Academic : Military Sciences

Acclaimed New York Times journalist and author Chris Hedges offers a critical -- and fascinating -- lesson in the dangerous realities of our age: a stark look at the effects of war on combatants. Utterly lacking in rhetoric or dogma, this manual relies instead on bare fact, frank description, and a spare question-and-answer format. Hedges allows U.S. military documentation of the brutalizing physical and psychological consequences of combat to speak for itself. Hedges poses dozens of questions that young soldiers might ask about combat, and then answers them by quoting from medical and psychological studies. This profound and devastating portrayal of the horrors to which we subject our armed forces stands as a ringing indictment of the glorification of war and the concealment of its barbarity. more...

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Caesar's Legion offers readers a grunt's-eye view of battle and heroics during the Classical Age. Follow the 'Famous Tenth' from its founding by Julius Caesar in 61 B.C. through his greatest military accomplishments: the conquest of Gaul, two invasions of Britain, and the civil war against Pompey the Great, then, after Caesar's death to the siege of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 and the assault on Masada. more...

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Workforce planning is an activity intended to ensure that investment in human capital results in the timely capability to effectively carry out an organization’s strategic intent. This report examines how corporate executives can provide guidance from the top of the organization to the business units that actually carry out the organization’s activities so that the strategic is successfully realized. more...

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This second edition deals comprehensively with all aspects of a ship's machinery from propulsion and steering to deck machinery and electrical equipment with a strong emphasis upon correct and safe procedures. Material has been added and revised to reflect the greater weight now being placed upon the cost-effective operation of ships; in terms of greater equipment reliability, more fuel-efficient engines, the ever-increasing shift towards automatically operated machinery, and the need for fewer engineering crew. This is an invaluable guide for professionals but equally covers the requirements for Class 4 and Class 3 Engineer's Certificates of Competency, the first two years of the Engineer Cadet Training Scheme, and the Engineering Knowledge syllabus for the Master's Certificate. more...

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Keys to combating piracy, drug trafficking, arms smuggling and stowaways in port and on shipboard! more...

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