Militares

Now firmly established as an authoritative but affordable summary of all that has happened in the naval world in the previous twelve months, this annual combines regional surveys with one-off major articles on noteworthy new ships and other important developments. Besides the latest warship (...)

In the first of a potential new series Florian Richter presents colour profile models of every ship on both sides in this epic battle. In a change to previous paper soldier titles, these ships can be cut straight out of the book to create the British, French and Spanish fleets.

This book covers a little-known period of fighting in the Gulf of Finland. Its first chord was the German intervention in Finland and Estonia in early 1918 and evacuation of the Baltic Fleet through ice to Kronstadt.Through the entire year 1918 the Soviet forces were preparing their bases in (...)

Early in World War II, fifty obsolete US Navy destroyers were transferred to the Royal Navy in return for a 99-year lease British bases in the Caribbean, Bahamas and Newfoundland. Though they were obsolete and far from ideal, they played a vital role in the Royal Navy's campaign. This is their (...)

Developed to meet a Soviet Ministry of Defense requirement for a fast bomber that would counter the threat posed by NATO, the Tu-16 was a ground-breaking project. It was the first Soviet medium bomber to feature swept wings, and it was built around a pair of turbojets that were the world's most (...)

Movido por el dramático fin de su amigo Yukio Mishima, el orientalista y traductor Ivan Morris (1925-1976) abordó en " La nobleza del fracaso " una hermosa e interesante exploración de un rasgo hondamente arraigado en el carácter japonés chocante para los occidentales, regidos por un feroz (...)

En la Guerra Civil el fenómeno guerrillero apareció con mucha mayor intensidad en el bando republicano. Una de las razones que justificarían esta realidad es que, en la mentalidad académica de los militares profesionales sublevados, formada básicamente sobre la doctrina militar francesa, no se (...)