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“anand toprani”

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  • The Man in the Middle

    John Lehman, Naval Power, and the End of the Cold War

    by Anand Toprani ...
    John Lehman is a legendary figure in American naval history. He was one of the youngest people ever to serve as Secretary of the Navy and arguably the most-powerful holder of that office. While the President and Secretary of Defense determine defense policy in the United States, it is up to the military services to implement it. The secretary of each service—the "man in the middle," as one Air ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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  • Oil and the Great Powers

    Britain and Germany, 1914 to 1945

    by Anand Toprani ...
    The history of oil is a chapter in the story of Europe's geopolitical decline in the twentieth century. During the era of the two world wars, a lack of oil constrained Britain and Germany from exerting their considerable economic and military power independently. Both nations' efforts to restore the independence they had enjoyed during the Age of Coal backfired by inducing strategic over-extension ... Read more

    $97.99 USD

  • American Defense Reform

    Lessons from Failure and Success in Navy History

    by Dave Oliver, Anand Toprani ...
    A roadmap for US military innovation based on the Navy’s history of success through civilian-military collaborationsThe US military must continually adapt to evolving technologies, shifting adversaries, and a changing social environment for its personnel. In American Defense Reform, Dave Oliver and Anand Toprani use US naval history as a guide for leading successful change in the Pentagon.American ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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  • Delta of Power

    The Military-Industrial Complex

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    Does the Military-Industrial Complex as we understand it still exist? If so, how has it changed since the end of the Cold War?First named by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his farewell address, the Military-Industrial Complex, originally an exclusively American phenomenon of the Cold War, was tailored to develop and produce military technologies equal to the existential threat perceived to be ... Read more

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  • Defending the Arsenal

    Why America’s Nuclear Modernization Still Matters

    Edited by Adam B. Lowther, Stephen J. Cimbala ...
    One important area of interest within military and policy circles focuses on an effort to revitalize the nuclear triad amidst a number of competing strategic interests. The difficulties arising from US engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan are leading many scholars and policy makers to question whether a reinvigorated nuclear triad has any role in deterring modern adversaries. This volume takes an ... Read more

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  • To Kill Nations

    American Strategy in the Air-Atomic Age and the Rise of Mutually Assured Destruction

    by Edward Kaplan ...
    "Edward Kaplan's To Kill Nations is a fascinating work that packs a thermonuclear punch of ideas and arguments... The work is suitable for anyone from advanced undergraduates to experts in the field."â• Strategy BridgeIn To Kill Nations, Edward Kaplan traces the evolution of American strategic airpower and preparation for nuclear war from this early air-atomic era to a later period (1950–1965) in ... Read more

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  • The Missile Next Door

    The Minuteman in the American Heartland

    by Gretchen Heefner ...
    In the 1960s the Air Force buried 1,000 ICBMs in pastures across the Great Plains to keep U.S. nuclear strategy out of view. As rural civilians of all political stripes found themselves living in the Soviet crosshairs, a proud Plains individualism gave way to an economic dependence on the military-industrial complex that still persists today. ... Read more

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  • The U.S. Naval Institute on Naval Cooperation

    Edited by Sam J Tangredi USN (Ret.) ...
    Series series U.S. Naval Institute Wheel Books
    All naval professionals—without exception—encounter, directly participate, or play a supporting role in naval cooperation. It is a key element in the U.S. defense strategy because military and naval operations today are usually conducted by international coalitions and fighting alongside foreign navies is an expected aspect of current and future naval warfare. Activities in support of mutual ... Read more

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  • The Opportunity

    Next Steps in Reducing Nuclear Arms

    by Steven Pifer, Michael E. O'Hanlon ...
    Series series Brookings FOCUS Book
    For some observers, nuclear arms control is either a relic of the cold war, or a utopian dream about a denuclearized planet decades in the future. But, as Brookings scholars Steven Pifer and Michael O'Hanlon argue in The Opportunity, arms control can address some key security challenges facing Washington today and enhance both American and global security.Pifer and O'Hanlon make a compelling case ... Read more

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  • Mission Revolution

    The U.S. Military and Stability Operations

    by Jennifer Taw ...
    Series series Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
    Defined as operations other than war, stability operations can include peacekeeping activities, population control, and counternarcotics efforts, and for the entire history of the United States military, they have been considered a dangerous distraction if not an outright drain on combat resources. Yet in 2005, the U.S. Department of Defense reversed its stance on these practices, a dramatic shift ... Read more

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  • US Naval Strategy and National Security

    The Evolution of American Maritime Power

    by Sebastian Bruns ...
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