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 Fighters, Choppers and Bombers 
 Author: Luke Begarnie Fighters, Choppers and Bombers Scholastic Inc 1987 Format: PDF Pages: 36 Language: English Size: 33.8 MB Describes the military aircraft now being used to defend the United States and her allies, considered the cutting edge of U.S. air power.
A Handbook of Fighter Aircraft
 Author: Francis Crosby A Handbook of Fighter Aircraft Hermes House 2002 Format: PDF Pages: 272 Language: English Size: 31.6 MB An Illustrated history of fighter aircraft, their origins and evolution. Fokkers, Spitfires, Messerschmitts and many others from WW I & II. Today's Powerful supersonic jets, including F-15 Eagles, MiGs and the Eurofighter. Features Photographs from the Imperial War Museum.
Coalition Forces in Iraq Volume 1
 Author: Samuel M. Katz Coalition Forces in Iraq Volume 1 (Concord 5529) Concord Publications Special Ops: Journal of the Elite Forces & SWAT Units Vol.29 ISBN: 9623610947 2004 Format: PDF Pages: 65 Size: 76 Mb Language: English Combined Joint Task Force 7, Screaming Eagles in Northern Iraq, Multinational Division, Iraq's New Armed Forces
Stalin: A New History
 Stalin: A New History Author: Sarah Davies, James Harris Cambridge University Press 2005 Pages: 311 Format: PDF Size: 5 Mb Language: English The recent declassification of a substantial portion of Stalin's archive has made possible this fundamental new assessment of the controversial Soviet leader. Leading international experts accordingly challenge many assumptions about Stalin from his early life in Georgia to the Cold War years--with contributions ranging across the political, economic, social, cultural, ideological and international history of the Stalin era. The volume provides a more profound understanding of Stalin's power and one of the most important leaders of the twentieth century.
Royal Australian Navy 1911-1986
 Author: Dunn, B. G. Wescombe, R. E Royal Australian Navy 1911-1986 SMagazine Art for the Royal Australian Navy 1986 Format: PDF Pages: 84 Language: English Size: 13.7 MB During its 75 years of service, the Royal Australian Navy has protected the carriage of the Nation’s wealth and has contributed substantially to the security of the Nation itself. Today the RAN continues to play its part, which is so important to the development of Australia.
America's Secret MiG Squadron
 Author: Gaillard R. Peck Jr. America's Secret MiG Squadron: The Red Eagles of Project CONSTANT PEG Osprey Publishing Osprey General Aviation ISBN: 1849089760 2012 Format: EPUB Pages: 352 Size: 3 Mb Language: English This book is the story of a group of military pioneers who were intent on using their experience and knowledge to develop a new training paradigm for fighter pilots. As a Vietnam veteran and Phantom F-4 pilot, Col. Gail Peck (call-sign "EVIL") had been disappointed with the level of training offered to US fighter pilots. He was determined to ensure that US fighter pilots were unbeatable in the air particularly against their Cold War adversaries flying the already legendary MiG fighter jets. Working with the support of General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Jr., and under conditions of the upmost secrecy the CONSTANT PEG program was launched with Peck as the original "Red Eagle."
Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America: Emergence, Survival, and Fall
 Author: Scott Mainwaring, Aníbal Pérez-Liñán Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America: Emergence, Survival, and Fall Cambridge University Press 2014 Format: epub Size: 5.4 Mb Language: English This book presents a new theory for why political regimes emerge, and why they subsequently survive or break down. It then analyzes the emergence, survival, and fall of democracies and dictatorships in Latin America since 1900. Scott Mainwaring and Aníbal Pérez-Liñán argue for a theoretical approach situated between long-term structural and cultural explanations and short-term explanations that look at the decisions of specific leaders. They focus on the political preferences of powerful actors - the degree to which they embrace democracy as an intrinsically desirable end and their policy radicalism - to explain regime outcomes. They also demonstrate that transnational forces and influences are crucial to understand regional waves of democratization. Based on extensive research into the political histories of all twenty Latin American countries, this book offers the first extended analysis of regime emergence, survival, and failure for all of Latin America over a long period of time.
Scholastic Encyclopedia of the United States at War
 Author: June A. English Scholastic Encyclopedia of the United States at War Scholastic Inc. 1998 Format: PDF Pages: 196 Language: English Size: 28.8 MB From the American Revolution to the Gulf War, The Encyclopedia of the United States at War chronicles the history of our country's involvement in armed conflict. War is not all battles and weapons and uniforms; its roots begin to grow many years before the first shot is fired. War is the agonizing decision by our political leaders to risk lives to protect the country's interests. War is every story of every person who gives his or her life in the service of their country. And war continues to affect people and nations for years after peace is attained.
The Helicopters
 Author: Warren R. Young The Helicopters (The Epic of Flight) Time Life Books 1982 Format: PDF Pages: 184 Language: English Size: 27.8 MB Another well researched and written book from Time-Life, this book details the founding and the beginnings of helicopter era.
A History of Artillery
 Author: Ivan V. Hogg A History of Artillery The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited 1974 Format: PDF Pages: 248 Language: English Size: 41 MB Between the discovery of gunpowder and the modern missile lies a long history of the development of big guns, ammunition, armour and artillery strategy. A path through this history is traced by the author of this book, a Master Gunner and until 1972 on the staff of The Royal Military College of Science.
