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Book SynopsisMirrors of Destruction examines the relationship between total war, state-organized genocide, and the emergence of modern identity. Here, Omer Bartov demonstrates that in the twentieth century there have been intimate links between military conflict, mass murder of civilian populations, and the definition and categorization of groups and individuals. These connections were most clearly manifested in the Holocaust, as the Nazis attempted to exterminate European Jewry under cover of a brutal war and with the stated goal of creating a racially pure Aryan population and Germanic empire. The Holocaust, however, can only be understood within the context of the century''s predilection for applying massive and systematic methods of destruction to resolve conflicts over identity. To provide the context for the Final Solution, Bartov examines the changing relationships between Jews and non-Jews in France and Germany from the outbreak of World War I to the present. Rather than presenting a comTrade ReviewHis insights about the Great War, the Holocaust, and public memory makes Mirrors of Destruction an important contribution to the literature. * History *What does it mean to "come to terms with the Holocaust?" ... Bartov brings a prodigious amount of reading, intelligence, and critical energy to [this question] ... To his credit, [he] rejects the mystifications that one often finds in writing on the Holocaust--for instance, the notion that it is fundamentally inexplicable, or that only survivors can grasp its deeper significance ... In his conclusion [he] explores new material, taking on new polemics and problems and offering a brilliant analysis of the strange case of Binjamin Wilkomirski, a Swiss writer who falsely claimed to be a Holocaust survivor in his memoir `Fragments. * The New York Times Book Review *Bartov's work has always been characterized by its thoughtfulness and independence, and here he combines archival research with an interdisciplinary critique of the literature drawn from widely diverse fields. He focuses on the links of social, cultural, and military history and offers particularly interesting insights into Europe's two major wars in this century and their relationship to the Holocaust. This is history painted in large strokes, and anyone trying to understand how and why the promise of the twentieth century went horribly wrong should read this book. * Robert Gellately, Strassler Professor in Holocaust History, Clark University *Table of ContentsInroduction ; 1. Fields of Glory ; 2. Grand Illusions ; 3. Elusive Enemies ; 4. Apocalyptic Visions ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Index

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Book SynopsisMilitary and defence related procurement has been an important source of technology development across a broad spectrum of industries that account for an important share of United States industrial production. Changes in the structure of the defence industries and of the U.S. industrial economy make it unlikely that military and defence related procurement would again become an important source of revolutionary new technologies in the absence of a major war.Trade ReviewWe owe Ruttan a debt of gratitude for demonstrating yet again the importance of public sector support in the development of many major technologies. * Journal of Economic Literature *

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Book SynopsisDuring the Second World War, the United States built over two hundred defense installations on sovereign soil in Latin America in the name of cooperation in hemisphere defense. Predictably, it proved to be a fraught affair. Despite widespread acclaim for Pan-American unity with the Allied cause, defense construction incited local conflicts that belied the wartime rhetoric of fraternity and equality. Cooperating with the Colossus reconstructs the history of US basing in World War II Latin America, from the elegant chambers of the American foreign ministries to the cantinas, courtrooms, plazas, and brothels surrounding US defense sites. Foregrounding the wartime experiences of Brazil, Cuba, and Panama, the book considers how Latin American leaders and diplomats used basing rights as bargaining chips to advance their nation-building agendas with US resources, while limiting overreach by the Colossus of the North as best they could. Yet conflicts on the ground over labor rights, discriminaTrade ReviewBurrowing deep into the national archives in Brazil, Cuba, and Panama, Herman has produced a splendid, well-balanced history of an extraordinary but seldom studied period in inter-American relations. She pushes back against the still prevalent academic caricature of the United States as an all-powerful imperial actor, aligning herself instead with a younger generation of scholars that has emphasized Latin American agency and the ability of Latin Americans to astutely bargain with Washington....Herman deftly demonstrates how onsite U.S. commanders and diplomats cooperated with local authorities to find informal, flexible solutions to potentially tricky issues....Such pragmatic accords successfully managed the inherent tensions between international security cooperation and national sovereignty, enabling a brilliant if brief chapter of solidarity in the Western Hemisphere. * Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs *Rebecca Herman's Cooperating with the Colossus is a superb book. Wonderfully written and impressively researched, Herman's history greatly expands our understanding of the way Washington used Latin America as a testing ground for the creation of its worldwide military-base archipelago. Cooperating with the Colossus will immediately find a deserved place in the canon of international diplomatic history. * Greg Grandin, Yale University *The World War II years were a 'transformative crucible' in US relations with Latin America, Rebecca Herman demonstrates, requiring negotiation between the projection of American power in the name of protecting democracy, and incursions in the sovereignty of other nations. An outstanding, nuanced, and deeply researched study. * Mary L. Dudziak, author of War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences *Cooperating with the Colossus provides a strikingly new perspective on the close encounters between US authorities and Latin American nations during World War II. Rebecca Herman brilliantly brings together the micro-level social tensions that erupted along the 'borderlands' of US military bases in Latin America during the war, and the macro-level impact of US basing on political concerns regarding national sovereignty in the region. Drawing on a vast array of sources from multi-national archival research, Herman delves into the extensive clashes and protests sparked by matters of racial discrimination, criminal jurisdiction, labor rights, and gender norms as US bases multiplied in Brazil, Cuba, and Panama. And then she goes a step further and offers us a stunning synthesis of these local dramas that amounts to a radical reinterpretation of the era of 'The Good Neighbor. * Barbara Weinstein, New York University *The book examines the expansion of US military basing in Latin America as part of the Allied war effort. But it does more than that. Herman's multifaceted and multilevel history takes a renewed look at cooperation in asymmetrical relationships during a consequential moment. Thus, Cooperating with the Colossus joins a handful of existing books as a veritable must-read book on wartime inter-American relations. * Tom Long, International Affairs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: The Specter of Guantanamo Chapter Two: High Politics and Horse-Trading Chapter Three: Base Labor Chapter Four: Discrimination in the Canal Zone Chapter Five: Sex, Honor, and Moral Hygiene Chapter Six: Criminal Jurisdiction Chapter Seven: Cooperation at the War's End Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive description of the global basing networks of the major powers, including their types, their locations and the politics and economics of their acquisition. The crucial link between arms transfers and the politics of basing is emphasized.Trade Review`This is fascinating read for anyone interested in defence and intelligence issues.' BBC Book of the Week, Arabic Service`Robert Harkavy has produced a book that has long needed to be written, a comprehensive and well-organized analysis of bases and related military facilities around the world.' Security and Arms Control`This is a substantial piece of work. Harkavy provides a meticulous historical survey of how the two superpowers have obtained their bases ... a most useful survey.' The Journal of Strategic Studies`Harkavy has provided a treasury of basic data and analysis to inform both sides ... by far the most complete reference guide to an issue that is bound to grow in importance in the years to come.' War Studies`Harkavy has produced a meticulous and detailed study of US and Soviet military presence in foreign countries ... Detailed tables give data ... The work is well organized and has valuable notes and a bibliography.' G.N. Sandwick, North Hennepin Community College, USA`Robert Harkavy has produced a book that has long needed to be written, a comprehensive and well-organized analysis of bases and related military facilities around the world ... As Harkavy makes clear, bases also remain an issue of great political sensitivity, in both developed and Third World countries.' Fred Halliday, London School of Ecoomics'an excellent reference work ... Anyone interested in military matters should have it in his or her library.' John C. Ausland, Oslo, Survival, Vol.xxxii, No.6 Nov/Dec 1990'The empirircal material is overwhelming, but is presented in an orderly fashion under various headings.' Magne Barth, Journal of Peace Research, No.3, 1990Table of ContentsNaval facilities; air force facilities; ground-force FMP; missiles; overseas "technical" facilities - intelligence, space and communications; research and environmental facilities; nuclear-related FMP - deterrence and defence; conventional FMP power projection; the politics and economics of foreign military presence.

