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American Arwrology

Author: Fred C. Bauer

In 1943 the classic book Arwrology: All Out Hand To Hand Fighting by Gordon E. Perrigard M.D. was published, detailing the Doc’s unique combative system. The book was destined to become a rare classic because of its content, and the limited number of original copies printed. That status was ensured when, in 1946, officials deemed it too violent for the general public and subsequently banned its sale.

As part of his passion to keep the Doc’s system alive, Fred Bauer has compiled this instructional volume on Arwrology in his capacity as 2^nd Regent, the American Society of Arwrologists, making it the first official new publication on the subject since the 1943 original!

CQB Publications is proud to make available this volume of the Doc’s unique fighting system from WW2 giving a glimpse as to how it is being taught today within the ASA and GHCA.

It is a worthy addition to any WW2 / Combatives / Martial Arts library.

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Gentleman & Warrior - The Shanghai Years

Author: Peter Robins with Nicholas Tyler

Compiled & Edited: Paul R. Child

About this book
The first biography on W E Fairbairn. Contains information on Fairbairn’s early life, his career in the SMP, the innovations he introduced to the Settlement Police Force, and more!
This is the story of Fairbairn in Shanghai... but it is only the beginning!

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Fairbairn-Sykes Commando Dagger (CQB 001)

Author: Leroy Thompson

Illustrator: Howard Gerrard

Paperback; March 2011; 80 pages; ISBN: 9781849084314

£9.99

About this book
The Fairbairn-Sykes Commando dagger has become iconic as the most widely recognized fighting knife in the world. The origins of the dagger can be traced to Shanghai in the 1930s where W. E. Fairbairn and US Marine officers including Sam Yeaton carried out experiments to develop what they considered the perfect knife for close combat. When Fairbairn and Sykes became instructors for the Commandos, they refined the design which would evolve into the classic Fairbairn-Sykes dagger. The dagger was first used during early Commando raids into occupied Europe but saw action in every theatre of World War II. US Rangers and Marines who had trained with the Commandos took their Fairbairn-Sykes daggers home, and this also influenced the development of American Special Forces daggers. The Fairbairn-Sykes remained in use with many units after the war. It has become a symbol of Commando and special forces units throughout the world.
Contents
Introduction · Development · Use · Impact · Conclusion

The Thompson Submachine Gun (CQB 002)

From Prohibition Chicago to World War II

Author: Martin Pegler

Illustrator: Peter Dennis

Paperback; September 2010; 80 pages; ISBN: 9781849081498

£9.99

About this book
The Thompson submachine gun, or Tommy gun developed an almost iconic status during the 20th century. It had an unusual beginning, for it was developed during the dying days of World War I as a ‘one-man, hand-held machine gun.’ The war ended before these first prototypes could be shipped to Europe but once the M1921 Thompson formally entered production it was used by the criminals working in Chicago and New York during the 1920s. With the police increasingly outgunned they too were forced to equip themselves with the Tommy gun. It quickly came to be used in Hollywood films, and by the end of the 1930s it would have probably faded from view had history not intervened. With the entry of the US into World War II there was an urgent need to equip and arm a force of epic proportions; the Thompson submachine gun began a second career as part of the US Army. It also became the weapon of choice for the small band of British commandos as they conducted a number of daring raids against the heart of occupied Europe.
Contents
Introduction · Development · Use · Impact · Conclusion

The Cockleshell Raid – Bordeaux 1942 (CQB 005)

Author: Ken Ford

Paperback; March 2010; 64 pages; ISBN: 9781846036934

£9.99

About this book
On the night of December 7, 1942, five canoes were launched off the mouth of the Gironde river, each containing a pair of British commandoes tasked with slipping into the port of Bordeaux and destroying as many of the merchant ships as possible. Only two of the canoes made it to the target, but it was enough. Five enemy ships were badly damaged in the attack. It then became a game of cat and mouse for the surviving commandoes in their attempt to get back to Britain. Some of the men made it to Gibraltar; others were caught and executed. Author Ken Ford gives a blow-by-blow account of one of the most daring raids of World War II, which badly upset the flow of material into Germany, and which gave the British public a much needed victory.

