The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence initiated an investigation in November 2011 to inquire into the counter-intelligence and secur...

The United States maintains about 285 diplomatic facilities worldwide. Attacks on such facilities, and on U.S. diplomatic personnel, are not infreq...

The United States has exported special nuclear material, including enriched uranium, and source material such as natural uranium under nuclear co-o...

Psychological Warfare is by no means a new concept in warfare. To the layman however, this particular aspect of armed conflict has seldom been gree...

In 2015 No.3 Squadron Royal New Zealand Air Force celebrated 50 years of continuous helicopter operations since it reformed in 1965. Seek and Destr...

After completing a tour of duty (thirty-five missions) in B-17s, Bert Stiles transferred to a fighter squadron. Just four months later he was kille...

Recognising the special burdens that members of the military may encounter trying to meet their financial obligations while serving their country, ...

Sexual harassment is a form of unlawful discrimination that can jeopardise the military's combat readiness and mission accomplishment by weakening ...

This book examines how the Department of Defense and its Armed Services -- the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force (the Services) respond to Se...

Females have long been viewed as the primary victims of sexual assault but, based on survey data, RAND estimated that in 2014, about 9,000 to about...

Civilians in Africa's conflict zones, particularly women and children, are often vulnerable to sexual violence, including rape, mutilation and sexu...

This book documents the development and production of the M4A1 through its many variations, as well as its combat use around the globe. Produced by...

Volume 2 on the famed Sherman medium tank covers the welded-hull, radial-engine-equipped M4 and documents its development and production through it...

Powered by twin General Motors diesel engines, the M4A2 Sherman was the standard tank of the US Marine Corps during WWII. In such service, having a...

Powered by a massive Ford V-8 engine, the M4A3 Sherman was the standard tank of the US Army during the later stages of WWII, as well as the Korean ...

The M4A4, also known at the Sherman V, with its unusual 30-cylinder Multibank engine, was the type of Sherman most widely used by Commonwealth forc...

This book is the first publication that documents and displays copies of the drawings, paintings and samples submitted of every officially authoriz...

Originally designed in 1952 as an anti-submarine warfare platform for the U.S. Navy, almost two-thousand Sikorsky H-34s have served on every contin...

In The Sikorsky HH-52A, noted historian Lennart Lundh presents this diminutive helicopter's story for the first time. Covered are design details, i...

"Silver Wings & Leather Jackets" is the sixth book in Jon Maguire's definitive series on the uniforms and insignia of U.S. Army aviation from W...

This book covers the last chapter, the decline and fall of the air defense of Germany. It is a diary of losses and a chronicle in which the fighter...

This book presents the history of the second largest arms manufacturer in Europe, the Skoda Works, and of those of its heavy guns that were transpo...

This comprehensive, full-color guide features dozens of images of slings from various cultures, both ancient and contemporary. Slings had great sig...

Urban geographic inquiry has for decades been biased towards a focus on larger cities and metropolitan areas, both in the developed and developing ...

The goal of disability insurance is to replace a portion of a worker's income should illness or disability prevent him or her from working. Individ...

This guide showcases knives used by America's clandestine military in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. It provides the collector and others i...

This book presents the sound locators, fire control systems, and searchlights used by Germany in conjunction with anti-aircraft fire.

This book presents and discusses information on contemporary politics and economics of South and Central America. Topics discussed herein focus on ...

Since late 2008, relations between the United States and South Korea have been arguably at their best state in decades. By the middle of 2010, in t...

In this book, the authors have gathered and present topical research in the study of the economic, political and social issues facing South Korea t...

In January 2011, South Sudan held a referendum to decide between unity or independence from the central government of Sudan as called for by the Co...

Between September 1936 and February 1939, the Soviet Union was covertly aiding the Spanish Republic in its civil war with the right wing forces of ...

This book is an illustrated documentation showing the nuclear powered submarines of the Soviet Union and Russia, including rare photos of type over...

This book is a rare look at Soviet combat divers from the 1930s up to the end of World War II. The initial formation of the military diving service...

Covered is the great variety of Soviet field artillery, as well as its use by German forces during World War II.

This book presents the evolution of one of the most famous French-made fighter aircraft of WWI—the fast, rugged Spad. From humble beginnings this a...

This facsimile reprint covers the variety of flying clothing and equipment manufactured by Spalding during the 1920s and 1930s, including flying su...

This book looks at the Special Operations Forces (SOF), which are small, elite military units with special training and equipment that can infiltra...

Special Operations are military operations requiring unique modes of employment, tactical techniques, equipment, and training often conducted in ho...

The Special Operations Command (SOCOM) was established to oversee the training, doctrine, and equipping of all U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF)...

This volume in the series is a collection of lesser-known German armor developments including the Maus, Hummel, Wespe, Karl, Goliath and others.

This monumental, two volume set, several years in preparation, includes over 400 color photographs, illustrations and period images from the finest...

This monumental, two volume set, several years in preparation, includes over 400 color photographs, illustrations and period images from the finest...

Spindrift is a collection of true seagoing anecdotes about the experiences of three brothers, each of whom served aboard U.S. Navy ships during his...

This book, by noted SS and helmet scholars Mike Beaver and Kelly Hicks, presents the combat and parade helmets worn by the SS from its earliest day...

This new work explores in detailed color the complex subject of Allgemeine and Waffen-SS uniforms, insignia, and accoutrements. Hundreds of authent...

This biography examines, in great detail, the life of Theodor Wisch, Waffen-SS General and Swords to the Knight’s Cross holder. A member of the Lei...

This book focuses on rebuilding Iraq's oil sector which is crucial to rebuilding Iraq's economy. Oil export revenues account for over half of Iraq'...