Martin J. Dougherty Libri

With captions explaining the story behind each entry, Ireland is a stunning collection of images celebrating the island's natural beauty, culture and history, from rugged cliffs to mysterious stone circles, magnificent cathedrals and ruined abbeys.

From the very first handguns of the fifteenth century to modern machine guns and rifles, Small Arms Visual Encyclopedia is a highly illustrated volume that examines all the significant small arms of the world, featuring more than 1000 of the world’s handguns, assault rifles, shotguns, machine guns, and other more esoteric weapons. All the famous weapons of each type are featured, such as the M-16, Colt .44 Magnum and MG42. Each featured small arm is illustrated with an excellent full-color artwork, showing the weapon in great detail with full specifications tables that list country of origin, weights, dimensions and calibre (with all weights and measures provided in both metric and imperial). With more than 800 outstanding color artworks, Small Arms Visual Encyclopedia is a comprehensive and accessible reference work that will appeal to anyone with an interest in small arms.

Some of the most romantic castles in the world are found in the British Isles and Ireland. These strongholds may now largely be ruined, but in their dilapidation they have gained an air of mystery and beauty. The people they once protected are gone, the borders they guarded have dissolved, the fragile communities and wooden buildings that built up around them have been dismantled. Only the castles, centuries on, remain – proof of how robustly they were constructed in the first place. From the tip of southern Ireland to northern Scotland, from castles maintained over the centuries to ones that are now mere ruins, Celtic Castles celebrates the stories behind more than 100 strongholds. In these we find tales of religious dissent, of English Parliamentarians attacking Irish Catholic refuges, of warring Scottish clans, of the English and Scots fighting over Scottish independence. And in the buildings we find such curiosities as Britain’s only triangular castle or the hiding place for the Scottish crown jewels. With 150 outstanding colour photographs, Celtic Castles is a brilliant pictorial examination of worlds gone by.

What's the truth behind the King Arthur legend and why has it endured? Long before the Marvel Universe there was the universe of Arthurian romance, and King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table examines the fact and the fiction behind Arthur, Lancelot, Merlin, Guinevere, Galahad, among others, as well as the quest for the Holy Grail.

Martin J. Dougherty is a freelance author and former defense analyst specializing in military subjects. His many published works include books on modern warfare, weaponry, and military vehicles. He has spoken at several defense industry conferences, presenting papers on precision-guided weapons and the countermeasures used to defend against them. He lives in northeast England.

Drones are found in the airspace throughout the world and are more popular now than ever before. One of the most significant developments in contemporary warfare is the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. Drones can fly autonomously or be controlled by remote control. Drones are not only used for fighting wars but for a wide-range of daily tasks such

With the aid of superb line artworks, Unarmed Combat demonstrates how different martial arts have been combined by special forces units to create hand-to-hand combat systems for defence against multiple assailants, and explains what works against attackers with weapons and - more importantly - what doesn't. The book is the definitive guide for anyone wanting to be ready for anything.

Presented in a striking landscape format, Seven-View Series: Small Arms profiles 35 of the greatest personal weapons of the past 100 years, from handguns such as the Cold .44 Magnum and Beretta 93R to classic rifles such as the M16 and AK47.

Offers instructions on self-defense, including how to defend against a straight punch, a grab attempt, or a swinging punch attack.

"[This book] offers a highly illustrated guide to all the main types of small arms to be employed from the end of World War II to the present. Divided by theatre and campaign, the book includes sections on the Korean War, the Malayan Emergency; the Vietnam War ; the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the Arab-Israeli conflict, wars in Central America, the Falklands War, the [first] Gulf War, the Yugoslav wars, Chechnya and the Caucasus, modern peacekeeping and counter-terrorism operations, and the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. [It] includes hand-held weapons of every type ... Well known, highly influential weapons are featured, such as the AK series of assault rifles. the FN MAG and the M79 grenade launcher, as well as lesser-known models such as the H & K MP7 personal defence weapon, the Khaybar bullpup rifle and the Indonesian-made Pindad SS2 assault rifle ..."--Jacket