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  • Luoghi e Architetture della Transizione
    Maria Antonietta Breda
    I sistemi difensivi di confine e la protezione antiaerea nelle città. Storia conservazione riuso / Border defense system and air raid protection in the cities. History conservation reuseThis book collects the papers presented at the Second International Congress on Conoscenza e valorizzazione delle opere militari moderne - Knowledge and development of modern military structures...
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    139,91 €

  • The Nuclear Secrets Files
    Daniel Crowe
    Unveiled the potential for harnessing the immense energy stored within the nucleus.In 'Exploring Nuclear Origins: From Planck to Rutherford,' we delve into the historical foundations of nuclear development, tracing the origins of nuclear physics and early atomic research that paved the way for the groundbreaking discoveries of the 20th century. Through a captivating narrative, ...
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    17,67 €

  • Tiger I Heavy Tank
    Kurt Grant
    Few armored vehicles have captured the imagination of military history readers like the Tiger I. Powerful, complex, feared, and often misunderstood, it remains one of the most recognizable tanks of the Second World War-and one of the most rewarding machines to study in detail.Tiger I Heavy Tank is a premium compact field guide for readers who want a clear, serious, and visually...
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    15,44 €

  • The History of Artillery
    Thaddeus Grey
    From the creaking timbers of ancient trebuchets to the whisper‑quiet guidance of GPS‑driven shells, this book charts the full sweep of artillery’s evolution. Readers will walk through every major era, seeing how humanity’s desire to strike from a distance drove relentless innovation in materials, chemistry, and engineering. The narrative makes clear that artillery is not just a...
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    16,26 €

  • The History of Explosives
    Thaddeus Grey
    From the first accidental spark in an ancient alchemist’s workshop to the mushroom clouds that reshaped the modern world, this book traces the full sweep of explosives - their origins, their chemistry, and their impact on civilization. Readers will journey through centuries of discovery, learning how gunpowder emerged from Taoist quests for immortality, how it traveled along Si...
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    16,22 €

  • War In Ukraine
    Jim Stovall
    Ukraine is the largest country in Europe. Most people couldn’t find it on a map before February 2022.Four years later, it is the place where the shape of the twenty-first century is being decided - where a new kind of warfare is being invented under fire, where the credibility of the Western alliance is being tested in real time, where the lessons of the Cold War are being lear...
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    11,00 €

  • The Training and Employment of Bombers
    General / General Staff
    Reprinted from the revised British edition of September 1916, this manual outlines the principles governing the use of hand and rifle grenades in trench warfare. It covers training, organisation, offensive and defensive employment, safety measures, and the characteristics of British and German grenade types. The text is supported by line drawings and photographic plates illustr...
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    19,50 €

  • Guns for the Tsar
    Joseph Bradley / Andrei Grishin
    This is a detailed study of the development of the Russian small arms industry. Humiliated in the Crimean War, Russia turned to the United States for help. Using archival sources, Bradley, author of Muzhik and Muscovite: Urbanization in Late Imperial Russia (Univ. of California Pr., 1985), describes the role of famous gunsmiths like Colt, Smith, and Wesson; they provided Russia...
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    25,08 €

  • The Paris Gun
    Henry Willard Miller
    'The Paris Gun' is a detailed historical account of one of the most remarkable engineering feats and military strategies of World War I. Henry Willard Miller provides a comprehensive examination of the German long-range guns, famously known as the ’Paris Guns,’ which were used to bombard the French capital from unprecedented distances during the final year of the Great War. The...
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    27,13 €

  • Hudson Maxim Reminiscences and Comments
    Clifton Johnson
    'Hudson Maxim Reminiscences and Comments' offers an intimate and comprehensive look into the life and mind of one of America’s most prolific inventors and scientists. Compiled by Clifton Johnson from extensive personal interviews, this work captures the spirit and intellect of the man who revolutionized modern warfare through his groundbreaking work on high explosives and smoke...
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    27,03 €

