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cessor state to the Mughal Empire, and a search for a Muslim space defines its identity. To this end, Akbar discusses the scars that pre-date the formation of modern India and Pakistan. They include the Shiite Safavid Persian Nadir Shah (1739-1757), who entered Delhi and massacred 20,000 Hindus and Muslims. The Mughals, a Muslim dynasty ruling India, failed in its basic duty to protect its people from 58 days of terror, plunder and ...Read more > | 52 Pages 5.35 MB |
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 | DEFENSE MODELING, SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS : MEETING THE CHALLENGE
Modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) is a crucial
tool for military affairs. While DoDs reliance on MS&A, in
some form, dates back to World War I, changes in the enterprise
of MS&A have not kept pace with the new demands
arising from rapid changes in DoD processes and missions
or with the rapid changes in the technology available to meet
those ...Read more > | 97 Pages 1.03 MB |
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 | TESTING OF BODY ARMOR MATERIALS : PHASE III
In 2009, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the report
Warfighter Support: Independent Expert Assessment of Army Body Armor Test
Results and Procedures Needed Before Fielding, which commented on the
conduct of the test procedures governing acceptance of body armor vest-plate
inserts worn by military service members (GAO, ...Read more > | 363 Pages 7.05 MB |
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 | THE DEATH OF THE ARMOR CORPS
The Army has become decidedly infantry centric. This wouldnt be so bad if it was a fighting kind of infantry centered army. But instead it is an infantry centric Army grounded in the principles of population centric counterinsurgency and Rupert Smith's view of war in the future as wars amongst the ...Read more > | 2 Pages 270.37 KB |
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 | MODERNIZING LANDWARNET: EMPOWERING AMERICAS ARMY
The Athenian Pheidippides’ run through the Greek peninsula to warn of Persian invasion in 490 B.C. embodies a simple military truth: information is power. So too does George McClellan’s strategic victory at Antietam in 1862, which rested on found orders detailing Robert E. Lee’s movements. Armed with timely, accurate and relevant
information, the Athenians and the Union Army were able to respond swiftly and effectively to win on the
battlefield. More than 1,500 years after Pheidippides and ...Read more > | 16 Pages 1.90 MB |
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 | A NEW EQUIPPING STRATEGY : MODERNIZING THE U.S. ARMY OF 2020
Properly equipping the Army in a balanced way is a delicate process. Few in American history have had a
more panoramic view of the subject than George C. Marshall, who served during World War II as Army Chief of
Staff and later as Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense. Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, in
1953, he summarized his ...Read more > | 24 Pages 2.84 MB |
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 | TRANSFORMATION OF PLA LOGISTICS SYSTEM : AN ANALYSIS
The Peoples Liberation Army of China (PLA) is undergoing a revolution in Military
Logistics. A historical review of PLA operations since Vietnam War (1979) reveals that
logistics and combat sustainability have been a weak link in PLAs prosecution of
operations. China’s entry into Korean War (1951) and subsequent campaigns
including the 1962 conflict exposed shortcomings in the Chinese logistics ...Read more > | 11 Pages 276.39 KB |
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