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The definitive biography of Sir John French, by the increasingly famous Richard Holmes.

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Analyses the danger of nuclear inadvertence lurking in the command and control systems of the nuclear superpowers. Foreign policy expert Bruce G. Blair identifies the cold war roots of the contemporary risks and outlines a comprehensive policy agenda to strengthen control over nuclear forces.

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This novel and original book examines and disaggregates, theoretically and empirically, operations of power in international security regimes.

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Richard Brooks examines the strategic importance of the Naval Brigades and their human side from personal testimonies. They were introduced by the Royal Navy as a land warfare force to help the regular British Army during the the 19th century.

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whether to cooperate in the control and allocation of critical raw and nuclear materials, whether to grant the British any right of consultation on use of American nuclear bombers based in Britain, and on what terms to introduce into Britain American intermediate range nuclear-tipped missiles.

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In 1968 in South Vietnam, a U.S. infantry battalion was ordered to charge a fortified North Vietnamese Army force 200 yards away over an open field with no artillery or air support.

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"The Luftwaffe War Diaries is the definitive history of the German air force in World War II, from the blitzkrieg on Poland to the last desperate stand over Germany--the only account ever to come from"

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"The M1 Carbine".

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The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II. It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder. No less an authority on killing the enemy than General George S Patton called the Garand, The greatest battle implement ever devised. This book deals with this rifle.

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During World War I, US troops developed a formidable reputation for marksmanship aided by the accuracy of the M1903 Springfield. This title tells the story of the M1903 Springfield, an iconic rifle prized for its lethal accuracy that equipped US and other troops for much of the 20th century.

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Tracing the development of the fortifications in Europe from the end of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to the twentieth century, this is a comprehensive study of the forts of the Maginot Line, German espionage, and the German sieges during the 1940 campaign.

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Details the experiences of General Manton S. Eddy in World War II as leader of the U.S. 9th Infantry Division through North Africa, Sicily, and France, and subsequently, as commander of XII Corps, into the heart of Germany.

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Chapters discuss such specific topics as the relationship between the press and the censoring military, CNN's and C-SPAN's coverage, how talk radio and television covered the war, the media's depiction of women in the military, the Gulf War as a referent in advertising, and how popular culture legitimized the war.

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Argues for fundamental restructuring of national journalism in the USA. This study documents what it considers to be the failure of American journalism in the national security field over the past 30 years. It features, in particular, the Gulf War of 1990-91.

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Introduction; Defining the Middle East Military Balance; The Changing Face of the Middle East Military Balance; "The Most Militarized Area in the World": Regional Military Expenditures, Arms Transfers, and Manpower Resources; North Africa and the Maghreb; The Arab-Israel States; The Gulf Military Balance and Force Developments in the.

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Designed as a primer for human service providers, this volume contains research-based information about the unique needs of military families across various duty-related conditions, as well as within the context of military career demands, in both peace and wartime.

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Here is the first book to look at African politics and the new problems facing the military leadership. These studies focus on the characteristics of the officers who came to power--young or old, revolutionary or conservative, on each country's particular problems, and on the strategies used by the military leaders to stay in power.

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The nature of the military institution in Brazil, its relations with civilian governments up to 1964, and its use of power since the coup of that year are examined by Alfred Stepan. Throughout his study, while looking at the Brazilian experience, he tests and reformulates implicit and explicit models, propositions, and middle-range hypotheses in th