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“robert m neer”

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  • Napalm

    An American Biography

    by Robert M. Neer ...
    Napalm was invented on Valentine’s Day 1942 at a secret Harvard war research laboratory. It created an inferno that killed over 87,500 people in Tokyo—more than died in the atomic explosions at Hiroshima or Nagasaki—and went on to incinerate 64 Japanese cities. The Bomb got the press, but napalm did the work. Robert Neer offers the first history. ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

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  • Glock

    The Rise of America's Gun

    by Paul M. Barrett ...
    Based on fifteen years of research, Glock is the riveting story of the weapon that has become known as American’s gun. Today the Glock pistol has been embraced by two-thirds of all U.S. police departments, glamorized in countless Hollywood movies, and featured as a ubiquitous presence on prime-time TV. It has been rhapsodized by hip-hop artists, and coveted by cops and crooks alike.Created in 1982 ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • A Sniper in the Arizona

    2nd Battalion, 5th Marines in the Arizona Territory, 1967

    by John Culbertson ...
    "Morning was always a welcome sight to us. It meant two things. The first was that we were still alive. . . ."In 1967, death was the constant companion of the Marines of Hotel Company, 2/5, as they patrolled the paddy dikes, mud, and mountains of the Arizona Territory southwest of Da Nang. But John Culbertson and most of the rest of Hotel Company were the same lean, fighting Marines who had ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Trumpet-Major

    by Thomas Hardy ...
    Hardy distrusted the application of nineteenth-century empiricism to history because he felt it marginalized important human elements. In The Trumpet Major, the tale of a woman courted by three competing suitors during the Napoleonic wars, he explores the subversive effects of ordinary human desire and conflicting loyalties on systematized versions of history. ... Read more

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  • Tanks

    100 years of evolution

    by Professor Richard Ogorkiewicz ...
    From an internationally acclaimed expert in the field comes a detailed, analytical and comprehensive account of the worldwide evolution of tanks, from their inception a century ago to the present day.With new ideas stemming from the latest academic research, this study presents a reappraisal of the development of tanks and their evolution during World War I and how the surge in technological ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

  • The Bren Gun

    by Neil Grant ...
    Series Book 28 - Weapon
    Adopted in 1938 and remaining in British service until 1991, the popular and reliable Bren was an iconic light machine gun, and arguably the most recognizable Commonwealth weapon of World War ll. Gas-operated and magazine-fed, it was based on a Czech design and was issued in large numbers during and after World War ll, as a section-level automatic weapon. Offering remarkable accuracy for an LMG, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Hidden Threat

    Mines and Minesweeping Reserve in WWI

    by Jim Crossley ...
    It is not widely remembered that mines were by far the most effective weapon deployed against the British Royal Navy in WW1, costing them 5 battleships, 3 cruisers, 22 destroyers, 4 submarines and a host of other vessels. They were in the main combated by a civilian force using fishing boats and paddle steamers recruited from holiday resorts. This unlikely armada saved the day for Britain and her ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ninja Weapons

    Chain and Shuriken

    by Charles Gruzanski ...
    This informative martial arts book, Ninja Weapons introduces the exciting and deadly secrets of ninjutsu—the chain and the shuriken.The Masaki school of chain fighting was developed in the feudal society of the early eighteenth century by a swordsman-sentry in Edo (Tokyo) Castle. Feeling that the shedding of blood in such a hallowed place would be disgraceful, he devised the combat use of the ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • Fighting Flotilla

    RN Laforey Class Destroyers in World War II

    by Peter C. Smith ...
    The Laforays were the largest, most powerfully armed and successful ships of this type to see frontline action with the Royal Navy in WWII. They were also the handsomest warships to see service and presented a perfect combination of power and speed. They were assigned to the most dangerous theaters of war including Force H, sailing between Gibraltar and Malta, from where they operated against the ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • ABC's of Tanks and Other Fighting Vehicles

    by David Blanchard ...
    Series series ABC's of
    ABC’s of Tanks and Other Fighting Vehicles explores the history of armored combat vehicles from the past to present, from the well-known to the obscure. Done in the style of a children’s ABC book, with a unique vehicle selected for each letter, and its technical data and historical over view listed side by side ABC’s of Tanks and Other Fighting Vehicles is perfect for military history fans of all ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Deception in High Places

    A History of Bribery in Britain's Arms Trade

    by Nicholas Gilby ...
    Deception in High Places reveals the corruption endemic in Britain's biggest arms deals over the last fifty years.Based on painstaking research in government archives, collections of private and court papers and documents won by the author in a landmark Freedom of Information Tribunal against the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the book illuminates a shadow world of bribery and elite enrichment ... Read more

    $14.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • M3 Infantry Half-Track 1940–73

    by Steven J. Zaloga ...
    Series Book 11 - New Vanguard
    As armoured warfare tactics matured, mechanised infantry became a key ingredient in what is now called 'combined arms' doctrine.For the US Army of World War 2, the most important technical aspect of infantry mechanisation was the development of the M3 half-track personnel carrier. Steven Zaloga explores the early 1930s development of the half-track, its first deployment in action in the ... Read more

    $15.19 USD