Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1266
Book Description
Report
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1266
Book Description
Air Force Combat Units of World War II
Author: Maurer MaurerPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428915850
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
The McNamara Ascendancy, 1961-1965
Author: Lawrence S. KaplanPublisher: Office of the Secretary, Historical Office
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
A narrative history and assessment of the early years of Robert McNamara's tenure as Secretary of Defense, including McNamara's relationship with Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, the transformation of the Department of Defense as a part of Kennedy's New Frontier, and the Pentagon's handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs episode, and onset of the Vietnam War along with other major national security events and developments during a turbulent and momentous period of the Cold War. (Fuller description is on the dust jacket flaps.)
Prices of Clothing
Author: John M. CurranPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Oral Health in America
Author: Intelligence Revolution 1960
Author: Ingard ClausenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Overview: Provides a history of the Corona Satellite photo reconnaissance Program. It was a joint Central Intelligence Agency and United States Air Force program in the 1960s. It was then highly classified.
The quest Haywood Hansell and American strategic bombing in World War II
Author: Charles GriffithPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 142899131X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
This book contains the following chapters concerning Haywood Hansell and American Strategic Bombing in World War II: the problems of air power, (2) the early years: education and acts, (3) planning, (4) the frictions of war, (5) the global bomber force, (6) triumph, and (7) tragedy.
Brothers in Berets
Author: Forrest L. MarionPublisher:
ISBN: 9781585662784
Category : Special forces (Military science)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) special tactics community is a small, tight-knit brotherhood of proficient and committed warriors, consisting of special tactics officers and combat controllers, combat rescue officers and pararescuemen, and officer and enlisted special operations weathermen. These warriors have consistently proven themselves to be an invaluable force multiplier throughout history in conflicts around the world. This is their story.--Provided by publisher.
We Hold this Treasure
Author: Steven E. KoopPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Based Upon interviews and correspondence with more than four hundred former patients, We Hold This Treasure is the inspiring story of the first state-funded hospital in the United States to provide care for indigent, handicapped children.
Melvin Laird and the Foundation of the Post-Vietnam Military, 1969-1973
Author: Richard A. HuntPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160927577
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
"[E]xamines the former Congressman Melvin Laird's efforts to reconstitute the Department of Defense during the last years of the Vietnam war... Laird acted to mitigate the adverse effects of the Vietnam War on the department and to prepare the nation's armed forces for the future. Foremost was the transition from a conscripted military to an all-volunteer force, a fundamental policy shift that ended an unpopular and inequitable draft system."--from jacket.