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This book details CIA-supported paramilitary operations in Laos during the height of the conflict in that kingdom, from late 1969 through the conclusion of agency participation in 1974.

In June 1967 Israel, which seemed on the verge of being annihilated by its Arab neighbors, took six days to redraw the strategic map in one of the most dramatic reversals of fortune in modern times. This volume provides a mass of new information and new insight into the conflict using both Israeli and Arab sources.

Never before has the world come as close to destruction as it did in October 1962. Barely 18 months after the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the US, Cuba and the Soviet Union once again came toe to toe in a show of intimidation.

Volume 6 of this mini-series continues the story of the men and machines of the first half century of military aviation in the Arab World. It looks at the first efforts to revive both the REAF and the RIrqAF, along with events in the air and on the ground elsewhere in the Arab World until the beginning of 1941.

Reviewing and re-examining Operation Urgent Fury: the US Intervention in Grenada in 1983.

The complete history of the 2nd Naval Air Fighter and Attack Squadron of the Argentine Naval Aviation, and its modern Super Étendard aircraft, armed with Exocet missiles.

Within a period of just 15 years Soviet air defenses progressed from AA guns and piston engine fighters to SAMs and missile-armed Mach 2 interceptors. This is the story of how this remarkable progress was achieved and how these assets performed in actual combat against foreign aircraft violating Soviet air space.

The second volume of We Were Never There explores CIA U-2 operations across Asia and the rest of the world from 1957-74. It includes details of previously undisclosed flights, detailed mission routes, special sensor and equipment fits, plus an evaluation of the CIA's U-2 program.

In 1975, Lieutenant Commander Valeriy Sablin led his crew in a mutiny on the Soviet warship Storozhevoy. Facing the loss of a modern warship with armaments, electronics, communication devices, and code books, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev ordered Naval Aviation Colonel Arkhip Savinkov to destroy the Storozhevoy - with a nuclear missile.

The book examines the life and character of the Highland soldier in the Great War, seeking the truth behind the myths. and offering new insights.

The third volume takes up the story of the continued struggle for the return of their Ojo Caliente reservation after Victorio's death at Tres Castillos.

The author Igor Nebolsin continues with his detailed chronology of the 2nd Guards Tank Army's combat operations.

This book describes the evolution of an often-overlooked infantry brigade and its controversial commander, from its beginnings as an element of Lloyd George's Welsh Army through to its destruction in the undergrowth of Bourlon Wood. Originally consisting of four Welsh bantam battalions it was reorganized and rebuilt twice in 1918.

Drawing on extensive research, including first hand accounts it provides a compelling overview of the first three years of the ongoing conflict in Syria.

This book details the German attempt to catch the allied forces as they retreated from the Germans designated to ensnare them. It did not succeed. This is an incredible story of missed opportunities for the German cavalry, made more astonishing by the amount of propaganda extolled by some British authors.

Ground-breaking research about Czechoslovak arms exports to the Middle East, based on official documentation.

This book describes and illustrates the key combatants and the most intense operations of Iran and Iraq. Destroyers, frigates, corvettes, and fast missile crafts are all covered in thoroughly researched text, photographs and custom-drawn color profiles, as are aircraft and helicopters supporting them.

As the Indian Air Force turns 90, it is in the throes of a major modernization and expansion drive. This book details the current state of the IAF and its modernization plans and prospects.

This volume describes the circumstances of the creation of the Civil Air Transport company, a paramilitary airline owned by the CIA, its participation in the Chinese Civil War, and the story of its founder, General Claire Lee Chennault of the famed Flying Tigers.

Koeovet - the South West African Police's elite counter insurgency unit; feared and respected in equal measure. This first volume of an all new, two-part work, documents the inception of 'Ops K' or Koevoet and its role in the vicious South West African Border War up to 1984.

This book tells the story of the international intervention that took place in Somalia, the successes, failures and lessons learned.

The build-up and operational history of the Force Publique - a paramilitary force established by King Léopold II to secure the Congo Free State, in 1885 - including its deployments elsewhere in Africa, during the First and Second World War, in the Sudan, East Africa, and in Ethiopia.

Following a two-year campaign that employed the latest Victorian technology, General Kitchener's Anglo-Egyptian army crushed the Mahdist Sudanese at the battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898. Thus, Britain ended the Islamic government of the Khalifa Abdallahi, gained control of the Nile Valley, and avenged the death of General Gordon in 1885.