History by John Robert Nordell

The Undetected Enemy

Author: John Robert Nordell

Publisher: Williams-Ford Texas A&M Univer

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Page: 217

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The French Indo-China War of 1946-54 was one of the longest and bloodiest conflicts of the twentieth century. Dien Bien Phu became the site of the decisive battle of the French Indo-China War. Indeed, the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu set the stage for America's own military involvement in Viet-Nam a decade later. Yet despite its historic importance, there is still uncertainty about why the French chose to fight in a location that, in hindsight, involved such risks. In The Undetected Enemy, John Nordell examines that question by telling the full story of the strategic, tactical, logistical, and intelligence considerations that underlay the French decision. This book also gives close attention to the reaction of the Eisenhower administration to the French seizure of Dien Bien Phu, an important part of the story that, until now, has been overlooked. Using war memoirs, press coverage, and archived documents only recently declassified, the author weaves a compelling narrative of rapidly unfolding developments in Dien Bien Phu, Hanoi, Saigon, and Washington, D.C.
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Armor

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Minorities by National Commission for Minorities (India)

Annual Report

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Deterrence (Strategy) by William M. Jones

Escalation Space and Assumptions about Enemy Motivations

Author: William M. Jones

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Page: 26

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Strategic warning may be viewed as contingently predicting an imminent, significant escalation of a confrontation. Warning of an imminent Soviet strategic nuclear attack is one of a large set of possible escalations, although of unique consequence. Confrontations and conflict may be characterized as a series of escalations and de-escalations by one or both sides, involving some six factors that cover the participants, the locale, the degree of superpower involvements, the superpower declaratory policies, the types of weapons in use, and the targets of the military violence. By locating these variables on each of these ladders at every juncture in a confrontation, the warning analyst can identify the various steps open to the enemy.
History by Lisa Jardine

The Awful End of Prince William the Silent: The First Assassination of a Head of State with a Hand-Gun

Author: Lisa Jardine

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

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Category: History

Page: 144

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This edition contains a limited number of illustrations. Please note that due to the level of detail, both the map and family tree are best viewed on a tablet. A brilliantly detailed and gripping account of the assassination in 1584 of Prince William of Orange, and the shockwaves it sent through an age.
East Asia by James Irving Matray

East Asia and the United States

Author: James Irving Matray

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Category: East Asia

Page: 778

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Contains alphabetically arranged essays that discuss significant people, controversies, conflicts, and agreements in the history of U.S. relations with the countries of East Asia since 1784, and includes maps, and a chronology.
History by Patrick M. Cronin

The Impenetrable Fog of War

Author: Patrick M. Cronin

Publisher: Praeger

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Category: History

Page: 198

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Current trends suggest that the fog of war continues to make strategy an opaque enterprise notwithstanding enormous U.S. investments in high-tech weapons, intelligence capabilities, and homeland defense. This edited volume includes essays originally presented at the IISS Global Strategic Review, which was held in Geneva on September 7-9, 2007.
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Vols. for 1981- include four special directory issues.
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Army

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