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The 1897 Prize Essay for the Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute was this lengthy discussion of "Torpedo Boat Policy" by Lieutenant R.C. Smith. He began by correctly observing: "It seems probable that the United States, after many years hesitation, is about to enter on a policy of torpedo boat construction." This facsimile edition includes a tabular appendix listing all the torpedo boats in service in the world's navies as of 1897. An essential primary source for anyone interested in torpedo boats and their history.Part of the Torpedo Boat Classics series.

The Arsenal Ship was the most innovative naval weapons concept of the late 20th Century: a stealthy vessel armed with 500 Vertical Launch System (VLS) tubes and manned by a crew of only 25 or 30 sailors, intended to rain precision-guided missiles on enemies from a safe distance; a "force multiplier" that was seen as an integral part of the Revolution in Military Affairs. The arsenal ship fascinated military thinkers in the mid-90s, although there was spirited debate over the wisdom of putting so many eggs in one lightly defended basket. Would it have worked? Read the detailed contemporary analysis and judge for yourself. An essential reference for any library on modern navies. Contents include:An Arsenal Ship Design. Baumann, G. et al. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. 1996.A Proposed Littoral Dominant Battle Group Centered Around the Arsenal Ship. Looney, John P. et al. Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, 1997. The Arsenal Ship and the U.S. Navy: A Revolution in Military Affairs Perspective. Driesbach, Dawn H. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. 1996.Can the Arsenal Ship Replace the Battleship? Lance, Joseph M , III. Army Command And General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth. 1996.The Arsenal Ship Measures up to Joint Vision 2010. Abramson, Alan J. Naval War College, Newport. 1997.Tradeoff Analysis Model for Arsenal Ship Survivability and Sustainability: Bush, Ronald S Cimiluca, Arthur E , Jr. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. 1996.The Arsenal Ship Concept: Vulnerabilities to Special Operations. Dunbar, Christian A. Pietrantoni, Dino. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. 1997.Arsenal Ship Automation and Manning Analysis. McNerney, Thomas E , III. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. 1997.DARPA ¿ Arsenal Ship Lessons Learned. Hamilton, Charles S. DARPA, Washington, DC. 1997.

An extremely thorough bibliography of every reference to the torpedo in the holdings of the New York Public Library as of 1917. This was issued in response to the great public interest in the early successes of the German U-Boats against Allied shipping. This is an essential reference for those interested in the early history of the torpedo, the torpedo boat, and the submarine. Consider it a "shopping list" for interlibrary loan! Facsimile edition. Part of the Torpedo Boat Classics and Naval Bibliographies series.

Far and away the most cost-effective way to purchase printed versions of crucial documents about the Littoral Combat Ship, the U.S. Navy's "torpedo boat destroyer" for the 21st century. These 3,600-ton ships, like the destroyers introduced at the beginning of the 20th century, are intended to defeat fast attack craft and other "littoral" threats.This 1,016-page omnibus edition contains GAO reports about LCS from August and February 2010; a CRS report from June 2010; key Congressional testimony and colloquoy from the Armed Services Committee; and postgraduate theses on LCS capabilities, strategy, manpower, risk management, logistics, and technology. An indispensable reference for anyone interested in contemporary naval strategy or the history of torpedo boats and destroyers.

Facsimile of the 1879 book. "Containing a complete and concise account of the Rise and Progress of Submarine Warfare; also a detailed description of all matters appertaining thereto, including the latest improvements." An essential reference for anyone interested in the history of submarines, torpedoes, and torpedo boats. Part of the Torpedo Boat Classics series from Nimble Books.

Facsimile edition. Volume II. WITH one important exception the three volumes here published practically represent the whole mass of Maitland's scattered writing. A few very short notices have been omitted, but wherever an article, however brief, contains a new grain of historical knowledge or reveals Maitland's original thought upon some problem of law or history, it has been included in this collection. We begin with a philosophical dissertation submitted by a young Cambridge graduate to the examiners for a Trinity Fellowship and end with the tribute to the memory of a pupil composed only a few days before his last illness by a great master of history, by one of the greatest scholars in the annals of English scholarship. These papers cover a wide surface. Some are philosophical, others biographical, but for the most part they belong to Maitland's special sphere of legal and social history. Some pieces are confessedly popular, such as the brilliant outline of English legal history which concludes the second volume; others, and of such is the bulk of the collection, are concerned with problems the simplest terms of which are not apprehended without special study.

