Actions for The Second World War's military legacy : the atomic bomb and much more

Email RIS file
Bookmark
Report an Issue

The Second World War's military legacy : the atomic bomb and much more / David Wragg

Author
Wragg, David W.
Published
Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2014.
Physical Description
1 online resource (221 pages) : illustrations
Access Online

Availability

I Want It
I Want It

Finding items...

Contents
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Plates; Introduction; Section One General; Chapter 1: Nuclear Weapons; Chapter 2: Alliances and Exercises; Chapter 3: Radar; Chapter 4: Electronic Warfare; Chapter 5: Identification Friend or Foe (IFF); Chapter 6: Combined Operations; Chapter 7: Special Forces; Chapter 8: Bomb Disposal; Section Two In The Air; Overview; Chapter 9: The Cruise Missile; Chapter 10: The Ballistic Missile; Chapter 11: Stand-Off Bombs; Chapter 12: Surface-to-Air Missiles; Chapter 13: Jet Engines; Chapter 14: Helicopters; Chapter 15: Interceptors. and Chapter 16: InterdictorsChapter 17: Air Re-supply; Chapter 18: Heavy Lift; Chapter 19: Ejection Seats; Chapter 20: Search & Rescue; Section Three On The Ground; Overview; Chapter 21: Four-Wheel Drive; Chapter 22: Amphibious Vehicles; Chapter 23: Ground-Air Coordination; Chapter 24: Jerry Cans; Section Four At Sea; Overview; Chapter 25: Landing Ships and Landing Craft; Chapter 26: Frigates; Chapter 27: Improved Fleet Train; Chapter 28: Sweeping Influence Mines; Chapter 29: Air Defence Ships; Chapter 30: Anti-Submarine Warfare; Chapter 31: Containers; Bibliography; Index.
Summary
Necessity is the mother of invention' and nothing is more necessary than victory in war. Driven by the need to defeat Hitler's Nazis and Japanese Imperial ambitions, the period 1939 - 1945 saw huge and unprecedented leaps in the invention and development of war winning weapons and technology. Well=known author and military expert David Wragg has studied the whole range of land, sea and air technical innovations that originated during the Second World War. Most obvious and strategically important is the Atomic Bomb (and its successor the Hydrogen Bomb) but the list is truly fascinating - cruise.
Subject(s)
Genre(s)
ISBN
9781473839298 (electronic bk.)
1473839297 (electronic bk.)
9781473838581 (electronic bk.)
1473838584 (electronic bk.)
9781781593189
1781593183
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
View MARC record | catkey: 43268525