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UNINA9910693816703321 |
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Autore |
Collins John M. <1921-2018, > |
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Military geography for professionals and the public / / John M. Collins |
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Washington, District of Columbia : , : Potomac Books, Inc., , 1998 |
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Edizione |
[First Brassey's edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxiv, 437 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Collana |
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Association of the United States Army |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: Washington, D.C. : National Defense University, 1998. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-415) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION; 1. OVERVIEW; Military Considerations; Regional Quirks; Avoidable Abuses; Analytical Techniques; PART ONE: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY; 2. SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; Location; Size; Shape; 3. LAY OF THE LAND; Land Forms; Rivers and Reservoirs; Geology and Soils; Vegetation; 4. OCEANS AND SEASHORES; Sea Water Attributes; Sea Surface Behavior; Marine Topography; Representative Naval Ramifications; 5. EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE; Atmospheric Phenomena; Climatology for Military Strategists; Meteorology for Military Operators |
6. REGIONAL PECULIARITIES Frigid Flatlands; Frigid Seas; Mountainous Regions; Arid Regions; Tropical Rain Forests; Wetlands; Coastlands and Small Seas; 7. INNER AND OUTER SPACE; Space Compared with Land and Sea; Region I: Aerospace Interfaces; Region II: Circumterrestrial Space; Region III: Moon and Environs; Region IV: Outer Envelope; Tips for Military Space Planners; 8. NATURAL RESOURCES AND RAW MATERIALS; Sources and Shortages; Compensatory Programs; Resource Deprivation; PART TWO: CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; 9. POPULATIONS; Demography; Physical Attributes; Cultural Characteristics |
Current Attitudes National Personalities; Cross-Cultural Skills; 10. URBANIZATION; Sites and Structures; Urban Sprawl; Conventional Urban Combat; Unconventional Urban Combat; Conventional Urban Bombardment; Urban Centers and Nuclear Strategy; Overall Urban |
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