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The author of this classic work took a "campaign" approach to Edward I's methodical reduction of Welsh independence, achieved through many years of building strategic castles, conducting "scorched earth" sweeps, and establishing loyal local nobles.

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A biography of the young German aristocrat who created Hitler's most advanced terror weapon, the V-2 rocket, and who came to the USA under the Army's Project Paperclip to develop missiles essential to the Cold War.

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For many young people, the pros and cons of a career in the military can be a mystery. How tough really is boot camp What sort of pay and benefits can one expect This guide is designed to help readers make an informed decision on whether or not the military life is the right choice for them.

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Goodspeed looks at the organization and behavior of three modern armies in three recent conflicts the American army in Vietnam, the English army in Northern Ireland, and the Israeli army in Palestine and Lebanon. Then, with an emphasis on the importance of leadership, prospects for the future develo

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Military, economic, and environmental violence in the era of globalization cause immense suffering and may ultimately threaten the existence of life as we know it, but author Pilisuk explains that the future can change if we understand and act upon the roots of violence.

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A history of the Special Air Service from its inception until the Gulf War.

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Provides a better understanding of the composition of America's fighting forces, to prompt an assessment of attitudes toward who should fight in future wars, and to delineate the choices for influencing the social distribution of peril. Binkin argues that the time for public involvement is now, while a fundamental rethinking of the post-cold war military is under way.

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This evaluation of the senior leadership in the U.S. army is based, in part, on the personal experience and wisdom of former Chief of Staff General Edward C. Those that are not are evaluated from Meyer's experience and from the experience of the other authorities interviewed.

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Presents a theory of preventative action based upon the beliefs and perceptions of leaders. This book examines five cases: British action in the Suez Canal Crisis, 1956; Israel's strike on Iraq's nuclear reactor, 1981; American preventive war planning, 1946-1954; Indian preventative war planning, 1982-2002; and America's war against Iraq, 2003.

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Focuses on the American air aces who flew the Grumman Wildcat in America's hasty defence against the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy. This book covers the bloody battles at Coral Sea, Midway and Guadalcanal, and examines in detail their tactics and their secrets of survival and success.

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Describes the strategies, battlefield tactics, great commanders, and technology that made success possible in ancient warfare in Greece, Rome, Parthia, India, and China.

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This work examines the women who serve the military as wives and those who serve as soldiers, sailors and flyers. Comparing wives and warriors in the US and Canada, it considers how the military in both countries constructs gender to exclude women from being respected as equals to men.

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This work examines the women who serve the military as wives and those who serve as soldiers, sailors and flyers. Comparing wives and warriors in the US and Canada, it considers how the military in both countries constructs gender to exclude women from being respected as equals to men.

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This is the story of that small band of women who wore U.S. Marine uniforms during the Korean War. These women are a lost generation of women Marines who stepped into the breach between two wars and preserved the opportunity to be a Marine for those who were as yet unborn.

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The nexus of this study lies in the recollections of 146 Women Reservists who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and who were surveyed by Peter Soderbergh in 1990 and 1991.

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Focusing on 45 military leaders from four continents and 13 countries, spread across four centuries, this study paints, for the first time, a collective, comparative portrait of high-ranking military officers.

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The years from 1914 to 1918 saw a whole series of complex and rapid changes in infantry tactics, which fundamentally altered the way wars had been fought for 150 years. This study describes the development of infantry equipment and weapons and how these items and techniques were employed in battle.

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The years from 1914 to 1918 saw a whole series of complex and very rapid changes in infantry tactics, which fundamentally altered the way wars had been fought for 150 years. This second volume concentrates on the men who fought in such important battles as those of Ypres and the Somme.

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Airborne warfare reached its zenith during World War II. This book explains and compares the differences in doctrine, organization, equipment and employment of US, British, German and Soviet airborne forces, as they developed during the war; and examines one major operation by each.

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