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America

Unwarranted Influence Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Military Industrial Complex

Ledbetter James

ISBN: PB: 9780300177626, Yale University Press, October 2011
280 pp., 21x14 cm

In "Dwight" D. Eisenhower's last speech as president, on January 17, 1961, he warned America about the "military-industrial complex", a mutual dependency between the nation's industrial base and its military structure that had developed during World...

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Military

Arc of War Origins, Escalation, and Transformation

Levy Jack S., Thompson William R.

ISBN: PB: 9780226476292, ISBN: HB: 9780226476285, University of Chicago Press, September 2011
280 pp., 23x15 cm, 43 tables, 11 line illus.

In this far-reaching exploration of the evolution of warfare in human history, Jack S. Levy and William R. Thompson provide insight into the perennial questions of why and how humans fight. Beginning with the origins of warfare among foraging groups,...

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World

Legacy of the Second World War

Lukacs John

ISBN: PB: 9780300171389, Yale University Press, March 2011
208 pp., 20.8x13.7 cm

Sixty-five years after the conclusion of World War II, its consequences are still with us. In this probing book, the acclaimed historian John Lukacs raises perplexing questions about World War II that have yet to be explored. In a work that brilliant...

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Military

Modelling - Military Drawings

Gun Power, No. 29 Schneidereca, St. Echamond

Lawrynowicz Witold J.

ISBN: PB: 9788372371966, Casemate, AJ Press, December 2010
136 pp., 29.5x21 cm, illus.

Not for sale in Poland! The monograph tells the story of the French armour beginnings, covering the first and second French tanks ever produced, the Schneider CA and the St. Chamond, and describes their combat use as well as the development of doctr...

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Biography & Memoires

At Leningrad's Gates The Story of a Soldier with Army Group North

Lubbeck William, Hurt David B.

ISBN: PB: 9781935149378, Casemate, November 2010
264 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 16 black&white illus.

This is the remarkable story of a German soldier who fought throughout World War II, rising from conscript private to captain of a heavy weapons company on the Eastern Front. William Lubbeck was 19 when he was drafted into the Wehrmacht in August 19...

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Military

III. Pz. Korps at Kursk

Lodieu Didier

ISBN: HB: 9782915239843, Casemate, Histoire et Collections, March 2007
128 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, full colour throughout

This book is the first in a new series devoted to German armored formations of World War II. Packed with full color images and a large amount of previously unpublished material, it is custom designed to appeal to modelers, AFV enthusiasts, and reade...

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Modelling - Military Drawings

Encyclopaedia of Soviet Fighters, 1939-1951

Leonard Herbert, Jouineau Andre

ISBN: HB: 9782915239607, Casemate, Histoire et Collections, August 2005
192 pp., 32.3x23.4 cm, photos, line drawings and illustrations throughout

The Soviet aircraft industry of the 1940-1950 period has been incredibly productive, while Russian manufacturers, stimulated by the huge needs stressed by World War Two, competed with each other in design and creativeness. This book offers an exhaust...

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Military

Hungarians A Thousand Years of Victory in Defeat

Lendvai Paul

ISBN: PB: 9781850656821, ISBN: HB: 9781850656739, Hurst Publishers, December 2002
572 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! This is a comprehensive history of a legendarily proud and passionate but lonely people. Much of Europe once knew them as 'child-devouring cannibals' and 'bloodthirsty Huns' but it was not long before the Hungarians became stea...

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