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- U.S.ARMY HERALDIC CRESTS
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U.S. Army Heraldic Crests: A Complete Illustrated History of Authorized Distinctive Unit Insignia
Barry Jason Stein
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Customer Reviews:
Quick Reference.......2002-06-29
Good quick reference to identifing current authorized insignia. Does not cover the insignia of decommisioned units that can be found in the ASMIC organizations libraries. Has a good index to find motto's of units as well.
U.S.ARMY HERALDIC CRESTS.......2000-01-31
VERY GOOD AND HELPFUL REFERENCE FOR AS FAR AS IT GOES. UNFORTUNATELY IT DEALS WITH 'AUTHORIZED' AND DOES NOT HAVE REFERENCES TO ANY OUT-OF-DATE DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA. IN MY LIMITED COLLECTION I HAVE NUMEROUS EXAMPLES THAT DO NOT APPEAR IN THIS BOOK AS I THOUGHT THEY WOULD. THIS INCLUDES MOST OF THE D.I.'s FOR THE ARMY AIR FORCES. I AM JUST AS INTERESTED IN THE OLDER, PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED AND/OR USED D.I.'s. ANOTHER FEATURE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL WOULD BE A TIMELINE IN THE USE OF THE VARIOUS FASTENING METHODS USED.
AGAIN, A VERY HELPFUL BOOK BUT LIMITED IN SCOPE.
The most comprehensive book on the subject........1996-07-26
Catalogs over 3,000 distinctive insignia, with full-color
illustrations, descriptions, translations of mottos, and
other useful information.
A few darker DI's do not photograph well but enough detail
can be seen to identify them. It is hoped this minor fault
will be corrected in future editions of this most useful
book.
Customer Reviews:
Stanton.......2007-01-16
This is a cornerstone of the collection of anyone doing VN research.
Bob Walsh
All Reference but Invaluable for the Researcher.......2004-10-02
Shelby Stanton's book "Vietnam: Order of Battle" is a recent re-issue of a classic reference text that is essential for anyone who is researching America's long, troubled war in Southeast Asia. The book does not have a narrative, or an overview of the war, it is simply a well-researched and comrehensive breakdown of facts, the engagements that the United States and its allies fought, the organization and insignia of the units that serves in Vietnam, the fixed wing aircraft, the ubiquitous helicopters, small arms, heavy weapons, armor that were used, the deployments and casualties, military terms and finally, a very useful series of maps of the conflict. Shelby Stanton is an authority on the War in Vietnam and has authored many books on the subject and this large coffee-table volume is the product of an unusually dedicated and indefatigable researcher.
Book Description
This up-to-date electronic book on two CD-ROMs presents the most comprehensive collection available anywhere on the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Since 1845 more than 60,000 young men and women have successfully completed "four years by the Bay." Coverage includes: United States Naval Academy; Annapolis; History of the Naval Academy; Military Education; Character Quarterly 2000 through 2003; Plebe Academic Handbook Class of 2007; Cadet Life in Color; Nimitz Library; Hurricane Isabel Damage; Albert A. Michelson: Life in Science; Illustrated History of Army-Navy Football Game 1890 through 2002; Center for the Study of Professional Military Ethics; U.S. Naval Academy Band and History.
United States Naval Academy coverage illustrated with dramatic color photography includes: History of the U.S. Naval Academy; Admissions; About the USNA; Visiting the USNA; Frequently Asked Questions about the Academy; Academic Center; Plebe Programs; Academic Counseling; Learning Skills; Tutoring; Office of the Academic Dean and Provost; Plebe Advising Handbook 2003-2004; Plebe Academic Handbook Class of 2007; Strategies for Academic Success; Midshipmen Group Study Program; Course Descriptions for each Academic Department; Student Life; Life in the Brigade; Plebe Summer; Daily Schedule; Leadership Responsibility; Religious Activities; Extracurricular Activities; Aerospace Engineering Department Course Information; The Character Quarterly Spring 2000 through 2003; Academic Calendars 1996 through 2003; U.S. Naval Academy 2002-2003 Catalog; English Department History 1845-2002; Ireland's Literary Voice and Edgar Allan Poe Special Topics Presentations by the English Department; Hurricane Isabel Damage; Center for the Study of Professional Military Ethics; U.S. Naval Academy Band; History of the U.S. Naval Academy Band; Summary of Research 1996-1997 by USNA Research Office. Nimitz Library coverage includes: Albert A. Michelson: A Life in Science Virtual Tour; A Guide to the Michelson Collection; Chester W. Nimitz historical information; Illustrated History of Army-Navy Football Game 1890 through 2002; Library guidance by Academic Department and Subject with Bibliographies.
