Middle East: Military Conflicts and Strategies

A personal memoir of deployment with the strike cell that hunted America's enemies in Iraq using cutting-edge technology.

Retired after 12 years in the military, Robert Kurtz had never deployed to war, so when he got the opportunity to deploy to Iraq as a private security contractor, he did not hesitate. The two and a half years he spent in Iraq and the people he met would change his life profoundly.

The inter-generational impact of modern war on American military families, told through the intertwined experiences of father and son whose only real connection has been through war.

The first full discussion of the importance of tanks in the Iraq War, and the contribution of the tank crews.

There can be few weapons which have struck such fear into armed forces around the world, or made so many shocking headlines, as IEDs – Improvised Explosive Devices. In effect a bomb constructed and...

Focusses on day-to-day events in the First Arab-Israeli War, in the air, at sea, and on the ground.Volume 11 of the Air Power and the Arab World, 1909-1955 mini-series continues the story of the men...

Following years of growing tensions, in June 1982 Israel launched an all-out invasion of Lebanon. Within a matter of days, its armed forces became involved in bitter and murderous battles against Palestinian militants and the Syrian armed forces, often fought at extremely short range, yet with some of the most advanced technology available.

This book covers the development and deployment of Turkish-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in different conflicts and combat operations. It provides a brief background of the industry and program histories, and combat deployment of the resulting UAV-types in five major armed conflicts.