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T-72 Main Battle Tank

AvJames Kinnear,Stephen Sewell

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

417 kr

Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar

A highly illustrated study of the T-72 main battle tank and variants, detailing its history from the Cold War Soviet Army through to the current War in Ukraine. The T-72 is one of the most recognisable tanks in the world. Produced in large quantities, it has seen service in numerous Middle Eastern and African conflicts, as well as the War in Yugoslavia and the current conflict in Ukraine. In this new study, respected Russian armour experts James Kinnear and Stephen “Cookie” Sewell tell the full story behind this iconic tank using extensive primary source material from Russian archives, much of which is appearing in English for the first time.The T-72 was originally developed in the late 1960s as a cheaper alternative to the recently introduced T-64 Main Battle Tank and entered service with the Soviet Army in 1974, becoming the most common tank used by the Warsaw Pact from the 1970s until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, with over 22,000 built for both domestic use and export.This new study contains over 300 photos detailing the history of the vehicle, as well as tables and data covering the weapons and systems used. It also covers related vehicles and systems such as artillery systems, engineer vehicles, bridge launchers, and recovery vehicles, as well as the unique heavy infantry support vehicles.

Armored Forces of Russia and the Soviet Union

Tanks and Armored Vehicles (An Illustrated Guide, 1919-2025)

AvVictor Schunkow

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

576 kr

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A detailed guide to the tanks and armored vehicles of Russia and Soviet Union, including hundreds of historical images along with color profiles.

100 Deadly Skills

The SEAL Operative's Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation

AvClint Emerson

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

239 kr

Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar

In today's increasingly dangerous world, threats to your personal safety are everywhere. From acts of terror to mass shootings, and from the unseen (and sometimes virtual) matrix of everyday crime, danger is no longer confined to dark alleys or unstable regions. Potentially life-threatening circumstances can arise anywhere, anytime, and Clint Emerson-former Navy SEAL-wants you to be prepared.100 Deadly Skills contains proven self-defense skills, evasion tactics, and immobilizing maneuvers-modified from the world of black ops-to help you take action in numerous "worst case" scenarios from escaping a locked trunk, to making an improvised Taser, to tricking facial recognition software. With easy-to-understand instructions and illustrations, Emerson outlines in detail many life-saving strategies and teaches you how to think and act like a member of the special forces.This complete course in survival teaches you how to prevent tracking, evade a kidnapping, elude an active shooter, rappel down the side of a building, immobilize a bad guy, protect yourself against cyber-criminals, and much more-all using low-tech to "no-tech" methods. Clear, detailed, and presented in an easy-to-understand and execute format, 100 Deadly Skills is an invaluable resource. Because let's face it, when danger is imminent, you don't have time for complicated instructions.

Black Cross / red star : air war over the Eastern front. Volume 6. From Kursk to Kiev July-November 1943

AvChrister Bergström

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

724 kr

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Volym 6 i den banbrytande dokumentationen av det hittills okända luftkriget på östfronten under andra världskriget. Helt unik i innehållet.

Denna volym berättar historien om enorma luftstrider mellan tyskarna och sovjeterna efter slaget vid Kursk i juli 1943 – strider av svindlande omfattning, med tusentals flygplan nedskjutna och där luftmakten spelade en avgörande roll för utgången på marken – som nästan helt har förbisetts av historiker.

Luftstriden över Tyskland mellan västallierade och Luftwaffe är ett av de mest välkända kapitlen i luftkrigets historia. De tre månaderna augusti, september och oktober 1943 utgör en central period i denna berättelse. Men under samma tidsperiod sköts fyra gånger så många sovjetiska flygplan ned som de brittiska och amerikanska förlusterna över Tyskland, och Luftwaffes förluster i öst var tre gånger större än förlusterna i försvaret av Rikets luftrum under samma period.

Med Black Cross Red Star, Volym 6, ges dessa episka luftoperationer och strider för första gången den heltäckande skildring de förtjänar – vilket kastar nytt ljus över andra världskrigets förlopp i Europa och placerar luftkriget i sitt rätta perspektiv.

