Military category: 34701 books

US Military Instructors Manual by J. P. Cole and Oliver Schoonmaker, 1917. Covering a number of topics the introduction states that ‘It is hoped that this work will serve to recall to many officers, valuable points of military training which would otherwise be lost, to them in the mass of notes...

Waging Gendered Wars examines, through the analytical lens of feminist international relations theory, how U.S. military women have impacted and been affected by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Although women were barred from serving formally in ground combat positions within the U.S. armed forces...

This compilation of essays includes copies of speeches and articles that Dr. I. B. Holley Jr., Major General, USAFR, retired, has delivered and written throughout his career as a military officer and scholar of military history and thought. In these essays, Holley primarily addresses the need for...

For military cartoonists the absurdity of war inspires a laugh-or-cry response and provides an endless source of un-funny amusement. Cartoons by hundreds of artists-at-arms from more than a dozen countries and spanning two centuries are included in this study—the first to consider such a broad range...

During the early years of the Iraq War, the US Army was unable to translate initial combat success into strategic and political victory. Iraq plunged into a complex insurgency, and defeating this insurgency required beating highly adaptive foes. A competition between the hierarchical and vertically integrated...

The classic text, U.S. Navy Fundamentals of War Gaming, provides an in-depth introduction to the basics of military gaming and offers historical insights into the development of war gaming methodologies. It covers the evolution of gaming tools such as ancient adaptations of chess and the development...

Nearly 60 years after the end of the Second World War, the name "Degrelle" remains controversial in Belgium and abroad. Was he a traitor to his nation, or a hero for anti-Communism? Until recently, the only information available on the man and his political movement came from Degrelle's...

Before this book, general readers who wanted a compact but comprehensive history of American military action in World War II had nowhere to turn. Now, in this concise, lucid, and balanced account, D. Clayton James and Anne Sharp Wells provide the first one volume history of the U.S. armed forces in...

American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume I: Colonial and Revolutionary War Arms focuses on the arms used from the early exploratory period throughout the colonial period and the American Revolution. Arranged chronologically, it contains definitive descriptions of the pre-flintlock and flintlock shoulder...

Part of our value-added professional format series of U.S. military manuals, this U.S. Marine Corps manual provides tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) for Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) intelligence operations. Intelligence is knowledge of the battlespace and of the threat forces...

Part of our value-added professional format series of U.S. military manuals, this U.S. Marine Corps manual is a reference on tactics, techniques, and procedures for small unit leaders in the mountain environment. This publication explains the basics of how to deal with the unique conditions imposed...

Part of our value-added professional format series of U.S. military manuals, this U.S. Marine Corps manual provides general information on the mission, concept of employment, organization, and equipment of the Marine Corps forces. This publication addresses the mission, organization, equipment,...

Army Doctrine Reference Publication (ADRP) 3-28 builds on the doctrinal foundation established in Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 3-28 for the Army’s contribution to defense support of civil authorities (DSCA). ADRP 3-28 explains how the Army, including all Components, conducts DSCA missions and...

This publication provides doctrine for the command and control of joint maritime operations across the range of military operations.  It also describes the maritime domain; addresses considerations for establishing a joint force maritime component commander and attendant command relationships;...