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Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point
ISBN: 9781400076932 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A superb description of modern military culture, and one of the most gripping accounts of university life.... Powerful.... Wonderfully told." --The New York Times Book Review
As David Lipsky follows a future generation of army officers from their proving grounds to their barracks, he reveals the range of emotions and desires that propels these men and women forward. From the cadet who struggles with every facet of West Point life to those who are decidedly huah, Lipsky shows people facing challenges so daunting and responsibilities so heavy that their transformations are... "A superb description of modern military culture, and one of the most gripping accounts of university life.... Powerful.... Wonderfully told." --Th...
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76,44 |
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Semper Chai!
ISBN: 9781401085117 / Angielski / Miękka / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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103,15 |
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The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805
ISBN: 9781401308490 / Angielski / Miękka / 454 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A real-life thriller, now in paperback--the true story of the unheralded American who brought the Barbary Pirates to their knees In an attempt to stop the legendary Barbary Pirates of North Africa from hijacking American ships, William Eaton set out on a secret mission to overthrow the government of Tripoli. The operation was sanctioned by President Thomas Jefferson, who at the last moment grew wary of "intermeddling" in a foreign government and sent Eaton off without proper national support. Short on supplies, given very little money and only a few men, Eaton and his mission seemed doomed...
A real-life thriller, now in paperback--the true story of the unheralded American who brought the Barbary Pirates to their knees In an attempt to stop...
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120,34 |
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The Eagle's Talons: The American War Experience
ISBN: 9781410200693 / Angielski / Miękka / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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77,01 |
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The U. S. Air Force in Space: 1945 to the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9781410201362 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contains papers presented at the Air Force Historical Foundation Symposium, held at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on September 21-22, 1995. Topics addressed are: The Formative Years, 1945- 1961; Mission Development and Exploitation Since 1961; and Military Space Today and Tomorrow. Includes notes, abbreviations and acronyms, an index, and photographs.
Contains papers presented at the Air Force Historical Foundation Symposium, held at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on September 21-22, 1995. Topics...
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81,29 |
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The United States Army Air Arm: April 1861 to April 1917
ISBN: 9781410201379 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book recounts the development of aviation in the United States Army from April 1861, when the Army first became interested in balloons as a means of observation, to April 1917, when America entered World War I. The origins and organizations of the Army's air arm are told in detail, with particular emphasis on early air force personnel, planes, and experiments. In the process the monograph traces the early development of what today is The United States Air Force. Originally published by the United States Air Force in 1958.
This book recounts the development of aviation in the United States Army from April 1861, when the Army first became interested in balloons as a means...
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128,21 |
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The Corps of Engineers: The War against Germany
ISBN: 9781410201386 / Angielski / Miękka / 632 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book the Army Corps of Engineers' support of the war in the European and North African theaters is recounted in detail.This narrative makes clear the indispensable role of the military engineer at the fighting front and his part in maintaining Allied armies in the field against European Axis powers. American engineers carried the fight to enemy shores by their mastery of amphibious warfare. In building and repairing road and rail nets for the fighting forces, they wrote their own record of achievement. In supporting combat and logistical forces in distant lands, these technicians of...
In this book the Army Corps of Engineers' support of the war in the European and North African theaters is recounted in detail.This narrative makes cl...
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147,68 |
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So Many, So Much, So Far, So Fast: United States Transportation Command and Strategic Deployment for Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm
ISBN: 9781410201713 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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81,29 |
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Prepare the Army for War: A Historical Overview of the Army Training and Doctrine Command, 1973 - 1993
ISBN: 9781410201812 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published by the U. S. Army in 1993 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Army's establishment of the Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, as the major innovation in its post-Vietnam War organization. The Office of the Command Historian has produced a historical assessment that surveys the reasons for the 1973 reorganization and the role TRADOC played in carrying out its assigned mission responsibilities as the instrument for change and development in the Army.
Originally published by the U. S. Army in 1993 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Army's establishment of the Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADO...
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139,13 |
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Guarding the United States and Its Outposts
ISBN: 9781410201928 / Angielski / Miękka / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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77,01 |
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The Framework of Hemisphere Defense
ISBN: 9781410201942 / Angielski / Miękka / 492 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Self-preservation and military measures to insure the territory of the United States against violation by foreign powers - the subject of this book - ceased to be of serious concern to the United States Government and nation during the nineteenth century. In World War I, the Americans concentrated on the offensive. In World War II, as the authors of this book remark in their Preface, we passed to the offensive so soon and with such force after the United States became engaged that the military provisions for defense have been obscured from view.
Self-preservation and military measures to insure the territory of the United States against violation by foreign powers - the subject of this book - ...
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139,13 |
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Airpower in Three Wars (World War II, Korea and Vietnam)
ISBN: 9781410202048 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,45 |
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Science and Technology: The Making of the Air Force Research Laboratory
ISBN: 9781410202123 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Robert W. Duffner's Science and Technology: The Making of the Air Force Research Laboratory addresses the far-reaching implications of science and technology by recounting the events that led to the creation of a single Air Force laboratory. This engaging story of how the Air Force moved from 13 separate labs to one consolidated lab reflects that service's determination to reinvigorate its science and technology infrastructure and thereby strengthen the nation's defense for the twenty-first century. Part one considers why the Air Force decided to consolidate its far-flung science and...
Robert W. Duffner's Science and Technology: The Making of the Air Force Research Laboratory addresses the far-reaching implications of science and tec...
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98,42 |
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The Marine Corps Reserve: A History
ISBN: 9781410208002 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book will close a curious gap in Marine history. It is hard to believe that no other volume anywhere tells the story of the Marine Corps Reserve. This Golden Anniversary edition covers the 50 crucial years from 1916, when Congress first authorized a Marine Corps Reserve, to 1966 when the 4th Marine Division/Aircraft Wing Team is an integral part of the muscle of American armed strength.The officers who worked diligently over a three-year period to research and write this volume have performed a real service. I hope that his history will be read by Marines and their friends. I started...
This book will close a curious gap in Marine history. It is hard to believe that no other volume anywhere tells the story of the Marine Corps Reserve....
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106,97 |
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Winged Shield, Winged Sword 1907-1950: A History of the United States Air Force
ISBN: 9781410209016 / Angielski / Miękka / 524 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Describes and analyzes, in the context of national policy and international rivalries, the evolution of land-based air power since the United States Army in 1907 established an Aeronautical Division. Provides a clearer understanding of the central role of the Air Force in current American defense policy.
Describes and analyzes, in the context of national policy and international rivalries, the evolution of land-based air power since the United States A...
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106,97 |
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Winged Shield, Winged Sword 1950-1997: A History of the United States Air Force
ISBN: 9781410209023 / Angielski / Miękka / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Describes and analyzes, in the context of national policy and international rivalries, the evolution of land-based air power since the United States Army in 1907 established an Aeronautical Division. Provides a clearer understanding of the central role of the Air Force in current American defense policy.
Describes and analyzes, in the context of national policy and international rivalries, the evolution of land-based air power since the United States A...
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119,82 |
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The History of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ISBN: 9781410210593 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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117,72 |
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The Best and Worst of Times: The United States Army Chaplaincy 1920 - 1945
ISBN: 9781410210906 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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77,01 |
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From Its European Antecedents to 1791: The United States Army Chaplaincy
ISBN: 9781410211262 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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94,13 |
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Struggling for Recognition: The United States Army Chaplaincy 1791 - 1865
ISBN: 9781410211279 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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117,72 |