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The Chinese at the negotiating table style and characteristics (SuDoc D 5.402:C 44) 1 review
Alfred D. Wilhelm
National Defense University Press, 1994
A must have
Truly an inspired work. In this quick read, Dr. Wilhelm is able to navigate the Western Observer through some of the more intricate details of the Chinese thought process. Anyone interested in augmenting their understanding of the intricacies of negotiating with the Chinese would be well served in adding this volume to their repertoire. Truly a must have for the discerning China specialist.
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Generals of Ardennes1 review
J.D. Morelock
National Defense University (NDU), 1994
A 'must read' for students of the Ardennes Offensive
On the 16th of December, 1944, from Luxembourg to St Vith, Belgium, sixteen German divisions struck four American division equivalents across an assault front of some sixty miles, splitting the US 1st Army in two. John Morelock's `Generals of the Ardennes' is one of the most incisive accounts of American military actions during this German Ardennes Offensive, known to most today as the Battle ...
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America on the ice Antarctic policy issues (SuDoc D 5.402:AN 8/3)2 reviews
Frank Klotz
National Defense University Press, 1990
The most neglected continent
Most works on the Antarctic describe the region with a series of forbidding extremes. The continent is said to be the coldest, driest, highest, windiest, and most remote place on earth. At least one other extreme merits inclusion on this list: Antarctica also is the most neglected continent in both the practice and study of American national security policy. The reasons for this neglect are not ...
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Command, control, and the common defense (SuDoc D 5.402:C 73/8)1 review
C. Kenneth Allard
National Defense University, 1996
Interservice Rivalry and DoD Decisionmaking
Ken Allard provides an insightful analysis of the warfighting philosophies underlying each of the military services and the different priorities which result. A former U.S. Army Colonel and a professor at Georgetown University, Allard provides a superlative look at the influence of Mahan, Clausewitz and Mitchell and their impact on the priorites, strategies and budgets of the navy, army and air ...
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The Global Century: Globalization and National Security2 reviews
National Defense University (NDU), 2001
The most in-depth, all ecompassing work on Globalization yet
These books are simply a "MUST HAVE" for any political science student. To my knowledge these books are used to teach high ranking military officials (Colonel's and Generals) and the upper echelons of the civilian intelligence world at the National Defense University. This is the material that informs those who protect this nation. There is a total of 49 chapters (essentially articles written by ...
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China Debates the Future Security Environment4 reviews
Michael Pillsbury
National Defense University Press, 2000
An Insightful (Chinese) Warning to a Self-absorbed America
Pillsbury's excellent work reminds Americans of the danger of expecting other nations to mirror our notions, objectives and policies. Fascinating Chinese foreign policy insights throughout the book. Some of the translated policy proposals/commentaries were really quite shocking. It should be required reading for all presidential (and Congressional) candidates. A "serious" book -- but very ...
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Non-Combat Roles for the U.S. Military in the Post-Cold War Era (SuDoc D 5.415:N 73)1 review
U.S. Dept of Defense
National Defense University Press, 1993
Non-Combat Roles for the U.S. Military
One of the most serious issues being examined within the national defense community is that of increaseing the military's non-combat roles and missions. The argument for doing so is that the end of the Cold War has made it possible for the military to assume more non-combat roles and missions. This argument suggests that the realighnment of U.S. stategy from a global to a regional orientation ...
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Crisis in the Taiwan Strait1 review
National Defense University (NDU), 1997
Crisis in the Taiwan Strait
The People's Republic of China and Taiwan are divied not only by the Taiwan Strait but also by a gulf of political ideology and a tide of rising cultural divergence. Both Beijing and Taipei are playing a waiting game in which "time may not heal all wounds." Beijing prefers a peaceful unification between the mainland and the islands it claims as a province, even though strong elements in China ...
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Mobilizing United States Industry in World War 2: Myth and Reality (McNair Papers) 1 review
Alan L. Gropman
National Defense University, 1996
A critical essay on U.S. mobilization for war.
Most Second World War histories have nothing but praise for the contribution which United States industry made toward winning the war. After all, American factories were producing nearly ten thousand military aircraft per month in 1944, and produced nearly thirty thousand tanks during the war, as well as hundreds of thousands of trucks, and millions of tons of shipping. No one will doubt that ...
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Whispers Of Warriors: Essays On The New Joint Era1 review
Ike Skelton
National Defense University Press, 2004
Whispers of Warriors
From book's back cover:
"Ike Skelton - one of the most knowledgeable experts in Congress on defense - explores such issues as:
* Professional Military Education
* Joint Combined Operations
* Military Leadership
* The Role of Congress in Defense
* Intelligence Support of Military Operations
* International Engagement
* The Importance of History for Military Professionals
* Coalition ...
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Mind the Gap: Promoting a Transatlantic Revolution in Military Affairs1 review
David C. Gompert, Richard L. Kugler, ...
National Defense University, 1999
A Warning, and the Cost of Unheeded Prescriptions
There are times when working closely together in one crisis arena builds bonds that provide an essential glue for sticking closely together in another. In this case, the crisis is the growing gap in revolutionary military capabilities between the United States and its NATO allies as described in 1999 by David Gompert, Richard Kugler and Martin Libicki. And, I argue, had the prescriptions for ...
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Policing the New World Disorder: Peace Operations and Public Security 2 reviews
National Defense University Press, 1998
A Classic
This book has to be one of the classic texts concerning the study of CIVPOL operations and stability operations.
The editors have selected papers concerning the experiences of multiple stability operations from around the world both successful and unsuccessful. In addition these chapters are written from practitioners from numerous nations which helps avoid the usual myopic view that we tend ...
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The Voroshilov Lectures. Materials from the Soviet General Staff Academy. Volume 1, Issues of Soviet Military ...1 review
Ghulam Dastagir (compiler) Wardak
National Defense University Press, 1989
On the Voroshilov Lectures. A simple scope.
I've been in the military for more than 20 years and I can't imagine the pressure that Lieutenant Colonel Ghulam Dastagir Wardak suffered when he was studying at the Voroshilov Soviet General Staff Academy. His work deserves (not for spying, but for the analyses he made) an important place for any military tactics student. All of three volumes are very interesting and all of them worth the money.
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Plowshares and Power: The Military Use of Civil Space (SuDoc D 5.402:P 72)1 review
Bob Preston
National Defense University Press, 1995
Plowshares and Power
Since the wall dividing the Germanies cae down, symbolically marking the end of the Cold War, three new movements have become clear in the strategic planning of the more powerful nations: (1) regional issues ae supplanting global ones; (2) roles and missions forthe armed forces are changing; (3) the ballance between military and economic strength is shifting toward the economic. The United States ...
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Nuclear weapons and the national interest the early years (SuDoc D 5.402:N 88)1 review
Michael O. Wheeler
National Defense University Press, 1989
Early years of nuke policy
Wheeler has written a fine synopsis of the early years of nuclear policy. At only 74 pages without endnotes, you should have no trouble reading it in an afternoon. The book is a well-documented (for a 74 page book) historical account of events from 1945 - 1948 that led to the nuclear policy that emerged in the 1950s. He details the amazing challenges facing Truman, from the decision to drop ...
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Intelligence and the National Security Strategist: Enduring Issues and Challenges 3 reviews
National Defense University (NDU), 2003
Marching to the Future
The intelligence organizations of the United States (I believe some 17 organizations, but since there probably some agencies that are still secret, I can't be sure.) have had their successes and failures. Their failures are well exposed, i.e. predicting the attack on the World Trade Center, their successes only come to the public's attention years, or even decades later.
This book is an ...
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