Describes how the United States attempted to suppress insurgencies and build nations during the Cold War. Employing a range of primary and secondary sources, the author explains how the Army in the 1950s and 1960s developed a dual strategy that combined military measures with po…
'History of Operations Research in the United States Army, ' a comprehensive 3-volume set with each volume covering a different time span, offers insights into the natural tension between military leaders and civilian scientists, the establishment and growth of Army Operations R…
'History of Operations Research in the United States Army, ' a comprehensive 3-volume set with each volume covering a different time span, offers insights into the natural tension between military leaders and civilian scientists, the establishment and growth of Army Operations R…
Offers a study of the American military, providing a profile of the global war on terrorism, as well as how the U.S. Navy protects sea lanes and prepares for a confrontation with China, while the Air Force prepares for war with Iran and North Korea.
Offers a study of the American military, providing a profile of the global war on terrorism, as well as how the U.S. Navy protects sea lanes and prepares for a confrontation with China, while the Air Force prepares for war with Iran and North Korea.
Foreign affairs journalist Kaplan lets readers experience up close the American military worldwide in the air, at sea, and on the ground: flying in a B-2 bomber, living on a nuclear submarine, and traveling with a Stryker brigade on missions around the world. Provided unpreceden…
The powerful German counteroffensive operation codenamed "Wacht am Rhein" (Watch on the Rhine) launched against the American First Army in the early morning hours of December 16, 1944, would result in the greatest single extended land battle of World War II. To most Americans, t…
"War stories of the Battle of the Bulge is not intended to be yet another history of the battle. Rather, the authors tell the story of this important period in history with first-person stories from the American soldiers, both officers and enlisted personnel in their muddy and f…
Among the many histories of fighting men and women in World War II, little has been written about the thousands of homosexuals who found themselves fighting two wars--one for their country, the other for their own survival as targets of a military policy that sought their discha…
Chronicles the military career of Lt. Col. John Paul Vann, profiling his military and civilian roles in the Vietnam War.
A group of female warriors from the nation's most elite counter-terrorism unit-- the United States Army's 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta--deploys on a dangerous international assignment. Their code name: Athena Project.