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  • Kansas City B-25 Factory

    by John Fredrickson, John Roper ...
    Series series Images of Aviation
    An industrial miracle took place at the Fairfax Airport, on the shores of the Missouri River, between 1941 and 1945. A massive factory was quickly built and a large modification center was soon added. At its peak, over 24,000 greater Kansas City�area residents were employed by North American Aviation, Inc. Their goal was to build as many twin-engine B-25 Mitchell medium bombers for wartime service ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Love That Moves the Sun and Other Stars

    by John Roper ...
    When Katie McGee begins her freshman year at the University of Connecticut, she meets football star Tony Colucci on her first day. Despite her misgivings, all paths lead to him, and the two begin a tumultuous relationship that leads them to the altar. After seven years of marriage, they face a crisis that will transform them in ways never imagined. ... Read more

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  • Love That Moves the Sun and Other Stars

    by John Roper ...
    Love That Moves the Sun and Other StarsWhen Katie McGee begins her freshman year at the University of Connecticut, she meets football star Tony Colucci on her first day. Despite her misgivings, all paths lead to him, and the two begin a tumultuous relationship that leads them to the altar. After seven years of marriage, they face a crisis that will transform them in ways never imagined. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Peacemaking and Peacekeeping for the New Century

    by Olara A. Otunnu, Michael W. Doyle, Kofi A. Annan, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Jan Eliasson, Gareth Evans, Thomas M. Franck, François Heisbourg0, Ismat Kittani1, Ali A. Mazrui2, Edward Mortimer3, Sadako Ogata4, Adam Roberts5, John Roper6, Salim Ahmed Salim7, J M. Sanderson8, Brian Urquhart9 ...
    The UN's record in peace operations is long, various, distinguished by both accomplishments and failures, and most importantly, innovative. Unfulfilled expectations and escalating violence in Somalia, Rwanda, and Bosnia forced retrenchment upon UN peace operations_but at the same time, a new opportunity to enhance capacities, review strategies, redefine roles, and reaffirm responsibilities has ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Franco-British Defence Co-operation

    A New Entente Cordiale?

    Edited by Yves Boyer, John Roper ...
    This book focuses on the prospects now opening up for Franco-British co-operation in the fields of defence and security. Looking at the situation from the viewpoints of both Britain and France, it builds on the indications of a developing awareness within the two governments of the benefits to be derived from a closer partnership. The book argues forcefully that it is now time for both Britain and ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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  • Canada in the Great Power Game 1914-2014

    by Gwynne Dyer ...
    Canada in the Great Power Game 1914-2014 is a serious contemplation of what it means to engage in major world conflicts, and the price we pay when we do.The First World War was Canada's baptism of fire, or at least the only one that people now remember. (Montrealers in 1776 or Torontonians in 1814 would have taken a different view.) From 1914 to 1918, after a century of peace, Canadians were ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Defending the Lion City

    The armed forces of Singapore

    by Tim Huxley ...
    Series series THE ARMED FORCES OF ASIA
    Singapore is located in the heart of the Muslim Malay world, yet 78 per cent of its population is ethnically Chinese. The prosperous city-state relies on outside sources for virtually all its water and food; it has no access to the high seas, on which it depends for 85 per cent of its trade, except through its neighbours' waters. Physically linked to Malaysia by a causeway and a bridge, only ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • While Canada Slept

    How We Lost Our Place in the World

    by Andrew Cohen ...
    For how much longer can Canada expect to get a free ride?With 9/11 and the international “war on terrorism,” the time has come to ask some hard questions. Should we continue to starve our military, reduce our humanitarian assistance, dilute our diplomacy, and absent ourselves from global intelligence-gathering? Can we expect to sit at the global table by virtue of our economic power without ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Direction of War

    Contemporary Strategy in Historical Perspective

    by Hew Strachan ...
    The wars since 9/11, both in Iraq and Afghanistan, have generated frustration and an increasing sense of failure in the West. Much of the blame has been attributed to poor strategy. In both the United States and the United Kingdom, public enquiries and defence think tanks have detected a lack of consistent direction, of effective communication, and of governmental coordination. In this important ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Charlie Foxtrot

    Fixing Defence Procurement in Canada

    by Kim Richard Nossal ...
    Series Book 5 - Point of View
    Defence expert Kim Richard Nossal presents a damning indictment of defence procurement in Canada, and shows how to fix it.Defence procurement in Canada is a mess. New equipment is desperately needed for the Canadian Armed Forces, but most projects are behind schedule, over budget, or both. Not only has mismanagement cost Canadian taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, it has also deprived ... Read more

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  • Future War and the Defence of Europe

    by John R. Allen, Frederick Ben Hodges, Julian Lindley-French ...
    Future War and the Defence of Europe offers a major new analysis of how peace and security can be maintained in Europe: a continent that has suffered two cataclysmic conflicts since 1914. Taking as its starting point the COVID-19 pandemic and way it will inevitably accelerate some key global dynamics already in play, the book goes on to weave history, strategy, policy, and technology into a ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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  • The Echidna Strategy

    Australia's Search for Power and Peace

    by Sam Roggeveen ...
    In the wake of a shift in the global power balance, how can Australia best protect itself?The Echidna Strategy overturns the conventional wisdom about Australia's security. Australia will need to defend itself without American help, but this doesn't need to cost more.The truth, which no Australian political leader is willing to confront, is that America's security is not threatened by China's rise ... Read more

    $9.99 USD