Office of Strategic Services 1942–45 (CQB 007)

The World War II Origins of the CIA

Author: Eugene Liptak

Illustrator: Richard Hook

Paperback; August 2009; 64 pages; ISBN: 9781846034633

£9.99

About this book
The Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the CIA, was founded in 1942 by William ‘Wild Bill’ Donovan under the direction of President Roosevelt. Agents were enlisted from both the armed services and civilians to produce operational groups specialising in different foreign areas including Italy, Norway, Yugoslavia and China. In 1944 the number of men and women working in the service totalled nearly 13,500. This intriguing story of the origins and development of the American espionage forces covers all of the different departments involved, with a particular emphasis on the courageous teams operating in the field. The volume is illustrated with many photographs, including images from the film director John Ford who led the OSS Photographic Unit and parachuted into Burma in 1943.

SOE Agent (CQB 009)

Churchill’s Secret Warriors

Author: Terry Crowdy

Illustrator: Steve Noon

Paperback; November 2008; 64 pages; ISBN: 9781846032769

£9.99

About this book
On average a Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent would be dead within three months of being parachuted into action. Terry Crowdy tells the extraordinary story of these agents, some of whom were women as young as 22, following them through their experiences beginning with their recruitment and their unorthodox training methods, which included hand-to-hand combat and parachuting. Packed with photographs and full-colour artwork, this book recounts the incredible combat missions of the SOE agents from their role in the attacks on a heavy water plant in Norway, to operations in the field with Yugoslav and Greek partisans, as well as sabotage missions ranging from blowing up bridges to the raising of full-scale partisan armies as they attempted to fulfill Churchill’s directive to set occupied Europe ablaze.

Contents
Introduction · Recruitment and Training · Organisation · Communication · Equipment · Combat missions · Sabotage missions · Post-war · Bibliography · Colour Plate Commentary · Index

French Resistance Fighter (CQB 011)

France's Secret Army

Author: Terry Crowdy

Illustrator: Steve Noon

Paperback; June 2007; 64 pages; ISBN: 9781846030765

£9.99

About this book
Working as an underground force, the French Resistance was initially formed spontaneously from scattered groups of the displaced and discontent. As the war progressed the Resistance developed into a secret army, terrorizing the occupying forces and would-be collaborators alike although they were unprotected by the Geneva Convention and faced torture and execution if captured. Striking photographs, coupled with first-hand accounts of capture and its terrible consequences, create an engaging and human history of the French Resistance fighter. Terry Crowdy details the military achievements, tactics, backgrounds and motivations of the patriots whose assistance helped ensure the success of the D-Day landings and French liberation.
Contents
Introduction · Chronology · Motivations for Resistance · An Army in the Shadows · Living Clandestinely · Life in the Maquis · Supply Drops · Training · Resistance Tactics · A Final Reckoning · Bibliography and Further Reading · Colour Plate Commentary · Index

US Special Warfare Units in the Pacific Theater 1941–45 (CQB 017)

Scouts, Raiders, Rangers and Reconnaissance Units

Author: Gordon L Rottman

Paperback; April 2005; 96 pages; ISBN: 9781841767079

£9.99

About this book
The bitter fighting in the Pacific Theater required new forms of warfare, and the gathering of detailed intelligence information on the remote and varied islands and their determined defenders. As a result, new scout, raider and reconnaissance units were formed‹the pioneers of today's special forces. Some units were small, while others comprised thousands of men. All contributed significantly to the war effort. This book examines a wide range of PTO special-warfare units, including the Alaskan and Alamo scouts, 5217th/1st Recon Battalion, Marine Amphibious Recon and Raider units, Amphibious Scouts, and 6th Ranger Battalion.
Contents
Introduction · Doctrine and training · Unit organization · Tactics · Weapons and equipment · Command, control, communications, and intelligence · Scout units · Raider units · 6th Ranger Battalion · Lessons learned · Chronology · Bibliography · Abbreviations and linear measurements · Index

World War II Allied Sabotage Devices and Booby Traps (CQB 041)

