WARRIORS FROM THE DEEP: The Extraordinary History of the World's Combat Swimmers

Book Description

Combat swimmer units have long deserved such a book. With a wealth of photograhs and documents many of them never published before Shadow Warriors features the historical record and current operational life of the Italian Decima Mas, the German Kampfschwimmers and the French Naval Commando Hubert, not to forget the first unit of all in this form of warfare, the Italian Incursori which gave birth to this highly specific combat skill.

A full color book also featuring line drawings and profiles of light submarine equipment used by these very discrete elite units.

Customer Reviews:

WARRIORS FROM THE DEEP.......2007-01-18

Excellent pictures and texts. Very details introduction for every countries' Combat Divers.

Chapters take a visual approach to the history in packing color photos in multiples on every page.......2006-04-03

Eric Micheletti's Warriors From The Deep: The Extraordinary History Of The Combat Swimmers profiles three combat swimmer units: the Italian Arditi Incursori, the descendants of the 'torpedo men', the German Kampfschwimmer, and the French combat swimmers who fought in Indonesia and Algeria. These swimmers have kept alive the skills needed to carry out underwater military operations, from espionage to attacks such as fitting explosive charges to the hulls of enemy ships: chapters take a visual approach to the history in packing color photos in multiples on every page, along with color illustrations of weaponry, discussions of tactics and achievements, and history.

Missions, military might, and courage.......2006-03-13

Simply outstanding is Eric Michelett's WARRIORS FROM THE DEEP: THE EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY OF THE COMBAT SWIMMERS. Packed with full-page color photos and close-ups, the story of three combat swimmer units - the Italian Arditi Incursori, the German Kampfschwimmer, and the French combat swimmers who carried out operations from the 60s to modern times - receives in-depth detail and attention. Both methodology, individual and unit prowess and effectiveness, and surveys of main operations over the decades make for chapters which cover missions, military might, and courage. From the 'human torpedo' to underwater combats, combat swimmers play important roles during war which until now have rarely been covered in detail. WARRIORS FROM THE DEEP is a 'must' for any serious military collection: its scope and historical review is unparalleled.

Anticipating the Future: Twenty Millennia of Human Progress
Average customer rating:

Foolish

You Can't Predict the Future

Three short books in one

Anticipating the Future: Twenty Millennia of Human Progress
Barry Buzan , and Gerald Segal
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster UK
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | World | History | Subjects | Books
General | Reference | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0743203402

Book Description

"Where are we at the turn of the millennium? How did the world come to be as it is, and what do the stories of our past and present suggest about our future?

This ambitious book surveys the 20,000 years from the end of the last Ice Age to 7,000 AD. It is part history, part current events, and part science fiction. In contrast to the mood of millennial pessimism we take an optimistic view of human history. What is truly important about our age only becomes apparent when we see the present both as a product of the past and as the maker of the future. We argue that the human story, with all of its ups and downs, is basically one of progress, and that our time is a major turning point in this epic tale. We take issue with those who say we are seeing the "decline of the West" or a looming "clash of civilisations". Too many millennial authors ignore evidence from the broader sweep of human history. If we are to got a clear view of where we are today, then we need the whole human story -- the last century or even the last millennium will not do."

Customer Reviews:

Foolish.......2003-09-24

This really is the dumbest book I've ever read. I wish I could get a refund. Buying it was a foolish decision on my part. Don't make the same mistake.

You Can't Predict the Future.......2003-01-08

I don't see how it's possible to see that far ahead. To presume to spot trends well into 7000 A.D. is just absurd. Stephen Hawking doubts the human race can even last another century, and I don't think he is an oracle either.

Last year a medium sized asteroid was discovered just a couple of weeks before it made its nearest approach to Earth. Now if that rock had hit southern England, let's say, tens of millions of people would have died on impact, and Britain would have been wiped off the face of the Earth. The fact that it had been discovered only weeks before meant that we could have done nothing to prevent it from hitting us. If it had done so, nobody would pay much attention to Sept. 11 anymore.

This example illustrates the utter meaninglessness of looking into the crystal ball by studying even the broad trends. Things can happen which no one can think of, and everything changes. To their credit the authors devote only one third of the book to their crystal ball, but it's still an exercise in futility.

To cite further examples, no one in the early nineteenth century except de Tocqueville saw the rise of both America and Russia. He was only one hundred years ahead of his times - and that's already very impressive. Who by the turn of the century would have thought we could not only fly, but even go to the Moon? And hardly anyone knew then what treasures lay below the ground in the Arabian desert - King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud would have preferred to find water instead. But without cars oil would not have been of much use. Who could have predicted these bone-dry, dirt-poor wanderers in the sand would become the world's richest people? Certainly not the Saudis themselves. And 9/11 could not have happened without Saudi money (whether they liked it or not).

