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...The Red Badge of Courage An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane A Penn State Electronic Classics Series... ...The Red Badge of Courage An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publicat... ...The Red Badge of Courage An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication T... ...ty university. 3 Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane CHAPTER I THE COLD PASSED reluctantly f... ...sity. 3 Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane CHAPTER I THE COLD PASSED reluctantly from the e... ... 3 Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane CHAPTER I THE COLD PASSED reluctantly from the earth, ... ...d disappeared forever. From his home his youthful eyes had looked upon the war in his own country with distrust. It must be some sort of a play affair...

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...There comes a time in the course of battle when a participant casts his fate to the gods of war, and carries on without question, the task at hand. Living, dying, right or wrong, can be contemplated later. The spirit of the bayonet takes over and carries the youth through the crucible of battle to emerge a short tim...

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...Description: The Red Badge of Courage is an 1895 war novel by American author Stephen Crane. It is considered one of the most influential works in American literature. The novel, a depiction on the cruelty of the American Civil War, features a young recruit who overcomes in...

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...ighland Falls, New York. in 1874 He Removed to Cornwall-On-Hudson, Where He Devoted Himself to the Writing of Fiction and to Horticulture. During the American Civil War He Wrote Weekly Letters to the New York Evangelist, and Subsequently Lectured on the War and Wrote for Periodicals.Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838 – July 19, 1888) Was An American Novelist....

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...y Element Of A Manly Character In our 15Western Civilization; But Young Haldane Was As Truly An Oriental As If HeHad Been... ...o Respect And Admire Virile Force,She Was Too Highly Bred in our Western Civilization Not To Resent As AnInsult Any Such Manifestation Of This For... ...s Moind, Nor For Spakin' The Truth. If Ye Had Given Me A Chance I'D Been Civil And Obadient The Rist O' Me Days. But Whin Ye Act To'Ard A Man As I... ...tion--If, With GodAs Your Fast Ally, You Wage Unrelenting and Successful War Against AllThat Is Unworthy Of A Christian Manhood--I Will Not Only R... ... To Some Quiet Watering-Place In europe, Where There Are ButFew, If Any, Americans; And In time We May Feel Differently." Her Son Ate No More Brea... ...t Am I To Do In this Secluded european Watering-Place,Where There Are No Americans, And At Which We Are To Sojourn Indefinitely?" "I Am Sure I Hav... ...As Her Son To Risk The Loss OfEverything In The Hardships And Dangers Of War. He Was As Kind AndConsiderate As Possible, But She Saw From The Old ... ... Disciplined and Most Soldierly Of Them All When Ordered to TheSeat Of War." The Colonelcy Of The Regiment Was Given To Mr. Beaumont, NotOnly On...

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...mic crisis, human organizations can be so harmed that the psychopathic part of society takes the lead and turns nations into barbaric entities (World War II)....

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...dictions. C- The Virgin Mary will save mankind. D- A feeble social reaction. 7: Anaclitic racism. A- Modern racism. a. The American Civil War. b. The French racists. B- The Norwegian knight. a. Paranoid schizophrenia! b. A man-child who does not ignore reality. c. Light racism. 8: Islamic terrorism....

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...l reaction.7: Anaclitic racism. A- Modern racism. a. The American Civil War. b. The French racists. B- The Norweg... ...n.7: Anaclitic racism. A- Modern racism. a. The American Civil War. b. The French racists. B- The Norwegian knigh... ...naclitic racism. A- Modern racism. a. The American Civil War. b. The French racists. B- The Norwegian knight. ... ... c. Violence against the Jews. d. Mohamed Merah.9: The American psychopaths. A- Trauma or interruption in the development of... ...would bereally evil. Actually, when Hannah Arendt tried to understandWorld War II, she almost shared the latter’s opinion: Eichmannwas a normal person... ...themwere not considered to be dangerous; only “perverts ofcharacter”, whom Americans would certainly call psychopaths.They were a threat which he port... ...rson anymore. In other respects, it has to be borne in mind that post-war France is a sick country. The Second World War and theMilitary Administ... ...gan inNovember 1954). He immediately calls for a truce so that theinnocent civilians may be spared (41). Then he explains whysaying (42): “… nothing c... ...s the group in order to be morereasonable and to establish rules that will civilize this pack ofwild children. Their democracy is influenced by r...

