Search Results - "Air Force"

Imaging and imagining the fetus the development of obstetric ultrasound / by Nicolson, Malcolm, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Thomas's Hospital and the Royal Air Force -- Ian Donald before ultrasound : Hammersmith and Glasgow -- A-scope investigations in Glasgow -- The first contact scanner -- The automatic scanner and the diasonograph -- "Behind the Iron Curtain" : ultrasound and the fetus -- Diffusion, controversy, and commodification -- Ian Donald after ultrasound : contraception and abortion -- Maternity and technology.…”
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Imaging and imagining the fetus the development of obstetric ultrasound / by Nicolson, Malcolm, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Thomas's Hospital and the Royal Air Force -- Ian Donald before ultrasound : Hammersmith and Glasgow -- A-scope investigations in Glasgow -- The first contact scanner -- The automatic scanner and the diasonograph -- "Behind the Iron Curtain" : ultrasound and the fetus -- Diffusion, controversy, and commodification -- Ian Donald after ultrasound : contraception and abortion -- Maternity and technology.…”
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People's Liberation Army Navy combat systems technology, 1949-2010 / by Bussert, James C.

Table of Contents: “…Systems integration and China's naval technology growth, 1949-89 -- Earlier Chinese destroyers -- New-generation destroyers -- Chinese frigates -- PLAN submarines -- Coastal defense and PLAN amphibious capability -- The PLAN Air Force (PLANAF) and China's future aircraft carrier -- Antiair-warfare (AAW) radar and weapon systems -- Antisubmarine-warfare (ASW) sonar and weapon systems -- The South China Sea (SCS) and the mine threat -- Combat system integration, electrical, and training issues -- The PLAN fleet in the twenty-first century -- Appendix : western and plan combat system designations.…”
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The U.S.-China military scorecard : forces, geography, and the evolving balance of power 1996- 2017 / by Heginbotham, Eric

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People's Liberation Army Navy combat systems technology, 1949-2010 / by Bussert, James C.

Table of Contents: “…Systems integration and China's naval technology growth, 1949-89 -- Earlier Chinese destroyers -- New-generation destroyers -- Chinese frigates -- PLAN submarines -- Coastal defense and PLAN amphibious capability -- The PLAN Air Force (PLANAF) and China's future aircraft carrier -- Antiair-warfare (AAW) radar and weapon systems -- Antisubmarine-warfare (ASW) sonar and weapon systems -- The South China Sea (SCS) and the mine threat -- Combat system integration, electrical, and training issues -- The PLAN fleet in the twenty-first century -- Appendix : western and plan combat system designations.…”
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The U.S.-China military scorecard : forces, geography, and the evolving balance of power 1996- 2017 / by Heginbotham, Eric

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Chinese Working-Class Lives : Getting By in Taiwan by Gates, Hill, Gates, Hill

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Chinese Working-Class Lives : Getting By in Taiwan by Gates, Hill, Gates, Hill

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On flexibility recovery from technological and doctrinal surprise on the battlefield / by Finkel, Meir, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Prediction and intelligence : the dominant approach in force planning and its failure to answer the challenge of technological and doctrinal surprise -- Conceptual and doctrinal flexibility -- Organizational and technological flexibility -- Cognitive and command and control (C2) flexibility -- The mechanism for lesson learning and rapid dissemination -- The German recovery from the surprise of British chaff -- The German recovery from the Soviet T-34 tank surprise -- The Israeli recovery from the Egyptian Sagger missile surprise -- The Israeli air force recovery from the Arab anti-aircraft missile surprise -- The slow British recovery from the German armor and anti-tank tactics -- The slow Soviet recovery from the surprise of low-intensity conflict in Afghanistan -- The French failure to recover from the surprise of the German blitzkrieg.…”
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British naval aviation the first 100 years /

Table of Contents: “…: the early days of British naval flying / Eric Grove -- Air Force, Fleet Air Arm--or Armoured Corps?: the Royal Naval Air Service at war / Eric Grove -- Competing visions : the Admiralty, the Air Ministry and the role of airpower / Geoffrey Till -- The Fleet Air Arm and the struggle for the Mediterranean, 1940-1944 / Ben Jones -- New tricks for old sea dogs : British naval aviation in the Pacific, 1944-1945 / Jon Robb-Webb -- British naval aviation and the Radical Review, 1953-1955 / Tim Benbow -- Limited war and crisis management : naval aviation in action from the Korean War to the Falklands Conflict / Ian Speller -- The battle for CVA01 / Edward Hampshire -- "More than just spare airfields" : defence policy, defence reviews and the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers / Lee Willett.…”
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On flexibility recovery from technological and doctrinal surprise on the battlefield / by Finkel, Meir, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Prediction and intelligence : the dominant approach in force planning and its failure to answer the challenge of technological and doctrinal surprise -- Conceptual and doctrinal flexibility -- Organizational and technological flexibility -- Cognitive and command and control (C2) flexibility -- The mechanism for lesson learning and rapid dissemination -- The German recovery from the surprise of British chaff -- The German recovery from the Soviet T-34 tank surprise -- The Israeli recovery from the Egyptian Sagger missile surprise -- The Israeli air force recovery from the Arab anti-aircraft missile surprise -- The slow British recovery from the German armor and anti-tank tactics -- The slow Soviet recovery from the surprise of low-intensity conflict in Afghanistan -- The French failure to recover from the surprise of the German blitzkrieg.…”
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British naval aviation the first 100 years /

Table of Contents: “…: the early days of British naval flying / Eric Grove -- Air Force, Fleet Air Arm--or Armoured Corps?: the Royal Naval Air Service at war / Eric Grove -- Competing visions : the Admiralty, the Air Ministry and the role of airpower / Geoffrey Till -- The Fleet Air Arm and the struggle for the Mediterranean, 1940-1944 / Ben Jones -- New tricks for old sea dogs : British naval aviation in the Pacific, 1944-1945 / Jon Robb-Webb -- British naval aviation and the Radical Review, 1953-1955 / Tim Benbow -- Limited war and crisis management : naval aviation in action from the Korean War to the Falklands Conflict / Ian Speller -- The battle for CVA01 / Edward Hampshire -- "More than just spare airfields" : defence policy, defence reviews and the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers / Lee Willett.…”
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U.S. global defense posture, 1783-2011 / by Pettyjohn, Stacie L.

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U.S. global defense posture, 1783-2011 / by Pettyjohn, Stacie L.

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A new division of labor meeting America's security challenges beyond Iraq /

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A new division of labor meeting America's security challenges beyond Iraq /

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Texas Aggies go to war in service of their country / by Dethloff, Henry C.

Table of Contents: “…Army and Marine organization: levels of command -- Air Force organization: levels of command -- Navy organization: levels of command -- E. …”
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Texas Aggies go to war in service of their country / by Dethloff, Henry C.

Table of Contents: “…Army and Marine organization: levels of command -- Air Force organization: levels of command -- Navy organization: levels of command -- E. …”
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Mapping workflows and managing knowledge capturing formal and tacit knowledge to improve performance / by Kmetz, John L.

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Teaching Hemingway's A farewell to arms /

Table of Contents: “…Sinclair -- A farewell to arms, World War I, and "the stockyards at Chicago" / Kim Moreland -- Teaching A farewell to arms from a modernist perspective / Ellen Andrews Knodt -- Teaching A farewell to arms at the U.S. Air Force Academy / Jackson A. Niday, II and James H. …”
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