Weapons & Equipment

While the Red Army's arsenal at the start of the Second World War included weapons dating back to the Great War or earlier, the 1930s' modernizatio...

The fabled treasures of China span thousands of years of history. From the exotic Silk Road to the mysterious Great Wall, Chinas allure is as vast ...

This encyclopedia traces the fascinating history of knives, daggers, bayonets, swords, sabres and lances, from their Palaeolithic origins through t...

Like any war before or since, the First World War formed the catalyst for a wealth of technical inventions with only one goal in mind: to inflict a...

Stalin's Secret Weapon is a gripping account of the early history of the globally significant Soviet biological weapons programme, including its ke...

Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace was an earnest supporter of the Stimson Proposal, a disarmament proposal submitted to the Truman administrat...

Over the last decade, the rapid pace of innovation with drone technology has led to dozens of new and innovative commercial and scientific applicat...

In Euromissiles, Susan Colbourn tells the story of the height of nuclear crisis and the remarkable waning of the fear that gripped the globe. In...

Many thousands of different types of vehicles were used by the armies during the Second World War for various roles, including the fighting vehicle...

A fascinating account of Russia's Five-Day War against Georgia in 2008, notable for its strategic mistakes which prompted President Putin to undert...

In 191518, ANZAC and Ottoman soldiers clashed on numerous battlefields, from Gallipoli to Jerusalem. This illustrated study investigates the two si...