LEADER 04757nam 2200577 450 001 9910693816703321 005 20230421050517.0 010 $a1-59797-359-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000047693 035 $a(EBL)864473 035 $a(OCoLC)755590309 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000569527 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12253367 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000569527 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10541162 035 $a(PQKB)10748910 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC864473 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000047693 100 $a20181002d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMilitary geography for professionals and the public /$fJohn M. Collins 205 $aFirst Brassey's edition. 210 1$aWashington, District of Columbia :$cPotomac Books, Inc.,$d1998. 215 $a1 online resource (xxiv, 437 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 1 $aAssociation of the United States Army 300 $aOriginally published: Washington, D.C. : National Defense University, 1998. 311 $a1-57488-180-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 407-415) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a6. 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 327 $aCurrent 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 Vulnerabilities; 11. LINES OF COMMUNICATION; Roads; Railroads; Military Airports; Seaports and Harbors; Spaceports and Flight Paths; Inland Waterways; Pipelines; 12. MILITARY BASES; U.S. Home Bases; U.S. Cold War Bases Abroad; Post-Cold War Retrenchment; 13. FORTRESSES AND FIELD FORTIFICATIONS; Precedents and Prognoses; Fortified Points 327 $aFortified Lines Offensive Fortifications; Fortifications in the Nuclear Age; Citadels Versus CW and BW Weapons; PART THREE: POLITICAL-MILITARY GEOGRAPHY; 14. MILITARY SERVICE PREDILECTIONS; Diversified Viewpoints; Integrated and Updated Views; 15. GEOPOLITICAL FRICTION; Territorial Limits; Strategic Friction; Economic Friction; Cultural Friction; Environmental Friction; 16. MILITARY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY; Global Subdivisions; Regional Areas of Responsibility; Useful Insights; Theater and Tactical AORs; PART FOUR: AREA ANALYSES; 17. FORMAT FOR AREA ANALYSIS; Geographical Data Bases 327 $aMilitary Missions Military Implications; Effects on Courses of Action; 18. OPERATION NEPTUNE; Selection of the Lodgment Area; Description of the Lodgment Area; Assessments of the Lodgment Area; Effects on Allied Courses of Action; Wrap-Up; 19. OPERATION PLAN EL PASO; The Ho Chi Minh Trail; Mission Planning; Logistical Limitations Within Vietnam; Logistical Shortcomings Inside Laos; Wrap-Up; 20. FINAL REFLECTIONS; APPENDIX A: Acronyms and Abbreviations; APPENDIX B: Glossary of Geographical Terms; APPENDIX C: A Basic Geographic Library; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T 330 $aAn examination of geography's critical effects on battles throughout the ages 410 0$aAssociation of the United States Army 606 $aMilitary geography 615 0$aMilitary geography. 676 $a355.4/7 676 $a355.47 700 $aCollins$b John M.$f1921-2018,$01352575 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910693816703321 996 $aMilitary geography for professionals and the public$93185013 997 $aUNINA