Pocos acontecimientos tan decisivos en la historia de Europa y de la civilización occidental como la Revolución francesa que en 1789 asestó el primer golpe a las formas de gobierno del Antiguo Régimen, alumbrando, a su vez,...
Pensar es una actividad normal para todo ser humano; la vida cotidiana depende de nuestra capacidad para hacerlo. Los objetivos de la educación formal siempre han sido, por tanto, el cultivar y elevar las facultades del pensamiento. Sin embargo,...
A new study of how the first purpose-built anti-tank helicopter gunship â the Bell AH-1 Cobra â engaged communist armor and well-armed irregular fighters in the war for control of Vietnam.
An illustrated account of the early service of the Lockheed U-2, one of the most important and longest-serving intelligence gathering platforms fielded by the US air force.
Conceived during 1941 in case Germany occupied Britain, when US bombers would then have insufficient range to retaliate, the B-36 was to be primarily a "10,000-mile bomber" with heavy defensive armament, six engines, and a performance that would...
While the helicopter was essential for the US war effort the Vietnam experience also proved the validity of the gunship concept. This illustrated new history explores one of the hardest-worked and most effective of the helicopter types in- theater .
An exploration and analysis of the tactics, equipment, and effectiveness of the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, the US Navy's primary strike weapon during the war in Vietnam, and its main adversary--North Vietnam's antiaircraft artillery network.
This illustrated study explores the design, development, and deployment of the F-102, a groundbreaking fighter intended to combat the threat of Soviet nuclear-armed bombers.
This book is the first history of UK economic intelligence and offers a new perspective on the evolution of Britain's national intelligence machinery and how it worked during the Cold War.
A comparative evaluation of the tactics and technology involved in the battles between the USAF's Republic F-105 Thunderchief fighter-bombers and their VPAF MiG-17 opponents during the Vietnam War.
A growing body of scholarship is making visible the contribution of translators to the creation, preservation, and transmission of knowledge about the Holocaust. The discussion has tended to be theoretical or to concentrate on exposing the "distorted"...