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The Albatros family of fighters were amongst the most effective aircraft employed by the Idlfieg (Imperial German Air Service) for much of World War I, with the D.III and D.Va being flown by most of the 363 pilots who qualified as aces as some point in their often brief careers.

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The climax of this book is an account of the Battle of Long Tan, which is told here by the most senior ranking Australian soldier to survive the battle.

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Written by retired Navy Captain, this book chronicles the history and development of the Marine Special Operations Command and how they find, recruit, and train their special operators.

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This handbook by 14 well-known experts provides an overall analysis of U.S. military strengths and weaknesses in the 1990s and needs at the turn of the century. The first part of the book covers the U.S. armed forces under the Department of Defense and the military chain of command.

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A title which follows AMERICAN WOODLAND INDIANS and details the tribes of the south east of the United States from the Mississippi basin to the eastern seaboard. Covers nations such as the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Seminole and Creek, and describes the conflicts in which they fought during the eighteenth century.

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From the first military uses of powered aircraft to the B-2 stealth bomber and beyond, an enormous body of data concerning the various flying machines used by American military forces has been assembled in repositories across the land.

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An account of the activities and capabilities of the US armoured vehicles used in World War Two. The volume is number 30 in the NEW VANGUARD series.

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The MiG-21 provided the backbone of frontline Arab air combat strength for many years and remained the Arabs only real hope of challenging Israeli air supremacy. This book tells, in great detail, the story of the MiG-21 in Egyptian, Syrian and Iraqi service.

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Since 1947, Arab-Israeli conflicts have torn the Middle-East asunder. Tracing the development of hostilities in the Middle East, this book covers the period from the establishment of the first proper Israeli Air Force to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and beyond.

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The author here looks at the fragmentation of the Abbasid Caliphate based in Iraq, and the Fatimids, Buwayhids, Ghaznawids and other principalities that emerged from the wrecked Abbasid state. More advanced than any other medieval military power, the Caliphal armies were a potent force.

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This ethnography describes the intense contradictions that exist between the cultural values of American life and the cultural values needed to survive in combat, as represented through the experiences of forward-deployed U.S. Army units in Germany during the height of the Cold War.

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The two rising Asian powers, China and India, dependent as they are on seaborne commerce for their economic well-being, have set their eyes on the high seas. This book offers an examination of the rise of two naval powers and the potential impact that such an oceanic reconfiguration of power in Asia could have on long-term regional stability.

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This title looks at the life and experiences of both the ordinary infantry and the veteran elite of the Grenadier battalions. Covering everything from their basic training to the horror of the battlefield.

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This title covers the renowned Lichtenstein system, which produced some of the most successful artillery of the Napoleonic Wars. It details the most successful tactics used, tactics previously thought to have been created by Napoleon himself.

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An account of the uniforms, weaponry, military practices and tactics of Axis forces and their foes in Yugoslavia between 1941 and 1944. The book covers the Nazi invaders, domestic units set up to combat internal resistance, and the partisan forces of Tito and Mihailovic.

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Details the army of Mexico from the collapse of the Classic centres in around 850AD until the arrival of the Spanish armies around 1520, including the Aztecs, Toltecs and their enemies. The book examines the emergence of the new Mexican nation called the Aztec Empire of the Triple Alliance.

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The evolution of the force is traced through first-hand accounts of those individuals that took part in the action, whilst the volume itself is illustrated with period images of aircraft and aircrews, as well as 30 artworks featuring aircraft from each of the air groups within the First Air Division.

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The Lancer began its duties with Strategic Air Command as a nuclear-armed bomber in the mid-1980s. The end of the Cold War intervened, and the aircraft was removed from its nuclear missions as a result of arms control legislation.

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This is the second of four volumes within the Combat Aircraft series detailing the USAAF's frontline use of the Liberator.

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The B-24 was heavily utilized in the North African and Mediterranean theatres by the US Air Force, with operations over the Ploesti oilfields in Rumania. This title relates the experiences of the crews who flew the "heavy" of World War II, and of the aircraft itself.

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The B-25 Mitchell was the most successful and most prolific USAAF bomber of World War II. This book features first-hand accounts from them men who flew the machine that represented the backbone of the USAAF's medium bombing force in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations.