Military Geography: For Professionals and the PublicPotomac Books, Inc., 1998 - 461 pages This book covers many topics that are crucial to military planning but often receive only passing mention in histories or briefings. Collins, a former Army officer, stresses land geography, but he does not stint oceans, the atmosphere, or interplanetary space. His discussions of urban areas are too brief, given the increasing amount of large-scale violence in cities since the end of World War II. |
Contents
U S and Soviet Mineral and Metal Imports | |
Crude Oil Producers and Proven Reserves | |
Oil Fields and Facilities | |
Military Dead and Missing World Wars I and II | |
Present and Projected World Populations | |
Causes of U S Wartime Casualties | |
Representative Racial Ethnic and Tribal Relationships | |
Ten Leading Languages 1990s | |
Ocean Wave Motions and Measurements 10 Conditions Conducive to Surf | |
A Typical Beach Profile | |
Crucial Naval Choke Points During the Cold | |
Plimsoll Line Markings | |
Effects of Wave Action on Ship Stability | |
Beaches and Approaches at Inchon | |
Land and Sea Breeze Regimes | |
Cloud Types Depicted | |
Cloud Ceilings Related to Terrain | |
Anatomy of a Thunderstorm | |
Regional Climates Depicted | |
Nuclear Fallout Related to Wind | |
Frigid Flatlands | |
Iceberg Routes to the North Atlantic | |
The Murmansk Run | |
The Arctic Ocean and Peripheral Seas | |
Major Mountainous Regions | |
The Himalayan Hump | |
Conditions Conducive to Avalanches | |
Arid Regions | |
Tropical Rain Forests | |
The Kokoda Trail and Shaggy Ridge | |
The Pripet Swamp and Its Offshoots | |
The Mekong Delta and Rung Sat Special Zone | |
Typical Coastal Topography | |
Shallow Water Antisubmarine Warfare Suites | |
Aerospace Interfaces | |
Gravity Versus Space Vehicle Velocity | |
Earthly and Lunar Gravity Wells | |
Electromagnetic Pulse Propagation | |
Linguistic Clutter in the Caucasus | |
Principal Religions and Selected Denominations | |
URBANIZATION | |
Variable Town and City Components | |
Assorted Street Systems | |
Present and Projected Megalopoli | |
Three Layers of Urban Obstacles | |
LINES OF COMMUNICATION | |
Highway and Byway Attributes | |
Bridge Types Depicted 33 Bridge Superstructures and Substructures | |
Traditional Rail Yard Facilities | |
U S Military Aircraft Runway Length Calculations | |
Airfield Construction Stages | |
Advantages Available from the Panama Canal | |
MILITARY BASES | |
U S Cold War Collective Security Pacts | |
FORTRESSES AND FIELD FORTIFICATIONS | |
MILITARY SERVICE PREDILECTIONS | |
GEOPOLITICAL FRICTION | |
Typical Trouble Spots Mid1990s | |
MILITARY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY | |
FORMAT FOR AREA ANALYSIS | |
OPERATION NEPTUNE | |
Selected Climatic Statistics for Manche and Calvados | |
Populated Places in Manche and Calvados | |
U S Expeditionary Airfields in Manche and Calvados | |
OPERATION PLAN EL PASO | |
Transportation on the Ho Chi Minh Trail | |
OPLAN El Paso Airfields | |
OPLAN El Paso Road Opening Schedules | |
Schedules for DualLaning Route 9 in Laos | |
FINAL REFLECTIONS | |
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