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This study argues that guerrilla insurgencies will be a major feature of the post-Cold War international scene, and that the advisability of intervention in some of them will become a serious issue in American politics.

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His conclusion: the United States must develop tactics and weapons that will win wars in the narrow seas.

Narrow Seas, Small Navies, and Fat Merchantmen examines the impact of these small navies on the ships, planes, and tactics of big navies.

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Second, the book aims to demonstrate in an interesting fashion what naval warfare in the narrow seas is really like.

Koburger demonstrates that there was a definite Allied strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean during World War II.

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These essays explore the link between the naval strength and global power of Great Britain and the United States from 1815 to the present. The American theory of naval strategy, on the other hand, assumed that one had to engage the enemy in order to assure command of the sea.

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The central theme running through this book is the mutual dependence of navies and shipbuilding industries. That industrial capability, for its part, rests increasingly on the navy as chief customer because progressive specialization renders it more and more unsuited for any other use.

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A comprehensive, easy-to-read history of the Royal Australian Navy from its inception in 1901 to the present day.

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This book is a study of all aspects of air defense from its beginnings during the French Revolution when artillery gunners tried to hit primitive balloons with their cannons to the use of Patriot missiles in the Gulf War to shoot down tactical ballistic missiles.

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Another volume in Praeger's The Military Profession series, this revised edition of the 1984 Praeger classic tells the story of infantry in the 20th century and its impact on the major conflicts of our time.

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Experience what it was really like on patrol with Australian SAS in the jungles of Borneo and Viet Nam.

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This engaging book plunges readers into the culture shock of Marine Officer Candidates School, a ten-week physical, intellectual, and emotional testing ground so grueling that every fourth candidate fails to complete.

What does it take to become a Marine Officer

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What makes a woman join the most secretive and dangerous unit of Special Forces What keeps her there How does she cope with the rigorous physical and psychological training, including simulated terrorist interrogations, the often deadly missions, the relentless pressures of a macho world, and hte sex

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Koburger argues that the many battles that constituted the campaign for the Solomons were the key to victory in the Pacific for the U.S. Navynot the battle of the Coral Sea or the Battle of Midway. The descriptions of the naval battles make for compelling reading.

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One school contends that the battle was a very costly failure and that Sir Douglas Haig, the architect of the battle, was a blundering murderer. The fact that the British fought the battle for the wrong reasons and that the army on the coast waited while soldiers at Passchendaele died raises Passchendaele to an even higher plane of tragedy.

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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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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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Examines the extent to which West Point military socialization prepares cadets for shifting missions.

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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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History. Art. Music. Travel. Navy in the cold war. Pianos and pianists. Religion. Depression and therapy.

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How have the U.S. Army Rangers acted as special operations forces in military operations since 1942

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The role of Bomber Command in World War II is still shrouded in mystery. This book provides a new and revisionary narrative of the campaign, serving as both a military history and an investigation into how modern perceptions of Bomber Command have come about.

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The first comprehensive study of Confederate midshipmen and the naval academy where they were trained and educated.

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This illuminating study provides a unifying framework for understanding the daily lives of British soldiers past and present.