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Book SynopsisThis revised and updated paperback edition of a highly successful study looks at the development of Israeli-Arab relations during the formative years 1949 to 1956, focusing on Arab infiltration into Israel and Israeli retaliation. Palestinian refugee raiding and cross-border attacks by Egyptian-controlled irregulars and commandos were a core phenomenon during this period and one of the chief causes of Israel''s invasion of Sinai and the Gaza strip, the Israeli part of the Anglo-French-Israeli invasion of Egypt in 1956. Benny Morris probes the types of Arab infiltration and the attitude of Arab governments towards the phenomenon, and traces the evolution of Israel''s defensive and offensive responses. He analyses Israeli decision-making processes, including the emergence and ultimate failure of Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett''s dissident policy of moderation and describes in detail the history of the Arab infiltration, including the terrorist-guerrilla raids by state-organized Fedayeen Trade ReviewTimely ... an impressive work, scholarly, balanced and searching ... Morris lets the facts speak for themselves * The Observer *There can be nothing but praise for Dr Morris's latest book ... makes uncomfortable reading, but is nevertheless of fundamental importance for understanding the evolution of Israeli policy and the attitude of the major powers, particularly Britain and the United States * Jewish Chronicle *Morris analyses effectively the interplay between different Israeli decision-making authorities, military and civilian, local and central ... this book confirms and lends depth to the authoritative picture of the Arab exodus in Morris's previous work ... Morris's works provide the fullest, best documented, and most fair-minded examination of the subject yet published. They are likely to remain the standard works on the topic for the foreseeable future. * Mediterranean Historical Review *Table of Contents1. Israel, the Arab States, and the Palestinians after the 1948 War ; 2. Infiltration ; 3. Arab Attitudes and Policies Towards Infiltration, 1949-55 ; 4. The Costs of Infiltration ; 5. The Israeli Defensive Responses to Infiltration ; 6. The Beginning of the Retaliatory Policy ; 7. Raiding and Counter-Raiding, 1951-1953 ; 8. Qibya ; 9. Israel, the Arab States, and the Great Powers, 1952-1956 ; 10. Sharett's Year, 1954 ; 11. The Gaza Raid and After ; 12. Countdown to a War ; Afterword: The Sinai/Suez War and the End of the Gaza Fedayeen ; Conclusion ; Biographical Notes

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Book SynopsisPaul Jankowski offers a fresh look at Verdun, one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the First World War, in a book that will surely become the standard work on the topic.Trade ReviewA scholarly but readable account of something quite extraordinary. A valuable and valued addition to the growing library of WW1 literature. * Books Monthly *Impressive. * Max Hastings, The Sunday Times *Jankowski is abundantly qualified to present a new standard work on the subject. A well-respected scholar of French politics and culture, he has delved deeply into the contemporary sources from that nation, but he is no less at home in the copious German archives. The writing throughout is of the highest order, to a degree that may startle any reader with a dated stereotype of military history as a mechanical recounting of military formations. * Books & Culture *The first major study of the battle to appear in English for many years, and the first to draw fully on archival research on both sides... A thoughtful, original, and moving account, full of insights into the course of the fighting and its subsequent commemoration and impact. * David Stevenson, author of Cataclysm: The First World War as Political Tragedy *Jankowski has written a superb, definitive popular account of Verdun through the eyes of soldiers, military leaders, and citizens of the two nations. * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; I. The Three Hundred Days of Verdun ; II. Verdun under German Eyes ; III. Verdun under French Eyes ; IV. The Offensive Trap ; V. The Prestige Trap ; VI. The Attritional Trap ; VII. The Nightmare ; VIII. Rancor ; IX. Warning Signals ; X. Enemies ; XI. Circles of Loyalty ; Epilogue ; Appendix ; Acknowledgments ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe Strategy Bridge: Theory for Practice is an original contribution to the general theory of strategy. While heavily indebted to Carl von Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, and the very few other classic authors, this book presents the theory, rather than merely comments on the theory as developed by others. The author explains that the purpose of strategy is to connect purposefully politics and policy with the instruments they must use. The primary focus of attention is on military strategy, but this focus is well nested in discussion of grand strategy, for which military strategy is only one strand. The book presents the general theory of strategy comprehensively and explains the utility of this general theory for the particular strategies that strategists need to develop in order to meet their historically unique challenges. The book argues that strategy''s general theory provides essential education for practicing strategists at all times and in all circumstances. As general theory, The StrategTrade ReviewOne of the most detailed and important investigations of the concept of strategy published in recent decades. * C.Dale Walton, Lindenwood University *It would be professional malfeasance...to overlook The Strategy Bridge. * Bradford Lee, Journal of Strategic Studies *...it is far more than a textbook, though it certainly can and should be used for instructional purposes. Interms of rigor, Strategy Bridge is every bit as scientific as Clausewitz's On War, but much more accessible... It's synthetic nature and analytic rigor make Colin Gray's Strategy Bridge a necessary, and welcome, addition to any educator's already vast library of works on strategy. * Antulio J Echevarria II, US Army War College *Gray is a prolific writer on strategy... It could be said that Gray has positioned himself in pole position as a strategic thinker. Few other contemporary writers can rival him, and none has been so consistent in trying to develop a general theory, distilled largely, but not entirely from Clauswitz's On War. * Christopher Coker, RUSI Journal d *For any aspiring military officer, there could be no better book than this. * Christopher Coker, The Rusi Journal *what Gray has provided here is more than ample as a base line work for anyone who wishes to get serious about strategy * William F. Owen, Infinity Journal *Table of ContentsPART I: THEORY; PART II: PRACTICE; PART III: CONTEXT AND PURPOSE

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Book SynopsisOver the last decade (and indeed ever since the Cold War), the rise of insurgents and non-state actors in war, and their readiness to use terror and other irregular methods of fighting, have led commentators to speak of ''new wars''. They have assumed that the ''old wars'' were waged solely between states, and were accordingly fought between comparable and ''symmetrical'' armed forces. Much of this commentary has lacked context or sophistication. It has been bounded by norms and theories more than the messiness of reality. Fed by the impact of the 9/11 attacks, it has privileged some wars and certain trends over others. Most obviously it has been historically unaware. But it has also failed to consider many of the other dimensions which help us to define what war is - legal, ethical, religious, and social. The Changing Character of War, the fruit of a five-year interdisciplinary programme at Oxford of the same name, draws together all these themes, in order to distinguish between what Table of ContentsPART I: THE NEED FOR A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT HAS CHANGED?; PART II: THE PURPOSE OF WAR: WHY GO TO WAR?; PART III: THE CHANGING IDENTITIES OF COMBATANTS: WHO FIGHTS?; PART IV: THE CHANGING IDENTITIES OF NON-COMBATANTS; PART V: THE IDEAS WHICH ENABLE US TO UNDERSTAND WAR

