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"This Handbook offers a collection of cutting-edge essays on all aspects of strategic culture by a mix of international scholars, consultants, military officers, and policymakers. The volume explicitly addresses the analytical conundrums faced by scholars who wish to employ or generate strategic cultural insights, with substantive commentary on defining and scoping strategic culture, analytic frameworks and approaches, levels of analysis, sources...
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Stella di Imbrogliado has always made the most of bad situations – but when her life takes a major detour and her loved-ones betray her, she reroutes her journey altogether. With nothing left to lose, she departs her old life by enlisting in the U.S. Air Force.In this bizarre new world where orders are shouted, showers are a social event, and sweat is the ultimate beauty aid, she taps her unimagined strength and begins to see that her worst day...
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Este trabajo se afinca en esa indeterminada no man's land entre lo historiográfico y lo sociológico. Con precisión de experto taxonomista; ha desarrollado sus más de cuarenta años de su carrera investigadora en el Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias (INIA), desgrana con precisión y minuciosidad, en un estilo directo y sin concesiones a la retórica, las experiencias personales y profesionales de esa élite de la milicia que representaban...
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Get the Summary of Adam Gamal and Kelly Kennedy's The Unit in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Unit" by Adam Gamal and Kelly Kennedy is a gripping account of Gamal's journey from a vegetable vendor in Alexandria, Egypt, to a key member of the US military's most secretive unit. The narrative follows Gamal's life, starting with his childhood in a culturally rich Alexandria, his family's emphasis on education and...
5) Tittsworth
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Jack as he is know to his friends, is a retired military officer and a decorated combat veteran. He's had tours in the 82nd Airborne, 509th Airborne, 8th Division, 4th Division, 51st RCAT in Vietnam, and as an instructor at West Point. Following his military career he spent time as an executive in corporate America then going on to established and run several small businesses in the United States and Europe. Jack has had the good fortune to work with...
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The Greatest Stories Never Told: Snipers is an unforgettable collection of heart-stopping stories of well-known contemporary American snipers but focuses primarily upon other practitioners of the silent art who few contemporary readers in this genre have encountered before. They begin in south central France, at the dawn of the Thirteenth Century, and end in our present era of modern warfare. They include stories from the Civil War, the Great War,...
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She couldn't lose another sick baby…then he brought her his dying daughterAfter a tragedy in med school, Nita Banks decided she never wanted anything to do with treating sick children ever again. When Ebola breaks out in the middle of a Central American coup, she has her hands full between missions and helping the CDC find a cure.As an undercover CIA agent, Daniel Callahan was an expert at keeping secrets. None of his family or American friends...
8) Possession
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Loving a military man isn't always easy and sometimes living with him is impossible. Deke Berg has been in love with Sam for ten years. From the moment they met, they could never keep their hands off each other. Their marriage was volatile and short-lived, and they were both much too young. Now, though, Deke knows what he wants in life, and Sam is at the center of his plans. Unfortunately, Sam is wary of marriage-especially to a man who broke her...
9) Patrol
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The novel that inspired John Ford's The Lost Patrol: A band of World War I soldiers fights to survive in the desert after their leader is shot and killed. There had been, here, eleven men. Now ten rode away. . . . In the Mesopotamian desert during the First World War, an unseen enemy guns down the leader of a British patrol. The officer was the only one who knew their orders, and he did not told anyone else where they are located. Now the sergeant...
10) SEAL in a Storm
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There is a storm brewing…in his heart…Her name is Rayne.As a former SEAL commander, Dex Carson had participated in more than his share of rescues. When called upon to lead a multi-agency team into the Virgin Islands National Park jungle to rescue high value targets, he knew he was headed for trouble. Ten teenage girls-whose parents were members of Congress-and their chaperones, needed saving from kidnappers. He cringed. The thought of entitled...
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"Casemate has a long history of publishing high quality military history non-fiction. Lately, they have expanded their range of work to include well written novels using wartime settings." – WWII History MagazineIn Cold War Berlin US Army Major Harry Holbrook is caught in the midst of assassination attempts and has to put his trust in an unknown contact and the reliability of information that may allow him to foil another assassination.
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12) Choosing Love
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Disappointing his parents was nothing new. Going home didn't change that.
Parker "Griffin" Mitchell V was raised to be a southern gentleman, and to stretch the political power his family had honed for five generations all the way to the White House. He had other ideas for his future. He became a Navy SEAL then went to work for Guardian Security taking the occasional black ops job. When he brought the love of his life home to Augusta, Georgia to meet...
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Echos of Eternity: A Love Woven in the Threads of War" is a gripping tale set amidst conflict and chaos. In the war-ravaged streets of Gaza, Layla al-Malik and Israeli soldier Avi Cohen find themselves trapped in the unforgiving grip of violence and uncertainty. As they traverse the dangerous landscape of war, their lives intertwine in unforeseen ways, forging a bond that defies the confines of conflict.Amidst the debris and devastation, Layla and...
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An in-depth analysis of aircraft carrier battles in WWII and the evolution of carrier operations-from technology and strategy to life among the crew.
First built in 1921, the aircraft carrier brought a new dimension to military strategy as the United States entered World War II. How Carriers Fought examines the evolution of carrier operations with a special focus on the conflict in the Pacific between the US Navy and the imperial Japanese fleet.
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15) Hadrian's wall
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From an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, a definitive history of Hadrian's Wall. Stretching eighty miles from coast to coast across northern England, Hadrian's Wall is the largest Roman artifact known today. It is commonly viewed as a defiant barrier, the end of the empire, a place where civilization stopped and barbarism began. In fact, the massive structure remains shrouded in mystery. Was the wall intended to keep out the Picts, who inhabited...
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Victory is the 11th book of Cap Parlier's epic To So Few series of historical novels.
The year 1944 brought the long-awaited Western Allied invasion of the European Continent and the coordinated Red Army offensive in the East. Nazi Germany was now caught in a relentless vice.
Major Brian 'Hunter' Drummond assumed command of the 334th Fighter Squadron just after the new year. The squadron was an essential part of Operation POINTBLANK-the...
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These chapters aim to provide a comprehensive exploration of the military power of ancient India, with a focus on the use of war elephants and chariots, covering cultural diversity, the roles of these military assets, notable campaigns, and the enduring impact on Indian military traditions.
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Get the Summary of Richard Freiherr von Rosen & Robert Forczyk's Panzer Ace in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Panzer Ace" recounts the military career of Richard Freiherr von Rosen, a German tank commander during World War II. The book begins with the tense pre-war atmosphere in Oberbärenburg, Germany, and follows von Rosen's journey from his initial eagerness to join the military to his experiences on the Eastern...
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As he slips into a coma, Lieutenant Sanchez begins reminiscing about his life. He remembers the elementary school shooting, the day his father died, his best friend and comrade in arms- Mark. And of course, He remembers HER; Valerie. A young elementary school teacher Valerie Watson and Leo are desperately in love but one more tour might be just too many for her. The two must fight between absence and true love while he fights for his country overseas....
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