A compilation of Ed Fowler's most memorable articles from "Blade" magazine, this new volume is sure to be treasured by anyone who appreciates the value and beauty of a good blade. More than 200 photos, 20 in color, demonstrate the knife making process and showcase the inspiring products of master bladesmiths.

Personal protection is a hot issue in today's changing world. Currently, 42 states have some form of concealed-carry legislation. Now holders of concealed carry permits, law enforcement officers, security personnel and anyone interested in real world defensive tactics can find all the historical, safety and legal information they need in Effective Handgun Defense.

A page turning thriller about the wartime exploits of these prisoners freed from the Gulag on condition that they fought in the front line in punishment battalions, always given the most dangerous assignments with no retreat or the slightest wavering allowed.

This book is about actually using weapons rather than simulation in the studio or dojo. Martial artists who want to use their skills only as a sport may do so but most of us want skills that would work outside of the studio. On the streets, no matter your skill, strength and size may trump your technique.

As the world continues its post-Cold War thaw, fears of major theater-levelwar have given way to a reality of increased numbers of smaller regionalconflicts and crises. There is a growing need for a quickly deploying,rapid-reaction capability-in particular, U.S. Army light forces-to directlyrespond to these events.

В сборник вошли малоизвестные воспоминания военачальников вермахта и документы о сталинградской катастрофе. Это протоколы допросов фельдмаршала Паулюса, записки его подчиненного офицера-разведчика Видера, Цейтцлера, Дерра, директивы за подписью Гитлера и др.

The grand narrative of The Young Turk Legacy and Nation Building is that of the essential continuity of the late Ottoman Empire with the Republic of Turkey that was founded in 1923. Erik Jan Zurcher shows that Kemal's "ideological toolkit," which included positivism, militarism, nationalism and a state-centred world view, was shared by many other Young Turks.

From the fall of the Bastille to the rise of Napoleon, Paris was the stage for most of the greatest crises of the French Revolution. Indeed, for many historians, the Revolution was a distinctly Parisian phenomenon, restricted to the galleries of the Tuileries and the chambers of the Jacobin Club. But Paris was only one setting for a national terror which was frequently and painfully felt outside the capital. What happened during these momentous years beyond Paris? How did the revolution spread from the capital and how did it affect people living in the provinces?