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Book SynopsisThere are many histories of how wars have begun, but very few which discuss how they have ended. This book fills that gap. Beginning with the Stone Age and ending with globalized terrorism, it addresses the specific issue of surrender, rather than the subsequent establishment of peace. At its heart is the individual warrior or soldier, and his or her decision to lay down arms. In the ancient world surrender led in most cases to slavery, but a slave still lived rather than died. In the modern world international law gives the soldiers rights as prisoners of war, and those rights include the prospect of their eventual return home. But individuals can surrender at any point in a war, and without having such an effect that they end the war. The termination of hostilities depends on a collective act for its consequences to be decisive. It also requires the enemy to accept the offer to surrender in the midst of combat. In other words, like so much else in war, surrender depends on reciprocitTrade Review[the] accumulation of research remains admirably comprehensive and it can serve as a highly valuable reference work as well as a volume of stimulating and thought-provoking essays. It certainly demands to be widely cited. Thus with some twenty-seven leading scholars covering the period from prehistoric tribal societies to modern-day terrorism, this impressive volume clearly fills an important gap. Sean McGlynn, HistoryTable of ContentsPART I: NO QUARTER? THE BEGINNINGS OF SURRENDER; PART II: LEARNING TO SURRENDER? THE MIDDLE AGES; PART III: THE DEVELOPMENTS OF RULES AND REGULATIONS: SURRENDER IN EARLY MODERN TIMES; III.A. SURRENDER IN INTERCULTURAL WARS; III.B.: SURRENDER IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE; PART IV: A QUESTION OF HONOUR: SURRENDER IN SEA WARFARE; PART V: THE TIMES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW: SURRENDER IN MODERN WARS; V.A. THE 19TH CENTURY; V.B. SURRENDER IN WORLD WAR I; PART VI: UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER? WORLD WAR II; VI A. 'CONVENTIONAL' SURRENDERS; VI B. GERMANY AND JAPAN IN WORLD WAR II; PART VII: OUR TIMES: ASYMMETRIC WARS - ENDLESS WARS AND NO SURRENDER?

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Book SynopsisHistorical accounts of major events have almost always relied upon what those who were there witnessed. Nowhere is this truer than in the nerve-shattering chaos of warfare, where sight seems to confer objective truth and acts as the basis of reconstruction. In The Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege, historian Mark M. Smith considers how all five senses, including sight, shaped the experience of the Civil War and thus its memory, exploring its full sensory impact on everyone from the soldiers on the field to the civilians waiting at home. From the eardrum-shattering barrage of shells announcing the outbreak of war at Fort Sumter; to the stench produced by the corpses lying in the mid-summer sun at Gettysburg; to the siege of Vicksburg, once a center of Southern culinary aesthetics and starved into submission, Smith recreates how Civil War was felt and lived. Relying on first-hand accounts, Smith focuses on specific senses, one for each event, offering a wholly new perspective. At Bull Run, the similarities between the colors of the Union and Confederate uniforms created concern over what later would be called friendly fire and helped decide the outcome of the first major battle, simply because no one was quite sure they could believe their eyes. He evokes what it might have felt like to be in the HL Hunley submarine, in which eight men worked cheek by jowl in near-total darkness in a space 48 inches high, 42 inches wide. Often argued to be the first total war, the Civil War overwhelmed the senses because of its unprecedented nature and scope, rendering sight less reliable and, Smith shows, forcefully engaging the nonvisual senses. Sherman''s March was little less than a full-blown assault on Southern sense and sensibility, leaving nothing untouched an no one unaffected. Unique, compelling, and fascinating, The Smell of Battle, The Taste of Siege, offers readers way to experience the Civil War with fresh eyes.Trade ReviewSmiths choice of episodes is inspiring. Perhaps not evident from the last two chapters titles, themes are introduced with playful language, his enjoyment in writing this volume evident throughout ... I would be surprised if this book does not change historical accounts of warfare. The twentieth century brought total war to greater numbers of civilians of many other nations, but historians have yet to write the sort of total history, which adequately conveys the full meaning of such collective trauma. Yet again, Smith has provided us with a model. * Jonathan Reinarz, University of Birmingham, The American Historical Review *Read this book for an original methodology that encourages readers to consider the influence of the confusions of battle, the noise of shells, and the stench of death. Smith describes some of the key encounters of the civil war, including the Battle of Bull Run and Gettysburg, in terms of assaults on the senses and shows how that affected outcomes. * Books of the year 2014, War on the Rocks *Historians often ask readers to imagine the intense sights, sounds, and smells of battle. Smith goes one step further and explores how such sensory assaults affect the conduct of war itself. * Lawrence D. Freedman, Books of the year 2014, Foreign Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. The Sounds of Secession ; 2. Eying First Bull Run ; 3. Cornelia Hancock's Sense of Smell ; 4. Hollowing Out Vicksburg ; 5. The Hunley's Impact ; Epilogue: Experiencing Total War

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Book SynopsisThe advent of the all-volunteer force and the evolving nature of modern warfare have transformed our military, changing it in serious if subtle ways that few Americans are aware of. Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David M. Kennedy, this stimulating volume brings together insights from a remarkable group of scholars, who shed important new light on the changes effecting today''s armed forces. Beginning with a Foreword by former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, the contributors take an historical approach as they explore the ever-changing strategic, political, and fiscal contexts in which the armed forces are trained and deployed, and the constantly shifting objectives that they are tasked to achieve in the post-9/11 environment. They also offer strong points of view. Lawrence Freedman, for instance, takes the leadership to task for uncritically embracing the high-tech Revolution in Military Affairs when conventional warfare seems increasingly unlikely. And eminent psychiatrist Jonathan Shay warns that the post-battle effects of what he terms moral wounds currently receive inadequate attention from the military and the medical profession. Perhaps most troubling, Karl Eikenberry raises the issue of the political ownership of the military in an era of all-volunteer service, citing the argument that, absent the political protest common to the draft era, government decision-makers felt free to carry out military operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Andrew Bacevich goes further, writing that it''s no longer our army; it hasn''t been for years; it''s theirs [the government''s] and they intend to keep it.Looking at such issues as who serves and why, the impact of non-uniformed contractors in the war zone, and the growing role of women in combat, this volume brings together leading thinkers who illuminate the American military at the beginning of the twenty-first century.Trade ReviewAcademic yet accessible, this volume offers thoughtful and occasionally disturbing insights into the workings of the world's most powerful war machine. * Publishers Weekly *Table of Contents1. The Mission by Lawrence Freedman ; 2. The Force by David Segal and Lawrence Korb ; 3. Command by Andrew Bacevich ; 4. The Armed Forces' View of War by Brian Linn ; 5. Images ; 6. Obedience and Disobedience by Errol Morris ; 7. International Comparisons by James Sheehan ; 8. Mercenaries by Deborah Avant and Renee de Nevers ; 9. Weapons by Thomas Mahnken ; 10. Casualties by Jonathan Shays ; 11. Culture: Life Inside the Military by Robert Goldich ; 12. The <"Military-Industrial Complex>" Today by Charles J. Dunlap ; 13. Gender and Sexuality by Martha McSally ; 14. Military Law by Eugene Fidell

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Book SynopsisWhen the Japanese began their brutal occupation of the Philippines in early 1942, 76,000 ill and starving Filipinos and many Americans were left to defend Bataan, Manila, and surrounding islands. During the three violent years of occupation that followed, Allied sympathizers smuggled supplies and information to guerilla fighters and prisoner camps around the country. Theresa Kaminski''s Angels of the Underground tells the story of two such members of this lesser-known resistance movement--American women known only as Miss U and High Pockets. Incredibly adept at skirting occupation authorities to support the Allied effort, the very nature of their clandestine wartime work meant that the truth behind their dangerous activities had to be obscured as long as the Japanese occupied the Philippines. Were their identities revealed, they would be arrested, tortured, and executed. Throughout the war, Miss U and High Pockets remained hidden behind a veil of deceit and subterfuge.Angels of the UndTrade Review"Two American women, known as Miss U and High Pockets, risked their lives in clandestine efforts to help the Allies, a story related in Angels of the Underground: The American Women Who Resisted the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II (Oxford Univ., Dec.) by Theresa Kaminski, who also provides an account of life under three years of Japanese occupation." --Publishers WeeklyTable of ContentsIntroduction ; Chapter One: The Four Women ; Chapter Two: Manila on the Edge ; Chapter Three: Pearl Harbor ; Chapter Four: The Japanese Occupation of Manila ; Chapter Five: Bataan ; Chapter Six: The Surrender of Bataan and After ; Chapter Seven: Organizing Relief and Resistance in Manila ; Chapter Eight: Cabanatuan ; Chapter Nine: Guerrillas in the Midst of the Occupation ; Chapter Ten: The Manila Underground ; Chapter Eleven: Betrayals and an Arrest ; Chapter Twelve: The Carabao Cart Incident and Another Arrest ; Chapter Thirteen: The War Returns to the Philippines ; Chapter Fourteen: Bloodletting and Liberation ; Chapter Fifteen: Freedom ; Notes

