The tactical debut of the American M1 Abrams main battle tank in NATO exercises in 1982 is said by experts to have been a turning point in armoured warfare: the Abrams proved itself so superior to the opposition in these exercises that the rule book had to be rewritten. In the Gulf War of February 1991, the developed M1A1 variant completely outclassed the Soviet equipment of the Iraqi army, routinely destroying enemy tanks at three kilometres' range. Its thermal imaging sights, laser rangefinder, and fire control computer, coupled with its firepower and state-of-the-art composite armour made it an irresistible opponent. This volume provides an insight into the Abrams, its crew and its operations, illustrated with colour photographs.

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Squadron - Aircraft in Action 1208 - Larry Davis - P-47 Thunderbolt (2007).jpg

The P-47 — it was known by several names. Officially the Thunderbolt, it was also called the Jug, 'Bolt, T-Bolt, Juggernaut, and names by the Germans that can't be mentioned. The P-47 was the biggest and most heavily armed single-engine fighter developed during World War II. It was also one of the fastest. Several P-47 experimental aircraft topped 507 mph, and several pilots claim to have flown the big fighter to transonic speeds.
By the end of the war, Republic Aviation Corp. had delivered 15,682 P-47 Thunderbolts in six major production variants — the P-47B, P-47C, razorback P-47D, bubbletop P-47D, P-47M, and P-47N. The record of achievement of the P-47 and its pilots is incredible. Between March 1943 and the end of the war in August 1945, P-47s operated in every theater of war. P-47s served with no less than 132 squadrons in the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF), 16 squadrons in the Royal Air Force (RAF), four squadrons in the French Air Force, and an unknown number of Soviet Air Force units. One group of Brazilian P-47Ds was attached to the 350th Fighter Group (FG), one Mexican squadron was attached to the 58th FG, and one Chinese squadron was attached to die 81st FG.
Thunderbolt pilots flew more than 546,000 combat sorties, dropped more than 132,000 tons of bombs, fired more than 60,000 5-inch High Velocity Aircraft Rockets (HVARs), and expended some 135 million rounds of .50-caliber ammunition. The toll? More than 9,000 locomotives, 86,000 rail cars, 68,000 trucks, 6,000 tanks, and 60,000 horse-drawn vehicles were destroyed. In the air, the awesome power of the eight .50-caliber machine guns accounted for 7,067 enemy aircraft: 3,752 shot out of the air and 3,315 shot up on the ground. Enemy aircraft shot down 824 P-47s in combat, resulting in a victory ratio of 4.6 to 1 in favor of the Jug pilots. Enemy flak knocked down another 1,642.
The number of aces who flew the P-47 is staggering, with 49 accounted for in the 56th FG alone. The total included the top two aces in the European Theater of Operations (ETO), Francis "Gabby" Gabreski with 28 kills and Bob Johnson with 27. Both pilots flew with the 56th FG. Pilots flying the Jug stood a good chance of coming home, which is what the airplane was designed for.

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Donovan Campbell - Joker One; A Marine Platoon's S tory of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood (2010 ).jpg

Campbell decided as a junior at Princeton that attending Marine Corps Officer Candidate School would look good on his résumé. Three years later, in the spring of 2004, he was in Iraq commanding a platoon known by its radio call sign, Joker One. Campbell tells its story, and his, in an outstanding narrative of the Iraq War. Joker One counted around 40 dudes: country boys and smalltown jocks; a few Hispanics and a single black. Some were college men with futures; some had pasts they preferred to forget. The battalion was assigned to one of Iraq's worst hot spots: the city of Ramadi, where faceless enemies found shelter among 350,000 Iraqi civilians. Joker One fought from street to street, house to house and ambush to ambush for seven straight months. By the end of the tour, even the Gunny's hands had started ceaselessly shaking, Campbell writes. Faced with urgent life-and-death decisions, Campbell had learned that there are no great options... you live with the results and shut up about the whole thing. For all his constant self-questioning, Lt. Campbell brought Joker One home with only one KIA—a record as impressive as his account.