De som aldrig kom hem

AvGöran Jacobsson,Alf Ingesson Thoor

Inbunden, Svenska, 2020

432 kr

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Syftet med denna bok är att för första gången genomföra en djupare undersökning och analys av de haverier med dödlig utgång som skedde mellan 1946 och 1989. Det är också ett försök att för allmänheten på ett begripligt sätt klarlägga vad som egentligen hände. Och inte minst, ge de flygare som omkom en egen historia – alla de flygare vars namn nu finns på väggen i Flygvapnets minneshall. Andra upplagan Utsedd till ÅRETS BOK OM SVENSK HISTORIA

With the Old Breed

The World War Two Pacific Classic

AvEugene B Sledge

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

160 kr

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The inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFICThis was a brutish, primitive hatred, as characteristic of the horror of war in the Pacific as the palm trees and the islands...Landing on the beach at Peleliu in 1944 as a twenty-year-old new recruit to the US Marines, Eugene Sledge can only try desperately to survive. At Peleliu and Okinawa - two of the fiercest and filthiest Pacific battles of WWII - he witnesses the dehumanising brutality displayed by both sides and the animal hatred that each soldier has for his enemy.During temporary lapses in the fighting, conditions on the islands mean that the Marines often can't wash, stay dry, dig latrines, or even find time to eat. Suffering from constant fear, fatigue, and filth, the struggle of simply living in a combat zone is utterly debilitating.Yet despite horrendous conditions Sledge finds time to keep notes that he would later turn into a book. Described as one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war, With the Old Breed tells with compassion and honesty of the cruelty, bravery and deaths of the men he fought alongside, and of his own journey from patriotic innocence to battle-scarred veteran.'Eugene Sledge became more than a legend with his memoir, With The Old Breed. He became a chronicler, a historian, a storyteller who turns the extremes of the war in the Pacific - the terror, the camaraderie, the banal and the extraordinary - into terms we mortals can grasp' Tom Hanks

U 137 inifrån

AvMichael Fredholm

Inbunden, Svenska, 2025

359 kr

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Whiskey on the rocks ... Vad vet vi egentligen om den sovjetiska ubåt som gick på grund i Karlskrona skärgård hösten 1981? Minnen och berättelser har fått växa under decennier och så småningom utvecklats till nutida myter. Kan vi med säkerhet säga något om ubåtens uppdrag? Ja, det kan vi, baserat på material som fram till nu har varit hemligstämplat.

Försvarsmakten har nyligen hävt sekretessen på ett betydande material rörande U 137. Michael Fredholm har dessutom gått igenom alla relevanta sovjetiska doktriner och dokument, främst med avseende på operationer i Östersjön. Fram träder en helt ny bild av händelseförloppet vid incidenten med U 137!

Boken är skriven av en verklig veteran inom svensk underrättelsetjänst. Michael Fredholm är utbildad i militär ryska och har en unikt bred och mångårig erfarenhet av den samlade svenska underrättelsetjänsten.

SAS

Rogue Heroes

AvBen Macintyre

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

116 kr

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THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERTHE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT BBC SERIES SAS: ROGUE HEROES, STARRING CONNOR SWINDELLS, JACK O'CONNELL, ALFIE ALLEN AND DOMINIC WESTFrom the secret SAS archives and bestselling author Ben Macintyre: The first ever authorized history of the SAS.'A master at setting the pulse racing' Daily Mail________________In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, has a vision for a new kind of war: attacking the enemy where they least expect it - from behind their own lines.Despite the intense opposition of many in British High Command, Winston Churchill personally gives Stirling permission to recruit the toughest, brightest and most ruthless soldiers he can find. And so begins the most celebrated and mysterious military organisation in the world: the SAS.With unprecedented access to the SAS secret files, unseen footage and exclusive interviews with its founder members, SAS: Rogue Heroes tells the remarkable story behind an extraordinary fighting force, and the immense cost of making it a reality.________________'Thorough and highly entertaining. It would be nigh on impossible to praise it too highly' Daily Express'Impeccably researched, superbly told - by far the best book on the SAS in World War II' Antony Beevor'Told with deceptive brilliance . . . one the finest books of its kind' Evening StandardBEN MACINTYRE'S NEXT BOOK, REDWOOD, IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOWSunday Times bestseller, April 2017

