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"Army ants are the ultimate social hunters. They are preeminent arthropod predators in tropical rainforests around the world, and their nomadic colonies are the largest among the insect societies. Their troops collectively overwhelm the nests of termites, wasps, and other ants, and kill, dismember, and devour animals that are orders of magnitude larger than the individual army ant. Their massive swarm raids truly are one of nature's greatest spectacles. This book comprehensively synthesizes the literature on army ants, from natural history observations by early explorers of the 18th and 19th century, to modern molecular inquiries into the genetic underpinnings of army ant social life"--
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Army spouses --- Army wives --- Military spouses --- United States. --- U.S. Army --- US Army --- Military life.
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In the first of a two-volume study, the author presents an extremely detailed record of the Organisation, doctrine and equipment of US Army infantry divisions during the latter part of World War II. The second volume will provide capsule histories for all US Army infantry divisions during this period.After examining the state of the US Army during the 1940- 43 period, Yves Bellanger focuses on the 1943-45 period, and presents each of the division's sub-units - from the divisional HQ to an infantry battalion, from the divisional artillery to its combat engineer element. For each, the author exa
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"America's Army must posess a wide range of capabilities to fulfil its myrias missions ... tension between growing requirements and fewer resources not only creates national-level risk, it also has resulted in some unhealthy competitive tension among the Army's components. especially between the Regular Army and the Army National Guard. In large part, these factors, plus the Army's proposal, endorsed by the Department of Defense, to consolidate all Apache aircraft in the Regular Army, prompted the Congress to establish the National Commission on the Future of the Army (NCFA). This book provides a background, discusses the National Commission's Report to the President and the Congress of the United States regarding the future of the Army."--Preface.
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In 1898 the American Regular Army was a small frontier constabulary engaged in skirmishes with Indians and protesting workers. 43 years later, in 1941, it was a large modern army ready to wage global war against the Germans and the Japanese. Coffman tells how that critical transformation was accomplished.
Soldiers --- History --- United States. --- U.S. Army --- US Army --- Military life. --- United States. Army --- Military life --- 20th century
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Those people in uniforms who ring bells and raise money for the poor during the holiday season belong to a religious movement that in 1865 combined early feminism, street preaching, holiness theology, and intentionally outrageous singing into what soon became the Salvation Army.
Salvation Army --- History. --- Great Britain --- Church history
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