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Author: Richard G. Davis
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: gulf, war, bombing, strategic, force, decisive
Number of Pages: 90
Published: 1996-01
ISBN-10: 0788138146
ISBN-13: 9780788138140
Examines the U.S.Air Force strategic bombing campaign of Iraq & Iraqi armed forces occupying Kuwait from January 17th through February 28th, 1991 . Describes the aircraft & weapons, changes in technology & the reexamination & reapplication of traditional strategic bombing theory by USAF planning officers. Provides a chronological review of the campaign with an analysis of the results. Photos, maps, graphs & tables. Includes suggested readings.
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Author: John R. Tassey
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: responseto, health, oklahoma, city, bombing, mental, force, american, report, psychological, association, task, final
Number of Pages: 114
Published: 1998-05
ISBN-10: 0788148303
ISBN-13: 9780788148309
Examines all phases of the response network involved in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Includes descriptions of the responses and recommendations in the event of future terrorist activity. Examines: services to adult survivors and victims' families, services to children, services to first response teams and rescue and recovery workers, the mental health and clergy response, transition from immediate to long-term disaster mental health services, the role of government agencies, services to minorities and underserved populations, mental health research following the bombing, and men
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Author: Wayne Thompson
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: war, korean, force, air, limits
Number of Pages: 65
Published: 1996-06
ISBN-10: 0788140094
ISBN-13: 9780788140099
Despite American success in preventing the conquest of South Korea by communist North Korea, the Korean War of 1950-1953 did not satisfy Americans who expected the kind of total victory they had experienced in WW II. In Korea, the U.S. limited itself to conventional weapons. Even after communist China entered the war, Americans put China off-limits to conventional bombing as well as nuclear bombing. Operating within these limits, the U.S. Air Force helped to repel 2 invasions of South Korea while securing control of the skies so decisively that other U.N. forces could fight without fear of air
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Author: Jeremy M. Sharp
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: relations, background, yemen
Number of Pages: 33
Published: 2010-01
ISBN-10: 1437922864
ISBN-13: 9781437922868
Contents: (1) Overview: A Failed State? Debating the U.S. Approach Toward Yemen; (2) Domestic Challenges: Terrorism and Al Qaeda; The USS Cole Bombing; U.S.-Yemeni Intelligence Cooperation; Al Qaedażs Resurgence; The 2008 U.S. Embassy Bombing; Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP); The Al Houthi Revolt in Northern Sażda Province; Unrest in the South; The Major Challenges: Water Depletion, Declining Oil Revenues, Rising Food Prices, and Qat; (3) Foreign Relations: Piracy and Instability in Somalia; Relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC); Arab-Israeli Conflict; U.S. Relations and
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