Helmet for my Pillow

The World War Two Pacific Classic

AvRobert Leckie

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

160 kr

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The inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFICHere is one of the most riveting first-person accounts to ever come out of World War 2. Robert Leckie was 21 when he enlisted in the US Marine Corps in January 1942. In Helmet for My Pillow we follow his journey, from boot camp on Parris Island, South Carolina, all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific, where some of the war's fiercest fighting took place. Recounting his service with the 1st Marine Division and the brutal action on Guadalcanal, New Britain and Peleliu, Leckie spares no detail of the horrors and sacrifice of war, painting an unsentimental portrait of how real warriors are made, fight, and all too often die in the defence of their country.From the live-for-today rowdiness of Marines on leave to the terrors of jungle warfare against an enemy determined to fight to the last man, Leckie describes what it's really like when victory can only be measured inch by bloody inch. Unparalleled in its immediacy and accuracy, Helmet for My Pillow tells the gripping true story of an ordinary soldier fighting in extraordinary conditions. This is a book that brings you as close to the mud, the blood, and the experience of war as it is safe to come.'Helmet for My Pillow is a grand and epic prose poem. Robert Leckie's theme is the purely human experience of war in the Pacific, written in the graceful imagery of a human being who - somehow - survived' Tom Hanks

White Sniper: Simo Häyhä

AvTapio Saarelainen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

274 kr

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Simo Häyhä (1905–2002) is the most famous sniper in the world. During the Winter War fought between Russia and Finland in 1939 – 1940 he had 542 confirmed kills with iron sights, a record that still stands today. He has been a role model for snipers all over the world and paved the way for them by demonstrating their significance on the battlefield. Simo Häyhä was a man of action who spoke very little, but he was hugely respected by his men and his superiors and given many difficult missions, including taking out specific targets. Able to move silently and swiftly through the landscape, melting into the snowbound surroundings in his white camouflage fatigues, his aim was deadly and his quarry rarely escaped. The Russians learned of his reputation as a marksman and tried several times to kill him by indirect fire. He was promoted from corporal to second lieutenant and he was awarded the Cross of Kollaa. For sniping Simo Häyhä only ever used his own m/28-30 rifle. Eventually his luck ran out and Simo received a serious head wound on March 6, 1940, though he subsequently recovered. After the war Simo Häyhä lead a quiet, unassuming life in farming and forestry. His roots were deep in the Finnish soil and he loved life in rural Finland. A true patriot, he epitomized the traits of a professional soldier, performing his duty and setting an example of bravery that personified the Finnish spirit when confronted by the Russian onslaught. The White Sniper fully explores Simo Häyhä’s life, his exploits in the Winter War, the secrets behind his success including character and technique, and also includes a detailed look at his rifle itself.

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Warship 2026

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

473 kr

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The 2026 edition of Warship, the celebrated annual featuring original research on the history, development and service of the world's warships.For nearly 50 years, Warship has been providing scholars and enthusiasts with new information on the history of the world's combat ships. Featuring a broad range of articles from a select panel of distinguished international contributors, Warship combines original research, new book reviews, warship notes, an image gallery and much more, maintaining the impressive standards of scholarship and research with which the annual has become synonymous. Detailed and accurate information is the hallmark of all the articles, which are fully supported by plans, data tables, and photographs, many previously unpublished.This year's annual includes feature articles on the French 450-tonne destroyers of the early 20th century, the Soviet Novik-class destroyers, the Italian carrier Falco/Sparviero; a chronological account and assessment of Royal Navy carrier battle damage during World War II; a comparison of the US, British and Canadian escort naval construction programmes in the summer of 1942; and the next part of Warship's ground-breaking coverage of early German destroyers.

Sherman

The M4 Tank in World War II

AvMichel Esteve

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

421 kr

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The Medium Tank, M4, better known to the British as the Sherman, was the most widely used medium tank by the United States and western Allies in World War II. Reliable, relatively cheap to produce, and easy to maintain, thousands were distributed to the British Commonwealth and the Soviet Union by the Lend-Lease program. It first saw combat in North Africa, where it outclassed lighter German and Italian tanks. By 1944 the M4 was outgunned by the German heavy tanks, but it still contributed to the fight when deployed in numbers and supported by artillery and fighter-bombers.A detailed insight into the development and deployment of the M4, this book covers the design and construction of the chassis, turret, engine, armaments and munitions and differences between the variants of the M4. It covers the difficulties facing the crews who fought in this legendary tank, exploring the training they received and the different combat methods perfected by the Allies, including landing from an landing craft, maneuvering in the bocage of Normandy, and fighting in the snow.Fully illustrated with hundreds of contemporary and modern photographs and detailed diagrams, this complete account provides all the technical details of the construction of the M4, its maintenance and repair, and the logistics required to support it in combat.Whether you are a collector, modeler or simply passionate about military history, this book will provide you with an unparalleled insight into the M4.

