Swift-moving air assault units have become a vital part of modern warfare as elite forces such as the US and British paras, the US Rangers, and the Russian Spetsnaz prepare to strike suddenly and unpredictably deep behind enemy lines. Air assault takes you to these elites, leaping from Blackhawks, Mi-8s, or Commandos or dropping silently from a high-flying C-S Galaxy to seize a landing zone deep behind enemy lines. All major aspects and weaponry of...

Many military tactics during World War II were based on the assumption that new technologies would lead to decisive battlefield victories, demoralization of the enemy by intensive bombing, or even a quick surrender. Political and military leaders, Allies and Axis alike, believed that "blitzkrieg" was the best way to victory. But in The Blitzkrieg Myth, John Mosier argues that this was not the case.

Mosier examines the major European campaigns,

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