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 The Foundations of Modern Terrorism: State, Society and the Dynamics of Political Violence
The Foundations of Modern Terrorism: State, Society and the Dynamics of Political Violence
: The Foundations of Modern Terrorism: State, Society and the Dynamics of Political Violence
Author : Martin A. Miller
Cambridge University Press
: 2013
ISBN: 978110702530
Pages: 306
Format : PDF
Size : 4,5 MB
Language : English

Why is it that terrorism has become such a central factor in our lives despite all the efforts to eradicate it? Ranging from early modern Europe to the contemporary Middle East, Martin Miller reveals the foundations of modern terrorism. He argues that the French Revolution was a watershed moment as it was then that ordinary citizens first claimed the right to govern. The traditional notion of state legitimacy was forever altered and terrorism became part of a violent contest over control of state power between officials in government and insurgents in society. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries terrorism evolved into a way of seeing the world and a way of life for both insurgents and state security forces with the two sides drawn ever closer in their behaviour and tactics. This is a groundbreaking history of terrorism which, for the first time, integrates the violence of governments and insurgencies.

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 Tora! Tora! Tora! - Pearl Harbor 1941
Tora! Tora! Tora! - Pearl Harbor 1941
Tora! Tora! Tora! - Pearl Harbor 1941
Author: Mark Stille
Jim Laurier
Osprey Publishing
Raid (Book 26)
2011
ISBN: 1849085099
Pages: 80
Language: English
Format: EPUB
Size: 41 MB

The Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor is one of the most famous raids in history, if not the most famous. In the early hours of December 7, 1941, the carriers and aircraft of the Japanese First Air Fleet launched a sudden and unexpected attack on the US naval forces anchored in Pearl Harbor, hoping to cripple America's naval capabilities in one decisive blow. This new study by Mark Stille will address the build-up to, execution of, and fallout from the Pearl Harbor operation. Putting the raid in context, the political and military background will be addressed - Japanese expansion in the Far East, and American responses to it, and the steady increase in tensions between the two powers. The Japanese decision to launch an assault on Pearl Harbor will be considered in detail, from the time constraints faced in planning the raid, alternative operational possibilities, and the bold, stubborn leadership of Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto, who was the driving force behind the concept and planning, to the final adoption of the operation, and its place in Japan's national strategy. It is an illuminating new look at one of the most infamous events in modern history.

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 The U.S. Marine Corps
The U.S. Marine Corps
Author: J. F. Warner
The U.S. Marine Corps
Lerner Publications Company
1991
Format: PDF
Pages: 96
Language: English
Size: 11.3 MB

Reviews the history, modern day life, and equipment of the Marine Corps, and details the enlistment and promotion procedures.

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 Modeling Human and Organizational Behavior: Application to Military Simulations
Modeling Human and Organizational Behavior: Application to Military Simulations
Author: Richard W. Pew, Anne S. Mavor
Modeling Human and Organizational Behavior: Application to Military Simulations
National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309060966
1998
Format: PDF
Size: 7,6 МБ
Language: English
Pages: 432
Simulations are widely used in the military for training personnel, analyzing proposed equipment, and rehearsing missions, and these simulations need realistic models of human behavior. This book draws together a wide variety of theoretical and applied research in human behavior modeling that can be considered for use in those simulations. It covers behavior at the individual, unit, and command level.

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 The Airline Encyclopedia 1909-2000 (3 vol. set)
The Airline Encyclopedia 1909-2000
Scarecrow Press
Author: Myron J. Smith Jr.
2002
Pages: 3376
Format: PDF
Size: 24 mb
Language: English

Finally, there is a reference that specifically provides detailed historical and in-depth, year-by-year operational and statistical profiles of all the commercial air transport concerns extant worldwide during the past 90 years. The 6,556 entries are arranged alphabetically to facilitate ease of use.

This encyclopedia profiles all airlines including charter passenger planes, cargo airlines (major, commuter, and taxi), as well as specialized operators such as forest fire-fighting concerns, offshore helicopter services, and even pioneering airship operators like DELAG. Each profile receives individual chronological coverage, and every effort has been made to provide currency and postscripts listing name changes, mergers, and failures from late 2000 into December 2001.

