1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910824341003321

Autore

Bisney John <1954->

Titolo

Spaceshots & snapshots of Projects Mercury & Gemini : a rare photographic history / / John Bisney & J. L. Pickering

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, [New Mexico] : , : University of New Mexico Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8263-5263-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages) : color illustrations, photographs

Disciplina

629.454

Soggetti

Astronautics - United States

Space photography - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Mercury-Redstone 3 -- Mercury-Redstone 4 -- Mercury-Atlas 6 -- Mercury-Atlas 7 -- Mercury-Atlas 8 -- Mercury-Atlas 9 -- Gemini 3 -- Gemini IV -- Gemini V -- Gemini VII and Gemini VI-A -- Gemini VIII -- Gemini IX-A -- Gemini X -- Gemini XI -- Gemini XII.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968386903321

Autore

Burgoyne Michael L

Titolo

The defense of Jisr al-Doreaa : with E.D. Swinton's the The defence of Duffer's Drift / / Michael L. Burgoyne and Albert J. Marckwardt ; foreword by John A. Nagl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009

ISBN

9786612239458

9781282239456

1282239457

9780226080949

0226080943

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MarckwardtAlbert J

SwintonE. D <1868-1951.> (Ernest Dunlop)

Disciplina

355.02/18

Soggetti

Counterinsurgency

Guerrilla warfare

Tactics

Iraq War, 2003-2011

South African War, 1899-1902

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-156).

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- The Defense of Jisr al-Doreaa -- The Defence of Duffer's Drift -- Appendix: Web Site Information -- Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Following the invasion of Iraq in 2003 the U.S. military found itself in a battle with a lethal and adaptive insurgency, where the divisions between enemy and ally were ambiguous at best, and working with the local population was essential for day-to-day survival. From the lessons they learned during multiple tours of duty in Iraq, two American veterans have penned The Defense of Jisr al-Doreaa, an instructional parable of counterinsurgency that addresses the myriad of difficulties associated with war in the postmodern era. In this tactical primer based on the military