Planning the American Air War, 4 Men and 9 Days in 1941 : An Inside Narrative

James C. Gaston

National Defense University Press

Taking charge: A practical guide for leaders

Politics & Social Sciences

Perry M. Smith

Politics & Government

<p>This book is the first in a multivolume series of publications reproducing lecture materials presented at the Voroshilov Academy of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces in the 1973-75 course of study. This extensive body of materials addresses a broad range of issues integral to Soviet thinking on Strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war. It is among the most authoritative and detailed information on the Soviet Armed Forces to become available publicly. The lecture materials published in this first volume comprise 8 of the 16 lectures on strategic issues, intended to provide the students with a broader context for understanding and integrating the extensive and detailed material with operational art and tactics.</p>

Voroshilov Lectures: Materials from the Soviet General Staff Academy Vol 1: Issues of Soviet Military Strategy

On Political War

Paul A. Smith, Jr

“Bar none, the best book on fire support in the English language and one of the most accessible works on tactics I have ever read.”—Bruce Gudmundsson, author of On ArtilleryThe military of the United States is the world's strongest. Our armed forces are equipped with weapons of remarkable accuracy and unprecedented destructive power. In the Gulf War, allied forces used these weapons in what turned out to be a high-tech shooting gallery. The pinpoint accuracy of the sharpshooter's rifle is now routinely expected in the delivery of thousand pound bombs. Events in Somalia and the Balkans have aptly demonstrated, however, the profound limitations of firepower in limited conflicts of low intensity. Yet, these are the kinds of war we are most likely to encounter as we proceed down the path of the new world order.Robert Scales examines this problem through his analysis of the role of firepower in the wars in Indochina, the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the Falklands War, and the Gulf War. Chosen for the prestigious Marine Corps Commandant's Reading List, Firepower in Limited War is must reading for everyone interested in national defense and all military professionals.

Firepower in Limited War

Engineering & Transportation

Scales, Robert H.

Engineering

Essays on Strategy VII

Business & Money

GILL

Economics

Generals of the Ardennes is not a conventional history of the Battle of the Bulge, but a study of US command leadership at different levels during that fiery December of 1944 when a German offensive against the center of the American lines threatened to split the massed Allied Armies. It shows how US commanders from Eisenhower himself down through Army Group, Army, Corps, and Division commanders met the heavy burdens of leadership in the crucible of that bloody winter. Amid the countless books in many languages that tell and retell the history of the Battle of the Bulge, this one is unique in its focus on American generalship during those epic and decisive weeks that turned the tide of World War II in Europe. For that reason, it stands as both a significant history and an important document for the study of command and control.

Generals of the Ardennes: American Leadership in the Battle of the Bulge

History

J.D. Morelock

Military

<p>Used; Good condition. Trade size paperback</p>

Somalia operations: Lessons learned

Allard, C. Kenneth

Africa

The National Defense University recently hosted a major symposium to address the challenges to U.S. national security and international stability posed by the spread of weapons of mass destruction: nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, and missiles as a means of delivery.  The need to examine such issues is clear.  Perhaps no problem facing civilian and military decision makers today is as urgent and important as the effort to control the proliferation of such weapons.  Put simply, WMD proliferation represents one of the most complex and fundamental threats to security today.  Attended by many of the premier experts in the field, the NDU Symposium explored a broad spectrum of issues ranging from the incentives and disincentives for proliferation to non- and counterproliferation policies and programs.  The panelists discussed such critical issues as how effectively present controls to prevent proliferation are working and how to protect against proliferation when it occurs.  Most impressively, the participants ventured to identify alternative perspectives and approaches that may contribute to meeting the common challenges.  All this unfolds in the pages that follow.  It is a search for wisdom, for, as Cicero said twenty centuries ago, "Weapons are of little use on the field of battle if there is no wise counsel at home." Ervin J. Rokke Lieutenant General, USAF President, National Defense University

Weapons of Mass Destruction: New Perspectives on Counterproliferation

Peace Operations : Developing an American Strategy

Antonia Chayes, Editor

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