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The Armed Forces Officer - 2007 Edition

de U.S. Department Of Defense

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 Initiated in 1950, this 2007 edition is the latest in a classic series of books of the same title. Journalist-historian S. L. A. Marshall wrote the first at the behest of Gen. George C. Marshall, who formed the great citizen army of World War II.
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On-Scene Commander - From Street Agent To Deputy Director Of The Fbi

de Weldon L. Kennedy

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 From his birth in a Texas hill country town that no longer exists, Weldon L. Kennedy has come a long way. After service as a naval intelligence officer, he joined the FBI in 1963. Over the course of four decades, he served the Bureau with distinction, exemplifying the cutting-edge of crisis management.
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Strategic Challenges - America'S Global Security Agenda

de James A. Schear e Stephen J. Flanagan

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 Since 2001, the United States has endured a tumultuous period, one dominated by the 9/11 attacks and all that has followed: the war on terrorism, the Afghan and Iraqi campaigns, looming confrontations with known or suspected proliferators of weapons of mass destruction, and episodic explosions of mass violence in chronically unstable regions.
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Vote Thieves - Illegal Immigration, Redistricting, And Presidential Elections

de Orlando J. Rodriguez

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 Every ten years political representation in the U.S.House of Representatives is redistributed (reapportioned) among the fifty states.The process began anew with the 2010 census, which is counting the nationâ€™s population as the basis for reapportionment.The decennial census has a history wrought with failures and inaccurate counts.
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A Talk In The Park - Nine Decades Of Baseball Tales From The Broadcast Booth

de Curt Smith

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 Since radio's debut in the 1920s and television's in the â€™30s, the baseball announcer has become entertainer, observer, and extended member of the family.
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Withdrawing Under Fire - Lessons Learned From Islamist Insurgencies

de Joshua L. Gleis

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 The post-9/11 world has witnessed a rebirth of irregular and asymmetrical warfare, which, in turn, has led to an increase in conflicts between conventional armies and non-state armed groups.
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Pull Up A Chair - The Vin Scully Story

de Curt Smith

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 In 1950, Vin Scully broadcast his first major league baseball game for the thenâ€"Brooklyn Dodgers. Nearly sixty years later he still invites a listener to â€œpull up a chair,â€ completing a record fifty-ninth consecutive year of play-by-play.
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The Fertile Soil Of Jihad - Terrorism'S Prison Connection

de Patrick T. Dunleavy

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 On January 26, 1993, a young Palestinian man named Abdel Nasser Zaben was arrested and incarcerated in New York City for kidnapping and robbery. Just thirty days later, while he remained locked up, radical Islamic fundamentalists detonated a bomb in the World Trade Center.
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Dark Soul Of The South - The Life And Crimes Of Racist Killer Joseph Paul Franklin

de Mel Ayton

38,61€

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 The first full, factual account of America's most prolific racist killer
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Days Of Decision - Turning Points In U.S. Foreign Policy

de David P. Kilroy e Michael J. Nojeim

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 Days of Decision spans a century of American foreign policymaking, from the Spanish- American War of 1898 to the attacks of September 11, 2001. Michael J. Nojeim and David P. Kilroy carefully examine twelve foreign-policy landmarks, each of which played a crucial role in shaping world history and led to profound changes in U.S. foreign policy.
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Minefields Of The Heart - A Mother'S Stories Of A Son At War

de Sue Diaz

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 How do combat veterans and their loved ones bridge the divide that war, by its very nature, creates between them? How does someone who has fought in a war come home, especially after a tour of duty marked by near-daily mortar attacks, enemy fire, and roadside bombs? With a journalistâ€™s eye and a motherâ€™s warmth, Sue Diaz asks these questions as ...
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The George W. Bush Defense Program - Policy, Strategy, And War

de Stephen J. Cimbala

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 The events of 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan make an obvious case for expert study of the George W. Bush defense program. During the Bush administration, the rise and fall of governments, the fates of peoples, and the very definitions of â€œwarâ€ and â€œvictoryâ€ were up for discussion.
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The George W. Bush Defense Program - Policy, Strategy, And War

de Stephen J. Cimbala

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 The events of 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan make an obvious case for expert study of the George W. Bush defense program. During the Bush administration, the rise and fall of governments, the fates of peoples, and the very definitions of â€œwarâ€ and â€œvictoryâ€ were up for discussion.
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The Banality Of Suicide Terrorism - The Naked Truth About The Psychology Of Islamic Suicide Bombing

de Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

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 Terrorist organizations have been able to market mass murder under hysteriaâ€™s banner of alleged martyrdom. But when it comes to understanding Islamic suicide terrorism in particular, there is much more to it than martyrdom.
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The Three Circles Of War - Understanding The Dynamics Of Conflict In Iraq

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 The conflict in Iraq is characterized by three faces of war: interstate conflict, civil war, and insurgency. The Coalitionâ€™s invasion of Iraq in March 2003 began as an interstate war. No sooner had Saddam Hussein been successfully deposed, however, than U.S.-led forces faced a lethal insurgency.
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Fighting Chance - Global Trends And Shocks In The National Security Environment

de Nat'L Defense Univ Foundation

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 Compiled to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing security environment, this important collection grew out of an innovative Department of Defense (DOD) workshop.
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The Money Trail - How Elmer Irey And His T-Men Brought Down America'S Criminal Elite

de Robert G. Folsom

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 As the first chief of the Special Intelligence Unit at the Treasury Department, Elmer L. Irey accomplished what J. Edgar Hoover wouldnâ€™t and Eliot Ness couldnâ€™t. From the 1920s through the 1940s, he headed the investigations that led to the prosecution of the ruthless, murderous bosses who ruled American cities without fear of the law.
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Through Veterans' Eyes - The Iraq And Afghanistan Experience

de Larry Minear

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 As of early 2010, more than two million U.S. troops have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet the American public is neither much engaged in the issues of these two wars nor particularly knowledgeable about the troopsâ€™ experiences, which have ranged from positive and energizing to searing and debilitating.
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A History Of Air Warfare

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 This one-volume anthology provides a comprehensive analysis of the role that air power has played in military conflicts over the past century.
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Information Operations Matters - Best Practices

de Leigh Armistead

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 Introduced in 1998 by the Department of Defense, the concept of information operations (IO) proposed to revolutionize the ways in which warfare, diplomacy, and business were conducted. However, this transformation has not come to fruition. Two large gaps remain. This title focuses on these two discrepancies.
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Simple Gestures - A Cultural Journey Into The Middle East

de Andrea B. Rugh

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 The Greater Middle East poses major challenges for the United States. Yet despite decades of intense involvement in Middle Eastern affairs, most Americans still know little about the cultures of the region.
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Bridging The Military-Civilian Divide - What Each Side Must Know About The Other-And About Itself

de Bruce Fleming

30,89€

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 How civilians and the military can better understand each other
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Burying The Black Sox - How Baseball'S Cover-Up Of The 1919 World Series Fix Almost Succeeded

de Gene Carney

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 Most fans today know that gamblers and ballplayers conspired to â€œfixâ€ the 1919 World Seriesâ€"the Black Sox Scandal. It has been touched upon in classic works of sports history such as Eliot Asinofâ€™s Eight Men Out, referred to in literary classics like W. P.
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Seeing The Elephant - The U.S. Role In Global Security

de Hans Binnendijk e Richard L. Kugler

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 What is the current state of the global security system, and where is it headed? What challenges and opportunities do we face, and what dangers are emerging? How will various regions of the world be affected? How can the United States best act to help shape the future while protecting its security, interests, and values? How can the United ...
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