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By: John Weal

ISBN: 9781841766089
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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One of the most important components of the front-line Luftwaffe was the Schlacht, or ground attack, arm. This work details the Schlacht units who were in the thick of the fighting from the first day of the war until the last.


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By: Steven J. Zaloga

ISBN: 9781846034077
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Heavily armoured, highly mobile and capable of killing at over 2500m the M1 Abrams is a veritable fighting machine. Entering production in 1971, the T-72 arguably outstripped its contemporaries in a balance of mobility, protection and firepower. This study pits these two great fighting machines against one another.


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By: Steven J. Zaloga

ISBN: 9781841764696
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This volume explores the M10 and M36 tank destroyers used between 1942 and 1952 by the Allied forces. They played a key role in the battles for Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge, the crossing of the Rhine and the final defeat of Germany, and continued to serve in Korea, Indochina and the Balkans.


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By: Kenneth W Estes

ISBN: 9781849089814
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The T43 design represented the pinnacle of US Army tank engineering of the late 1940s. The heavy tank proved fairly popular with its crews, who above all respected the powerful armament it carried. The outbreak of war in Korea brought a rush order in December 1950 which led to a complete production run of 300 vehicles.


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By: Steven J. Zaloga

ISBN: 9781841766317
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Entering service in the early 1960s, the M109 Self-Propelled Howitzer has been in production for 34 years and forms the backbone of US Army and Reserve artillery units. This work details the versatile M109, which has served around the globe, seeing service in Southeast Asia, and Desert Shield.


(Paperback)

By: Steven J. Zaloga

ISBN: 9781472831781
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
UK Publication Date: 21st March 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The story of the second generation of America's legendary M1 Abrams tank, and its development and combat experience during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.


(Paperback)

By: Steven J. Zaloga

ISBN: 9781855325388
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Steven J. Zaloga

ISBN: 9781841765402
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The M24 Chaffee light tank was one of the major armoured vehicles used during the Battle of the Bulge. This work traces the history of this design, its combat record in World War II, its many variants and its extensive combat record post 1945.


(Paperback)

By: Steven J. Zaloga

ISBN: 9781841762029
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The M26 was the most powerful US tank produced during World War II, comparable with the best German tanks. This title looks at the M26 and M46 Patton which formed the backbone of the armoured units of the post-war US army.


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By: Steven J. Zaloga

ISBN: 9781855329119
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The M3 and M5 family of light tanks was the culmination of American tank development in the 1930s. Although by the outbreak of World War 2 the emphasis was shifting to medium tanks, the Stuart saw action with the British in the western desert and with the US Army in Tunisia.


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By: Steven J. Zaloga

ISBN: 9781855324671
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 1994
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A history of the US M3 halftrack, one of the most successful infantry vehicles in the history of armoured warfare, which came to symbolize the Allied armed forces of World War II, which also saw service in the post-war era. The book describes its development and combat history since the 1960s.


(Paperback)

By: Steven J. Zaloga

ISBN: 9781841768892
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Steven J. Zaloga

ISBN: 9781841765426
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The M4 Sherman tank was the mainstay of the Western allies between 1942 and 1945. This title examines developments such as the HVSS suspension. It uses rare archive material.


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By: Steven J. Zaloga

ISBN: 9781846033919
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Since the advent of airmobile warfare, there have been numerous attempts to support paratroopers with attached armored vehicles. However, full success was not achieved until the production of the M551 Sheridan. This book tells the story of the US experience with air-mobile tanks, starting with their efforts in World War II.


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By: Steven J. Zaloga

ISBN: 9781841764689
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The M8 light armoured car was the only significant wheeled combat vehicle used by the US Army in World War II. This title describes the design and development of the M8, the many variants that were produced during World War II and afterwards, along with a survey of its operational use.


(Hardback)

Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 1977
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)

By: David Long

ISBN: 9780313285677
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 1993
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A respected writer of naval history, Long is most qualified to write this first biography of Mad Jack, an unusual and controversial figure in the early days of the U.S. Navy.


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By: Bruce Newsome

ISBN: 9780275998301
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Sep 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Why do the combat capabilities of individual soldiers vary so much In this first social scientific study of the effectiveness of combat troops, Newsome evaluates competing explanations for the varying combat capabilities and performances.

There are four main explanations, each emphasizing the influence of a single factor.


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By: Tim Pickles

ISBN: 9781855326033
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 1998
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An account of the epic siege of the island fortress of the Knights Hospitaller by the Turkish Army of the Emperor Suleiman. The six battle scenes in the book depict the brutal fighting and acts of bravery by the 500 Knights who held out against 30,000 Turkish soldiers for four months.


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By: Steve Nichols

ISBN: 9781846033056
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Jock Vennell

ISBN: 9781877505713
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2017
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand
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The first biography of one of New Zealand's best known First World War soldiers.


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By: Thomas C. Hone

ISBN: 9780275952617
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 1996
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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During Desert Shield, the Air Force built a very complicated organizational architecture to control large numbers of air sorties. Horner, the Joint Force Air Component Commander, knew the details of what was happening in the air campaign or how well the campaign was going.


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By: Ian Knight

ISBN: 9781846033704
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Maori people of New Zealand were experienced field engineers and it was common practice to protect villages with surrounding entrenchments and wooden palisades, known as pas. This book explores the evolution and design of Maori fortifications, and charts the course of a conflict that would ultimately see the British break the Maori pas.


(Hardback)

By: John A. English

ISBN: 9780275946579
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Dec 1996
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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In spite of the outcome of the Cold War, English argues persuasively here that the nuclear defensive posture adopted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was inherently flawed.

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