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...rotraction and Prolongation of Wars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Karl P. Magyar Iran-Iraq: Protracted Conflict, Prolonged War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 M. A. Shahriar Shirkhani and Constantine P. Danopoulos The Longevity of the Lebanese Civil War . . .41 As’ad AbuKhalil The Arab-Israeli Wars: A Confli...

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.... p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Prolonged war. 2. Protracted conflicts (Military science) 3. Africa—History, Milit... ... . . . . . . 1 Karl P. MagyarIran-Iraq: Protracted Conflict, Prolonged War . . . . . . . 17 M. A. Shahriar Shirkhani and Con... ...iar Shirkhani and Constantine P. DanopoulosThe Longevity of the Lebanese Civil War . . . . . . . . . . 41 As’ad AbuKhalilThe Arab-I... ...irkhani and Constantine P. DanopoulosThe Longevity of the Lebanese Civil War . . . . . . . . . . 41 As’ad AbuKhalilThe Arab-Israeli... ... . . . . . . 291 J. Richard WalshEl Salvador’s Prolonged Civil War . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Steffen W. SchmidtNi... ...issouri, Columbia, and has written extensivelyon international security and civil-military relations. DrDanopoulos has also served as associate editor... ...ary Sociology. Christopher Gregory was senior public affairs officer, Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa. Previously, he taughtAfrican politic... ...ches Middle Eastern politics atVillanova University. She has worked for the American FriendsService Committee in Jerusalem and the Ford Foundation inC... ...n of theDepartment of History there. He was director of the Center forLatin American Studies at the University of Kansas from 1974 x...

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...fter the Rain" Containing the United StatesI. The Roots of Anti-AmericanismII. Containing the United StatesIII. Islam and Liberal... ...e Democratic Ideal and New ColonialismVI. Add Me to the ListVII. The American HostelVIII. The Semi-failed State The War in Afghan... ...ListVII. The American HostelVIII. The Semi-failed State The War in AfghanistanI. Afghan MythsII. Pakistan’s Nice Little WarI... ...llious ColoniesVII. The Disunited Nations 3 The War in Iraq – Coalition BuildingI. The Economies of the Middle EastII.... ... DebtsXIII. Kosovo’s Iraqi LessonsXIV. The Iraqi and the MadmanXV. Just War or Just a War? 4 The Roots of Anti-Americanism ... ... MadmanXV. Just War or Just a War? 4 The Roots of Anti-Americanism By: Dr. Sam VakninThe United States is one of the la... ...ormer.The Kosovo Liberation Army, an American anti-Milosevic pet, provoked a civil war in Macedonia tin2001. Osama bin-Laden, another CIA golem, resto... ...gh, immutable kernel of American narcissism.The United States was (until the Civil Rights Movementof the 1960s) and still is, in some important respec... ... 17 Also Read: The Semi-failed State The Second Civil War The Reluctant Empire To Give with Grace In Go...

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...This booklet explains why oil was the real cause of the First World War, and explains the economic and geopolitical interests behind all the major players of this war. Moreover it compares the first Great War for oil in 1914 with the oil wars of 2014 in Syria and Iraq one hundred years lat...

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...es in WWI Arab Nationalism The Oil Factor in the First World War The Second World War for Oil 1939-1945 Similarities of WW... ...ssay I want to provide a summary of why oil was the maincause of the First World War (1914-1918), which could be also called theFirst World War for oi... ...which could be also called theFirst World War for oil, and also compare this oil war with the oil wars of2014 one hundred years later. The main allian... ... because Russia collapsed in 1917and exited the war, since she entered a painful civil war between thetsarists and the Communists.By agreeing with the... ...rbia, two traditional Russian allies, were forming a wall inthe 90‟s against the Americans and the Europeans, who wanted to bringoil and natural gas f... ...a that is trying to exploit itsgeographical advantage in order to circumvent the American Navy andconnect to the Persian Gulf, exce... ...ijan were Russia‟s revenge for the cooperation ofAzerbaijan and Georgia with the Americans on the Baku-Ceyhanpipeline. To retaliate, the Americans sup...

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..."Lives in the Balance does a remarkable job of integrating vast amounts of information about nuclear weapons and the Cold War, and it does so with a rare degree of common sense and skepticism about the conventional wisdom. Moti Nissani's interdisciplinary approach provides many fascinating insights and speculations about the psychology and polit...