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Mark D. Sherry - The Army Command Post and Defense Reshaping 1987-1997 (2008).jpg

The end of the Cold War initiated major changes in the global security environment that the United States could not ignore. These changes affected security requirements, forces, and missions that had guided the country since the end of World War II. Another “New Look” was needed, one that recognized the uncertainty inherent in the absence of a single rival power. Domestic pressures for a “peace dividend” provided additional impetus for a comprehensive restructuring of the nation’s defenses. Army leaders responded almost immediately, agreeing that a more flexible, more technology-capable ground force was needed, one able to react to a much broader variety of threats and contingencies. But deciding how that goal could be best realized would prove illusive. Dr. Mark Sherry’s The Army Command Post and Defense Reshaping, 1987–1997, examines this tumultuous period in depth. The author relates how the efforts of Army leaders to develop options for change were soon overtaken by actions of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding Army size, structure, and missions...

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Gordon W. Rudd - Humanitarian Intervention; Assist ing the Iraqi Kurds in Operation Provide Comfort, 1991 (2004).jpg

Humanitarian Intervention is an operational study of the U.S.-led relief effort PROVIDE COMFORT, hastily organized in the spring of 1991 in response to the international outcry to stop the suffering and dying of the Iraqi Kurds who had been brutally suppressed in the aftermath of DESERT STORM and had fled across a mountainous border into Turkey. Gordon W. Rudd documents and describes this challenging operation involving joint and multinational forces. His study validates the capacity of military forces, well trained for war, not only to adapt quickly for humanitarian relief missions without specialized preparation but also to work alongside civilian relief agencies attempting to assist the refugees, requiring significant cooperation between the two groups. Today the potential of the new round of military-led peace operations to reduce turmoil and conflict-and, in effect, contribute to shaping the international environment-is significant, and soldiers now deployed in distant lands amidst unfamiliar people in the service of their nation will find Rudd's instructive perspective and record of the Army's experience invaluable.

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Barry Cushman - Rethinking the New Deal Court; The Structure of a Constitutional Revolution (1998).jpg

Rethinking the New Deal Court: The Structure of a Constitutional Revolution challenges the prevailing account of the Supreme Court of the New Deal era, which holds that in the spring of 1937 the Court suddenly abandoned jurisprudential positions it had staked out in such areas as substantive due process and commerce clause doctrine. In this view, the impetus for such a dramatic reversal was provided by external political pressures manifested in FDR's landslide victory in the 1936 election, and by the subsequent Court-packing crisis. Author Barry Cushman, by contrast, discounts the role that political pressure played in securing this "constitutional revolution." Instead, he reorients study of the New Deal Court by focusing attention on the internal dynamics of doctrinal development and the role of New Dealers in seizing opportunities presented by doctrinal change.

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Osprey - Air Combat - David A. Anderton - North Am erican F-100 Super Sabre (1987).jpg

The North American F-ioo Super Sabre—the Hun, familiarly—was the first supersonic aircraft in the inventory of the United States Air Force. Designed for an air superiority mission, it was the first of the Century series, a group of aircraft developed for the US AF as fighters, interceptors, and fighter-bombers.
It originated in a time-honoured, evolutionary manner, within the NAA organization. Company engineers studied ways to modify the F-86 Sabre, then barely out of flight test, to gain speed performance. The basic features of the Sabre—its sweptback wing and tail, nose inlet with straight-through flow to a single jet engine, power control systems—held the potential for a new layout using updated technology. Those potentials coalesced, and led to the first of a new generation of combat aircraft capable of supersonic speeds.
The F-ioo was off to a brilliant start when unpredictable problems suddenly stopped the programme dead in its tracks. The losses of several early aircraft and their pilots in rapid succession, including the ninth F-iooA with North American's chief test pilot George Welch, trigged an investigation that was thorough and, finally, fruitful.
The Super Sabre was not welcome at first in the Air Force. The F- 100A day fighters were in active service a relatively short time before being transferred to Air National Guard units which were, by long tradition and standard practice, equipped with the castoff aircraft of the active forces. The later F-iooC was more acceptable to the US AF, bur only because it was capable of fighter-bomber missions. And in that role of an air-to-ground weapon, the Super Sabre finally came into its own.

