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Military geography for professionals and the public /
An examination of geography's critical effects on battles throughout the ages.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Brassey's,
1998.
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| Edición: | 1st Brassey's ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Collins, John M., |d 1921-2018. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Military geography for professionals and the public / |c John M. Collins. |
| 250 | |a 1st Brassey's ed. | ||
| 260 | |a Washington, D.C. : |b Brassey's, |c 1998. | ||
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (xxiv, 437 pages) : |b illustrations, maps | ||
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| 500 | |a Originally published: Washington, D.C. : National Defense University, 1998. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-415) and index. | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; 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 | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 6. 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 | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Current 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 | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Fortified 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 | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Military 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 | |
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