Military forces and sectors Books

It is August 1990, and Iraq has just invaded Kuwait, setting off a chain reaction of events leading up to the first Gulf War. Vicki Cody's husband, the commander of an elite Apache helicopter battalion, is deployed to Saudi Arabia--and for the next nine...

This book examines the military collapse of China's Ming Dynasty to a combination of foreign and domestic foes. The Ming's defeat was a highly surprising development, not least because as recently as in the 1590s the Ming had managed to defeat a Japanese...

Meet America's maritime guardians-a military branch smaller than the New York City police department-each one on a mission to save lives and protect their country. Chief Warrant Officer Mark Prentice, a decades-long veteran, knows firsthand that the...

In "Black Ops - Science & Technology," readers are taken on a riveting journey through the clandestine world of the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology. From the inception of the agency's groundbreaking manned overhead reconnaissance program...

The Story of the "Britannia";The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903., is a classical book and has been considered important throughout the human history. So that this...

Mémoire sur les avantages qu'il y auroit à changer absolument la nourriture des gens de mer, is a classical book and has been considered important throughout the human history. So that this book is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts...

Regarded as the standard work on the air war over the Eastern Front during World War II, Christer Bergström’s unique Black Cross/Red Star series covers the history of the air war on the Eastern Front in close detail, with the perspectives of...

How much better would your world be if you deliberately trained and developed your Confidence, Competence, Discipline, Motivation, Intensity & Mental Toughness like an elite member of the Special Operations community?Whether fighting the war against...

This exciting scholarly work examines Dutch maritime violence in the seventeenth century. The young Dutch Republic enjoyed a cultural and economic preeminence, and many of its seamen also took up pillaging, terrorizing their victims on the high seas and...

Volume № 14 of the Profile & Scale series covers the lovely Pe-2 Peshka to an entirely new standard of authenticity. More than 65 pages of entirely new, original and not previously published 1:48 and 1:72 scale line drawings reveal the development and...

This book examines the US Navy and Marine Corps during the interwar years from a new perspective.

Despite—or maybe because of—the repetitious toil, regular exposure to weather extremes, andsmelly proximity of large animals, farm life on the Great Plains was a blessing for Martin Kufus.It instilled a work ethic, tolerance for...

Behind the scenes of America's first TV war."With the proliferation of televisions, news networks strived to have the most exciting, dramatic, and attractive stories. They competed for the finest reporters, highest-rated equipment, and largest number of...

Francis Marion was one of the most versatile commanders in the Revolutionary War. His ability to adapt to whatever was thrown his way, while still exceeding what was required of him, makes him worthy of admiration and study. There are towns, counties,...

The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, published in 1999 and updated here in a new format and with a complete index of all ships mentioned in the text (absent from the 1999 edition), is the authoritative resource on the war at sea...

Back to Mandalay, first published in 1951, is noted correspondent Lowell Thomas's engaging account of the Burma Campaign in World War II. Led by British General Orde Wingate, the book describes the formation of the Chindits - troops specializing in...

The Secret War Against Japan, by Colonel Allison W. Ind of the United States Army, is the dramatic accounting of the principal activities of the AIB - the Allied Intelligence Bureau - a group of British, Australian, Dutch, and American clandestine...

In Haulin' Trash and Passin' Gas Alan Gravel tells his story of flying the C-7A Caribou in South Vietnam in 1970-71, and subsequent temporary duty tours flying KC-135 Stratotankers in support of air operations over North Vietnam in 1972.These are the...

When her middle child decided to join the Marines, Linda began journaling her day to day experience. Written with heartfelt angst, love, and humor, the author navigates the twisting path of her journey to becoming a MoM (Mother of a Marine). If you are...

Japan is quintessentially by geography a maritime country. Maritime surveillance capabilities - underwater, shore-based and airborne - are critical to its national defence posture. This book describes and assesses these capabilities, with particular...

The outstanding military career of Dilwyn StarrThis book follows the military career and First World War experiences of Dilwyn Starr, a young American volunteer who was determined to fight for the allied cause in the Great War. It was written by Starr's...

What started as a patrol to combat commercial plundering of Somali fish stocks has now grown into a highly organised and lucrative business. In a war-torn country, the pirates have brought hope and entire villages depend on the wealth that they bring in...

This gripping story of one man’s involvement in RAF Bomber Command’s fledgling offensive was first published in 1943.Written only months after the events described, R. C. Rivaz provides a uniquely fresh and immediate perspective on some of...

Following on from Volume 1, this is a fascinating and unique first-hand account of war in the air with the RAF in Burma and along the Burma Road to China, flying Lysanders and Hurricane Mk IIs alongside the American Volunteer Group, the 'Flying Tigers'...

There are very few WW2 epics still to be uncovered. The Big Little War is one - based on recently discovered war diaries, it's the incredible story of how a handful of RAF trainees and their instructors fought overwhelming odds to save Britain's Middle...

Few Americans know the facts about the final year of US combat operations in South Vietnam. As political will to sustain the fight shrank and the US withdrew most of their ground forces, the Soviets and North Vietnamese sought battlefield success to...

"An extremely remarkable book created with fearlessness, strength, honesty and every other ingredient that phenomenal soldiers are made of."  -Colonel John Schwemmer, US ArmyThese are the personal experiences of the author and his wife in...

"I am awed by my destructive power. With a small squeeze of the gun trigger under my right index finger, I can rip the turret off a thirty-ton battle tank and throw it 200 feet across the desert, while the rest of the tank burns in an explosion of...

". . . a poignant reminder that our freedom still depends on 'twenty-percent soldiers' who volunteer to protect and defend our nation when duty calls."-Tom Ridge, 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania, First US Secretary of Homeland SecurityThe National Guard...

During the Vietnam war, the U.S. Army's Corps of Engineers was tasked with removing heavy jungle cover along roadways that were being used by the Viet Cong and NVAs to attack passing convoys in South Vietnam. A unique tractor was developed to cut...

This book relates the part played by Royal Navy Top Guns in defence of UK’s global National Interests since World War II. It is an intimate account of the author’s “technicolour” journey to Top Gun status, the fighter pilot...

The author was born in the highly successful self-governing British colony, Southern Rhodesia. His love of his country and its people is as clear in this book as his disbelief and anger over British and South African policies of political expendiency...

The Red Knight is the product of 25 years of meticulous research. It is, arguably, the most comprehensive account ever written about the Canadian Air Force's legendary solo jet-aerobatics performer. An important part of Canadian aviation history, the Red...

The Red Knight holds a special place in Canadian history. The RCAF's solo aerobatic display thrilled airshow audiences throughout North America from 1958-1969. With over 600 performances, the Red Knight ranks third in RCAF history to today's Snowbirds...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

he 20th century saw air power transformed from novelists' fantasy into stark reality. From string and canvas to precision weaponry and stealth, air power has progressed to become not only the weapon of first political choice, but often the only...

This volume deals with the development of Britain's air defences during the years leading up to the outbreak of the Second World War, and the development of the system during the early period of the war, leading up to the Battle of Britain.

The book describes in detail the discussions about the naval strategy and the shipbuilding progams in the Soviet political and military leadership from 1922 to the death of Stalin in 1953.