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  • Regulus

    The Forgotten Weapon

    In the closing months of World War II, guided missile technology blossomed as a technological breakthrough for the delivery of offensive weapons. Late in the war, Germany introduced its V-1 and V-2 missile systems, and the Soviet ballistic missile program late in the decade heightened the need for a U.S. intermediate-range missile program.During this period, the Chance Vought Aircraft Corporation, ... Leer más

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  • Minuteman

    A Technical History of the Missile That Defined American Nuclear Warfare

    In Minuteman: A Technical History of the Missile That Defined American Nuclear Warfare, David K. Stumpf demystifies the intercontinental ballistic missile program that was conceived at the end of the Eisenhower administration as a key component of the US nuclear strategy of massive retaliation. Although its nuclear warhead may have lacked power relative to that of the Titan II, the Minuteman more ... Leer más

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  • Titan II

    A History of a Cold War Missile Program

    The Titan II ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) program was developed by the United States military to bolster the size, strength, and speed of the nation’s strategic weapons arsenal in the 1950s and 1960s. Each missile carried a single warhead—the largest in U.S. inventory—used liquid fuel propellants, and was stored and launched from hardened underground silos. The missiles were deployed ... Leer más

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  • The Last Thirty Seconds

    A Brief History of the Evolution of Hit-to-Kill Technology

    In March 1983, as the world’s superpowers continued aggressively stockpiling nuclear weapons, President Ronald Reagan described his vision for a world no longer confronted with the concept of mutually assured destruction. A year later the Strategic Defense Initiative was established, followed soon after by the creation of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO). The SDIO was tasked ... Leer más

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  • How Carriers Fought

    Carrier Operations in World War II

    de Lars Celander ...
    An in-depth analysis of aircraft carrier battles in WWII and the evolution of carrier operations—from technology and strategy to life among the crew.First built in 1921, the aircraft carrier brought a new dimension to military strategy as the United States entered World War II. How Carriers Fought examines the evolution of carrier operations with a special focus on the conflict in the Pacific ... Leer más

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  • Check Six!

    A Thunderbolt Pilot's War Across the Pacific

    "Makes you proud to be an American . . . a wonderful, fast-paced read, and I highly recommend it for any World War II aviation enthusiast" ( Military Review).There were no mission limits for a pilot in the Pacific during World War II; unlike in Europe, you flew until it was time to go home. So it was for James "Jug" Curran, all the way from New Guinea to the Philippines with the 348th Fighter ... Leer más

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  • Unsung Eagles

    True Stories of America’s Citizen Airmen in the Skies of World War II

    de Jay A. Stout ...
    The nearly half-million American aircrewmen who served during World War II have almost disappeared. And so have their stories.Award-winning writer and former fighter pilot Jay A. Stout uses Unsung Eagles to save an exciting collection of those accounts from oblivion. These are not rehashed tales from the hoary icons of the war. Rather, they are stories from the masses of largely unrecognized men ... Leer más

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  • Assault from the Sky

    Marine Corps Helicopter Operations in Vietnam

    de Dick Camp ...
    "Action-packed . . . he brings the reader artfully through the fog of war with clarity" ( 20th Century Aviation Magazine).Vietnam has often been called our "first helicopter war," and indeed, the US Marine Corps, as well as Army, had to feel its way forward during the initial combats. But by 1967, the combat was raging across South Vietnam, with confrontational battles against the NVA on a scale ... Leer más

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  • MARSOC

    U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Command

    de Fred Pushies ...
    An illustrated profile of the Marine Corps component of USSOCOM, its origins & history, training & missions, and special equipment & weapons.The United States Marine Corps has a rich tradition of special operations, from World War II's famed Marine Raiders and Para Marines to Korea and Vietnam's legendary Marine Force Recon companies. Indeed, when Navy underwater demolition teams, the direct ... Leer más

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  • Finish Forty and Home

    The Untold World War II Story of B-24s in the Pacific

    de Phil Scearce ...
    During the early years of World War II in the Pacific theatre, against overwhelming odds, young American airmen flew the longest and most perilous bombing missions of the war. They faced determined Japanese fighters without fighter escort, relentless anti-aircraft fire with no deviations from target, and thousands of miles of over-water flying with no alternative landing sites. Finish Forty and ... Leer más

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  • U.S. Aircraft Carriers 1939–45

    Series series Casemate Illustrated Special
    A detailed and fully illustrated account of the development of American aircraft carriers up to and during World War II.This extensively illustrated volume tells the dramatic yet successful story of U.S. aircraft carriers in World War II by class, ranging from early pre-war designs to escort carriers built from destroyer hulls, to the gigantic fleet carriers serving as the predecessors of modern ... Leer más

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  • Aces At War

    de Eric Hammel ...
    Aces At WarThe American Aces SpeakEric HammelAdding to his acclaimed The American Aces Speak series, combat historian Eric Hammel comes through with yet another engrossing collection of first-person accounts by American fighter aces serving in World War II, the Israeli War of Independence, the Korean War, and the Vietnam WarAs are the other four volumes, Aces At War is a highly charged excursion ... Leer más

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