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The issues Breckinridge reports on--the Bay of Pigs, the Warren Commission Report, Vietnam, Watergate, Chile, plots against foreign leaders, the Ramparts controversy, Laos, the Church and Pike committees--are among the most controversial in the lives of Americans since the mid-twentieth century.

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This text tells the story of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. It focuses on issues such as the aftermath of the crisis, and the lessons to be learned about defense and foreign policy in an age dominated by missiles capable of obliterating the northern hemisphere.

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The history of strategic bombing is inextricably intertwined with the history of the Royal Air Force. The failure to develop a realistic theory of strategic bombing and to test it through a dialectical process resulted in a lack of attention to the equally necessary element of doctrine.

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These essays examine several aspects of the nature of the emerging strategic environment and how this situation affects thinking about U.S. strategy in the 21st century.

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This volume explores the essence of German military professionalism as exemplified by the nineteenth century Prussian German Staff. The study focuses on the most important Prussian military reformer--Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst, who in 1801 founded the Militarische Gesellschaft (Military Society) in Berlin.

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The book describes in detail the process by which the Reichswehr attempted the accomplishment of its principal task--that of defending Germany's borders, particularly those along the eastern frontier, from the end of the First World War until the formation of the Hitler cabinet in January 1933.

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This study explores Archduke Carl's formative military education and experiences by examining the readings that formed the basis of his education and the instructors that exercised an influence over him. It looks at Carl's major works on military strategy and tactics.

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How should NATO's military strategy and force posture in Western Europe be handled given today's changing relations between East and West

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Military analyst Anthony H. Cordesman provides the first in-depth analysis of the second war against Saddam Hussein's regime.

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The King's Finest exposes the social roots of the generalcy and defines the major factors, both social and military, in a successful career. Hughes places the generalcy in its social context and demonstrates how the entire military structure was designed to preserve an exclusive social homogeneity.

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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 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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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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This study examines what led the leaders of Austria-Hungary and Germany to launch major military offensives at the beginning of the First World War. The leaders of Austria-Hungary and Germany adopted offensive strategies as a way to achieve their political ambitions.

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This book brings together leading specialists from public policy and academia to reflect on historical and contemporary aspects of Russian maritime power.

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This book brings together leading specialists from public policy and academia to reflect on historical and contemporary aspects of Russian maritime power.

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Noted scholars and practitioners describe how America's military strategy is being developed in a post-Cold War eolitical environment to meet future needs confronting the sole surviving world superpower.

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A paperback edition of the original text, A1973.

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This book reintroduces readers to the lives and writings of the greatest military minds of the modern era, writers whose ideas and teachings continue to shape the conduct of war in the 21st century.

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Will current strategic planning give the United States the sort of military capabilities that are needed to counter threats likely to occur in the future