If the airline is still flying, full data is provided including addresses, telephone numbers, web URLs, two-letter IATA or three-letter ICAO codes, and year founded. For the most part, company portraits are provided under the most recent airline name, as well as predecessor identity. Name, nationality and dates of operation note companies that have dissolved.

In addition to the company reviews supplied by aviation press, commercial monographs, government sources, and the general news media, data is also provided on:
· Accidents and incidents
· Terrorism and in-flight crime (reports of hijackings entire story from start to finish)
· Government service in war and peace (including covert operation)
· Detailed company histories of all airlines
· Lists "code-sharing" partnerships and pacts with other carriers
· Includes financial information on major carriers (i.e. number of employees, numbers of annual passengers flown, profit, earnings, etc.)
· Literary or film production involvement
· Links to major sporting events like the Olympic Games
· Natural disasters
· Routes

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 Smart Weapons: Top Secret History of Remote Controlled Airborne Weapons
Smart Weapons: Top Secret History of Remote Controlled Airborne Weapons
Author: Hugh McDaid & David Oliver
Smart Weapons: Top Secret History of Remote Controlled Airborne Weapons
Barnes & Noble
1997
Pages: 208
Language: English
Size: 57.3 MB

Top secret history of remote controlled airborne weapon system. Drone aircraft history. Precision guided munitions on unmanned aircraft. Examines the new robot warriors with smart weapons, including the unmanned HiMAT miniature jet fighter, the Dark Star and Global Hawk projects, the Predator currently patrolling Bosnia, and her amazing technological advances. Many color and black-and-white photos.

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 Twentieth-Century War and Conflict: A Concise Encyclopedia
Twentieth-Century War and Conflict: A Concise Encyclopedia
Twentieth-Century War and Conflict: A Concise Encyclopedia
Author: Gordon Martel
Wiley-Blackwell
Graduation Year: 2014
Language: English
Format: pdf
Quality: excellent
Pages: 436
Size: 5,2 Mb

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 The Seafarers - Fighting Sail
The Seafarers - Fighting Sail
Author: A. B. C Whipple
The Seafarers - Fighting Sail
Time-Life Books
1978
Format: PDF
Pages: 190
Language: English
Size: 30 MB

For anyone interested in naval history from the early 1700's until the early 1800's, including Trafalgar, this is the book to read !!! Mostly on the Royal Navy and the French Navy, it covers developments in tactics and shipbuilding, ordnance, and training, as well as the key naval personalities and battles of the era, especially Horatio Nelson. A must have for any naval historian.
Content:
The Mighty Shjp of the line
Essay: Battle at Sea: from "all hands" to broadside
A New day for His Majesty's admirals
A bloody nose for Napoleon at the Nile
Essay: The bittersweet life of a midshipman
Battle, Blockade and chase
Essay: Friends and foes: the Captains at Trafalgar
Trafalgar: the final kill
Essay: The Splendid spectacle

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 Why We Lost: A General's Inside Account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
Why We Lost: A General's Inside Account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
Author: Daniel Bolger
Why We Lost: A General's Inside Account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544370481
2014
Format: EPUB
Size: 17,5 МБ
Language: English
Pages: 544
I have read about 6 war memoirs in the last two years, The Fobbit, sergent rex, redemption, and they all have given me a different view of the long conflict. This was wonderful, written from the command view, of all the things that went wrong and why. It is long, stunningly detailed and makes for obsessive reading. The prologue starts with the bombing of the Cole, explaining in depth why this was so important. This will be a definitive book on the subject of the long war. I cannot endorse it enough.