This set of two CD-ROMs has over 21,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems, and Reader software is included. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, and portable!
Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched, or printed without untold hours of tedious searching and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc set makes a superb reference work for scientists, researchers, libraries, business managers, schools, students, and home reference!
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In 1775, determined and angry colonists took up arms against a common foe, and their battle cries signaled the birth of the United States Army. The Army has been forged in the fires of revolution, tested on continental battlefields, battered at the shores of Normandy, and hardened on the sands of the Persian Gulf and Iraq. Published in conjunction with the Army Historical Foundation, this beautifully illustrated large-format book is both a major reference tool and a handsome addition to any military history collection. Building on official Army chronologies, U.S. Army: A Complete History presents a year-by-year summary of significant Army activities, from before the American Revolution to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Key historical entries, as well as significant operations, technological advances, and the people instrumental in shaping the Army, appear as expanded sidebar articles written by leading experts in each subject.
Customer Reviews:
Very pleased..........2007-01-19
I ordered "US Army: A Complete History" about 2 weeks before Christmas, and was aware that it MAY not get shipped to me in time to give to my boyfriend for Christmas. Nearly an entire week before Christmas my package came in and the book was in perfect condition. I couldn't have been more pleased with the product and the VERY timely service from Amazon and the seller.
A definitive history of the U.S. army from the 1600s to modern times .......2006-01-09
Readers seeking a definitive history of the U.S. army from the 1600s to modern times must have this weighty, exhaustive reference: it truly is a complete history, surveying the Army's changes and purposes during war and peace. Gorgeous color photos and drawings pack timelines of events, some as specific as for months of a given year, while army status, general participation and resignations, division commands and processes, traditions, and medals, congressional moves and more all receive notes. Anyone seeking a weighty history that offers at-a-glance facts and dates simply have to have U.S. Army: A Complete History.
Might make a good Christmas present?.......2005-11-10
I ordered this book in a moment of inattention thinking it was something by the US Army Historical Section.
It's certainly an impressive book in physical terms, weighing in at 5.8 kgs. (12.8 lbs). It is also lavishly illustrated, but to call it a "complete history" is overstating the case. It is a chronological overview of the high points (the low points are carefully skipped - don't expect to find Mi Lay in the index) of US military history with a heavy emphasis on the heroic and red, white and blue patriotic sentiment. The preface states something like "Our soldiers are moral warriors who defend unchanging values etc. etc."
If you're a patriotic American and want to present a handsome gift to your local high school library, a gift that, who knows, may inspire some youngster to embrace the profession of arms, this book seems like an excellent idea.
But if you're looking for 50 dollars' worth of serious military history, I would advise you to look elsewhere.
For the Vet in your life.......2005-10-02
I purchased this book to give to my 86 year-old father on his birthday. Dad doesn't get around as much as he did in the past so he spends hours a day watching WWII movies on TMC. This book will be a perfect supplement. I know he will spend hours with it. I'm also self-serving because I too will enjoy flipping through it. Highly recommended!
Boots On The Ground.......2004-12-15
Boots on the Ground" has been the foundation of U.S. Army thinking for more than two centuries. I first got an understanding of what it meant at the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield. In walking down from the top of the mountain was a display of a shallow pit in the ground where a picket would have lay down looking for an attack. I don't know which side occupied this particular pit, in retrospect of course, it was an American soldier. Hunkering down in this pit, probably scared to death, this man was effectively saying, "This is my piece of ground, and you gotta go through me to get it."
You need ships, and airplanes, and tanks, and the big guns, but when it comes down to it, it's the single man with his boots on the ground that makes the difference. And it continues today in places all around the world.
This is a huge book, 3 and a half inches thick, about ten by 13 inches in size. It is profusely illustrated and discusses almost every battle in which the U.S. Army has been involved. It starts in the 1600's, with the formation of militia formed by the colonies for protection from Indian raids. It continues through every war, almost every battle until the finding of Saddam in Iraq. It's authors are all either Army officers or professional historians with a heavy Army history. It's a supurb book.
