Peter C Smith: 29 books
Cruise Ships The Small Scale Fleet
A Visiual Showcase
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Peter C. Smith presents us here with the second release in his visually splendid Cruise Ships series. Whilst his first book concerned itself with the large-scale ships currently cruising through our seas (those weighing 40,000 GT and more) this volume focusses on the other end of the market; the ships...
Mitsubishi Zero
Japan's Legendary Fighter
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
The Mitsubishi Zero is one of the great legendary fighter aircraft ever to have graced the skies. Symbolic of the might of Imperial Japan, she represented a peak of developmental prowess in the field of aviation during the early years of the Second World War. Engineered with manoeuvrability in mind,...
by Peter C. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
The use of formulae has become widespread in recent years across most developed countries. In the UK, a conservative estimate is that annually £150 billion of public service expenditure is distributed using formulae, in services such as health care, local government, social security and higher education....
Dive Bomber!
Aircraft, Technology, and Tactics in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2008
Details on planes like the German Stuka, the American Dauntless, the Japanese Aichi D3A1 "Val," the Soviet PE-2, and numerous others. Riveting accounts of aerial combat. Includes maps, diagrams, tables, and photos.
Midway: Dauntless Victory
A re-examination of America’s greatest naval victory of World War II.
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2008
This is an in-depth study of the battle of Midway that reviews the many previous accounts and compares their accuracy and veracity with fresh documentation that has been released recently, including new material on the post-war analysis made by a US select committee. There are new viewpoints on the...
The Great Ships
British Battleships in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2008
Authoritative study of the battleship in World War II. Stirring episodes of naval combat. Covers the famous chase after the Bismarck, the sinking of the Scharnhorst, the coastal bombardments on D-Day, and other actions.
War in the Aegean
The Campaign for the Eastern Mediterranean in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2008
First complete retelling of an important but little-known campaign. Eyewitness accounts from a colorful cast of German SS troops, British commandos, partisans, spies, Greek pirates, and more.
Measuring Efficiency in Health Care
Analytic Techniques and Health Policy
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
With the healthcare sector accounting for a sizeable proportion of national expenditures, the pursuit of efficiency has become a central objective of policymakers within most health systems. However, the analysis and measurement of efficiency is a complex undertaking, not least due to the multiple...
Sailors on the Rocks
Famous Royal Navy Shipwrecks
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016
For three hundred years or more the Royal Navy really did “Rule the Waves”, in the sense that during the numerous wars with our overseas enemies, British fleets and individual ships more often than not emerged victorious from combat. One French Admiral wa
Heritage of the Sea
Famous Preserved Ships around the UK
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
The 21st century saw the naval power of Great Britain rise from that of an obscure island to that of a worldwide empire. British shipping and seamen dominated the globe for four centuries and the ships that explored the world and those which guarded them represent a unique treasure-trove of maritime...
Massacre at Tobruk
The British Assault on Rommel, 1942
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2008
Minute-by-minute account of the offensive. Covers both the British attackers and the German defenders. Explains how and why the assault failed so badly.
Fist From the Sky
Japan's Dive-Bomber Ace of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Fascinating look from the Japanese side at Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway
Fully authorized account including contemporary interviews with those that flew with Lt. Cdr. Egusa
Lieutenant Commander Takashige Egusa was one of the Imperial Japanese Navy's most skillful and influential...
Stuka Spearhead
The Lightning War from Poland to Dunkirk, 1939-1940
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 1998
This addition to the Luftwaffe at War Series is a fully illustrated guide to the formative years of the Ju 87 dive-bomber which dominated the opening campaigns of W orld War II.
by Peter C Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
The era of the combat biplane is usually thought to have been between 1914 and 1938. By the outbreak of World War II, most of the advanced air forces of the world had moved on to monoplane aircraft for their front-line battle forces, both in bomber and fighter capacities. Yet despite this, many biplanes...