In 1984, Tom Clancy released his blockbuster novel, The Hunt for Red October, an edge-of-your seat thriller that skyrocketed him into international notoriety. The inspiration for that novel came from an obscure report by a US naval officer of a...
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On November 30, 1939, the Soviet Union's Red Army invaded the young nation-state of Finland, in the full expectation of routing the small, ill-equipped Finnish army and annexing the former Russian territory by the end of the year. But Finland held...
Военная документалистика и аналитика, Образовательная, прикладная, научно-популярная литература
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
Best-selling author Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war.
Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldier’s most challenging...
In 1966, Australia and the US signed a treaty that allowed the establishment of a jointly run satellite tracking station, just south of Alice Springs. For more than forty years it has operated in a shroud of secrecy and been the target of much...
Сейчас становится ясно, что человек обладает значительно большими возможностями, чем признавалось в прошлом. Психологическое развитие...
Here is the definitive reference to the battles of the Civil War, written by America’s leading military historians and edited by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War expert James M. McPherson. This authoritative volume includes gripping eyewitness...
Автор: Fletcher David
Серия: New Vanguard #133
Язык: английский
Год: 2007
Статус: Закончена
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Amongst the first ever mass-produced tanks in history, the British Mk IV has been classified as one of the most successful heavy tanks to have fought in World War I.
Mechanically similar to its predecessors, the Mark IV embodied various...
Автор: Chamberlain Peter
Серия: WW2 Fact Files
Язык: английский
Год: 1975
Статус: Закончена
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The main offensive and defensive power of any army is invested in its light and medium artillery; they are the backbone of any modern force. During World War 2 this was proved many times. In this book are descriptions of the many types of light and...
Военная история, Военное дело, военная техника и вооружение
The US Marine Corps in the Vietnam War: III Marine Amphibious Force 1965-75
Автор: Gilbert Ed
Серия: Battle Orders #19
Язык: английский
Год: 2006
Статус: Закончена
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This book covers the US Marine Corps in the Vietnam War, centring on the structure and function of the two Fleet Marine Force (FMF) divisions and the corps command level, III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF). This detailed examination of III MAF...
Автор: Rimell Raymond Laurence
Серия: Vintage Warbirds #9
Язык: английский
Год: 1988
Статус: Закончена
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Describes military actions in the air during World War...