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"With more than 100 million players around the world, Minecraft is one of the most popular video games of all time. Its unique design encourages players to use their creativity and problem solving skills to build entire worlds from scratch. In this book, readers will learn everything they need to know about dealing with enemies in the world of Minecraft, including which weapons work best and how to avoid dangerous situations"--
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An account of the horrendous October 2009 attack on the American Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan, told in a frank, engaging vernacular by the staff sergeant and Medal of Honor winner. Romesha ably captures the daily dangers faced by these courageous American soldiers in Afghanistan.--
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This classic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series examines the mission of Combat Developments Command. Scenes show how the CDC evolved, tested, evaluated, and recommended the concepts that would determine the future structure, tactics, and equipment of the U.S. Army.
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The motto for today's soldier in training seems to be "More Sweat, Less Blood." Training for soldiers in the Army is rugged for good reason: the better trained a man is, the better he will perform in actual combat. This episode of The Big Picture produced by the U.S. Army introduces viewers to the training camps and the maneuvers in the United States, Europe, and Alaska where combat is simulated. Video from the National Archives and Records Administration...
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U.S. Army's Combat Development Experimentation Center (CDEC) in California has a 250,000 acre laboratory where possible future military concepts are tested and evaluated by the latest principles of scientific research. Produced by the U.S. Army's The Big Picture series, this documentary gives viewers an inside look at the simulated battle successes, defeats, and casualties recorded in distant control centers almost as soon as they take place on the...
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This Program from the Combat Studies Institute is part of a series designed to help military instructors present the Evolution of Modern Warfare course. It examines the U.S. war in Vietnam and the Soviet war in Afghanistan, providing a comparison of two third-world countries that challenged the world's two Cold War superpowers. It presents American decision-making in Vietnam in light of geopolitical strategy, and the different forms the war took,...
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This program from the Combat Studies Institute examines the strategic debates between the U.S. and British in WWII, and the decisions that resulted. Broadly, the British favored taking advantage of sea power to land and win peripheral victories, which, along with strategic bombing and the Russian front, would wear down the Germans, while the U.S. wanted a decisive cross-Chanel invasion as soon as possible. It considers key decisions throughout the...
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This Program from the Combat Studies Institute is designed to give ideas to military instructors presenting "Limited War, Korea," lesson 13 in the "Evolution of Modern Warfare" course. It examines the early Cold War geopolitical situation and America's efforts to understand that situation. It looks at why America was unprepared to fight the Korean War, and why America decided to defend South Korea. The program considers how the theory of limited war...
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This program from the Combat Studies Institute considers broad U.S. and Japanese strategy in the Pacific. Panelists consider the reasons for America's "Europe First" strategy, and the reasons it moved away from that strategy to go on offense in the Pacific. They consider why deterrence of Japan failed, and the reasons Japan sought strategic depth against America with vast Pacific conquests, and the way they overstretched themselves. It considers the...
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This program from the Combat Studies Institute provides an overview World War I, focusing on the way warfare changed drastically during and as a result and through the course of the war. It looks at what happened when war plans such as the Schlieffen Plan and the British naval strategy clashed with reality, and the strategies that developed to try to break the stalemate. It looks at the consequences of unprecedented level of mobilization of society...
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Program from the Combat Studies Institute. Program provides an overview of the doctrine, force design, and leadership challenges that the U.S. military faced after Vietnam. The leaders who began to approach new issues concerning doctrine and the need to honestly look at the personnel issues of race, sex, and drugs, how the Army came to view its model role for itself and the rebuilding of its equipment, doctrine, and power projection platform for the...
18) Military drones
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Explains how both aerial and underwater military drones operate and get inside details about some of the missions they've completed.
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"These 100 skills, adapted for civilians from actual field experiences of special forces operations, offer a complete hands-on and practical guide to help you survive in the wild no matter the climate or terrain; be prepared for any crisis; and have the critical life-saving knowledge for staying safe in any hostile environment or disaster."