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Horse Soldier, 1881-1916, Volume 3: The Last of the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, the Brink of the Great War 1881-1916This is the third volume of a projected four-volume work delineating, in text and voluminous illustrations, every aspect of the uniforms and equipment of that most colorful of all United States military forces--the cavalry. In Volumes I and II the author described and pictured...
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The Supply Side of Security: A Market Theory of Military AlliancesThe Supply Side of Security conceptualizes military alliances as contracts for exchanging goods and services. At the international level, the market for these contracts is shaped by how many countries can supply security. Tongfi Kim identifies the supply of policy concessions and military commitments...
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Strategy in Asia: The Past, Present, and Future of Regional SecuritySome of the United States' greatest challenges over the coming decades are likely to emanate from the Asia-Pacific region. China and India are rising and Militant Islam continues to take root in Pakistan, while nuclear proliferation threatens to continue in fits and starts. If...
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On Flexibility: Recovery from Technological and Doctrinal Surprise on the BattlefieldThis book addresses one of the basic questions in military studies: How can armies cope effectively with technological and doctrinal surprises--ones that leave them vulnerable to new weapons systems and/or combat doctrines? Author Meir Finkel contends that the current paradigm--with its over-dependence on intelligence...
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China Builds the BombA pioneering political-scientific history. . . . Lucidly composed, meticulously documented, and handsomely presented.--The Annals A fascinating and compelling story of the beginnings of the Chinese nuclear weapon program.--Arms Control TodayAuthor: John W. Lewis, Litai XuePublisher: Stanford University PressPublished: 04/01/1991Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize:...
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Atomic Energy for Military PurposesAn exploration of how atomic energy was deployed for military purposes, this text traces the administrative history of the topic and the problems and issues faced as the project became a reality.Author: Henry D. SmythPublisher: Stanford University PressPublished: 01/01/1990Pages: 344Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 8.47h...
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The Advisors: Oppenheimer, Teller, and the SuperbombFirst published in 1976, The Advisors is an absorbing look at the technical, strategic, and human aspects of the great debate that led to the decision to build the first hydrogen bomb, Based on the author's own participation in Project Superbomb, on interviews with...
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In Defense of Japan: From the Market to the Military in Space PolicyIn Defense of Japan provides the first complete, up-to-date, English-language account of the history, politics, and policy of Japan's strategic space development. The dual-use nature of space technologies, meaning that they cut across both market and military applications, has had two important consequences for...
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American Biodefense: How Dangerous Ideas about Biological Weapons Shape National SecurityBiological weapons have threatened U.S. national security since at least World War II. Historically, however, the U.S. military has neglected research, development, acquisition, and doctrine for biodefense. Following September 11 and the anthrax letters of 2001, the United States started spending billions of dollars...
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Rich Nation, Strong ArmySince World War II, Japan has become not only a model producer of high-tech consumer goods, but also-despite minimal spending on defense-a leader in innovative technology with both military and civilian uses. In the United States, nearly one in every three scientists and engineers...
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The Sources of Military DoctrineBarry R. Posen explores how military doctrine takes shape and the role it plays in grand strategy-that collection of military, economic, and political means and ends with which a state attempts to achieve security. Posen isolates three crucial elements of a given strategic doctrine:...
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Sun Bin: The Art of Warfare: A Translation of the Classic Chinese Work of Philosophy and StrategySun Bin's Art of Warfare is an essential text of Chinese military philosophy and of strategy in general. This book, lost for over two thousand years and rediscovered only in 1972, has not yet reached the prominence of Sunzi's (Sun-tzu) The Art of Warfare,...
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Military Cartridge Headstamps Collectors GuideThis book is a convenient source of reference material for the collector in a handy table format. Headstamps are rendered in detailed drawings under the flag of their respective country of origin. Actual enhanced headstamp and side view photo examples areAuthor: Charles ConklinPublisher: Heritage...
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United States Army Aviators' Clothing, 1917-1945The beginning of World War I saw thousands of army and navy aviators who needed specialized clothing that could not be purchased off-the-shelf. During World War II pilots and crews flew countless missions in extreme conditions, from the Arctic to the South Pacific. Through...
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Bigger Bombs for a Brighter Tomorrow: The Strategic Air Command and American War Plans at the Dawn of the Atomic Age, 1945-1950Right after World War II, the United States felt secure in its atomic monopoly. With the American Pax Atomica in place, the free world held an apparent strategic advantage over the Soviet bloc and saw itself as a bulwark against communist expansion. But America's...
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Aircraft Record Cards of the United States Air Force: How to Read the CodesThis work details the methods of deciphering and reading the coding found on Individual Aircraft Record Cards (IARCs). The work shows how to read the 21 formats of record cards to help the reader or researcher identify the reporting or possessing unit, activity, station,...
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Master the ASVABPeterson's Master the ASVAB 23rd Edition provides comprehensive review and proven strategies that will help you get the ASVAB scores you need to jump-start your military career. Whichever branch of military service you choose, taking the Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) is the...
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Jezreel Valley Mysteres: The Mystere Iva in Israeli Air Force Service, Squadron 109, 1956-1968Israel acquired sixty-one Dassault Mystere IVA combat aircraft from France that were delivered to the Israeli Air Force from April to September 1956 and were issued to two units: Squadron 101 at Hatzor, in the south, and Squadron 109 at Ramat David, in the...
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Blohm & Voss Bv 222 WikingThis book covers the giant six-engine World War II Luftwaffe seplane, the largest operational aircraft of the war.Author: Rudolf HöflingPublisher: Schiffer MilitaryPublished: 05/18/2012Pages: 48Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 10.70h x 8.30w x 0.40dISBN: 9780764340499This title is only available via back order
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The Boeing F/A-18e/F Super Hornet & Ea-18g Growler: A Developmental and Operational HistoryThe story of how the Super Hornet and Growler came into existence is the focus of this new book. The F/A-18E/F has its roots in the late-1980s Hornet 2000 study, which itself evaluated ways to enhance the range, payload, and bring-back capability of the...
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