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  • U.S. Marines in Iraq, 2004 - 2005: Into the Fray: U.S. Marines in the Global War on Terror [Illustrated Edition]

    by Kenneth W Estes ...
    Includes 103 photos, maps and illustrationsThe following account represents one of the earliest efforts to chronicle Marine Corps operations in Iraq between 2004 and 2005. This was a significant period in the history of Operation Iraqi Freedom, seeing two battles fought over the city of Fallujah, the eruption of the Sadr revolt in an-Najaf, continuous counterinsurgency operations throughout Iraq, ... Read more

    $3.48 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Into the Breach at Pusan

    The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade in the Korean War

    by Kenneth W. Estes ...
    Series series Campaigns and Commanders Series
    In the opening campaign of the Korean War, the First Provisional Marine Brigade participated in a massive effort by United States and South Korean forces in 1950 to turn back the North Korean invasion of the Republic of Korea. The brigade’s actions loom large in marine lore. According to most accounts, traditional Marine Corps discipline, training, and fighting spirit saved the day as the marines ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Super-heavy Tanks of World War II

    by Kenneth W Estes ...
    Series Book 216 - New Vanguard
    The super-heavy tanks of World War II are heirs to the siege machine tradition – a means of breaking the deadlock of ground combat.It is not surprising that the breakthrough tank projects of the period prior to World War II took place in the armies that suffered the most casualties of the Great War (Russia, France, Germany). Much as the casualties of World War I prompted the original breakthrough ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • US Army Soldier

    Baghdad 2003-04

    by Kenneth W Estes ...
    Series Book 113 - Warrior
    In April 2003, after brief combat, Baghdad fell under US control and the Coalition Provisional Authority was formed to maintain order until a new Iraqi government became a reality. This book details the stabilization operations and the experiences of US Task Force 1st Armored Division (TF 1AD), whose soldiers lived and fought under extreme conditions and whose activities were center stage in the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • US Army Soldier

    Baghdad 2003-04

    by Kenneth W Estes ...
    Series Book 113 - Warrior
    In April 2003, after brief combat, Baghdad fell under US control and the Coalition Provisional Authority was formed to maintain order until a new Iraqi government became a reality.This book details the stabilization operations and the experiences of US Task Force 1st Armored Division (TF 1AD), whose soldiers lived and fought under extreme conditions and whose activities were center stage in the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • M103 Heavy Tank 1950–74

    by Kenneth W Estes ...
    Series Book 197 - New Vanguard
    The T43 design represented the pinnacle of U.S. Army tank engineering of the late 1940s.The heavy tank proved fairly popular with its crews, who above all respected the powerful armament it carried. The outbreak of war in Korea brought a rush order in December 1950 which led to a complete production run of 300 vehicles. After 1951, the Marine Corps alone retained confidence in the heavy tank ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • A European Anabasis

    Western European Volunteers in the German Army and SS, 1940-45

    by Kenneth Estes ...
    Kenneth Estes studies the 100,000 West Europeans who fought against Russia as volunteers for the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS. A retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, Estes shows tremendous knowledge of combat and writes gripping battlefield prose.Two-thirds of the West European volunteers came from Spain and the Netherlands, yet Estes demonstrates wide range and covers Flemish, Walloon, French, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • M50 Ontos and M56 Scorpion 1956–70

    US Tank Destroyers of the Vietnam War

    by Kenneth W Estes ...
    Series Book 240 - New Vanguard
    Designed in the 1950s, the US Marines' M50 Ontos and the US Army's M56 Scorpion were both intended to be fast, light, air-droppable tank-killers for the Cold War battlefield – an answer to the cumbersome and ineffective World War II-vintage tanks that had taken to the battlefield during the Korean War.Although they shared the aim of bringing light, mobile and lethal antitank firepower to the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • US Marine Corps Tank Crewman 1941–45

    Pacific

    by Kenneth W Estes ...
    Series Book 92 - Warrior
    The ferocity of the Pacific war almost defied the available military technology. In this environment the evolving use of tanks by the US Marine Corps played a significant role; at the end of the Battle of Okinawa, Major General Lemuel Shepherd wrote in his report that 'if any one supporting arm can be singled out as having contributed more than any others during the progress of the campaign, the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Revolutionary Prophecies

    The Founders and America's Future

    by Joanne B. Freeman, Kenneth Russell Bowling, Professor Todd Estes, PhD, Robert A. Ferguson, John Craig Hammond, Professor Drew R. McCoy, PhD, Patrick Mullins, Paul Douglas Newman, David Andrew Nichols ...
    Series series Jeffersonian America
    The America of the early republic was built on an experiment, a hopeful prophecy that would only be fulfilled if an enlightened people could find its way through its past and into a future. Americans recognized that its promises would only be fully redeemed at a future date. In Revolutionary Prophecies, renowned historians Robert M. S. McDonald and Peter S. Onuf summon a diverse cast of characters ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

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  • French Tanks of World War II (1)

    Infantry and Battle Tanks

    by Steven J. Zaloga ...
    Series Book 209 - New Vanguard
    The first of two volumes covering the French armor of World War II, this book looks at the infantry and battle tanks that faced the onslaught of the German Blitzkrieg in 1940.Many of the French tanks were intended as replacements for the World War I-era Renault FT, and various modernization efforts throughout the inter-war years had given rise to a number of new infantry tanks, including the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • M10 and M36 Tank Destroyers 1942–53

    by Steven J. Zaloga ...
    Series Book 57 - New Vanguard
    The US Army had a unique tactical doctrine during World War II - placing the emphasis for tank fighting on its Tank Destroyer Command whose main early-war vehicle was the M10 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage, based on the reliable M4A2 Sherman tank chassis.This durable and versatile vehicle saw combat service from the North Africa campaign in 1943. By 1944, its gun was not powerful enough and it was ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD