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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313214967Author Professor Richard A. GabrielFormat HardbackPage Count 246Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857063953Author John L HardenberghFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 358g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857062932Author Bernal DiazFormat PaperbackPage Count 492Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 617g

From the wooden horse of Troy to the Gulf War, military history has been as much marked by chance and error, as by gallantry and heroism. Many conflicts have been decided by the caprice of weather, bad intelligence, heroism where it wasn't expected, or...

Numerous illustrations, many from sources now lost, back up a detailed discussion of world-wide developments in armor from the earliest times, and weapons from the Stone Age to early firearms and cannon.Book InformationISBN 9780938289623Author Charles...

American Military History cuts to the heart of each war or military campaign in American history. Originally designed with future United States Army officers in mind, this is a true nuts and bolts approach to military history. Volume 1 of this landmark...

Albert Nofi has used his many years of research to produce an account of the battle of Waterloo that has all the grandeur and military detail one could want, but which never loses its interest in individual human experience. Here Napoleon rides forward...

What if the true weak link of the Information Age force is not the hardware of machines, but the software of the human mind? And if so, could it be that the entire conceptual structure of the Information Revolution theorists, at least as it applies to...

On a dark night in February 2005, Sara Sheldon arrived at Camp Fallujah, outside the dangerous ancient city for which it was named. Armed only with a camera, a laptop, and notepads, she was a spectator to the war who secured permission to embed with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992530181Author Andrew JohnstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 498Imprint Barrallier BooksPublisher Barrallier BooksWeight(grams) 658g

Perhaps the most famous soldier to fight in World War II was Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, who achieved immortality as the Desert Fox. He is also one of the most admired. Rommel's first field command during the war was the 7th Panzer Division, also known...

Based on personal interviews with military spouses, as well as current articles and statistics and studies from the Department of Defense and Rand National Defense Research Institute, this book provides an objective look at America's military family in...

Between 1988 and 1995, the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission closed down 97 bases and realigned over 350 other bases. A hot button topic in the military field, base-closings is an important issue that affects not only soldiers, but ordinary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781452017587Author Dr. Karim M.S. Al-ZubaidiFormat HardbackPage Count 148Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 376g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781449015527Author HL SerraFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 255g

A study of the major U.S. military interventions in unconventional war, this book looks at four wars that occurred while the U.S. was a superpower in the post-war WW II period and one in the Philippines in 1898.Book InformationISBN 9780230119383Author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857069160Author John Frederick FinertyFormat HardbackPage Count 316Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 535g

This is the only current book on maritime Djibouti, and the only one available in English since 1968. It describes the geography, naval history, and present strategic role of this small country, and indicates its possible future. Naval Strategy East of...

Admiral Jean Francois Darlan's Western legacy is that of an opportunist, a fascist collaborator, or, at worst, a traitor during France's struggle for survival in the early years of World War II. This study, however, based upon new research from French,...

They were the deadliest ships of World War II--nine German commerce raiders disguised as peaceful cargo ships, flying the flags of neutral and allied nations. In reality, these heavily armed warships roamed the world's oceans at will, like 20th-century...

Clark presents a brief history of the creation and development of the intelligence services in the United States. He centers his examination on the two main constants in the American way of gathering, processing, analyzing, and using intelligence; change...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780759658950Author Robert Parker FondesFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 350g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837194790Author Alvin D. CooxFormat HardbackPage Count 409Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Between the Revolution and the Mexican war, the American republic grew from being a collection of weakly unified states to being a formidable world power. This bibliographic volume covers the first sixty years of United States military history, from 1783...

In this important new study from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Moody examines how NATO can best exploit advanced technology to bolster its conventional forces on the battlefield of the future. The Dreadful Fury is a unique analysis...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857067500Author W H WilkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 259g

This book examines the viability of non-provocative defence - the controversial idea that defensive military policies and practices reduce the risk of wars and provide a viable basis for defending a society should war break out. Drawing on case studies...

This guide to Northern Ireland during 30 years of "the troubles", 1968-1998, covers the various elements at home and abroad which have had an influence on the hostilities. It contains a chronology of major events (1921-1998), and an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788422553Author Francis Vinton GreeneFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 413g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857062017Author James Archibald HopeFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 354g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788425653Author Bruce E BurgoyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 259g

This book is a major reinterpretation of the Iran-Iraq War and is a source for reexamining the U.S. involvement in the Gulf. Pelletiere demonstrates that the war was not a standoff in which Iraq finally won a grinding war of attrition through luck,...

Paul explores both how and why U.S. military intervention decisions are made. Pursuit of that inquiry requires the identification of decision participants, thorough examination of the decision making processes they employ, and recognition of several...

The true story of three young women who left their peaceful New England homes to undertake a harsh new life-as nurses taking care of Lincoln's soldiers in the aftermath of the Fort Sumter surrenderBook InformationISBN 9780306812910Author Nancy Scripture...

Packed with case histories and profiles of history's most infamous secret agents, plus a comprehensive glossary, The Guinness Book of Espionage will appeal to armchair spies everywhere. The Guinness Book of Espionage looks at the real world of spies and...

Today's arsenal of war contains some of the most sophisticated weapons ever seen on the battlefield. The technological revolution has drastically altered how war is fought and brought about the invention of some highly unusual (and effective) weapons. In...

A brief, yet complete history of the Allied campaign for the liberation of Europe from the Normandy invasion to the surrender of Germany, this study describes not only what happened, but why it happened. While an enormous amount has been written about...

In spite of the outcome of the Cold War, English argues persuasively here that the nuclear defensive posture adopted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was inherently flawed. Victory in the Cold War, moreover, seems to have increased the...

A much needed reference aid for the academic and national defense communities, this book provides a framework for the historical and comparative study of the military culture of Arab society. In sections considering warfare in Arab traditions, military...

The passage of time has not slowed the production of books and articles about World War I. This volume provides a guide to the historiography and bibliography of the Dardanelles Campaign, including the Gallipoli invasion. It focuses on military history...