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 Famous Firsts in Aviation
Famous Firsts in Aviation
Author: Jesse Davidson
Famous Firsts in Aviation
G.P.Putnam's Sons
1974
Format: PDF
Pages: 80
Language: English
Size: 33.1 MB

Man's desire to fly has resulted in today's exploration of the outer atmosphere and space. From the first balloon, which rose majestically for the span of only five minutes, to the intricate supersonic aircraft, the history of aviation is filled with many astonishing "firsts." In his fascinating and well-illustrated account, Jesse Davidson tells of man's lifelong inventiveness , his failures, and his great successes.

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 Cockleshell Raid
Cockleshell Raid
Author: Paul Oldfield
Cockleshell Raid
Pen and Sword Military
Battleground Europe
ISBN: 1781592551
2012
Format: EPUB
Pages: 232
Size: 9 Mb
Language: English

Operation 'Frankton' is a story of how a handful of determined and resourceful men, using flimsy canoes, achieved what thousands could not by conventional means. The volunteers had enlisted for 'Hostilities Only' and, except for their leader, none had been in a canoe before. However, with a few months training they carried out what one German officer described as, "the outstanding commando raid of the war". They became known as the 'Cockleshell Heroes', having been immortalized in a film and a book of that name in the 1950s.

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 Submarines: The Story of Underwater Craft From the Diving Bell of 300 B.C. to Nuclear-Powered Ships
Submarines: The Story of Underwater Craft From the Diving Bell of 300 B.C. to Nuclear-Powered Ships
Author: Edward C. Stephens
Submarines: The Story of Underwater Craft From the Diving Bell of 300 B.C. to Nuclear-Powered Ships
Golden Press. Inc.
1962
Format: PDF
Pages: 56
Language: English
Size: 10.4 MB

Informative, lively, easily read texts • Completely authoritative, each book checked for accuracy by an expert in the field • Handsomely illustrated with full-color photographs, paintings, diagrams and charts • Wide range of fascinating subjects • Prepared under the supervision of Dr. Herbert S. Zim, noted authority on science education and editor of the Golden Nature Guides.

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 The Sword And The Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive And The Secret History Of The KGB
The Sword And The Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive And The Secret History Of The KGB
The Sword And The Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive And The Secret History Of The KGB
Author: Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin
Mitrokhin
1999
Pages: 753
Format: PDF
Size: 16 Mb
Language: English

The Sword and the Shield is based on one of the most extraordinary intelligence coups of recent times: a secret archive of top-level KGB documents smuggled out of the Soviet Union which the FBI has described, after close examination, as the "most complete and extensive intelligence ever received from any source." Its presence in the West represents a catastrophic hemorrhage of the KGB’s secrets and reveals for the first time the full extent of its worldwide network.Vasili Mitrokhin, a secret dissident who worked in the KGB archive, smuggled out copies of its most highly classified files every day for twelve years. In 1992, a U.S. ally succeeded in exfiltrating the KGB officer and his entire archive out of Moscow.

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 Armored Cav - A Guided Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment
Armored Cav - A Guided Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment
Author: Tom Clancy
Armored Cav - A Guided Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment
Berkley Books
1994
Format: PDF
Pages: 356
Language: English
Size: 40.6 MB

A penetrating look inside an armored cavalry regiment -- the technology, the strategies, and the people . . . profiled by Tom Clancy.

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 The Oxford History of Modern Europe
The Oxford History of Modern Europe
The Oxford History of Modern Europe
Author: T. C. W. Blanning
Oxford University Press
2000
Pages: 400
Language: English
Format: pdf
Size: 2.5 Mb

This excellent book reveals much about the things that have changed in Europe since 1789--and, just as importantly, the things that have remained constant. The eleven essays in this collection (written by some of the biggest names in the field of European history, such as Princeton's Harold James, U.C. Berkeley's Martin Jay, and Richard Overy of King's College, London) focus on various aspects of European society, from politics and economics to high culture and social structures, and analyze both the changes and the engines of those changes.