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Trace American sniping materiel from its infancy to today's sophisticated systems with this volume, compiled from Senich's early books, Limited War Sniping and The Pictorial History of U.S. Sniping. Almost 400 photos, plus information gleaned from official documents and military archives, pack this informative work.
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This comprehensive CD-ROM provides the complete story of the White Sands, New Mexico facilities used by the Army and NASA: the Army White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) and the NASA White Sands Test Facility; the Systems Test and Assessment Directorate of the Army, and the White Sands Test Center (WSTC). In addition to material about current activities, there is extensive illustrated historical material about the testing of rockets starting with the V-2.
The White Sands Missile Range, which calls itself the birthplace of America's missile and space activity, provides quality test, evaluation, research, and other technical services to the Army and DOD acquisition programs. It a multi-service test range whose main function is the support of missile development and test programs for the Army, Navy, Air Force, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), other government agencies and private industry. The White Sands range is under operational control of the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (TECOM), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. TECOM is the Army's test laboratory for planning and conducting engineering and service tests of all materials from missiles to rifles, tanks to trucks, clothing to radios, aviation to fire control equipment. The missile range is in the Tularosa Basin of south-central New Mexico. During World War II, with the eye-opening German rocket work, the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps recognized the possibilities of rocket warfare and sponsored research and development in methods of missile guidance. The missile range was established July 9, 1945, as White Sands Proving Ground (name changed in 1958) to be America's testing range for the development of rocket technology and missile weapons. As soon as White Sands was established work began on a launch complex for testing missiles, which included the V-2, Corporal, Lance, MLRS, and others. Trinity Site was the location for the explosion of the world's first atomic bomb. White Sands also provides an alternate landing site for the Space Shuttle at Northrup Strip.
The NASA Test Facility tests hypergolic propellant handling, the chemical and physical properties of materials, hazards in the High Energy Blast Facility, oxygen systems, and propulsion components. The White Sands Space Harbor (WSSH) is a primary shuttle pilot training area and backup landing site.
In all, this CD-ROM has over 6,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Apple Macintosh systems. Reader software is included on the CD. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, and portable.
Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed or printed without untold hours of tedious searching and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc makes a great reference work and educational tool.
Book Description
Ranger qualified Lieutenant Colonel John Lock provides the first complete chronicle of the elite U.S. Army Rangers in this second, revised edition.
Customer Reviews:
Intriguing and Inspiring story.......2007-01-28
Whether you are currently a Ranger or aspiring to become one at some point in the future; whether you served in the military or are a military enthusiast, "To Fight With Intrepidity" is a great read. You will find it has detailed information on the formation and evolution of the Rangers in a way that keeps you interested without any extra marketing fluff. It is the story alone - one that will let you come face to face with men who lived and died, some even before the birth of the United States. But you will make a connection with these men, and come to understand and appreciate their valor and sacrifices, and realize their validity in our day and age.
LTC Lock reveals lessons for today's light infantry.......2000-08-13
LTC Lock has done in a compact form a BDU pocket-sized complete history of the U.S. Army Rangers, this quantification is usually what we praise, but we forget the quality of his writing when he does this. We need to realize what is it that we want to learn from Army Ranger history other than the predictable HOOAH! stuff?
LTC Lock in his book reveals an aspect of light infantry operations we simply do not understand today with our men turned into pack mules with "100 pounds of lightweight equipment". Read his accounts of Roger's Rangers and you will see a light infantry that could "fly" on its feet through the woods and outfight the Indians. The recent film, "Last of the Mohicans" best captures this capability. This was a Ranger infantry that was willing to use unusual mobility means, also---boats, ice skates, snow shoes, living off the land--all to get that mobility edge over the enemy. In WWII, Darby used speed-marches and carts to carry mortars/ammo to close on enemies rapidly to gain surprise/violence of action. Merrill's Marauders used mules to carry 75mm pack howitzers and supplies to penetrate deep into the jungles of Burma and take Myitkyina airfield from the jungle-seasoned Japanese. In Five major (WALAWBUM, SHADUZUP, INKANGAHTAWNG, NHPUM GA, & MYITKYINA) and thirty minor engagements, they defeated the veteran soldiers of the Japanese 18th Division (Conquerors of Singapore and Malaya) who vastly outnumbered the Marauders. Always moving to the rear of the main forces of the Japanese, the Marauders completely disrupted the enemy supply and communication lines, and climaxed their behind the lines operations with the capture of Myitkyina Airfield, the only all-weather airfield in Northern Burma.
