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By: Jane Boulden

ISBN: 9780275969066
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The United Nations is often called on to participate in situations that fall somewhere between peacekeeping and full-scale enforcement operations. This work examines whether peace enforcement is a useful tool for the UN, and what improvements might be made to peace operations in future.


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By: Thomas R. Mockaitis

ISBN: 9780275961732
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jul 1999
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Based upon consideration of United Nation missions to the Congo, Somalia, and the former Yugoslavia and examination of counterinsurgency campaigns, Mockaitis develops a new model for intervening in intrastate conflicts and commends the British approach to civil strife as the basis for a new approach to peace operations.


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By: David R. Segal

ISBN: 9780313274848
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Oct 1993
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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David and Mady Segal analyze the adaptation of American soldiers assigned to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the Sinai Desert in support of the Camp David Accords, in the context of the evolution of multinational peacekeeping forces as mechanisms for achieving international security.


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By: Robert M. Cassidy

ISBN: 9780275976965
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2004
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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He also offers some military cultural implications for the U.S. Army's ongoing transformation.

The first part of the study offers an in-depth assessment of the military cultural preferences and characteristics of the British and American militaries.


(Paperback, Revised edition)

By: Carl Smith

ISBN: 9781841763903
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This account of Pearl Harbor provides an illustrated examination of one of the most significant events World War II. It seeks to uncover what really happened and why the Japanese were so successful. This 60th anniversary edition includes a CD of extracts from the Osprey Web event.


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By: Peter Harrington

ISBN: 9781841761817
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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In the 19th century, China was gradually becoming another colony of the European powers. From 1860 when Britain went to war with her until the end of the century, China was constantly at odds. This title details the siege of Peking; an epic story of defence against overwhelming odds.


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By: Michael MccGwire

ISBN: 9780815755531
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 1991
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Radical changes in Eastern Europe, the withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan, and significant force reductions by the Soviet army signal a new era in U.


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By: Angus Konstam

ISBN: 9781841763460
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Pictish warrior was part of an identifiable and close-knit unit. This volume shows how, despite this, group cohesion does not seem to have been a military strong point and the emphasis for the warrior was on individual skill in single combat.


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By: Keith Roberts

ISBN: 9781846034695
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Throughout the 17th century large parts of Europe were depopulated during the wide-ranging and savage wars of religion and dynasty, involving various major powers. This was hence a key period in the development of 'modern' infantry tactics. This title covers the Dutch-Spanish wars of independence, The Thirty Years' War and the English Civil Wars.


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By: Jeff Kinard

ISBN: 9781851094707
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2004
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The development of the pistol helped bring the age of the armored knight to an end, provided the elite with a status symbol of dangerous glamour, and inspired both artisans and industrialists to reach new heights of invention.


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By: Brian Hanley

ISBN: 9780313345555
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This book aims to serve the military profession, and so the national interest, by helping to generate intelligent reform of how the armed forces train, educate, and promote officers who shape our military strategy and write our war plans.


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By: James W. Hammond Jr.

ISBN: 9780313310386
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 1999
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This work is designed to educate the public and policy makers about the reality of gas warfare, a weapons system whose legacy has been distorted by propaganda, misinformation and repeated half truths for generations.


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By: Mikhail Maslov

ISBN: 9781846039812
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The I-15, I-16 and I-153 fighters were the world's first mass-produced fighters. Some 17,000 Polikarpovs had been manufactured by the time production ceased in 1941. They served with the Republicans in the Spain, the Chinese against Japan in 1937-38, and the Soviets against both Japan in the Nomonhan Incident and Finland during the Winter War.


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By: Robert Gretzyngier

ISBN: 9781855327269
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 1998
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Pilots of the Polish Air Force saw action from the first day of World War 2 until the final victory in Europe in May 1945.


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By: Richard Brzezinski

ISBN: 9780850457445
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 1988
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Richard Brzezinski

ISBN: 9781841766508
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Examines the origins and development of the Polish Winged Hussars. This book provides a view of the training, tactics, appearance and experiences of these legendary and fascinating warriors. The dramatic Hussar characteristics were the wings worn on the back or on the saddle. The Hussars terrified the Turks, Tatars, Swedes and others.


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By: Walter Russell Mead

ISBN: 9781400077038
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2005
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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By: Doug Menarchik

ISBN: 9780275946425
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 1993
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The author shows that although combat strategy and tactics receive high profile attention, it is "lift" capability and capacity, as a prerequisite, that is fundamental to attaining military objectives. He uses the US forces' six-month build-up to Desert Storm to demonstrate his arguments.


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By: James Patton Rogers

ISBN: 9781526125880
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2024
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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A ground-breaking study on the concept of precision warfare and how it has shaped our view of armed conflict


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By: James Patton Rogers

ISBN: 9781526178046
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2024
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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A ground-breaking study on the concept of precision warfare and how it has shaped our view of armed conflict


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By: Volker Franke

ISBN: 9780275963385
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 1999
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Examines the extent to which West Point military socialization prepares cadets for shifting missions.


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By: Ashton B. Carter

ISBN: 9780815713074
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Sep 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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William J. Perry and Ashton B. Carter, two of the world's foremost defense authorities, draw on their experience as leaders of the U.S. Defense Department to propose a new American security strategy for the twenty-first century.


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By: General Sir Frank Kitson

ISBN: 9780094798502
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 1999
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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This text takes up the story of Prince Rupert from 1647, when his army career came to an end, and examines his work as an admiral, then sometimes known as a general-at-sea.


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By: Arnold Krammer

ISBN: 9780275993009
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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