Guerrilla Air Defense II: Improvised Antiaircraft Weapons and Techniques - Softcover

Crabtree, James "Doc"

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1530601991 ISBN 13: 9781530601998

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Originally published in 1996, Guerrilla Air Defense remains the only book which looks at the topic of improvised and insurgent air defense weapons and techniques. The rise of airpower in the 20th century proved its worth in counterinsurgency operations and in turn has seen guerrilla and partisan movements develop the means to defeat the aircraft of the enemy. As Doc Crabtree explains, the roots of air defense actually goes back before 1900. Remarkably, a copy of this book was found in bin Laden's compound when he was killed by Navy Seals in 2011.

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From the Author

I am glad to present GAD to the public again after being out of print for so many years. The writing has been sharpened and some of the illustrations have been replaced and of course there is new material... this book should be of interest to anyone studying air defense or guerrilla warfare.

About the Author

James "Doc" Crabtree is a historian and has written many articles relevant to the military art. He is also a cartoonist and has done several strips, including Buster's Battery and Out On A Limb. He has published in The Fort Bliss Monitor, The ARCENT Desert Voice, the Leavenworth Lamp, Military Review, Air Defense Artillery Magazine and Slick Times. Crabtree's main area of expertise is air defense, although he has also studied the U.S. Civil War, World War One, World War Two, and the Middle Eastern Wars. He has spent considerable time in the Middle East.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1530601991
• ISBN 13: 9781530601998
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 92