Contributions in Military Studies – serie
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Fighting Power
German and U.S. Army Performance, 1939-1945
Häftad, 2007
660 kr
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Analyses the performance of two key parties engaged in fighting during World War II.
Ordered to Die
A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War
Inbunden, 2000
1608 kr
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The first general history in English of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Ordered to Die is based on newly available Turkish archival and official sources. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Ottoman Army performed astonishingly well in the field and managed to keep fighting until the end of the …
Great Captains of Antiquity
E-bok, 2000
1204 kr
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Gabriel expands upon the groundbreaking work of B. H. Lidell-Hart's Great Captains by offering detailed portraits of six great captains of the ancient world who met the challenges of their age and shaped the future of their societies, and civilization itself, through their actions. He analyzes the …
Native vs. Settler
Ethnic Conflict in Israel/Palestine, Northern Ireland, and South Africa
E-bok, 2000
1144 kr
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Settler-native conflicts in Northern Ireland, Israel/Palestine, and South Africa serve as excellent comparative cases as three areas linked to Britain where insurgencies occurred during roughly the same period. Important factors considered are settler parties, settler mythology, the role of native …
Creating an American Lake
United States Imperialism and Strategic Security in the Pacific Basin, 1945-1947
E-bok, 2000
1204 kr
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Many historians of U.S. foreign relations think of the post-World War II period as a time when the United States, as an anti-colonial power, advocated collective security through the United Nations and denounced territorial aggrandizement. Yet between 1945 and 1947, the United States violated its …
Rolling the Iron Dice
Historical Analogies and Decisions to Use Military Force in Regional Contingencies
E-bok, 2000
1178 kr
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Does history provide lessons for foreign policy makers today? Macdonald combines cognitive psychology theories about analogical reasoning, international relations theories about military intervention, and original archival research to analyze the role of historical information in foreign policy …
Doctrine Under Trial
American Artillery Employment in World War I
E-bok, 2000
1766 kr
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Artillery proved to be the greatest killer on the Western front in World War I, and the use and misuse of artillery was certainly a determining factor in the war^D's outcome. While many books explore the artillery forces and employment of the European powers, this is the first study to examine …
Tricolor Over the Sahara
The Desert Battles of the Free French, 1940-1942
E-bok, 2002
942 kr
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This is the story of the early struggles of an ill-equipped ragtag French force, among the first to pledge its loyalty to General de Gaulle. It fought a lonely, almost secret war against the numerically superior Italian troops deep in the wildest parts of the Sahara, hundreds of miles from the main …
Defense Relations between Australia and Indonesia in the Post-Cold War Era
E-bok, 2002
1169 kr
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Recent years have seen dramatic shifts in the nature of Australian-Indonesian relations, and this in turn has had a great impact on the strategic partnership that had gradually come into existence between the two regional powers. Against the backdrop of rapid strategic, political, economic, social, …
Forged in War
The Continental Congress and the Origin of Military Supply and Acquisition Policy
E-bok, 2002
1169 kr
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Three policy actions taken during the Revolutionary War period helped form the military supply and acquisition structure still in place today. These include the formation of a management structure; the choice of management methods; and debates related to ancillary issues such as R&D, fostering of …
Peripheral Weapon?
The Production and Employment of British Tanks in the First World War
E-bok, 1999
1169 kr
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The tank was arguably the most important technological innovation that developed during World War I; however, without the support of the British Army and the allocation of important wartime resources, it would have remained merely a peripheral weapon. For far too long, the depiction of the British …
Moroccan Goums
Tribal Warriors in a Modern War
E-bok, 1999
1204 kr
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Bimberg provides a military history of the Moroccan Goums, the knife-wielding irregular troops who distinguished themselves, fighting under French command in Tunisia, Italy, France and Germany during World War II. Recruited from the hill tribes of Morocco's Atlas Mountains, the Goums were garbed …
Bradley and How It Got That Way
Technology, Institutions, and the Problem of Mechanized Infantry in the United States Army
E-bok, 1999
1559 kr
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The mechanized infantry is one of the least-studied components of the U.S. Army's combat arms, and its most visable piece of equipment, the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, is one of the military's most controversial pieces of equipment. This study traces the idea of mechanized infantry from its roots in …
Poison Gas
The Myths versus Reality
E-bok, 1999
1144 kr
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The threat of poison gas, and other related biological warfare agents, holds our society hostage to the possible actions of terrorist groups or rogue states. This study hopes to convince policymakers and the general public that the bad reputation that surrounds the use of gas is largely the result …
War for the Every Day
Generals, Knowledge, and Warfare in Early Modern Europe, 1680-1740
Av Erik Lund
E-bok, 1999
1169 kr
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A study of operational warfare in the Habsburg old regime, 1683-1740, which recreates everyday warfare and the lives of the generals conducting it, this book goes beyond the battlefield to examine the practical skills of war needed in an agricultural landscape of pastures, woods, and water. …