The successful application of the Fifth Generation of Warfare (5GW) is "indistinguishable from magic" (Rees 2009, following in the spirit of Clarke's Law, propounded by the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey) "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"). The Fifth-Generation warrior hides in the shadows, or in the static. So, then, how can analysts and researchers study and discuss 5GW?Other questions also demand answers. What is the xGW framework, which many theorists use to describe 5GW? What alternatives to the xGW framework exist? What 5GWs have been observed? What are the source documents for the xGW framework? What is the universe of discourse that the xGW framework emerged from? Why bother trying to understand 5GW?This handbook attempts to provide systematic answers to these questions in several major sections, each of which is written by many contributors. While this handbook records many different voices of 5GW research, it speaks with one voice on the need to understand 5GW, the fifth gradient of warfare.

Facsimile edition. Volume III. WITH one important exception the three volumes here published practically represent the whole mass of Maitland's scattered writing. A few very short notices have been omitted, but wherever an article, however brief, contains a new grain of historical knowledge or reveals Maitland's original thought upon some problem of law or history, it has been included in this collection. We begin with a philosophical dissertation submitted by a young Cambridge graduate to the examiners for a Trinity Fellowship and end with the tribute to the memory of a pupil composed only a few days before his last illness by a great master of history, by one of the greatest scholars in the annals of English scholarship. These papers cover a wide surface. Some are philosophical, others biographical, but for the most part they belong to Maitland's special sphere of legal and social history. Some pieces are confessedly popular, such as the brilliant outline of English legal history which concludes the second volume; others, and of such is the bulk of the collection, are concerned with problems the simplest terms of which are not apprehended without special study.

Facsimile edition. WITH one important exception the three volumes here published practically represent the whole mass of Maitland's scattered writing. A few very short notices have been omitted, but wherever an article, however brief, contains a new grain of historical knowledge or reveals Maitland's original thought upon some problem of law or history, it has been included in this collection. We begin with a philosophical dissertation submitted by a young Cambridge graduate to the examiners for a Trinity Fellowship and end with the tribute to the memory of a pupil composed only a few days before his last illness by a great master of history, by one of the greatest scholars in the annals of English scholarship. These papers cover a wide surface. Some are philosophical, others biographical, but for the most part they belong to Maitland's special sphere of legal and social history. Some pieces are confessedly popular, such as the brilliant outline of English legal history which concludes the second volume; others, and of such is the bulk of the collection, are concerned with problems the simplest terms of which are not apprehended without special study.

An omnibus edition of nine volumes of postwar histories declassified by the National Security Agency in 2010. The research was carried out by the Army Security Agency relying on captured documents and interviews with prisoners. This is an absolutely essential primary reference for anyone interested in cryptography as a vital aspect of World War II.The volumes include:Volume I: SynopsisVolume 2: Notes on German High Level Cryptography and Cryptanalysis Volume 3: The Signal Intelligence Agency of the Supreme Command, Armed Forces Volume 4: The Signal Intelligence Service of the Army High Command Volume 5: The German Air Force Signal Intelligence ServiceVolume 6: The Foreign Office Cryptanalytic SectionVolume 7: Goering's "Research" BureauVolume 8: Miscellaneous Volume 9: German Traffic Analysis of Russian Communications

The Pentagon Papers, officially titled "Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force", was commissioned by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in 1967. In June of 1971, small portions of the report were leaked to the press and widely distributed. However, the publications of the report that resulted from these leaks were incomplete and suffered from many quality issues.On the 40th anniversary of the leak to the press, the National Archives, along with the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon Presidential Libraries, has released the complete report. The 48 boxes in this series contain a complete copy of the 7,000 page report along with numerous copies of different volumes of the report, all declassified. Approximately 34% of the report is available for the first time.What is unique about this, compared to other versions, is that:* The complete Report is now available with no redactions compared to previous releases* The Report is presented as Leslie Gelb presented it to then Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford on January 15, 1969* All the supplemental back-documentation is included. In the Gravel Edition, 80% of the documents in Part V.B. were not includedThis release includes the complete account of peace negotiations, significant portions of which were not previously available either in the House Armed Services Committee redacted copy of the Report or in the Gravel Edition.This facsimiile edition includes:* Part V. B. 3. a. Justification of the War. Internal Documents. The Eisenhower Administration. Volume I: 1953 * Part V. B. 3. b. Justification of the War. Internal Documents. The Eisenhower Administration. Volume II: 1954 - Geneva