Long recognized as the most comprehensive reference work available on the subject, this guide remains the only complete reference to the weapons currently in service in ships, submarines, and naval aircraft around the world. It is the only book of its type to explain the transformation of the U.S. Navy into a network-centric force, a transformation that has had immense ...
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Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapon System
Fifth Edition
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Warheads
Cable News and the Fog of War
What happens when a nation loses an important part of its connection with history, when its heritage and even its roots are sacrificed to political expediency? When the offspring of The Greatest Generation out source national service to other people's kids? Finally, having distanced themselves from the harsh realities of war, what happens when an implacable enemy with an ideology ...
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"The Battle for Leyte, 1944"
"Allied and Japanese Plans, Preparations, and Execution"
One of the largest and most complex military efforts ever undertaken, the Leyte Operation was the Allies’ first and most important major combined operation to liberate the Philippine archipelago. The stakes were high: a successful landing at Leyte was critical to a subsequent assault on Luzon and total control of the Philippines. If Japan lost the Philippines, its supply of ...
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