Air Forces & Warfare

Flying Camelot brings us back to the post-Vietnam era, when the US Air Force launched two new, state-of-the art fighter aircraft: the F-15 Eagle an...

Applying strategic theory to outer space and drawing out the implications for international relations Offers a definitive and original vision ...

Although the United States won the race to the moon, the Soviets were far more active in space than Americans during the decade that followed. By t...

From Rifleman to Air Marshal, Sir Brian Baker excelled in every role. Having transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and learning to fly in record ti...

This book looks at all aspects of Brazil's aviation, including its air force, army and naval aviation wings and the aircraft that serve the police ...

Due to Chinas strong dependence/reliance on its economic development but also due to its rising political ambitions with the aim to resume a centra...

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain and its near twin, the C-53 Skytrooper, formed the backbone of American airborne transport during WWII. In addition to ha...

This pictorial journey takes the reader from the very beginning of the Skunk Works very first project (XP-80 Shooting Star) and follows the program...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!Military History Matters Book of the Year Bronze Award Winner'Compelling... sensitive, colourful and moving' -- Saul Da...

On the morning of 24 December 1943, 542 Squadron's intelligence officer briefed Flt Lt J. Storey on covering Crossbow sites in the Calais-Abbeville...

During the Second World War, the Tuskegee Airmen had not one but two enemies to overcome: the German Luftwaffe and Jim Crow. In this book, the insp...

Looks at the mystery surrounding the discovery of a WWII American bomber aircraft lost in 1943! It was the first and only combat mission for t...

The PBY Catalina, designed and produced by Consolidated Aircraft, whose production was supplemented by that of Boeing Canada, Canadian Vickers, and...

This is the little-known story of the 406th Fighter Group, a famous but unsung P-47 unit in the European theater of operations (ETO) in WWII.  The ...

An illuminating new look at the New Guinea and Solomon Island campaigns of World War II In 1943 the Allies chipped away at the defensive outer...

Experience aerial combat at the controls of the fearsome AH-64 Apache attack helicopter during the Operation Iraqi Freedom Surge. Author Dan McClin...

This book examines the American Air Force aircrews who flew tactical reconnaissance combat missions from World War I to the Gulf War. The book empl...

The perfect companion to Masters of the Air on Apple TV+, this is a superbly illustrated examination of the aircraft, pilots, crews and operations ...

After recounting his early days as a naval cadet, including a voyage to the Far East aboard the cruiser _K ln_, and as the navigator/observer of th...

This fascinating account of the development of aviation in Alaska examines the daring missions of pilots who initially opened up the territory for ...

With a new century and a new enemy came a new kind of war: low intensity and civilian-dominated, blending austere rural and dense urban environment...

The full history of how the United States targeted and destroyed the Japanese capital from the air, in a ten-month long campaign by the US Army Air...

If asked to pinpoint the beginning of the war against Islamic extremism, most would probably say September 11, 2001. However, there has been tensio...

'Captivating' Daily Telegraph'Stunning' James Holland'Superb' Daily Express'Wonderful' John Nichol'Remarkable' RAF News____________________________...

Over sixty years ago a battle took place that, if it had succeeded, could have shortened the Second World war by six months. The operation to take ...

'Readers look for and admire good writers and great writing. They will find it, in spades, in The Battle of the Bismarck Sea.' - The Canberra Times...

The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War is well documented, but few are aware that Canada, too, was an ea...

The role of Bomber Command in the Second World War is still shrouded in mystery. This book provides a new story of the campaign and is both a milit...

On one day in June, the balance of air power in the Middle East was turned upside down by perhaps the most ruthlessly effective air superiority...

Although he objected to being characterized as such, Hamilton McWhorter III's service to family and country make him a standout among America's Gre...

This illustrated study explores, in detail, the climactic events of the Battle of the Atlantic, and how air power proved to be the Allies most impo...

After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Asia became an important theater of World War IIand because the Japanese had boxed in...

Now a major television event from Apple TV and Steven Spielberg, and companion to Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Now a major television event ...