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Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2007. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 210pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. A few spots of light toning to front cover of black cloth over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Why do the combat capabilities of individual soldiers vary so much? This book seeks to provide an answer to this and other questions about variability in combat performance. Some soldiers flee quickly from the battlefield, while others endure all hardships until the bitter end. Some combat units can perform numerous types of missions, while others cannot keep themselves organized during peacetime. Some militaries armed with obsolete weapons have out fought enemies with the latest weapons, just as some massively outnumbered armies have beaten back much larger opponents. In this first social scientific study of the effectiveness of combat troops, Newsome evaluates competing…
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Made, Not Born: Why Some Soldiers Are Better Than Others Hardcover - 2007
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- Title Made, Not Born: Why Some Soldiers Are Better Than Others
- Author Bruce Newsome
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 216
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Westport, Conn
- Date 2007-09-01
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780275998301 / 0275998304
- Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 9.55 x 6.35 x 0.9 in (24.26 x 16.13 x 2.29 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Soldiers - United States, Combat
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007020651
- Dewey Decimal Code 355.33
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- Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2008, Page 277
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