Аллан Миллетт — новинки

Twenty retired military officers, academics, and historians contribute 27 essays tracing the history of the U.S. Marine Corps through the service of 27 commandants serving the Marine Corps between 1775 and 1983. Each essay describes the personality of the featured commandant, while also assessing the subject's performance and his historical significance. The essays are preceded by a detailed introduction on the organization of Headquarters Marine Corps to assist readers in understanding the commandant's organizational environment.

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This study of major military innovations in the 1920s and 1930s explores differences in innovating exploitation by the seven major military powers. This volume of comparative essays investigates how and why innovation occurred or did not occur, and explains much of the strategic and operative performance of the Axis and Allies in World War II.

In 1914, the armies and navies that faced each other were alike down to the strengths of their companies and battalions and the designs of their battleships and cruisers. Differences were of degree rather than essence. During the interwar period, the armed forces grew increasingly asymmetrical, developing different approaches to the same problems. This study of major military innovations in the 1920s and 1930s explores differences in innovating exploitation by the six major military powers. The comparative essays investigate how and why innovation occurred or did not occur, and explain much of the strategic and operational performance of the Axis and Allies in World War II. The essays focus on several instances of how military services developed new technology and weapons and incorporated them into their doctrine, organization, and styles of operations.