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Squadron - Fighting Colors 6561 - Steve Birdsall, Don Greer - B-17 Flying Fortress in Color (1986).jpg

All B-17F Flying Fortresses wore a basic paint scheme of matt lacquers developed at Wright Field and applied to the bomber on the factory production line. In accordance with a Technical Order dating to April of 1941. this color scheme was Dark Olive Drab (Shade 41) for the upper surfaces and Neutral Gray (Shade 43) for the lower surfaces. The colors were blended by over-spraying where they joined.
In addition to the camouflage there were numerous other markings: maintenance directions and other technical data were applied to the aircraft in 1/2 inch letters in Black on the Olive Drab areas, mbm and in Insignia Blue (Shade 47) on the Neut-nil Gray areas. The aircraft's type, model, serial number and crew weight were painted in Black letters 1 inch high on the left side of the nose.
Above the left wing and below the right wing was a 74 inch diametercocarde. an Insignia Blue circle containing an Insignia White star. There were similar cocardes. 50 inches in diameter on either side of the fuselage just forward of the waist windows. On the tail was the airplane designator, an abbreviated form of the airplanes serial number, later this was commonly referred to as the radio call number"; these 15 inch high numbers were painted in Identification Yellow (Shade 48). and were 80 inches below the tip of the tailfin.

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Squadron - Walk Around 05 - W.E. Scarborough - PBY Catalina (1996).jpg

The intent of the WALK AROUND series is to provide maximum information in a limited number of pages. This led us to the decision to restrict this book to the PBY-5/5A/6A and their variants, USAF OA-lOA and Catalinas/Cansos of the Allied Air Forces.
Considered obsolete by many as the Second World War II began, the PBY proved a tremendous asset to all the services that flew her, performing in roles never envisioned by her designers. Maritime patrol, convoy escort and ASW were her primary duties, but in all combat areas, especially the South Pacific, the PBY proved to be a capable bomber and outstanding Search and Rescue Dumbo, saving hundreds of survivors. Bombing and strafing "Black Cats", overall Black PBYs flying at night, were the scourge of enemy efforts to supply bypassed forward area bases. Basically unchanged from first production in 1936 to the last PBY, delivered in 1945, the Catalina's operational capability had increased enormously with improved armament, power-boosted ammunition supply, armor, fuel dump valves, self-sealing fuel tanks, thermal deicing, radar and communication gear.
PBYs continued to serve many armed services after the war. The last Navy Catalina, a PBY-6A, flew until 1957 in the Naval Reserve. Foreign air forces operated PBYs into the 1970s, principally for search and rescue and logistic support of outlying installations.
Catalinas have served in many civilian roles since the Second World War, providing passenger and freight service to remote areas and for many more exotic pursuits. Some serve as water bombers, fighting forest fires all over the World with water scooped into hull tanks through retractable probes as the PBY skimmed over a lake or river surface. Several have been configured as air yachts by private owners. For improved performance, many have been re-engined with 1,700 hp Wright R-2600 engines and nacelles from B-25 bombers. A revised vertical tail improves stability and control and has led to a new name - "Super Cat".