  • War for Profits
    Otto Lehmann-Russbüldt
    'War for Profits' is a seminal exposé on the global armament industry and the financial motivations behind international conflict. Written by the influential pacifist Otto Lehmann-Russbüldt, the work delves into the intricate web of what was often termed the 'Bloody International'-a cross-border collaboration of arms manufacturers who profited from the devastation of war regar...
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    21,03 €

  • Catalogue of European Daggers
    Bashford Dean
    'Catalogue of European Daggers' is a definitive scholarly survey of one of the world’s most significant collections of edged weapons. Compiled by Bashford Dean, a renowned curator and expert in armor, this work meticulously documents the vast holdings of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The catalogue includes pieces from several prestigious private collections, including those o...
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    27,00 €

  • Sword of Womankind
    Edouard De Beaumont
    'Sword of Womankind: Being an Informative History of Indesceet Revelations' is a fascinating exploration into the intersection of gender, chivalry, and the art of combat. Written by Edouard De Beaumont, this work delves into the symbolic and practical relationship between women and the sword throughout history. From the romanticized ideals of the Middle Ages to the realities of...
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    25,29 €

  • The Sword and Womankind
    Edouard De Beaumont
    'The Sword and Womankind' is a captivating exploration of the historical and symbolic connection between the weapon of the nobility and the social status of women. Written by the artist and historian Edouard De Beaumont, this work delves into the cultural evolution of chivalry and the code of honor that governed European society for centuries.Throughout the text, De Beaumont ex...
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    25,30 €

  • Are We Running Out Of Missile Defense Interceptors?
    Naim Tahir Baig
    BOOK DESCRIPTIONARE WE RUNNING OUT OF MISSILE DEFENSE INTERCEPTORS?A Global Assessment of Defensive Capacity, Industrial Constraints, and Strategic ImplicationsIn June 2025, as Iranian ballistic missiles rained down on Israel during a twelve-day war, the United States expended approximately 25 percent of its global THAAD interceptor inventory-more than 100 of these $12.7 millio...
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    74,81 €

  • Tiger 131
    Bruce Oliver Newsome
    The forgotten battle for Gueriat el Atach, Tunisia, 23-24 April 1943, is much greater in scale, space, and forces - and heroism - than would be suggested by the well-worn photographs of Tiger 131, sitting alone on a hill top, after capture.Tiger 131 of the 504th Heavy Tank Battalion was the first running Tiger to be exploited by Western intelligence, and is the only Tiger runni...
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    25,24 €

  • Iran’s Shadow Weapons
    Jonathan W Hackett / Jonathan W. Hackett
    Surveillance, assassination, and war by proxy--all ingredients for an unending disaster that never seems to end for those exposed to the wrath of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Despite the prevalence of these and other malign acts, few observers understand why and how the regime chooses these tools of fear and disruption. Even fewer can foil them. In this first work of its ...
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    71,32 €

  • Implementing U.S. Arms Control Agreements
    CGSC Foundation Inc.
    Verification of arms control agreements has become a major topic in international relations. Although violations of such agreements properly command significant attention at the highest levels, the successful implementation of these often complex and intrusive verification regimes frequently goes unnoticed. This book documents the story of one of the key organizations in this h...
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    20,82 €

  • THE AMERICAN SHARP-SHOOTER 1862 A Treatise on Gunnery, Illustrating the Practical Use of the Telescope as a Sight, As Applicable to the Rifle, Rifle Battery, Artillery
    Daniel Wood
    Taken from Article 1 of this publication:THE TELESCOPIC SIGHT - ITS USE AND ADVANTAGESAmong the practical benefits gained by the use of the telescope are that the objects to be seen are more clearly presented to the view by the magnifying power of the lenses used. Its superiority, like other optical instruments, is most apparent at long ranges when the object cannot be distinct...
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    13,85 €

  • Rickover and the Nuclear Navy
    Francis Duncan
    No book will ever come closer than this to providing an inside overview of Admiral Hyman G. Rickover’s nuclear propulsion program. The author, an Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) historian assigned to the admiral’s office, spent years observing the project and its controversial leader in action, and the insights he provides here reflect both his familiarity with the subject and h...
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    22,79 €

