The book is an authoritative history on the Army Air Defense Artillery Branch on Fort Bliss, Texas. Fort Bliss in 1940 was a cavalry post located on the Texas border. The post itself occupied the sixth location of what had been called Fort Bliss. In the summer of 1940 a number of Army National Guard antiaircraft regiments were called to active duty to spend one year protecting American cities and territories from air attack. In September the first antiaircraft regiment, the 202nd Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft) Regiment, arrived at Fort Bliss. Over the next four years the post became an antiaircraft training center and finally the Army antiaircraft training center. After the war, Fort Bliss became the premier guided missile testing and training center for the Army. All of the Nike missile battalions deployed to protect American cities during the Cold War trained there. As time passed, Fort Bliss expanded to 1.1 million acres, one of the largest Army posts in the world. By 1946, the antiaircraft arm was the owner of Fort Bliss. By 1957, the post had become the Air Defense Center and School for the United States Army. This book is the story of that progression until the Base Realignment and Closure announcement in 2005. By 2011, the Air Defense Artillery Center and School will be located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. This will end the era of Air Defense Artillery ownership of Fort Bliss, Texas

Blazing Skies: Air Defense Artillery on Fort Bliss, 1940-2009

History

Hamilton, John A.

Americas

Defense Department

NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT-- OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price "The United States needs to develop the capacity to conduct complex operations that require close civil-military planning and cooperation in the field. This study is comprehensive review of this national need and examines how the need can best be met. Its main conclusion is that current efforts to build a civilian response capacity for complex operations are unfinished and that the Obama administration needs to dedicate additional attention, including new legislation and resources, to complete the task. It recommends what civilian capacity to build, how much of it is needed, and how to manage and organize it." from the website of the Dec. 2008 preliminary repoort Related products: The Limits of Military Officers' Duty to Obey Civilian Orders: A Neo-Classical Perspective can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01166-4 Navies and Soft Power: Historical Case Studies of Naval Power and the Nonuse of Military Force is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-046-00290-8 Other Than War: The American Military Experience and Operations in the Post-Cold War Decade is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-004-00029-3 Maturing Defense Support of Civil Authorities and the Dual Status Commander Arrangement through the Lens of Process Improvement is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01140-1

Civilian Surge: Key to Complex Operations

Business & Money

Education & Reference

Offers a conceptual pathway for U.S. policymakers to begin recalibrating America's security role to reverse what has appeared to be a widening gap between U.S. ends and means, now and in the future. Provides an overview of eight broad trends shaping the international security environment; a global analysis of the world's seven regions, to consider important developments in their distinctive neighborhoods; and, an examination of prospective U.S. contributions, military capabilities and force structure, national security organization, alliances and partnerships, and strategies.

Global Strategic Assessment 2009: America's Security Role in a Changing World

Introduction to Defense Acquisition Management, September 2009

Defense, Department

Purpose: A one-day international symposium hosted by the Marine Corps University (MCU) and the Marine Corps University Foundation to enhance the overall understanding of Iran, exploring its internal dynamics, regional perspectives, and extra-regional factors and examining its near-term political and strategic options and their potential impact on the course of action of the United States and the USMC.

The Iranian Puzzle Piece: Understanding Iran in the Global Context

New and seldom used. Up to date edition of JOW as of 2009. Accompanied with CD-ROM. Ships from RI, USA

Joint Operational Warfare: Theory and Practice

Vego, Milan, Dr.

Military

Bayer’s book addresses the question of how the United States can engage international partners more effectively to address worldwide manifestations of destabilizing violence, often indiscriminately labeled “terrorism.” This work advocated solely for the legal and legitimate exercise of the rule of law through international police cooperation, whether through formal channels or through the much more powerful and effective informal networking.

Blue Planet: Informal International Police Networks and National Intelligence

Criminal Law

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