[PDF] American Spartans eBook

Author : James A. Warren
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 43,64 MB
Release : 2007-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1416532978

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The first Marine history in a generation shows how the few and the proud have maintained their extraordinary edge, leading America's armed forces and serving as an example for the other branches over the past six decades.

Author : James A. Warren
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 49,93 MB
Release : 2007-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1416532978

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The first Marine history in a generation shows how the few and the proud have maintained their extraordinary edge, leading America's armed forces and serving as an example for the other branches over the past six decades.

Author : Jeffrey W. Donnithorne
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,28 MB
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1421425424

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"This book explains who the four US military services truly are and why they make and execute policy as they do. The book focuses on American civil-military relationships, explaining why the services imperfectly satisfy their civilian bosses and why the four services think and act so differently from one another. Ultimately, the book offers three independent but mutually reinforcing contributions to the fields of security studies and American civil-military relations. First, it builds on one of the major theoretical approaches to civil-military relations--agency theory--and identifies key conditions under which agency theory best explains military service behavior. Author Jeffrey W. Donnithorne provides a "principled agent" model that finds four unique condition sets that explain civil-military dynamics with new clarity. Second, the book exposes the importance of service culture in civil-military relations and offers a rich yet concise portrait of each of the four US military services: the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.Third, the book offers two important case studies of civil-military policymaking. These two cases demonstrate the principled agent framework in action, while amply revealing the four services as distinctly different political actors. Finally, the book offers both conclusions and implications for today's security environment, suggesting likely pathways where the services will diverge in their approach to current defense issues. With theoretical novelty, empirical depth, and engaging military history, the book aims to reach academics, practitioners, and general readers alike"--

Author : Anton Powell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1124 pages
File Size : 40,99 MB
Release : 2017-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1119072395

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A Companion to Sparta umfasst zwei Bände und präsentiert erstmals umfassend Essays unterschiedlichster Autoren über sämtliche Aspekte der Geschichte und Gesellschaft Spartas, von den Anfängen in den Dunklen Jahrhunderten Griechenlands bis zum Römischen Kaiserreich. - Bietet eine klare und umfassende Einführung in sämtliche Aspekte von Sparta als eine Gemeinschaft, die von Städten aus dieser Zeit als eine der einflussreichsten Mächte im klassischen Griechenland angesehen wurde. - Präsentiert ausführlich die Geschichte und Kultur Spartas in Beiträgen internationaler Autoren, darunter nahezu alle Experten und Wissenschaftler des Fachgebiets. - Enthält über ein Dutzend Abbildungen zur Kunst Spartas, die die Entwicklung des alltäglichen Lebens in Sparta zeigen. - Beleuchtet die heutige Kontroverse über Veränderungen in der Gesellschaft Spartas, von der archaischen bis zur klassischen Periode, aus einem neuen Blickwinkel.

Author : W. Davis Jones IV
Publisher : Davis Jones
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 27,94 MB
Release : 2010-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1451574606

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Over the past fifty years the American people have abandoned constitutional principles in pursuit of government handouts, prosperity built upon debt and freedom from personal responsibility. Over the next 50 years, America's headlong fall into socialism will intersect with China's soaring free enterprise sounding the death knell of the 400 year Anglo/American Empire. Reason & Tolerance offers a concise argument for an American Civic Revolution necessary to divert this threat and asks if Americans have the courage to honor the sacrifices of their forebears by once again embracing liberty through personal initiative and responsibility.

Author : C. S. Bennett
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 36,43 MB
Release : 2012-03-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781493782543

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Centered on the lives of three distinct and unique individuals: most of all a desperate and troubled twelve year old feral child who has grown up on the dangerous streets of Washington DC and works for a ruthless young and ambitious drug dealer, a highly decorated war hero who commands one of America's most elite and ultra-secretive commando units, and America's top politician and Commander-In-Chief, the President of the United States, the decisions of one and the actions of the other impacts the fate of this misguided child, as well as the future of America. This story is about a child lost in a sinister world of drugs, violence, juvenile delinquency and child exploitation and a country on the verge of all out war on drugs and terror in Central America, which just may include Mexico. Far from this child's limited world view, American, British, and Israeli intelligence stumble onto a Colombia drug cartel's plan to join forces with an element of al Qaeda to smuggle dirty bombs into America with the aid of a ruthless band of ex-Latin American Special Forces members turned mercenaries. Enraged, the President decides it's time to unleash America's premier and most feared fighters, her Spartan Warriors: Delta Force, US Navy SEALs, US Army Rangers, and the famed Green Berets, along with a high-octane take no prisoners air support wing to bring them all down. Yes, this time the terrorist have gone too far. If there is anything that strikes fear into these criminals, it is America's Spartan Warriors. And now they are on their way.