Best Military Uniforms In History - April 2024

World War II: The Definitive Visual History from Blitzkrieg to the Atom Bomb

World War II: The Definitive Visual History is a comprehensive, authoritative, yet accessible guide to the people, politics, events, and lasting effects of World War II. Perhaps the most complex, frightening, and destructive event in global history, the Second World War saw the heights of human courage and the depth of human degradation. World War II presents a complete overview of the war, including the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party, fascism, Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, and the D-Day landings. This book also looks at the enduring effects of World War II during succeeding decades. Expanded wi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1465436022
• UPC: 790778036027
• ASIN: 1465436022
• ISBN: 1465436022
• Brand: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
• Manufacturer: DK

SS Uniforms, Insignia and Accoutrements: A Study in Photographs (Schiffer Military History)

This new work explores in detailed color the complex subject of Allgemeine and Waffen-SS uniforms, insignia, and accoutrements. Hundreds of authentic items are extensively photographed in close-up to enable the reader to examine and study.

• ASIN: 0764300466
• ASIN: 0764300466
• ISBN: 0764300466
• Brand: Brand: Schiffer Publishing, Limited
• Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.

The Vietnam War: The Definitive Illustrated History

Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this authoritative guide chronicles America's fight against Communism in southeast Asia during the 1960s and 1970s, and comprehensively explores the people, politics, events, and lasting effects of the Vietnam War.Honoring those who served in the war at home or abroad, the inside covers of this book feature images of submitted photographs of Vietnam veterans.Filled with more than 500 photographs, The Vietnam War tells the story of Vietnam through powerful images; profiles of the war's most influential figures, such as Henry Kissinger and... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1465457690
• ASIN: 1465457690
• ISBN: 1465457690
• Brand: DK
• Manufacturer: DK

Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors

#1 New York Times bestseller | Amazon "Best Books of the Month"A vibrant collection of oil paintings and stories by President George W. Bush honoring the sacrifice and courage of America’s military veterans.  With Forewords by former First Lady Laura Bush and General Peter Pace, 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.    Growing out of President Bush’s own outreach and the ongoing work of the George W. Bush Institute's Military Service Initiative, Portraits of Courage brings together sixty-six full-color portraits and a four-panel mural painted by President Bush of members of the Un... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0804189765
• ASIN: 0804189765
• ISBN: 0804189765
• Brand: CROWN
• Manufacturer: Crown

Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

With a New ForewordThe heartwrenching New York Times bestseller about the only known person born inside a North Korean prison camp to have escaped. North Korea’s political prison camps have existed twice as long as Stalin’s Soviet gulags and twelve times as long as the Nazi concentration camps. No one born and raised in these camps is known to have escaped. No one, that is, except Shin Dong-hyuk.In Escape From Camp 14, Blaine Harden unlocks the secrets of the world’s most repressive totalitarian state through the story of Shin’s shocking imprisonment and his astounding getaway. Shin k... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143122916
• ASIN: 0143122916
• ISBN: 9780143122913
• Brand: Harden, Blaine
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The American Revolution: A Visual History

The American Revolution will transport you back in time and onto the frontlines. This complete overview of the war brings all the action to life, from the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party to the Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Paris.Beginning with the first stirrings of colonial resistance, The American Revolution presents illustrated accounts of every major military action and comprehensive timelines for every stage of the war. Revealing first-person accounts by soldiers and civilians and profiles of the war's main protagonists, from George Washington to Benedict Arnold.... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1465446079
• ASIN: 1465446079
• ISBN: 1465446079
• Brand: Dk Pub
• Manufacturer: DK

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

The definitive account of the 1918 Flu Epidemic. "Monumental"-Chicago Tribune.At the height of WWI, history’s most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision of science and epidemic disease. Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research and now revised to re... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143036491
• ASIN: 0143036491
• ISBN: 0143036491
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Tiger Patterns: A Guide to the Vietnam War's Tigerstripe Combat Fatigue Patterns and Uniforms (Schiffer Military/Aviation History)

To collectors of modern military uniforms, Vietnam era tigerstripe combat fatigues have always been a much sought after commodity. The pattern itself, in all of its classic forms, is both exotic and unique and carries with it an immediate, esthetic sense of the full drama of that not to distant Southeast Asian conflict. There exists however, surrounding this one camouflage pattern numerous misconceptions. Tiger Patterns analyzes to the most minute degree, the finite variances which defined the many original, Vietnam era tigerstripe patterns and uniform cuts and establishes dependable identific... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0764307568
• ASIN: 0764307568
• ISBN: 0764307568
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.

