This
comprehensive volume on signals intelligence includes
wireless interception, electronic intelligence,
cryptanalysis, and more. It features around 300 entries on
topics ranging from the Falkland Islands to the only British
MI5 officer during WWI who spoke Japanese. The author covers
all periods from the Boer War up to the latest conflicts,
with an article on social media. The dictionary also
addresses acronyms, and includes a chronology, several
appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. Also provided are
links to a number of relevant websites, including some from
Russia, Scandinavia, and other parts of Europe.
The SAS, MI6 and the war Whitehall nearly lost. A Spanish
language edition of intelligence specialist Nigel West's
volume on the secret war for the Falklands, or the Malvinas
as the islands are known in the Spanish speaking world.
Scarce and collectible.
Like new
in card cover - 259pp, 16 b/w photos, facsimille documents
'Spy in the Sky' aircraft have long been a source of
fascination for aircraft enthusiasts and modellers, and none
more so than the elusive and secretive Soviet types of the
Cold War era. This book presents full details of The Soviet
Union's two dedicated spyplanes, the Yakovlev Yak-25RV
'Mandrake' (the Soviet equivalent of the Lockheed U-2) and
the MiG-25R 'Foxbat'. Ten colour plates with 20 side-views,
150 colour photos and illustrations (including a modelling
section illustrating available kits)) plus numerous black
and white photos, illustrate this comprehensive and detailed
volume.
New in card cover
- A4 format, 96pp, numerous colour plates and photos
OSPREY CAMPAIGN 27: TEL EL-KEBIR 1882.
WOLSELEY'S CONQUEST OF EGYPT
by Donald Featherstone
In 1881, the Egyptian army mutinied against the Khedive
of Egypt and forced him to appoint Said Ahmed Arabi as
Minister of War. In March 1882, Arabi was made a Pasha and
from this time on acted as a dictator. Arabi demanded that
the foreigners be driven out of Egypt and called for the
massacre of Christians. This prompted an armed British
response, first in the form of a naval bombardment of
Alexandria, and then as an expeditionary force under
Lieutenant-General Wolseley. This book explores the entire
campaign.
New in card cover
- 96pp, 26pp colour illustrations, 5 colour maps
'Flak' Houses were the rest homes
set up in England during the Second World War by the
American Red Cross to provide centres of rest and
recuperation for combatweary airmen. These were usually
situated in large country houses where flyers were permitted
to wear civilian clothes and partake in a variety of
sporting and recreational activities. Some 87,000 men passed
through the R&R system before it was disbanded in 1945.
Keith Thomas covers the history of more than 20 Flak Houses
in Britain. All are illustrated with 'then and now'
comparison photos.
New in card cover
- Square format, 80pp, 200 + illustrations
