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Navies have always been technologically sophisticated, from the ancient world’s trireme galleys and the Age of Sail’s ships-of-the-line to the dreadnoughts of World War I and today’s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines. Yet each large technical innovation has met with resistance and even hostility from those officers who, adhering to a familiar warrior ethos, have grown used to a certain style of fighting. In Technological Change and the United States Navy, William M. McBride exami
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The third edition of Brig. Gen. Edwin H. Simmons’s popular history of the U.S. Marine Corps has been updated and revised and made available in both hardcover and paperback. It reflects the latest scholarship on events reaching back to the Corps’s beginnings in November 1775, when the Second Continental Congress authorized two battalions of American Marines, to 2001. As updated, it includes material on the tumultuous events of the last quarter-century in Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, the Persian Gulf
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Drawing on forty-three years of leading Marines in two wars and in peace time, Medal of Honor recipient Col. Wesley Fox defines the six elements of leadership essential to building a successful organization as: care, personality, knowledge, motivation, commitment, and communication. He presents a chapter on each element, telling how his views of leadership were forged and offering examples of leadership displayed by his fellow Marines. Fox contends that these elements apply equally to the milita
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The new form of “humanitarian government” that is emerging from natural disasters and military occupations, and the moral and political consequences.
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The untimate guide to collecting bolt action military rifles of the world, with lots of shooting information, too. Over 400 photographs printed on coated paper show you the details you need to see to identify rare and valuable types. Clearly describes all of the various bolt action systems used by the different nations and how they differ from one another.
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This illustrated reference book is the most comprehensive overview of United States Navy Divers available to the public today. An elaborate, oversized, hard-cover book, packed with full-color photos from the highlights of diving history, navy diving equipment, diver training, and organization to the present day global war on terrorism; it deserves a place of honor on your bookshelf! Although United States Navy Diver; Performance Under Pressure primarily documents navy diving today; the dive
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The Misadventures of Russell Quigley is a hilarious collection of sea stories woven into the fabric of Russell’s life as a Navy photographer. Russell was the kind of man that irritated everyone; but, he was a man of principle. And Russell had a problem with bullies. He could not let a bully go unchallenged. He also had a tremendous fear of authority and; therefore, of making mistakes. And, if he couldn’t make any mistakes, then you shouldn’t be able to either. It is not sur
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Originally published in 1963, this classic, single-volume history draws on Morison s definitive 15-volume History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. More than a condensation, The Two-Ocean War highlights the major components of the larger work: the preparation for war, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the long war of attrition between submarines and convoys in the Atlantic, the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway, the long grind of Guadalcanal, the leapfrogging campaigns amon
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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
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“… a strong and stimulating book. It has no rival in either scope or quality. For libraries, history buffs, and armchair warriors, it is a must. For political science students, career diplomats, and officers in the armed services, its reading should be required.” — History”A particularly timely account.” — Kansas City Times”It reads easily but is not a popularized history… nor does the book become a histor
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