Mathematical Puzzles

Mathematical Puzzles

Author: Sam Loyd

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1959

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9780486204987

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Bizarre imagination, originality, trickiness, and whimsy characterize puzzles of Sam Loyd, America's greatest puzzler. Present selection from fabulously rare Cyclopedia includes the famous 14–15 puzzles, the Horse of a Different Color, and 115 others in various areas of elementary math. 150 period line drawings.


The War Puzzle

The War Puzzle

Author: John A. Vasquez

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1993-05-06

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9780521366748

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A new scientific explanation of the causes of war using the research findings of the last twenty-five years.


Platoon Leader

Platoon Leader

Author: James R. McDonough

Publisher: Presidio Press

Published: 2007-12-18

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0307416380

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A remarkable memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam.' "Using a lean style and a sense of pacing drawn from the tautest of novels, McDonough has produced a gripping account of his first command, a U.S. platoon taking part in the 'strategic hamlet' program. . . . Rather than present a potpourri of combat yarns. . . McDonough has focused a seasoned storyteller’s eye on the details, people, and incidents that best communicate a visceral feel of command under fire. . . . For the author’s honesty and literary craftsmanship, Platoon Leader seems destined to be read for a long time by second lieutenants trying to prepare for the future, veterans trying to remember the past, and civilians trying to understand what the profession of arms is all about.”–Army Times


Mcdp 1-3 Tactics

Mcdp 1-3 Tactics

Author: Department of Defense

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-05-22

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9781546814177

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This publication is about winning in combat. Winning requires many things: excellence in techniques, an appreciation of the enemy, exemplary leadership, battlefield judgment, and focused combat power. Yet these factors by themselves do not ensure success in battle. Many armies, both winners and losers, have possessed many or all of these attributes. When we examine closely the differences between victor and vanquished, we draw one conclusion. Success went to the armies whose leaders, senior and junior, could best focus their efforts-their skills and their resources-toward a decisive end. Their success arose not merely from excellence in techniques, procedures, and material but from their leaders' abilities to uniquely and effectively combine them. Winning in combat depends upon tactical leaders who can think creatively and act decisively.


Military Strategy

Military Strategy

Author: Joseph Wylie, Jr

Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Published: 2014-04-15

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 1612515150

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“No military service can long remain effective without searching self-criticism and continuous re-examination of its own ideas. Wylie, well known in the Navy, is a refreshingly and outspoken individual, thoroughly at home on the bridge of a ship, but equally at home in the semantics of dialectical discussion. He has produced a simple but relevant little work in an attempt to promote order in the discussion of strategy. . . . To the traditional theories of strategy-the maritime theory, the air theory, the continental theory-Wylie adds the ‘Mao theory’ of wars of national liberation. . . . [This book is] easier to read and understand and basically sounder than the great majority of the involved and tortuous rationalizations of the academic strategists.”- New York Times Book Review


The War Puzzle Revisited

The War Puzzle Revisited

Author: John A. Vasquez

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-07-23

Total Pages: 501

ISBN-13: 052188179X

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A scientific explanation of the onset and expansion of war and the conditions of peace.


Playing to Win

Playing to Win

Author: David Sirlin

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2006-04-01

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1411666798

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Winning at competitive games requires a results-oriented mindset that many players are simply not willing to adopt. This book walks players through the entire process: how to choose a game and learn basic proficiency, how to break through the mental barriers that hold most players back, and how to handle the issues that top players face. It also includes a complete analysis of Sun Tzu's book The Art of War and its applications to games of today. These foundational concepts apply to virtually all competitive games, and even have some application to "real life." Trade paperback. 142 pages.