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Sniper: A History of the US Marksman
de Pegler, Martin
- Usado
- First
- Estado
- very good, fair to good
- ISBN 10
- 1841769797
- ISBN 13
- 9781841769790
- Librería
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Osprey Publishing, 2007. First Printing. very good, fair to good. 280, illus., appendix, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, small tears/chips to DJ. Foreword by Chuck Mawhinney, highest-scoring living Marine sniper. Beginning with the earliest firearms introduced in the 15th century, the author traces the marksman's evolution throughout the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries, highlighting the rifle's impact on American military history.
Sinopsis
Martin Pegler was born in 1954 and has a BA Hons in Medieval and Modern History and an MA in Museum Studies, both from University College, London. 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. Martin was the Senior Curator of Firearms at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds for many years. He now lives in the Somme, France, where he and his wife run a small bed and breakfast, which is situated on top of the old German front line! Martin has established The Somme Historical Centre (www.martinpegler.com), where visitors can see the technology used in the 1914-18 trench warfare. He is currently an author and firearms consultant and he also lectures at local Great War museums. In his spare time Martin runs motorcycle tours of the Somme battlefield. The author lives in Somme, France.
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- Librería
- Ground Zero Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 56429
- Título
- Sniper: A History of the US Marksman
- Autor
- Pegler, Martin
- Estado del libro
- Usado - very good, fair to good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Printing
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 1841769797
- ISBN 13
- 9781841769790
- Editorial
- Osprey Publishing
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2007
- Palabras clave
- Snipers, Rifles, Marksmanship, Sharpshooter War, WWII, Cold War, Iraqi Freedom, Afghanistan
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