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Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Weapons & equipment > General
The Shelf2Life Weapons and Warfare Collection is an intriguing set
of pre-1923 materials focused on the art and science of weaponry
and its use in wars. From the study of topography, field artillery
weapons and types of projectiles to military strategies and
tactics, these titles offer a behind-the-scenes look at the
extensive preparations for battle. Significant attention is given
to training, including photographs and descriptions of drill
instruction, the study of fire discipline and detailed directions
on cleaning and care of equipment, highlighting the meticulous
precision and precautions soldiers practiced to prevent disastrous
errors on the battlefield. The Weapons and Warfare Collection
provides historians, researchers and militarists with a broader
understanding of the intense preparation and training required to
effectively utilize weaponry in the theater of war.
Official Souvenir Of The Thirty-Sixth Annual Encampment Of The
Grand Army Of The Republic.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
During the height of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, President John
F. Kennedy called the Minuteman missile his "ace in the hole." For
much of the Cold War, Minuteman missile sites harbored America's
most potent strategic weapon, one which could deliver a
thermonuclear warhead to a Soviet target within a half hour.
Following the disintegration of the Soviet Union, these sites
became surplus property. To review their potential for preservation
as historic sites, the United States Park Service commissioned a
study of the Minuteman site at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South
Dakota. The resulting report includes a brief history of the
Minuteman ICBM missile system, followed by a description of the
once top-secret installation at Ellsworth, including detailed
reproduction of site blueprints. Both as a key source on the
history and development of a once classified military site and as a
charter document for what is today the Minuteman Missile National
Historic Site, "Minuteman Missile Sites" represents a unique aspect
of America's treatment of its Cold War legacy. Originally published
in 1995. 104 pages. ill.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
Congress has long been concerned about whether U.S. policy advances
the national interest in reducing the role of the People's Republic
of China (PRC) in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
(WMD) and missiles that could deliver them. Recipients of China's
technology reportedly include Pakistan and countries that the State
Department says support terrorism, such as Iran and North Korea.
This book, updated as warranted, discusses the security problem of
China's role in weapons proliferation and issues related to the
U.S. policy response since the mid-1990s. China has taken some
steps to mollify U.S. concerns about its role in weapons
proliferation. Nonetheless, supplies from China have aggravated
trends that result in ambiguous technical aid, more indigenous
capabilities, longer-range missiles, and secondary (retransferred)
proliferation. According to unclassified reports to Congress by the
intelligence community, China has been a "key supplier" of weapons
technology, particularly missile or chemical technology.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
Volume Three: Guarding The Channel Ports.
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