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Of the 111 formal interviews Janda (history, Cameron U., Lawton, Oklahoma) conducted with US Military Academy graduates and present or former members of the faculty and staff, 64 involved members of the Class of 1980, the first to be sexually integrated, including 27 women and 39 men. He also draws

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From the steam-powered models introduced in World War I to today's nuclear-powered, multiweaponed technological wonders, submarines have revolutionized warfare on the world's seas. This volume follows the extraordinary development of this key component of the world's navies.

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An insiders view of the development of the UK nuclear deterrent which suggests that an aversion to the moral issues associated with civilian casualties has led to an enduring Government reticence on nuclear deterrence policy.

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This book is the moving story of nine American soldiers and pilots who were captured and held prisoner for five years. It could only be told in their own words; so author Zalin Grant interviewed each

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An inside look at our first line of defense against terrorists and hostage takers.

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"General Maxwell D. Taylor was one of the great military heroes of recent American history. During World War II, Taylor fought in Sicily and Italy before parachuting into France as head of the 101st Ai"

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Through the stories of trauma, distress, tears and grief that went on for many years, and stories of underwear, fun and the basic things in life, this book tells the tales of femininity interspersed with the reality of the military environment.

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The author offers an academic and impersonal study of military geography, weighing the balance of advantage for combatants in different geographic settings. He explores the effect of geographical circumstances on the outcome of violent conflict, and examines the lessons learned from recent wars.

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Cordesman argues that new threats such as covert, terrorist and extremist attacks, require new thinking and offers a range of recommendations, from expanding the understanding of what constitutes a threat to bettering resource allocation and improving intelligence gathering and analysis.

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Originally published: Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, 1978.

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This text argues that the quick victory by Israeli troops over the combined forces of Egypt, Jordan and Syria in 1967 led to unrealistic expectations during the second conflict in 1973. It examines the limited Egyptian war strategy, and how their armed forces were able to hold Israel at bay.

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This is the first study to analyze the content, training, and performance of a World War I draft division from its formation onward.

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A thrilling insight into the way Australia's SAS soldiers are selected and trained and fascinating details about recent SAS deployments, in East Timor, the 2000 Olympic Games, the Tampa, the Afghanistan campaign, and the regiment's action-packed mission in Iraq.

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The joint efforts of Roosevelt and Mahan to secure U.S. prominence in the Western Hemisphere through sea power and to develop a navy capable of confronting powerful enemies in the Atlantic and Pacific altered hemispheric relations irrevocably and had important consequences for the conduct and outcome of both world wars.

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First person accounts are blended with a more traditional scholarly examination of professional military training for junior and senior officers (ROTC and the war colleges) and of the American military ethic itself.

Toner argues that the American military ethic has undergone a deserved rejuvenation.

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Of all the violent disputes that have flared across the former Soviet Union since the late 1980s, the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict is the only one to pose a threat to peace and security throughout Eurasia.

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This book recounts the successes and failures of the US Army's Army Transformation program in the larger context of the Department of Defense's overall military transformation effort.

Spurred by the belief that RMA represented the future, the Department of Defense (DoD) set out to transform the U.S. armed forces by adopting RMA concepts.

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In his analysis of insurgency war, Donald Hamilton first attempts to provide insight into a strategic concept he believes is little understood today, and to explain its complicated relationship to American policy failures in Southeast Asia during the post-1945 era of containment.