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An Infantryman's Stories for His Daughter

By: Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) James M. Tucker

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An Infantryman's Stories for His Daughter

By: Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) James M. Tucker

This book is in response to a daughter's statement, "Daddy, I know nothing of your army career." LTC (Ret) James Tucker provides his daughter at least one story from each of his army assignments. LTC (Ret) John Gross was a captain Ranger instructor while Tucker was the commander of the Florida Phase of Ranger School. He provides stories about Tucker as a commander, mentor, and friend.

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141

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iUniverse

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ISBN 10

146204204X

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9781462042043

The Sociology of Military Science

Prospects for Postinstitutional Military Design

By: Colonel (US Army Ret.) Chris Paparone

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The Sociology of Military Science

Prospects for Postinstitutional Military Design

By: Colonel (US Army Ret.) Chris Paparone

This groundbreaking work challenges modernist military science and explores how a more open design epistemology is becoming an attractive alternative to a military staff culture rooted in a monistic scientific paradigm. The author offers fresh sociological avenues to become more institutionally reflexive - to offer a variety of design frames of reference, beyond those typified by modern military doctrine. Modernist military knowledge has been institutionalized to the point that blinds militaries to alternative designs organizationally and in their interventions. This book seeks to reconstruct strategy and operations in "designing ways" and develops theories of action through multifaceted contextualizations and recontextualizations of situations, showing that Military Design does not have to rely on set rational-analytic decision-making schemes, but on seeking alternative meanings in- and on-action. The work offers an alternative philosophy of practice that embraces the unpredictability of tasks to be accomplished. Written by Colonel Paparone (U.S. Army, Ret., PhD) with a special chapter by two active duty officers, it will appeal to all in military and security studies, including professionals and policymakers.

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224

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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ISBN 10

1441188290

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9781441188298

The Naked Soldier

By: Major Jesse M Baltazar, USAF (Ret.)

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The Naked Soldier

By: Major Jesse M Baltazar, USAF (Ret.)

The Naked Soldier is the inspiring story of Major Jesse M. Baltazar, USAF (Ret.), a survivor of the infamous Bataan Death March during WW II. His service to America covers three wars, four federal agencies, postings in nine countries and government travel to over 80 nations. This is a story about an American Patriot, Soldier, Airman and Diplomat; about his character, honor, and commitment.

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260

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First Edition Design Pub.

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1506901670

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9781506901671

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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382

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Lulu.com

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0359973965

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9780359973965

Pearl Harbor how is served and survived December 7th 1941

Personal Pearl Harbor survivor stories.

By: MS2 Shannon R, Cooper USNR (Ret.)

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Pearl Harbor how is served and survived December 7th 1941

Personal Pearl Harbor survivor stories.

By: MS2 Shannon R, Cooper USNR (Ret.)

This book is a collection of personal Pearl harbor survivor's and their families stories. An accurate account of events as they took place on this fateful day of December 7th 1941. A minute by minute account of the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor, Hawaii. This information was gathered by individual interviews of Survivors and their families'. This gives the book a connection with the survivors and the readers. To help the readers gather a true account and connection with those that survived and to give a better understanding of what truly took place o December 7th 1941 in Pearl harbor, Hawaii.

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153

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Shannon Cooper

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1387939459

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9781387939459

Chasing Shadows

My Life Tracking the Great White Shark

By: Greg Skomal,Ret Talbot

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Chasing Shadows

My Life Tracking the Great White Shark

By: Greg Skomal,Ret Talbot

“At last: the story of tracking the ocean’s most charismatic and controversial predator, compellingly told by the man who has learned more about the Atlantic great white shark than any other person alive. You must not miss this fantastic book!” —Sy Montgomery, New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of an Octopus Dr. Greg Skomal, one of the leading great white shark experts in the country, reveals the true nature of these mysterious apex predators, as well as the fascinating story behind their history and startling resurgence With its quaint villages, local restaurants serving up lobster rolls, and miles and miles of warm, sandy beaches, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is famous for being America’s carefree seaside getaway. But in August 2012, the first confirmed white shark attack in almost eighty years occurred in the region. As shark sightings quickly began to increase on Cape Cod and elsewhere, and large beachside billboards warning about the growing shark population became a common sight, a boogie boarder died after being attacked by a great white shark in Cape Cod’s shallow waters. What had changed to cause news of human-shark interactions to go from being a rarity to being the new normal? As some citizens called for shark culls, nets, drone surveillance, and other extreme solutions, interactions between local residents and scientists, politicians, and those responsible for public safety became tense and frantic. Dr. Greg Skomal, a shark biologist whose lifelong passion has been to gain a more refined understanding of great white sharks, was at the center of it all. This is the story of the great white shark’s return to the eastern seaboard, told through the life of the scientist who found himself in the oftentimes thankless position of having to balance conservation efforts and the drive to do important science with panic and fear in the court of public opinion. Greg has spent decades on a quest to tag, track, and demystify this animal, using every high- and low-tech method at his disposal, including those he invented, and he frequently comes face-to-face with these shadows of the deep. He leaves no stone unturned in his pursuit of the secrets behind the largely unknown lives of these charismatic creatures and in his duty to solve the intricate puzzle of how humans can coexist alongside them. Chasing Shadows is a too-rare conservation success story about restoring an apex predator to an ecosystem that provides a profound, new understanding of a beast so notoriously fierce that it’s nearly impossible to imagine how vulnerable it truly is.

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518

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HarperCollins

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0063090856

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9780063090859

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The Sociology of Military Science

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The Naked Soldier

Pacific War Reversal: 7 December 1941-January 1943

Pacific War Reversal: 7 December 1941-January 1943

Pearl Harbor how is served and survived December 7th 1941

Pearl Harbor how is served and survived December 7th 1941

Chasing Shadows

Chasing Shadows

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