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Helps solve some of the most enduring puzzles in military history, such as why Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, why Germany in 1918 renewed its attack in the West after securing peace with Russia in the East, and why Britain refused to seek peace terms with Germany after France fell in 1940.

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A brilliant and controversial investigation into what drives Americans to war - and a sober look at what causes us to lose our stomach for the fight.

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This work charts the careers of the 20 Hungarian and Bulgarian pilots who officially "made ace" during World War II, plus the two Hungarian Americans who fought with the Eighth Air Force in 1944 and 1945. It contains first-hand accounts from a number of the aces and material from combat reports.

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The first-ever inside look at the US military's secretive Remotely Piloted Aircraft program - equal parts techno-thriller, historical account, and war memoir.

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Hurricanes outnumbered Spitfires during the Battle of Britain by three to one, and actually downed more Luftwaffe aircraft than the famous Spitfire. Hurricanes had provided the first RAF aces of the war in France during the Blitzkrieg, and they are described in this volume.

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The Hurricane was the RAF's first monoplane fighter, and saw widespread service with Allied forces. This book describes its many feats throughout 1945. Used as a fighter-bomber on the Channel coast, the Hurricane was flown by numerous squadrons in Fighter Command, including the American Eagles and Polish units.

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Badly wounded at the battle of Arnhem, and then spirited from his hospital bed by the Dutch Resistance, Brigadier John Hackett spent the winter of 1944 in Nazi-occupied Holland, hidden by a Dutch family, at great risk to their own lives. Hackett was at last well enough to set out on an adventure which would, he hoped, lead him to freedom.

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Rapid and momentous technological changes at the turn of the 20th century forced military professionals and educated civilians to envision the future of war and warfare, especially during an age where nations found themselves aggressively competing for dominance on the world stage.

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Those who penned the five papers presented by Wrage (political science, U.S. Naval Academy) were all involved in conducting the air warfare in American wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq and are understandably more likely to support the notion of air warfare as "immaculate" than those attempting

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The outcome of the Pacific War was heavily influenced by the results of naval battles between the Imperial Japanese fleet and the US Navy.

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The Imperial Japanese Navy was a pioneer in naval aviation, having commissioned the world's first built-from-the-keel-up carrier, the 'Hosho'. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, it experimented with its carriers, perfecting their design and construction.

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Between 161 and 244 the Roman legions were involved in wars and battles on a scale not seen since the late Republic. Legions were destroyed in battle, disbanded for mutiny and formed to wage wars. This volume explores the experience of the imperial legionary, concentrating on Legio II Parthica.

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This first history of British Imperial interventions in widely distant geographic areas in north and south Russia at the end of World War I describes the invention of a new kind of intelligence system.

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An examination of the downsizing of all four military services, including reductions in both human and material resources, and an assessment of the current and future effects of force restructuring.

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This book fills an important gap in the literature of modern warfare by focusing on random elements in warfare often overlooked in both the planning and execution of military operations-factors that can turn certain success into devastating failure.

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Thrilling examination of some of the actions the SAS has been involved in up to and including its service in East Timor.

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Although considered by MacArthur as his number one fighting general, Eichelberger is one of the least known of the World War II commanders.

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