Schiffer Military Books

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He was selected from the cream of American youth, with admission standards much more restrictive than any other branch of the military. Well-trained pilots flying superior new fighter aircraft against an enemy, losing its best pilots and unable to afford...

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The legendary Convair B-58 Hustler, one of the most interesting bombers to reach operational status, and had an appearance - even though designed in the 1940s - that would not look out of date in the 21st century. The first...

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Although the prime mission of military UAVs has been reconnaissance and surveillance, there is also consideration for mounting weapons on the vehicles. Surprisingly, just about every type of propulsion system has been considered, and they have used both single and...

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Award-winning minaturist shares his panzer modeling approach in this lavishly illustrated volume featuring rare and unusual armor subjects of the Third Reich. Each 1/35 scale "exotic panzer" is presented in its own project essay, complete with in-progress photographs. Advanced assembly,...

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The MiG-29 Fulcrum is acknowledged as the finest lightweight, multi-role fighter ever produced in Russia. It was designed to operate under wartime conditions and fight head-to-head with Western combat aircraft such as the U.S. F-16 Falcon, F/A-18 Hornet, French Mirage...

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The Luftwaffe's legendary Gigant (Giant) is covered in this large, detailed, and highly illustrated volume. Wherever the Messerschmitt Me 321 appeared at the front during World War II it produced tremendous astonishment. Most soldiers had never seen anything like it....

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You've seen them as background "extras" in motion pictures with Holocaust themes. One was a guard who escorted Meryl Streep across the grim landscape of Auschwitz in Sophie's Choice (1982). In the dark comedy Seven Beauties (1976), a hapless Italian...

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This book is jam-packed with practical knowledge on German cloth military headgear. Useful information to help novice collectors learn how to avoid costly mistakes - cap construction basics and materials, descriptions of each cap model and comparisons with altered originals,...

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The German invasion, conquest, and occupation of Europe sparked a civilian insurgency response never before witnessed in history. Understanding Germany's military and political failure is crucial in today's world, where unwelcome occupation forces, often in the guise of peace keepers,...

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Their Horses Climbed Trees tells the little known story of the five hundred volunteers from California known as the "California Hundred and Battalion", who fought in the East during the Civil War years 1863-1865, as a part of the Second...

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Never before has such a complete pictorial history of Tactical Air Command been put together. The planes, demonstration teams, and foreign units of TAC are covered in pictorial and textual detail from the the 1940s to the 1990s. Included in...

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This book is a lavishly illustrated story of Curtiss Wright Corporation's 1950s and 1960s efforts in developing a vertical takeoff (VTOL) aircraft. The author, an insider who headed preliminary design work, gives a brief history of Curtiss Wright, and of...

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Technical history of Germany's World War II experiments with vertical takeoff aircraft, including the Natter and other rare and unusual types.[AuthorName]By (author) J. Miranda[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]over 70 b/w and color photographs, profiles, drawings[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Vertical Takeoff Fighter Aircraft of the Third Reich[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over 70 b/w...

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Operational and technical history of Germany's World War II jet bomber and reconnaissance aircraft.[AuthorName]By (author) Manfred Griehl[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]over 100 b/w and color photographs, profiles, drawings[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Arado Ar 234[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over 100 b/w and color photographs, profiles, drawings[/ColorPattern]

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Operational and technical history of Germany's World War II jet fighter aircraft.[AuthorName]By (author) Manfred Griehl[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]over 100 b/w and color photographs, profiles, drawings[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Heinkel He 162[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over 100 b/w and color photographs, profiles, drawings[/ColorPattern]

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This new book tells the complete story of the famous 82nd Airborne Division from its formation in 1917, through its legendary World War II campaigns (Sicily, Normandy and Holland), Vietnam, Grenada, Nicaragua, Operation Desert Storm to the present, and examines...

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A concise history pictorial of Richard Vogt's well known asymmetrical flying machine. Includes many never before published photographs and schematics.[AuthorName]David Myhra[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][NumIllustration]over 140 black and white photographs, drawings[/NumIllustration][SubTitle][/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over 140 black and white photographs, drawings[/ColorPattern]

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The Fi 103 V-1 was the world's first practical cruise missile. The manned V-1s, the Fi 103R - known as the "Reichenburg" - were developed as a measure to continue the use of the V-1s after the Allies destroyed the...

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A detailed look at the aircraft proposed by Gotha to replace the Horten Ho 229, which had already been selected for series production by the RLM. Includes a comparison of the two aircraft, as well as firsthand interviews with those...

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After completing a tour of duty (thirty-five missions) in B-17s, Bert Stiles transferred to a fighter squadron. Just four months later he was killed in action on an escort mission to Hanover, Germany, on November 26, 1944. Stiles' book was...

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The names Raoul Lufbery, Doug Campbell, Reed Chambers, Ham Coolidge, and the greatest American fighter ace of World War I, Eddie Rickenbacker, are those most closely associated with Uncle Sam's "Hat in the Ring" squadron, the 94th Aero Squadron, U.S....

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Beginning in the Civil War, the U.S. Army sought to find an effective system to distinguish troops from different units. In the closing days of World War I, it finally arrived at a practical and desirable solution with the adoption...

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This book examines the history of airborne-launched weapons and a number of variations. Each weapon is given a brief devlopmental description and a summary of who has implemented it, and includes cross references to other countries' similar platforms. A wide...