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Shattered Minds: How the Pentagon Fails Our Troops with Faulty HelmetsShattered Minds is the first book to investigate how American military bureaucracies have let our troops down by failing to upgrade one of the most important pieces of personal safety equipment: the combat helmet. Two longtime employees of North Dakota defense contractor Sioux Manufacturing...
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Special Forces Sniper Training and EmploymentThe Special Forces sniper is a selected volunteer specially trained in advanced marksmanship and field craft skills. He can support special operations missions and is able to engage selected targets from concealed positions at ranges and under conditions that are not possible for the...
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U.S. Army M-1 Garand Technical Manual: Field Manual 23-5This is the official US Army guide to the history, operation, and maintenance of the M-1 Garand rifle. It differs from traditional Army manuals in its inclusion of an introductory chapter on the history of this remarkable weapon, and its long, difficult path to...
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Field Manual FM 3-21.8 (FM 7-8) The Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad March 2007This field manual provides doctrinal framework for how infantry rifle platoons and squads fight. It also addresses rifle platoon and squad non-combat operations across the spectrum of conflict. Content discussions include principles, tactics, techniques, procedures, terms, and symbols that apply to small unit operations...
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Army Field Manual FM 22-100 (The U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual)This edition of the US Army Leadership Field Manual (FM 22-100) establishes a unified leadership theory for all Army leaders based on the Army leadership framework and three leadership levels. Specifically, it- Defines and discusses Army values and leader attributes. Discusses character-based leadership. Establishes...
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Army Field Manual FM 3-25.26 (U.S. Army Map Reading and Land Navigation Handbook)The field manual provides a standardized source document for Army-wide reference on map reading and land navigation. It applies to every soldier in the army regardless of service branch, MOS, or rank. This manual also contains both doctrine and training guidance on map reading...
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Boobytraps FM 5-31Everything you ever wanted to know about boobytraps Initially published in 1965, this official U.S. Army document gives you access to insider, military-grade information on the characteristics, use, detection, and removal of boobytraps. This brand-new, high-quality reissue includes details on boobytrapping mines, buildings, terrain,...
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U.S. Army M-1 Garand Technical ManualThis is the official US Army guide to the history, operation, and maintenance of the M-1 Garand rifle. It differs from traditional Army manuals in its inclusion of an introductory chapter on the history of this remarkable weapon, and its long, difficult path to...
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Map Reading and Land Navigation: FM 3-25.26The field manual provides a standardized source document for Army-wide reference on map reading and land navigation. It applies to every soldier in the army regardless of service branch, MOS, or rank. This manual also contains both doctrine and training guidance on map reading...
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Hacking the Bomb: Cyber Threats and Nuclear WeaponsAre nuclear arsenals safe from cyber attack? We may be standing at the edge of a major technological challenge to global nuclear order. The increasing sophistication of hacking and cyber weapons, information warfare capabilities, and other dynamics of the cyber age are challenging the...
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Allies That Count: Junior Partners in Coalition WarfareWhat qualities make an ally useful in coalition warfare, and when is an ally more trouble than it's worth? Allies That Count analyzes the utility of junior partners in coalition warfare and reaches surprising conclusions.In this volume, Olivier Schmitt presents detailed case-study analysis of...
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Reconsidering the American Way of War: US Military Practice from the Revolution to AfghanistanThis book challenges several longstanding notions about the American way of war. It examines US military practice (strategic and operational) from the War of Independence to the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan to determine what patterns, if any, existed in the way Americans have...
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U.S. Army Desert Operations HandbookImagine working all day in 100-degree plus temperatures under constant life-threatening circumstances, sometimes relying only on the negligible amount of hydration from a cactus you've dug up. This is the life of a U.S. Army soldier in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, which...
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On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in PeaceOn Combat looks at what happens to the human body under the stresses of deadly battle and the impact on the nervous system, heart, breathing, visual and auditory perception, memory -- then discusses new research findings as to what measure warriors can take to...
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Seventeen Fathoms Deep: The Saga of the Submarine S-4 DisasterThe rescue divers could hear the crew tapping out a message in Morse code: Is there any hope? After being accidentally rammed by the Coast Guard destroyer USS Paulding on December 17, 1927, the USS S-4 submarine sank to the ocean floor off Cape...
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The U.S. Naval Institute on Naval TacticsIn the U.S. Navy, Wheel Books were once found in the uniform pockets of every junior and many senior petty officers. Each small notebook was unique to the Sailor carrying it, but all had in common a collection of data and wisdom that the...
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Outsourcing Security: Private Military Contractors and U.S. Foreign PolicyFaced with a decreasing supply of national troops, dwindling defense budgets, and the ever-rising demand for boots on the ground in global conflicts and humanitarian emergencies, decision makers are left with little choice but to legalize and legitimize the use of private military contractors...
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The Book of Five RingsWhat can you learn from a 17th century samurai? Plenty, if that samurai happens to be Miyamoto Musashi, the master strategist who started fighting at age 13 and never lost a fight in his sixty match career. His insights on how to defeat any...
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EW 104: Electronic Warfare Against a New Generation of ThreatsAuthor: David L. AdamyPublisher: Artech House PublishersPublished: 01/01/2015Pages: 554Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.90lbsSize: 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.30dISBN: 9781608078691This title is not returnable
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Military Strategy in the 21st Century: People, Connectivity, and Competition*This book is in the Rapid Communications in Conflict and Security (RCCS) Series (General Editor: Geoffrey R.H. Burn).The character of not only war but also strategic competition appears to be changing. Failing to adapt will result in further losses of blood and treasure as...
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