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This Program from the Combat Studies Institute is designed to give military instructors ideas on presenting "Nuclear Weapons and the Cold War," lesson 12 in "Evolution of Modern Warfare." It offers suggestions for how to present the Cold War context, thinking on nuclear strategy and deterrence, and the post-WWII reorganization of the military and national security apparatus. Panelists show how the existence of nuclear weapons led to questions of whether...
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In this Program from the Combat Studies Institute, panelists discusses how to present the lesson on warfare between 1864 and 1914. The lesson covers colonial warfare, which forced militaries into unconventional warfare and tactics that cut against nineteenth century trends toward bigness and centralization. At the same time, those trends were creating bigger armies and more lethal weapons and revolutionizing conventional warfare and doctrine; this...
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"Courage, sacrifice, and fear have lead Rio, Frangie, and Rainy through front-line battles in North Africa and Sicily, and their missions are not over. These soldiers and thousands of Allies must fight their deadliest battle yet--for their country and their lives--as they descend into the freezing water and onto the treacherous sands of Omaha Beach. It is June 6, 1944. D-Day has arrived. None of these women are the same naive recruits they were when...
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In this groundbreaking new history of the role of American women in World War II, a top military analyst for the CIA presents the inspiring, shocking and heartbreaking stories of these servicewomen that reveal a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of combat in the war and illustrates important realities about modern warfighting.
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In this Program from the Combat Studies Institute, panelists discuss the ways various military theorists and the nations of France, Britain, America and Germany applied the lessons of World War I, driven by the desire to avoid trench warfare and huge casualty totals. It looks theories of air power and the reasons the U.S. and Britain looked to strategic bombing as crucial. It examines debates over naval doctrine in light of the development of the...
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War journalism has become an increasingly lethal endeavor. Not only are correspondents viewed as targets, they are often subject to kidnapping, torture, and even beheading. This Peabody Award-winning documentary weaves together portraits of journalists and photographers who have survived the physical rigors of their assignments but succumbed emotionally to the trauma of what they experienced. Inspired by the work of Dr. Anthony Feinstein, a neuropsychiatrist...
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This program from the Combat Studies Institute suggests approaches for U.S. military instructors teaching about the 1973 Arab/Israeli war, and possible lenses through which to view that war. It considers 1973 war is a laboratory for post-WWII conventional warfare. It considers the importance of U.S. relationships with both sides. War is about more than winning militarily, as the battlefield exists in a larger political context involving diplomacy,...
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This Program from the Combat Studies Institute is designed for military instructors and presents ideas on how to present the Evolution of Modern Warfare course. The French Revolution created nationalist fervor that made possible huge armies and the devotion of the nation's economy to their support. Napoleon created a new type of war that would play to the advantages of these large, easily replaceable armies. While nineteenth century militaries sought...
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This program from the Combat Studies Institute presents an overview of the American Civil War and its developmental changes as the war progressed. It describes the impact of tactics upon the commanders in the field and how they learned to adapt or be replaced by a new generation of commanders. How technology impacted the war and the long term vision that would carry America's army forward for good or ill is also discussed. This recording may contain...
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Details the black ops missions carried out by the U.S. Air Force combat control team. Outlines the purpose of these missions and examines the equipment and techniques soldiers use to carry out these missions. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.
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"A ... history of ordinary soldiers struggling on the front lines, [this book] offers a ... new perspective on the Second World War ... [delving] deep into army archives, personal diaries, court-martial records, and self-published memoirs to produce this ... portrait of men overlooked by their commanders and ignored by history"--Dust jacket flap.
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In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki of Bainbridge Island, Washington, is horrified to discover that his new pen pal, Charlie Lévy of Paris, France, is a girl, but in spite of his initial reluctance, their letters continue over the years and they fight for their friendship even as Charlie endures the Nazi occupation and Alex leaves his family in an internment camp and joins the Army.