Author: Michael P. Speidel
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-08-02
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 1134384203
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Fully illustrated with over fifty photographs, this book describes the ancient fighting styles and mythical self-images of Germanic warriors from 200 BC - AD 1000 and presents vivid and fascinating survey that adds a colourful new dimension to our understanding of the history of Europe.
Author: Sir Herbert Edward Read
Publisher:
Published: 1919
Total Pages: 59
ISBN-13: 9781901623628
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Francis D. Fane
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1996-10-15
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780312959852
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Facing a fanatical enemy in Europe and in the Pacific, U.S. planners turned to a new kind of warrior--daring swimmers who could knock out mine, map out enemy beaches, and pave the way for Allied naval assaults. With a few extraordinary men, the U.S. Navy's Underwater Demolition Teams went to war. Now, the commander of this unit takes readers into their world in this first book in the Special Warfare series. Photo insert.
Author: Pavel Tsatsouline
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780938045557
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Teaches techniques for achieving a strong and toned physique through bodyweight training, explaining how to master the one-arm pushup and the one-leg squat and apply them to a variety of traditional exercises.
Author: Francis Douglas Fane
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the tragic Marine Corps landing at Tarawa in 1943 that spawned the UDT "frogmen", to the beaches of Normandy, Kwajalein, Okinawa, and Korea, to the formation in the 1960s of the U.S. Navy SEALs, Fane takes the reader along as the men swim alone through mines and anti-invasion obstacles, treacherous reefs, and enemy machine-gun fire, scouting beaches and clearing invasion approaches before an assault. Also included are Fane's heart-stopping Arctic diving experiments in the 1950s and his pioneering development of submersible vehicles, mixed-gas scuba gear, and lock-in/lock-out operations with Navy submarines.
Author: Masudi
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-28
Total Pages: 495
ISBN-13: 1136145303
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1989. Mas'udi was born in Baghdad about 896 AD, during the Caliphate of Mu'tadid and died in Egypt sometime around the year 956, eleven years after the Buwaihids, a Shi'a dynasty of Iranian origin, had occupied Baghdad and taken control of the Caliphate. His full name was Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husain ibn Ali ibn Abd Allah al-Mas'udi and he was notable as a Muslim historian. His two major works were Meadows of Gold (Muruj al-Dhahab) and the Book of Notification (Kitab al-Tanbih).