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Squadron - Walk Around 13 - Glen Phillips - Alliso n Engine Mustangs (1998).jpg

Bright blue skies and fluffy white clouds. In the distance, thick white contrails stream behind formations of heavy bombers. Above, around, and to the front, smaller contrails are etched against the sky in a gently weaving pattern. At the front of each trail, are small silvery fighters, each suddenly shedding a pair of drop tanks and pulling around in a hard diving turn. The song of the Merlin and the rattle of machine gun fire and another Luftwaffe fighter begins its long smoking descent to the fields of Germany 25,000 feet below. One more that won't get to the bombers...
Mention the P-51 Mustang to any World War II buff and that, or a similar image, is what comes lo mind. It wasn't always that way. The Mustang started life as a private venture — some might say gamble — on the part of the fledgling North American Aviation Company to build a fighter for Britain's Royal Air Force. The RAF wanted North American to license build Curtiss P-40s, however, company president James H. "Dutch" Kindelberger convinced the British Purchasing Commission that he could build a fighter that was faster, more maneuver-able, and could fly farther than the P-40 while using the same engine. It was a tall order. Using data purchased from Curtiss and NACA, the North American design and construction teams worked around the clock. Some 120 days later, the NA-73X airframe was rolled out in September of 1940. Although lacking an engine, and being rolled out on borrowed wheels, the new ship looked every inch the fighter it promised to be.
Powered by an Allison engine, the first RAF machine rolled off the assembly line in mid-April 1941. The first RAF combat mission took place in May of 1942. The Mustang started it's combat life, not as a high altitude fighter, but as a low level reconnaissance and Army Cooperation aircraft. The Allison engine simply lacked power at higher altitudes — altitudes above 20,000. The problem was not so much with the engine as it was with the simple single stage supercharger.
Through 1942 and into 1943, the Allison-powered Mustangs evolved into a potent dive bomber, reconnaissance, and ground attack aircraft. At lower altitudes, they could hold their own and then some against enemy fighters, including the Luftwaffe's vaunted h'ocke Wulf Fwl90. Almost 1600 Allison engined Mustang I. P-51, A-36, and P-51A aircraft were built. Their homes ranged from the mud and fog of an English country airfield, to the blazing sands of North Africa, to the hot and humid sub-tropics of India and Burma.
Silvery? Not these aircraft. Despite their clean lines and racing plane looks, their world was down low where they used dull greens, browns, and grays to blend in with the terrain. Often at the end of the supply line, their drab, patchy, and faded colors were streaked with fluids and exhaust stains. The early Mustang and its Allison engine was a worker. Hard, dirty, and sweat stained, this was its world. It was Cinderella — Before the ball...

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Barry M. Pritzker - Native Americans; An Encyclope dia of History, Culture, and Peoples (1998).jpg

Featuring Native American groups from the northern reaches of Canada to the Rio Grande, this encyclopedia presents basic information about each tribal nation in a consistent manner. Organized geographically, each section begins with an introduction to the area and its original inhabitants. Tribal entries follow, with some smaller related groups discussed together. Each article includes sections on location, population, language, history, religion, government, customs, dwellings, diet, key technology, trade, notable arts, transportation, dress, and war/ weapons. A contemporary section follows, with information on government/reservations, economy, legal status, and daily life. Pritzker (the author of books on Ansel Adams, Mathew Brady, and Edward Curtis) is one of the few authors to attempt a work of this size alone. His presentation is even-handed, although some sections, like art, seem less thorough than others. Pritzker manages for the most part to avoid the extensive duplication found in the more expensive Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes (LJ 5/15/98), but a few small groups, such as the Shinnecock, are excluded. Articles do not have bibliographic references, and citations of books on individual tribes are not included in the bibliography. Still, this is a good choice for public and school libraries that have other options for bibliographic sources.

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Colin Read - The Fear Factor; What Happens When Fe ar Grips Wall Street (2009).jpeg

The science behind and economic consequences of fear are explained by demonstrating how fear can drive markets to disastrous lows and how the financial industry profits most when fear and volatility are highest. The reader is offered recommendations that can resolve market fears and bolster world economies.

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Joel Andreas - Addicted to War; Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism (2004).jpg

Addicted to War takes on the most active, powerful and destructive military in the world. Hard-hitting, carefully documented and heavily illustrated, it reveals why the United States has been involved in more wars in recent years than any other country. Read Addicted to War to find out who benefits from these military adventures, who pays—and who dies. Over 120,000 copies of the previous edition are in print. This new edition is substantially reworked and fully updated through the War in Iraq.

