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Dirty Little Secrets: Military Information You're Not Supposed to Know
Contributor(s): Dunnigan, James F. (Author), Nofi, Albert (Author)
ISBN: 0688112706     ISBN-13: 9780688112707
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
OUR PRICE:   $16.16  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 1992
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Annotation: America's favorite military observers fearlessly take aim at all branches of the armed services to dispel myths, solve mysteries, expose boondoggles, and intrepidly reveal the muck kept "secret" from the rest of us. Here are more than 900 entertaining and informative short takes about war making around the world, making for an amusing, surprising, and alarming expose.
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - World War Ii
- Technology & Engineering | Military Science
Dewey: 355
LCCN: 91030543
Physical Information: 1.36" H x 5.87" W x 8.71" (1.32 lbs) 472 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1940's
 
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Fearlessly taking aim at the seemingly impressive facade of modern military power, Dirty Little Secrets is an unusual, entertaining, and thought-provoking look at the myths, mysteries, arcana, and boondoggles unknown to the rest of us. Did you know that

  • There are an estimated 40 million AK47 assault rifles in the world? (Page 25)

  • The United States Air Force estimates that collisions between aircraft and birds, about two thousand a year, cost $100 million annually-and about twenty injured or dead airmen? (Page 136)

  • As the ultimate defense against electronic warfare, the Swiss Army maintains twenty thousand carrier pigeons for combat service? (Page 243)

  • The space shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986 crippled the U.S. intelligence satellite network between 1986 and 1990 and would have left the U.S. military almost blind in the event of a major conflict? (Page 245)

  • Most helicopters on combat ships cannot be used more than twenty to forty hours a month? (Page 179)

  • For over twenty years, the U.S. Navy has been successfully using sea lions, dolphins, and whales to guard its ships from enemy divers? (Page 195)

In addition to recounting everything from the merely trivial to the truly terrible, the authors help readers to look at the big picture, reminding us that ignorance is not bliss where the military is concerned.

Contributor Bio(s): Dunnigan, James F.: - James F. Dunnigan is the author of many books and over a hundred historical simulations. He has been a lecturer to the State Department, the CIA, and the U.S. Army War College. He lives in New York City.Nofi, Albert: -

James F. Dunnigan and Albert A. Nofi are the authors of hundreds of books and articles on military affairs and war-game simulations. Dunnigan, whose books include A Quick and Dirty Guide to War (Quill, 1991) and How to Make War (Quill, 1988), has been a consultant to the State Department, the CIA, and the Army War College. Nofi is the editor of the series The Great Campaigns of Military History and is associate editor of Strategy and Tactics magazine.