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The arrival of the Spitfire in Burma came at a crucial time as the RAF struggled against the Japanese to support the Chindit operation on the ground. It played a large part in defeating the enemy. This book tells the stories of the 54 aces who flew against the Japanese, and also those who fought in India and Australia.

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The RAF's first aces of World War II achieved impressive scores during the Battles of France and Britain, despite the aircraft's short range, light armament and overheating engines. This work examines both the history of these early Spitfires and the aces who flew them.

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This volume completes the "Aircraft of the Aces" trilogy on the elite pilots that flew the Spitfire in World War II. The Mk V was the workhorse of the wartime marks, being built in sufficient numbers to serve in the Far East, Australia, North Africa and Russia.

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The story of the unsung heroines who flew the newest, fastest, aeroplanes in World War II mostly in southern England where the RAF was desperately short of pilots.

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They shed new light on questions raised in earlier interpretations of the early Cold War years and reveal the origins of a surveillance activity that is implied, but not explained, in today's headlines.

This book provides the first documented description of the genesis and institutionalization of America's nuclear surveillance system.

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The Staghound was a unique World War II armored vehicle - designed and manufactured in the US, but intended solely for the British army. This book examines the development of this category of armored cars and offers an analysis of the extensive combat use of the Staghound in British service.

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Since the Revolutionary War, long-range riflemen have held a place of reverence and awe in the public's imagination. Here are the stories, traditions, techniques, and tools from men trained to be the most lethal weapons the world has seen.

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Provides lessons from the past to inform the future: from Afghanistan to Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons; from international alliances and interests the US needs to consider in a changing world to specific ideas for jumpstarting technological innovation that could boost American security and our economy today.

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Bernard Brodie (1910-1978) was a leading 20th century theorist and philosopher of war. A key architect of American nuclear strategy, Brodie was one of the first civilian defense intellectuals to cross over into the military world. This book examines Bernard Brodie's strategic and philosophical response to the nuclear age.

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Bernard Brodie (1910-1978) was a leading 20th century theorist and philosopher of war. This book presents an exploration of Brodie's strategic and philosophical response to the nuclear age and of his effort to reconcile Carl von Clausewitz's theories to the new challenges of the nuclear era .

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Offers a look at the politics behind international war crimes tribunals, combining analysis with investigative reporting and a broad historical perspective. This book explains that bringing war criminals to justice can be a military ordeal, a source of endless legal frustration, as well as a diplomatic nightmare.

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In this study Bruce G. Blair examines accepted assumptions about mutual deterrence, force strength, and survivability, and concludes that the vulnerability of command, control, and communications not only precludes an effective retaliatory strike but also invites a preemptive Soviet first strike.

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It remains in the active stages of development more than two decades after it was introduced, even as American policy makers struggle to counter the emerging threat posed by rogue states engaged in the active pursuit and development of atomic weapons.

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Strategic Defense Initiative examines developments in the technologies currently being researched under SDI. The OTA does not repeat the work of its earlier reports but gives special attention to filling in gaps in those reports and to describing technical progress made in the intervening period. The report also presents information on the prospect

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To contribute to the worldwide debate on President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, here are two important studies, Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies and Anti-Satellite Weapons, Countermeasures. and Arms Control. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make availabl

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The final part, Beyond Deterrence, considers war termination scenarios and related issues, including sociopolitical aspects, surveys the part nuclear weapons play in superpower competition in the Third World, and explains how issues of sovereignty effect deterrence, avoidance, and future super power relations.

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Cordesman argues that an effective defense against missile threats from "rogue" nations will require linking an effective national missile defense programme to an ambitious counterproliferation strategy, and a realistc approach to arms control and national security options.