Author : Rebecca R. Raines
Publisher : Department of the Army
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 45,83 MB
Release : 1996-06-19
Category : History
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CMH Pub. 30-17. Army Historical Series. Traces the history of the United States Signal Corps from its beginnings on the eve of the American Civil War through its participation in the Persian Gulf conflict during the early 1990s. Shows today's signal soldiers where their branch has been and points the way to where it is going.
Author : Rebecca Robbins Raines
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 11,84 MB
Release : 1996
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ISBN : 9780160872815
Getting the Message Through, the companion volume to Rebecca Robbins Raines' Signal Corps, traces the evolution of the corps from the appointment of the first signal officer on the eve of the Civil War, through its stages of growth and change, to its service in Operation DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM. Raines highlights not only the increasingly specialized nature of warfare and the rise of sophisticated communications technology, but also such diverse missions as weather reporting and military aviation. Information dominance in the form of superior communications is considered to be sine qua non to modern warfare. As Raines ably shows, the Signal Corps--once considered by some Army officers to be of little or no military value--and the communications it provides have become integral to all aspects of military operations on modern digitized battlefields. The volume is an invaluable reference source for anyone interested in the institutional history of the branch.
Author : Donna Blake Birchell
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 30,92 MB
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 1467140783
Life in early New Mexico was often perilous. Geographic isolation attracted outlaws and ruffians, and skirmishes often arose between the indigenous tribes and settlers. In response, the U.S. government set up military forts and outposts to protect its new citizens. These strongholds include Fort Craig, where logs were made to look like cannons to fool Confederate troops. Kit Carson, John Pershing and Billy the Kid all called Fort Stanton home, before it became the first federal tuberculosis sanatorium and later a detention center for German prisoners of war. Author Donna Blake Birchell relates little-known yet highly important Civil War battles, the tragedies of the Navajo and Mescalero Apache internments and other dramatic frontier stories.
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Page : 954 pages
File Size : 44,65 MB
Release : 1879
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Page : 980 pages
File Size : 19,28 MB
Release : 1878
Category : United States
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Author : Christopher H. Sterling
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 14,24 MB
Release : 2007-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1851097376
An alphabetically organized encyclopedia that provides both a history of military communications and an assessment of current methods and applications. Military Communications: From Ancient Times to the 21st Century is the first comprehensive reference work on the applications of communications technology to military tactics and strategy—a field that is just now coming into its own as a focus of historical study. Ranging from ancient times to the war in Iraq, it offers over 300 alphabetically organized entries covering many methods and modes of transmitting communication through the centuries, as well as key personalities, organizations, strategic applications, and more. Military Communications includes examples from armed forces around the world, with a focus on the United States, where many of the most dramatic advances in communications technology and techniques were realized. A number of entries focus on specific battles where communications superiority helped turn the tide, including Tsushima (1905), Tannenberg and the Marne (both 1914), Jutland (1916), and Midway (1942). The book also addresses a range of related topics such as codebreaking, propaganda, and the development of civilian telecommunications.
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Page : 622 pages
File Size : 14,21 MB
Release : 1888
Category : Building
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Page : 442 pages
File Size : 38,97 MB
Release : 1894
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Author : Allan J. Holmes
Publisher : Sunstone Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 17,52 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Community life
ISBN : 0865347379
Fort Selden was a small frontier fort built in 1865 with the mission of protecting the citizens of the Mesilla Valley in southern New Mexico. This book tells the story of Fort Selden's beginning, its years of service, and its eventual abandonment. Throughout Fort Selden's history, its troopers conducted patrols, provided escort for wagon trains, and chased horse thieves, bandits, and Apaches through spring dust storms, drenching rains, winter cold, and other hardships to accomplish their mission. The story of the fort is told through the military reports and messages of the commanders and personal letters of the soldiers.
Author : David Greene
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 36,65 MB
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 1420034030
An entertaining, instructive, diverse, and unusual book, Light and Dark: An Exploration in Science, Nature, Art and Technology encompasses a wide range of topics not normally found in one book. With more than 100 diagrams, graphs, and figures, the subjects discussed include the history of artificial lighting, eclipse cycles, light-sensitive eyeg