A History of Modern Iran
 Author: Ervand Abrahamian A History of Modern Iran City University of New York 2008 Pages: 260 Language: english Format: PDF Size: 5.84 mb In a reappraisal of Iran's modern history, Ervand Abrahamian traces its traumatic journey across the twentieth century, through the discovery of oil, imperial interventions, the rule of the Pahlavis and, in 1979, revolution and the birth of the Islamic Republic. In the intervening years, the country has experienced a bitter war with Iraq, the transformation of society under the clergy and, more recently, the expansion of the state and the struggle for power between the old elites, the intelligentsia and the commercial middle class. The author is a compassionate expositor. While he adroitly negotiates the twists and turns of the country's regional and international politics, at the heart of his 2008 book are the people of Iran. It is to them and their resilience that this book is dedicated, as Iran emerges at the beginning of the twenty-first century as one of the most powerful states in the Middle East.
The New Illustrated Guide to Modern Warships
 Author: Tony Gibbons, David Miller The New Illustrated Guide to Modern Warships Smithmark Publishers, Inc. 1992 Format: PDF Pages: 168 Language: English Size: 16 MB A magnificently illustrated directory of the most important warships used by today's navies 160 fact-filled pages; over 40,000 words of text and data plus more than 120 illustrations covering 65 classes of modern warships.
Counteroffensive. U.S. Marines from Pohang to No Name Line
 Counteroffensive. U.S. Marines from Pohang to No Name Line Author: Brown R.J. Marine Corps 2001 Format: pdf Size: 21,38 mb
The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt
 Author: William L. Shirer The Sinking of the Bismarck The Deadly Hunt Rosetta Books 2014 (first published 1962) Format: EPUB Size: 16,8 МБ Language: English Pages: 178 The Bismark was the greatest warship ever built, with guns so powerful and accurate it could destroy an enemy ship while safely staying outside the line of fire. But the Allies had to sink it…or risk losing the war. William Shirer, famed World War II correspondent and author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, captures every suspenseful moment of the perilous mission. Most tragic of all was the loss of the HMS Hood, the British Navy’s star battleship, sunk by the Bismark in just minutes. However, a mixture of luck and new technology—including radar—turned the tide in the Allies’ favor.
Sherman Tank: A Pocket History
 Author: John Christopher Sherman Tank: A Pocket History Amberley 2012 Format: EPUB Pages: 128 Size: 7 Mb Once described as the worst tank that ever won the war , the Sherman tank was never going to be the equal of the German heavies in a direct tank-on-tank confrontation. It was never meant to be. What is was, though, was reliable, maneuverable and built in such prodigious quantities that it became ubiquitous. Sheer weight of numbers and interchangeability of parts was what made the Medium Tank M4, as the Sherman was officially designated, a war winner. Built in the States in car factories, railway works and new bespoke factories, the Sherman came in many variants, and was converted for other uses by the Allied forces. The Brits gave it a bigger gun, made funnies that could wade ditches, build bridges, even float in the sea and clear minefields.
The Battleships
 Author: Ian Johnston, Rob McAuley The Battleships MBI Publishing Company 2000 Format: PDF Pages: 200 Language: English Size: 28.3 MB Before the nuclear bomb, no weapon on earth had evoked so much fear, veneration and passion as the battleship. In destructive power it had no equal. The Battleships unveils the epic saga of power, international politics, and one-upmanship that led to the titanic wars of the twentieth century. It is a story involving rulers, war lords and admirals who all became intoxicated by the grandeur, majesty and sheer power of these floating fortresses.
The Blitzkrieg Story
 Author: Charles Messenger The Blitzkrieg Story Charles Scribner's Sons 1976 Format: PDF Pages: 326 Language: English Size: 32.2 MB The story of Hitler's "lightning war" against her European neighbours during the early stages of World War II. "The Blitzkrieg Story" was published in the United States in 1976, the same year that another title by Charles Messenger, "The Art of Blitzkrieg," was published in the U.K. A revised edition of the latter title was published in Britain in 1991 and in the United States in 1994.
Armoured Warfare In The Arab-Israeli Conflicts (Images of War)
 Author: Anthony Tucker-Jones Armoured Warfare In The Arab-Israeli Conflicts (Images of War) Pen and Sword Military 2013 Format: EPUB Pages: 160 Size: 6 Mb The latest volume in Anthony Tucker-Jones's series of books on armored warfare in the Images of War series is a graphic account of the development of armored forces in the Arab and Israeli armies from 1948 to the present day. In a sequence of over 200 archive photographs he tells the story of the role armor played in Arab-Israeli conflicts over the last sixty years, from the initial battles of 1948, through the Suez Crisis, the Six Day War, the Yom Kippur War, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and the Israeli attack on Hamas in Gaza in 2008.
The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia
 Author : Andrei Lankov : The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia Oxford University Press : 2013 ISBN: 9780199964291 Pages: 304 Format : epub Size : 1,9 MB Language : English North Korea is widely regarded as one of the most repressive and dangerous nations in the world - the last Stalinist regime on earth. Yet despite its manifest importance - particularly its potential for destabilizing East Asia - North Korea is notoriously one of the most difficult regimes in the world to study. A black box to most, the regime appears to be fundamentally irrational and unstable. How can it survive? In A Country, Not a Bomb, Andrei Lankov draws from years of research and his own access to North Koreans to provide a genuinely informed and accessible overview of North Korea, from its origins in 1945 to the present. Given its confrontational foreign policy, its nuclear ambitions, and its paranoid leadership cadre, this incredibly poor nation has remained on the front pages ever since the end of the Cold War. Lankov, who is fluent in both Korean and English, will explain how the regime actually functions and why it has achieved a modicum of stability despite itsbizarre mix of Stalinist totalitarianism and hereditary monarchy. Along with covering North Korea's foreign and nuclear policies, the book will also explain how its ruling class actually rules and how ordinary North Koreans live. Perhaps most surprisingly, a grass roots market society is emerging, and Lankov traces how this has happened. Lankov has conducted many interviews with North Korean emigres, so his understanding of both the regime and life under it is remarkably well informed. It will be the definitive account.
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