Recommended Military/War Books-Publications

The Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) is pleased to announce the release of a new book, "The Allies", edited by Konstantin Makienko.

The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the military, economic, demographic and natural potential of Russia's allies in the Collective Security Treaty Organization - Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Their foreign policy and relations with Russia are examined. Hypotheses are formulated regarding the value of each of these states for Russia and an assessment is given of the level of their allied loyalty.

You can download the book in PDF format here.

On the twelfth anniversary (already what a story!) Of the beginning of the Five-Day War in South Ossetia, our blog reminds that the book "Tanks of August" published by the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) in 2009 remains to this day the best open work about this conflict. The collection has also been translated and published in English, French and German.

The book "Tanks of August" can be found in the public domain on the CAST website.

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4108449.html

George1 wrote:On the twelfth anniversary (already what a story!) Of the beginning of the Five-Day War in South Ossetia, our blog reminds that the book "Tanks of August" published by the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) in 2009 remains to this day the best open work about this conflict. The collection has also been translated and published in English, French and German.

The book "Tanks of August" can be found in the public domain on the CAST website.

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4108449.html

I think that war lasted longer than only five days, I have even one entry for early September of 2008, for my Georgian Losses Reports on my forum:


http://asaland.proboards.com/thread/264/georgian-losses-reports

Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies on the Situation in the South Caucasus

The forecast of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST), given in 2018, came true. Read more in the book "Waiting for the Storm: South Caucasus", which is available on the on the CAST website in free access.

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4149697.html

Dear Colleagues!
The book "IL-28 aircraft. Technical description. Book 1: basic technical data of the aircraft" (1953)
Download link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lnJlELr1UwhFj0MknzLBF1FfkVyhjET5/view?usp=sharing
The book is distributed until January 23, 2021. If you want to collaborate with our library, please contact us!

Very nice.

Thanks.

Many years ago, I had in my possession two issues of the Russian published Vzlet magazine. Maybe those were even the English language editions, named Take off. I don't remember. Sadly, I've lost them over the years.

But I do remember that one issue had an in depth piece on history of production of MiG bureau in the Soviet union. Tables with years, numbers of models made etc. And the other issue of the magazine had the same but for Sukhoi bureau.

Does ANYONE know which issues those were, exactly? Any information that'd help me get back into possession of said issues?

http://fantasylab.ru/take-off-en/index.htm

Archive of magazines 2005-2017:

http://fantasylab.ru/take-off-en/arhiv.htm

(note rightclick on the RDF symbol and save file as to save copy)

Dear Colleagues! The book "Aircraft La-15. Technical description (book 1: flight-tactical data)" is distributed.
Download link https://yadi.sk/d/52z-ZldN_f4XRA
The book is distributed until August 14, 2021.

Nice. Thank you.

Looks like you have linked to a file directly on your own personal hard drive which we cannot access.

To share such files you would need to upload them to a file sharing site and share the link.

You can also do a websearch based on the file name as it seems to be very specific... which led me to this:

https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RRA400/RRA444-3/RAND_RRA444-3.pdf

You should be able to right click that link and download it...

GarryB wrote:Looks like you have linked to a file directly on your own personal hard drive which we cannot access.

To share such files you would need to upload them to a file sharing site and share the link.

You can also do a websearch based on the file name as it seems to be very specific... which led me to this:

https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RRA400/RRA444-3/RAND_RRA444-3.pdf

You should be able to right click that link and download it...

you are right..thanks!