Military Geoscience A Multifaceted Approach To The Study Of Warfare

Author : Aldino Bondesan,Judy Ehlen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030792602

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Military Geoscience: A Multifaceted Approach to the Study of Warfare by Aldino Bondesan,Judy Ehlen Pdf

This volume presents a selection of papers from the 13th International Conference on Military Geosciences (ICMG), held 24-28 June 2019 in Padua, Italy. It covers a wide range of subjects within the confines of military geoscience written by scientists with a variety of different backgrounds from many countries throughout the world. Many of the papers focus on subjects related to Italy and World War I, but additional subject areas include international perspectives in the military geosciences, international security, geospatial intelligence and remote sensing, subterranean and underground warfare, analyses of historical battlefields and fortifications, and military archaeology. The book will be of interest to academics (e.g., military historians, military archaeologists, military geographers and geologists), applied geoscientists (e.g., engineering geologists and geologists working in other areas of applied geology), professional geoscientists, and those with a general interest in military geoscience and history.

Author : Eric V. McDonald,Thomas Bullard
Publisher : Springer
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781493934294

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Military Geosciences and Desert Warfare by Eric V. McDonald,Thomas Bullard Pdf

This book is a collection of papers presented at the 9th International Conference of Military Geoscience that was held in 2011. The conference included discussion on a diverse range of geosciences, including military history, military geology, teaching geology from a military prospective, geological influence on the battlefield, and environmental and cultural issues related to management of military lands. Geology and geography have played a significant role in military history, from providing the stone for primitive tools and weapons, to the utilization of terrain in offensive and defensive strategies. Specific to this volume, deserts comprise nearly a third of the Earth’s surface and have been the site of numerous battles where the dust, heat, and a lack of food and water have provided challenges to military leaders and warriors. This book examines the role of deserts in past and modern warfare, the problems and challenges in managing military lands in desert regions, and how desert environmental conditions can impact military equipment and personnel. This proceedings volume should be of interest to scholars, professionals, and those interested in military history, warfare, geology, geography, cultural resources, general science, and military operations.

Author : Peter L. Guth
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030321734

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Military Geoscience by Peter L. Guth Pdf

This book is a collection of papers presented at the 11th International Conference of Military Geoscience that was held in 2015. The conference included discussion on a diverse range of geosciences, including military history, military geology, teaching geology from a military prospective, geological influence on the battlefield, and environmental and cultural issues related to management of military lands. Geology and geography have played a significant role in military history, from providing the stone for primitive tools and weapons, to the utilization of terrain in offensive and defensive strategies. Specific to this volume, deserts comprise nearly a third of the Earth’s surface and have been the site of numerous battles where the dust, heat, and a lack of food and water have provided challenges to military leaders and warriors. This book examines the role of deserts in past and modern warfare, the problems and challenges in managing military lands in desert regions, and how desert environmental conditions can impact military equipment and personnel. This proceedings volume should be of interest to scholars, professionals, and those interested in military history, warfare, geology, geography, cultural resources, general science, and military operations.

Author : Kim Browne,Murray Raff
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783031105685

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International Law of Underwater Cultural Heritage by Kim Browne,Murray Raff Pdf

This book brings together three distinct areas of International Law – namely Environmental, Heritage and Ocean Law – to address the international legal protection of historically significant wrecks, with particular focus on the environmental hazards they may pose. The confluence of Heritage Law and the Law of the Sea with International Environmental Law represents an important development in international governance strategies for the twenty-first century, in particular those legal and administrative regimes that concern the world’s oceans and underwater cultural heritage protection. Importantly, connections between international legal regimes, such as the 1982 Law of the Sea, and institutions like the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and United Nations Education Scientific Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), can play a crucial part in governance strategies that involve the regulation of marine pollution and historic shipwrecks.

Author : James R. Underwood,Peter L. Guth
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780813741130

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Military Geology in War and Peace by James R. Underwood,Peter L. Guth Pdf

In warfare, military geologists pursue five main categories of work: tactical and strategic terrain analysis, fortifications and tunneling, resource acquisition, defense installations, and field construction and logistics. In peace, they train for wartime operations and may be involved in peace-keeping and nation-building exercises. In addition to the introductory paper this volume includes 24 papers, covering selected aspects of the history of military geology from the early 19th century through the recent Persian Gulf war.

Author : Douglas R. Caldwell,Judy Ehlen,Russell S. Harmon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781402031045

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Studies in Military Geography and Geology by Douglas R. Caldwell,Judy Ehlen,Russell S. Harmon Pdf

"This book contains selected papers presented at the International Military Geology and Geography Conference that was held at the US Military Academy, West Point, NY in June 2003"--P. [xiii].

Author : Brian Holden Reid
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135219734

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Military Power by Brian Holden Reid Pdf

The contributors here consider the multifarious aspects of the Anglo-American approach to war. All the contributors are concerned to base their work on the overall historical context. They explore the relationship between theory and practice in military operations.

Author : Stuart Pearson,Jane L. Holloway,Richard Thackway
Publisher : Springer
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030103722

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Australian Contributions to Strategic and Military Geography by Stuart Pearson,Jane L. Holloway,Richard Thackway Pdf

Drawing from military geography’s spatial roots, its embrace of dynamic systems, and integration of human and biophysical environments, this book helps in understanding the value of analyzing patterns, processes and systems, and cross-scale and multi-disciplinary ways of acting in a complex world, while making the case for a resurgence of strategic and military geography in Australia. Here, leading experts demonstrate that geography retains its relevance in clarifying the scale and dynamics of defense activities in assessments of the international, regional, national, and site impacts of changes in physical, cyber and human geographies. The cases presented show Australia contributing to a growing strategic and military geography.