Theese lessons need to be applied to today's light infantry that is still over-looking the capability modern mountain bikes and carts with oversized tires could give an Airborne Ranger-type force to close on an enemy after insertion out of detection range by parachute/airlanding aircraft.
My only fault with the book is that it doesn't clearly lay-out the roles/missions dilemma current Ranger infantry is in---it really has 2 types of missions:
1.) on one hand its America's shock troops storming defended high-value targets alone or as a spearhead for other troops (WWII Commando mindset),
2.)on the other, it has to be able to "Range" across the land as light infantry for days at a time to raid/recon (traditional Ranger missions).
These two missions are different and require different mindsets and equipment---and this is why TF Ranger in Somalia did not have armored fighting vehicles--because it was not seen as appropriate for "Rangers to do mech" if one was defining the unit by traditional roles/missions. However, shock troops need shock action and that means Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) and shielded men, which Rangers lead the U.S. military by employing for the first time rifle-caliber resstant body armor and having the physical conditioning and willingness to take Soldier's load risks to go into battle with it. AFVs are not popular in the minds of some Rangers, but its necessary to successfully perform shock action missions in urbanized terrain. Other elite units in the world can ride AFVs without their image suffering. Walking is not always the best way to "range" across the battlefield, as Ranger gun-jeeps, RSOVs (Land Rovers) and HMMWVs attest from combat in Iran (Desert 1), Grenada (airlanded from C-130s), Panama (parachute air-dropped) and Iraq (Desert Storm). But these are unarmored vehicles not up to the task of advancing in the face of concentrated enemies and their fire. LTC Lock in his superb chapter on the Mogadishu raid expertly outlines why Rangers should have had armored vehicles and that they would have prevented 1-18 men dying that day. His Somalia chapter is as good as Bowden's entire book, "Blackhawk Down!" and in some ways better---because it doesn't mince words and gets to the point that AFVs were needed in the force structure.
If America's light infantry forces would look back via LTC Lock's fine book into its methodology of Roger's Rangers; it will find the mindset needed to make it the most mobile and hardest-hitting infantry on earth that can range across the terrain quick enough to defeat the stalemate sensors and optics will create against a slower moving force. If these forces will understand that as Col Daniel Bolger states in Death Ground: America's Infantry in battle: "Ranger tabs don't stop bullets", and accept a modest number of air-droppable and helicopter transportable light tracked AFVs into its force structure for its own organic shielded mobility and heavy firepower, it will have learned well from its Somalian ordeals and be ready to lead the way! into the 21st century.
Review from a Ranger perspective.......2000-03-31
Ranger units have always put tremendous emphasis on history and tradition as an aspect of pride in duty, and that's where this work has real value. Academic critique from recreational readers won't reflect this --it's just another book; however; Rangers and men in the Special Ops business out there will see much deeper meaning in it. If you want to take pride in wearing the beret a step further (whether today or years ago), read Lock's book. There are nearly four centuries of tradition behind the Ranger Creed and Roger's Standing Orders: Learn the history.
Valuable information, but a ghodawful prose style.......2000-01-27
It used to be that the U.S. military turned out officers who could write decently. Apparently this is either no longer the case -- or the Rangers tend to draw their officers from that portion of the corps which consists largely of people who can't even write a decent field manual. Major Lock is one of these officers, and TO FIGHT WITH INTREPIDITY suffers badly because the publisher of this book didn't assign someone to edit Major Lock's manuscript as thoroughly as it needed to be. This notwithstanding, Major Lock's book is an uniquely well-researched and enormously valuable source of information on the history of the Rangers in America and the Ranger units of the U.S. Army in the wars and other armed conflicts of the 20th Century. I find this book a valuable addition to my library despite the fact that it reads like a badly translated copy of a textbook from the Frunze Academy, and I would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone interested in the history of the U.S. Army's development and employment of light infantry forces.
A great book on what it means to be brave.......1999-10-23
This book cover the hundreds of years that the Army Rangers or similar units have been fighting with tremendous bravery. Lock begins in the French and Indian War with Rogers' Rangers and continues all the way to the Rangers exploits in Somalia in 1993. Overall, it is a very fascinating book involving many fascinating - but unknown - heroes. Just to be a Ranger is to be a hero, and Lock shows that very well. The only complaint is he goes on for far too long on the French and Indian War. This is not all bad, though. Although that war is considered boring, he shows the incredible bravery of Rogers and his men. Despite the outdated war, bravery of men is still very modern. I would read this book again if I had the patience to read 400 pages of the same material again.
