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The role of Bomber Command in World War II is still shrouded in mystery. This book provides a new and revisionary narrative of the campaign, serving as both a military history and an investigation into how modern perceptions of Bomber Command have come about.

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A comprehensive study of Clausewitz's "On War", first published in 1832 and regarded as a classic study of the nature and conditions of warfare. Heuser shows how to read Clausewitz as well as how others have read him - from the military commanders of World War I to strategists in the nuclear age.

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Shows how nuclear deterrence has worked rather than how theorists say it should work. This work also shows how nuclear proliferation threatens to create a far more complicated international situation as the number of states with nuclear deterrents grows. It puts some of the important problems of nuclear deterrence into global context.

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The first comprehensive study of Confederate midshipmen and the naval academy where they were trained and educated.

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This collection of essays challenge standard definitions of mutiny while revealing patterns mutiny takes and the manner in which it affects a society. The book uses many examples from the past to illustrate the points it makes.

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This volume examines how the U.S. military must rebuild in the wake of Iraq/Afghanistan, and refocus its power projection to face the new challenges emerging in the Pacific and with China.

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This book analyzes President Bush's new Regional Defense Strategy--the master plan that will guide the transformation of U.S. defense policy for the post-Cold War era.

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This illuminating study provides a unifying framework for understanding the daily lives of British soldiers past and present.

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How different were the men who fought at Blenheim and at Goose Green Is there a human thread that connects the redcoat of 300 years ago with the British soldier today This book focuses on the people who make up the British Army and the very human interactions between them in their daily lives.

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This title looks at the enlistment, training, daily life and combat experiences of the typical British officer in the crucial periods of the North America conflicts, the Revolution, and the Napoleonic Wars.

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This book examines the development of collective security by regional organisations particularly after the Cold War.

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The volume contains tables, notes, sixty-eight photographs, a list of ship and engine builders, and indexes to the hull numbers and names of all ships included in the volume.

The register provides a brief introduction and then covers the Sail Navy (1775-1853), the Old Steam Navy (1814-1876), and the New Navy (1883 to present).

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The 1970s and 1980s witnessed growing concern in the United States regarding the relative decline of the American economy and, for defense planners, the military's growing dependence on foreign production of weapons' parts and subcomponentsthe guts of many critical weapons systems.

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The U.S. military spends more than 14 countries combined and possesses state-of-the art weapons and equipment, yet after 13 years of effort, $1.4 trillion, and some 6,000 casualties, it still has been unable to defeat its enemies in Afghanistan and Iraq. The book explains why and how it can be remedied.

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Ranging primarily from the late 18th century to the present, this volume tells the history of rifled weapons and ammunition for military use. Author David Westwood has handled every weapon he describes, from muskets to breechloaders, from repeaters and bolt- action rifles to semiautomatics and self-loaders.

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Explores the world of these vehicles from 1945 through to the present day - from adapted military armoured cars such as the Humber Pig (UK) and BRDM (Soviet Union) to the fully computerized systems of the Russian Lavina-Uragan and Canadian INKAS Armored Riot Control Vehicle.

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Attempts to assemble the historic pattern of contributing factors which shaped the course of American naval development from 1776 to 1918. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton Universi

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All three principal uses of rocket technology are covered in detail: missiles as long-range strategic weapons and short-range tactical weapons, and rockets as launch vehicles for sending payloads into space The book concludes with a survey of several types of non-chemical rockets now under development for use in outer space.

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This title provides a behind the scenes look at all aspects of daily life for Roman legionaries, using centurion M. Caelius as an example of the typical legionary. It looks at training, weaponry and tactics.

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