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Название: Sopwith Pup
Автор(ы): Bruce J.M.
Издательство: Albatross Publications
Серия: Windsock Datafile 02
Год: 1967
Страниц: 24
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 48.6 MB


Includes historical text and color profiles.

Название: Dead Men Telling Tales: Napoleonic War Veterans and the Military Memoir Industry, 1808-1914
Автор: Matilda Greig
Издательство: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192896024
Год: 2021
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 267
Размер: 33,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

Dead Men Telling Tales is an original account of the lasting cultural impact made by the autobiographies of Napoleonic soldiers over the course of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the nearly three hundred military memoirs published by British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese veterans of the Peninsular War (1808-1814), Matilda Greig charts the histories of these books over the course of a hundred years, around Europe and the Atlantic, and from writing to publication to afterlife.

Название: Caro Chladnych Zbrani (Slovart)
Автор: J.Hradsky, P. Pevny
Издательство: Slovart
Год: 2001
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 136
Размер: 112,5 МБ
Язык: Чешский

Autori v predkladanej publikacii ponukaju vyber najzaujimavejsich chladnych zbrani od praveku az po novovek. Sustredili sa najma na dyku, mec, sablu, ale nechybaju ani noze, kopije, ostepy, jatagany a dalsie zname i menej zname druhy chladnych zbrani.

Название: Military Leadership: In Pursuit of Excellence
Автор(ы): Taylor Robert L., Roscoe William E.
Издательство: Westview Press
Год: 2010
Страниц: 345
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 1,46 MB


The sixth edition of this classic text continues its popular interdisciplinary approach to the topic of leadership by examining fundamental elements of military leadership; the ''process" of leadership, the dynamic personal interactions between leader and followers, and the individual and organizational values that foster effective military leadership. Military Leadership provides a thoroughly reconsidered and greatly expanded mix of classic and contemporary articles as well as original essays, with authors representing all of the services. Incisive introductory essays to each section highlight themes and connections. Eric B. Rosenbach joins the editorial team for this edition, helping infuse the text with fresh perspectives. The essays of the sixth edition confront the kudos and criticisms that surround military leadership today, offer international viewpoints, and relate military leadership to contemporary leadership theory and approaches.

Название: European Warfare 1815-2000 (Problems in Focus)
Автор: Jeremy Black
Издательство: Palgrave
ISBN: 0333786688
Год: 2002
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 247
Размер: 120,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

In this up-to-date account of European warfare since 1815, important treatments of major conflicts - especially World Wars I and II - are combined with insightful analyses of military developments and of their wider political and social contexts. European imperial warfare also receives due attention.

Название: Life as a Battle of Britain. Spitfire Pilot
Автор(ы): Donahue Arthur G.
Издательство: Amberley Publishing
Год: 2015
Страниц: 95
Язык: English
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 2,43 MB


Summer 1940, Britain is on the brink, fewer than 3,000 RAF fighter pilots stand between Hitler’s Luftwaffe and air supremacy over the skies of southern England – the prerequisite for a German invasion. What was it like to fly a Spitfire? To shoot down a German bomber over London? Or to be shot down by the closely matched Messerschmitt Me 109? This concise account of daily life in August and September 1940, written by a fighter pilot who fought in the Battle, is the ideal introduction to the story of the Battle of Britain. The book includes 43 contemporary color and black-and-white photographs.

Название: Fighter Pilot: The Life of Battle of Britain Ace Bob Doe
Автор(ы): Doe Helen
Издательство: Amberley Publishing
Год: 2015
Страниц: 288
Язык: English
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 3,77 MB


In June 1940, at the age of twenty, Bob Doe believed himself to be the worst pilot in his squadron. Just three months later he was a highly decorated hero of the Battle of Britain. This is the story of the pilot who, in his own estimation, was not promising material for a fighter pilot. He left school at fourteen and had none of the qualifications or background of his fellow officers. But he found his place in the Battle of Britain, shooting down fourteen enemy aircraft and sharing in two others (he was the third highest-scoring pilot of the battle). He was unusual in achieving these victories in both Spitfires and Hurricanes. This biography, written by his daughter, a noted professional historian, tells the story of Bob’s remarkable career as a fighter pilot. At its center is the Battle of Britain, but it also includes the plane crash in 1941 and the life-changing burns he suffered and his time in Burma leading an Indian Air Force fighter squadron for which he was awarded his DSO.

Название: Countering Insurgencies and Violent Extremism in South and South East Asia
Автор(ы): D’Souza Shanthie Mariet
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 2019
Страниц: 389
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 6,10 MB


This volume of case studies examines the rise in violent extremism, terrorism and insurgency in South and South East Asia, and subsequent state responses. The South and South East of Asia has experienced various forms of extremism and violence for years, with a growing demand for academic or policy-relevant work that will enhance understanding of the reasons behind this. The violent challenges in this area have taken a variety of forms and are often exacerbated by lack of governance, tie-ins to existing regional criminal networks, colonial legacies and a presence of international terrorist movements. Written by experts with field experience, this volume analyzes the key element of successful response as the appropriate application of doctrine following nuanced assessment of threat. In practice, this often means counterinsurgency doctrine. The essays also analyze the need for irregular war practitioners to systematically examine the changing character of intrastate violent irregular challenges. The volume fills a gap in the understanding of patterns, drivers, organizations and ideologies of various insurgent and terrorist groups, and state responses. It also provides a set of recommendations for addressing the unfolding situation.

Название: Waziristan, the Faqir of Ipi and the Indian Army: The North West Frontier Revolt of 1936-1937
Автор(ы): Warren Alan
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год: 2000
Страниц: 356
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 44,93 MB


This text explores the events of 1936, when a revolt broke out in Waziristan, a mountainous region of the North-West Frontier Province inhabited by warlike tribes. A Muslim holy man, the Faqir of Ipi, led the Wazirs against the occupying British-Indian regime for many years. The Wazirs' revolt was one of the greatest 20th-century South Asian insurgencies.

Название: The Happy Traitor: Spies, Lies and Exile in Russia: The Extraordinary Story of George Blake
Автор(ы): Kuper Simon
Издательство: Profile Books
Год: 2021
Страниц: 278
Язык: English
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 4,16 MB


George Blake was the last remaining Cold War spy. As a Senior Officer in the British Intelligence Service who was double agent for the Soviet Union, his actions had devastating consequences for Britain. Yet he was also one of the least known double agents, and remained unrepentant. In 1961, Blake was sentenced to forty-two years imprisonment for betraying to the KGB all of the Western operations in which he was involved, and the names of hundreds of British agents working behind the Iron Curtain. This was the longest sentence for espionage ever to have been handed down by a British court. On the surface, Blake was a charming, intelligent and engaging man, and most importantly, a seemingly committed patriot. Underneath, a ruthlessly efficient mole and key player in the infamous 'Berlin Tunnel' operation. This illuminating biography tracks Blake from humble beginnings as a teenage courier for the Dutch underground during the Second World War, to the sensational prison-break from Wormwood Scrubs that inspired Hitchcock to write screenplay. Through a combination of personal interviews, research and unique access to Stasi records, journalist Simon Kuper unravels who Blake truly was, what he was capable of, and why he did it.