Author: Great Britain. Admiralty
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Geology of Mesopotamia and Its Borderlands
Author: Great Britain. Admiralty
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Geology of Mesopotamia and Its Borderlands
Author: Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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The Archaeology of Elam
Author: D. T. Potts
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521564960
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
From the middle of the 3rd millennium BC until the coming of Cyrus the Great, southwestern Iran was referred to in Mesopotamian sources as the land of Elam. A heterogeneous collection of regions, Elam was home to a variety of groups, alternately the object of Mesopotamian aggression, and aggressors themselves; an ethnic group seemingly swallowed up by the vast Achaemenid Persian empire, yet a force strong enough to attack Babylonia in the last centuries BC. The Elamite language is attested as late as the Medieval era, and the name Elam as late as 1300 in the records of the Nestorian church. This book examines the formation and transformation of Elam's many identities through both archaeological and written evidence, and brings to life one of the most important regions of Western Asia, re-evaluates its significance, and places it in the context of the most recent archaeological and historical scholarship.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521564960
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
From the middle of the 3rd millennium BC until the coming of Cyrus the Great, southwestern Iran was referred to in Mesopotamian sources as the land of Elam. A heterogeneous collection of regions, Elam was home to a variety of groups, alternately the object of Mesopotamian aggression, and aggressors themselves; an ethnic group seemingly swallowed up by the vast Achaemenid Persian empire, yet a force strong enough to attack Babylonia in the last centuries BC. The Elamite language is attested as late as the Medieval era, and the name Elam as late as 1300 in the records of the Nestorian church. This book examines the formation and transformation of Elam's many identities through both archaeological and written evidence, and brings to life one of the most important regions of Western Asia, re-evaluates its significance, and places it in the context of the most recent archaeological and historical scholarship.
Mineralogical Abstracts
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Category : Mineralogy
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Category : Mineralogy
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Bulletin of the Public Affairs Information Service
Author: Public Affairs Information Service
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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The Naturalist
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The RAF and Tribal Control
Author: Richard D. Newton
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700628711
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
In light of technological advances and multiplying irregular conflicts, conventional wisdom suggests airpower as the ideal, low-cost means of conducting modern warfare—and the air control method adopted by the British between the two world wars seems to back this up. Swift and precise targeting from above was considered more humane, after all, sparing civilians as well as British soldiers during punitive expeditions in unruly colonial regions. But what conventional wisdom misses, and this book makes clear, is how the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) innovative approach actually worked—relying on British airmen on the ground at least as much as on airborne technology to control restive tribes and villages. The RAF and Tribal Control tells the story of these forgotten airmen, the RAF special service officers who, embedded among local populations and indigenous tribes, collected vital intelligence, developed targets, directed air strikes when necessary, and, perhaps most important, provided personal assessments of airpower’s qualitative effects against primarily guerrilla forces. Airpower is a highly technological endeavor. But in wars where the human dimension takes primacy, Richard Newton reminds us that measuring the effectiveness of air actions requires a qualitative approach that is nearly impossible via overhead sensors. And this is where the RAF special service officers came in—airmen who understood the local cultures and peoples, they served as conduits for information and communication between the colonial administration and the tribes and villages. It was their ground-level contributions that made the integration of airpower into the civilian administration of colonies and mandates possible. This first in-depth account of the RAF special service officers’ role brings to light previously unpublished insights. The RAF and Tribal Control fills a significant gap in the history of air warfare. In doing so, the book dispels the notion that airpower alone is effective in small wars and irregular conflicts—and reveals the importance of the “boots-on-the-ground” human component in waging unconventional air warfare, both in the days of the RAF’s vaunted air control and in our own time.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700628711
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
In light of technological advances and multiplying irregular conflicts, conventional wisdom suggests airpower as the ideal, low-cost means of conducting modern warfare—and the air control method adopted by the British between the two world wars seems to back this up. Swift and precise targeting from above was considered more humane, after all, sparing civilians as well as British soldiers during punitive expeditions in unruly colonial regions. But what conventional wisdom misses, and this book makes clear, is how the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) innovative approach actually worked—relying on British airmen on the ground at least as much as on airborne technology to control restive tribes and villages. The RAF and Tribal Control tells the story of these forgotten airmen, the RAF special service officers who, embedded among local populations and indigenous tribes, collected vital intelligence, developed targets, directed air strikes when necessary, and, perhaps most important, provided personal assessments of airpower’s qualitative effects against primarily guerrilla forces. Airpower is a highly technological endeavor. But in wars where the human dimension takes primacy, Richard Newton reminds us that measuring the effectiveness of air actions requires a qualitative approach that is nearly impossible via overhead sensors. And this is where the RAF special service officers came in—airmen who understood the local cultures and peoples, they served as conduits for information and communication between the colonial administration and the tribes and villages. It was their ground-level contributions that made the integration of airpower into the civilian administration of colonies and mandates possible. This first in-depth account of the RAF special service officers’ role brings to light previously unpublished insights. The RAF and Tribal Control fills a significant gap in the history of air warfare. In doing so, the book dispels the notion that airpower alone is effective in small wars and irregular conflicts—and reveals the importance of the “boots-on-the-ground” human component in waging unconventional air warfare, both in the days of the RAF’s vaunted air control and in our own time.
The Asiatic Review
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 774
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 774
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Asiatic Review
Author: Demetrius Charles Boulger
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Beginning in 1895, includes the Proceedings of the East India Association.
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Beginning in 1895, includes the Proceedings of the East India Association.