Unbroken

AvLaura Hillenbrand

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

157 kr

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The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie.THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERIn 1943 a bomber crashes into the Pacific Ocean. Against all odds, one young lieutenant survives. Louise Zamperini had already transformed himself from child delinquent to prodigious athlete, running in the Berlin Olympics. Now he must embark on one of the Second World War’s most extraordinary odysseys. Zamperini faces thousands of miles of open ocean on a failing raft. Beyond like only greater trials, in Japan’s prisoner-of-war camps.Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini’s destiny, whether triumph or tragedy, depends on the strength of his will …Now a major motion picture, directed by Angelina Jolie and starring Jack O’ Connell.

World War II Snipers

The Men, Their Guns, Their Stories

AvGary Yee

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

407 kr

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Thousands of volumes have been published about World War II but relatively little attention has been given to the sniper. Drawing from memoirs, government documents and interviews, this Casemate Illustrated title incorporates eyewitness accounts to weave a comprehensive narrative of snipers in World War II. While certain common traits were shared among belligerents, each had its unique methodology for selecting and training snipers and, as casualties were high, their replacements. Drawn from hunters, competitive shooters, natural marksmen, outdoorsmen, city dwellers, farmers and veteran soldiers, they fought to assert local battlefield dominance and instill among their enemy a paralyzing fear. Sometimes admired and other times reviled by their own comrades because of the retaliation they drew, they were always too few in number. Their battlefield role, their victories and their defeats are retold here from neglected or forgotten sources. The scope of World War II Snipers is extensive, with three chapters each on the major theatres of the war including Western Europe, Eastern Europe and the Pacific. These are supported by a lengthy chapter on the sniper rifles used by the snipers and their equipment. Finally, the last chapter discusses many overlooked or ignored subjects not raised by other researchers and provides much food for thought. The bibliography is a valuable resource to future researchers and writers. For the long-range rifle shooter and today's snipers, the lessons of the past are as relevant today as they were when learned and practiced in World War II.

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Bloody Skies

XV Fighter Command Against all Odds

AvThomas McKelvey Cleaver

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

307 kr

Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar

This book details the operations of the USAAF’s overlooked XV Fighter Command that protected the bombers during the campaign against the Romanian oil fields in World War II.Formed in the fall of 1943, the Fifteenth Air Force was popularly known as the “The Forgotten Fifteenth,” as its achievements were overshadowed by more glamorous exploits of the Eighth Air Force in the air war over Germany. Nevertheless, the Fifteenth’s contribution to Allied victory was crucial, and a vital part of that was the role played by the escorting fighter groups from the XV Fighter Command who protected the B-17s and B-24s from the Luftwaffe in the skies over Romania.In this new history of the campaign, renowned aviation historian Tom Cleaver tells the story of the Fifteenth’s air war through first-person accounts of the fighter pilots of the Fifteenth Fighter Command, including such famous units as the Red Tails – the Tuskegee Airmen – the 82nd Fighter Group and the 325th’s “Checkertail Clan,” and with his ability to place wartime events in their greater context.

Bombing to Win

Air Power and Coercion in War

AvRobert A. Pape

Häftad, Engelska, 1996

400 kr

Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar

"Bombing to Win is a critically important book." Navel War College ReviewFrom Iraq to Bosnia to North Korea, the first question in American foreign policy debates is increasing: Can air power alone do the job? Robert A. Pape provides a systematic answer.Analyzing the results of over thirty air campaigns, including a detailed reconstruction of the Gulf War, he argues that the key to success is attacking the enemy's military strategy, not its economy, people, or leaders. Coercive air power can succeed, but not as cheaply as air enthusiasts would like to believe.Pape examines the air raids on Germany, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq as well as those of Israel versus Egypt, providing details of bombing and governmental decision making. His detailed narratives of the strategic effectiveness of bombing range from the classical cases of World War II to an extraordinary reconstruction of airpower use in the Gulf War, based on recently declassified documents.In the first major book since the Vietnam War on the theory and practice of airpower and its political effects, Robert A. Pape helps policy makers judge the purpose of various air strategies, and helps general readers understand the policy debates.

