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A knight in politics a biography of Sir Frederick Borden / by Miller, Carman, 1940-

Table of Contents: “…Family -- Business -- Back bench -- Front bench -- Minister -- Command -- Challenge -- War -- Annus miserabilis -- Reform -- The reproach of inferiority -- Dundonald's defiance -- A civilian militia -- The politics of persuasion -- A made-in-Canada militia -- A Canadian army -- Wise autonomy -- Cooperative imperial defence -- Gentleman capitalist -- Maritime entrepreneur -- Political business -- Political purity -- Defeat -- Death -- Appendix. …”
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A scrap of paper : breaking and making international law during the Great War / by Hull, Isabel V.

Table of Contents: “…Prologue : what we have forgotten -- Belgian neutrality -- The "Belgian atrocities" and the laws of war on land -- Occupation and the treatment of enemy civilians 191-279 -- Great Britain and the blockade -- Breaking and making international law : the blockade, 1915-1918 -- Germany and new weapons : the submarine, zeppelin, poison gas, flame thrower -- Unrestricted submarine warfare -- Reprisals : prisoners of war and allied aerial bombardment -- Conclusion.…”
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Winter soldier, Iraq and Afghanistan eyewitness accounts of the occupations /

Table of Contents: “…Forward by Anthony Swofford -- Message from Kelly Dougherty -- Introduction -- The rules of engagement -- Racism and the dehumanization of war -- Civilian testimony : the cost of war in Iraq -- Divide to conquer : gender and sexuality in the military -- The crisis of veterans' health care and the costs of war at home -- Corporate pillaging and the breakdown of the military -- The future of GI resistance -- Concluding remarks from Camilo Mejía -- Afterward by Aaron Glantz -- Glossary of military terms.…”
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Winter soldier, Iraq and Afghanistan eyewitness accounts of the occupations /

Table of Contents: “…Forward by Anthony Swofford -- Message from Kelly Dougherty -- Introduction -- The rules of engagement -- Racism and the dehumanization of war -- Civilian testimony : the cost of war in Iraq -- Divide to conquer : gender and sexuality in the military -- The crisis of veterans' health care and the costs of war at home -- Corporate pillaging and the breakdown of the military -- The future of GI resistance -- Concluding remarks from Camilo Mejía -- Afterward by Aaron Glantz -- Glossary of military terms.…”
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"Execute against Japan" the U.S. decision to conduct unrestricted submarine warfare / by Holwitt, Joel Ira, 1981-

Table of Contents: “…Navy and the submarine question -- The failure of international law in the interwar period -- Legislating away freedom of the seas -- The accidental commerce raider : U.S. submarine development, strategy, and tactics -- Laying the strategic groundwork -- Debating law, ethics, and strategy -- "Immediately upon the outbreak of war" -- Day of infamy, day of decision -- Unrestricted warfare and the civilian chain of command -- The victory of unrestricted submarine warfare.…”
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"Execute against Japan" the U.S. decision to conduct unrestricted submarine warfare / by Holwitt, Joel Ira, 1981-