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Book SynopsisPresents the story of the author's journey from hard-drinking bravado to the grave realism of a scarred survivor. This book describes his experience with post-traumatic stress disorder, and grapples with the reality that Iraq - despite the sacrifice in Iraqi and American lives - has descended into a civil war with no end in sight.Trade Review"Ashley Gilbertson, a gifted and fearless photographer, has plunged into this darkest and most ferocious of battle-grounds and found beauty and horror and honor and truth. Scan the faces captured in these pages, of Iraqis and Americans, and of the predicaments they have found themselves in, and see and feel - in your gut - what it really means to be a human being in the middle of a place like Iraq." - from the Introduction by Dexter Filkins"

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Book SynopsisWhen the United States goes to war, the nation's attention focuses on the president. This title reveals that even in politically sensitive wartime environments, individual members of Congress frequently propose legislation, hold investigative hearings, and engage in national policy debates in the public sphere.Trade Review"Douglas Kriner closely scrutinizes how and when Congress influences foreign policy in this very fine book. This is the best statement, quantitative or qualitative, I've seen on the role of Congress in American foreign policy making." - David Clark, Binghamton University"

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Book SynopsisWhen the United States goes to war, the nation's attention focuses on the president. This title reveals that even in politically sensitive wartime environments, individual members of Congress frequently propose legislation, hold investigative hearings, and engage in national policy debates in the public sphere.Trade Review"Douglas Kriner closely scrutinizes how and when Congress influences foreign policy in this very fine book. This is the best statement, quantitative or qualitative, I've seen on the role of Congress in American foreign policy making." - David Clark, Binghamton University"

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Book SynopsisA study of the first attempts to understand how radiation affected the survivors of the atomic bomb and subsequent generations of Japanese, this book argues that Cold War politics and cultural values shaped this research. Using varied sources, it examines how US science was socially constructed.

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Book SynopsisIn this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and traces the path by which we have arrived at the frightening dilemmas that now confront us. McNeill moves with equal mastery from the crossbowbanned by the Church in 1139 as too lethal for Christians to use against one anotherto the nuclear missile, from the sociological consequences of drill in the seventeenth century to the emergence of the military-industrial complex in the twentieth. His central argument is that a commercial transformation of world society in the eleventh century caused military activity to respond increasingly to market forces as well as to the commands of rulers. Only in our own time, suggests McNeill, are command economies replacing the market control of large-scale human effort. The Pursuit of Power does not solve the problems of the present, but its discoveries, hypotheses, and sheer breadth of learning do offer a pe

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Book SynopsisThis volume considers the various groups that make up total defence forces: the military, reservists, civil defence servants, and contractors working for private military and security companies. It offers an essential analysis of civilian-military personnel integration and collaboration toward defence goals in the twenty-first century.Trade Review“This volume tackles a highly topical theme: analyzing change dynamics in the organization of defence establishments. Recent international events underscore the need to understand how warfare has changed and to unpack the implications for the operations of military forces and the organization of national defence.” Jozef Bátora, co-author of Fringe Players and the Diplomatic Order: The 'New' Heteronomy“Total Defence Forces in the Twenty-First Century provides a very rich analysis of the changed landscape of the wider defence sector and will prove a gold mine for much future research.” Andrea Ellner, co-editor of When Soldiers Say No: Selective Conscientious Objection in the Modern Military

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Book SynopsisThis volume considers the various groups that make up total defence forces: the military, reservists, civil defence servants, and contractors working for private military and security companies. It offers an essential analysis of civilian-military personnel integration and collaboration toward defence goals in the twenty-first century.Trade Review“This volume tackles a highly topical theme: analyzing change dynamics in the organization of defence establishments. Recent international events underscore the need to understand how warfare has changed and to unpack the implications for the operations of military forces and the organization of national defence.” Jozef Bátora, co-author of Fringe Players and the Diplomatic Order: The 'New' Heteronomy“Total Defence Forces in the Twenty-First Century provides a very rich analysis of the changed landscape of the wider defence sector and will prove a gold mine for much future research.” Andrea Ellner, co-editor of When Soldiers Say No: Selective Conscientious Objection in the Modern Military

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Book SynopsisExamining the origins, development and conclusion of political military interventions, this text considers the implications for the interveners, the target countries and local allies, as well as the possible lessons that may be learned from cases of military intervention.

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Book SynopsisThe first book to recount the full story of U.S. covert operations in Laos during the Vietnam war. Based on newly declassified materials and interviews with dozens of key American and Lao officials, it examines the structure of the U.S. "secret war" in Laos and the long-term consequences associated with it.Table of ContentsNeutrality that does not work; conflict, diplomacy and covert operations; the Geneva facade - see, hear and speak no evil; SECSTATE theatre of war; William Sullivan's war; changing war, changing rules; the denouement of US military aid to the Royal Lao Government.

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Book SynopsisTells the story of the courageous men who agreed to put their lives in danger to perform a critical mission in which they could not be officially acknowledged. This book chronicles the communist air attack on Site 85, the only such aerial bombing of the entire Vietnam War.Trade ReviewCastle's suspenseful writing style and dogged tenacity penetrate the decades-long US government efforts to hide this shameful event. This authoritative account is also a refreshing departure from the all-too-common practice of describing dubious adventures without documenting sources. -- Colonel Michael E. Haas Military Review Informative, exciting, and sympathetic. -- Chris Pastilelis Houston Chronicle An excellent work that will surely provoke discussion and debate. Many historians will welcome the research into this previously little known area of the Vietnam War. Others will appreciate the author's exposure of what he claims to be government cover-up. Finally, no one will be able to resist the compelling description of a widow who takes on the callous bureaucracy to discover the truth behind her husband's disappearance in Laos The Journal of Military History Part of the fascination of Castle's book comes from the odyssey he and the families [of the missing men] took inside the ludicrous world of top-secret military information. -- Steve Weinberg The Seattle Times A combination of history, analysis, investigative journalism, and personal crusade focusing on the fate of nine U.S. Air Force personnel missing in action in Laos. The VVA Veteran An almost perfect example of investigative history not falling over into 'gotcha' journalism. -- Roland Green A. L. A. Booklist An invaluable book about one important incident in the secret war in Laos in 1968 that appears at a most opportune time. -- Anthony Day Los Angeles TimesTable of Contents1. Sustained Reprisal 2. "I Wonder If It Is Worth It" 3. Heavy Green 4. "Commando Club" 5. Sowing the Wind, Reaping the Whirlwind 6. Folly at Nam Bac 7. The Heights of Abraham 8. Imminent Threat 9. "Everything to Defeat the U.S. Aggressors." 10. "One Day Too Long" 11. Deniability 12. Oath of Secrecy 13. An End and a Beginning 14. "The Highest National Priority" 15. Return to the Mountain 16. Hanoi 17. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisMasters of the Battlefield examines the lives and tactics of 28 of the world's greatest military leaders, from Julius Caesar to Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf.Table of ContentsIntroduction • General Key to Maps • Alexander the Great • Hannibal • Julius Caesar • Saladin • Maurice of Nassau • Gustavus Adolphus • Oliver Cromwell • Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne • Duke of Marlborough • Maurice Comte de Saxe • Frederick the Great • Alexander Suvorov • Duke of Wellington • Napoleon Bonaparte • Ulysses S. Grant • Robert E. Lee • Paul von Hindenburg • Mustafa Kemal • Arthur Currie • Sir John Monash • Heinz Guderian • Erwin Rommel • Alphonse Juin • Bernard Montgomery • Georgi Zhukov • Douglas MacArthur • Vo Nguyen Giap • Norman Schwarzkopf • Index • Credits.