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Julian Granberry - A Grammar and Dictionary of the Timucua Language (1993).jpg

Taken from surviving contemporary documentary sources, this work describes the grammar and lexicon of the extinct 17th-century Timucua language of Central and North Florida, and traces the origins of 17th-century Timucua speakers and their language.
Julian Granberry has contributed to A Grammar and Dictionary of the Timucua Language as an author. Granberry is Language Coordinator with Native American Language Services in Florida.

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Peter Bogdanovich - Who the Hell's in It; Conversa tions with Hollywood's Legendary Actors (2005).jpg

Peter Bogdanovich, known primarily as a director, film historian and critic, has been working with professional actors all his life. He started out as an actor (he debuted on the stage in his sixth-grade production of Finian’s Rainbow); he watched actors work (he went to the theater every week from the age of thirteen and saw every important show on, or off, Broadway for the next decade); he studied acting, starting at sixteen, with Stella Adler (his work with her became the foundation for all he would ever do as an actor and a director).

Now, in his new book, Who the Hell’s in It, Bogdanovich draws upon a lifetime of experience, observation and understanding of the art to write about the actors he came to know along the way; actors he admired from afar; actors he worked with, directed, befriended. Among them: Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, John Cassavetes, Charlie Chaplin, Montgomery Clift, Marlene Dietrich, Henry Fonda, Ben Gazzara, Audrey Hepburn, Boris Karloff, Dean Martin, Marilyn Monroe, River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier, Frank Sinatra, and James Stewart.
Bogdanovich captures—in their words and his—their work, their individual styles, what made them who they were, what gave them their appeal and why they’ve continued to be America’s iconic actors.

On Lillian Gish: “the first virgin hearth goddess of the screen . . . a valiant and courageous symbol of fortitude and love through all distress.”

On Marlon Brando: “He challenged himself never to be the same from picture to picture, refusing to become the kind of film star the studio system had invented and thrived upon—the recognizable human commodity each new film was built around . . . The funny thing is that Brando’s charismatic screen persona was vividly apparent despite the multiplicity of his guises . . . Brando always remains recognizable, a star-actor in spite of himself. ”

Jerry Lewis to Bogdanovich on the first laugh Lewis ever got onstage: “I was five years old. My mom and dad had a tux made—I worked in the borscht circuit with them—and I came out and I sang, ‘Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?’ the big hit at the time . . . It was 1931, and I stopped the show—naturally—a five-year-old in a tuxedo is not going to stop the show? And I took a bow and my foot slipped and hit one of the floodlights and it exploded and the smoke and the sound scared me so I started to cry. The audience laughed—they were hysterical . . . So I knew I had to get the rest of my laughs the rest of my life, breaking, sitting, falling, spinning.”

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John Wayne to Bogdanovich, on the early years of Wayne’s career when he was working as a prop man: “Well, I’ve naturally studied John Ford professionally as well as loving the man. Ever since the first time I walked down his set as a goose-herder in 1927. They needed somebody from the prop department to keep the geese from getting under a fake hill they had for Mother Machree at Fox. I’d been hired because Tom Mix wanted a box seat for the USC football games, and so they promised jobs to Don Williams and myself and a couple of the players. They buried us over in the properties department, and Mr. Ford’s need for a goose-herder just seemed to fit my pistol.”
These twenty-six portraits and conversations are unsurpassed in their evocation of a certain kind of great movie star that has vanished. Bogdanovich’s book is a celebration and a farewell.

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Thomas F. Huertas - Crisis; Cause, Containment and Cure (2010).jpg

The current crisis is emerging as the most severe downturn since the Great Depression. This book examines its cause, the efforts to contain the crisis and proposes a cure that will limit the risk that such crises could recur in the future.

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