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Storming the City
U.S. Military Performance in Urban Warfare from World War II to Vietnam
Av Alec Wahlman
Inbunden, 2015
352 kr
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In an increasingly urbanized world, urban terrain has become a greater factor in military operations. Simultaneously, advances in military technology have given military forces sharply increased capabilities. The conflict comes from how urban terrain can negate or degrade many of those increased …
Stilwell and Mountbatten in Burma
Allies at War, 1943-1944
Inbunden, 2017
352 kr
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Stilwell and Mountbatten in Burma explores the relationship between American General Joseph “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell and British Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten in the China-Burma-India Theater (CBI) and the South East Asia Command (SEAC) between October 1943 and October 1944, within the wider context …
Obstinate Heroism
The Confederate Surrenders After Appomattox
Inbunden, 2020
409 kr
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Despite popular belief, the Civil War did not end when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, in April 1865. The Confederacy still had tens of thousands of soldiers under arms, in three main field armies and countless smaller commands scattered throughout the South. …
War in the Villages
The U.S. Marine Corps Combined Action Platoons in the Vietnam War
Inbunden, 2021
352 kr
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Much of the history written about the Vietnam War overlooks the U.S. Marine Corps Combined Action Platoons. These CAPs lived in the Vietnamese villages, with the difficult and dangerous mission of defending the villages from both the National Liberation Front guerrillas and the soldiers of the …
Proud Warriors Volume 6
African American Combat Units in World War II
Inbunden, 2021
352 kr
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During World War II, tens of thousands of African Americans served in segregated combat units in U.S. armed forces. The majority of these units were found in the U.S. Army, and African Americans served in every one of the combat arms. They found opportunities for leadership unparalleled in the rest …
Eagles Overhead
The History of US Air Force Forward Air Controllers, from the Meuse-Argonne to Mosul
Av Matt Dietz
Inbunden, 2023
467 kr
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US Air Force Forward Air Controllers (FACs) bridge the gap between air and land power. They operate in the grey area of the battlefield, serving as an aircrew who flies above the battlefield, spots the enemy, and relays targeting information to control close air support attacks by other faster …
US Eighth Air Force in World War II Volume 8
Ira Eaker, Hap Arnold, and Building American Air Power, 1942-1943
Inbunden, 2024
409 kr
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When America entered World War II in 1941, it was first left to the Army Air Forces to take the fight to Germany. In January 1942 the US Eighth Air Force was created and ordered to England, even though it was without men, equipment, or airplanes. This is the story of Brigadier General Ira C. …
War in the Villages Volume 5
The U.S. Marine Corps Combined Action Platoons in the Vietnam War
Häftad, 2025
208 kr
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Much of the history written about the Vietnam War overlooks the U.S. Marine Corps Combined Action Platoons. These CAPs lived in the Vietnamese villages, with the difficult and dangerous mission of defending the villages from both the National Liberation Front guerrillas and the soldiers of the …
Under the Shadow of Napoleon Volume 9
The US Army's Doctrine, Education, and Theory of Victory from 1814 to 1941
Inbunden, 2026
409 kr
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The way an army understands warfare and how to achieve victory on the battlefield has a tremendous impact on its organization, equipment, training, and doctrine. The central ideas of that understanding form an army's Theory of Victory, which informs how that army fights. From the disasters of the …
Riding for the Lone Star
Frontier Cavalry and the Texas Way of War, 1822–1865
Inbunden, 2016
381 kr
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The idea of Texas was forged in the crucible of frontier warfarebetween 1822 and 1865, when Anglo-Americans adapted tomounted combat north of the Rio Grande. This cavalry-centricarena, which had long been the domain of Plains Indians and theSpanish Empire, compelled an adaptive martial tradition …
