Author: Chris McNab

Driven by the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the insecurities it provoked in Saddam Husseins Iraqi dictatorship, the IranIraq War would become the ...

One side of me says, I'd like to talk to her, date her. The other side of me says, I wonder what her head would look like on a stick? Edmund Kemper...

By the end of the first week of November 1942, the German Sixth Army held about 90 per cent of Stalingrad. Yet the Soviets stubbornly held on to th...

During the Vietnam War, both the United States and the Soviet Union supplied all manner of weapon systems to the opposing sides, including tanks an...

The 1973 Yom Kippur War rewrote the textbook on the tactics of modern armored warfare. Unlike the previous major Arab-Israeli war of 1967, the Isra...

Packed with beautiful Osprey artwork, this volume offers a complete history of the Roman Army. The image of the Roman legionary is as familiar tod...

With the MG 34, the German Wehrmacht introduced an entirely new concept in automatic firepower the general-purpose machine gun (GPMG). In itself t...

On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated. This event sparked off a war that was change the lives of millions of people...

In September 1939, Hitlers Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Thus began the greatest armed struggle in history. Within days of the invasion, Germany was...

Cambrai 1917 was the battle that sowed the seeds of future combined-arms tank and infantry warfare, while remaining a battle of singular drama in i...

The mobilisation of troops and equipment has always been crucial to winning a war. During the twentieth century, the days of horse-drawn logistics ...

In September 1939, Hitler's Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Thus began the greatest armed struggle in history. Within days of the invasion, Germany wa...

The World War I Story is the perfect pocket narrative of one of the largest conflicts in human history: the Great War. On 28 June 1914, Archduke Fr...

This book charts the development of military vehicles from steam-powered tractors to modern main battle tanks. The story reveals how such vehicles ...

Airmen and soldiers, knights and pages, gentlemen and rogues: to you we say stiffen your lip and tighten your sword belt! Tie down your trebuchets,...

1st July 1916 saw a campaign that devastated the lives of thousands of young men serving under the British Empire. It was a day chosen to begin wha...

This book explores the origins, development, combat use and lasting influence of Nazi Germanys automatic rifles, focusing on the Gew 41(W), Gew 43/...

Native American culture is founded on stories told orally and handed down through the generations, outlining myths that reveal the origin of a trib...

Whos going to guide you when your military boot camp class is over? Whats going to help you prepare for the next boot camp challenge? With the aid ...

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Preparing to Survive teaches you all the skills and offers you all the tips and information you may need if things real...

Passchendaele 1917 is the story of one of the most pitiless and iconic battles of the First World War, known today as Third Ypres. Fought over thre...

This Pitkin Guide explores the reality, and unpacks the myths, of Tommy, the British soldier on the Western Front in the First World War. It looks ...