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...flaws in our political system must precede the struggles against their terribly important surface manifestations. For the time being, such actions as civil disobedience, militancy, demonstrations, teach-ins, marches, or door-to-door campaigning should be directed only at eliminating money from politics, rationalizing elections, and providing institutional safeguards for th...

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...The Soviet Union, 1985-1991: End of an Era 31 • The Myth of Authoritarian Efficiency 36 • Summary 39 Chapter 2: CONSEQUENCES OF NUCLEAR WAR 42 • Types of Nuclear Bombs 42 • Effects of a Single Nuclear Explosion 44 (Ultraviolet Pulse  /  Electromagnetic Pulse  /  Heat  /  Blast  /  Ionizing Radiation  /  Hiroshima) • Effects of a Large Nuclear...

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... Lives in the Balance The Cold War and American Politics, 1945-1991 ... ... Lives in the Balance The Cold War and American Politics, 1945-1991 Moti ... ...(of paperback original)Besides providing an integrated, self-contained history of the Cold War, Lives in the Balance throws newlight on subjects as di... ...War, Lives in the Balance throws newlight on subjects as diverse as the nature of freedom, American Third World policies, roots of collectivemisbehavi... ...nce should be of special interest to those wishing tounderstand or change the realities of American politics."The voyage into a better future must beg... ...s no more,but others could readily take its place as Chief Enemy of the Republic. The Cold War is at a low ebb now,but the forces which created and su... ...nning for political office, sitting on juries, orbelonging to opposition political parties.Civil liberties encompass freedom of speech, religion, and ... ...and place of residence as one sees fit, to listen to any kind of music, read any book,etc. Civil liberties require the rule of law (an orderly politic... ...eer than Estonians.Social justice encompasses: 1. Extension of the franchise of political, civil, economic, andintellectual liberties to every member ...

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...A summary of the major wars of the 21st Century. Wars included are the war of Iraq, the war of Afghanistan, the war of Syria, the war of Libya, the civil war of Ukraine, and the war of Kurdistan....

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...A summary of the major wars of the 21st Century. Wars included are the war of Iraq, the war of Afghanistan, the war of Syria, the war of Libya, the civil war of Ukraine, and the war of Kurdistan....

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...e 21st Century Iakovos Alhadeff Table of Contents The Iraq War of 2003The Afghanistan War of 2001 The Arab Spring in Syria The Arab ... ...tan War of 2001 The Arab Spring in Syria The Arab Spring in Libya The War of Ukraine The War of Kurdistan The Iraq War of 2003The ... ...War of Ukraine The War of Kurdistan The Iraq War of 2003The Americans attacked their sworn enemy Saddam Hussein in Iraq in orderto over... ...ey, the Mediterranean Sea and Europe.As long as Saddam was ruling Iraq the Americans would need to imposeeconomic sanctions against Iraq because he wo... ... (black) and natural gas (red) of the Middle East The Afghanistan War of 2001In Afghanistan the Americans are fighting the Taliban and Al-Qae... ... of the Middle East The Afghanistan War of 2001In Afghanistan the Americans are fighting the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, whoare supported by the Ir... ...he Kurds ofTurkey to attack Turkey.For more details see “Towards a Kurdish Civil War”?https://iakal.wordpress.com/2016/03/25/towards-a-kurdish-civil-w...

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...In the aftermath of 9/11, President George W. Bush declared the dawn of a new kind of war. He has repeatedly emphasized that means and measures of success in this new war will differ greatly from wars past. However, if this “war on terrorism” is unlike any other war, then what is it like? From the public state...

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...ORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 THREATS FROM WITHOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 THREATS FROM WITHIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4 REDEFINING WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33...

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...Malignants in the Body Politic Redefining War through Metaphor DOUGLAS R. STICKLE, MAJOR, USAF School ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4 REDEFINING WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...ermath of 9/11, President George W. Bush declared the dawn of anew kind of war. He has repeatedly emphasized that means and measures ofsuccess in this... ... Kosovo two years ago, where no ground troops were used and not a single American was lost in combat. Our response involves far more than instant ... ...esponse involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes. Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy cam- paign, unlike ... ...rk of the war on terrorism into something very differ-ent from traditional American wars—his is a war without a clearly definedvictory ahead. Others a... ...er of the art to “an armed savage who attempts to get that by force whicha civilized man would get by stratagem.”32 Surgery is now far less a brute-fo... ...likely,” then how do we justify normallyacceptable wartime restrictions on civil liberties?8 At what point do we re-store the liberties lost? It is a ... ...cers note that the prob-lem of identifying unlawful combatants hidden in a civilian population is—as with the war onterror—the core issue in combating...