Author : Strategic Studies Strategic Studies Institute,U. S. Army U.S. Army War College Press
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1505834562

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The Future of American Landpower by Strategic Studies Strategic Studies Institute,U. S. Army U.S. Army War College Press Pdf

The time has come for a reappraisal of the U.S. Army's forward presence in East Asia, given the significantly changed strategic context and the extraordinarily high, recurring costs of deploying U.S. Army forces from the 50 states for increasingly important security cooperation activities across the Indo-Asia-Pacific theater. For economic, political, diplomatic, and military reasons, the Indo-Asia-Pacific theater continues to grow in importance to the United States. As part of a broad, interagency, multifaceted approach, the U.S. military plays a critical role in the rebalancing effort now underway. The U.S. Army in particular has a special role to play in bolstering the defense of allies and the deterrence of aggression, promoting regional security and stability, and ameliorating the growing U.S.-China security dilemma. In particular, military security cooperation programs are becoming increasingly important for achieving U.S. security goals. These military-to-military programs and activities are designed to shape the security environment; prevent conflict through deterrence, assurance, and transparency; and build operational and tactical interoperability. As wartime requirements decrease in the coming year following the end of extensive American involvement in Afghanistan and as the U.S. military undergoes a dramatic yet historically typical post-war drawdown, security cooperation activities will comprise the primary way in which a leaner U.S. military contributes to broad American national security objectives in the next decade.

Author : Eugene Joseph Palka,Francis Anthony Galgano,Jon C. Malinowski,Ewan W. Anderson,Julian Vincent Minghi,Richard W. Dixon,Robert Blaine Shaw,William W. Doe,Mark W. Corson,Robert G. Bailey,Kurt A. Schroeder,Thomas E. Macia,Joseph P. Henderson,Andrew W. Lohman,Wiley C. Thompson,Brandon K. Herl,David S. Jones
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Primis Custom Pub
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Science
ISBN : 0072484802

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The Scope of Military Geography by Eugene Joseph Palka,Francis Anthony Galgano,Jon C. Malinowski,Ewan W. Anderson,Julian Vincent Minghi,Richard W. Dixon,Robert Blaine Shaw,William W. Doe,Mark W. Corson,Robert G. Bailey,Kurt A. Schroeder,Thomas E. Macia,Joseph P. Henderson,Andrew W. Lohman,Wiley C. Thompson,Brandon K. Herl,David S. Jones Pdf

This book offers a fresh approach to the study of Military Geography! Palka and Galgano truly understand the impact of geographic information on the conduct of military operations! Moreover, they clearly appreciate the changing nature of conflict and as a result have addressed the effect of geographic conditions across the full spectrum of military operations. From peacekeeping to small scale contingencies to all out war, they precisely address the range of geographic challenges encountered by military commanders in the past and the anticipated challenges of the future. The vignettes address key issues that the military leader must understand to make timely and accurate decisions. Overall, this book is essential reading for the military leader and a must add to his professional library. Although this is a great military book, the geographic community and public in general would most certainly enjoy looking at classic military operations through a geographic lens. Additionally, all will benefit from the information presented as the traditional lines between peace and war continue to blur.

Author : SIPRI.
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-31
Category : Human ecology
ISBN : 0367714655

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Warfare in a Fragile World by SIPRI. Pdf

This book, first published in 1980, examines the extent to which warfare and other military activities contribute to environmental degradation. The military use and abuse of each of the several major global habitats are evaluated separately in the light of the civil use and abuse of that habitat.

Author : JOHN M. COLLINS
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033023345

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MILITARY GEOGRAPHY FOR PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC by JOHN M. COLLINS Pdf

Author : Brian Holden-Reid
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780203410318

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The Science of War by Brian Holden-Reid Pdf

Forty years of confrontation in Europe have produced a complex set of conditioned reflexes in western military thinking. With the ending of the Warsaw pact, planning and analysis specialists have had to look again at the basic principles of war: there is no sure ground any more. The analysis of threat and response has been transformed and new patte

Author : Aimée Fox
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107190795

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Learning to Fight by Aimée Fox Pdf

The first institutional examination of the British army's learning and innovation process during the First World War.

Author : P. Doyle,Matthew R. Bennett
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401715508

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Fields of Battle by P. Doyle,Matthew R. Bennett Pdf

Terrain has a profound effect upon the strategy and tactics of any military engagement and has consequently played an important role in determining history. In addition, the landscapes of battle, and the geology which underlies them, has helped shape the cultural iconography of battle certainly within the 20th century. In the last few years this has become a fertile topic of scientific and historical exploration and has given rise to a number of conferences and books. The current volume stems from the international Terrain in Military History conference held in association with the Imperial War Museum, London and the Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham, at the University of Greenwich in January 2000. This conference brought together historians, geologists, military enthusiasts and terrain analysts from military, academic and amateur backgrounds with the aim of exploring the application of modem tools of landscape visualisation to understanding historical battlefields. This theme was the subject of a Leverhulme Trust grant (F/345/E) awarded to the University of Greenwich and administered by us in 1998, which aimed to use the tools of modem landscape visualisation in understanding the influence of terrain in the First World War. This volume forms part of the output from this grant and is part of our wider exploration of the role of terrain in military history. Many individuals contributed to the organisation of the original conference and to the production of this volume.