Counterinsurgency and stability operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are only the most recent examples of the U.S. Armed Forces fighting insurgents, building infrastructure, enforcing laws, and governing cities. For more than two centuries, these assignments have been a regular pa…
Counterinsurgency and stability operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are only the most recent examples of the U.S. Armed Forces fighting insurgents, building infrastructure, enforcing laws, and governing cities. For more than two centuries, these assignments have been a regular pa…
Counterinsurgency and stability operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are only the most recent examples of the U.S. Armed Forces fighting insurgents, building infrastructure, enforcing laws, and governing cities. For more than two centuries, these assignments have been a regular pa…
Counterinsurgency and stability operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are only the most recent examples of the U.S. Armed Forces fighting insurgents, building infrastructure, enforcing laws, and governing cities. For more than two centuries, these assignments have been a regular pa…
This work is an account of the China edition of the U.S. Army's daily newspaper, The Stars and Stripes, which was geared toward service personnel in the China Theater of Operations at the end of World War II and published for nearly a year. The book addresses Japanese repatriati…
Introduction -- Origins, foundations and early operations of the China (Shanghai) edition of The stars and stripes -- The home front : the view from afar -- The Chinese conundrum -- Growing GI unrest : ferment, furor, and occasional favors -- Japanese problems : repatriation and…
"This work is an account of the China edition of the U.S. Army's daily newspaper, The Stars and Stripes, which was geared toward service personnel in the China Theater of Operations at the end of World War II. It covers the Japanese repatriations, war-crime trials, and the Chine…
The American Revolution, slavery, and the antebellum South -- The Civil War, western expansion, and Buffalo Soldiers -- World War I : Black officers and the new Negroes -- World War II : Black women at war -- World War II : Tuskegee Airmen soaring above, 758th tankers rumbling b…
Discusses the contributions of black soldiers in the United States, from the American Revolution to the battlefields of today, presenting individual and group stories, details of battles, and descriptions of army life.
Crispus Attucks, the first man to die in the American Revolution. Harriet Tubman, who bravely shepherded slaves to freedom and served the Union during the Civil War. Lt. James Reese Europe, who introduced jazz music to Europe during World War I. Capt. Luther H. Smith and othe…
The author describes how, after working as a humanitarian around the world, he realized that he could do nothing to stop violence or prevent people from becoming refugees and soon joined the elite Navy SEALs, where he drew on his humanitarian training as he battled injustice.
Edward Posey's The US Army's First, Last, and Only All-Black Rangers: The 2nd Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) in the Korean War, 1950-1951 is the first complete history of this elite all-volunteer unit whose members were drawn from the 3rd Battalion of the 505th Airborne Infa…
Provides targeted practice for military air pilots testing for a specific training program. Newly revised edition contains three full-length practice tests based on the official military exams: AFOQT, AFAST, and ASTB, with complete answer explanations and a detailed guide for ea…