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...ndent for the newspaper. The last of the included books already in its title indicates some kind of culmination of all this - it is the journey of an Americanist. My own life has become the life of an Americanist, a person writing about the United States, not immediately and unnoticed by myself. Each of the three books was written separately, without thought of continuati...

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...s" rumble, sometimes dramatically andmenacingly. In sum, this is a book about Americansagainst the backdrop of their country, their society, theirprob... ...ansagainst the backdrop of their country, their society, theirproblems. About Americans in America.3 4FACETS OF... ... young and vigorous, and his death so ridiculous, sudden and tragic,that many Americans still retain the original reaction in the back of theirminds: ... ...hen John F. Kennedy offered Congress his modestprogramme for the struggle for civil rights, he became a "Negro lover" to theracists. After the assassi... ...hima residents. On 9 August, thethird bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. After the war, the life paths of the509th members diverged. Now, like all veterans... ... was the first to get nuclear weapons, which they believesaved the world from war. The two atomic veterans hadn't eaten since themorning: no vRemen">p... ...er is not tobe found among those Americans now protesting against the Vietnam War.He "fully sympathises" with Washington policy, although, to... ...gle, have come to the conclusion, despite all their"loyalty", that there is a civil war in South Vietnam and that the LiberationArmy is closely linked... ...ncentrated America, with the great achievements and painful antagonismsof its civilisation. There are more millionaires and more poor people here tha...

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...ludes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-58566-116-3 1. Airpower. 2. World War, 1939–1945––Aerial operations. 3. Korean War.1950–1953––Aeria... ...en who fought their battles in the skies for command of the air in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. iiiTHIS ... ...give my perspective of someaspects on the employment of airpower in the Persian Gulf War, theAir War over Serbia (Operation Allied Force), and the war... ...ll engagementsthroughout the area. Many of these attacks were in close prox-imity to civilians, and, therefore, required a forward air controllerto co... ...art of thisstrategy, of course, was a direct attack against assaulting groundforces. American airmen maintained complete control of the airfor the Inc... ...essen-tial to our retreating ground forces, who were so badly outnum-bered that many Americans were questioning whether the Alliescould hold any posit... ...uria unless the enemy launched massive airattacks against our forces, in which event American airmenwould destroy the airfields from which the attacks... ...ower was available, and itcould offer significant protection to convoys, support for civilianirregular defense groups, and close air support for major... ...f the Hanoi delta with its dense population would havebeen flooded, killing innocent civilians and destroying most ofthe rice crops. The North Vietnam...

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...m, today’s military can learn lessons from historical small wars and low intensity conflicts to train and employ forces effectively to wage and win a war of ideas to counter global insurgents and their ability to win popular support. This paper employs a review of two case studies, Malaya (1945–60) and Vietnam (1964–72), to illuminate my thesis....

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...GE Hearts and Minds Historical Counterinsurgency Lessons to Guide the War of Ideas in the Global ... ... publication com- bine solid research, innovative thought, and lucid presentation in exploring war at the operational level. With this... ...ca and the National Strategy for Combating Terrorism state that the United States will wage a “war of ideas.” The war of ideas seeks t... ... Introduction The tragic events of September 200 violently awak- ened Americans to the realities transnationa... ...snational terrorist threats pose to the United States. Overnight, al-Qaeda was thrust into the American lexicon and imprinted on the ... ...vide a dichotomy. Much was written about Vietnam, and the US military experience there precipitated an American distaste for protracte... ...e of Britain’s involvement in Malaya for over a century, many of Britain’s military forces and civil officers lacked the long-term ... ... government established, was ineffective. The organization was primarily military, with very few civilian advisors. Poor policies ... ... BMA’s campaign as insincere rhetoric. 6 Furthermore, the BMA cut back its funding for crucial civil services, and it did not miti- ...

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...ions about naval and air force traditional roles. Though this initially unappreciated weapon gained considerable acceptance during the years of World War II, mines were not again dropped from aircraft in combat until the Vietnam War. During the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force gave little effort to its collateral maritime missions until concern grew over containing an expandin...

