Weapons category: 1025 books
A Sniper in the Arizona
2nd Battalion, 5th Marines in the Arizona Territory, 1967
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2008
"Morning was always a welcome sight to us. It meant two things. The first was that we were still alive. . . ."
In 1967, death was the constant companion of the Marines of Hotel Company, 2/5, as they patrolled the paddy dikes, mud, and mountains of the Arizona Territory southwest of...
Hunters
U.S. Snipers in the War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
In the War on Terror, there are no set battles. The fanatical enemy adheres to no warrior code or international law. Their only desire is to kill—or be killed.
That’s where the snipers of the U.S. Marines, Army, and Navy SEALs come in . . .
Here, in their own words, are the compelling...
Tuxedo Park
A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
The untold story of an eccentric Wall Street tycoon and the circle of scientific geniuses he assembled before World War II to develop the science for radar and the atomic bomb. Together they changed the course of history.
Legendary financier, philanthropist, and society figure Alfred Lee Loomis...
Killing Geronimo
The Hunt for Osama bin Laden
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
**A graphic retelling of **America’s global search for one of the most notorious fugitives in modern times.
From the tragedy of September 11, 2001, to the events that brought a global search for one of the most notorious fugitives in modern times to a dramatic end, Killing Geronimo is the...
by David Blanchard
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
ABC’s of Bombers takes off with an array of historical aircraft, from whimsical early concepts to some of the longest serving and enduring bombing platforms in history. From light to heavy bombers, from World War 1 to the present and everything in-between. Done in the style of a children’s...
Detroit's Wartime Industry
Arsenal of Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2007
Just as Detroit symbolizes the U.S. automobile industry, during World War II it also came to stand for all American industry�s conversion from civilian goods to war material. The label �Arsenal of Democracy� was coined by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt in a fireside chat radio broadcast on December...
Countdown to Zero Day
Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Top cybersecurity journalist Kim Zetter tells the story behind the virus that sabotaged Iran’s nuclear efforts and shows how its existence has ushered in a new age of warfare—one in which a digital attack can have the same destructive capability as a megaton bomb.
In January 2010, inspectors...
Armor and Blood: The Battle of Kursk
The Turning Point of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
One of America’s most distinguished military historians offers the definitive account of the greatest tank battle of World War II—an epic clash of machines and men that matched the indomitable will of the Soviet Red Army against the awesome might of the Nazi Wehrmacht.
While the Battle...
The Great Ship
How Battleships Changed the History of War
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The evolution of the battleship through centuries of war, told by a nautical expert and author of The Mighty Hood.
During its reign from the sixteenth century to the mid-twentieth, the battleship was the most powerful weapon of war known to man. Strategically, it determined a war’s outcome....
by Gordon Williamson
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
The German Navy of World War II was small in number, but contained some of the most technologically advanced capital ships in the world. This meant that although the Kriegsmarine never felt capable of encountering the might of the British Navy in a fleet action, her ships were individually more than...
American Gun
A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING FOLLOW-UP TO AMERICAN SNIPER
Join Chris Kyle on a journedy to discover “how 10 firearms changed United States history” (New York Times Book Review)
Drawing on his legendary firearms knowledge and combat experience, U.S. Navy SEAL and #1 bestselling...
by Bob Carruthers
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Carruthers has a masterful grasp of the realities of the conflict.Professor John Erickson, author of The Road to StalingradWhen Germanys leading tank ace meets the Steppe Fox its a fight to the death. Faced with overwhelming odds Kampfgruppe von Schroif needs a better tank and fast; but the new Tiger...
Enola Gay
Mission to Hiroshima
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
From theNew York Times**–**bestselling coauthors: A “fascinating . . . unrivaled” history of the B-29 and its fateful mission to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima (The New York Times Book Review).
Painstakingly researched, the story behind the decision to send the Enola Gay to bomb Hiroshima...
Build Your Own AK
(Vol. I) Headspacing & Virgin Barrel Population
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Got an AK Parts Kit? This ebook shows you how to build it right! The AK-47 and its variants are world-renowned for being simple, rugged and nearly indestructible. But if you wanted to build your own Kalashnikov rifle there was no good single source of construction information—until now.
This...