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Book SynopsisFought primarily by tank units, the war became a story not only of battle strategy and tactics, but also one of human discipline, endurance and sacrifice.While many historians have chronicled the events of the Yom Kippur War, few have been seasoned by actual combat.Table of ContentsForeword by Donn A. Starry Preface by Major General Israel Tal Introduction The Soldiers September 26, 1973, Morning September 26, 1973, Afternoon September 27, 1973 September 28, 1973 September 29, 1973 September 30, 1973 October 1, 1973 October 2, 1973 October 3 and 4, 1973 October 5, 1973 October 6, 1973--Day of Atonement, Morning October 6, 1973--Day of Atonement, Afternoon October 6, 1973--Day of Atonement, Evening October 6, 1973--Night June 6, 1967 October 6, 1973--Midnight October 7, 1973--Morning October 7, 1973--Afternoon/Night October 8, 1973--Day October 8, 1973--Night October 9, 1973--Morning October 9, 1973--Afternoon October 10, 1973 October 11, 1973--Morning October 11, 1973--Afternoon October 11, 1973--Evening October 12, 1973--Morning October 12, 1973--Afternoon The Last Days: October 13-23, 1973 The Last 24 Hours--October 24, 1973 The Last Salute Index

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Book SynopsisHow do military organizations assess strategic policy in war? This work develops a theory to explain how military and government leaders evaluate wartime performance, how much they change strategies in response to this evaluation, and why they are often at odds when discussing success or failure.

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Book SynopsisA new perspective on the calamitous fall of France in 1940 and why blame has been misplaced ever sinceTrade Review"A well thought-out and well-presented book on a thorny problem of European history: why was France defeated in 1940?"—Robert Gildea, author of Marianne in Chains -- Robert Gildea

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Book SynopsisThe dramatic untold story of the first US Army unit to cross the Pacific and strike back at the Japanese after Pearl Harbor

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Book SynopsisIn this classic portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower the soldier, bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose examines the Allied commander’s leadership during World War II. Ambrose brings Eisenhower’s experience of the Second World War to life, showing in vivid detail how the general’s skill as a diplomat and a military strategist contributed to Allied successes in North Africa and in Europe, and established him as one of the greatest military leaders in the world. Ambrose, then the Associate Editor of the General’s official papers, analyzes Eisenhower’s difficult military decisions and his often complicated relationships with powerful personalities like Churchill, de Gaulle, Roosevelt, and Patton. This is the definitive account of Eisenhower’s evolution as a military leader—from its dramatic beginnings through his time at the top post of Allied command.

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Book SynopsisTraces the development of modern warfare in Europe during the years 1650-1715 and the extension of those military techniques worldwide. This book describes and defines important events, technologies, and individuals from this seminal period of global military history.Trade ReviewThe War of the Spanish Succession, the First Austro-Ottoman War, and the Great Northern War are some of the successive wars that Nolan (Boston Univ.) addresses in this impressive encyclopedia. Although most of this international history of warfare is devoted to Europe (most especially the wars pursued by France's Louis XIV), it offers useful coverage of warfare in the Americas, China, Japan, and elsewhere… Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readrs. * Choice *Overall, the encyclopedia adequately covers the content its title promises. . . Its features make it most useful for those in the beginning stages of research at the undergraduate level or for someone who wants to casually look up a particular term; the broad country and army entries are the most useful in briefly recapitulating current scholarly views . . . Readers will undoubtedly learn from this encyclopedia . . . * The Journal of Military History *Table of ContentsList of Entries Preface Introduction Note on Dates Maps The Encyclopedia Chronology of Major Events, 1650-1715 Select Bibliography

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Book SynopsisPETER LOWE was one time Reader in History at the University of Manchester.Table of ContentsPreface - Acknowledgements - List of Maps - Abbreviations - Introduction - The Gathering Storm - The Start of the War - China Enters the Conflict - Confusion and Instability - The Departure of MacArthur - The Start of Armistice Talks - The Last Phase of the War and the Signing of an Armistice - The Rebuilding of the Two Korean States and Continued Enmity - Select Bibliography - Index

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Book SynopsisWhile the Seven Years War pushed London towards a protective Native American policy, outcomes were determined by men on the spot. Colonel James Grant forced his treaty upon South Carolina, demonstrated the value of imperial frontier management and started some Carolinians on the road to revolution.Table of ContentsList of Maps Preface Abbreviations Long Canes Creek: Anglo-Cherokee Relations to 1756 'Two Brothers Falling Out': The Slide to War Lyttelton's Folly 'The Sweet Bond of Human Things' The Carpenter and the Colonel The Carpenter, the Corn Puller and the 'Town of Lyes' Epilogue Appendix: Prominent Cherokees Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe thrilling story of Britain's death-struggle with Revolutionary France, wherein Napoleon is checkmated by Nelson's brilliant naval exploits.Trade Review"Ambitious, sweeping, and painstakingly delineated." -- Kirkus Reviews"This spirited work contributes significantly to a developing interpretation of the years 1794–1815 as an era of worldwide, total war." -- Publishers Weekly

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Book SynopsisNew York Times Bestseller The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challenge: rolling back the vast Japanese Pacific empire, island by island.Trade Review"A beautiful blend of history and prose and proves again Mr. Toll’s mastery of the naval-war narrative, carrying the reader smoothly from the marble halls of Washington to the Pacific’s gritty, red-stained beaches." -- Jonathan W. Jordan - Wall Street Journal"A gripping narrative of the central Pacific campaign…. Toll is strong on the operational details of battle, but he is no less skilled at presenting something that is frequently missing from military histories, a well-rounded depiction of the home front on both sides." -- Walter R. Borneman - New York Times Book Review"Heavily researched…. Toll’s absorbing text flows smoothly and quickly, helped along by anecdotes and stories involving combatants and political leaders on both sides." -- S. I. Dunn - Dallas Morning News"In The Conquering Tide, Ian Toll takes his place as one of the great storytellers of war. He is equally vivid and commanding describing landing on a carrier at night, making grand strategy in Washington, and brawling in a bar in Australia. Toll is a master; he is writing for the ages." -- Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder and Ike's Bluff"A lucid and learned exposition of the grand chess match between high commanders in the middle years of the Pacific War, vividly evoking the grit and gristle of its many horrors and triumphs. Ian W. Toll is a superb historian whose writing appeals to both the head and the heart." -- James D. Hornfischer, author of Neptune’s Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal

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Book SynopsisA New York Times Bestseller "A beautiful blend of history and prose and proves again Mr. Toll’s mastery of the naval-war narrative." —Wall Street JournalTrade Review"A gripping narrative of the central Pacific campaign…. Toll is strong on the operational details of battle, but he is no less skilled at presenting something that is frequently missing from military histories, a well-rounded depiction of the home front on both sides." -- Walter R. Borneman - New York Times Book Review"Toll’s absorbing text flows smoothly and quickly, helped along by anecdotes and stories involving combatants and political leaders on both sides." -- S. I. Dunn - Dallas Morning News"Ian Toll takes his place as one of the great storytellers of war. He is equally vivid and commanding describing landing on a carrier at night, making grand strategy in Washington, and brawling in a bar in Australia. Toll is a master; he is writing for the ages." -- Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder and Ike's Bluff"A lucid and learned exposition of the grand chess match between high commanders in the middle years of the Pacific War, vividly evoking the grit and gristle of its many horrors and triumphs. Ian W. Toll is a superb historian whose writing appeals to both the head and the heart." -- James D. Hornfischer, author of Neptune’s Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal

