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Soldier Dead: How We Recover, Identify, Bury, and Honor Our Military FallenWhat happens to members of the United States Armed Forces after they die? Why do soldiers endanger their lives to recover the remains of their comrades? Why does the military spend enormous resources and risk further fatalities to recover the bodies of the fallen,...
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International Security: A Very Short IntroductionInternational security is never out of the headlines. War and peace, military strategy, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and revisionist states remain central to the discussion, but concerns such as climate change, migration, poverty, health, and international terrorism have complicated the field. So what...
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Deciphering Sun Tzu: How to Read the Art of WarAs the People's Republic's seemingly inexorable rise to economic and military power continues, never has the need for a better grasp of Chinese strategic thought by the West been more acute. In Deciphering Sun Tzu, Derek Yuen seeks to reclaim for the reader the...
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The Us Special Forces: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)The assassination of Osama bin Laden by SEAL Team 6 in May 2011 will certainly figure among the greatest achievements of US Special Forces. After nearly ten years of searching, they descended into his Pakistan compound in the middle of the night, killed him,...
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Conflict: How Soldiers Make Impossible DecisionsConflict: How Soldiers Make Impossible Decisions is about making hard choices--where all outcomes are potentially negative. The authors draw on interviews conducted with soldiers about the situations they faced and the decisions they made at war. These are vivid and sometimes distressing stories. They...
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Alte Armatur und Ringkunst: The Royal Danish Library Ms. Thott 290 2°This is a companion volume to the facsimile of Ms. Thott 290 2 . In its pages, you will find a description of the manuscript itself, a full transcription and translation by Rebecca Garber, and articles from some of the leading scholars in the...
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Military Strategy, Joint Operations, and Airpower: An Introduction, Second EditionMilitary Strategy, Joint Operations, and Airpower introduces students to contemporary strategy and the operational level of war, particularly as it relates to airpower. Developed as foundational reading for all US Air Force Academy cadets, this intermediate textbook is designed to close the gap between...
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Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the WarHerman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy...
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The M240 Machine Gun: From the 1918 to the 1918a3-SlrThe M240 Machine Gun traces the development of the weapon, currently the primary medium-weight machine gun of our military, through the latest configuration, the M240 SLR, designed and manufactured by Ohio Ordnance. When the United States military determined during the late 1970s that it...
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Elements of Military Art and ScienceContentsPreface IntroductionStrategyFortificationsLogisticsTacticsMilitary PolityOur Northern Frontier DefencesArmy OrganizationPermanent FortificationsField EngineeringMilitary EducationAuthor: H. W. HalleckPublisher: Indoeuropeanpublishing.comPublished: 02/22/2022Pages: 308Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77dISBN: 9781644396070This title is not returnable
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The Russia Scare: Fake News and Genuine ThreatThe Russia Scare assesses the scope, character and extent of Russian interference in the affairs of liberal democratic states.This book examines the 'Russia scare' in a dynamic manner, stressing the interaction between threat perception, responses and subsequent policies. What forms did this threat take,...
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Mechanical EngineeringNow in its fourth edition, Mechanical Engineering has been revised to be in line with the technical qualifications of the new engineering apprenticeship standards at Level 3. In addition, four new chapters are included that cover static and dynamic engineering systems, fluid systems and...
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Pakistan's Pathway to the Bomb: Ambitions, Politics, and RivalriesIn Pakistan's Pathway to the Bomb, author Mansoor Ahmed provides a groundbreaking account of Pakistan's rise as a nuclear power. By drawing on elite interviews and previously untapped primary sources, Ahmed reveals how bureaucratic politics shaped the nuclear program's development-and where it stands today.Author:...
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Harnessing the Airplane: American and British Cavalry Responses to a New Technology, 1903-1939At its dawn in the early twentieth century, the new technology of aviation posed a crucial question to American and British cavalry: what do we do with the airplane? Lacking the hindsight of historical perspective, cavalry planners based their decisions on incomplete information. Harnessing...
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British Battleships, 1889-1904: New Revised EditionThis volume completes the reissue of R. A. Burt's magnificent three-volume history of British battleships, and it covers the pre-dreadnought era which has, in recent years, acquired a new and fervent following. In this new volume, the author presents full details of design and...
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Should We Ban Killer Robots?Images of killer robots are the stuff of science fiction - but also, increasingly, of scientific fact on the battlefield. Should we be worried, or is this a normal development in the technology of war? In this accessible volume ethicist Deane Baker cuts through...
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An Untaken Road: Strategy, Technology, and the Hidden History of America's Mobile ICBMsThe first history of the American mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a technology the United States spent four decades and billions of dollars creating but never deployed. This thorough study of a "road not taken" is a must read for those seeking to understand...
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The Best Care In The Air: The Complete History of the 109th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (Minnesota Air National Guard)With the words "We'll take one!", then Colonel Leo Goodrich brought to the 133rd Airlift Wing of the Minnesota Air National Guard a new unit with a very specific mission - transporting injured personnel from one point to another via airlift. Decided virtually 'on...
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African Interventions: State Militaries, Foreign Powers, and Rebel ForcesForeign military intervention has had a profound impact on post-colonial African history and politics. Interventions have destabilized borderlands, overthrown governments, and taken a devastating toll on populations. Emizet F. Kisangani and Jeffrey Pickering advance a new theoretical framework and combine quantitative, qualitative, and historical...
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African Interventions: State Militaries, Foreign Powers, and Rebel ForcesForeign military intervention has had a profound impact on post-colonial African history and politics. Interventions have destabilized borderlands, overthrown governments, and taken a devastating toll on populations. Emizet F. Kisangani and Jeffrey Pickering advance a new theoretical framework and combine quantitative, qualitative, and historical...
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