Initiation To War

Author : Robert N. Charrette
Publisher : Ace Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Imaginary wars and battles
ISBN : 0451458516

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Initiation to War by Robert N. Charrette Pdf

On planet Epsilon Eridani, young Tybalt Kelly dreams of one day becoming a MechWarrior - no matter how much his father hates the idea. When the local Country Shu Militia starts recruiting for warrior training, Tybalt finally gets his wish. But he might not live to regret it. Because the raw, untested forces of the Shu are about to meet their baptism of fire. Unidentified 'Mech raiders have been hitting cities and supply depots, destroying and plundering at will. And the newly fitted MechWarriors are going after them. Now Tybalt is about to discover the hard truth that some battles have no winner - and in war, glory may be fleeting, but death is forever . . .

Author : Robert N. Charrette
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1533765081

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Initiation to War: BattleTech Legends, #21 by Robert N. Charrette Pdf

NASTY, BRUTAL, AND SHORT...On the planet Epsilon Eridani, young Tybalt Kelly dreams of one day becoming a MechWarrior--no matter how much his father hates the idea. When the local County Shu Militia starts recruiting for warrior training, Tybalt finally gets his wish. But he might not live to regret it.Because the raw, untested forces of the Shu are about to meet their baptism by fire. Unidentified 'Mech raiders have been hitting cities and supply depots, destroying and plundering at will. And the newly fitted MechWarriors are going after them.Now Tybalt is about to discover the hard truth that some battles have no winner--and in war, glory may be fleeting, but death is forever...

Author : Robert N. Charrette
Publisher : Catalyst Game Labs
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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BattleTech Legends: Initiation to War by Robert N. Charrette Pdf

DREAMS OF GLORY... On the planet Epsilon Eridani, young Tybalt Kelly dreams of one day becoming a MechWarrior—no matter how much his father hates the idea. When the local County Shu Militia starts recruiting for warrior training, Tybalt finally gets his wish. But he might not live to regret it. SHATTERED BY REALITY. Because the raw, untested forces of the Shu are about to meet their baptism by fire. Unidentified 'Mech raiders have been hitting cities and supply depots, destroying and plundering at will. And the newly fitted MechWarriors are going after them. Now Tybalt is about to discover the hard truth that some battles have no winner—and in war, glory may be fleeting, but death is forever...

Author : T. V. Paul
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1994-03-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0521466210

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Asymmetric Conflicts by T. V. Paul Pdf

This book examines a question generally neglected in the study of international relations: why does a militarily and economically less powerful state initiate conflict against a relatively strong state? T. V. Paul analyses this phenomenon by focusing on the strategic and political considerations, domestic and international, which influence a weaker state to initiate war against a more powerful adversary. The key argument of deterrence theory is that the military superiority of the status quo power, coupled with a credible retaliatory threat, will prevent attack by challengers. The author challenges this assumption by examining six twentieth-century asymmetric wars, from the Japanese offensive against Russia in 1904 to the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands in 1982. The book's findings have wide implications for the study of war, power, deterrence, coercive diplomacy, strategy, arms races, and alliances.

Author : Guy Wint,John Pritchard,Peter Calvocoressi
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 1366 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1999-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141959887

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The Penguin History of the Second World War by Guy Wint,John Pritchard,Peter Calvocoressi Pdf

First published in 1972 under the title TOTAL WAR, THE PENGUIN HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR was designed by its authors to show a rising generation why the Second World War happened and how it was conducted. In this bold feat of compression they give as much stress and space to political, social and moral forces (not to mention intelligence and other activities 'behind the line') as to the ensuing clashes of arms. This acclaimed analysis of the causes and courses of the Second World War has stood the tests of time and criticism.

Author : Ariel Levite
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429710056

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Offense And Defense In Israeli Military Doctrine by Ariel Levite Pdf

This book discusses the existing literature on military doctrines in general, and offensive doctrines in particular, as well as on causes of their stagnation and sources of innovation. It provides the backdrop for an analytical historical review of Israel's offensive military doctrine.

Author : Curtis A. Bradley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780197525630

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International Law in the US Legal System by Curtis A. Bradley Pdf

International Law in the U.S. Legal System provides a wide-ranging overview of how international law intersects with the domestic legal system of the United States, and points out various unresolved issues and areas of controversy. Curtis Bradley explains the structure of the U.S. legal system and the various separation of powers and federalism considerations implicated by this structure, especially as these considerations relate to the conduct of foreign affairs. Against this backdrop, he covers all of the principal forms of international law: treaties, executive agreements, decisions and orders of international institutions, customary international law, and jus cogens norms. He also explores a number of issues that are implicated by the intersection of U.S. law and international law, such as treaty withdrawal, foreign sovereign immunity, international human rights litigation, war powers, extradition, and extraterritoriality. This book highlights recent decisions and events relating to the topic, including various actions taken during the Trump administration, while also taking into account relevant historical materials, including materials relating to the U.S. Constitutional founding. Written by one of the most cited international law scholars in the United States, the book is a resource for lawyers, law students, legal scholars, and judges from around the world.

Author : John Dos Passos
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664612540

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One Man's Initiation—1917 by John Dos Passos Pdf

This novel is the first publication written by John Dos Passos, famous for his U.S.A. trilogy, which was ranked by the Modern Library in 1998 as 23rd of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. It tells the story of Martin, a French soldier during World War I.

