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Chris McNab
Author · 47 books
Dr Chris McNab has written over a hundred books in a career spanning over two decades. He is a historian with a specialisation in military history.

Series

Books

Knives and Swords book cover

Knives and Swords

A Visual History

2010

Deadly Force book cover

Deadly Force

Firearms & American Law Enforcement, from the Wild West to the Streets of Today

2009

The Uzi Submachine Gun book cover

The Uzi Submachine Gun

2011

Modern Military Uniforms book cover

Modern Military Uniforms

2000

German Automatic Rifles 1941-45 book cover

German Automatic Rifles 1941-45

Gew 41, Gew 43, FG 42 and StG 44

2013

Network Security Assessment book cover

Network Security Assessment

Know Your Network

2004

The World's Worst Military Disasters book cover

The World's Worst Military Disasters

Chronicling the Greatest Catastrophies of All Time

2005

Weapons book cover

Weapons

2019

Soviet Submachine Guns of World War II book cover

Soviet Submachine Guns of World War II

PPD-40, PPSh-41 and PPS

2014

The SAS Mental Endurance Handbook book cover

The SAS Mental Endurance Handbook

2002

Twentieth-Century Small Arms book cover

Twentieth-Century Small Arms

2001

The Fall of Eben Emael book cover

The Fall of Eben Emael

2013

Germany's Secret Masterplan book cover

Germany's Secret Masterplan

How the Nazis Planned to Shape the World After Victory in World War II

2015

The Roman Army book cover

The Roman Army

The Greatest War Machine of the Ancient World

2010

MG 34 and MG 42 Machine Guns book cover

MG 34 and MG 42 Machine Guns

2012

Hitler's Eagles book cover

Hitler's Eagles

The Luftwaffe 1933-45

2012

Storming Flight 181 book cover

Storming Flight 181

GSG 9 and the Mogadishu Hijack 1977

2011

Greek Hoplite vs Persian Warrior book cover

Greek Hoplite vs Persian Warrior

499-479 BC

2018

20th Century Military Uniforms book cover

20th Century Military Uniforms

2002

The World's Worst Historical Disasters book cover

The World's Worst Historical Disasters

2005

Hitler's Armies book cover

Hitler's Armies

A history of the German War Machine 1939-45

2011

German Soldier vs Soviet Soldier book cover

German Soldier vs Soviet Soldier

Stalingrad 1942-43

2017

Passchendaele 1917 book cover

Passchendaele 1917

2014

Iceland book cover

Iceland

2019

Special Forces Survival Guide book cover

Special Forces Survival Guide

Wilderness Survival Skills from the World's Most Elite Military Units

2008

Ghost Towns book cover

Ghost Towns

2018

Battle Story book cover

Battle Story

Verdun 1916

2013

Armies of the Napoleonic Wars book cover

Armies of the Napoleonic Wars

2009

Swords book cover

Swords

a visual history

2010

Tools of Violence book cover

Tools of Violence

2008

Mythical Monsters book cover

Mythical Monsters

2006

The Crusades book cover

The Crusades

2019

The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War book cover

The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War

2000

Hitler's Fortresses book cover

Hitler's Fortresses

German Fortifications and Defences 1939-45

2014

The Complete Guide To Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Reptiles book cover

The Complete Guide To Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Reptiles

2007

How to Survive Anything, Anywhere book cover

How to Survive Anything, Anywhere

2004

Serial Killer Timelines book cover

Serial Killer Timelines

Illustrated Accounts of the World's Most Gruesome Murderers

2010

Mountains book cover

Mountains

Great Peaks and Ranges of the World

2023

Hitler's Elite book cover

Hitler's Elite

The SS 1939-45

2013

Military Uniforms Visual Encyclopedia book cover

Military Uniforms Visual Encyclopedia

2011

Living Off the Land book cover

Living Off the Land

Tracking, Building Traps, Shelters, Toolmaking, Finding Water and Food

2002

A History of the World in 100 Weapons book cover

A History of the World in 100 Weapons

2011

Riot Control Vehicles book cover

Riot Control Vehicles

1945-Present

2015

The Mighty 8th at War book cover

The Mighty 8th at War

The Missions, The Aircraft, The Full Story Told by the Men Who Were There

2017

Firearms, the Illustrated Guide to Small Arms of the World book cover

Firearms, the Illustrated Guide to Small Arms of the World

2008

A History of War book cover

A History of War

From Ancient Warfare to the Global Conflicts of the 21st Century

2021

The Book of the Poppy book cover

The Book of the Poppy

2014

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