Military Science category: 4493 books
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2016
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Since the end of the Cold War NATO has struggled to find a new identity. Its seminal raison d'etre of deterrence collapsed with the Berlin Wall in the early 1990's and successive...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2015
This is a digital reproduction of an important official FBI report about allegations of detainee mistreatment at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility (JTF-GTMO, GITMO), the Abu Ghraib prison, and War on Terror enemy combatants. This document is professionally converted for accurate...
Warriors and Citizens
American Views of Our Military
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
A diverse group of contributors offer different perspectives on whether or not the different experiences of our military and the broader society amounts to a "gap"—and if the American public is losing connection to its military. They analyze extensive polling information to identify those...
Private Contractors and the Reconstruction of Iraq
Transforming Military Logistics
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Private Contractors and the Reconstruction of Iraq examines the controversial role of military contractors in the reconstruction of Iraq. When *'*Operation Iraqi Freedom' was launched in March 2003, few, if any, of the Coalition's political leaders could have envisaged that within a few months the...
Proving Grounds
Militarized Landscapes, Weapons Testing, and the Environmental Impact of U.S. Bases
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2015
Proving Grounds brings together a wide range of scholars across disciplines and geographical borders to deepen our understanding of the environmental impact that the U.S. military presence has had at home and abroad. The essays in this collection survey the environmental damage caused by weapons testing...
Complex Peace Operations and Civil-Military Relations
Winning the Peace
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2009
This book explores the impact of different civil-military structures on operational effectiveness in complex peace operations. Recent operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia are examples of grand failures to enforce peace and to promote democracy and development through international interventions....
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
This report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. When World War II ended, the U.S. was left as one of the remaining superpowers. Although the Soviets were also very strong militarily, the U.S. found itself as the one nation with the most stable political...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this unique study examines the question of how command and control of military forces in support of civil authority can be achieved when the scope of a crisis requires federal involvement. Moreover, it recommends that the...
Warriors and Politicians
US Civil-Military Relations under Stress
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2006
With historical case studies ranging from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq, this new book shows how and why the US military is caught between two civilian masters – the President and Congress – in responding to the challenges of warfighting, rearmament, and transformation.
Charles...
Military Power, Conflict and Trade
Military Spending, International Commerce and Great Power Rivalry
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Wherever international commerce flows in world politics, military power often flows with it - sometimes as a protector of commerce, sometimes as its promoters and sometimes as a tool of aggression against it. How are military power and international trade related? Do military power and commerce expand...
Over There
Living with the U.S. Military Empire from World War Two to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Over There explores the social impact of America’s global network of more than 700 military bases. It does so by examining interactions between U.S. soldiers and members of host communities in the three locations—South Korea, Japan and Okinawa, and West Germany—where more than-two thirds of...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
This is the companion volume to an earlier work, "The 6555th: Missile and Space Launches Through 1970." It presents the Air Force's space launch operations at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) from the beginning of 1971 through 2 July 1992. Though the focus of this monograph is the...
Military Media Management
Negotiating the 'Front' Line in Mediatized War
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
This book examines the practices of actors involved in the media reportage of war, and the ways in which these practices may influence the conduct of modern military operations.
War is a complex phenomenon which raises numerous questions about the organization of society that continue to challenge...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this important work by the Army recognizes and highlights the contributions of African Americans to the military history of the United States. This is accomplished by providing a historic context on the African American...