|
Showing 1 - 18 of
18 matches in All Departments
OVER 100 APPROVED BRITISH ARMY CHALLENGES Packed full of puzzles
and challenges, this book will help you develop the vital
mind-training skills needed for any team player or budding recruit
- get ready to tackle logic puzzles, explore mazes and wrestle with
problem-solving tests. You'll learn to: Crack codes essential to
survival situations Complete complex navigation challenges Put
leadership and teamwork skills to the test with essential lateral
thinking techniques Strengthen crucial cognitive skills through
quizzes and word games Problem-solve under pressure Analyse
'real-life' scenarios, and ask yourself: 'What would I do in this
situation?' Teamwork is at the heart of the British Army, and this
is the perfect challenge book to enjoy with family and friends -
work together or invite some friendly competition!
This paper explores the relationship between globalization of the
arms industry and interoperability. Its premise is that while the
arms industry has undertaken significant steps to globalize, NATO
and ABCA military force interoperability levels remain woefully
inadequate. Over sixty years ago NATO and the ABCA program sought
to standardize the militaries of their member nations. Each member
country agreed to take steps to ensure that interoperability among
force elements was achieved. A truly globalized arms industry
offers a platform to achieve greater standardization and
interoperability amongst joint and combined forces. In fact, it is
clear that a nexus should exist between a globalized arms
development and truly interoperable forces. This study examines the
relationship between a globalized arms industry and interoperable
armed forces within the context of NATO and the ABCA program. The
primary vehicle it uses to do this is a case study of the
development and procurement of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The
study concludes that four barriers bar the development of
interoperable forces. First, defense spending has significantly
reduced for all members of NATO and ABCA, with the exception of the
United States. Second, democratically elected leaders are unable to
justify increased defense spending in financially constrained
times. The absence of an identifiable external threat to the
sovereignty of nation states is paramount in politician's minds.
Thirdly, the proliferation of defense technologies to third parties
prevents the arms industry from achieving interoperability of
systems. Finally, little emphasis is placed on the importance of
non technical interoperability. The requirement of forces to train
together and understand differing military cultures and doctrine is
often overlooked. The absence of joint and combined training prior
to conducting operations has limited the ability of international
forces to operate together effectively. Critically, wherever
possible, NATO and ABCA forces must achieve both technical and non
technical interoperability in order to remain effective within the
contemporary operating environment.
Title: The history of the civil war in America. Vol. I.,
comprehending the campaigns of 1775, 1776, and 1777.Author: Hall,
John, captain, British army.Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography,
Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a
collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the
Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s.
Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and
exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War
and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01397800CollectionID:
CTRG94-B5200PublicationDate: 17800101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Author "said to be Capt. Hall of General Howe's
regiment." Cf. Monthly review, London, 1781, v. 64. Authorship
ascribed by Sabin and others to Captain Hall. Sales catalogue of
Wm. H. Robinson (#18, 1927, item 18) gives the author as Capt.
William Cornwallis Hall, 28th regiment of foot. Library of Congress
first official catalogue gave author as John Hall. No Capt. John
Hall found in British army lists, 1775-1781. Lieut. William
Cornwallis Hall was sent to America in 1776. No more
published.Collation: 413 p., 1] folded leaf of plates: map; 22 cm
The recognition of the failure at the strategic and operational
levels of war during the Global War on Terror, specifically in
Iraq, has resulted in a quest for intellectual solutions to complex
operational and strategic problems. To date this has resulted in a
tacit acknowledgement that the Military Decision Making Process
(MDMP) is not equipped to tackle ill defined problems and that a
complementary approach is required. The emphasis on problem framing
as defining a problem has been the hallmark of this new approach
that is facilitated through institutional learning and a process of
reframing rather than the advocating of predictive solutions. This
monograph does not attempt to evaluate these new processes or seek
to incorporate them within existing doctrine. Instead, it sets out
the philosophy behind a design approach to planning. The broad
design theory is an amalgam of the Israeli concept of Systemic
Operational Design (SOD), Effects-Based Approach (EBA) and Systems
of Systems Analysis (SoSA) as a systemic design process that is
complementary to existing decision making tools. The monograph
elucidates the philosophical functions that are contingent to this
process. Importantly, this is not a 'how to' manual providing a
prescriptive approach, but an illumination, a theory of becoming
that focuses on the why of the process, in order to offer a level
of understanding. The distinction between Form, Function and Logic
has been embraced as the method used for explaining the philosophy
of design. This builds on the writing of Deleuze and his
'philosophy of difference' and also in compartmentalizing between
explaining the form of the design approach, from its functions and
logic. The design approach produces more robust planning guidance,
a frame of reference that enables reframing when the situation
changes, an easily communicable strategy, across the whole of
government and the explicit step of acknowledging our own biases
and perspectives in shaping how we view the world. The conclusion
of this monograph is not to replace MDMP and existing practices for
planning or as a tool for decisions of implementation, but that a
design approach is more appropriate for the creation of strategy,
at every level, and concerns primarily decisions of consequence.
Designed to replace the Matilda II and Valentine, the Churchill
tank was renowned for its ability to cross rough terrain and defeat
obstacles, and one of the few Allied tanks that could compete with
the German Panther and Tiger tanks. The Churchill's design arose
from the post-Blitzkrieg chaos of 1940. The fall of France and the
defeat at Dunkirk made clear that mobility was to be of paramount
importance to the British Army. An existing design was scrapped,
and a new design designated A22 was awarded to Vauxhall, with
orders that the tank needed to be in production by 1941. Powered by
twin-six gasoline engines, the A22 / Mk. 1 Churchill used a new
gear box that allowed it to be steered by the relative speed of its
tracks. Capable of 15 mph, the tank had a range of 56 miles and
armor from .63 to four inches thick, and carried a crew of five and
a 2-pdr gun. The Mk I Churchill first saw combat at the Dieppe
Raid, where its performance underwhelmed. Subsequent developments
led to the introduction of the Mk. III, which featured a welded
turret and a 6-pdr gun, and proved their worth at El Alamein.
Eventually a Mk. VII would be produced, offering a 75mm gun, wider
chassis and thicker armor (up to 6 inches). Heavily used by the
British and Russians in WWII, the Churchill also saw service during
the Korean conflict. This driver's handbook was originally issued
by Vauxhall Motors for the British Army in 1943. It provides
information for the Churchill I, II, III and IV models, and
includes operation and maintenance information.
The Battles Of Alma, Balaklava, Ineermann, Siege Of Sebastopol.Due
to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages
may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text,
possible missing pages, missing text and other issues beyond our
control.
The Battles Of Alma, Balaklava, Ineermann, Siege Of Sebastopol.Due
to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages
may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text,
possible missing pages, missing text and other issues beyond our
control.
|
You may like...
Future Past
Duran Duran
CD
R187
R88
Discovery Miles 880
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R383
R310
Discovery Miles 3 100
|