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Unprepared: Lead-up and Beginning of War Between the Empire of Japan and the United States of America

By: Colonel Roy M. Stanley II, USAF (Ret.)

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Unprepared: Lead-up and Beginning of War Between the Empire of Japan and the United States of America

By: Colonel Roy M. Stanley II, USAF (Ret.)

Merriam Press World War 2 History. It wasn't that the US was mentally and materially unready for war. We weren't ready for the war we got. To say the USA was mentally and physically unprepared for World War II is an understatement. Details the history of the lead-up and beginning of war between the Empire of Japan and the United States. This is essentially a photo book with accompanying text. What Stanley offers, to both the casual reader and the military history buff, is his experience as a photo interpreter to draw information from the imagery. Because aerial photos are often difficult to research and understand without proper training, they are a seldom-used contributor to the study of military history. Stanley considers photos an "original source" equal to first-hand testimony. From the 1800s to Pearl Harbor, Stanley thoroughly explains how Japan and America entered into a war they did not want. Hundreds of photos and illustrations.

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0359769004

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9780359769001

Pacific War Reversal: 7 December 1941-January 1943

By: Colonel Roy M. Stanley II, USAF (Ret.)

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Pacific War Reversal: 7 December 1941-January 1943

By: Colonel Roy M. Stanley II, USAF (Ret.)

Merriam Press World War 2 History Series. Well-known military historian Col. Roy M. Stanley II presents the second volume of his series on World War II in the Pacific. Like the first volume, it is essentially a photo book with accompanying text, drawing heavily from DOD Intelligence and Army files, National Archives and numerous other sources. What is offered, to both the casual reader and the military history buff, is his 27 years of military experience and skill as a photo interpreter to draw information from the imagery. Stanley considers photos, particularly aerial photos, an "original source" equal to first-hand testimony. Many photos were found at random during reviews of DOD imagery holdings he was responsible for, but actively searched for pictures of Guadalcanal. There were no indexes for the boxes he was screening, but one of his goals was to assemble everything on "The Canal." Coverage includes Coral Sea and Midway battles. Well illustrated with hundreds of photos, illustrations, and maps.

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0359973965

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9780359973965

Evolution of Airborne Operations 1939-1945

By: Colonel Roy Stanley II USAF

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Evolution of Airborne Operations 1939-1945

By: Colonel Roy Stanley II USAF

The development of air transport in the early 20th Century led military strategists to examine the concept of inserting light infantry at key points behind enemy lines by air landing and air drop. The Germans were first off-the-mark with assaults in Norway and at Eben Emael in 1940. Crete saw a larger scale attack but while ultimately victorious the cost of men and equipment involved deterred any further Axis operation. The Allies on the other hand developed the concept dramatically with the large scale operation HUSKY in Sicily. While only partially successful there was massive loss of life and aircraft airborne operations were a key, if relatively minor, element of Op OVERLORD The D-Day Invasion. The most famous airborne operation was the large scale but ill-fated MARKET GARDEN. Almost successful the Arnhem battle goes down as a heroic defeat. The culmination of WWII airborne operations was the multi-division Rhine Crossing VARSITY. Expert author and collector Roy Stanley traces the history of airborne landings in words and pictures.

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Pen and Sword

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1473843804

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9781473843806

Chasing SAM

My Vietnam War, August 1965-August 1966

By: Colonel Roy M. Stanley II

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Chasing SAM

My Vietnam War, August 1965-August 1966

By: Colonel Roy M. Stanley II

This book is autobiographical about my tour as Night Shift chief, Air Defense Analysis, 2nd Air Division/Seventh Air Force, Saigon, Republic of Vietnam from August 1965 to August 1966. With several “Special Security Clearances” I was privy to events many others in the HQ weren’t. The first US aircraft lost to a surface-to-air-missile (SAM) was literally days before I arrived so I was in on the ground floor of identifying SA-2 locations and capabilities plus evolving tactics for our pilots to beat missiles in the air. I’ll tell you about that and also explain enemy defense weapons and capabilities as well as our Intelligence collection and analysis systems. I was the morning Air Defense briefer so I saw the generals up close and personal every day and heard their reactions to events like lost aircraft (which I also briefed), resulting in many interesting anecdotes. As far as I know there is no other book that looks at the Out-Country War from the vantage point of a “headquarters puke,” a fly on the wall close to the top.

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Dog Ear Publishing

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1457542609

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9781457542602

Asia From Above

The 67th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron, Yokota Ab, Japan, July 1957 to March 1971

By: Colonel Roy M. Stanley Ii, Usaf(ret.),Roy M. Stanley, II

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Asia From Above

The 67th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron, Yokota Ab, Japan, July 1957 to March 1971

By: Colonel Roy M. Stanley Ii, Usaf(ret.),Roy M. Stanley, II

Brave men in exceptional aircraft risked overflights of “denied territory” to bring back rolls of aerial imagery, but that was only half their task. The personnel of the 67th Recon Tech Squadron finished the work, flawlessly processing the film to preserve its content, and expertly analyzing every inch to extract intelligence on changes to known targets and to discover new threats. Then we had to get that information to strike units and decision-makers quickly and in a form they could use efficiently. This book relies on newly declassified documents and accounts of more than forty people who were there to tell the history of those technicians and that process during critical days in a critical theater of operations.

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1463458835

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Unprepared: Lead-up and Beginning of War Between the Empire of Japan and the United States of America

Unprepared: Lead-up and Beginning of War Between the Empire of Japan and the United States of America

Pacific War Reversal: 7 December 1941-January 1943

Pacific War Reversal: 7 December 1941-January 1943

Evolution of Airborne Operations 1939-1945

Evolution of Airborne Operations 1939-1945

Chasing SAM

Chasing SAM

Asia From Above

Asia From Above

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