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This superb electronic book on a single DVD-ROM presents the most comprehensive collection available anywhere on the United States Military Academy at West Point. USMA West Point coverage features these publications: Educating Future Army Officers for A Changing World; The Redbook of Academic Programs; Educating Army Leaders; Staff; Office of the Dean; Admissions; USMA Library; Academics and the Curriculum; Academic Departments coverage includes all Departments from Behavioral Sciences & Leadership to Systems Engineering; Military and Physical Instructional Departments; Centers of Excellence; Extensive Color Photographic coverage of student life and activities; USMA Class coverage (Class of 1998 through 2007) including thousands of pages of color photography of class activities; Notable Graduates; Tour of Sites and Buildings with dramatic color photography; Cadet Life; Department of Military Instruction; Department of Physical Education; Corps of Cadets; Cadet Clubs; Staff Judge Advocate; Garrison Commander; Provost Marshal's Office; Keller Army Community Hospital.
USMA West Point historical coverage includes: West Point Photos of the Late Nineteenth Century; Personal Reminiscences 1824-1831; Class Albums 1862, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902; The Howitzer 1897; John Adams Manuscript; Photographs of West Point by U.S. Army Signal Corps and official West Point photographer; Photos and Drawings by Seneca R. Stoddard; USMA News and Press Releases from 1999 through 2003; Extensive 2002 U.S. Military Academy Bicentennial Celebration coverage; Sandhurst Competition.
This disc has over 57,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems, and Reader software is included. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, and portable!
Our discs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed or printed without untold hours of tedious searching and downloading. This book-on-a-disc makes a superb reference work and educational tool. This DVD-ROM disc is for use in a computer DVD drive. The files can be accessed from the File Explorer in the same way that you open files from a CD-ROM disc; the CD-ROM and DVD-ROM formats are functionally the same, but the DVD has more than six times greater storage capacity. Of course, this disc cannot be "played" in a DVD player connected to a television set. It contains computer-formatted data, not video.
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This first biography of General George A. Custer was published late in 1876, only months after the disaster at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. A Complete Life was the beginning of a legend, and Frderick Whittaker did more than anyone else except Libby Custer to make the flamboyant Boy General a permanent resident of the national consciousness.
Quite aside from its contribution to the public image of Custer, this important book placed him and his associates against a concrete background of onrushing events. Drawing on newspaper reports and the general's own words, Whittaker captures the excitement of the era. Continuing the story of Custer from Volume 1, which dealt with his childhood in Ohio, cadetship at West Point, courtship of Elizabeth Bacon, and service as a cavalryman in the Civil War, Volume 2 takes Custer west to head up the newly created Seventh Cavalry and fight the Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Kiowas, and Sioux. Whittaker gives full scope to Custer's brushes with authority, his changeable relations with his troops, and his famous expeditions, ending with a memorable description of his last stand at the Little Big Horn in June 1876.
Customer Reviews:
I just want to share summaries with other costomers.......2002-12-18
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Informative; Authentic; Required reading for Custerophiles!.......1998-08-30
Published six months after Custer's death, Frederick Whittaker's "A Complete Life of General George A. Custer" traces the American icon's life from his boyhood in Ohio through his cadet years at West Point, his Civil War exploits, his impressive rise to the rank of Major General of cavalry in the Army of the Potomac and his transition to the peacetime army. All the foundation elements of the Custer story are stated in Vol. I of Whittaker's book. They are supported by the first person accounts of Custer and other of his peers, and in my opinion, clearly define the reasons for Custer being rightfully considered a genuine, homegrown American hero based on his Civil War exploits alone! [See also: "Custer Victorious"/Urwin; "Custer and His Wolverines"/Longacre; "Touched by Fire"/Barnett] My reading of this book was enriched by the fact that, as a Custer contemporary, Whittaker was not only in touch with the the 19th century ambience, but that he had the added advantages of active service as a trooper in the 6th New York Cavalry and access to Custer's papers, Civil War memoirs and personal anecdotes through his collaboration with Custer's widow, Elizabeth. As a result, the book is replete with knowledgeable commentaries on the customs, mores and military standards of the times. Of special interest to me were the final three chapters devoted to Custer's transition from the wartime to the peacetime army [Book Six, Chapters 1-3]. In these chapters Whittaker gives a clear and perceptive overview of the postwar military structure; the social psychology of the men Custer would come to command; the negative public perception of the postwar enlistee; the deficiencies in the