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Book SynopsisGuy Halsall relates warfare to many aspects of medieval life, economy, society and politics.This book recovers its distinctiveness, looking at warfare in a rounded context in the British Isles and Western Europe between the end of the Roman Empire and the break-up of the Carolingian Empire.Examining the raising and organization of early medieval armies and looks at the conduct of campaigns, the survey also includes a study of the equipment of warriors and the horrific experience of battle as well as an analysis of medieval fortifications and siege warfare.Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West uses historical and archaeological evidence in a rigorous and sophisticated fashion. It stresses regional variations but also places Anglo-Saxon England in the mainstream of the military developments in this era, and in the process, provides an outstanding resource for students of all levels.Trade Review'The book succeeds in showing the place of warfare in early medieval societies. It is a definitive statement on the subject, which will not quickly be superceded.' - History - The Journal of the Historical AssociationTable of ContentsList of illustrations, Acknowledgements, Maps, 1 Warfare and violence in the early Middle Ages, 2 Warfare and society, 3 Raising an army (1): post-Roman Europe, 4 Raising an army (2): the Carolingian world, 5 Raising an army (3): allies, mercenaries and training the troops, 6 Raising an army (4): the size of armies, 7 Campaigning, 8 Weaponry and equipment, 9 Battle, 10 Fortification and siege warfare, Epilogue, Appendix: Military activity in the Frankish realms, 581–90, Notes, Select bibliography, Index

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Book SynopsisFrom the depths of the Cold War to the War on Terror, The Routledge Companion to Military Conflict since 1945 is an in-depth and comprehensive reference guide to the confrontations that have shaped the modern age.Covering the personalities, the wars and the ideas that have been central to military conflict in the last sixty years, this book includes discussion of: specific campaigns from Vietnam to Iraq international organizations, including NATO, the UN and the Arab League leading historical figures, from Idi Amin to George W. Bush genocides, Proxy wars and the Guerrilla campaigns key concepts in international relations, from Defense to Chemical Warfare the causes of conflict from the religion to the fight for diminishing resources. Exploring all of this and more in an easy to use A-Z format with guides to further readingTable of ContentsIntroduction and acknowledgements, Key concepts, Places and regions, Countries – specific entries, Conflict: some key statistics, A to Z: Names and terms

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Book SynopsisFranklin D. Roosevelt famously called December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy. History would prove him correct the events of that day,when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor,ended the Great Depression, changed the course of FDR''s presidency, and swept America into World War II. In Pearl Harbor , acclaimed historian Steven M. Gillon provides a vivid, minute-by-minute account of Roosevelt''s skillful leadership in the wake of the most devastating military assault in American history. FDR proved both decisive and deceptive, inspiring the nation while keeping the real facts of the attack a secret from congressional leaders and the public. Pearl Harbor explores the anxious and emotional events surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor, showing how the president and the American public responded in the pivotal twenty-four hours that followed, a period in which America burst from precarious peace into total war.Trade ReviewRandy Roberts, author of A Team for America: The Army-Navy Game that Rallied a Nation "Steve Gillon begins his dramatic tale after the final bombs exploded on December 7, 1941. As President Roosevelt gathered information, he began preparing for his greatest moment, when with one speech he would have to unify the Americans and take them into war. We know what happened. But as Gillon demonstrates, we don't know the whole story. In a book that reads like the best fictional political thriller, he takes the reader on a minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour hell of a ride." Jay Winik, author of April 1865 and The Great Upheaval "Pearl Harbor is a heart-stopping, harrowing account of one of the most fateful days in America's history. With great verve, Steve Gillon has written a superb book, one that is at once fresh, compelling and fascinating. It should proudly stand on the bookshelf for all World War II buffs and scholars." William E. Leuchtenburg, author of In the Shadow of FDR: From Harry Truman to Barack Obama "A remarkably gifted writer, Steven Gillon holds the reader spellbound in his vivid account of the hours following the surprise assault on America's Pacific naval base. He is no less compelling in his riveting revelations of Franklin D. Roosevelt's response. They give us a fresh appreciation of the dexterity, creativity, and wiliness of FDR." David B. Woolner, Senior Fellow and Hyde Park Resident Historian, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, and Associate Professor of History, Marist College "In this fascinating account of the first 24 hours after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Steven Gillon manages to capture not only the essence of perhaps the most critical day in twentieth century American history; but also the essence of the man who stood at the center of it all--Franklin D. Roosevelt. A brilliant piece of investigative history, Pearl Harbor tells us a great deal about the character of the President who, though unable to walk unaided, brought the United States safely through the two great crises of the modern era, the Great Depression and World War Two. This is a must read for anyone who wishes to gain a complete understanding of FDR and the nation he led." James T. Patterson, Professor of History, Emeritus, Brown University "Pearl Harbor is a first-rate book by a fine historian. Steven Gillon, closely describing FDR's reactions to the Japanese attack, reminds us of the shrewdness and skill of Roosevelt's leadership. Both erudite and fast-paced, this is a book for scholars and general readers alike." Robert Dallek, Presidential Historian "Steve Gillon's Pearl Harbor is a masterful account of how Franklin Roosevelt responded to one of the greatest crises in American history. Gillon's compelling narrative provides a fresh look at a seminal event and reminds us of why FDR enjoys standing as one of the country's greatest presidents." Tony Badger, Paul Mellon Professor of American History, Cambridge University "In this compelling account of the day that will live in infamy, Steven Gillon brilliantly evokes the peaceable White House and unprepared nation that were thrown into chaos and confusion on 7 December 1941. Gillon highlights the 'deadly calm' with which Franklin D. Roosevelt responded to one of the most significant events of the twentieth century and set the United States on course to be a military and economic superpower." Neal Gabler, Senior Fellow, Lear Center, USC "In Pearl Harbor Steve Gillon combines impeccable research and historical authority with a narrative so gripping that the book reads like a thriller. This blow-by-blow account of the first 24 hours after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor presents not only a new and detailed version of the reaction to the event but also a new and up-close vision of FDR's leadership." Kirkus Reviews "Gillon paints a vivid picture... An excellent introduction to Roosevelt and his times with heavy emphasis on events surrounding Pearl Harbor." Tucson Citizen "Fast paced as any novel, Gillon provides readers with a dramatic examination of this crucial juncture in our history." Booklist "An engrossing and highly informative chronicle of crisis management at a decisive moment in history." Oregonian "[Gillon] provides a concise and informative account of Franklin Roosevelt's initial response to the crisis." St. Louis Post-Dispatch "'Pearl Harbor' makes a strong case that Roosevelt shared in the shock all Americans felt... Fascinating."

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Book SynopsisExplores the legal, technological, and ethical influence of drones on military policyTrade ReviewDrones and Support for the Use of Force is an interesting and important contribution to work on the factors that encourage U.S. citizens to support overseas military operations and emerging research on the roboticization of warfare."" - Aaron Hoffman, Purdue University""The use of drones represents one of the most critical developments in the use of military force in the 21st century. This timely book systematically assesses how the U.S. public evaluates drone strikes. With implications for when and how force is used, as well as civil military relations and democratic accountability, this book makes an important and valuable contribution that will shape how scholars and policymakers think about drone strikes."" - Michael C. Horowitz, University of Pennsylvania

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Book SynopsisThe volumes of The Greek State at War are an essential reference for the classical scholar. Professor Pritchett has systematically canvassed ancient texts and secondary literature for references to specific topics; each volume explores a unique aspect of Greek military practice. In Part V he takes up stone throwers, slingers, and booty.

