Militares

More than 200 years ago - under the inspiration and leadership of Bonaparte - a revolutionary French Army invaded Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire; this presence lasted beyond Bonaparte's own departure and subsequent rise to power as First Consul. It ended with another invasion - this time by (...)

This new book is an in-depth study covering John K. ""Jack"" Northrop's quest for a clean flying machine. Covered are: Northrop's initial N-1M project, the N-9M, XP-56, through the B-35 project, B-49 project, and the huge bombers planned only on the drawing board.Included are over 300 black and (...)

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 (...)

Manuel Carazo, nacido en Nueva York, especialista en geoestrategia, defensa, inteligencia y protocolo militar, también es el fundador de la Fundación Semper Brothers y fue miembro de la junta directiva de la Marine Corps Association & Foundation. También es autor de los libros Torrejón Air Base, (...)

The Franco-Prussian War started in 1870 when Otto von Bismarck engineered a war with the French Second Empire under Napoleon III, as part of his plan to unite Prussia with the southern German states as a new Germany. Stephen Badsey examines the build-up, battles, and impact of the war, which was an (...)

The Indonesian Confrontation that raged from 1963 to 1966 stemmed from Indonesia's opposition to the creation of Malaysia. Fighting in the challenging jungle terrain of Borneo and in the countryside straddling the Malaysia/Indonesia border, where there were few roads, posed significant logistical (...)

The Fairchild-Republic A-10A Close Support aircraft has become a legend over its long front line life. Known as the Warthog due to her unusual appearance, this little aircraft has built up an awesome reputation in the specialised ground-attack role, where her accuracy and deadliness are widely (...)

This booklet explores the issue of the strategic autonomy of the European Union, analysing it from several points of view. The introduction summarizes the path taken towards a common defence and how the change in the international scenario affects you. The so-called strategic compass is also (...)