Military category: 34701 books
The Pope's Soldiers
A Military History of the Modern Vatican
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Most students of history assume that the age of the "warlord popes" ended with the Renaissance, but, long after the victory of Catholic powers at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, the Papacy continued to entangle itself in martial affairs. The Vatican participated in six major military campaigns...
The Abongo Abroad
Military-Sponsored Travel in Ghana, the United States, and the World, 1959-1992
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
Blending African social history with US foreign relations, John V. Clune documents how ordinary people experienced a major aspect of Cold War diplomacy. The book describes how military-sponsored international travel, especially military training abroad and United Nations peacekeeping deployments in...
by Terrance Zepke
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2018
Some of the most haunted places in America are our military installations, which include military ships, military museums, military bases, and historic military forts.
Discover why these military installations earned the reputation of being the most haunted...
Learn about the Luminous...
Counter-Insurgency in Nigeria
The Military and Operations against Boko Haram, 2011-2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
This book offers a detailed examination of the counter-insurgency operations undertaken by the Nigerian military against Boko Haram between 2011 and 2017.
Based on extensive fieldwork conducted with military units in Nigeria, Counter-Insurgency in Nigeria has two main aims. First, it seeks...
The Ethics of Military Privatization
The US Armed Contractor Phenomenon
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
This book explores the ethical implications of using armed contractors, taking a consequentialist approach to this multidisciplinary debate.
While privatization is not a new concept for the US military, the public debate on military privatization is limited to legal, financial, and pragmatic...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
This manual. converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction, provides doctrinal guidance, techniques, and procedures governing the employment of human intelligence (HUMINT) collection and analytical assets in support of the commander's intelligence needs. It outlines HUMINT operations,...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
This is a unique Navy course in Evolution of Warfare. The course is a survey of the operational art of warfare from the beginning of recorded history to the present. The three volumes of lesson guides are intended to assist the NROTC Marine Officer Instructors to develop more personalized/ detailed...
Emory Upton
Misunderstood Reformer
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Emory Upton (1839–1881) is widely recognized as one of America’s most influential military thinkers. His works—The Armies of Asia and Europe and The Military Policy of the United States—fueled the army’s intellectual ferment in the late nineteenth century and guided Secretary of War Elihu...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2015
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this unique USAF publication traces the doctrinal underpinnings of the modern United States Air Force, the world's only global air force. The men and women who serve in the Air Force, and airmen in America's other...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
Established during World War II to advise the President regarding the strategic direction of armed forces of the United States, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) continued in existence after the war and, as military advisers and planners, have played a significant role in the development of national...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
This comprehensive ebook presents fourteen unique reports and studies of the 1999 Clinton Administration military intervention in the Kosovo war, known as Operation Allied Force. Contents:Part 1: Religious and Ethnic Warfare: The Kosovo Case * Part 2: Analysis of the Modern Inter-Ethnic Conflict:...
Manhood and the Making of the Military
Conscription, Military Service and Masculinity in Finland, 1917–39
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
When Finland gained its independence from Russia in 1917, the country had not had a military for almost two decades. The ensuing creation of a new national conscript army aroused intense but conflicting emotions among the Finns. This book examines how a modern conscript army, born out of a civil war,...
Understanding Civil-Military Interaction
Lessons Learned from the Norwegian Model
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
A novel examination of civil-military interaction in particular between militaries and humanitarian actors, in light of the so-called 'Norwegian model' that espouses a clear divide between political and humanitarian (or military and civilian - the model is in fact unclear) actors, while maintaining...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
The Military Commander and the Law is a publication of The Judge Advocate General's School. This publication is used as a deskbook for instruction at various commander courses at Air University. It also serves as a helpful reference guide for commanders in the field, providing general guidance and...