The American military-industrial complex and accompanying culture are most often associated with massive weapons procurement programs and advanced technologies. However, one aspect of the complex is not a weapon or even a machine, but one of the world’s most highly engineered consumer products: the manufactured cigarette. Smoke ’Em If You Got ’Em describes the origins of the often comfortable, yet ...
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Smoke Em If You Got Em
The Rise and Fall of the Military Cigarette Ration
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Hitler's Brandenburgers
The Third Reich's Elite Special Forces
Available for sale only in the U.S. and Canada. Exceptions made for USNI Members.
Hitler’s daring and pioneering special forces served in every German theatre of action. This is the most comprehensive account of an unusual and profoundly successful band of men.
Lawrence Paterson traces the origins of the small unit, the brainchild of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris and part of ...
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"Chief Petty Officer's Guide, 2nd Edition"
This second edition to the Chief Petty Officer’s Guide updates and modernizes the first, and has been written to serve as the “companion guide” to Chief Petty Officer (CPO) development processes and tools such as CPO 365, CPO mess training, the Senior Enlisted Academy, and books and articles written for and about the CPO mess. Its target audience includes serving ...
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Machete Squad
“This episodic tale of military life has a gritty honesty, like a guy at a dive bar with a story to get off his chest.” —Publishers Weekly
Available Formats: Softcover