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Del 151 - Duel

Beaufighter vs German Flak Ships

North Sea and Mediterranean 1941–45

AvMatthew Willis

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

185 kr

Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar

An illustrated study of RAF Coastal Command’s deployment of the Beaufighter against German supply lines in 1941 and the long-running ‘arms race’ with Kriegsmarine Flak ships that followed.Crucial German shipping lines faced a new threat in 1941 when RAF Coastal Command debuted the iconic long-range Beaufighter. The aircraft and its subsequent Mk VIC and Mk X versions gave the Allies a tough, relatively fast and very hard-hitting platform for air attack on German convoys, and so it became essential for the Kriegsmarine to fit ever-heavier anti-aircraft batteries to its escort vessels, and even to develop specialist Flak vessels. In this compelling study, naval aviation historian Matthew Willis chronicles the little-explored arms race that saw RAF Coastal Command and the Kriegsmarine engaged in a fierce battle of one-upmanship until war’s end. New artwork, rare archive photography and contemporary records of Beaufighter operations add depth to fascinating historical accounts, including the actions of the famous North Coates Strike Wing against shipping in the North Sea and the exploits of Beaufighter units tasked with severing Rommel’s all-important supply lines.

Ingen vanlig hund

AvWill Chesney,Joe Layden

Inbunden, Svenska, 2023

255 kr

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I maj 2011 tar två dussin Navy SEAL-soldater sig in i Usama bin Ladins hemliga bostad i Pakistan. Efter den dramatiska operationen var det endast ett namn som offentliggjordes: Cairo, en belgisk malinois och militär tjänstehund. Det här är berättelsen om Cairo och hans hundförare Chesney, en SEAL team-soldat vars liv kom att bli sammanflätat med Cairos.

År 2008 gick Chesney med i The SEAL Canine Program. Han och Cairo började då att arbeta tillsammans och lära sig att lita blint på varandra under hundratals kritiska uppdrag i kriget mot terrorismen. Men plötsligt, år 2011, kom samtalet: Hämta hunden och ta dig till Virginia. Nu.

Vad som sedan följde var flera veckors intensiv träning inför ett hemligt uppdrag. Det uppdagades snart att det inte handlade om ett vanligt militärt uppdrag. Under Operation Neptune Spear var Cairo en av de första på plats i Pakistan och en viktig del i den militärinsats som resulterade i Usama bin Ladins död.

Då Cairo fick sin roll som tillförlitlig reservhund, återgick Chesney till sin tjänst som DEVGRU-operatör. Men 2013 gav en granatexplosion Chesney en hjärnskada samt posttraumatiskt stressyndrom. Efter månader av smärta, behandlingar och psykisk ohälsa var det bara Cairo som, än en gång, kunde rädda Chesneys liv.

Pity the Nation

Lebanon at War

AvRobert Fisk

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

265 kr

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Pity the Nation ranks among the classic accounts of war in our time, both as historical document and as an eyewitness testament to human savagery. Written by one of Britain's foremost journalists, this remarkable book combines political analysis and war reporting in an unprecedented way: it is an epic account of the Lebanon conflict by an author who has personally witnessed the carnage of Beirut for over a decade. Fisk's book recounts the details of a terrible war but it also tells a story of betrayal and illusion, of Western blindness that had led inevitably to political and military catastrophe.Updated and revised, Fisk's book gives us a further insight into this troubled part of the world.'Robert Fisk is one of the outstanding reporters of this generation. As a war correpondent he is unrivalled.'Edward Mortimer, Financial Times

Andra världskrigets elitförband

AvAnders Frankson

Inbunden, Svenska, 2025

231 kr

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Många fascineras av militära elitförband. Under andra världskriget utvecklades specialförbanden enormt. Här beskrivs Måløyräden i december 1941 som utfördes och planerades av bland andra brittiska SOE, där soldater från norska kompani Linge deltog. Givetvis är Europas farligaste man, SS-officeren Otto Skorzeny med i boken. Hans kommandosoldater var exempelvis inblandade i Operation Panzerfaust, den nazistiska statskuppen i oktober 1944 när Ungern försökte dra sig ur andra världskriget. Dessutom får vi läsa om krigets kanske skickligaste förband, de finska fjärrpatrullerna som genomförde spanings- och sabotageoperationer långt bakom fiendens linjer. Dessa och många andra fascinerande historier om olika specialförband från USA, Storbritannien, Tyskland och Italien och deras specialoperationer lyfts i Andra världskrigets elitförband, där några av Sveriges främsta militärhistoriska författare medverkar.

