AuthorKaplan, Robert D., 1952-
TitleHog pilots, blue water grunts : the American military in the air, at sea, and on the ground / Robert D Kaplan
Imprint New York : Random House, 2007
Descript 428 p. : maps ; 25 cm

CONTENT

America's African rifles -- Alaska to Thailand: the organizing principle of the Earth's surface -- Civilization unto itself, swishing through the crushing void -- Geeks with tattos: the most driven men I have ever known -- NATO's ragged Southern edge -- Gurkha standard -- Tribal mafias -- Dependable blue-collar plane -- Timbuktu, Soviet stonehenge, and gnarly-ass jungle -- Big glider and the jagged boomerang -- Morbid tyranny out of antiquity


SUBJECT

  1. Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 21st century
  2. Military personnel -- United States
  3. War on Terrorism
  4. 2001-
  5. United States -- Armed Forces

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