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Military operations

      Titles Descriptions
  1. BosniaLink
  2. Canadian Army Lessons Learned Centre
  3. Canadian Forces Peace Support Training Centre
  4. Conflict Diamonds
  5. Frontline: Give War A Chance
  6. Jane's Defence
  7. Military Operations Archive
  8. United Nations Mine Action Service
  9. United States Air Force in Europe
  10. United States Air Force Link
  11. War, Chaos, and Business: Modern Business Strategy

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BosniaLink
Information about US military operations in Bosnia. Contains maps and charts, fact sheets, news releases, photos, and biographies of key personnel.
     Author: US Government
     Subjects: bosnia, military operations
     DeweyClass: 355
     Resource type: documents
Canadian Army Lessons Learned Centre
Disseminates lessons learned from analysis of recent Canadian and Allied military operations and training experiences. Information is offered in English and French.
     Author: Canadian Army Lessons Learned Centre
     Subjects: canada, military operations
     DeweyClass: 355
     Resource type: documents
Canadian Forces Peace Support Training Centre
A centre providing operational training for Canadian Forces and other personnel prior to deployment on peace support operations. Details of tasks, training and courses are given, together with relevant publications and training news on topics such as cultural awareness.
     Author: Peace Support Training Centre
     Subjects: military operations, peace and conflict
     DeweyClass: 355.357
     Resource type: documents
Conflict Diamonds
Provides information on conflict diamonds, described as gems which originate from areas opposed to legitimate governments, and subsequently used to fund military operations against them. Describes steps being taken to halt such trade, and examines UN activity on conflict diamonds in Sierra Leone and Angola.
     Author: United Nations
     Subjects: gems, military operations
     DeweyClass: 322.42
     Resource type: documents
Frontline: Give War A Chance
Set of documents exploring how US diplomats and the military differ on the use of forceful interventions in the post-Vietnam era. Features biographies and interviews with US ambassador Richard Holbrooke and Admiral Leighton Smith, who commanded NATO forces in Bosnia. Also includes information on uses of military force, nation building in Bosnia, lessons learned from Vietnam, and a chronology of US military interventions in the last 30 years.
     Author: PBS Online and WGBH/Frontline
     Subjects: bosnia, military operations, vietnam war, warfare
     DeweyClass: 355
     Resource type: documents
Jane's Defence
Information and special features on defence issues, a free news subscription service and information on defence publications.
     Author: Jane's Information Group
     Subjects: military operations, military science
     DeweyClass: 355
     Resource type: documents, news
Military Operations Archive
Features background information, articles, and reference information on on-going military procedures. Also offers coverage of historical operations including Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and NATO involvement in Bosnia and Kosovo.
     Author: Emergency Response & Research Institute
     Subjects: military history, military operations, warfare
     DeweyClass: 355.4
     Resource type: data collection
United Nations Mine Action Service
Contains basic facts sheets about landmines, country overview, casualty data, clearance standards, and details of landmine treaties, conventions, and documents.
     Author: United Nations
     Subjects: international news, military operations
     DeweyClass: 356
     Resource type: documents
United States Air Force in Europe
Major command whose mission is to provide responsive forward presence and decisive air and space power for the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. News items, publications and links to operating bases, USAFE headquarters, directorates, units and contingency sites are available.
     Author: US Air Force
     Subjects: armed forces, military operations
     DeweyClass: 358
     Resource type: institution
United States Air Force Link
Includes news, fact sheets and photographs of weapons systems, biographies of leaders, Air Force publications, and information on current operations around the world.
     Author: US Air Force
     Subjects: armed forces, military operations, nuclear weapons, united states of america
     DeweyClass: 358
     Resource type: biography, news
War, Chaos, and Business: Modern Business Strategy
Collection of essays, which explore the concept of applying themes from manoeuvre conflict to business strategy. Concentrates on the writing of John R Boyd whose theory of OODA loop speed is applied to the isolation of the opposition, shaping and being successful in the marketplace, and instigating mutual trust between customers and businesses. Featured authors include Jonathan Shay, Dr Linda P Beckerman and Franklin C Spinney.
     Author: Kettle Creek Corporation
     Subjects: business ethics, chaos, military operations, warfare
     DeweyClass: 330
     Resource type: essay collection