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Book The Book of Camouflage

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  • Author : Tim Newark
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2013-09-20
  • ISBN : 1472802926
  • Pages : 104 pages

Download or read book The Book of Camouflage written by Tim Newark and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its origins to its use in combat today, 'The Little Book of Camouflage' tells the history of camouflage in conflict. Its conception, its uses and the colours are looked at, as well as the key patterns such as the German uniforms of World War II, the ever-recognisable American type worn during Vietnam and the British DPM forming a sort of recognition guide to the various patterns in use in the armies of history and present day. Illustrated throughout with the patterns themselves and images of camouflage in use, Tim Newark presents a quick and detailed look at the most prolific camouflage patterns.

Book Camouflage

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  • Author : Eric H. Larson
  • Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
  • Release : 2022-03-18
  • ISBN : 1526738589
  • Pages : 2364 pages

Download or read book Camouflage written by Eric H. Larson and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-03-18 with total page 2364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to the major military and paramilitary camouflage patterns used around the world from the end of World War II to the 2010s. This book is a one-stop, generalized reference illustrating as many patterns as have been researched into contemporary times. It surpasses all previous efforts. In addition to color tiles illustrating camouflage patterns, it includes photographs of the designs being worn by military and paramilitary personnel, something few other references have done in suitable combination. Praise for Camouflage “It’s doubtful you will find another such book that covers the scope of topic, regarding the post-World War Two period, as well as this one has . . . highly recommended to both the scale modeller and military combat uniform enthusiast.” —War Wheels “This is a one-stop dream reference for painters of modern miniature soldiers.” —Historical Miniatures Gaming Society

Book Brassey s Book Of Camouflage

Download or read book Brassey s Book Of Camouflage written by Tim Newark and published by Brasseys Uk Limited. This book was released on 2002-07-31 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Camouflage has come a long way from jungle drab to modern-day colorful fluorescents—and this volume covers its history and development, with 450 patterns from around the world. It includes the pioneering and now highly collectible camouflage equipment of the German Army in World War II; the famous Tigerstripe worn by American soldiers in Vietnam; and the classic designs worn by today’s armies, including the U.S. Military “woodlands” pattern and the British DPM (Disruptive Pattern Material).

Book Gender Camouflage

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  • Author : Francine J. D'Amico
  • Publisher : NYU Press
  • Release : 1999-03
  • ISBN : 0814719074
  • Pages : 305 pages

Download or read book Gender Camouflage written by Francine J. D'Amico and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1999-03 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Controversy about women in the military continues, yet women's relations with the military go far beyond whether they serve in the ranks. Gender Camouflage brings together a diverse array of authors to explore the controversy surrounding women's military service, to examine the invisibility of civilian women who support the institution, and to expose the military's efforts to camouflage their support and contributions. Contributors first consider nurses, servicewomen, military academy students, female veterans, and lesbians. The focus then shifts to military wives, women employed by the DoD, and female civilian military instructors whose work is less visible but no less essential to the institution. The book also examines the experiences of women outside of the military, such as "comfort women" near U.S. bases, women engaged in peacework, and women workers affected by military spending in the federal budget. Analytic chapters are juxtaposed with first-person narratives by women who have actually been there, including a member of the first gender-integrated class at West Point, the first female civilian instructors at the U.S. Naval Academy, and an African American Air Force Nurse Corps veteran. Contributors include Connie Reeves, Georgia Clark Sadler, Gwyn Kirk, and Joan Furey.

Book Camouflage Isn t Only for Combat

Download or read book Camouflage Isn t Only for Combat written by Melissa S. Herbert and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the different ways women navigate the traditionally masculine environment of the military Drawing on surveys and interviews with almost 300 female military personnel, Melissa Herbert explores how women's everyday actions, such as choice of uniform, hobby, or social activity, involve the creation and re-creation of what it means to be a woman, and particularly a woman soldier. Do women feel pressured to be "more masculine," to convey that they are not a threat to men's jobs or status and to avoid being perceived as lesbians? She also examines the role of gender and sexuality in the maintenance of the male-defined military institution, proposing that, more than sexual harassment or individual discrimination, it is the military's masculine ideology--which views military service as the domain of men and as a mechanism for the achievement of manhood--which serves to limit women's participation in the military has increased dramatically. In the wake of armed conflict involving female military personnel and several sexual misconduct scandals, much attention has focused on what life is like for women in the armed services. Few, however, have examined how these women negotiate an environment that has been structured and defined as masculine.

