This book is an overview of the assessment of the reserve component of the U.S. military and its recommended changes to ensure that the National Gu...

A democratic society is grounded on the informed participation of the citizenry, which in turn requires access to Government information. If offici...

Since the mid-2000s, public health and heath care-communities have become aware of the increased rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI) among active...

Two combat-related conditions that affect some veterans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan and that have generated widespread concern among po...

Firearms injuries are considered to be a "privilege" of treatment by military surgeons. It is difficult to find one book that includes all of the k...

The word "pirate" conjures up many Hollywood images, but Trimming Yankee Sails by Faye Kert paints a very different picture. Covering the Atlantic ...

This book covers the design and types of various trucks employed by the Wehrmacht.

This book is about trust as a political and cultural phenomenon set in the UK during the New Labour administrations of 1997-2010. There is a tempta...

Developed to meet a Soviet Ministry of Defense requirement for a fast bomber that would counter the threat posed by NATO, the Tu-16 was a ground-br...

After World War II, the Soviet Union and the USA, who had been allies in the war, started moving towards political and military confrontation. The ...

Developed as the answer to the American B-1, the Tupolev Tu-160 was the Soviet Union’s most potent strategic bomber. Several project versions were ...

In the early 1860s, Irish immigrants in the United States were eager to help the Fenian brotherhood overthrow the British in Ireland. The American ...

Long before Civil Rights, the Tuskegee Airmen fought for equality. First they integrated the Armed Forces, then a whole nation and did it with comp...

In the Autumn of 2011, the Obama Administration issued a series of announcements indicating that the United States would be expanding and intensify...

This book presents and discusses current research in the study of a variety of economic, political and social issues of Russia, as well as U.S. inv...

Following his previous "Ultimate Look" volumes on the B-29, B-32, B-18, and B-25, and volumes one and two in this series, Wolf continues his defini...

Following his previous "Ultimate Look" volumes on the B-29, B-32, B-18, and B-25, and volumes one and two in this series, Wolf continues his defini...

Following his previous "Ultimate Look" volumes on the B-29, B-32, B-18, and B-25, Wolf has written the definitive book on U.S. aerial armament in W...

The United States' existing long-range bomber fleet of B-52s, B-1s, and B-2s are at a critical point in their operational life span. With the avera...

This is the only comprehensive guide to the 124 aircraft and experimental flying machines used by the United States Army since 1947. The definitive...

Relying on scores of primary source documents, U.S. Army Aviation Color Schemes and Markings, 1942-to the Present focuses exclusively on how Army A...

John Langellier and C. Paul Loane have collaborated to produce a resource that not only builds upon the information provided by their predecessors,...

United States Army Olympic equestrian competitions have been largely overlooked in historical writings. This book tells the stories of the triumphs...

Since the mid-19th century, the United States has frequently employed the U.S. Army on its southern border to perform various roles in support of t...

The Department of State and the Department of Defense (DOD) have long shared responsibility for U.S. assistance to train, equip, and otherwise enga...

In early 2007, after several years of internal discussions and consultations with Poland and the Czech Republic, the Bush Administration formally p...

The United States Border Patrol (USBP) has a long history as our nation's first line of defence against unauthorised migration. Today, the USBP's p...

As part of its mission, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through its U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) component, is to secure U.S...

U.S. Chemical & Biological Defense Respirators: An Illustrated History is a historical overview of United States military and civilian defense ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is one of the five Armed Forces of the United States and the only military organisation within the Department of Homeland Secu...

This book represents nearly a decade of research into the history of U.S. production combat helmets. Covered are the standard ground helmets, parac...

This book examines American counterinsurgency practices and tactics. At its heart, a counterinsurgency is an armed struggle for the support of the ...

Since 2000, the U.S. military has been building up forward-deployed forces on the westernmost U.S. territory of Guam to increase U.S. presence, det...

As part of the conflict with Al Qaeda and the Taliban, the United States has captured and detained numerous persons believed to have been part of o...

The foreign policy of the United States is the policy by which the United States interacts with foreign nations and sets standards of interaction f...

American policy on the interrogation of detainees is an exceptionally complex issue, one that cannot be adequately addressed nor satisfactorily res...