The authors examine some of the most significant ongoing transnational or "spillover" problems associated with the continuing conflict in Iraq, wit...

A must for the World War II fighter buff, this book is a fascinating look into the minds of U.S. and British engineers, company and NACA test pilot...

The F-84 Thunderjet was the US Air Force’s main strike aircraft during the Korean War and was used primarily in ground attack operations. Manufactu...

The Republic Aviation Corporation F-84 series, the Thunderjet, Thunderstreak, and Thunderflash was the United States Air Forces' first Post World W...

This book chronicles the story of the A-10, including program history, aircraft paint schemes, all units operating the aircraft and their markings,...

This book focuses on the features and structure of the EU's food chain, food industry developments, introduction of new technologies, institutional...

Robert Mikesh takes the reader step by step through the process of aircraft restoration from the initial decision to prepare for an exhibit: Does i...

Professional economists believe that the development of basic industries in general and the steel industry in particular is the best beginning step...

Stock markets play an increasingly important part in economic life. This is true for the public at large, of corporations, of hedge funds, of regul...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) both have systems that track varying levels of detail related to revo...

This is the fascinating story of the single-engine Lockheeds flown by Charles Lindbergh, Wiley Post and Will Rogers, Amelia Earhart, and Jimmy Dool...

On the ghastly battlefields of the First World War, Jimmie Johnston drove teams or pack horses carrying ammunition and hauling guns to the front li...

The United States confronts a wide array of threats at U.S. borders, ranging from terrorists who may have weapons of mass destruction, to transnati...

On December 16, 1958, a Thor intermediate-range ballistic missile became the first rocket launch from Vandenberg AFB, California. Established from ...

Information is included as to where each plane served, who flew it and the ultimate fate of each THUD. Contains photographs of different serial num...

During the times German soldiers weren’t involved in combat operations, they felt some return to a normal existence and a temporary break from the ...

This second volume focuses on the daily life of the German soldier when they weren’t involved in combat operations. It was during these breaks in t...

Rural residents have higher rates of age-adjusted mortality, disability, and chronic disease than their urban counterparts, though mortality and di...

Rural areas are home to about 50 million Americans and are an essential part of the overall economy. This book surveys the current state of rural A...

This book examines the current political, economic, security, and U.S. interest issues facing Russia today. Although Russia may not be as central t...

In the early 1990s, Georgia and its breakaway South Ossetia region had agreed to a Russian-mediated ceasefire that provided for Russian "peacekeepe...

In his 2013 State of the Union Address, President Obama stated that the United States would "engage Russia to seek further reduction in our nuclear...

Russia continues to maintain a low profile in Northeast Asia (NEA), despite new efforts made by the Russian government to move the centre of gravit...

Transition from one millennium to another is not just a calendar date, but rather a complex historical process of qualitative changes in the develo...