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The Collins Class Submarine Story: Steel, Spies and Spin The Collins Class Submarine Story: Steel, Spies and Spin
by Peter Yule
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A unique and outstanding military and industrial achievement, the Collins class submarine project was also plagued with difficulties and mired in politics. Its story is one of heroes and villains, grand passions, intrigue, lies, spies and backstabbing... (read more)
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The Canons of Jihad: Terrorists' Strategy for Defeating America The Canons of Jihad: Terrorists' Strategy for Defeating America
by Jim (edt) Lacey
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It is important to understand the "jihadist canon," argues Lacey (Institute for Defense Analysis), but he believes that the average reader will likely be put off by the typically numerous Qur'anic justifications and historical exegeses. He has... (read more)
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The Terrorist Perspectives Project: Strategic and Operational Views of Al Qaeda and Associated Movements The Terrorist Perspectives Project: Strategic and Operational Views of Al Qaeda and Associated Movements
by Mark Stout
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This volume brings together the findings of the Terrorist Perspectives Project, launched by the Institute for Defense Analyses in the fall of 2004 under the sponsorship of the Joint Center for Operational Analysis and the US Joint Forces Command in... (read more)
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A Terrorist's Call to Global Jihad: Deciphering Abu-Musab Al-Suris Islamic Jihad Manifesto A Terrorist's Call to Global Jihad: Deciphering Abu-Musab Al-Suris Islamic Jihad Manifesto
by Jim Lacey
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The subtitle to this volume is a tad misleading since there is little "deciphering" in what Lacey (Institute for Defense Analyses) presents here. Instead, this is a drastically condensed translation of the 1600-page manifesto, Call to Global Islamic... (read more)
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Black Sailor, White Navy: Racial Unrest in the Fleet During the Vietnam War Era Black Sailor, White Navy: Racial Unrest in the Fleet During the Vietnam War Era
by John Darrell Sherwood
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"This riveting account of racial turmoil in the U.S. Navy will be of immense interest to any student of the Navy, the Vietnam War, the All-Volunteer Force, or race relations in the United States." —Eugenia C. Kiesling, United States Military Academy,... (read more)
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Commanding Canadians: The Second World War Diaries of A.F.C. Layard (Studies in Canadian Military History) Commanding Canadians: The Second World War Diaries of A.F.C. Layard (Studies in Canadian Military History)
by Michael Whitby
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Enhanced by Michael Whitby's explanatory essays, the diary sheds light on the inshore anti-submarine campaign in British waters and discusses pivotal events such as the invasions of North Africa and Normandy.... (read more)
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War on Our Doorstep: The Unknown Campaign on North America's West Coast War on Our Doorstep: The Unknown Campaign on North America's West Coast
by Brendan Coyle
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-231) and indexes.... (read more)
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Texas A&m University Military History #108: Combat Loaded: Across the Pacific on the USS Tate Texas A&m University Military History #108: Combat Loaded: Across the Pacific on the USS Tate
by Thomas E. Crew
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The first authoritative history of any of the more than 350 attack transports or attack cargo ships of World War II, Combat Loaded: Across the Pacific on the USS Tate contains gripping combat narratives alongside the sometimes heartwarming, sometimes... (read more)
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Amirs, Admirals & Desert Sailors: Bahrain, the U.S. Navy, and the Arabian Gulf Amirs, Admirals & Desert Sailors: Bahrain, the U.S. Navy, and the Arabian Gulf
by David F Winkler
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It seems an unlikely friendship, but for nearly the past six decades the US has enjoyed Bahrain as a steadfast ally through the Cold War and turbulence in the Mid East. Naval historian Winkler describes the long years of hard work on the part of both... (read more)
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Baychimo: Arctic Ghost Ship Baychimo: Arctic Ghost Ship
by Anthony Dalton
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Baychimo is the legendary Hudson's Bay Company ship that survived for years in the Arctic after being abandoned by her crew in 1931.In the 1920s, the crew of Baychimo set up trading posts in eastern Canada, sailed on fur-trading expeditions to Siberia... (read more)
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