formation of the 7th Cavalry; and the intense political intrigues which seem to surround and infect the military, particularly in peacetime. [For a contemporary example, see "Patton: A Genius for War"/D'Este]. In a clear and interesting fashion Whittaker enunciates the undercurrents which produced the "four D's" (demoralization; disobedience; dipsomania; desertion) which Custer had no part in creating but over which he was expected to exert appropriate control. Whittaker makes it clear that it was Custer's efforts in this direction, coupled with his own naivete, that set the stage for many of his future difficulties with the command structure. Whittaker's "A Complete Life of General George A. Custer" is the spiritual and intellectual great granddaddy of most subsequent writings on the subject. I found that, in spite of its venerability, the book is still productive of provocative thought pieces. As an example, it contains perhaps the first published mention of Custer having been offered a full colonelcy in the 9th Cavalry, a black regiment, which he allegedly refused , ". . .preferring a lower step to a lower grade of service. . ." One may speculate as to how the acceptance of that command might have influenced Custer's subsequent career. In this regard, it is interesting to note that the acceptance of command of a black regiment (the 94th Massachusetts) provided an upward step for Col. Robert Gould Shaw, and Gen. John J. Pershing's early command experience with the all-black 10th Cavalry Regiment (and the resulting sobriquet "Black Jack") may well have called attention to this officer and advanced his career. In spite of Whittaker's lapses into florid prose and blatant hero-worship, I found Volume I of his complete biography of Custer to be emminently readable and informative. I would highly recommend this as a "must-read" for both Custerophile and casual history reader alike.
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This up-to-date and comprehensive electronic book on DVD-ROM presents an extensive library of documents and publications covering all aspects of U.S. military Special Operations Forces, including the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the Army Special Operations (USASOC), along with the MacDill Air Force Base – at the forefront of the Global War on Terrorism. The disc includes reproductions of three excellent documents on the history and work of the U.S. military Special Operations Forces (Special Ops), along with the latest Special Operations annual report (2005). The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) plans, directs and executes special operations in the conduct of the War on Terrorism in order to disrupt, defeat, and destroy terrorist networks that threaten the United States, its citizens and interests worldwide. USSOCOM organizes, trains, and equips Special Operations Forces provided to Geographic Combatant Commanders, American Ambassadors and their Country Teams. Special operations are conducted in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments to achieve military, diplomatic, informational, and/or economic objectives employing military capabilities for which there is no broad conventional force requirement. These operations often require covert, clandestine, or discreet capabilities. Special operations are applicable across the range of military operations. They can be conducted independently or in conjunction with operations of conventional forces or other government agencies and may include operations by, with, or through indigenous or surrogate forces. Special operations differ from conventional military actions in the following ways: Greater degree of physical and political risk; Unique operational techniques, mode of employment, and independence from friendly support; Detailed operational intelligence and indigenous assets The business of managing more than 49,000 active duty and Reserve Component SOF personnel is the responsibility of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), which is headquartered in Tampa, Florida. Despite their demonstrated capability and recent successes in Afghanistan and Iraq, SOF face significant challenges in the years ahead. SOF must develop capabilities to defend the U.S. Homeland from terrorism and CBRNE threats wherever they occur, as well as prepare to meet the uncertain challenges of the future. Document contents include: SOF family; SOF schools; Headquarters organizational charts and descriptions; glossary; History on the 15th anniversary; founding and evolution of USSOCOM; evolution of the command; Advanced SEAL delivery system (ASDS); OPTEMPO; Major Operations 1987 to present, Persian Gulf Operation Earnest Will, Panama Operation Just Cause, Task Force Red, Task Force White, Task Force Black H-Hour Missions, Ma Bell Missions, Just Cause Proves it Worth, Iraq Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Combat Search and Rescue, Special Reconnaisance, Direct Action Missions, Operation Urban Freedom, PSYOP and CA missions, Task Force Ranger Operation Support Democracy, Balkans, Operation Allied Force, Operation Joint Guardian, Operation Focus Relief, Counter-drug Operations, Operation Silver Anvil, Operation Assured Response, Operation Shadow Express, Operation Silver Wake, Operation Firm Response, Operation Enduring Freedom. This incredible DVD-ROM is packed with over 11,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. Our news and educational CD-ROM and DVD-ROM discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without unto
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