Book Disruptive Pattern Material

Download or read book Disruptive Pattern Material written by Hardy Blechman and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Camouflage At War

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  • Author : Martin J Dougherty
  • Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
  • Release : 2017-04-14
  • ISBN : 1782744983
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book Camouflage At War written by Martin J Dougherty and published by Amber Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-04-14 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today we would be very surprised to see a soldier going into battle in red trousers and blue coats, but that is how French soldiers first fought in the trenches of the Western Front in World War I. Camouflage at War explores uniforms, military vehicles and buildings from World War I to the present day. From a dummy tank in North Africa in World War II to the different uniforms of Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front soldiers to zebra-striped dazzle ships in the north Atlantic to today’s digital pixelated pattern uniforms used by US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, the book is a wide-ranging examination of the developments and wrong turns in military camouflage all around the world. Although this was military work, the inspiration often came from the natural world and the designers were civilian artists. As we move further into the 21st century, the use of camouflage is changing. Straightforward visual camouflage is less important for aircraft as they can be picked up by heat sensors, so the task becomes to create non-visual camouflage, deflect radar signals and reduce their signature. Today, technology is being developed to project live images on to bodies, so that they appear invisible. From uniforms to tanks, from ships to aircraft to military buildings disguised as civilian ones, the book is an expert account of how different countries have sought to hide their forces in plain view for the past century. Packed with 200 colour and black and white photographs and colour artworks, Camouflage at War is a fascinating exploration of how warfare has changed over the last hundred years.

Book Japanese Army Air Force Camouflage and Markings  World War II

Download or read book Japanese Army Air Force Camouflage and Markings World War II written by Donald W. Thorpe and published by Tab Books. This book was released on 1968 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Strategic Camouflage

Download or read book Strategic Camouflage written by Solomon Joseph Solomon and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Military Camouflage

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  • Author : Bernard Lowry
  • Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
  • Release : 2023-07-15
  • ISBN : 1398108618
  • Pages : 161 pages

Download or read book Military Camouflage written by Bernard Lowry and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-07-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lavishly illustrated throughout, this is a fascinating history of military concealment. Explaining the fascinating challenges of the new ways of warfare.

Book Second World War British Military Camouflage

Download or read book Second World War British Military Camouflage written by Isla Forsyth and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second World War British Military Camouflage offers an original approach to the cultures and geographies of military conflict, through a study of the history of camouflage. Isla Forsyth narrates the scientific biography of Dr Hugh Cott (1900-1987), eminent zoologist and artist turned camoufleur, and entwines this with the lives of other camouflage practitioners, to trace the sites of camouflage's developments. Moving through the scientists' fieldsite, the committee boardroom, the military training site and the soldiers' battlefield, this book uncovers the history of this ambiguous military invention, and subverts a long-dominant narrative of camouflage as solely a protective technology. This study demonstrates that, as camouflage transformed battlefields into unsettling theatres of war, there were lasting consequences not only for military technology and knowledge, but also for the ethics of battle and the individuals enrolled in this process.

Book Camouflage at War

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  • Author : Martin J. Dougherty
  • Publisher : Chartwell Books
  • Release : 2017-04-11
  • ISBN : 0785835091
  • Pages : 227 pages

Download or read book Camouflage at War written by Martin J. Dougherty and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Camouflage at War explores uniforms, military vehicles and buildings from World War I to the present day. From a dummy tank in North Africa in World War II to the different uniforms of Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front soldiers to zebra-striped dazzle ships in the north Atlantic to today's digital pixelated pattern uniforms used by US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, the book is a wide-ranging examination of the developments and wrong turns in military camouflage all around the world. Although this was military work, the inspiration often came from the natural world and the designers were civilian artists. As we move further into the 21st century, the use of camouflage is changing. Straightforward visual camouflage is less important for aircraft as they can be picked up by heat sensors, so the task becomes to create non-visual camouflage, deflect radar signals and reduce their signature. Today, technology is being developed to project live images on to bodies, so that they appear invisible. From uniforms to tanks, from ships to aircraft to military buildings disguised as civilian ones, the book is an expert account of how different countries have sought to hide their forces in plain view for the past century. Packed with 200 colour and black and white photographs and colour artworks, Camouflage at War is a fascinating exploration of how warfare has changed over the last hundred years.

