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  • The Soviet Navy

    Strengths And Liabilities

    by Bruce W. Watson, Susan M Watson, Calland Carnes, Brian Larson ...
    Since Admiral Sergei G. Gorshkov was appointed to the office of commander in chief of the Soviet Navy in 1956, the Soviet Union has made a massive investment in naval construction, training, and operations. As a result, the Soviet Navy has grown from a coastal defense force to one of the world's two strongest navies. This book offers a detailed assessment of every major aspect of the Soviet Navy, ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • The Bear Went Over The Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics In Afghanistan [Illustrated Edition]

    by Lester K. Grau ...
    [Illustrated with 52 maps and diagrams]Sixteen years after its commencement and six years after its cessation, the Soviet-Afghan War remains an enigma for Westerners. Set against the backdrop of earlier successful Soviet military interventions in East Germany (1953), Hungary (1956), and Czechoslovakia (1968), and occasional Soviet military pressure on Poland, the stark military power of the Soviet ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rising Sun Victorious

    Alternate Histories of the Pacific War

    Edited by Peter G. Tsouras ...
    In war, victory can be held hostage to seemingly insignificant incidentschance events, opportunities seized or cast asidethat can derail the most brilliant military strategies and change the course of history. What if the Japanese had conquered India and driven out the British? What if the strategic link between the United States and Australia had been severed? What if Vice Admiral Nagumo had ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Day the World Went Nuclear

    Dropping the Atom Bomb and the End of World War II in the Pacific

    by Bill O'Reilly ...
    Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe, but in the Pacific, American soldiers face an enemy who will not surrender, despite a massive and mounting death toll. Meanwhile, in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists are preparing to test the deadliest weapon known to mankind. Newly inaugurated president Harry Truman faces the most important political ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Red Sun at War

    Pearl Harbour and Japan's Pacific Gamble

    by Nick Shepley ...
    Series Book 6 - Explaining History
    The devastating attack on Pearl Harbour, the tragic losses, extraordinary courage of the US sailors and airmen, and the fatal decisions of the Japanese are all examined through eye witness accounts and testimony. The terrible repercussions of the attack are explained in full and the story of how Pearl Harbour changed the war not just for America, but for Britain, Germany and the Soviet Union. Red ... Read more

    $4.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Spetsnaz

    Russia’s Special Forces

    by Mark Galeotti ...
    Series Book 206 - Elite
    An authoritative illustrated analysis of the history of the military Special Forces units of the Soviet Union and Russian Federation.When the shadowy, notorious Spetsnaz were first formed, they drew on a long Soviet tradition of elite, behind-the-lines commando forces from World War II and even earlier. Throughout the 1960s–70s they were instrumental both in projecting Soviet power in non-aligned ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Age of Airpower

    by Martin Van Creveld ...
    Airpower, more than any other factor, has shaped war in the twentieth century. In this fascinating narrative history, Martin van Creveld vividly portrays the rise of the plane as a tool of war and the evolution of both technology and strategy. He documents seminal battles and turning points, and relates stories of individual daring and collective mastery of the skies.However, the end of airpower's ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Refighting the Pacific War

    An Alternative History of World War II

    Edited by James C Bresnahan ...
    Refighting the Pacific War looks at how World War II in the Pacific might have unfolded differently, giving historians, authors and veterans the opportunity to discuss what happened and what might have happened. Contributors to this alternative history include noted military historians William Bartsch, John Burton, Donald Goldstein, John Lundstrom, Robert Mrazek, Jon Parshall, Douglas Smith, Peter ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • IS-2 Heavy Tank 1944–73

    by Steven J. Zaloga ...
    Series series New Vanguard
    The Iosef Stalin tanks were the ultimate heavy tanks developed by the Soviet Union and were popularly called 'Victory tanks' due to their close association with the defeat of Germany in 1945.Yet in spite of their reputation, the Stalin tanks emerged from a troubled design, had a brief moment of glory in 1944 and 1945, and disappeared in ignominy after 1960. This book covers the events contributing ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Armies of Russia's War in Ukraine

    by Mark Galeotti ...
    Series Book 228 - Elite
    Explaining and illustrating the immediate background to the current Russian invasion of Ukraine, this book investigates the Ukrainian and Russian regular and irregular forces which have been fighting in the Donbas region since 2014.In February 2014, street protests in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities led to the ousting of the Russian-backed President Yanukovych. Simultaneously, Russia carried out ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Who Can Hold the Sea

    The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960

    by James D. Hornfischer ...
    **A close-up, action-filled account of the crucial role the U.S. Navy played in the early years of the Cold War, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Fleet at Flood Tide and The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors“A lucid, fast-moving and fitting finale to [Hornfischer’s] career.”—The Wall Street Journal**A landmark chronicle of the U.S. Navy in the Cold War, Who Can Hold the Sea ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Fangs of the Lone Wolf

    Chechen Tactics in the Russian-Chechen War 1994–2009

    by Dodge Billingsley ...
    Stories of combat from a man who embedded with Chechen guerrilla forces: "His insights . . . are second to none." —Thomas de Waal, author of Black GardenBooks on guerrilla war are seldom written from the tactical perspective, and even less seldom from the guerrilla's perspective. Fangs of the Lone Wolf: Chechen Tactics in the Russian-Chechen Wars 1994-2009 is an exception. These are the stories of ... Read more

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