On 30 March 1972 the South Vietnamese positions along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separated the North from South Vietnam were suddenly shelled by hundreds of heavy guns and multiple rocket launchers.
The story of Iraq's ambitious and advanced weapon development programmes in the 1970s and 80s, including the Al-Hussein, a stretched long-range variant of the famous Soviet R-17E.
A history of the little-known conflict between insurgents in northern Morocco and Spanish colonial forces that forged the leaders who went on to fight the Spanish Civil War.
This book, based on extensive new research, examines the military forces of the British Army which effectively faced the threat of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars on Ireland.
A comprehensive and profusely illustrated guide to the French Armies that fought in the Wars of Religion (1562 - 1598), in English for the first time.
This is the story of military aviation in Rhodesia from the romantic days of 'bush' flying in the 1920s and '30s -when aircraft were refuelled from... Læs mere
Providing a history of the SAAF in the Border War, an extensive selection of rare photographs, and a comprehensive section on camouflage and markings and colour aircraft profiles.
This series is a compact yet comprehensive guide to the operational history of the Iraqi Air Force from its inception in 1931 to its destruction in 2003.
An inclusive and balanced reconstruction of combat operations explaining the background, context, and the technology deployed by all involved belligerens.
A comprehensive, in-depth, and richly-illustrated study of the US-Cuban relations during the first half of the 1950s.
Could Britain have fought the Third World War? Original research from British archives tells the story of Britain's readiness for war as part of NATO strategy.
The first detailed account of the Indian military intervention in the Maldives in 1988, an operation prepared quickly and under immense pressure, but concluded successfully.