Author: Military Order Of The Loyal Legion Of The United S
Publisher: Cornell University Library
Keywords: military, order, loyal, legion, states, united, illinois, state, essays, recollections, papers, read, commandery
Number of Pages: 566
Published: 2009-07-08
List price: $32.99
ISBN-10: 1112137262
ISBN-13: 9781112137266
Originally published in 1891-1894. This volume from the Cornell University Library’s print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.
Author: Office Of The Surgeon General
Publisher: CreateSpace
Keywords: military, medicine, dermatology, textbook
Number of Pages: 630
Published: 1994-11-01
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1467917567
ISBN-13: 9781467917568
Skin diseases such as infections, infestations, and immersion foot may devastate the fighting strength of a unit by incapacitating its soldiers. In addition, whereas environmental insults such as severe cold will affect an entire force, the sheer numbers of troops who fall victim to frostbite or nonfreezing injuries can easily cripple an entire force. It is important to keep in mind that incapacity due to skin disease is usually preventable. When preventive measures fail, the soldier may be back on the front line relatively quickly with proper treatment, as opposed to the more dramatic missile
Author: Martin Pegler
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Keywords: military, general, sniper, nowhere, history
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2006-10-31
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1846031400
ISBN-13: 9781846031403
From the American Revolution to World War Two, the history of the military combat marksman is one of indifference, unpreparedness and cost cutting. Despite the proven effectiveness of the rifleman in battle, the sniper in the 20th century has been regarded as little more than a paid assassin, whose life if captured was forfeit. However, since the Vietnam War the undeniably effective use of such men in combat means that the value of the sniper has gradually become more appreciated by the military, and their prominence on the modern battlefield has increased significantly. In the 21st century th
Author: Robert Brannon
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: military, operational, art, strategy, relations, civil, russian
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2009-04-13
List price: $124.95
ISBN-10: 0754675912
ISBN-13: 9780754675914
Putin’s style of leadership has transitioned into another era but there is much still inherited from the past. In the often anarchic environment of the 1990s, the nascent Russian Federation experienced misunderstandings and missteps in civil-military relations. Under Boris Yeltsin, it has been questioned whether the military obeyed orders from civilian authorities or merely gave lip service to those it served to protect while implementing its own policies and courses of action. Robert Brannon sets forth the circumstances under which the military instrument of Russia’s power and inf
Author: Geoffrey Parker
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: military, west, rise, innovation, revolution
Number of Pages: 285
Published: 1996-05-31
List price: $30.99
ISBN-10: 0521479584
ISBN-13: 9780521479585
Well before the Industrial Revolution, Europe developed the superior military potential and expertise that enabled her to dominate the world for the next two centuries. In this attractively illustrated and updated edition, Geoffrey Parker discusses the major changes in the military practice of the West during this time period--establishment of bigger armies, creation of superior warships, the role of firearms--and argues that these major changes amounted to a "military revolution" that gave Westerners a decided advantage over people of other continents. A new chapter addresses the controversie
Author: Harald Hoiback
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: military, history, policy, decisions, crisis, control, command, devious
Number of Pages: 146
Published: 2003-05-01
List price: $190.00
ISBN-10: 0714654906
ISBN-13: 9780714654904
Harald Hoiback’s study focuses upon two events - the 1918 Allied meeting at Doullens when the Allies ceded control to an officer, and the Norwegian decision in 1940 to leave control in the hands of a colonel which led to the Nazi invasion.
Author: CHARLES A. STEVENSON
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: military, cass, studies, stress, relations, civil, warriors, politicians
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2006-06-01
List price: $43.95
ISBN-10: 0415770084
ISBN-13: 9780415770088
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 Stevenson skilfully shows how, although the United States has never faced the danger of a military coup, the relations between civilian leaders and the military have not always been easy. Presidents have contended with military leaders who were reluctant to carry out their orders. Generals and Admirals have