ANDERS FRANKSON är militärhistorisk författare. Han har tidigare förekommit med en rad uppskattade böcker, senast Andra världskriget i färg (2024) och Achtung Panzer! (2023). I Andra världskrigets elitförband medverkar förutom Frankson även Mattias Bergwall, Magnus Glenning, Bo Knarrström och Lars Ericson Wolke.

Achtung Panzer!

AvHeinz Guderian

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

119 kr

This is one of the most significant military books of the twentieth century. By an outstanding soldier of independent mind, it pushed forward the evolution of land warfare and was directly responsible for German armoured supremacy in the early years of the Second World War. Published in 1937, the result of 15 years of careful study since his days on the German General Staff in the First World War, Achtung Panzer! argues how vital the proper use of tanks and supporting armoured vehicles would be in the conduct of a future war. When that war came, just two years later, he proved it, leading his Panzers with distinction in the Polish, French and Russian campaigns. Panzer warfare had come of age, exactly as he had forecast.This first English translation of Heinz Guderian's classic book - used as a textbook by Panzer officers in the war - has an introduction and extensive background notes by the modern English historian Paul Harris.

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Döden är vår business : den otroliga historien om PMC Wagner och Jevgenij Prigozjin

AvIlja Barabanov,Denis Korotkov

Pocket, Svenska, 2026

89 kr

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»Jag ger dig ett soldatnamn: Wagner. Sedan får du själv se om du vill gå vidare eller inte.«

Döden är vår business skildrar framväxten av den ökända ryska privatarmén Wagnergruppen, som skapades för att utföra Kremls smutsiga arbete utan att lämna några fingeravtryck. År 2014 undanröjde den makthavare i Donbas som inte ville lyda Moskva och verkade bakom kulisserna i inbördeskrigens Libyen, Mali och Syrien, där den chockade världen med sina brutala avrättningar. Efter den fullskaliga invasionen av Ukraina började Wagnergruppen operera öppet och rekryterade mördare och tjuvar direkt från de ryska fängelserna. Hjärnan bakom privatarmén var »Putins kock« Jevgenij Prigozjin, före detta straffånge, korvkioskägare, restaurangmagnat, mästertrollare och makthungrig entreprenör, som omkom i en flygkrasch efter sitt väpnade uppror mot Moskva i juni 2023.

BBC-journalisterna Ilja Barabanov och Denis Korotkov följer hans väg från fängelset till Kremls innersta kretsar och kartlägger Wagnergruppens uppkomst och fall. Detta är en berättelse om makt utan ansvar, våld utan gränser och Vladimir Putins maffiastat.

Ur boken:

»Alltihop skedde mer eller mindre inför öppen ridå, åtminstone skrev oberoende journalister både i Ryssland och utlandet regelbundet om Prigozjins många äventyr och bedrägerier. Trots detta ignorerades det fullständigt av den ryska regeringen och rättsväsendet, även när det handlade om mord på andra ryska medborgare som begicks med Prigozjins kännedom. Så fungerade det maffialiknande system som Vladimir Putin hade byggt upp -- en stat där personer nära ledaren alltid står över lagen och eliten inte lever enligt rättsliga normer, utan enligt oskrivna regler. Det var detta som möjliggjorde Prigozjins uppgång -- en tidigare kriminell som alltid värdesatte lojalitet högre än alla andra principer. Med den högste ledarens godkännande fick denne före detta brottsling mångmiljardkontrakt från staten, byggde ett medieimperium för att sprida Kremlvänlig propaganda och grundade en privatarmé. Detta gjorde det möjligt för en medioker och outbildad restauratör med stor fantasi och enorma ambitioner att bli en global skräckfigur.«

Ilja Barabanov är en rysk grävande journalist verksam vid BBC:s ryskspråkiga redaktion. Han har i över ett årtionde följt Wagnergruppens framfart i Ukraina, Syrien, Afrika och Ryssland, och var en av de första journalisterna att avslöja gruppen. Tidigare var han specialreporter på tidningen Kommersant, och han har belönats med Peter Mackler Award från Reportrar utan gränser.