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Book SynopsisDescribes the events surrounding the Soviet invasion in 1979 and the encounter between the military superpower and the poorly armed Afghans.

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Book SynopsisDemonstrates the intertwining threads of the protracted agony of France's war with Algeria, the American role in the fall of the Fourth Republic, the long shadow of Charles de Gaulle, and the decisive postwar power of the United States. This study offers an analysis of how Washington helped bring de Gaulle to power.Trade Review"This is a fascinating and provocative work, based on amazingly thorough archival research that includes extensive use of previously classified materials. The narrative carries us through the long agony of the Algerian War and offers a keen and judicious analysis of the major parties involved, as well as of the immensely complex diplomatic negotiations and of Charles de Gaulle's role in the resolution of the crisis. Wall's conclusions are sharp and forceful and should elicit significant debate on both sides of the Atlantic." -David Schalk, author of War and the Ivory Tower: Algeria and Vietnam"Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction 1. The United States and the Algerian War 2. The Suez Crisis 3. The Degeneration of the Regime 4· The United States, Great Britain, and the Sakiet Crisis 5· The Fall of the Republic and the Coming of de Gaulle 6. The United States, Algeria, and de Gaulle's Diplomacy 7· De Gaulle Reconsidered 8. Peace Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPresents an integrated view of the Civil War and Reconstruction and the history of the western United States. This book includes essays on lives, choices, and legacies in the American West, discussing the consequences for American Indian nations, the link between reconstruction and suffrage movements, and cross-border interactions with Canada.Trade Review"Excellent in every respect, from superbly qualified writers." -- D. Steeples CHOICE "Timely ... Civil War Wests very effectively extends Reconstruction into the West... The volume makes clear the value of dramatically reframing our understanding of both the Civil War and the American West," The Journal of American History "This excellent collection expands our understanding of the Civil War and the Reconstruction era... This is that rare collection of essays that engage one another; are of uniformly high quality and accessibility; add a new dimension to two related, though disparate, histories and historiographies; and offer scholars multiple points of departure for integrating western history in this period into a larger national and international context." -- Michael A. Morrison Western Historical QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction (Adam Arenson) Part One: Borderlands in Conflict 1. Thwarting Southern Schemes and British Bluster in the Pacific Northwest (James Robbins Jewell) 2. Death in the Distance: Confederate Manifest Destiny and the Campaign for New Mexico, 1861--1862 (Megan Kate Nelson) 3. Kit Carson and the War for the Southwest: Separation and Survival along the Rio Grande, 1862--1868 (Lance R. Blyth) 4.Scattered People: The Long History of Forced Eviction in the Kansas-Missouri Borderlands (Diane Mutti Burke) Part Two: The Civil War Is Not Over 5. "The Future Empire of Our Freedmen": Republican Colonization Schemes in Texas and Mexico, 1861-1865 (Nicholas Guyatt) 6. Three Faces of Sovereignty: Governing Confederate, Mexican, and Indian Texas in the Civil War Era (Gregory P. Downs) 7. Redemption Falls Short: Soldier and Surgeon in the Post--Civil War Far West (William Deverell) 8. Still Picture, Moving Stories: Reconstruction Comes to Indian Country (Martha A. Sandweiss) Part Three: Borders of Citizenship 9. Race, Religion, and Naturalization: How the West Shaped Citizenship Debates in the Reconstruction Congress (Joshua Paddison) 10. Broadening the Battlefield: Conflict, Contingency, and the Mystery of Woman Suffrage in Wyoming, 1869 (Virginia Scharff) 11. "Dis Land Which Jines Dat of Ole Master's": The Meaning of Citizenship for the Choctaw Freedpeople (Fay A. Yarbrough) 12. "Citizen's Clothing": Reconstruction, Ho-Chunk Persistence, and the Politics of Dress (Stephen Kantrowitz) Epilogue (Steven Hahn) Acknowledgments Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPresents an integrated view of the Civil War and Reconstruction and the history of the western United States. This book includes, essays on lives, choices, and legacies in the American West, discussing the consequences for American Indian nations, the link between Reconstruction and suffrage movements, and cross-border interactions with Canada.Trade Review"Excellent in every respect, from superbly qualified writers." -- D. Steeples CHOICE "Timely ... Civil War Wests very effectively extends Reconstruction into the West... The volume makes clear the value of dramatically reframing our understanding of both the Civil War and the American West," The Journal of American History "This excellent collection expands our understanding of the Civil War and the Reconstruction era... This is that rare collection of essays that engage one another; are of uniformly high quality and accessibility; add a new dimension to two related, though disparate, histories and historiographies; and offer scholars multiple points of departure for integrating western history in this period into a larger national and international context." -- Michael A. Morrison Western Historical QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction (Adam Arenson) Part One: Borderlands in Conflict 1. Thwarting Southern Schemes and British Bluster in the Pacific Northwest (James Robbins Jewell) 2. Death in the Distance: Confederate Manifest Destiny and the Campaign for New Mexico, 1861--1862 (Megan Kate Nelson) 3. Kit Carson and the War for the Southwest: Separation and Survival along the Rio Grande, 1862--1868 (Lance R. Blyth) 4.Scattered People: The Long History of Forced Eviction in the Kansas-Missouri Borderlands (Diane Mutti Burke) Part Two: The Civil War Is Not Over 5. "The Future Empire of Our Freedmen": Republican Colonization Schemes in Texas and Mexico, 1861-1865 (Nicholas Guyatt) 6. Three Faces of Sovereignty: Governing Confederate, Mexican, and Indian Texas in the Civil War Era (Gregory P. Downs) 7. Redemption Falls Short: Soldier and Surgeon in the Post--Civil War Far West (William Deverell) 8. Still Picture, Moving Stories: Reconstruction Comes to Indian Country (Martha A. Sandweiss) Part Three: Borders of Citizenship 9. Race, Religion, and Naturalization: How the West Shaped Citizenship Debates in the Reconstruction Congress (Joshua Paddison) 10. Broadening the Battlefield: Conflict, Contingency, and the Mystery of Woman Suffrage in Wyoming, 1869 (Virginia Scharff) 11. "Dis Land Which Jines Dat of Ole Master's": The Meaning of Citizenship for the Choctaw Freedpeople (Fay A. Yarbrough) 12. "Citizen's Clothing": Reconstruction, Ho-Chunk Persistence, and the Politics of Dress (Stephen Kantrowitz) Epilogue (Steven Hahn) Acknowledgments Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis 2000 volume analyses the First World War in light of the concept of 'total war'. Leading scholars explore the efforts of soldiers, statesmen and civilians to adjust to the titanic, pervasive pressures that the military stalemate on the western front imposed on belligerent and neutral societies.Trade Review'… a fine collection of essays that students of the Great War should not miss.' The Economic History Review'… this collection can justify its claim to address the 'totality' of war on the Western Front, and the reader can expect a broadening … of his or her knowledge of the conflict from reading this volume.' War in History'The volume is made attractive by the extremely high quality of the contributions, and by its discussion of important questions concerning the historical location of the First World War.' Sven Oliver Müller, German Historical Institute BulletinTable of ContentsIntroduction Stig Förster; Part I. Basic Reflections: 1. From cabinet war to total war: the perspective of military doctrine, 1861–1918 Hew Strachan; 2. World War I and the theory of total war: reflections on the British and German cases Roger Chickering; Part II. The Changing Realities of Warfare: 3. World War I and the revolution in logistics Martin van Creveld; 4. Mass warfare and the impact of technology Dennis E. Showalter; 5. Total war through new weapons? The use of chemical agents in World War I Rolf-Dieter Müller; 6. Planning total war? Falkenhayn and the Battle of Verdun 1916 Holger Afflerbach; 7. The most extensive experiment that imagination can produce: violence of war, emotional stress, and German medicine Wolfgang U. Eckart; Part III. War Against Noncombatants: 8. War between soldiers and enemy civilians, 1914–15 John Horne and Alan Kramer; 9. The blockade of Germany and the strategy of starvation Avner Offer; 10. Total rhetoric, limited war: Germany's U-boat campaign, 1917–18 Holger H. Herwig; 11. The first air war against noncombatants: strategic bombing of German cities in World War I Christian Geinitz; 12. Bullying the neutrals: the case of the Netherlands Marc Frey; Part IV. Politicians, Soldiers and the Problem of Unlimited Warfare: 13. Poincaré, Clemenceau, and the quest for total victory J. F. V. Keiger; 14. Strategy and unlimited warfare in Germany: Moltke, Falkenhayn, and Ludendorff Wilhelm Deist; 15. The strategy of unlimited warfare: Kitchener, Robertson, and Haig David French; 16. French strategy on the Western Front, 1914–18 David Stevenson; 17. Strategy and total war in the United States Russell F. Weigley; Part V. Mobilizing Economies and Finance for War: 18. War aims, state intervention, and business leadership in Germany: the case of Hugo Stinnes Gerald D. Feldman; 19. Lloyd George and the management of the British war economy Keith Grieves; 20. Better late than never: the American economic war effort, 1917–18 Elisabeth Glaser; 21. How (not) to pay for the war: traditional finance and total war Niall Ferguson; Part VI. Societies Mobilized for War: 22. Mobilizing German society for war Richard Bessel; 23. Women's wartime services under the cross: patriotic communities in Germany, 1912–18 Jean H. Quataert; 24. Pandora's Box: propaganda and war hysteria in the United States during World War I Jörg Nagler; 25. Painting and music during and after the Great War: the art of total war Arthur Marwick; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the Sino-Japanese War of 18945, a seminal event in history that has been virtually ignored in Western literature. Japan so rapidly defeated China that citizens of Europe suddenly perceived Japan, not only as the dominant power of Asia, but also as a key international player.Trade Review'The methodological approach … allows for a fresh, authentic, and generally correct rendering of historical events … all in all, Paine has written a readable and, seen in light of its long-term perspective, a remarkably instructive book.' Monumenta NipponicaTable of ContentsPart I. The Clash of Two Orders: The Far East on the Eve of War: 1. The reversal of the Far Eastern balance of power; 2. The decline of the old order in China and Korea; 3. The rise of a new order in Russia and Japan; Part II. The War: The Dividing Line between Two Eras: 4. The beginning of the end: the outbreak of hostilities; 5. Japan triumphant: the battles of P'yongyang and the Yalu; 6. China in disgrace: the battles of Port Arthur and the Weihaiwei; Part III. The Settlement: The Modern Era in Far Eastern Diplomacy: 7. The treaty of Shimonoseki and the Triple Intervention; 8. The era of global politics; 9. The cultural dimensions of the Sino-Japanese War; Epilogue: perceptions, power, and war; Bibliographic essay.

