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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.

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How different were the men who fought at Blenheim and at Goose Green Is there a human thread that connects the redcoat of 300 years ago with the British soldier today This book focuses on the people who make up the British Army and the very human interactions between them in their daily lives.

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The volume contains tables, notes, sixty-eight photographs, a list of ship and engine builders, and indexes to the hull numbers and names of all ships included in the volume.

The register provides a brief introduction and then covers the Sail Navy (1775-1853), the Old Steam Navy (1814-1876), and the New Navy (1883 to present).

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Attempts to assemble the historic pattern of contributing factors which shaped the course of American naval development from 1776 to 1918. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton Universi

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A classic account of Australia's elite fighting force told by Australia's foremost military historian.

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Through in-depth research and interviews with veterans, William Fowler has produced the most complete history of this elite and elusive unit to date.

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The astonishing untold story of the SOE commando team dropped behind German lines in WWII.

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This work tells the story of the Scouts and Raiders, the precursors of the elite American SEAL teams. It describes their activities in numerous countries and types of engagement during World War II.

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The core of the new U.S. strategic concept is power projection, and it envisions naval forces directly leading Army and Air Force elements to influence events ashore, most probably in the Third World.

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Murphy was one of a very small number of volunteer pilots who, with their flight crews, started bombing at low altitudes in B-17 flying fortresses in the Southwest Pacific. The Allied Air Forces--using skip bombing--sank all twenty-two Japanese ships.

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A gripping account about an Australian pilot serving with the Americans in Vietnam.

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What happens to the elite, close-knit soldiers of Australia's Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment after they leave the world of special forces From Iraq and Afghanistan to Africa and Asia, defence writer Ian McPhedran uncovers a virtually unknown network and tells how Australia's top soldiers are forever linked in a seemingly borderless world.

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When in 1968 an American rifle battalion known as the First Wolfhounds landed near Dau Tieng, a rest area controlled by the North Vietnamese Army, they expected to interdict the NVA supply line there within three days.

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His balanced and comprehensive reconstruction of the history of Soviet submarine operations in Swedish waters will benefit all students of Soviet policy and practice in Northern Europe.