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  • Human Factors Issues in Combat Identificationby Dee H. Andrews; Robert P. Herz; Mark B. Wolf

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 119.95

    This edited book presents an array of approaches on how human factors theory and research addresses the challenges associated with combat identification. Special emphasis is placed on reducing human error that leads to fratricide, which is the unintentional death or injury of friendly personnel by friendly weapons during an enemy engagement. Although... more...

  • Insurgents, Raiders, and Banditsby John Arquilla

    Ivan R. Dee 2011; US$ 26.99

    Insurgent, Raiders and Bandits explores the history of irregular warfare over the past 250 years through the lives and campaigns ofFrom w the greatest masters of this mode of conflict. The book not only tells their stories, but shapes an alternate history of the world as seen through the eyes of those who made up for their small numbers with clever,... more...

  • Counterdeception Principles and Applications for National Securityby Michael Bennett

    Artech House 2007; US$ 119.00

    Today, more than ever, the use of denial and deception (D&D) is being used to compensate for an opponent’s military superiority, to obtain or develop weapons of mass destruction, and to violate international agreements and sanctions. Although the historical literature on the use of strategic deception is widely available, technical coverage of... more...

  • U.S. Armed Forces Nuclear, Biological And Chemical Survival Manualby Capt. USN (ret) Dick Couch; George Captain Galdorisi

    Basic Books 2008; US$ 15.95

    An essential guide to the best and most practical survival information available from the American Armed Forces, edited for civilian use by the same packager who brought us The U.S. Armed Forces Survival Manual that sold over 600,000 copies in the 1980s. more...

  • Urban Battle Fields of South Asiaby C. Christine Fair

    RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95

    Military operations in urban areas are among the most complex challenges confronting the U.S. Army. Compared to a number of other nations, the Army has relatively less experience operating in this environment. To that end, this monograph analyzes sustained campaigns of urban terrorism in Sri Lanka, India, and Pakistan, identifying key innovations of... more...

  • Treading on Hallowed Groundby C. Christine Fair; Sumit Ganguly

    Oxford University Press, USA 2008; US$ 23.99

    After America's Iraq adventure devolved into a debacle, a chorus of commentators and analysts noted that the U.S. military had no plan to fight a counterinsurgency campaign. Given the failure of conventional tactics, America in the last two years has redoubled its efforts to develop a new strategy to fight the Iraqi insurgency, and has gone so... more...

  • All-in Fightingby W.E. Fairbairn

    Andrews UK 2012; US$ 7.99

    The author of this concise guide to unarmed combat and self-defence is a legend. W. E. Fairbairn (1885-1960) spent over thirty years in the tough environment of the Riot Squads of China's Shanghai Municipal Police. In order to lower levels of Police mortality at the hands of Chinese Tongs, he studied ancient Chinese and Japanese martial arts, including... more...

  • Analysis of Air-based Mechanization and Vertical Envelopment Concepts and Technologiesby Jon G. Grossman

    RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95

    This report provides an assessment of the US Army's ability to insert mechanized forces in enemy-controlled terrain. The authors examined the performance of the national AAN advanced airframes under a variety of conditions. more...

  • Unweaving the Webby Scott Gerwehr; Russell W. Glenn

    RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95

    Despite the realization that an urban environment can intensify the effects of deception in military operations, many important research questions remain unanswered, and even unasked. The authors use the well-developed literature on deception in animal biology to begin asking and answering those questions. This was done with the aim of improving the... more...

  • The Art of Darknessby Scott Gerwehr; Preston Niblack; Dana J. Johnson

    RAND Corporation 2000; US$ 9.95

    This research was undertaken to gain a better understanding of the relationship between deception and the urban environment, first to explore the power of deception when employed against U.S. forces in urban operations, and second to evaluate the potential value of deception when used by U.S. forces in urban operations. more...