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  • A TALE OF TWO BIRDS
    Gordon B. Greer
    Mr. Greer reviews the very sporadic appearance of new weapons of war during the first three millennia of recorded military history. He contrasts this with the increasing frequency of new weapons in the most recent two centuries and the short time generally taken to develop those later weapons. The increased pace of technology improvement in several important categories of weapo...
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  • A TALE OF TWO BIRDS
    Gordon B. Greer
    Mr. Greer reviews the very sporadic appearance of new weapons of war during the first three millennia of recorded military history. He contrasts this with the increasing frequency of new weapons in the most recent two centuries and the short time generally taken to develop those later weapons. The increased pace of technology improvement in several important categories of weapo...
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    17,51 €

  • The Role of Luck
    Gordon B Greer
    In attempting to analyze the role of luck in war, a rather narrow definition of luck is necessary. The conventional dictionary definitions of luck are 'a force that brings good fortune or adversity' and 'the events or circumstances that operate for or against an individual.' Those definitions are so broad that they would appear to cover many, perhaps most, events in war. There ...
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    28,82 €

  • The Role of Luck
    Gordon B Greer
    In attempting to analyze the role of luck in war, a rather narrow definition of luck is necessary. The conventional dictionary definitions of luck are 'a force that brings good fortune or adversity' and 'the events or circumstances that operate for or against an individual.' Those definitions are so broad that they would appear to cover many, perhaps most, events in war. There ...
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    17,58 €

  • All-Weather Fighters
    Gordon B Greer / Gordon B. Greer
    Mr. Greer outlines the not well-known aircraft and activities of the United States Air Force’s all-weather fighters during the first part of the Cold War. He covers the organization, development and decline of the all-weather force in response to the Soviet Union’s long-range strategic bomber force equipped with atomic weapons. The author describes not only the individual airc...
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    17,57 €

  • All-Weather Fighters
    Gordon B. Greer
    Mr. Greer outlines the not well-known aircraft and activities of the United States Air Force’s all-weather fighters during the first part of the Cold War. He covers the organization, development and decline of the all-weather force in response to the Soviet Union’s long-range strategic bomber force equipped with atomic weapons. The author describes not only the individual airc...
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    28,81 €

  • What Price Security?
    Gordon B Greer
    In the wake of the September 11 attacks, American citizens within the United States constantly worry about security against future terrorist attacks. But author Gordon Greer delves further into this subject by trying to understand why the general public is so intent on the ramifications of security measures, such as the Patriot Act.The history of warfare might provide an answer...
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    17,61 €

  • The First Decade of the Twentieth Century
    Gordon B Greer
    The author compares five primitive life forms from the Burgess Shale of over 500,000,000 years ago to five new technologies invented or developed in the first decade of the twentieth century in terms of their development and importance both in the past and for the future. He speculates on some possible alternative courses of history if different events had occurred during the f...
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    18,78 €

  • The First Decade of the Twentieth Century
    Gordon B Greer
    The author compares five primitive life forms from the Burgess Shale of over 500,000,000 years ago to five new technologies invented or developed in the first decade of the twentieth century in terms of their development and importance both in the past and for the future. He speculates on some possible alternative courses of history if different events had occurred during the f...
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    30,02 €

  • World in Conflict
    Gordon B. Greer
    Viewing the subject from the side of the Allies, the author reviews four major achievements in World War II which had unexpected and even more dramatic consequences not discovered until much after the event. He also deals with the evaluation of some weapons, tactics and statistics in ways that are at odds with much of the conventional wisdom as well as with statements of fact t...
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    17,53 €

  • World in Conflict
    Gordon B. Greer
    Viewing the subject from the side of the Allies, the author reviews four major achievements in World War II which had unexpected and even more dramatic consequences not discovered until much after the event. He also deals with the evaluation of some weapons, tactics and statistics in ways that are at odds with much of the conventional wisdom as well as with statements of fact t...
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    28,78 €