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U.S. Navy Auxiliary Vessels: A History and Directory from World War I to TodayFor more than a century, the U.S. Navy's battleships, cruisers, destroyers, submarines and amphibious warfare vessels have depended on a small group of specialized auxiliary ships to provide fuel, food, ammunition, parts and other material support and services. Without these workhorse vessels, the U.S....
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Guarding Alaska: A Memoir of Coast Guard Missions on the Last FrontierAlaska represents twenty percent of the land area, twenty percent of the oil production, forty percent of the fresh water of the United States, but after Wyoming, it's the least populated state. Despite that contradiction, the state has an abundance of natural resources, history,...
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Seabee Teams In Vietnam 1963-1968: 13 Man Teams That Helped Rural Vietnamese and who Fought Alongside The Special ForcesAmerican Baby Boomers--of the 1960's--are often portrayed in the media as either in the mud of Woodstock or in the mud of Vietnam. The truth is, just a small percentage--3% total--were in either place. Most Baby Boomers were living normal lives doing normal things....
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Evolution of the Us Sea-Based Deterrent: War Fighting Capabilites"Submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and nuclear ballistic missile firing submarines (SSBNs)--Introduction.Author: George J. RefutoPublisher: XlibrisPublished: 08/12/2011Pages: 398Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.62lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00dISBN: 9781456881153This title is not returnable
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On WarCarl von Clausewitz was a 19th century military theorist who drew many of his ideas from his own experience as a Prussian soldier. Clausewitz's conception of war is strikingly unique: characterizing it as a Hegelian dialectic of opposing factors which interact and build upon...
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On WarClausewitz had many aphorisms, of which the most famous is, "War is not merely a political act, but also a political instrument, a continuation of political relations, a carrying out of the same by other means," a working definition of war which has won...
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The Art Of WarThe classic by Sun Tzu. The definitive guide to strategy, tactics, and success.Author: Sun TzuPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 08/06/2010Pages: 112Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.27dISBN: 9781453751794This title is not returnable
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The Art Of War: The Art Of War: Sun TzuThe Art Of War by Sun Tzu is timeless wisdom that applies as much to today's boardrooms as is did to a battle in the Chinese countryside. To quote Sun Tzu's The Art of War, "though we have heard of stupid haste in war,...
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The British Army Cook Book, 1914In the words of Napoleon Bonaparte, 'an army marches on its stomach'. Drawn from original sources published by the War Office before, during and after the First World War, this book gives an intriguing insight into life in the trenches and the rations and...
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Hurricane Manual 1940Though less iconic than the nimble Spitfire, the Hawker Hurricane was a vital stalwart in the British war effort. The Hurricane was a more stable gun platform than the Spitfire, more rugged, and was used in more challenging theatres of war. An amazing array...
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Conflict in the 21st Century: The Impact of Cyber Warfare, Social Media, and TechnologyCyber warfare, social media, and the latest military weapons are transforming the character of modern conflicts. This book explains how, through overview essays written by an award-winning author of military history and technology topics; in addition to more than 200 entries dealing with specific...
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Ninja Mind ControlThe true warrior-mystic prevails without unsheathing his weapon. He is the master of the bloodless coup. With his mental and physical dexterity, he evades and confuses the enemy into submission. Ashida Kim reveals here the meditation, breathing exercises and Kuji-Kiri hand forms that will...
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Military Logistics Made Easy: Concept, Theory, and ExecutionYou already know that logistics is hard, it should not be, but it just is. The key components to supply and movement consist of receive, store, issue, and move. It should be that simple. Bottom line: it just is not that simple. There are...
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Building Psychological Resilience in Military Personnel: Theory and PracticeIn this book, authors investigate the concept of resilience, and evaluate existing programs for developing and maintaining resilience that have been implemented in various branches of our armed forces. Military personnel and their families face innumerable challenges. Deployed soldiers are exposed to a wide...
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Family Gram: Memoirs of an American Cold War SubmarinerPhil Norris chronicles his service aboard 5 nuclear submarines during the Cold War in this candid autobiography. Phil focuses on his personal challenges and triumphs during his storied career in the highly-selective nuclear submarine service. Never before has there been such an up-close and...
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Military Explosives - Chemical Synthesis and TestingComplete unabridged edition of the book by Major General Erasmus M. Weaver, U.S. Army (Chief of Coast Artillery). This book includes detailed laboratory procedures, formulas and techniques actually employed by the military for the synthesis, manufacture and testing of various high explosives, including chemical...
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How the End Begins: The Road to a Nuclear World War IIIIn this startling book, now in paperback, the bestselling author of Explaining Hitler warns that a nuclear World War III is not only the most massive and imminent threat to existence as we know it, but also one of the most ignored. While Russian...
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I Never Liked Those C-130's AnywayUp through the ranks from enlisted to Lieutenant Commander as the Coast Guard transformed from the old guard to the modern Coast Guard- one of the few enlisted to become a pilot.Author: Terry Wilbur Smith, Malcolm Smith, J. Wilfred CahillPublisher: Trafford PublishingPublished: 09/10/2003Pages: 216Binding...
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Operational Naval Logistics"Operational Naval Logistics is devoted to the thesis that while we must expect to make new mistakes in the logistics of a future war, we should not repeat the old ones. It is a philosophical approach to the study of logistics as a command...
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The Basic Principles of Operational Art and Tactics: A Soviet ViewAuthor: V. Ye SavkinPublisher: University Press of the PacificPublished: 07/28/2002Pages: 296Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67dISBN: 9781410201140This title is not returnable
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