Tank Battles of the Cold War 1948-1991, Hardcover - Anthony Tucker-Jones

As Anthony Tucker-Jones shows in this highly illustrated, wide-ranging history, for most of the Cold War the tank retained its pre-eminence on the ...

Released to mark the 75th anniversary of the Eastern Front Battle of Kursk which saw a loss of over 200, 000 men on both the German and Soviet side...

A photographic history of Soviet Cold War weaponry from the 1950s to 1980s.

Photographic history of the most important tank in the history of the Red Army. It covers the T-34/76 and the T-34/85 throughout the Second World War.

Photographic history of destroyed and disabled tanks photographed on the Western Front in the Second World War.

Reducere. This collection studies Asia as a second front in the Cold War, examining U.S.-Soviet rivalry in terms of the foreign policies of China, Japan, Nor...

The bloody eight-year Iran-Iraq war is now almost forgotten, overshadowed by the subsequent Gulf War and Iraq War. However, it is best remembered f...

DescriptionThe American Provisional Tank Group had been in the Philippines only three weeks when the Japanese attacked the islands hours after the ...

After the Second World War, military analysts thought that the only place significant armored forces were ever likely to confront each other again ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Anthony Tucker-JonesIllustration(s): 16pp plate section in b&wNumber of pages: 384Publication date: ...

The Iraq War is a visual record of the American-led Operation Iraqi Freedom of 2003, which resulted in the dramatic overthrow of Dictator Saddam Hu...

Arranged chronologically by theatre, this illustrated guide gives a complete organizational breakdown of NATO and Warsaw Pact aviation units from t...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Study of the Cold War all too often shows us the war that wasn't fought. The reality, of course, is that many 'hot' conflicts did occur, some with ...

Photographic history of the war in the air during the Normandy campaign.

Comprehensive illustrated history of Allied tanks and tank forces during the Second World War.Illustrations: 70 black and white illustrations

Re-assessing the technical and intelligence problem solving behind the Normandy campaign through the eyes of those present

Reducere. On 26 December, 1991, the hammer-and-sickle flag was lowered over the Kremlin for the last time. Yet, just six years earlier, when Mikhail Gorbach ...

Reducere. Key content coverage is combined with exam-style tasks and practical tips.

DescriptionThe fifty-ton British Centurion tank, developed during the darkest days of the Second World War, was designed to outgun and outperform t...

Since the Luftwaffe's 1940 Eagle Day attack on Britain, aerial warfare and its accompanying technology has changed almost beyond recognition. The p...

How the approaches and methods of think tanks--including systems theory, operational research, and cybernetics--paved the way for a peculiar genre ...

Reducere. In his New York Times bestselling chronicle of military life, Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, refl...

Compelling new study of key battle in the Normandy campaign.

DescriptionThe German Tiger I and Tiger II (known to the Allies as the 'King Tiger' or 'Royal Tiger') were the most famous and formidable heavy tan...

Publisher: PeKo Publishing Kft.Author(s): Kamen NevenkinIllustration(s): 163 wartime photographs & 10 mapsNumber of pages: 124Publication date: 202...

When the world held its breath ... It is 25 years since the end of the Cold War, now a generation old. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944--long be...

Transforming Military Power since the Cold War: Britain, France, and the United States, 1991–2012 - Theo Farrell, Sten Rynning, Terry Terriff

DescriptionNo event of the twentieth century aroused as much passion as the Spanish Civil War. People felt compelled to take sides, whether for the...

Reducere. Photographic history of the struggle for Budapest, one of the key battles fought during the closing months of the Second World War

This fascinating title offers a new look at Operation Market Garden and the Arnhem campaign from the perspective of the German forces who defended ...

Reducere. No previous book has been devoted to Marine Corps armor in World War II. Gilbert's gripping narrative combines exhaustive detail on Marine armor an...

Retaining all the well-loved features, this book is now matched to the new AQA specification and covers AS and A Level content together. With a str...

Publisher: Crecy PublishingAuthor(s): Philip BirtlesIllustration(s): IllustrationsNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 261 x 209 x...

The Cambridge History of the Cold War - Melvyn P. Leffler, Odd Arne Westad

Reducere. A team of leading scholars examines the evolution of the Cold War from the Helsinki Conference of 1975 to the Soviet collapse in 1991. The authors ...

With Britain's empire collapsing and Stalin ascendent, U.S. officials set out to reconstruct Western Europe as a bulwark against communist authorit...

DescriptionThe Medium Tank, M4, better known to the British as the Sherman, was the most widely used medium tank by the United States and western A...

With step-by-step exam strategies and Examiner Tip features for all AQA question types, this revision guide offers the clear revision approach of R...

The tragic history of Warsaw during the Second World War documented in 200 graphic wartime photographs.

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 ...

Photographic history of one of the most famous airborne assaults of the Second World War .

DescriptionGrace Kennan Warnecke's memoir is about a life lived on the edge of history. Daughter of one of the most influential diplomats of the tw...