Reorganizing the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986
E-bok, 1999
1144 kr
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The Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 is the most important legislation to affecting U.S. national defense in the last 50 years. This act resulted from frustration in Congress and among certain military officers concerning what they believed to be the poor quality …
Rebirth of the Habsburg Army
Friedrich Beck and the Rise of the General Staff
Av Scott Lackey
E-bok, 1995
780 kr
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Friedrich Beck was the single most important figure in the transformation of the inept Habsburg military into the modern military state that would wage World War I. He correctly perceived that only an elite body of officers responsible for war planning and preparation could provide lasting security …
Founding of Russia's Navy
Peter the Great and the Azov Fleet, 1688-1714
E-bok, 1995
1169 kr
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The reign of Peter the Great (1682-1725), long regarded as the turning point in the Europeanization of Russia, witnessed the establishment of Russia's first modern navy, the Azov Sea fleet. Its creation evokes a fundamental question about the era: was Peter a reformer or a revolutionary? This …
Ace in the Hole
Why the United States Did Not Use Nuclear Weapons in the Cold War, 1945 to 1965
E-bok, 1996
1169 kr
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Using newly released documents, the author presents an integrated look at American nuclear policy and diplomacy in crises from the Berlin blockade to Vietnam. The book answers the question why, when the atomic bomb had been used with such devastating effect against the Japanese Empire in 1945, …
Culture of War
Invention and Early Development
E-bok, 1990
1204 kr
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Although war has been analyzed from many perspectives, no scholar has satisfactorily explained why the human race fights and how we came to create a degree of military sophistication capable of destroying the entire species. Gabriel addresses these questions in his study of the origins and …
Persian Gulf War
Lessons for Strategy, Law, and Diplomacy
E-bok, 1990
1204 kr
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Although the stability of the Persian Gulf region has been of rising importance since World War II, it was during the 1980s, when the Iran-Iraq War threatened to upset the balance of power in the region, that its importance became even more magnified. This collection of essays surveys the current …
Bullets and Bureaucrats
The Machine Gun and the United States Army, 1861-1916
Av David A. Armstrong, Jay Luvaas
E-bok, 1982
1169 kr
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“This interesting account of the development of the machine gun takes the reader from the Gatling guns of the Civil War to the eve of WWI....This book provides an important look at the inability of military bureaucracy to rise above inertia and find a place for a demonstrably better weapon. It is …
Later Thirty Years War
From the Battle of Wittstock to the Treaty of Westphalia
E-bok, 2003
1364 kr
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Continuing where the author left off in Battles of the Thirty Years War , this companion volume details the military aspects of the final years of this important early modern conflict. Whereas the earlier half of the war was dominated by a few climactic battles (White Mountain, Lutter, Breitenfeld, …
Trial by Fire
Command and the British Expeditionary Force in 1914
E-bok, 2003
1364 kr
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While existing accounts of this period have elevated the exploits of the British soldiers on the battlefield to almost legendary status, the operations of the British Expeditionary Force in the dramatic opening campaign of the First World War remain poorly understood. Based on official unit war …
Wielding the Dagger
The Marinekorps Flandern and the German War Effort, 1914-1918
E-bok, 2003
1364 kr
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In August 1914, Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz convinced the German armed forces to create a new unit, called the MarineDivision Flandern, to garrison the Belgian coastline and prepare naval bases in for the implementation of a naval guerrilla war against Great Britain. The Germans called their …
Raiders or Elite Infantry?
The Changing Role of the U.S. Army Rangers from Dieppe to Grenada
E-bok, 1992
1169 kr
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How have the U.S. Army Rangers acted as special operations forces in military operations since 1942? Hogan's study examines the nature and purpose of the Rangers over the past fifty years and shows how they have served as scouts, raiders, assault troops, and elite infantry. They have spearheaded …
For King and Kaiser!
The Making of the Prussian Army Officer, 1860-1914
E-bok, 1992
1830 kr
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Steven Clemente describes how conservative traditions and artistocratic values were preserved in the selection and training of German army officers prior to World War I despite changing times and the influx of many middle-class recruits into the army. He demonstrates how right thinking and service …
Battle of Ap Bac, Vietnam
They Did Everything but Learn from it
E-bok, 2001
1204 kr
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Toczek provides the first description of the entire battle of Ap Bac and places it in the larger context of the Vietnam War. The study thoroughly examines the January 1963 battle, complete with detailed supporting maps. Ironically, Ap Bac's great importance lies in American policymakers' perception …
Home by Christmas
The Illusion of Victory in 1944
E-bok, 2001
1204 kr
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By September 1944, Allied forces had broken out from the Normandy beachheads, liberated Paris, and found themselves poised on the German border. As this offensive gained momentum, Patton and Montgomery, hoping to exploit the enemy's temporary weakness in the West, concocted their own alternatives …
Navy Second to None
The History of U.S. Naval Training in World War I
E-bok, 2001
1204 kr
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Previous studies of the American Navy's role in World War I have emphasized the combat and logistical tasks such as anti-submarine warfare, convoy protection, and the transportation of military supplies and troops to Europe. While these activities were of crucial importance in winning the war, the …
