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A collection of essays that discuss for the military student and others the nature of history, the importance of military history, and the applied study of military history. The volume includes bibl……続きを見る

This essay is a brief history of the U.S. army during the years immediately following the Korean War. For many in our own time that periodーcorresponding to the two terms of the Eisenhower presidenc……続きを見る

Highly publicized accounts of abuse in military weapons procurement have raised both citizen awareness of and citizen concern with the properly monitored spending of US defense dollars. Not long ago……続きを見る

An introduction to the works of authoritative and innovative Chinese authors whose writings focus on the future of the Chinese military. These carefully selected, representative essays make Chinese ……続きを見る

How the atomic bomb could be developed as a deterrent to aggressors. "Let's face it. Sooner or later someone would have to write a book on the battlefield employment of atomic weapons. Hiroshima ups……続きを見る

During much of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Washington Navy Yard was the most recognizable symbol of the United States Navy in the nation's capital. The shipyard built a number of the Navy's fir……続きを見る

Offers a conceptual pathway for U.S. policymakers to begin recalibrating America's security role to reverse what has appeared to be a widening gap between U.S. ends and means, now and in the future.……続きを見る

The inside story of men, missiles and our race for space by the man who launched America's first satellite. John Bruce Medaris (May 12, 1902 - July 11, 1990) retired a Major General in the United St……続きを見る

This book presents an original set of leadership "rules" or principles that can be used to improve unit performance in any specific group situation and at all organizational levels. The 10 "rules" d……続きを見る

To many observers in the West, events in Iran leading up to the revolution in 1979 took a mystifying and seemingly irrational course. In this National Security Essay, Jack Miklos, a foreign service ……続きを見る

As an academic field in its own right, the topic of border studies is experiencing a revival in university geography courses as well as in wider political commentary. Until recently, border studies ……続きを見る

This study offers over 600 selected quotations from the writings of over 200 Chinese authors published from 1994 to 1999. Analysis and interpretation are kept to a minimum so that the Chinese may sp……続きを見る

This monograph aims to provide military leaders, civil servants, diplomats, and students with the intellectual basis they need to prepare for further study or for assignments in Afghanistan, a natio……続きを見る

Attention to the conflict in Northern Ireland is often pre-empted in North America by such other international problems as worldwide terrorism, eruptions in the Middle East, and insurgencies in Lati……続きを見る

Chief of the Laboratory's history office in Albuquerque, Duffner traces how the US Air Force consolidated 13 separate laboratories into one. He begins with a discussion of why the decision was made,……続きを見る

Colonel Paddock traces the origins of Army special warfare from 1941 to 1952, the year the Army's special warfare center was established. While the Army had experience in psychological warfare, the ……続きを見る

Planning for US military forces goes on regardless of the political party in power, the state of the budget, or the issues of the moment. Because planners decide the size and shape of land, air, and……続きを見る

An excellent study on the theory of maneuver with many historical illustrations, it is as applicable today as it was when published in 1939. Military movements play critical roles at all three level……続きを見る

While coordinating more closely with Washington on Iran during the Medvedev administration, Moscow did not and has not closed the door to engagement with Tehran. In 2010, Russia voted for new, enhan……続きを見る

The History of Jerusalem This is a nonfiction book. It is designed to provide information about the country of Palestine on what is going on since 1947. The history of Jerusalem is the history of a ……続きを見る

Iraq, 1991. La guerra è finita e il soldato Arwood Hobbes, di stanza con un reparto dell’esercito americano incaricato di far rispettare il cessate il fuoco, si annoia a morte. L’operazione Desert S……続きを見る

'An incredible story, and so well told' Bear Grylls 'Honesty, integrity and real experience that puts you in the thick of the action.' Billy Billingham There were three patrols that fateful January ……続きを見る

Nobile, cattolico modernista, scrittore e saggista, amico e biografo di Fogazzaro, inviso alle gerarchie ecclesiastiche, liberale antifascista, fuoriuscito in Svizzera, ambasciatore in Spagna e in I……続きを見る

During the spring and summer of 2021, global news reports were filled with the impending US/NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan. At best, it would be viewed as a stalemate, with an orderly transition t……続きを見る

A Sunday Times Paperback of the Year A Spectator and New Statesman Book of the Year ‘An illuminating and riveting read.’ - Jonathan Dimbleby Jeremy Bowen, the International Editor of the BBC, has be……続きを見る

The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia Firdausi - The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia (The Shahnameh) is an epic poem by the Persian poet Firdausi, written between 966 and 1010 ……続きを見る

Tamburlaine the Great Part 1 Christopher Marlowe - Tamburlaine the Great Part 1 by Christopher MarlowePart 1 opens in Persepolis. The Persian emperor, Mycetes, sends troops to get rid of Tamburlaine……続きを見る

In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt (the quartet) enacted a diplomatic, economic, and physical blockade of Qatar. Gulf politics has always been fractious, but this stunning polit……続きを見る

Though not so well known as the land and air campaigns, the campaign at sea in the 1991 Gulf War was vital in subduing Saddam Hussein's invasion forces and driving them out of Kuwait. U.S. Navy surf……続きを見る

For decades, American schoolchildren have learned only a smattering of facts about Native American peoples, especially when it comes to service in the U.S. military. They might know that Navajos ser……続きを見る