Military Science
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Dirty Wars: A Century of Counterinsurgency'Who is the enemy?' This is the question most asked in modern warfare; gone are the set-piece conventional battles of the past. Once seen as secondary to more traditional conflicts, irregular warfare (as modified and refashioned since the 1990s) now presents a major challenge...
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Lancaster Reaping the Whirlwind: Reaping the WhirlwindDetailing the Lancaster's history from 1942-45, this study brings everything together to tell a concise history of the world's most famous aircraft of all time and undoubtedly the finest bomber of the Second World War. A superlative and unique colour section of over fifty...
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Dictionary of Military TermsEnglish is the language most frequently used in international military and peacekeeping operations. This dictionary contains over 6,000 entries providing up-to-date coverage of British, American and international military vocabulary, including training, personnel, logistics, manoeuvres, vehicles, tactics, commands, weapons and equipment.Supplements include the phonetic alphabet,...
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Nothing Less Than Victory: Decisive Wars and the Lessons of HistoryHow aggressive military strategies win wars, from ancient times to today The goal of war is to defeat the enemy's will to fight. But how this can be accomplished is a thorny issue. Nothing Less than Victory provocatively shows that aggressive, strategic military offenses...
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The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for International PoliticsThe Diffusion of Military Power examines how the financial and organizational challenges of adopting new methods of fighting wars can influence the international balance of power. Michael Horowitz argues that a state or actor wishing to adopt a military innovation must possess both the...
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Command in WarMany books have been written about strategy, tactics, and great commanders. This is the first book to deal exclusively with the nature of command itself, and to trace its development over two thousand years from ancient Greece to Vietnam. It treats historically the whole...
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The Causes of Wars: And Other Essays, Second Edition, EnlargedPublic consciousness of the threat of nuclear war is rising steadily. Responses to the nuclear dilemma are conflicting and often confusing. Never have we been more in need of information and perspective, for if we wish to avoid war we must understand it. Michael...
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A History of Army Aviation: From Its Beginnings to the War on Terror.spellbinding history., the how, what, when, where and why.some never told and certainly not always understood. This is a story that has begged to be told, .with sources and substance heretofore missing. Historians, military scholars, and aviators, .will rely on this work for years....
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War in the Shadows: The Guerrilla in History Volume 1Author: Robert B. AspreyPublisher: iUniversePublished: 05/31/2002Pages: 740Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.44lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.08w x 1.78dISBN: 9780595225934This title is not returnable
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Military Innovation in the Interwar PeriodThis study of major military innovations in the 1920s and 1930s explores differences in innovating exploitation by the seven major military powers. This volume of comparative essays investigates how and why innovation occurred or did not occur, and explains much of the strategic and...
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The Republic in Danger: General Maurice Gamelin and the Politics of French Defence, 1933 1940This is the first full-length reappraisal in English of the role of France's chief of defense forces, General Maurice Gamelin (1872-1958). Reviled by many of his contemporaries and by two generations of historians as "the man who lost the Battle of France" in 1940,...
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Victory in War: Foundations of Modern StrategyWar demands that scholars and policy makers use victory in precise and coherent terms to communicate what the state seeks to achieve in war. The failure historically to define victory in consistent terms has contributed to confused debates when societies consider whether to wage...
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Warfare in African HistoryThis book examines the role of war in shaping the African state, society, and economy. Richard J. Reid helps students understand different patterns of military organization through Africa's history; the evolution of weaponry, tactics, and strategy; and the increasing prevalence of warfare and militarism...
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The Soviet-East German Military AllianceDrawing on East German, Soviet, and Western sources as well as years of study, travel, and military service in Germany and Eastern Europe, Major Macgregor examines East Germany's critical political-military role in the Soviet strategy to maintain control of Eastern Europe. He offers an...
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How Democracies Lose Small Wars: State, Society, and the Failures of France in Algeria, Israel in Lebanon, and the United States in VietnamGil Merom argues that modern democracies fail in insurgency wars because they are unable to find a winning balance between expedient and moral tolerance for the costs of war. Small wars are lost at home when a critical minority shifts the balancing element from...
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Guns of the Old West: An Illustrated GuideFirearms played an important role on the American frontier. Used to hunt animals for food and clothing, they also safeguarded one's home against outlaws and other hostile elements. This definitive, scrupulously researched work describes and illustrates the many different weapons that opened up and...
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Guidance Control of Ocean VehiclesThis comprehensive book details the design of control systems for ocean vehicles. Readers are shown how the implementation of mathematical models and control theory can reduce fuel consumption and improve reliability and performance.Author: FossenPublisher: John Wiley & SonsPublished: 08/23/1994Pages: 494Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.90lbsSize: 9.44h...
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If War Comes Tomorrow?: The Contours of Future Armed ConflictMilitary affairs have been affected by major changes in recent years. The bipolar world of two superpowers has gone. The Cold War and the global military confrontation that accompanied it have ended. A new military and political order has emerged in the world, but...
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Carrier: A Guided Tour of an Aircraft CarrierThey are floating cities with crews of thousands. They are the linchpins of any military strategy, for they provide what has become the key to every battle fought since World War I: air superiority. The mere presence of a U.S. naval carrier in a...
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The GurkhasFilled with interesting and often highly entertaining historical anecdotes, and there are some rare photographs and illustrations. . . . Lucid, well written. . . . A very sound contribution to our understanding of British Empire and South Asian history. ChoiceAuthor: Byron FarwellPublisher: W....
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