Book Camouflage Uniforms of European and NATO Armies

Download or read book Camouflage Uniforms of European and NATO Armies written by J. F. Borsarello and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1999 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This full-color book covers nearly all of the NATO, and other European armies camouflaged uniforms, and not only shows and explains the many patterns, but also their efficacy of design. Described and illustrated are the variety of materials tested in over forty different armies, and includes the history of obsolete trial tests from 1945 to the present time. More than two hundred patterns have been manufactured since World War II using various landscapes and seasonal colors for their look. The Vietnam and Gulf Wars, African or South American events, as well as recent Yugoslavian independence wars have been used as experimental terrains to test a variety of patterns. This book provides a superb reference for the historian, reenactor, designer, and modeler.

Book Camouflage Cultures

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ann Elias
  • Publisher : Sydney University Press
  • Release : 2015-02-06
  • ISBN : 174332426X
  • Pages : 356 pages

Download or read book Camouflage Cultures written by Ann Elias and published by Sydney University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approaching this subject from the disciplines of art history and theory, art practice, biology, cultural theory, literature and philosophy, this volume greatly expands the reach of camouflage's cultural terrain. The result is a collection that provides a new perspective on the developing discourse of camouflage and contributes to debates about the roles that physical, artistic and social camouflage play in contemporary life.

Book Camouflage Uniforms of the Soviet Union and Russia

Download or read book Camouflage Uniforms of the Soviet Union and Russia written by Dennis Desmond and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1998 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Camouflage Uniforms of the Soviet Union and Russia is a comprehensive guide to the history, design and use of camouflage field uniforms of the Soviet Union and Russia. This excellent reference contains factual and interesting material covering the earliest days of uniform development to the most recent issues of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, former KGB and Spetsnaz forces. Packed with detailed color photographs, this book fills an important void in the collector reference library that has been vacant far too long. Designed with both the militaria collector and Russophile in mind, this book is an easy to use picture guide to the most sought after collectible in the Soviet and Russian militaria field, and is a must for any serious collector or intelligence analyst interested in the former Soviet Union or Russia.

Book Churchill s Wizards

Download or read book Churchill s Wizards written by Nicholas Rankin and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The real story of how Winston Churchill and the British mastered deception to defeat the Nazis - by conning the Kaiser, hoaxing Hitler and using brains to outwit brawn. By June 1940, most of Europe had fallen to the Nazis and Britain stood alone. So, with Winston Churchill in charge the British bluffed their way out of trouble, drawing on the trickery which had helped them win the First World War. They broadcast outrageous British propaganda on pretend German radio stations, broke German secret codes and eavesdropped on their messages. Every German spy in Britain was captured and many were used to send back false information to their controllers. Forged documents misled their intelligence. Bogus wireless traffic from entire phantom armies, dummy airfields with model planes, disguised ships and inflatable rubber tanks created a vital illusion of strength. Culminating in the spectacular misdirection that was so essential to the success of D-Day in 1944, Churchill's Wizards: The British Genius for Deception 1914-1945 is a thrilling work of popular military history filled with almost unbelievable stories of bravery, creativity and deception. Nicholas Rankin is the author of Dead Man's Chest, Telegram From Guernica and Ian Fleming's Commandos. 'This is a story clamouring to be told. We could not have imagined the scope of the inventiveness, the daring of these people's imaginations . . . I could not stop reading this book.' Doris Lessing

Book Cracking the Camouflage Ceiling

Download or read book Cracking the Camouflage Ceiling written by Janet Yarlott Horton and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: