"Begun as antisubmarine operations during World War I, U.S. naval aviation faced enormous logistical, administrative, personnel, and operational problems. [The author] provides a sustained and comprehensive narrative of combat operations as well as a detailed survey of all naval…
The first and only comprehensive study of U.S. naval aviation operations in Europe during WWI.
Bipartisan alliance during World War II -- The hunter and the strategist -- The fight over isolationism -- Crossing the divide -- Uniting America -- A bipartisan call to arms -- The separate peace -- "Let the Negro masses march!" -- Pearl Harbor -- World War, internal war -- Wom…
Introduction : history, narrative, and the War on Terror -- "All the world was America" : the long history of Homeland Security -- "A general principle of democracy" : terror and colonial modernity -- "Choc en retour" : security, terror, theory -- "Vanishing points" : postcoloni…
"When in 1492 Christopher Columbus set out for Asia but instead happened on the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola, his error inaugurated a specifically colonial modernity. This is, Security and Terror contends, the colonial modernity within which we still live. And its enduring feat…
What motivates someone to make a career out of defending some of the worst suspected killers of our time? In 'Capital Defense', Jon B. Gould and Maya Pagni Barak give us a glimpse into the lives of lawyers who choose to work in the darkest corner of our criminal justice system: …
Traces the evolution of covert action and counterintelligence through US history from the end of World War II: the successes and failures; the products and the processes; and the organizations. The book is an examination of the gap between current US practice and ideal capabilit…
"Part handbook, part field guide, part photo album, Secret Weapons chronicles the diverse and often astonishing defensive strategies that have allowed insects, spiders, scorpions, and other many-legged creatures not just to survive, but to thrive." "In sixty-nine chapters, each …
"Part handbook, part field guide, part photo album, Secret Weapons chronicles the diverse and often astonishing defensive strategies that have allowed insects, spiders, scorpions, and other many-legged creatures not just to survive, but to thrive." "In sixty-nine chapters, each …
Symantec's chief antivirus researcher, Peter Szor, covers virus behavior and classification, protection strategies, antivirus and worm-blocking techniques, and more. Szor presents the state-of-the-art in malware and protection, providing the technical detail that professionals n…
A guide to computer viruses covers such topics as virus behavior, malware, technical defenses, and worm blocking.
