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  • Ptolemaic Armies 305–30 BC

    by William Horsted ...
    Series Book 572 - Men-at-Arms
    This insightful study describes and illustrates the troops fielded by the Ptolemaic regime in North Africa throughout its turbulent 275-year existence.Founded by Ptolemy I Soter, a close companion of Alexander the Great, the Ptolemaic Empire encompassed Egypt, northern Libya and parts of the Levant for nearly three centuries. Initially, its armies fought in the Wars of the Diadochi, as Alexander's ... Read more

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  • Machine-Gun Tactics on the Western Front 1914–18

    by Mr Greg O'Reilly ...
    Series Book 267 - Elite
    This fully illustrated study explores and depicts the machine-gun tactics employed by both sides on the Western Front in 1914–18.During World War I, machine guns made an enormous combat contribution in the hands of both Entente and Central Powers forces, not only during the trench warfare of 1914–17 but also in the more mobile climactic battles of 1918. While light machine guns and 'automatic ... Read more

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  • Coalition Armor vs Iraqi Forces

    Iraq 2003–06

    by Chris McNab ...
    Series Book 133 - Duel
    An illustrated study of how coalition armor in Iraq in 2003–06 handled a unique multi-threat environment, from enemy armor to IEDs.On 20 March 2003, Coalition forces launched the invasion of Iraq on a massive scale. Their armored fighting vehicles (AFVs) faced an uncertain level of resistance, and soon had to overcome a wide range of enemy threats. These included tank vs tank clashes during the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • German Infantryman (1) 1933–40

    by David Westwood ...
    Series series Warrior
    The common German infantryman played a crucial role in the events that led to the outbreak of war, and the burden of duty lay on his shoulders during the opening moves of the conflict, in the invasion of Poland, the conquest of Norway and Denmark, the Low Countries and France. The Wehrmacht was unstoppable in this period, as it defeated almost every country that took the field against it. This ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • US Soldier vs Japanese Infantryman

    Philippines 1944–45

    by Gregg Adams ...
    Series Book 85 - Combat
    Fully illustrated, this study examines the US Army and Japanese troops who fought for control of the Philippine Islands in the climactic months of World War II.In October 1944 the Sixth US Army landed on Leyte in the Japanese-held Central Philippine Islands, initiating a series of battles that became the largest contest between the US and Japanese armies. Determined to liberate the Philippines, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Qi as Lived Experience

    Breath, Wind, Potency, and Mind in Chinese Thought

    by Mr Adam D. Frank, Mr Stephen L. Field, Nancy N. Chen ...
    Series series Daoism and the Human Experience
    In this exploration of the central Chinese concept of qi, a team of authors trace its role in early texts and contemporary neuroscience to show how it continues to be relevant beyond China.As life-long scholars of qi related practices, Adam Frank, Nancy Chen, and Stephen Field offer new insights into the significance of qi in the current Anthropocene. They connect Daoist studies, Chinese medicine, ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

  • Central European Wars 1918–21

    Revolutions and Border Wars in the Former Austro-Hungarian Empire

    by Philip Jowett ...
    Series Book 563 - Men-at-Arms
    Depicts the forces involved in uprisings and border conflicts after the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.The Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I had included peoples of German, Hungarian, Polish, Czech, Slovakian, Serbian, Bosnian and other origins, whose ambitions for independent nationhood were complicated by mutual religious and ethnic hostilities. In this fully illustrated study, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Russian Machine Guns since 1945

    by Leroy Thompson ...
    Series Book 89 - Weapon
    Written by a noted authority, this fully illustrated study describes and depicts the machine guns equipping Soviet and Russian troops after 1945.Following the USSR's victory in World War II, the Soviet armed forces adopted a succession of new or improved machine guns. At squad level, the 7.62mm RPD and RP-46 light machine guns replaced the DPM, themselves being supplanted by the RPK from 1961. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Eighth Army Soldier vs Italian Soldier

    El Alamein 1942

    by David Greentree ...
    Series Book 79 - Combat
    Fully illustrated, this absorbing study assesses the Commonwealth and Italian infantrymen pitted against one another during the First and Second battles of El Alamein in 1942.By July 1942, the Allied troops fighting in North Africa, the multinational Eighth Army, had withdrawn to the El Alamein line, the last position stopping their German and Italian opponents from reaching the Suez Canal. ... Read more

    $17.99 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

  • Vietnam Airmobile Warfare Tactics

    by Gordon L. Rottman ...
    Series Book 154 - Elite
    A Vietnam veteran explains the composition, capabilities, equipment and missions of the US Army and Marine Corps helicopter and airmobile units in the Vietnam war - and exactly how they carried out their missions.This compact, yet detailed volume centers on the classic airmobile assault mission: how it was planned and prepared; how the troop-carrying “slicks” and their “gunship” escorts and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Armies in North Russia and Siberia 1918–20

    by Phoebus Athanassiou ...
    Series Book 569 - Men-at-Arms
    This absorbing study describes and illustrates the US, British, Japanese, French, Italian and Czechoslovak troops deployed to North Russia and Siberia at the height of the Russian Civil War.Between March 1918 and late 1920, a multinational force was deployed in the former Russian Empire's Arctic Circle and in Eastern Siberia, becoming drawn into the Russian Civil War. American, British, Canadian, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD