Search Results - "Empire."

The bases of empire the global struggle against U.S. military posts /

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The margins of empire Kurdish militias in the Ottoman tribal zone / by Klein, Janet, 1969-

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Empire and the bomb how the U.S. uses nuclear weapons to dominate the world / by Gerson, Joseph

Table of Contents: “…Deadly connections: empire and nuclear weapons -- First nuclear terrorism--Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- Postwar Asia--targeting Korea and China -- The Cuban missile crisis--prestige, credibility, and power -- Vietnam: failures of nuclear diplomacy -- The Middle East: monopolizing "The prize" -- Nukes and the new world order--what we say goes -- "Romance of ruthlessness"--seven minutes to midnight -- Abolition or annihilation.…”
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Mapping and empire soldier-engineers on the southwestern frontier /

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Protecting the empire's frontier : officers of the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot during its North American service, 1767-1776 / by Baule, Steven M., 1966-

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America town building the outposts of empire / by Gillem, Mark L.

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Empire's reach -- pt. 2. Familiarity on the frontlines -- pt. 3. …”
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Strategic cousins Australian and Canadian expeditionary forces and the British and American empires / by Blaxland, J. C. (John Charles), 1963-

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Great Powers, Small Wars Asymmetric Conflict since 1945 / by Deriglazova, L. V. (Larisa Valerʹevna)

Table of Contents: “…Preface : asymmetric conflicts : an equation with many unknowns -- Origin and development of the asymmetric conflict concept -- Identifying the asymmetry factor in armed conflicts -- The dissolution of the British Empire and asymmetric conflicts in dependencies -- The US war in Iraq, 2003-2009 -- Conclusion : analyzing asymmetric conflicts using the model.…”
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Great Powers, Small Wars : Asymmetric Conflict since 1945 / by Deriglazova, L. V. (Larisa Valerʹevna)

Table of Contents: “…Preface : asymmetric conflicts : an equation with many unknowns -- Origin and development of the asymmetric conflict concept -- Identifying the asymmetry factor in armed conflicts -- The dissolution of the British Empire and asymmetric conflicts in dependencies -- The US war in Iraq, 2003-2009 -- Conclusion : analyzing asymmetric conflicts using the model.…”
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Great Powers, Small Wars : Asymmetric Conflict since 1945 / by Deriglazova, L. V. (Larisa Valerʹevna)

Table of Contents: “…Preface : asymmetric conflicts : an equation with many unknowns -- Origin and development of the asymmetric conflict concept -- Identifying the asymmetry factor in armed conflicts -- The dissolution of the British Empire and asymmetric conflicts in dependencies -- The US war in Iraq, 2003-2009 -- Conclusion : analyzing asymmetric conflicts using the model.…”
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Getting out historical perspectives on leaving Iraq /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Michael Walzer -- No exit but victory : Britain and the American colonies / Stanley Weintraub -- America and the Philippines : the graceful withdrawal / Stanley Karnow -- India and Britain : the consequences of leaving too soon / Rajeev Bhargava -- The surprising success : the United States and Korea / Fred Smoler -- France and Algeria : claim victory and au revoir / Todd Shepard -- Vietnam and the United States : the price of intransigence / Frances FitzGerald -- The gates of Gaza and the limits of power : Israel and Gaza / Shlomo Avineri -- 9/11 and the road to Iraq / Nicolaus Mills -- The persistence of empire / David Bromwich -- Departing responsibly / Brendan O'Leary -- It isn't over / George Packer.…”
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The modern American military

Table of Contents: “…American military culture from colony to empire / Robert L. Goldich -- 5. Manning and financing the twenty-first century all-volunteer force / David R. …”
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Hegemony and culture in the origins of NATO nuclear first-use, 1945-1955 by Johnston, Andrew M., 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the persistence of nuclear first-use -- Ch. 1. Culture, war, empire -- Ch. 2. The persistence of the old regime : British, French, and American strategic thinking before 1949 -- Ch. 3. …”
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The long war a new history of U.S. national security policy since World War II /

Table of Contents: “…Bacevich -- The evolution of the national security state: ubiquitous and endless / Anna Kasten Nelson -- Intelligence for empire / John Prados -- The military-industrial complex: lobby and trope / Alex Roland -- Paying for global power: costs and benefits of postwar U.S. military spending / Benjamin O. …”
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American spies : espionage against the US from the Cold War to the present / by Sulick, Michael J.

Table of Contents: “…The Cold War: 1950-1970 -- The KGB rebuilds -- Spies in the enlisted ranks -- Vietnam and the 1960s -- Decade of turmoil: the 1970s -- Espionage and the 1970s -- Soviet science and technology espionage -- James Angleton and the spy hunt in the CIA -- The decade of the spy: Soviet spies of the 1980s -- Espionage in the 1980s -- Evil spy for the evil empire: John Walker -- The spy in the National Security Agency: Ronald Pelton -- A spy in the CIA: Edward Lee Howard -- The spy in the US Marine Corps: Clayton Lonetree -- The decade of the spy: other spies of the 1980s -- An illegal in the CIA: Karl Koecher -- The Army's John Walker: Clyde Conrad -- Spies for East Germany: James Michael Hall and Jeffrey Carney -- The spy for China: Larry Wu-Tai Chin -- The spy for Israel: Jonathan Pollard -- Espionage and the new world order: the 1990s -- The end of the Cold War and US counterespionage -- Aldrich Ames and his impact on the CIA -- The spy in the FBI: Robert Hanssen -- The last vestiges of Cold War espionage -- Espionage in the new millennium -- New threats, old threats -- Chinese nuclear espionage and Wen Ho Lee -- Spies for China -- Spies for Cuba I: Ana Belen Montes -- Spies for Cuba II: Kendall and Gwendolyn Myers -- Espionage and the war on terrorism -- Cyberespionage.…”
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Information warfare in the age of cyber conflict /

Table of Contents: “…Libicki -- A brief history of fake : Surveying Russian disinformation from the Russian empire through the Cold War to the present / Aaron F. …”
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