omrani Rekavandi

9781789254624. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Contains: Unspecified. British Institute of Persian Studies Archaeological Monograph Series. Includes unspecified. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. Which... more

The Origin of the Arab-Israeli Arms Race: Arms Embargo Military Power and Decision in the 1948 Palestine War

On May 29 1948 two weeks after five regular Arab armies invaded Palestine in an attempt to erase the lately established Jewish state the UN Security Council imposed an embargo which banned the supply of arms war materials and other forms of military... more

A Declaration Of The Society Of People (Commonly Called Shakers) : Shewing Their Reasons For Refusing To Aid Or Abet The Cause Of War And Bloodshed By Bearing Arms Paying Fines Hiring Substitutes Or Rendering Any Equivalent For Military Services....

Title: A declaration of the society of people (commonly called Shakers): shewing their reasons for refusing to aid or abet the cause of war and bloodshed by bearing arms paying fines hiring substitutes or rendering any equivalent for military... more

Reports of experiments with small arms for the military services by officers of the Ordnance Department U.S. Army. Published by authority of the Secretary of War. 1856 [Leather Bound]

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Men of Color to Arms! : Black Soldiers Indian Wars and the Quest for Equality (Paperback)

In 1863 at the height of the Civil War Frederick Douglass promised African Americans that serving in the military offered a sure path to freedom. More than 180 000 black men heeded his call to defend the Union only to find that the path to equality... more

America in arms the experience of the United States with military organization 1941 [Hardcover]

{Size: 14.34 x 22.59 cms} Lang: - english Pages 219 Print on Demand. Reprinted in 2023 with the help of original edition published long back [1941]. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated... more

Warfare and Culture: Forging Napoleon s Grande Armée: Motivation Military Culture and Masculinity in the French Army 1800-1808 (Hardcover)

The men who fought in Napoleon s Grande Armée built a new empire that changed the world. Remarkably the same men raised arms during the French Revolution for liberté égalité and fraternité. In just over a decade these freedom fighters who had... more

Routledge Library Editions: Internationa The Influence of British Arms Book 10 (Hardcover)

Which event better characterises British military interventions: the trauma of Suez or the triumph of the Falklands? This book first published in 1984 examines these engagements and those of the intervening period to provide a sober and considered... more