Author: Gordon L Rottman

Illustrator: Peter Dennis

Paperback; November 2010; 64 pages; ISBN: 9781849081757

£9.99

About this book
Following Churchill’s directive to ‘set occupied Europe ablaze,’ the SOE and later its American sister organization, the OSS, were deployed across the continent. Outnumbered, surrounded and in great peril, these brave agents were armed with a wide variety of devices to help them achieve their objectives, including numerous pieces of sabotage equipment and cunning booby traps. This book examines these different pieces of equipment and the technicalities involved in deploying them effectively, as well as discussing the specialist equipment developed by Special Forces units, including the SAS Lewes Bomb. Touching on some of the stranger developments, such as explosives disguised as lumps of coal, the author goes on to describe the German clearance techniques that were developed to avoid these dangers. Complete with specially commissioned artwork and period diagrams together with detailed descriptions of the dangerous missions of Allied agents, this book is a fascinating insight into the secret war behind enemy lines.
Contents
Introduction – overview · Purposes · Munitions and materials · Tactics and techniques of booby-trapping · Sabotage devices · Countering booby traps · National practices in booby-trapping and sabotage · Conclusion – effectiveness

Peleliu 1944 The forgotten corner of hell (CQB 042)

Authors: Gordon L Rottman Jim Moran

Illustrator: Howard Gerrard

Paperback; November 2002; 96 pages; ISBN: 9781841765129

£9.99

About this book
Equalling Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Okinawa in scale and ferocity, the battle for Peleliu has long been regarded as the Pacific War’s “forgotten battle”, and perhaps one that should never have been fought. A massive carrier-based attack some weeks before the invasion destroyed all aircraft and shipping in the area and virtually isolated the Japanese garrison. 1st Marine Division commander, General Rupertus, made extravagant claims that the capture of Peleliu would “only take three days – maybe two.” But the Japanese fought a bloody battle of attrition from prepared positions an in a struggle of unprecedented savagery a whole Marine Division was bled white.
Contents
Background to the Campaign · Chronology · The Opposing Commanders · Opposing Forces · Opposing Plans · The Campaign · Aftermath · The Battlefield today · Further Reading · Index

World War II Axis Booby Traps and Sabotage Tactics (CQB 043)

Author: Gordon L Rottman

Illustrator: Peter Dennis

Paperback; April 2009; 64 pages; ISBN: 9781846034503

£9.99

About this book
Booby traps laid by troops in war zones in World War II are largely neglected in histories and memoirs, and rarely examined in detail. Yet for a soldier, the threat of booby traps had to be at the forefront of his mind, and an ability to find and disarm them was essential. This is the first comprehensive study of World War II’s battlefield booby traps, using information from rare wartime intelligence publications to identify, illustrate and describe the tactics of both Allied and Axis saboteurs. Examining all aspects of this secretive subject, from the equipment used to the techniques of placing and finding them, this book uncovers the daily risks faced by soldiers on the ground through the course of the war.

The Führer’s Headquarters Hitler’s command bunkers 1939–45
(CQB 044)

Author: Neil Short

Illustrator: Adam Hook

Paperback; October 2010; 64 pages; ISBN: 9781846035821

£9.99

About this book
The 100th title in the Fortress series, this book describes and examines the Führerhauptquartiere – the 14 or so headquarters built for Hitler. Revealing their locations and how they were used to direct the Nazi war apparatus, this is a fascinating insight into a range of historical sites from Berghof to the Wolf’s Lair. With a map showing the locations of all of Hitler’s bunkers and fortifications on the eastern and western fronts and illustrated with photographs and specially commissioned artwork, this book is an essential introduction to Hitler’s command structures and recreates numerous bunkers and buildings which were destroyed by Allied bombing raids or by fleeing German troops.
Contents
Introduction · Chronology · Design and development · The principles of defence · Tour of the sites · The living sites · Operational history · Aftermath · The sites today · Bibliography · Glossary · Index

US Navy SEALs (CQB 046)

Author: Mir Bahmanyar

Illustrator: Michael Welply

Paperback; August 2005; 64 pages; ISBN: 9781841768076

£9.99

About this book
After the United States' failures in special operations missions during the late 1970s and 1980, a decision was made to revamp its unconventional military capabilities. The subsequent reorganization and redesignation in 1983 created the SEALs as they are known today, and later the all-encompassing command for US special operations forces under which they operate. Since then, these Navy Special Warfare (NSW) forces have operated in Grenada, the Persian Gulf, Panama, Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, and Liberia. NSW units have also participated in the ongoing missions of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq. This book looks at the history, organization, training, uniforms, equipment and missions of the US Navy SEALs since their redesignation until the recent conflict in the Gulf.
Contents
Introduction · US Navy SEALs · Special Boat Units · SEAL Delivery Vehicle Teams · Bibliography

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