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  • The Hand Behind Unmanned

    Origins of the US Autonomous Military Arsenal

    by Jacquelyn Schneider, Julia Macdonald ...
    Series series Bridging the Gap
    The Hand Behind Unmanned tells the fascinating story of the people, processes, and beliefs that led to the contemporary American unmanned arsenal. It takes an expansive look at automated and autonomous technologies, from mines and torpedoes, to guided bombs and missiles, satellites, and ultimately drones. Instead of asking the question: "why unmanned rather than manned," the book explains why ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

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  • The Kill Chain

    Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare

    by Christian Brose ...
    From a former senior advisor to Senator John McCain comes an urgent wake-up call about how new technologies are threatening America's military might.For generations of Americans, our country has been the world's dominant military power. How the US military fights, and the systems and weapons that it fights with, have been uncontested. That old reality, however, is rapidly deteriorating. America's ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • The Science of War

    Defense Budgeting, Military Technology, Logistics, and Combat Outcomes

    by Michael E. O'Hanlon ...
    The U.S. military is one of the largest and most complex organizations in the world. How it spends its money, chooses tactics, and allocates its resources have enormous implications for national defense and the economy. The Science of War is the only comprehensive textbook on how to analyze and understand these and other essential problems in modern defense policy.Michael O'Hanlon provides ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Counterinsurgency Field Manual

    by The U.S. Army Marine Corps ...
    When the U.S. military invaded Iraq, it lacked a common understanding of the problems inherent in counterinsurgency campaigns. It had neither studied them, nor developed doctrine and tactics to deal with them. It is fair to say that in 2003, most Army officers knew more about the U.S. Civil War than they did about counterinsurgency.The U.S. Army / Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual was ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Arsenal of Democracy

    Technology, Industry, and Deterrence in an Age of Hard Choices

    by Harry Halem, Eyck Freymann ...
    The US military stands at a moment of profound risk and uncertainty. China and its authoritarian partners have pulled far ahead in defense industrial capacity. Meanwhile, emerging technologies are reshaping the character of air and naval warfare and putting key elements of the US force at risk. To prevent a devastating war with China, America must rally its allies to build a new arsenal of ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tomorrow's Air Force

    Tracing the Past, Shaping the Future

    by Jeffrey J. Smith ...
    "A bold and courageous clarion call from a highly respected serving officer that should be read and heeded by anyone interested in the future of the US Air Force." —Everett Dolman, School of Advanced Airpower StudiesLooking ahead to future airpower requirements, this engaging and groundbreaking book on the history and future of American combat airpower argues that the US Air Force must adapt to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Drones and the Future of Air Warfare

    The Evolution of Remotely Piloted Aircraft

    by Michael P. Kreuzer ...
    Series series Cass Military Studies
    This book examines the evolution of airpower and specifically the growth and proliferation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPAs).While most existing literature examines either the law or ethics of RPAs, and some newer scholarship looks to the battlefield effectiveness (the gains from strikes versus the potential for ‘blowback, etc.), this work investigates it from a broader military perspective. It ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • United States Special Operations Forces

    by David Tucker, Christopher Lamb ...
    In October and November of 2001, small numbers of soldiers from the Army Special Forces entered Afghanistan, linked up with elements of the Northern Alliance (an assortment of Afghanis opposed to the Taliban), and, in a remarkably short period of time, destroyed the Taliban regime. Trained to work with indigenous forces and personnel like the Northern Alliance, these soldiers, sometimes riding on ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Information in War

    Military Innovation, Battle Networks, and the Future of Artificial Intelligence

    by Benjamin M. Jensen, Christopher Whyte, Scott Cuomo ...
    An in-depth assessment of innovations in military information technology informs hypothetical outcomes for artificial intelligence adaptationsIn the coming decades, artificial intelligence (AI) could revolutionize the way humans wage war. The military organizations that best innovate and adapt to this AI revolution will likely gain significant advantages over their rivals. To this end, great ... Read more

    $44.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Forging the Sword

    Doctrinal Change in the U.S. Army

    by Benjamin Jensen ...
    As entrenched bureaucracies, military organizations might reasonably be expected to be especially resistant to reform and favor only limited, incremental adjustments. Yet, since 1945, the U.S. Army has rewritten its capstone doctrine manual, Operations, fourteen times. While some modifications have been incremental, collectively they reflect a significant evolution in how the Army approaches ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Lessons Not learned

    The U.S. Navy's Status Quo Culture

    by Roger Thompson ...
    Despite its reputation as the most impressive naval force in the world, the U.S. Navy is in trouble, according to the author of this book, and systemic weaknesses could be its undoing. Here, military sociologist Roger Thompson provides a compelling, often scathing, assessment of the U.S. Navy and its learning disabilities and then presents a convincing argument for reform. Thompson points to the U ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Grounded

    The Case for Abolishing the United States Air Force

    by Robert M. Farley ...
    Series series Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
    The United States needs airpower, but does it need an air force? In Grounded, Robert M. Farley persuasively argues that America should end the independence of the United States Air Force (USAF) and divide its assets and missions between the United States Army and the United States Navy.In the wake of World War I, advocates of the Air Force argued that an organizationally independent air force ... Read more

    $20.49 USD