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Time in the shadows confinement in counterinsurgencies / by Khalili, Laleh

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Military resilience in low intensity conflict : a comparative study between France-Algeria, Britain-Ireland, Russia-Chechnya, Israel-Palestinian Authority / by Suissa, Rachel, 1954-

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When Janey comes marching home portraits of women combat veterans /

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Six essential elements of leadership Marine Corps wisdom of a Medal of Honor recipient / by Fox, Wesley L.

Subjects: “…Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Personal narratives, American.…”
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No place to run the Canadian Corps and gas warfare in the First World War / by Cook, Tim, 1971-

Subjects: “…World War, 1914-1918 Personal narratives, Canadian.…”
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War makes men of boys a soldier's World War II / by Miller, Katherine, 1959-

Subjects: “…World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American.…”
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War for profit Army contracting vs. supporting the troops / by Smith, Charles M., CPCM

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Defect or defend : military responses to popular protests in authoritarian Asia / by Lee, Terence, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The theoretical argument -- Personalism in the Philippines : the fall of Marcos -- Personalism in Indonesia : the fall of Suharto -- Power sharing authoritarianism in China & Burma -- Conclusion.…”
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Nurses in war voices from Iraq and Afghanistan / by Scannell-Desch, Elizabeth

Table of Contents: “…Historical roots of U.S. military nursing -- Deploying to war : an uncertain future -- Nurses in harm's way : more than I bargained for -- Living conditions : a mixed bag -- My work place : a plane, a tent, or a trailer -- Diversions from war : a piece of home -- Remembrance of war : most chaotic scene -- War memories : sensations etched in my mind -- My warrior patients -- Caring for the enemy -- Children caught in the chaos of war -- My wartime nursing stress : I am a different person now -- Kinship and bonding : my military family -- Professional growth : expanding my knowledge, skills, and abilities -- Women's health and hygiene experiences -- Parental separation -- Homecoming : a difficult adjustment -- Listen to me : advice to deploying nurses.…”
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Army of the sky Russian military aviation before the Great War, 1904-1914 / by Vitarbo, Gregory

Table of Contents: “…Technology, community, and reform in the Russian Imperial Army -- Flights of fancy -- Paths to the future -- Institutions and adaptation -- Personality, professionalism, and the politics of command -- Pioneers, poseurs, professional -- Officers, gentlemen, citizens -- Ceremony and spectacle -- Military aviation and the imperatives of modernity.…”
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Fallen elites the military other in post-unification Germany / by Bickford, Andrew, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…The military imaginary : soldiers, myths, and states -- Emotions, generations, and death cults : militarization and the creation of socialist military personalities -- Coming of age in the NVA : the master narratives of militarization -- The writing on the wall : the NVA surrenders -- A war of signs, images, and memories : German militaries in the Cold War and unification -- "Unification has ruined my life" : the political economy of the military other -- As Germans among Germans : life in the Kameradschaft -- "We're the Jews of the new Germany" : heroic victimhood, fallen elites, and the slipperiness of history and memory -- Death and allegiance : toward an anthropology of soldiering.…”
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The bases of empire the global struggle against U.S. military posts /

Table of Contents: “…U.S. foreign military base and military colonialism: personal and analytical perspectives / Joseph Gerson -- U.S. military bases in Latin America and the Caribbean / John Lindsay-Poland -- U.S. nuclear weapons bases in Europe / David Heller and Hans Lammerant -- Iraq as a Pentagon construction site / Tom Engelhardt -- People's movement responses to evolving U.S. military activities in the Philippines / Roland G. …”
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Desertion and the American soldier, 1776-2006 by Fantina, Robert

Table of Contents: “…The Vietnam War -- Disagreement with the cause of the war -- The horrors or war -- Resistance to military life -- Family and personal needs -- 10. The Gulf War -- Cruelty towards the Iraqis -- living conditions -- Disagreement with the war -- The "stop loss" policy -- 11. …”
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A New Conception of War : John Boyd, the U.S. Marines, and Maneuver Warfare / by Brown, Ian T.

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