Denis Korotkov har sedan 2013 granskat paramilitära grupper och publicerat banbrytande reportage om Jevgenij Prigozjin och Wagnergruppen i Fontanka, Novaja Gazeta och Dossier Center. Hans arbete har lett till dödshot, men också till flera utmärkelser, bland annat Redkollegia-priset, Andrej Sacharov-priset och nominering till Global Shining Light International Award for Investigative Journalism.

Helikopterflottiljen

AvAnders Annerfalk

Inbunden, Svenska, 2018

294 kr

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Helikoptrar har funnits i det svenska försvaret i över 60 år, men har, precis som transportflyget, under lång tid setts som en stödresurs. Helikoptrar användes för transporter, sjöräddning och emellanåt även för ubåtsjakter, det var det som allmänheten kände till. Det var inte förrän Försvarsmakten 1998 bildade ”Helikopterflottiljen” som helikopterverksamhetens kompetens och förmåga kom att lyftas fram som en samlad resurs. Boken om helikopterflottiljen berättar inte bara historien om flygvapnets största fredsförband, utan ger även en introduktion till helikopterns historia, i Sverige som i världen. Boken är skriven på svenska med bildtexter och en sammanfattning på engelska. 168 sidor, rikt illustrerad.

Panzer Ace

The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy

AvRichard Freiherr Von Rosen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

299 kr

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Richard Freiherr von Rosen was a highly-decorated Wehrmacht soldier and outstanding panzer commander. His memoirs, richly illustrated with contemporary photographs, including key confrontations of World War II. After serving as a gunlayer on a Pz.Mk.III during Barbarossa, he led a Company of Tigers at Kursk, later a company of King Tiger panzers at Normandy and in late 1944 commanded a battle group (12 King Tigers and a flak Company) against the Russians in Hungary in the rank of junior, later senior lieutenant (from November 1944, his final rank.) ?? Only 489 of these King Tiger tanks were ever built. They were the most powerful heavy tanks to see service, and only one kind of shell could penetrate their armour at a reasonable distance. Every effort had to be made to retrieve any of them bogged down or otherwise immobilized, which led to many towing adventures. The author has a fine memory and eye for detail, his account is easy to read and not technical, and adds very substantially to the knowledge of how the German Panzer Arm operated in the Second World War.

Seapower

A Guide for the Twenty-First Century

AvGeoffrey Till

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

736 kr

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This is the 5th, revised and updated, edition of Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-First Century.The sea has always provided the basis for mankind's prosperity and security. With the emergence of an increasingly globalised world trading system in the early part of the 21st century, this became ever more obvious. Contemporary conditions have therefore required navies to adapt and to expand the range of their interests, activities and responsibilities. The Houthi assault on international shipping in the Red Sea and the need to monitor sanctions and ‘dark fleet’ operations shows that these tasks are important and developing fast. Even so, and especially with the re-emergence of potentially de-stabilising great power competition, traditional hard power naval concerns still predominate. This book investigates the consequences of all this for the developing nature, composition and functions of the world's navies, and provides a guide for the changing but crucial role of seapower in the second quarter of the 21st century. This edition contains new material on the Russo-Ukraine and Gaza wars, tensions in the Indo-Pacific, the Arctic and North Atlantic, the emerging concept of ‘seabed control,’ as well as the extent that technological innovations and other recent strategic developments are challenging traditional concepts of maritime strategy and the roles of navies.This book is essential reading for students and practitioners of naval power, maritime security and naval history, and highly recommended for students of strategic studies, international security and International Relations.