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Book SynopsisDuring the height of the Cold War in the 1950s the small island of Quemoy in the Taiwan Strait was the front line in the military standoff between Chiang Kai-shek's Republic of China and Mao Zedong's People's Republic. Michael Szonyi discusses the history of the island during this period.Trade Review'…a thought-provoking antidote to all the literature that focuses on the 'high politics' of the Cold War, while ignoring its impact on local communities. Informative, well-written, and entertaining, it approaches the Cold War through local eyes, thus making a significant contribution to our understanding of the impact of this conflict around the globe.' Beth A. Fischer, University of Toronto'Michael Szonyi has found a whole new way to write the history of the Cold War, combining detailed local history with world politics. With immense skill, he links the stories of the islanders to a wider narrative of the conflict between east and west. This is one of the most powerful books yet written on Cold War culture in Asia.' Rana Mitter, Oxford University'Impeccably researched and elegantly written, Szonyi's Cold War Island breaks new - and fertile -ground in the social history of the Cold War in East Asia, and at the same time delivers a sobering meditation on the consequences of militarization for all of us.' David Ownby, Université de Montréal'Szonyi offers an extraordinary retelling of the history of the Cold War in Asia. This is the Cold War as few will recognize it - seen not from the intoxicating heights of state power, but from down in the villages of a few off-shore islands in the Taiwan Strait. The result is one of the most surprising and entertaining new books on 20th-century China.' Timothy Brook, University of British Columbia'Michael Szonyi is neither a sensationalist nor a slave to modish nostrums in the history academy, and his well-researched book is as a result a very welcome addition to Taiwan's story.' Taipei Times'Michael Szonyi's account of life on Quemoy is the first major account of what it had been like to live on a 'cold war island'. A social/cultural history of the people (and to a much lesser extent, the soldiers stationed on the island) from 1949 to the early 1990s, this book reveals the difficulties and oft-time tragedies of real life on the front lines of the Cold War.' Gordon H. Chang, H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews'Overall as an illuminating and thought-provoking book, Cold War Island provides not only a sense of intellectual wholeness based on a global conception of social changes in Jinmen, but also the inspiration for Chinese scholars to study the civil life of Xiamen (Amoy) on the Fujian Front Line in years of the Cold War. Brilliant in methodological approaches and replete with materials, the book should prove a major contribution to the social history of the Cold War.' Dai Chaowu, H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews'… what Michael Szonyi has done is to pull off a very difficult trick - create a perfectly described world in minature and link it to a genuinely global framework. For some years now, there have been calls to create a Cold War history that goes beyond the traditional concerns on international history, moving the focus from leadership elites and state-to-state relations to a vision of the period informed more by the social and cultural turn.' Rana Mitter, H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews'Michael Szonyi offers a new perspective in understanding the Cold War through a case study of Jinmen from 1949 when Chiang Kai-shek lost the civil war to the Chinese Communists on the mainland to the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s. He moves his study away from the usual international approach and instead focuses on the relatively neglected area of local society. With his fresh insights into the social history of Jinmen, his book shows how the Cold War changed forever the life of men, women and children on the island.' Xiaobing Li, H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews'Michael Szonyi … effectively uses the former to elucidate the latter in this first detailed account in English of Quemoy …Szonyi's book reminds us why the island mattered during the 1950s and 1960s, and offers a detailed description of the local impact of Cold War conflict.' The Journal of Asian StudiesTable of Contents1. Introduction: ordinary life in an extraordinary place; Part I. Geopoliticization Ascendant: 2. The battle of Guningtou; 3. Politics of the war zone, 1949–1960; 4. The 1954–55 artillery war; 5. Militarization and the Jinmen civilian self-defense forces, 1949-1960; 6. The 1958 artillery war; Part II. Militarization and Geopoliticization Change Course: 7. The 1960s: creating a Model County of the Three Principles of the People; 8. The 1970s: combat villages and underground Jinmen; Part III. Life in Cold War-Time: 9. Combat economy; 10. Women's lives: military brothels, parades and emblems of mobilized modernity; 11. Ghosts and Gods of the Cold War; Part IV. Demilitarization and Post-militarization: 12. Demilitarization and post-militarization; 13. Memory and politics; 14. Conclusion: redoubled marginality.

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