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This case study examines the Patriot insurgency that developed among the English colonies in North America in the mid-ei......more
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Understanding States of Resistance explores the dynamics of resistance movements and their progression through various s......more
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Are you tired of fighting to survive? Are you worn out from working unrealistic hours, being denied actual healthcare an......more
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Thomas Andrews, Shipbuilder, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human his......more
The authors examined the friction between the U.S. Army’s People First objectives (which focus on command climate, cohes......more
By enrolling in this self-study course, you have demonstrated a desire to improve yourself and the Navy. Remember, howev......more
By enrolling in this self-study course, you have demonstrated a desire to improve yourself and the Navy. Remember, howev......more
S.O.A. Books is proud to present this new reprinted edition of the classic early WWII text Sniping, Scouting and Patroll......more
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Igor Sikorsky was a pioneering Russian engineer and aviator driven from his home by revolution. The Sikorsky Aircraft Ce......more
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This book locates the Arctic within the context of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) national strategy of the Great......more
The People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA’s) growing ability to project and sustain power will rely on its logistics capabilit......more
This book examines the military characteristics and potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the new global revoluti......more
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This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the emerging underwater challenges facing India in the Indian Ocean regio......more
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A remarkable examination of an understudied aspect of the Syrian conflict that traces the genealogy of one of the most r......more
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The book entitled "Marine Transformation" provides a comprehensive response to the challenges that the maritime business......more
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This book serves as a comprehensive guide to the diverse techniques employed in maritime communication using radio frequ......more
This book discusses in detail the facts and findings related to the X-Press Pearl container vessel accident that occurre......more
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From Afghanistan to Angola, Indonesia to Iran, and Colombia to Congo, violent reactions erupt, states collapse, and mili......more
The book deals with two special issues in the field of computational welding mechanics: buckling distortion of thin plat......more
Using an updated version of RAND’s Recruiting Resource Model, the authors analyze the relationship between observed and ......more
Amid increasing concerns about the current readiness assessment system, the U.S. Air Force is evolving its training infr......more
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Terrain Exercises, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and ......more
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The development of deep space surveillance technology and its later application to near-Earth surveillance, covering wor......more
Origins of the Nevada Test Site was written in conjunction with the 50th anniversary commemoration of the Nevada Test Si......more
"This book addresses one largely overlooked trend in the field of military ethics, the emergence of special operations a......more
This handbook is for leader training for operating in a mountainous environment. This is the first edition of this handb......more
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This book offers a culturally responsive and empirically based approach to working with active-duty service members, vet......more
This book offers a culturally responsive and empirically based approach to working with active-duty service members, vet......more
US aircraft carriers are more important, and more vulnerable, than ever. The US Navy knows a lot about damage control fo......more
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Strategic Culture(s) in Latin America elucidates why many state actors in the Global South exhibit a remarkable degree o......more
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is naval history’s most powerful and versatile warship. It is the reason the U.S. N......more
This book, first published in 1982, brings together for the first time accounts of the fates of some of those extinct mo......more
Robert Fulton, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work ......more
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This book unpicks the arguments made pre and post 2022 and, based on interviews with experts from around the world, seek......more
World War Aid offers a novel perspective on the unprecedented aid in the Ukrainian conflict, destined to leave an intern......more
Researchers identified approaches the U.S. Coast Guard could take to improve crew satisfaction with precommissioning ass......more
How differing assessments of risk by physicists and computer scientists have influenced public debate over nuclear defen......more
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The authors of this report draw on Russian-language sources to examine trends in Russian personnel policies and initiati......more
The authors develop a definition of and method for measuring civilian workforce readiness to inform Army policies and pr......more
The contemporary world is beset with a wide variety of conflicts, all of which have features without historical preceden......more
Through a combination of detailed case studies of humanitarian emergencies and thematic chapters which cover key concept......more
Through a combination of detailed case studies of humanitarian emergencies and thematic chapters which cover key concept......more
Misfire combines insider knowledge of U.S. Army weapons development with firsthand combat experience to tell the story o......more