Author: Parragon Publisher: Parragon ISBN: 9781472374608 Category : Military machines Languages : en Pages : 0
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From Egyptian war chariots to modern fighter jets, from land to air to sea, Military Machines explores the history and technology of combat vehicles. It dissects over 60 incredible battle-ready machines from throughout history, with 3-D cutaway illustrations.
Author: Chris C. Demchak Publisher: Cornell University Press ISBN: 9780801424687 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 236
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Chris Demchak explores the reasons why military machines surprise their users and how they can change both the complexity and effectiveness of tactical organizations. She uses the Army's experiences with its M1 Abrams tank, as well as other examples, to explain the interaction of complex technology and militaries that seek to control uncertainty. Under some conditions, Demchak demonstrates, complexity in critical machines induces increased complexity in the organizations that use them, and can produce an army different from the one that was intended. Drawing on organization theory and her data, she argues that understanding this interaction will heavily influence whether armed forces reductions, savings, and modernization produce rapid, successful military organizations or lethally unpredictable ones.
Author: Parragon Publisher: ISBN: 9781472371546 Category : Military engineering Languages : en Pages : 0
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From Egyptian war chariots to modern fighter jets, from land to air to sea, Land, Sea & Air explores the history and technology of combat vehicles, dissecting over 60 incredible battle-ready machines from throughout history, with 3-D cutaway illustrations.
Author: Brienna Rossiter Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc. ISBN: 1644937816 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 16
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This fun book provides a simple explanation of military vehicles found in the air, on the water, and on land. Labeled photos and a photo glossary help make the text engaging and easy to read.
Author: Jason Turner Publisher: Zenith Press ISBN: 9780760314098 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 96
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Mega-machines in service with today's armies! This full-color guide contains a detailed look at tank transporters, armored recovery vehicles, cranes and mine clearers. Discover the Folding Roadway System that can lay 154 feet of road in less than 10 minutes, the Krauss-Maffel Wegmann Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge that can lay an 85-foot bridge in five minutes, the multi-faceted Oshkosh Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement, and others.
Author: Timothy Moy Publisher: Texas A&M University Press ISBN: 1623494818 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 284
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The American military establishment is intimately tied to its technology, although the nature of those ties has varied enormously from service to service. The air force evokes images of pilots operating hightech weapons systems, striking precisely from out of the blue to lay waste to enemy installations. The fundamental icon for the Marine Corps is a wave of riflemen hitting the beaches from rugged landing craft and slogging their way ashore under enemy fire. How did these very different relationships with technology develop? During the interwar years, from 1920 to 1940, leaders from the Army Air Corps and the Marine Corps recreated their agencies based on visions of new military technologies. In War Machines, Timothy Moy examines these recreations and explores how factors such as bureaucratic pressure, institutional culture, and America's technological enthusiasm shaped these leaders' choices. The very existence of the Army Air Corps was based on a new technology, the airplane. As the Air Corps was forced to compete for money and other resources during the years after World War I, Air Corps leaders carved out a military niche based on hightech precision bombing. The Marine Corps focused on amphibious, firstwave assault using sturdy, graceless, and easytoproduce landing craft. Moy's astute analysis makes it clear that studying the processes that shaped the Army Air Corps and Marine Corps is fundamental to our understanding of technology and the military at the beginning of the twentyfirst century.
Author: Jane Shuter Publisher: Capstone Classroom ISBN: 9781410909824 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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Get ready to Travel Through Time. From the first warships to modern fighter planes, you can discover what travel in wartime was really like in the past. So start your engine and find out how military vehicles have changed from chariots and galleys to the present day.
Author: Jessica Cohn Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP ISBN: 1433996073 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 50
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The most important machines in history are perhaps the ones that helped win wars. The U.S. military has developed some of the most advanced military machines the world has ever seen. With exciting stories and full-color photographs of vehicles like tanks, helicopters, and Jeeps, readers discover how the wheels of history have been pushed along with the help of some impressive military machines. Readers even learn to draw their own military machines as they explore the technology behind victory in this exciting book. A concluding quiz at the end of the book tests what they've learned about these combat creations! • High-interest topic attracts reluctant readers • Reading level appropriate for many ages • Full-color photographs • Table of contents, glossary, and index guide readers through each book • Suggested books and websites provide additional learning opportunities
Author: Tom LaPadula Publisher: Walter Foster Jr ISBN: 1633220672 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 66
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Perfect for young artists, Learn to Draw Military Machines offers step-by-step lessons in drawing military vehicles like the B-52 bomber, photos, fun facts, trivia, quizzes, and more.
Author: Parragon
Author: Chris C. Demchak
Author: Parragon
Author: Brienna Rossiter
Author: Jason Turner
Author: Mary Kate Doman
Author: Timothy Moy
Author: Jane Shuter
Author: Jessica Cohn
Author: Tom LaPadula