Out of Nowhere: A History of the Military Sniper Tapa blanda - 2006

'Accurate and informative, a must-read to understand the evolution of the modern sniper.'
Carey Fabian, Master Sergeant, Anti-Terrorism Training Branch, USMC

'This is the best book of its type to be published so far... The outstanding chapters on World War I and World War II are remarkably detailed.' American Rifleman

Martin Pegler was born in 1954 and educated at Hampton School. He has a BA Hons in Medieval and Modern History and an MA in Museum Studies, both from University College, London, and he was Senior Curator of Firearms at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, for a number of years. Martin enjoys shooting historic firearms, and has participated in many shooting competitions. He is the author of a number of books including The Military Sniper since 1914 (Osprey, 2001); and Firearms in the American West 1700-1900 (The Crowood Press, 2002), and he has also contributed to a number of magazines. In the 1980s he had the privilege of interviewing many World War I veterans about their wartime experiences, and the recordings are now part of the sound archives of the Imperial War Museum, London. The author lives in Northern France.