Jane's World Railways 2009-2010

Jane's World Railways 2009-2010
Author: Ken Harris
Publisher: Ihs Global Incorporated
Total Pages: 1014
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780710629043

The authority on rail systems around the globe. Track the latest developments in railway systems and equipment manufacturers across the globe with this authoritative industry survey.

Jane's Fighting Ships, 2006-2007

Jane's Fighting Ships, 2006-2007
Author: Stephen Saunders
Publisher: Ihs Global Incorporated
Total Pages: 1080
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780710627537

The essential reference of modern navies and coast guards, ships, aircraft and weapons systems in service and under construction. Authoritative inventories for 164 navies support threat assessment. Includes worldwide flags and ensigns, ranks and insignia, senior appointments and personnel

Jane's Urban Transport Systems

Jane's Urban Transport Systems
Author: Mary Webb
Publisher: Ihs Global Incorporated
Total Pages: 946
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780710628169

Surveys the systems, manufacturers and consultants within the global market. City by city, you can analyse and review both current operations and future plans. Provides traffic statistics, fleet lists and numbers in service. Provides contact details and background of approx. 1,500 manufacturers

Shadow World

Shadow World
Author: Robert Chandler
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
Total Pages: 642
Release: 2008-08-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1596985615

THE SECRET WAR AGAINST AMERICA America is at war and the stakes are huge. The fight is not just in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is a global contest between the United States, radical Islam, a resurgent Russia, and a virulent New Left that is coming to power in Latin America and stalking the corridors of power around the world, including the United States. These three enemies of America are separate but they cooperate--and in his stunning new book, Shadow World, Robert Chandler shows how. In Shadow World you'll learn: * Why "post-Communist" Russia is not really "post-Communist" at all, but represents an insidious new strategic threat to the United States * How "cultural communism" has rejuvenated the radical Left's prospects around the world * Why American-style democracy is losing out to Castro and Hugo Chavez-style communism in Latin America * How radical Islam has allied itself to the New Left--and why this makes radical Islam even more dangerous than before Shadow World reveals, in a way no other book has done, the new strategic realities of the post-Cold War, post-9/11 world. Provocative, insightful, thorough, it is essential reading for those who want to see the 21st century as America's century, and not the century of her enemies.

Energy Security and Global Politics

Energy Security and Global Politics
Author: Daniel Moran
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2008-07-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134002009

This book analyses the strategic dimensions of energy security, particularly where energy resources have become the object of military competition. The volume explores the risks that may arise from conditions of increasing economic competition and resource scarcity, and the problems that may follow if major producers or consumers of energy lose confidence in the equity and efficiency of the market, and resort instead to the use of force to secure access to energy. It surveys the strategic outlook of both producer and consumer states, with emphasis on nations or regions (Central Asia, Russia, China, Venezuela, the Persian Gulf) where unstable or rapidly evolving political conditions may undermine the currently prevailing market consensus. It also examines the role of the United States as the chief guarantor of the global economy, and the challenge this poses for its exercise of military power. The book contests that while the global energy market may be largely self-regulating, it is not self-defending. A failure to consider how it can be most effectively defended from emerging and potential challenges merely heightens the risk that those challenges may someday become real.

We Were Caught Unprepared

We Were Caught Unprepared
Author: Matt M. Matthews
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 1437923046

This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. The fact that the outcome of the 2006 Hezbollah-Israeli War was, at best, a stalemate for Israel has confounded military analysts. Long considered the most professional and powerful army in the Middle East, with a history of impressive military victories against its enemies, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) emerged from the campaign with its enemies undefeated and its prestige tarnished. This historical analysis of the war includes an examination of IDF and Hezbollah doctrine prior to the war, as well as an overview of the operational and tactical problems encountered by the IDF during the war. The IDF ground forces were tactically unprepared and untrained to fight against a determined Hezbollah force. ¿An insightful, comprehensive examination of the war.¿ Illustrations.