Light Panzers

AvThomas Anderson

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

485 kr

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This highly illustrated new study tells the full story of the German light Panzers in World War II.The light Panzers that equipped the first Panzer divisions were originally intended as training or stopgap machines, suitable only until the arrival of the better-armed and -armoured PzKpfw III and PzKpfw IV. However, despite their limitations, they ended up playing key roles in the victorious campaigns waged by the German Army from 1939 to 1942.This highly illustrated title describes the development and organizational history of the PzKpfw I, introduced in 1934, and the PzKpfw II, introduced in 1936. It explains how the annexation of German-speaking Sudetenland in 1938 and, subsequently, of Czechoslovakia itself delivered an unexpected bonus for the Panzerwaffe in the form of two Czech Army light tanks, introduced into German service as the PzKpfw 35(t) and PzKpfw 38(t). It goes on to cover the considerable operational service of these tanks in Poland, France and the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. From late 1941 onwards, they were withdrawn from front-line service but the chassis were used until the end of the war for self-propelled artillery and tank destroyers.German armour expert Thomas Anderson draws on archival material, after-action reports and rare photographs in this comprehensive study of the German light Panzers that played a key role in the early years of World War II.

Sjömakt och sjöfolk : den svenska flottan under 500 år

AvLars Ericson Wolke,AnnaSara Hammar

Kartonnage, Svenska, 2025

291 kr

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I juni 1522 seglade ett antal inhyrda fartyg från Lübeck in i Slätbaken i Östergötland. Deras ankomst blev startskottet för den statliga svenska örlogsflottan. Under de 500 år som gått sedan dess har flottan verkat under de mest ombytliga förhållanden. Teknikskiften och föränderliga politiska landskap har tvingat fram anpassningar till ständigt nya förutsättningar.

I den här boken följer vi den svenska flottans utveckling över seklerna en berättelse om fartyg och besättningar i krig och i fred. Här skildras såväl klassiska sjöslag som konvojer, transporter och patrulleringar. Fartygstyper passerar revy: linjeskepp, monitorer, ubåtar och kustkorvetter. Alla utgör de sin tids svar på hur sjökrig förs mest effektivt. Berättelsen inrymmer även de människor som levt och verkat inom flottan som befäl, sjömän, varvsarbetare, lotsar eller kartografer och även deras familjemedlemmar.

Sjömakt och sjöfolk är den första skildringen sedan 1940-talet av den svenska örlogsflottans historia och baseras på omfattande ny forskning. Stoffet återges livfullt av historikerna AnnaSara Hammar och Lars Ericson Wolke, båda med djup kunskap i marin historia.

Fighter Aircraft, The World Encyclopedia of

An illustrated history from the early planes of World War I to the supersonic jets of today

AvFrancis Crosby

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

186 kr

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In this new, fully updated edition 2025, expert author Francis Crosby traces the development of fighters from World War I to the present day, and highlights actions in which fighters played a crucial role. The A-Z sections form an illustrated guide to over 170 fighter aircraft. The first covers aircraft from the pioneering days of air fighting in World War I through to the early jets at the end of World War II, and the second focuses on the remarkable advances of post-World War II, mainly jet, aircraft from 1945 to the present day. Specification boxes for each aircraft provide information about the plane's country of origin, first flight, power, armament, size, weight and performance. Also included is a glossary explaining aviation terms. Illustrated with 600 photographs, this is a key reference book for all aircraft enthusiasts.

Unbreakable

The trailblazing SAS soldier who never backed down

AvMelvyn Downes

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

242 kr

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A frightened boy pursued by racist bullies who grew up to become a trailblazing soldier in the British Army and then the SAS, Melvyn Downes was one of the first British-born Black men to join the elite regiment. During his 24 years of service, he was involved in secret missions across more than 50 countries and since leaving active duty has travelled to some of the world’s most dangerous places, protecting charity workers and journalists amidst natural disasters and in brutal conflict zones.In this gripping memoir, Melvyn takes us behind enemy lines and onto the front line of war, never shying away from the darker side of what he endured, such as losing friends, experiencing psychological traumas and facing racial harassment head-on. Yet, he believes that with the right willpower and mindset, anyone can overcome life's challenges.Melvyn wasn’t born fearless, strong or confident; these traits were forged through hard work, a willingness to learn from his mistakes and a desire to push himself out of his comfort zone. Inspired by the founding principles of the SAS – humility, integrity, humour, classlessness and the unrelenting pursuit of excellence – Melvyn embodies these values in every aspect of his life. And in Unbreakable, he shows that you don’t need to be a soldier to follow these ideas – we can all use them to build resilience when life throws us curveballs, and to live a life without limits.

W.E. Fairbairn's Complete Compendium of Lethal, Unarmed, Hand-to-Hand Combat Methods and Fighting

AvW E Fairbairn

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

462 kr

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