IWM holds approximately 11 million photographs in its archives, covering the causes, course and consequences of modern conflict from the First World War to the present day. Tim Hetherington highlights 50 photographs by the award-winning conflict photographer Tim Hetherington. Featuring seminal photography of his time in Liberia (2003-2006), ......
ISBN-13: 9781912423743
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
The story of what would become the tipping point of the Malayan Emergency in favour of the security forces is retold against a background of events in Moscow, Darjeeling, Delhi and Calcutta, where senior communist party members plot to infiltrate Gurkha units and destabilise Malaya.
Employed by the European Community in Yugoslavia the author was tasked to report on the breaking of the arms embargo. Danger lurked as he conducted a beach and airport reconnaissance and interviewed war criminals. Closing in on the embargo busting he was ordered to falsify his daily reports in order to hide the evidence. He refused and resigned.
Airpower can achieve military objectives-sometimes, in some circumstances It sounds simple: using airpower to intervene militarily in conflicts, thus minimizing the deaths of soldiers and civilians while achieving both tactical and strategic objectives. In reality, airpower alone sometimes does win battles, but the costs can be high and the ......
Britain's Cold War Fighters explores the creation and development of the jet fighter, tracing the emergence of the first jet designs (the Meteor and Vampire) through to the first-generation jets which entered service with the RAF and Fleet Air Arm. Each aircraft type is examined, looking at how the design was created and how this translated into ......
A Cold War Warrior's Experience of Operating and Testing Hunters, Harrie
A fighter pilot's memoirs of life in the RAF from 1955 to 1991, operational tours on Hunters, Harriers and Jaguars, 3 tours in flight testing including early testing of the Harrier, the 1969 Transatlantic Air Race in a Harrier, and the last five years in MOD associated mainly with the demise of the Nimrod AEW and the acquisition of the Typhoon.
Commanding the 10th Mountain Division's Quick Reaction Company During Bl
On the afternoon of October 3, 1993, two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down over the Somali capital of Mogadishu, leaving a handful of U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Force operators at the mercy of several thousand approaching militants. Ordered to "go find the glow"--the burning wreckage--hard-charging Capt.
IWM's exceptional collection is one of the most important representations of twentieth century British art in the world, comprising many great works from the British government war art schemes of the First and Second World Wars. However less widely known is IWM's contemporary art collection, as today the museum continues to commission artists such ......
ISBN-13: 9781904897743
(Paperback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
