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During World War II the uniformed heads of the U. S. armed services assumed a pivotal and unprecedented role in the formulation of the nation's foreign policies. Organized soon after Pearl Harbor as the Joint Chiefs of Staff, these individuals were officially responsible only for the nation's military forces. During the war their functions came to encompass a host of foreign policy concerns, however, and so powerful did the military voice become on...
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The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. The work, written in AD 121, during the reign of the emperor Hadrian, was the most popular work of Suetonius, at that time Hadrian's personal secretary, and is the largest among his surviving writings. The Twelve Caesars is, considered very significant in antiquity and remains a primary source on...
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One of the leading voices on national-security issues in the US Congress demonstrates how words have been sharp and powerful weapons of victory in this compilation of great military speeches that helped turn the tide of history. Congressman Israel has included speeches that have motivated and mobilized, challenged and comforted. Some were blurted in the heat of combat, others carefully written in places far removed from the brutality of the battlefield,...
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ÍNDICE:-Comentario de la Guerra de LAS GALIAS (CON NOTAS DE NAPOLEÓN) -Comentario de la Guerra CIVIL -Comentario de la Guerra LA ALEJANDRÍA -Comentario de la Guerra de ÁFRICA -Comentario de la Guerra de ESPAÑA
Cayo Julio César o Gayo Julio César a (100-44 a. C.) fue un político y militar romano del siglo I a. C. miembro de los patricios Julios Césares que alcanzó las más altas magistraturas del Estado romano y dominó la política de...
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Roza Shanina's biography reads like a comic book hero come to life, a heroic female assassin fighting off the Nazi forces at the height of World War II. Seeking vengeance for the death of her brother, Roza Shanina sacrificed her life for service in the Red Army's fight against the invading Nazis during World War II. This book chronicles how she became the most feared sniper during this time, earning the nickname the "unseen terror" while registering...
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This manual condenses important information from a number of U.S. Army regulations, field manuals, and other publications into one crucial volume. Written to answer the many questions asked by soldiers of all ranks in the Army, it covers everything from the history and traditions of the American military to training and service benefits. Find out about such ideals as "The Warrior Ethos" that drive soldiers during a mission and the Army's values of...
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'The History of the Peloponnesian War' is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War (431—404 BC), which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens). It was, written by Thucydides, an Athenian historian who also happened to serve as, an Athenian general during the war. His account of the conflict is widely considered to be, a classic, and is, regarded as one of the earliest scholarly works...
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Extrait: "La première mesure d'ordre militaire que la Belgique décida à l'occasion du conflit diplomatique qui divisa l'Europe en juillet 1914, fut la mise de l'armée sur le pied de paix renforcé, c'est-à-dire le rappel de trois classes de milice. Cette décision constituait une simple mesure de précaution."
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¿Está preparado para la batalla? Siempre se debe estarlo. No debemos dar nada por hecho. Sí, la vida es una guerra, y al igual que en cualquier guerra, siempre hay muchas batallas por enfrentar. Cuando se gana una batalla, entonces se prepara o pasa a la siguiente, hasta ganar la guerra. En esta obra se enterará del motivo de la guerra, y conocerá los principios para ganar las batallas de la vida. Salomón se convirtió en el rey más sabio,...
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This handbook reveals the techniques and tactics that make the U.S. Army Special Forces some of the most elite and highly skilled soldiers in the world. Trained to succeed in specialized operations such as reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, and counter-terrorism, these soldiers undergo a rigorous selection process and operate under the principles of self-sufficiency, stealth, speed, and teamwork. Here readers will discover how guerrilla forces...
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Written for use in formal United States Air Force survival training courses, the U.S. Air Force Survival Handbook is the bible for pilots who want to stay alive-no matter what. Assuming, as the Air Force does, that flight personnel may be faced at any time with a bailout or crash landing in hostile territory without supplies, the advice here is superlatively practical, but also surprisingly readable and interesting. Detailing specific survival threats...
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Stephen Peter Rosen is a political scientist and Beton Michael Kaneb Professor of National Security and Military Affairs at Harvard University
Why did President John F. Kennedy choose a strategy of confrontation during the Cuban missile crisis even though his secretary of defense stated that the presence of missiles in Cuba made no difference? Why did large numbers of Iraqi troops surrender during the Gulf War even though they had been ordered to...
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Êtes-vous prêt au combat? Soyez toujours prêt. Nous ne devons rien tenir pour acquis. Oui, la vie est une guerre, et comme dans toute guerre, il y a toujours de nombreuses batailles à mener. Quand vous en gagnez une, vous vous préparez ou vous passez à la suivante. Jusqu'à ce que vous gagniez la guerre entière. Ici, vous saurez pourquoi la guerre et vous apprendrez aussi les principes de la victoire des batailles de la vie. Salomon est devenu...
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Compiled between the years 1677 and 1691, the Entring Book is 900,000 words long, with many sensitive passages written in a secret shorthand that has only recently been decoded. This remarkable chronicle of public affairs has remained for nearly three centuries, secure but little known, in Dr. Williams's Library, London. The Entring Book fits no simple definition. It is not just a political diary, nor is it only the newsletter it sometimes resembles....
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A look at three different snipers from different countries.
CHUCK MAWHINNEY
Charles "Chuck" Mawhinney holds the record for the most confirmed kills by a United States Marine Corps sniper. He recorded 103 confirmed kills and 216 "probable kills" during his 16 month service in the Vietnam War. The 216 are listed as "probables" because it was too risky to search for the bodies to retrieve weapons and documents. If you take into account that the 216...
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Stratagems: The Roman Strategy at War is a combination of two ancient Roman texts, Stratagems by Sextus Julius Frontius from the first century AD and Concerning Military Matters by Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatius from the fourth century AD. These classic surviving texts cover examples of ancient strategy for use by generals as well as the organization of the army in the later stages of the Empire.
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Extrait : "1. Les lois sont les rapports nécessaires qui dérivent de la nature des choses. (Montesquieu.) 2. La science est la classification des notions positives et des lois fournies par l'observation, l'expérience et le raisonnement. (Fontenelle.) 3. Il n'est presque aucun objet saisi par les sens don’t la réflexion n'ait fait une science."
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Extrait : "Tel ces médailles qui, sous la patine des siècles, accusent un profil à jamais orgueilleux et viril, Un Tel, malgré les épuisements et les fièvres, garde le visage de ses vingt ans. Il est la parfaite image d'une époque inquiète, le souple sujet d'une race sportive et spirituelle."
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An important study of the evolution of the U.S. War Department. Not a simple, linear administrative history, Modernizing the American War Department is a unique study of the adjustment of nineteenth-century military organizations to the managerial, technological, and policy challenges of a new era. The story unfolds against a backdrop of massive industrial and technological changes, as the country moved from a traditional agricultural and market-based...
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