Books of History / Military / Weapons

  • The Battlecruiser Hood
    By John Roberts

    The year 2001 witnesses the sixtieth anniversary of one of the most shocking and tragic episodes in the history of the Royal Navy; the loss of HMS Hood. Built during...

  • 战机传奇:世界历代著名战机完全解密
    By 江泓, 殷超编著

    本书按时间顺序,从20世纪的重大战争和科技进步入手,分8章详细地介绍了战斗机的发展历程,力求让读者对其有一个系统而清晰的认识。本书除了介绍各时期著名战斗机的研制过程、服役历史、结构特点及优缺点外,还与同时期的对手进行了横向对比。在对近百种战斗机的介绍中,本书还增加了王牌飞行员、著名飞行队、经典空战等相关内容,尽可能让知识变得丰富、形象、有趣。相信本书能够成为了解和研究战斗机的重要参考,为广大军事和航空爱好者提供专项资料。

  • The United States Air Force and the Culture of Innovation, 1945-1965
    By Stephen B. Johnson

    The United States Air Force and the Culture of Innovation, 1945-1965

  • Winning the Next War: Innovation and the Modern Military
    By Stephen Peter Rosen

    How and when do military innovations take place? Do they proceed differently during times of peace and times of war? In Winning the Next War, Stephen Peter Rosen argues that...

  • A Violent Peace: Global Security After the Cold War
    By Paul Rogers, Malcolm Dando

    "What does the end of the Cold War mean for world peace? What kind of new world is being constructed out of the former East-West confrontation? The opportunities now exist...

  • Verschollen: World War I U-boat Losses
    By Dwight R. Messimer

    Until now, finding reliable information on U-boats lost during World War I required fluency in German and a great deal of time. Not only was little information available in English...

  • 科学名家讲座:世界前沿武器科技·核战与密战卷
    By 胡元文主编

    本书分为核子武器篇、生化武器篇、电子武器篇、激光武器篇等,系统阐述了高科技武器知识,具体包括:核武器、生化武器、电子战、激光武器、侦察机等。

  • Consolidated B-24 Liberator
    By Frederick A. Johnsen

    One of a series of books designed for the layman which looks at military aircraft that have recently arrived in the marketplace. Special emphasis is placed on the design and...

  • Nonproliferation and the G-8: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation of the Committee on International Relations, House...
    By United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation

    Nonproliferation and the G-8: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation of the Committee on International Relations, House...

  • Know Thy Enemy: Profiles of Adversary Leaders and Their Strategic Cultures
    By Jerrold M. Post, Barry R. Schneider

    Know Thy Enemy: Profiles of Adversary Leaders and Their Strategic Cultures

  • The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth
    By Earl J. Hess

    The Civil War's single-shot, muzzle-loading musket revolutionized warfare-or so we've been told for years. Noted historian Earl J. Hess forcefully challenges that claim, offering a new, clear-eyed, and convincing assessment...

  • The Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War, 1600-1815
    By Brian Lavery

    The Royal Navy armed and fitted out thousands of wooden warships between 1600 and 1815, and virtually every item or process was the subject of alteration or improvement. This book...

  • 战车传奇:世界著名坦克完全解密
    By 江泓编著

    本书按时间顺序,从坦克的发展历程着手,分六章全景式地介绍了不同时期的著名坦克。书中不仅详细介绍了每种坦克历程、服役历史、结构参数、装备使用等情况,而且还对比分析了每种坦克性能的优缺点。除此之外,本书还增加了大量的延伸知识,比如不同时期坦克技术的发展、装甲战术的演变和经典战例等,力求使内容丰富、形象、有趣。

  • 武器心学:武器意象的心理临床
    By 苑媛著

    每一种武器都是一个文化符号,宛如一个个鲜活的生命,背后都有一段生动甚至神奇的故事,这些故事又凝炼成某种性格或某种精神。从心理学的视角看,武器最基本的象征意义是人的心理防御机制或应对机制,也就是人保护和发展自己的心理边界所用的心理方法和策略。 本书细致地分析深藏在武器之内的心学,借助这些物化的利器,探索我们内心的另一种“利器”,使之可感、可触、可控、可止,从而增加觉知,成长心灵。

  • Hitler's Miracle Weapons: The Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine
    By Friedrich Georg

    How close did Hitler come to his dream of developing nuclear weapons? What evidence is there for the design, testing and production of such weapons, and their carrier systems? With...

  • Thoughts on the Kentucky Rifle in Its Golden Age
    By Joe Kindig

    Thoughts on the Kentucky Rifle in Its Golden Age

  • The Long Rifle
    By Albert C. Manucy, Robert Lagemann

    Discusses the gunsmithing, secrets, and operation of the long rifle, as well as their uses in military operations and those found at historic sites.

  • Porton Down: 75 Years of Chemical and Biological Research
    By G. B. Carter

    For just over 75 years, the Establishments at Porton Down have been engaged in providing protective measures for British Service personnel - and often British civilians - against chemical, and...

  • Pillar of Fire: Dunkirk 1940
    By Ronald Atkin

    The German advance of 1940 and the miraculous rescue of the British Expeditionary Force from the Dunkirk beaches has been described in several famous books but this dramatic first-hand account...

  • 战神之首——无敌航母秘密档案大全集
    By 谢幕编著

    航空母舰的出现,堪称人类战争史上的奇观。间世迄今不足百年,但在古往今来所有武器装备中,堪称霸主。它是一个充满矛盾的产物,具备强大的战斗力,同时存在着致命的弱点。从萌芽起步到发展壮大,其时间之短,齿伐之快,令人叹为观止。航空母舰掀起的,不只是海上更是人类历史上的——惊涛骇浪。