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Examines civil-military relations in general and non-military functions in the service of society in six different nations, against the backdrop of the Israeli experience with a dual-role military. The text looks at the role of the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) in Israeli society.

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This title describes and illustrates the weapons and tactics of the specialist military marksman from World War I to the Gulf War. It focuses on the scout-sniper to snipers on the Russian Front; a role in which women excelled.

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The first complete reference on the military-industrial complex, from its Cold War era expansion to the present.

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This research guide fills a major gap in the literature about the citizen and volunteer soldier in American military history and explains how to conduct research on the subject and to explore fruitful areas for future study.

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The resulting sets of data are divided into twelve categories dealing with various aspects of military service in the Soviet Union: general views of military service, military life, combat ability, training, quality of officers and NCOs, leadership, morale and discipline, ideology, unit cohesion, desertion and AWOL, alcohol use, and suicide.

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Here is a history of the development of military missiles and space travel from World War II to the American visits to the Moon in 1969-1972. It stresses the relationship between the early stages of space exploration and the arms race, and that a dual path led to space flight.

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This volume reviews the debates surrounding the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defense systems and their deployment by George W. Bush, allowing readers to assess for themselves the significance of Bush's decisions.

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This important and timely book studies the non-military national service programs in nine countries: Canada, China, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, Nigeria, the United States, and West Germany.

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This volume provides a military history of the Moroccan Guoms, the knife-wielding irregular troops who distinguished themselves whilst fighting under French command in Tunisia, Italy, France and Germany during World War II. It follows them from their North African mountains into war.

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Since the mid-1960s the Heckler & Koch MP5 has become the most widely used submachine gun in the world, especially among counterterrorist and special-operations units. This title charts the origins, use, and impact of the MP5, Heckler & Koch's innovative and long-lived submachine gun.

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This is a study of motives, methods and repurcussions of the Napoleonic wars. It looks at how Napoleon turned on Russia, Austria and England, and annihilated the army of Frederick the Great. It is one of a series of four volumes devoted to the Napoleonic wars.

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The battle for control over the National Guard began with passage of the National Defense Act of 1933. The National Guard Association's insistence on a federal role for the Guard prompted the creation of dual status for Guardsmen.

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A highly illustrated study of the last great campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II: the US Navy's and Royal Navy's air, surface, and submarine attacks on the Japanese Home Islands.

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How does the Royal Australian Navy best prepare for the future Vice Admiral Tim Barrett forcefully argues the answer is by reimagining the way the Navy views itself, especially its domestic and international relationships. In The Navy and the Nation Vice Admiral Barrett outlines the extensive opportunities for the service and Australia if the Navy is embraced as a national enterprise.

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A history of the Australian navy focusing on the contribution of the RAN in peace and war to Australia's development and the potential it has to continue this into the future.

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This book discusses the strategic naval moves of Russia in the Black Sea, Mediterranean regions and adjacent territories such as Europe and the Middle East. The authors argue that these moves indicate Russias ambitions for geopolitical power have revived and what this could mean in the future.

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