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It is the definitive history of the us civil war it gives equal treatment to both sides, and is more than one million words, but is never boring. Contact info casemate publishers 1950 lawrence road havertown pa 19083 t. This is a great book which explores the depths of military tactics whist taking into mind philosophical and psychological factors. The united states has higher military spending than any other country partly because its foreign policy goals are more ambitious. We have currently about 25,000 volumes spanning childrens books and technical, cooking and mysteries, anthropology and area studies, contemporary literature and military history. The art of war is of vital importance to the state. History atlases united states military academy west point. Military and wartime antiques and memorabilia collectors. In 1938 the predecessors of todays department of history at the united states military academy began developing a series of campaign atlases to aid in teaching cadets a course entitled, history of the military art. The tradition of chronicling conflicts goes back at least to the 1st century, when the jewish historian josephus documented the destruction of jerusalem by the romans in the year 70.
Overview of records locations table of contents 93. Military art of peoples war paperback august 1, 1970 by vo nguyen giap author 4. Vietnam war, book, mac v sog by jason hardy, volume vi, 1st edition, exc. War, morality, and the military profession by malham wakin 1979 for country and corps. Customize your military print with hundreds of different frames and mats, if desired. The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in ones. The volumes in the series constitute a comprehensive treatise on the art and science of military medicine, covering such diverse topics as biological and chemical warfare, military preventive medicine, military medical ethics, combat behavioral health, harsh.
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