About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior

Called “everything a twentieth century war memoir could possibly be” by The New York Times, this national bestseller by Colonel David H. Hackworth presents a vivid and powerful portrait of a life of patriotism.From age fifteen to forty David Hackworth devoted himself to the US Army and fast became a living legend. In 1971, however, he appeared on television to decry the doomed war effort in Vietnam. With About Face, he has written what many Vietnam veterans have called the most important book of their generation.From Korea to Berlin, from the Cuban missile crisis to Vietnam, Hackworth’s ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0671695347
• ASIN: 0671695347
• ISBN: 0671695347
• Brand: Touchstone
• Manufacturer: Touchstone

Survival In Auschwitz

• ASIN: 0684826801
• ASIN: 0684826801
• ISBN: 9780684826806
• Brand: Touchstone
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

The Kaiser's Army in Color: Uniforms of the Imperial German Army (Schiffer Military History)

During the period 1890-1910 the German Army of Kaiser Wilhelm II was ablaze in color, particularly the Garde and Cavalry regiments. In this superb new volume the author brings to the student of uniforms, as well as the art and military historian, the true glory of this brief, but most colorful time. Carl Becker was a skillful and talented artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, whose treatment of German uniforms, the military pomp and ceremony, as well as the work-a-day activities of the Kaiser's army, are both realistically and artistically among the very best. The 104 never before ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0764311735
• ASIN: 0764311735
• ISBN: 0764311735
• Brand: Brand: Schiffer Pub Ltd
• Manufacturer: Schiffer Pub Ltd

An Illustrated History of Uniforms from 1775-1783: The American Revolutionary War

An expert guide to the uniforms of the American militiasand Continental Army, the armies and navies of GreatBritain and France, German and Spanish units, andAmerican Indian allies, with over 450 color illustrations.The uniforms of the fighting men of the American Warof Independence are a vivid illustration of the difficultiesand complexities of the conflict, and this book bringstogether for the first time a sweeping survey of whatthey should have worn, what they really wore, how theywere armed, and what they carried with them. As wellas illustrations of the soldiers, equipment and kit –with ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 075481761X
• ASIN: 075481761X
• ISBN: 075481761X
• Brand: Smith, Digby/ Kiley, Kevin F.
• Manufacturer: Lorenz Books

An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Uniforms of the 19th Century: An Expert Guide to the American Civil War, the Boer War, the Wars of German and Italian Unification and the Colonial Wars

The Crimean War is sometimes considered to be the first modern conflict and introduced technical changes which affected the future course of warfare.

• ASIN: 0754819019
• ASIN: 0754819019
• ISBN: 0754819019
• Brand: Brand: Anness
• Manufacturer: Lorenz Books

Anley Fly Breeze 3x5 Foot US Navy Flag - Vivid Color and UV Fade Resistant - Canvas Header and Double Stitched - United States Naval Military Polyester Flags with Brass Grommets 3 X 5 Ft

US Navy Polyester Flag by ANLEY - Vivid Color and UV Fade Resistant - Canvas Header and Double StitchedQuality MaterialMade of durable polyester. Double stitched all around the edge and strengthened by canvas header and two brass grommets. You will fully appreciate the workmanship and quality of this flag.Sharp Color with Fade ResistantWhen your flag arrives at your home or business, you will immediately see how amazingly the color printed. It is very sharp and vivid. In addition, the dye has been processed for UV fade resistant.Fly in BreezeThis Flag is Very Light-Weighted. So It is perfectly... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0157NN7LI
• ASIN: B0157NN7LI
• Brand: Anley
• Size: 3 X 5 Ft
• Manufacturer: Anley

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

• ASIN: B000QRIGLC
• ASIN: B000QRIGLC
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

Area 51 : An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base

Located 75 miles outside of Las Vegas, the base has never been acknowledged by the U.S. government--but Area 51 has captivated imaginations. Jacobsen had exclusive access to 19 employees, which makes it the seminal work

• UPC: 17761884
• Rating: 3.8

Military History : The Definitive Visual Guide to the Objects of Warfare

A visual guide to technology used on battlefields throughout history begins with armor, siege towers and catapults and advances chronologically to unmanned drones, providing a virtual tour of the advancements that changed warfare forever. Original.

• UPC: 43296168

The Greatest War Stories Never Told : 100 Tales from Military History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy

"War is hell," said William Tecumseh Sherman, but it also makes for some mind-bending stories such as what the Mafia did to help win World War II, and how a topless dancer saved Rome. More

• UPC: 3628077
• Rating: 5.0

The Pentagon's Brain : An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Pulitzer Prize Finalist and the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Area 51 No one has ever written the

• UPC: 50554638

America at War : Concise Histories of U.S. Military Conflicts From Lexington to Afghanistan

Examines the twelve major wars the United States has fought, looking at how the consequences of each conflict impact America

• UPC: 26350029

Island of Shame : The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia

The American military base on the island of Diego Garcia is one of the most strategically important and secretive U.S. military installations outside the United States. Located near the remote center of the Indian Ocean

• UPC: 15441268

America's War for the Greater Middle East : A Military History

From the end of World War II until 1980, virtually no American soldiers were killed in action while serving in the Greater Middle East. Since 1990, virtually no American soldiers have been killed

• UPC: 55035142
• Rating: 4.5

Married to the Military : A Survival Guide for Military Wives, Girlfriends, and Women in Uniform

The Unofficial Scoop on Military Life Whether you're dating, engaged, or married to an active military servicemember or reservist--or you've just signed up yourself--you may feel as if you've somehow married the United States military!

• UPC: 10976496

US Special Ops : The History, Weapons, and Missions of Elite Military Forces

It's the inside scoop on US military special operations. From weapons, gear, missions, and commandos, learn every military secret from the eighteenth century to today. Few aspects of the US military pique people's interest more

• UPC: 50986735

Military Aviation in the Gulf South : A Photographic History

In 1914, the U.S. Navy established its first air station in Pensacola, Florida. Two years later, the U.S. Army, after training its pilots in the skies of Texas, conducted its first combat flights. In the

• UPC: 52288802