This book is about real men – the pilots and navigators of the famous Po-2 (U-2) ‘crop duster’ aircraft. Operating this plane didn't require exceptional skills or abilities during initial flight training; after all, it wasn't a fighter or a long-range bomber. However, the tasks the crews had to perform demanded immense personal courage and complete dedication. As one veteran recalled: ‘The U-2...

The book by the famous researcher of the history of the Russian fleet I. I. Firsov is dedicated to Yuri Fedorovich Lisyansky, who belongs to the glorious tribe of discoverers and trailblazers. His name is mentioned eight times on the world map. He was three times the first: he was the first to sail around the world under the Russian flag, the first to pave the way across the seas and oceans...

Voenno-Istoricheskaia Biblioteka. Cherno-belye fotografii. Alfavitnyi ukazatel' imen (po stranam).

The book examines the philosophical and legal concept of war and the gight against international terrorism in different democracies. The crisis of democracies on issues of war and peace. The essence and nature of wars waged by democratic states. Methods of warfare employed by democratic states. Civilizations and wars: history and modernity. The humanization of military policy and military...

The end of the Cold War brought an end to the bipolar world order. This accelerated the processes of globalization and the formation of a multipolar world, which is manifested in the widespread exacerbation of ethnic, religious, and socio-economic contradictions at various levels, and in the emergence of numerous ‘small wars’ and low-intensity conflicts. All of this contributes to the emergence...

In the series Militaria antiqua. The book examines the military-political history of the Bosporan Kingdom through the first three centuries AD. During this time, the former Roman province prospered as a client state of Rome. Its king led campaigns against and defeated the Scyths and consolidated power around the Black Sea, including such modern day cities such as Kerch.

Bruce Hoffman, the director of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, has written a clear summary of some of the major historical trends in international terrorism. He makes careful distinctions between the motivations that drive political (or ethno-nationalist) terrorism and religious terrorism, and he also shows why the rise of religious terrorism, coupled with the...

From Publishers Weekly: Its first half is a narrative and analysis of the military campaign that overthrew Saddam Hussein's government in three weeks during the spring of 2003. Clark, a highly visible commentator during the operation, describes the U.S. ability to synchronize firepower and maneuvers as decisive in crushing an Iraqi army whose fighting power had been significantly...

Vitalii Dostenk professor Voenno-morskoi akademii, kapitan pervogo ranga.

The book investigates NKVD Order 00447 which began the violent process of 'dekulakization' and the system for its implementation across the USSR. The order included quotas for executions and arrests, which were personally reviewed by Stalin.