This book investigates the complexities of modern urban operations-a particularly difficult and c...

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Late in the morning on 21 October 1805, warships from the British and combined French and Spanish...

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On 3 April 1982 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced that Argentine armed forces ha...

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