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...1. MINE WARFARE..................3 Theory and History Mines and How They Worked 2. WORLD WAR II AERIAL MINELAYING IN EUROPE............7 First Use by Germany The Royal Air Force Fights Back 3. MINELAY’ING IN JAPAN’S "OUTER ZONE" -1942-1945............10 Early Plans and Capability U.S. Navy Submarine and Surf...

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...ARE 3 Theory and History Mines and How They Worked2. WORLD WAR II AERIAL MINELAYING IN EUROPE ... ...Opportunities “Outer Zone" Results “Inner Zone" Results Japanese Mine Countermeasures World War II Conclusions6. AERIAL MINELAYING -AN AIR FO... ...releases a sea mine 40 ABSTRACT In World War II/s Pacific Theater, the U.S. Army Air Force... ...deprive them of it."2 However, World War II naval officers could not afford to ignore that in the American Civil War,the Russo-Japanese War, and Wo... ...hem of it."2 However, World War II naval officers could not afford to ignore that in the American Civil War,the Russo-Japanese War, and World War I... ...tch used explosive-laden ships, triggered by a timing mechanism, to disrupt the attack.Much later an American, David Bushnell, invented what he called... ...t explode againstBritish ships in the port of Philadelphia. Though the mines were ineffective, other Americans improvedupon his concept. In 1797 Rober... ...mile cable. The firstsignificant ship casualties from mines occurred during the Crimean and American Civil Wars. In thelatter, Confederate mines sank ... ...ies in the upcoming bombing campaign against Japan from the Marianas. The committeeconsisted of four civilians and seven military officers--split betw...

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...The years of World War I, 1914-1918, were years of change for Canada. Canada made a place for itself in world affairs, and the country found its stride. Women in Canada too found their stride, making significant contributions to Canada’s war ef...

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...Preface Most accounts of the 1914-18 war, commonly referred to afterward as the “Great War,” the “war to end all wars,” as though such a disaster could or would ever be repeated, focus on the political causes and horrifying loss of life in the bombings and trenc...

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...d to push againstconflict, so it is not surprising that representations of war deep-seated discrimination to expand their roles. In thehave so oft... ...rs of women fought family law inequities,were at the heart of our national war efforts, and were broke down higher education barriers, and prop... ...cial, economic and political reformsCanada’s engagement in the First World War is cited as a of the time.turning point for the country. Between... ...adian weapons factories. Between 5,000and 6,000 women were employed in the civil service andmany others worked in offices and on farms. Womenalso orga... ... were sent overseas to battlefronts.There was even a brief flirtation with civil defence,though the idea of women armed with rifles was toomuch for th... ... In many parts of Canada, women enrolled in civilBetween 1914 and 1916, women’s home guards became defense ... ...o retire. When she died MP Anthony Rota, the Canadian Legion, the Americanin 1955, her family could not afford a headstone to mark Re... ...First World War I. In 1917, she volunteered as a Nursing Sister with the American Expeditionary Force’s Army Medical Corps. A caring and compassion... ...e joined an eleven wounded) and on she went, cutting and stitching.American medical unit because she was working in NewYork when the war broke...

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...In his book The Quest: Haywood Hansell and American Strategic Bombing in World War II, Charles Griffith makes a major contribution in detailing the role played by General Hansell from his early days as an instructor at the Air Corps Tactical School to the heady days a...

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.... . . . . . . . . 53 3 PLANNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 4 THE FRICTIONS OF WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 5 THE GLOBAL BOMBER FORCE . . . . . . . . .129 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 6 TRIUMPH . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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... The QuestHaywood Hansell and American Strategic Bombing in World War II CHAR... ... The QuestHaywood Hansell and American Strategic Bombing in World War II CHARLES GRIFFITH Air University Pre... ...Cataloging-in-Publication DataGriffith, Charles, 1957– The quest : Haywood Hansell and American strategic bombing in World War II /Charles Griffith. ... ...th, Charles, 1957– The quest : Haywood Hansell and American strategic bombing in World War II /Charles Griffith. p. cm. Includes bibliographical refe... ... II /Charles Griffith. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. World War, 1939–1945—Aerial operations, American. 2. Bombing, Aerial—... ...ludes bibliographical references and index. 1. World War, 1939–1945—Aerial operations, American. 2. Bombing, Aerial—History.3. Strategy. 4. Hansell, H... ... as its object, yet Sherman was aiming ateconomic targets that would indirectly affect civilians. As thehistorian Michael Sherry observed, “In America... ...uments of progress, not terrible weapons ofdestruction.”8 The use of airplanes to kill civilians indiscrimi-nately, including women and children, was ... ... to prepare air fleets, some were willing (intheory at least) to unleash that power on civilians in order towin wars in the shortest, most decisive ma...

