In Epidemics and the American Military, Dr. Jack McCallum examines the major role the military has played in both propagating and controlling disease throughout this nation’s history. The U.S. armed forces recruit young people from isolated rural areas and densely populated cities, many of whom have been exposed to a smorgasbord of germs. After training and living in close ...
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Epidemics and the American Military
Five Times Disease Changed the Course of War
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Italian Assault Craft, 1940-1945
Human Torpedoes and other Special Attack Weapons
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In stark contrast to the modest performance of its large surface fleet in World War II, the Italian Navy’s smallest units achieved its most spectacular successes. It made a specialty of unconventional methods of attack—explosive motorboats, human torpedoes, and miniature submarines—that were employed with ingenuity and ...
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