Armed Forces & Military Branches History
Enjoy our collection of books about the history of our United States Armed Forces, from the US Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and National Guard.
Best Selling Armed Forces & Military Branches History Publications
Other Than War: The American Military Experience and Operations in the Post-Cold War Decade
By: Defense Dept., Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joint History Office
GPO Stock # 008-004-00029-3 ISBN: 9780160917691
Author Dr. Frank N. Schubert examines the almost 300 US military deployments that occurred between 1989 and 2001. At the time, the large number of these deployments appeared to overtax the US military and support theories of global chaos....
Influence Without Boots on the Ground: Seaborne Crisis Response
By: Defense Dept., Navy, Naval War College
GPO Stock # 008-046-00279-7 ISBN: 9781935352037
Newport Paper 39. The monograph is an empirical analysis of crisis characteristics, actors, U.S. involvement, and outcomes, exploring the political use of naval forces during foreign-policy crises short of full-scale warfare.
Dr. Forster,...
MACV: The Joint Command in the Years of Withdrawal, 1968-1973 (eBook)
By: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army, Army Center of Military History
GPO Stock # 999-000-55551-7 ISBN: 9780160872860
2nd of two volumes that examine the Vietnam conflict from the perspective of the theater commander and his headquarters. Traces the story of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), from the Communist Tet offensive of early 1968 through...
Council of War: A History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1942-1991 (ePub eBook)
By: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
GPO Stock # 999-000-44449-8 ISBN: 9780160915680
The history of the Joint Chief of Staff parallels the emergence of the United States in a great-power role and the growing demands that those responsibilities placed on American policymakers and military planners.
This narrative...
In the Shadow of the Sphinx: A History of Army Counterintelligence (eBook)
By: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army, Army Intelligence & Security Command
GPO Stock # 999-000-44449-2 ISBN: 9780160873409
For nearly a century, counterintelligence has played a crucial role in providing force protection to the Army while keeping the Nation’s most guarded secrets. Today, it continues to play an integral part in America’s first line of defense in the...
Interservice Rivalry and Airpower in the Vietnam War (eBook)
By: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army, Combat Studies Institute
GPO Stock # 999-000-44449-3 ISBN: 9780160873485
The Interservice Rivalry and Airpower in the Vietnam War focuses on the nature and levels of rivalry and dispute between the United States armed forces over matters relating to the military application of airpower during the Vietnam period. ...
History of Operations Research in the United States Army, V. I: 1942-62 (eBook)
By: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army, Army Center of Military History
GPO Stock # 999-000-44449-0 ISBN: 9780160873379
Operations research (OR) emerged during World War II as an important means of assisting civilian and military leaders in making scientifcally sound improvements in the design and performance of weapons and equipment. OR techniques were soon...
History of Operations Research in the United States Army, V. 3, 1973-1995 (eBook)
By: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army, Army Center of Military History
GPO Stock # 999-000-44448-9 ISBN: 9780160872365
The period from 1973 to 1995 was one of the most challenging in the history of the United States Army. In an era of rapidly changing technology, sudden shifts in the threats facing the United States, and the need (particularly toward the end of...
History of Operations Research in the United States Army, V. 2: 1961-1973 (eBook)
By: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army, Army Center of Military History
GPO Stock # 999-000-44448-8 ISBN: 9780160872853
This second of three volumes on the history of operations research identifies, describes, and evaluates the ideas, people, organizations, and events that influenced the development of ORSA in the Army from the inauguration of President Kennedy in...
























