Modern Warfare Books
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Desert Storm 1991
ACM 25 Multiple formatsAn expertly written, illustrated new analysis of the Desert Storm air campaign fought against Saddam Hussein's Iraq, which shattered the world's fourth-largest army and sixth-largest air force in... -
US Marine vs North Korean Soldier
CBT 64 Multiple formatsThis absorbing study casts light on the tactics, weapons and combat effectiveness of the US Marines and North Korean soldiers who fought one another in August and September 1950.Equipped with Soviet tanks... -
F3D/EF-10 Skyknight Units of the Korean and Vietnam Wars
COM 143 Multiple formatsThe Douglas F3D Skyknight was an early but effective attempt at combining new technologies together in a lethal package capable of shipboard operation. Whereas most fighters relied on speed and maneuverability,... -
Armies of the Iran–Iraq War 1980–88
ELI 239 Multiple formatsDriven by the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the insecurities it provoked in Saddam Hussein's Iraqi dictatorship, the Iran-Iraq War would become the largest conventional conflict of the period. Curiously... -
RAF Tornado Units in Combat 1992-2019
COM 142 Multiple formatsAfter the Gulf War of 1990, No Fly Zones (NFZ) were established over northern and southern Iraq and the Tornado GR 1 force stepped up to operations over the southern NFZ. The Tornado GR 4 took responsibility... -
British Sniping Rifles since 1970
WPN 80 Multiple formatsIn response to the challenge of the Soviet Dragunov self-loading rifle, the British Army adopted the 7.62mm L42A1 bolt-action sniping rifle in 1970. The L42A1 was deployed in Dhofar and Northern Ireland,... -
The Battle of Hue 1968
CAM 371 Multiple formatsIn late January 1968, some 84,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops launched a country-wide general offensive in South Vietnam, mounting simultaneous assaults on 36 of 44 provincial capitals, and five... -
Tanks at the Iron Curtain 1946–60
NVG 301 Multiple formatsA study of the Soviet and NATO armored forces that faced each other off in Central Europe in the early Cold War, and how their technology, tactics, and doctrine were all rapidly developed.For 45 years,... -
The Panjshir Valley 1980–86
CAM 369 Multiple formatsAn in-depth look at the struggle between the charismatic rebel commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, 'The Lion of Panjshir', and the Soviet forces who fought to control the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan.When... -
Peace, War and Whitehall
GNM Multiple formats'Charles Guthrie has been one of Britain's foremost soldiers as well as a terrific personality throughout his remarkable life. It is great that he is now telling his own story.' - Sir Max HastingsField...
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