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Details the appearance, equipment and organisation of the US Army units which fought in the crucial Pacific theatre.

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The third in a three-volume series, this title details the uniforms, equipment, weapons and organization of the US army of World War II. It covers the forces deployed in the final climactic campaign in Europe and takes them from the build-up in England to deep into the Third Reich.

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Part of the highly illustrated "Elite" series, this book looks at the US Marine Corps since 1945, describing organization, uniforms and equipment.

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An illustrated guide to the uniforms and equipment of the men and women of the US Navy during its huge contribution to the war 1941-45 - in the Pacific, where USN operations were the essential foundation of the Allied war effort, and also in the Atlantic and NW Europe.

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"The Uzi Submachine Gun".

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Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this story tells of the Maxim and its descendants, the innovative rapid-fire weapons that saw combat with British, German, Russian and other forces in the late Victorian era and throughout the world wars.

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Describes and illustrates many of the medals, including the Victoria Cross award, and the men and women who have been awarded them together with the award citations which are always remarkable and sometimes astounding.

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An assessment of research on the Vietnam War over the last 17 years. Contributors evaluate significant literature, films and TV programmes. Research covered includes personal narratives and oral histories, fiction and non-fiction, military strategy and operations, and Indochinese histories.

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Renowned historian and military commentator Albert A. Nofi brings together for the first time in paperback a series of hard-hitting essays on World War II's most pivotal campaigns clear, concise and packed with information.

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An account of a part of World War II, the Allied effort to blockade Axis forces in North Africa with a relatively small number of planes and submarines included some of the war's most spectacular air battles and opened the way to the attack on Fortress Europe from the South.

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This analysis of the causes, events, and legacy of the war in Vietnam, along with lengthy biographical sketches, text of key primary documents, chronology, and glossary, is designed for high school and college student research into a war that remains a part of American life.

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Aiming to explain the failure of the Communist insurgency in Greece, this text studies the fate of an armed revolutionary movement which lacks adequate manpower and logistical resources, and is divided on such basic matters as foreign policy and the employment of its military capabilities.

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Provides the reasons and ways in which official military history has been written.

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This title covers one of the most dramatic periods of British and African history including the Zulu's victory at Isandlwana. It assesses not only the causes of the war, but traces its progress and the repercussions that are still felt today.

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An award-winning memoir that describes the childhood of Kwan, a young boy living in Beijing in the 1930s. Abandoned by his Swiss mother and overwhelmed by his father, Kwan's life is thrown into turmoil when the Japanese invade.

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A scholarly history of the United States Navy in peace and war. The author narrates the entire span of more than two centuries of naval tradition and command, and covers the evolution of armaments, ship design, the Navy's mission, and the careers of some of the Navy's distinguished figures.

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General Abercromby's expedition against Ticonderoga embarked from its camp and within hours, Rangers ran into the French and Lord Howe, the darling of the army, was shot. Abercromby then assaulted Montcalm in retaliation, and battalion after battalion was sacrificed. This title tells the story.

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Describes the first of Germany's heavy tanks, the Tiger, which was a devastating combination of armour and firepower. When it entered service its 88mm gun outclassed every other tank it faced. A detailed double page full cutaway of the tank is included.

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This title explains the context of the vicious civil war that raged in Yugoslavia following the German invasion of 1941. It shows the importance of Tito and his partisans, who were a constant thorn in the side of the German divisions in the Balkans.