  • The Rickover Effect
    Estate of Theodore Rockwell
    More than anyone else, Adm. Hyman G. Rickover made nuclear power a reality. Building on the scientific breakthroughs of the atomic bomb project, he created the nuclear Navy almost overnight, when nearly everyone else thought it was a pipe dream, and built the world’s first commercial atomic power station. He did most of this in a single decade. Rickover’s incredible ability to ...
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    28,57 €

  • The Biggest Wars in History
    Skriuwer.com
    Unlock the Secrets of Humanity’s Greatest ConflictsIf you’re looking for gripping world war 2 history books or want to expand your collection of world war history books, The Biggest Wars in History delivers an eye-opening exploration of how the history of war has shaped our world. Travel through centuries of military history-from the ancient clash of Greek city-states in the Pe...
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    20,03 €

  • SWORDS FOR SEA SERVICE
    May & Annis
    Extending the work begun by the late Captain H.T.A. Bosanquet in his book ’The Naval Officer’s Sword’ published in the 1950s, this impressive study ’Swords for Sea Service’, originally published in 1970, has formed the standard reference on the subject for over 50 years and is based on the sword collection in the National Maritime Museum of Greenwich.Founded on much research, t...
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    54,32 €

  • For The Love of Bombs
    Peder Anker
    The truism that history is written by its winners reflects the literature about how the bomb came about, with apologetic books most often written by U.S. scholars. The physicist Robert Oppenheimer, the nuke’s ’father’, is repeatedly centre stage, as in the case of the recent film about him. These are elitist stories that more often than not ignore the suffering and violence of ...
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    22,61 €

  • An Ethical Evaluation of Lethal Functions in Autoregulative Weapons Systems
    Nicole Kunkel
    This book connects two of the most pressing ethical topics of our time: questions of peace and technology, materialized in so-called autonomous weapons systems, which can operate without human control and intervention in real time. The author, however, criticizes the term ''autonomy'' as too anthropomorphic and therefore misleading. She consequently proposes using the term ''au...
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    40,59 €

  • Sniper’s Discretion
    B. James Johncox
    From the American Revolution to modern conflicts, 'Sniper’s Discretion' offers an unprecedented examination of America’s complex relationship with military snipers. This meticulously researched work reveals how these elite marksmen have been simultaneously celebrated for their effectiveness yet often viewed with moral ambiguity by their own forces and society at large.Author B....
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    22,69 €

  • Israel’s Hidden Warriors
    Eze
    'Unveiling Israel’s Secrets: Inside the Mossad and IDF’s Most Daring Missions' takes you deep into the heart of Israel’s fight for survival. From daring spy operations to strategic military strikes, this book reveals the remarkable stories behind Israel’s intelligence and defense forces that have shaped the nation’s history.Written for anyone curious about Israel’s incredible r...
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    8,67 €

  • THE .303 LEWIS GUN
    Nicholson & Watson
    Illustrated with good clear line drawings this 1941 weapon guide tells the Home Guard Volunteer how to use the 303 Lewis Gun effectively against the invading enemy. ...
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    10,30 €

  • ANTI-TANK WEAPONS Smash The Tank
    Nicholson & Watson
    This ' Nicholson & Watson' pamphlet was available to the Home Guard and describes the German tank and how to destroy it. It is an early War publication c1940, dealing with the light tanks used by the Germans, also the author gives examples of anti-tank actions in the Spanish Civil War, in which he took part. I’ts is a fascinating look at the 'enthusiastic' approach to killing t...
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    10,23 €

  • TROOP TRAINING FOR LIGHT TANK TROOPS NOVEMBER 1939
    British Army
    In the early years of the war, Germany held the initiative. German forces used Blitzkrieg tactics in France in 1940, making full use of the speed and armour of tanks to break through enemy defences. It was clear that German tank tactics had evolved during the inter-war period. By contrast, Britain and the Allies were playing catch-up. ...
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    11,38 €


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