Mark R. Peattie, Edward J. Drea, Hans J. van de Ven, eds. The Battle for China: Essays on the Military History of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010. Illustrations, maps. 664 pp. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8047-6206-9. Reviewed by Roger H. Brown (Saitama University) Published on H-War (December, 2012) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey The Sino-Japanese War of 1937-45 was immense both in its scale and consequences. Nevertheless, Western military histories
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recruitment and retention plan. I will be writing my report in a rank chronological order starting from Pte through to the Officer ranks. THE ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT 2. The AGC (SPS) branch delivers administrative support to the entire British Army. The administrative support is from the very bottom, all the way to the top. At the same time civilian business functions are under pinned by administration, no organisation civilian or military can survive without effective administration, The
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The Doctrine 2015 Army Study Guide Mission Command Center of Excellence, Doctrine 2015 http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/MCCOE/Doctrine2015Tables.asp Doctrine 2015 is transforming the Army's doctrinal base to deliver doctrine - clear, concise, current and accessible - to the point of need. This process accelerates the implementation of new doctrine across the force by providing the Army with a completely revised structure of manuals. Doctrine 2015 captures the essential lessons learned from 10+
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International Security Lecture 1 March 30th, 2015 The politics of security knowledge What is international security? We could start thinking about the security council of the UN But also about the invasion of Afghanistan (chapter 7 UN in order to secure the international security) We can also think about security in terms of the invasion of Iraq in 2003. This was a unilateral act of war, but sure it can also mean other things We can think of the national security agency, the agency
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The Easter Rising In Ireland 1916, there was an event known as The Easter Rising. The roots of the Rising lie in the ‘new nationalism’ which emerged in Ireland from the 1890s. Its most significant outcome was the rejuvenation of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). This small, underground, revolutionary body planned and directed the insurrection in 1916. The truly dynamic element was a tiny minority within this organization; they were acting on the old republican principle: ‘England’s difficulty
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Comparison of Creation Myths Carin M. Valencia HUM / 105 February 11, 2013 Gerald Grudzen PhD. Comparison of Creation Myths In the Chinese creation myth of Yin and Yang, it is taught that in the beginning, before the existence heaven and earth there was nothing but chaos. It is this chaos that eventually gave birth to one God and one Goddess and they would create Heaven and Earth and come to be known as Yin and Yang. “Yin gathered into herself all that was dark and heavy. And, like a thick
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Penn State University Press Historical Perspective of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management Discipline Author(s): R. Neil Southern Source: Transportation Journal, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Winter 2011), pp. 53-64 Published by: Penn State University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/transportationj.50.1.0053 Accessed: 08-10-2015 12:36 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms
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9 Timeless Leadership Lessons from Cyrus the Great Comment Now Cyrus The Great Cyrus The Great (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Forget 1-800-CEO Read. The greatest book on business and leadership was written in the 4th century BC by a Greek about a Persian King. Yeah, that’s right. Behold: Cyrus the Great, the man that historians call “the most amiable of conquerors,” and the first king to found “his empire on generosity” instead of violence and tyranny. Consider Cyrus the antithesis to Machiavelli’s
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In the mind of a Veteran To better understand the life of a veteran, I sat down with one who is currently serving in the United States Army National Guard and has sixteen years of service. In order to help me with this, Master Sergeant Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxxx provided me with details about his military career starting out as a Combat Engineer and switching over to the Military Police Corps. During our time he explained to me that growing up he didn’t have a lot of money and wanted to go to college.
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has shown that the Islamic culture and Arab world is anything but ignorant. The quest for a new Islamic world began in the early 7th century and was a militarily and societal effort to spread the religion and culture of Islam. Invading Islamic armies found once powerful, but now depleted and war weary empires ripe for the sacking; utilizing both land and sea assaults to conquer port and city targets. Within 100 years of the fall of Mecca, Islam had spread across much of the Middle East, North
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