Author : Gerhard L. Weinberg
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191008764

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World War II: A Very Short Introduction by Gerhard L. Weinberg Pdf

The enormous loss of life and physical destruction caused by the First World War led people to hope that there would never be another such catastrophe. How then did it come about that there was a Second World War causing twice the 30 million deaths and many times more destruction as had been caused in the previous conflict? In this Very Short Introduction, Gerhard L. Weinberg provides an introduction to the origins, course, and impact of the war on those who fought and the ordinary citizens who lived through it. Starting by looking at the inter-war years and the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, he examines how the war progressed by examining a number of key events, including the war in the West in 1940, Barbarossa, The German Invasion of the Soviet Union, the expansion of Japan's war with China, developments on the home front, and the Allied victory from 1944-45. Exploring the costs and effects of the war, Weinberg concludes by considering the long-lasting mark World War II has left on society today. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCR:31210023599044

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The Future Security Environment by Anonim Pdf

Author : Roy Licklider,Mia Bloom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317969884

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Living Together After Ethnic Killing by Roy Licklider,Mia Bloom Pdf

This volume attempts to critically analyze Chaim Kaufman's ideas from various methodological perspectives, with the view of further understanding how stable states may arise after violent ethnic conflict and to generate important debate in the area. After the Cold War, the West became optimistic of their ability to intervene effectively in instances of humanitarian disasters and civil war. Unfortunately, in the light of Bosnia, Somalia and Rwanda, questions of the appropriate course of action in situations of large scale violence became hotly contested. A wave of analysis considered the traditional approach of third parties attempting to ensure that the nation was built on the basis of a ruling power-share between the opposing sides of the conflict to be overwhelmingly problematic, and perhaps impossible. Within this movement Kaufman wrote a series of articles advocating separation of warring sides in order to provide stability in situations of large scale violence. His theorem provoked extreme responses and polarized opinion, contradicting the established position of promoting power-sharing, democracy and open economies to solve ethnic conflict and had policy implications for the entire international community. This book was previously published as a special issue of Security Studies.

Author : Benjamin Miller
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 0472088726

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When Opponents Cooperate by Benjamin Miller Pdf

A multilevel theory of international relations that accounts for intended and unintended outcomes of cooperation and conflict

Author : Bear F. Braumoeller
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190849559

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Only the Dead by Bear F. Braumoeller Pdf

The idea that war is going out of style has become the conventional wisdom in recent years. But in Only the Dead, award-winning author Bear Braumoeller demonstrates that it shouldn't have. With a rare combination of historical expertise, statistical acumen, and accessible prose, Braumoeller shows that the evidence simply doesn't support the decline-of-war thesis propounded by scholars like Steven Pinker. He argues that the key to understanding trends in warfare lies, not in the spread of humanitarian values, but rather in the formation of international orders--sets of expectations about behavior that allow countries to work in concert, as they did in the Concert of Europe and have done in the postwar Western liberal order. With a nod toward the American sociologist Charles Tilly, who argued that "war made the state and the state made war," Braumoeller shows argues that the same is true of international orders: while they reduce conflict within their borders, they can also clash violently with one another, as the Western and communist orders did throughout the Cold War. Both highly readable and rigorous, Only the Dead offers a realistic assessment of humanity's quest to abolish warfare. While pessimists have been too quick to discount the successes of our attempts to reduce international conflict, optimists are prone to put too much faith in human nature. Reality lies somewhere in between: While the aspirations of humankind to govern its behavior with reason and justice have had shocking success in moderating the harsh dictates of realpolitik, the institutions that we have created to prevent war are unlikely to achieve anything like total success--as evidenced by the multitude of conflicts in recent decades. As the old adage advises us, only the dead have seen the end of war.

Author : Karl Marlantes
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802195142

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What It Is Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes Pdf

“A precisely crafted and bracingly honest” memoir of war and its aftershocks from the New York Times–bestselling author of Matterhorn (The Atlantic). In 1968, at the age of twenty-three, Karl Marlantes was dropped into the highland jungle of Vietnam, an inexperienced lieutenant in command of forty Marines who would live or die by his decisions. In his thirteen-month tour he saw intense combat, killing the enemy and watching friends die. Marlantes survived, but like many of his brothers in arms, he has spent the last forty years dealing with his experiences. In What It Is Like to Go to War, Marlantes takes a candid look at these experiences and critically examines how we might better prepare young soldiers for war. In the past, warriors were prepared for battle by ritual, religion, and literature—which also helped bring them home. While contemplating ancient works from Homer to the Mahabharata, Marlantes writes of the daily contradictions modern warriors are subject to, of being haunted by the face of a young North Vietnamese soldier he killed at close quarters, and of how he finally found a way to make peace with his past. Through it all, he demonstrates just how poorly prepared our nineteen-year-old warriors are for the psychological and spiritual aspects of the journey. In this memoir, the New York Times–bestselling author of Matterhorn offers “a well-crafted and forcefully argued work that contains fresh and important insights into what it’s like to be in a war and what it does to the human psyche” (The Washington Post).

Author : Alexander Berzin
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781559397384

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Introduction to the Kalachakra Initiation by Alexander Berzin Pdf

Kalachakra is a system of highest tantra practice for overcoming the limitations imposed by historical, astrological, and biological cycles so as to become a Buddha for the benefit of all. His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other great Tibetan teachers have been conferring the Kalachakra initiation in the West, empowering prepared practitioners to engage in its meditations. Large numbers of people also attend this initiation as interested observers and gain inspiration for their spiritual growth. Introduction to the Kalachakra Initiation explains on a practical level and in everyday language the theory of tantra, the vows, commitments, and their implications, the factors to consider in deciding if one is ready to attend a Kalachakra initiation as a participant, how to visualize during the initiation, and the most important thoughts and feelings for participants and observers at each step of the empowerment. In preparing this guidebook, Alexander Berzin has done a great service to everyone interested in the Kalachakra initiation. It will help people to prepare for the ceremony and understand the essential points of each step of the procedure.