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1 online resource (450 pages) |
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Front Cover; Modern Military Geography; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part I: Introducing to military geography; 1. Military geography in the US: history, scope, and recent developments: Eugene J. Palka; Military Geography's early roots; Military geography within academia in the US; World War I; World War II; The Vietnam era; Post-Vietnam era; Desert Shield and Desert Storm; End of the Cold War; Global War on Terror; Recent developments and a current appraisal; Beyond the horizon; 2. Military science for the non-professional: Francis A. Galgano; Levels of military operations |
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Military units and basic weapons systemsTypes of operations; Wartime operations; Military operations other than war; 3. An introduction to geography for non-geographers: Francis A. Galgano; Defining geography; Subfields of geography; Geography and its traditions; Basic geographic concepts; Location; Size, scale; Places and their military attributes; Regions; Military regional analysis: the environmental matrix; 4. Environmental security: a growing force in regional stability: Kent Hughes Butts; The concept of environmental security; Environmental threats to security; Combating terror |
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Climate changeFood security; Water scarcity; 5. The environment and regional security: a framework for analysis: Amy Richmond Krakowka; The environment, security, and conflict; Environmental conflict: causes and results; Defining environmental security; A framework for analysis; The Rwandan genocide of 1994; Culture, society, governance; Setting the stage: Rwandan population growth; Land use and ecocide; 6. Climate change and potential regional instability in the Arctic: Eugene J. Palka; A brief geography of the Arctic; The Northwest Passage; Implications of the Law of the Sea Treaty |
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Climate change and projected impactsStrategic-military considerations; 7. The legacy of federal military lands in the US: a geographic retrospective: William W. Doe III; Defining military lands and installations; Historical evolution of military lands; Environmental and ecosystem contexts; Emerging land conflicts; Twenty-first-century military lands; Part II: Historical and operational military geography; 8. Streams and military landscape: Francis A. Galgano; The role of rivers in military operations; The US experience; Streams and the Civil War landscape |
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Physical setting: Eastern versus Western TheaterThe battle for Island No. 10; Summary of geographic factors; 9. Methuen's Northern Cape Campaign, Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902: Hendrik A.P. Smit; The importance of geography in war; Geographic factors influencing the Northern Cape Campaign; Terrain; Infrastructure; Weather and climate; The Anglo-Boer War; Geography and battles of the Northern Cape Campaign; The Battle of Belmont; The Battle of Graspan; The Battle of Modder River; The Battle of Magersfontein |
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10. The battle for Attu: physical geographic challenges of the Aleutian Campaign of World War II: Eugene J. Palka |
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Print version record |
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Military geography -- History
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Military geography.
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Military geography
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Military & Naval Science.
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Law, Politics & Government.
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Armies.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203844397 |
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0203844394 |
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