Weapons & Equipment

An illustrated study of the big guns of Hitler's army the Wehrmacht's field artillery, its capabilities and its role in German fighting units of W...

Craig F. Morris explores the beginnings of American strategic bombing theory, why it changed over time, the factors that shaped that change, and ho...

During WW2, the German armed forces were the greatest user of half-track vehicles. Such vehicles were used in the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe and Waffen-S...

J. Robert Oppenheimer is among the most contentious and important figures of the twentieth century. As head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, he oversa...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

A multifaceted portrait of the Hiroshima bombing and its many legaciesOn August 6, 1945, in the waning days of World War II, the United States drop...

GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEARThe familiar image of the British in the Second World War is that of the plucky underdog taking on German might. David Ed...

The Nuclear Club reveals how a coalition of powerful and developing states embraced global governance in hopes of a bright and peaceful tomorrow. W...

Noted for its exceptional performance, the Sukhoi Su-27 is not only one of the most capable fourth-generation fighters, but its development history...

Holding Their Breath uncovers just how close Britain, the United States, and Canada came to crossing the red line that restrained chemical weapon u...

Artificial intelligence (AI) may be the most beneficial technological development of the twenty-first century. Media hype and raised expectations f...

The military history of the ancient peoples of the Middle East encompasses the rise, the rule and the decline and fall of a succession of great emp...

Cet ouvrage, en deux tomes, permet de presenter les armes et armures du Moyen-Age a la Renaissance. Le premier tome aborde la premiere periode, du ...

Apres le succes de L'Ordre noir, Allgemeine-SS 1925- 1945, encyclopedie illustree dediee au projet de societe totale qu'envisageait la SS, nous avo...

This new photo album is number 31 in the MMPBooks/Stratus Camera On series and is the first to cover such equipment as Luftwaffe search lights and ...

Though China remains a relatively weak nuclear power, it has in recent years become central to US strategic policymaking. What explains this shift?...

Does it make sense for the United States to cooperate with Russia to resolve international security issues? Is it possible for the two countries to...

This edition of Civil Society and Disarmament explores recent work by the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) in support of legal in...

Engineering Victory brings a fresh approach to the question of why the North prevailed in the Civil War. Historian Thomas F. Army, Jr., identifies ...

In March 2012, at a meeting convened by the recently reelected Russian president Vladimir Putin, Minister of Defense Serdyukov informed Mr. Putin t...

The horrifying terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and the anthrax strikes that soon followed gave the United States new reason to fear unconv...

The horrifying terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and the anthrax strikes that soon followed gave the United States new reason to fear unconv...

Almost 145,000 Americans fled their homes in and around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in late March 1979, hoping to save themselves from an invisible e...