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 Khrushchev : The Man and His Era
Khrushchev : The Man and His Era
Author: William Taubman
Khrushchev : The Man and His Era
W. W. Norton & Co
2004
Format: PDF
Pages: 873
Language: English
Size: 36.8 MB

Amherst College political science professor Taubman's thorough and nuanced account is the first full-length American biography of Khrushchev-and will likely be the definitive one for a long time. Russians, Taubman explains, are still divided by Khrushchev's legacy, largely because of the great contradiction at the heart of his career: he worked closely with Stalin for nearly 20 years, approved thousands of arrests and executions, and continued to idolize the dictator until the latter's death. Yet it was Khrushchev who publicly revealed the enormity of Stalin's crimes, denounced him, and introduced reforms that, Taubman argues, "allowed a nascent civil society to take shape"-eventually making way for perestroika. Taubman untangles the fascinating layers of deception and self-deception in Khrushchev's own memoir, weighing just how much the leader was likely to have known about the purges and his own culpability in them. He also shows that shadows of Stalinism lingered through Khrushchev's 11 years in power: his fourth-grade education left him both awed and threatened by the Russian intelligentsia, which he persecuted; intending to de-escalate the Cold War, the mercurial, blustering first secretary ended up provoking dangerous standoffs with the U.S. The bumbling, equivocal speeches quoted here make Khrushchev seem a rank amateur in international affairs-or, as Taubman politely puts it, he had trouble "thinking things through." Working closely with Khrushchev's children, and interviewing his surviving top-level Central Committee colleagues and aides, Taubman has pieced together a remarkably detailed chronicle, complete with riveting scenes of Kremlin intrigue and acute psychological analysis that further illuminates some of the nightmarish episodes of Soviet history.

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 Australia and the Vietnam War
Australia and the Vietnam War
Author: Peter Edwards
Australia and the Vietnam War
University of New South Wales Press
ISBN: 1742232744 |
2014
Format: EPUB
Size: 10,8 МБ
Language: English
Pages: 304
Peter Edwards was the Official Historian and general editor of the nine-volume Official History of Australia’s Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948–1975. He was also the author of the volumes dealing with politics, strategy, and diplomacy, Crises and Commitments and A Nation at War. His other books and monographs include Arthur Tange: Last of the Mandarins, Permanent Friends? Historical Reflections on the Australian-American Alliance, Prime Ministers and Diplomats, and Robert Marsden Hope and Australian Public Polic. He is currently an adjunct professor at the Alfred Deakin Research Institute of Deakin University, a Member of the Order of Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, and a former Trustee of the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne.

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 Nautilus 90 North
Nautilus 90 North
Author: William R. Anderson
Nautilus 90 North
The World Publishing Company
1959
Format: PDF
Pages: 296
Language: English
Size: 33.3 MB

The dramatic account of the first atomic submarine's voyage from the Pacific to the Atlantic beneath the Arctic ice Pole.

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 The Modern Middle East: A Political History since the First World War
The Modern Middle East: A Political History since the First World War
The Modern Middle East: A Political History since the First World War
Author: Mehran Kamrava
University of California Press
2005
Pages: 514
Language: English
Format: pdf
Size: 3.3 Mb

The first succinct and authoritative overview of the making of the modern Middle East, this lucid book brings a valuable mix of historical perspectives and contemporary analysis to a wide audience of readers seeking expert knowledge about this troubled and fascinating region. Giving a rich perspective on the region's historical and political evolution, the book traces the influence of factors such as religion, culture, and economics and illuminates events and topics currently in the news. With its broad thematic sweep and its balanced presentation of contentious issues, it is essential reading for general readers and students who want to better understand the world today.
Mehran Kamrava sets the stage with a concise discussion of the evolution of Islam and the religion's profound role in the region. He then looks at, in turn, the rise and fall of the Ottomans, the trials of independence and state-building, the emergence and fiery spread of nationalism, the two Arab-Israeli wars of 1967 and 1973, the Iranian Revolution, and the two Gulf Wars and beyond, including discussion of the invasion of Iraq by the United States. After tracing the consequences of these historical events for a host of political phenomena, Kamrava gives detailed attention to three pivotal issues: the challenges of economic development, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and the question of democracy. He also examines issues that will shape the future: population growth, environmental pollution, and water scarcity.

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