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...This study defines the nature of the war on terrorism by assessing the changing nature of terrorism itself and develops an analytical framework within which to assess the strategies of terrorist groups. It compares the strategies of old terrorist groups—Red Army...

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... The New TerrorismThe Nature of the War on Terrorism MICHAEL W. KOMETER, Major, USAF School... ... iii Abstract This study defines the nature of the war on terrorism by assessing the chang-ing nature of terrorism itse... ...quires an aggressivewar on terrorism as a counterstrategy but not necessarily the war that theUnited States is trying to fight. This study develops gu... ... this carefully worded epigraph by 60 intellectualssummed up a position that most Americans could support. The letter thatcontained the statement ackn... ...acks. It deftly pointed out the moraldifferences among the beliefs of terrorists, Americans, and mainstreamIslamics. It represented a well-thought-out... ...f the same five months to develop their rationale for the stand theytook. At 0848 American Airlines Flight 11, carrying 92 people from Bostonto Los An... ...19They introduced a new form of conflict that included the targeting of in-nocent civilians in hijackings, skyjackings, bombings, and kidnappingsthat ... ...terrorists switchedfrom assassinating responsible officials to targeting innocent civilians.25This action moved them into the category of violators of... ... their support units and, in some cases, keyeconomic targets, rather than unarmed civilians.”57 But even he admitsthere are many grey areas and groups...

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...ARFARE EXPERIENCE. ......... ......... 1 The First Arab-Israeli War-1947-49 ........ .. .. ......... ..... ... ...1948 .. .. ........... .... .. ....... .. .. .... ..... ... ... .......... 3 The Suez War-29 October-7 November 1956 ....... .. .. ... ...56 ... .. .. ....... ........ ......... .... .. ........... .... .... 6 The Six-Day War-1967. . ....... .... . .. ....... ...y are not convinced that general rules forairpower employment are not essentially universal. But as one American analystnoted: We had a tendency to ... ... theirreality. Becausethe United States and the Arabs often read from totally different sheets of music.Americans sometimes misread Arab actions. Whi... ...munications and transportationnetwork, and army along with a psychological campaign to cripple Egyptian civilianmorale-the "aero-psychological campaig... .... -36. Heikal . 169. -17. Lt Gen Saad el-Shazly. The Crossing of the Sue- (San Francisco: American Mideast Research .1980). 18. ... ...ems to have learned the lesson oftoo much militaryinvolvement. The Baath leadership is dominated by its civilian wing that has put theBaathist stamp o... ...rship in Baghdad felt fairly secure . After experiencing one majorrevolution, three successful coups, a civil war, and a number of aborted coups in th...

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... tAIR POWER AND THE GROUND WAR IN VIETNAM IDEAS AND ACTIONS by ... ...of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataMrozek, Donald J.Air Power and the Ground War in Vietnam.Includes bibliographies and index.1 . Vietnamese Co... ...udes bibliographies and index.1 . Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975-Aerial Operations, American. I.Title.DS558.8.M79 1988 959.704'348 87-3193... ...v PART ONE EVERYBODY'S WAR, NOBODY'S WAR 1 AIR POWER THE... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 3 WAR MAKING AND WAR POLITICS: CIVILIAN OFFICIALS AND THE USES OF MILITARY POWER. . . . ... ...entary volumes. Dr Mrozek has also engaged in research, published, and taught Americanculture. Some of his publications have fused the areas o... ... was published in the Journal ofAmerican Culture, andin 1985, "Sport and the American Military: Diversion and Duty" appeared in thecentenn... ...itute a personal and professionalpleasure of a most high order. The last thing a civilian working on temporaryassignment in a military agency w... ...talents I saw in the AirForce personnel with whom I worked, both military and civilian, and for themodesty with which they carry their ability...