Table of Contents: “…Navy and the submarine question -- The failure of international law in the interwar period -- Legislating away freedom of the seas -- The accidental commerce raider : U.S. submarine development, strategy, and tactics -- Laying the strategic groundwork -- Debating law, ethics, and strategy -- "Immediately upon the outbreak of war" -- Day of infamy, day of decision -- Unrestricted warfare and the civilian chain of command -- The victory of unrestricted submarine warfare.…”
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Russia, 1762-1825 military power, the state, and the people / by Hartley, Janet M.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Russia at war, 1762-1825 -- The military estate: size and deployment -- The lower ranks: conscription and community -- The officer corps: service and challenge to the state -- The cost: expenditure and income -- The cost: agriculture, industry, and trade -- The impact: conflict with civilians in peace and war -- The state: administration, law, and magic -- The expansion of the state: conflict, assimilation, and identity -- Rulers and armies: warfare, image, culture, and identity -- The military colonies -- Conclusion: militarization and modernization?…”
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Russia, 1762-1825 military power, the state, and the people / by Hartley, Janet M.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Russia at war, 1762-1825 -- The military estate: size and deployment -- The lower ranks: conscription and community -- The officer corps: service and challenge to the state -- The cost: expenditure and income -- The cost: agriculture, industry, and trade -- The impact: conflict with civilians in peace and war -- The state: administration, law, and magic -- The expansion of the state: conflict, assimilation, and identity -- Rulers and armies: warfare, image, culture, and identity -- The military colonies -- Conclusion: militarization and modernization?…”
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Wizard 6 a combat psychiatrist in Vietnam / by Bey, Douglas, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Prelude to Vietnam -- Stepping through the looking glass -- Black and white in Vietnam -- Diagnosing and treating patients in the division -- The Viet Cong's perception of mental illness -- Drugs and alcohol -- Civilian health care -- High-risk individuals and REMFs -- High-stress periods -- The first R&R -- Escaping from stress -- Time grinding on -- Madness and medals -- Getting away to Saigon and the second R&R -- Coping with Vietnam -- Short and leaving Vietnam -- And I say to myself.…”
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Wizard 6 a combat psychiatrist in Vietnam / by Bey, Douglas, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Prelude to Vietnam -- Stepping through the looking glass -- Black and white in Vietnam -- Diagnosing and treating patients in the division -- The Viet Cong's perception of mental illness -- Drugs and alcohol -- Civilian health care -- High-risk individuals and REMFs -- High-stress periods -- The first R&R -- Escaping from stress -- Time grinding on -- Madness and medals -- Getting away to Saigon and the second R&R -- Coping with Vietnam -- Short and leaving Vietnam -- And I say to myself.…”
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1863 Lincoln's pivotal year /

Table of Contents: “…Symonds -- Military drafts, civilian riots / Barnet Schecter -- The fiery furnace of affliction / Catherine Clinton -- And the war goes on / John F. …”
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1863 Lincoln's pivotal year /

Table of Contents: “…Symonds -- Military drafts, civilian riots / Barnet Schecter -- The fiery furnace of affliction / Catherine Clinton -- And the war goes on / John F. …”
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People's Wars in China, Malaya, and Vietnam / by Opper, Marc

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People's Wars in China, Malaya, and Vietnam / by Opper, Marc

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War at the Margins : Indigenous Experiences in World War II / by Poyer, Lin, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Empires, Nation-States, and Global War at the Margins -- Military Service, Citizenship, and Loyalties -- Combat in Indigenous Homelands -- War Far from Home: Serving Abroad -- Strangers in the Homeland -- Deploying the "Primitive": Images and Realities of Indigenous Soldiers -- "Martial Myths" and Native Realities -- Collateral Damages: Civilian Life in Wartime -- Working at War -- Building and Destroying the World through War -- Indigenous Status in the Postwar World -- Indigenous Veterans in Combatant Nations -- The Pasts and Futures of World War II for Indigenous Communities -- Beyond Nation-States.…”
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War at the Margins : Indigenous Experiences in World War II / by Poyer, Lin, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Empires, Nation-States, and Global War at the Margins -- Military Service, Citizenship, and Loyalties -- Combat in Indigenous Homelands -- War Far from Home: Serving Abroad -- Strangers in the Homeland -- Deploying the "Primitive": Images and Realities of Indigenous Soldiers -- "Martial Myths" and Native Realities -- Collateral Damages: Civilian Life in Wartime -- Working at War -- Building and Destroying the World through War -- Indigenous Status in the Postwar World -- Indigenous Veterans in Combatant Nations -- The Pasts and Futures of World War II for Indigenous Communities -- Beyond Nation-States.…”
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Who guards the guardians and how democratic civil-military relations /

Table of Contents: “…Dombroski -- Defense budgets, democratic civilian control, and effective governance / Jeanne Kinney Giraldo -- Conscription or the all-volunteer force : recruitment in a democratic society / Edwin R. …”
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Opera at the bandstand : then and now / by Martin, George Whitney

Table of Contents: “…Marine Band and contemporary civilian bands -- Edward Franko Goldman and the Goldman Band -- The decline of the Goldman Band, Frederick Fennell, and the rise of the wind ensemble.…”
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