A series of accidents led to a radically unbelievable outcome.

If we had such trouble seeing just one hundred years ahead, the notion you can see anything at all several thousand years ahead is baloney.

No less an authority than Jack Welch, the legendary ex-Chairman of GE, makes it clear in his memoirs that you can't see far into the future. Read his book, Straight from the Gut (which incidentally was published on 9/11/01, an event which even he could not have imagined.) At the end of the book he made some predictions, which he implied were foisted on him by the publisher; but he never said they would necessarily come true.

For historical background I recommend three excellent books on world history: William H. McNeill's The Rise of the West, J.M. Roberts's Penguin History of the World, and Paul Kennedy's Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. Margaret Thatcher's Statecraft, Jack Welch's Straight from the Gut, and the latest books by Eric Hobsbaum, Joseph Nye and Henry Kissinger offer intelligent (if not necessarily correct) perspectives on contemporary world and clues to possible future developments. These are good books, much better than this one. All these authors offer some hints on the future, but they never claim to have the last word, let alone seeing thousands of years ahead.

Otherwise, read science fiction instead. Better still, read natural science and standard newspapers.

You are what you eat, they say. Read junk like this, and your brain will be full of it.

Three short books in one.......2000-03-25

The book actually is in three parts - the first is a summary of human history, the second is a analysis of current trends, and the third is a series of looks backward from several points in the future. To be honest, I was hoping for a little more emphasis on the future history part (it's so hard to find any kind of future history, let alone good future history), but the book is actually pretty good as a whole.

Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 6: Applications of the New Biotechnology: The Case of Vaccines. A Report commissioned by the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios

Average customer rating:

Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 6: Applications of the New Biotechnology: The Case of Vaccines. A Report commissioned by the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios
Scenario Commission on Future Health Care Technology , and H. David Banta
Manufacturer: Springer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Administration & Policy | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Public Health | Administration & Policy | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Immunology | Basic Science | Medicine | Subjects | Books

General | Medicine | Subjects | Books

jp-unknown2 | Specialty Stores | Books
ASIN: 0898384125

Anticipating & Assessing Health Care Technology Volume 1: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS & POLICY CONCLUSIONS (Future Health Scenarios)

Average customer rating:

Anticipating & Assessing Health Care Technology Volume 1: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS & POLICY CONCLUSIONS (Future Health Scenarios)
DAVID, CHAIRMAN BANTA
Manufacturer: Kluwer Academic Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Administration & Policy | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Public Health | Administration & Policy | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Biotechnology | Special Topics | Medicine | Subjects | Books

General | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Family & General Practice | Specialties | Medicine | Subjects | Books

General | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 089838897X

Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 2: Future technological changes. A report commissioned by the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios

Average customer rating:

Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 2: Future technological changes. A report commissioned by the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios
H. David Banta
Manufacturer: Springer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Administration & Policy | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Public Health | Administration & Policy | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Biotechnology | Special Topics | Medicine | Subjects | Books

General | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Family & General Practice | Specialties | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Anticipating Hlth Care Tech (Future Health Scenarios)

Average customer rating:

Anticipating Hlth Care Tech (Future Health Scenarios)
Banta
Manufacturer: Kluwer Academic Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Administration & Policy | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Public Health | Administration & Policy | Medicine | Subjects | Books

General | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 4: The future treatment of coronary artery disease.A report commissioned by t he Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios

Average customer rating:

Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 4: The future treatment of coronary artery disease.A report commissioned by t he Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios
Scenario Commission on Future Health Care Technology , and H. David Banta
Manufacturer: Springer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Administration & Policy | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Public Health | Administration & Policy | Medicine | Subjects | Books

General | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Cardiology | Internal Medicine | Medicine | Subjects | Books

General | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0898384109

Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 5: Developments in Human Genetic Testing A Report commissioned by the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios

Average customer rating:

Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 5: Developments in Human Genetic Testing A Report commissioned by the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios
Scenario Commission on Future Health Care Technology , and H. David Banta
Manufacturer: Springer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Administration & Policy | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Public Health | Administration & Policy | Medicine | Subjects | Books

General | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 7: Computer Assisted Medical Imaging: The case of picture archiving and communications systems ... Committee on Future Health Scenarios

Average customer rating:

Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 7: Computer Assisted Medical Imaging: The case of picture archiving and communications systems ... Committee on Future Health Scenarios
Scenario Commission on Future Health Care Technology , and H. David Banta
Manufacturer: Springer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Administration & Policy | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Public Health | Administration & Policy | Medicine | Subjects | Books

General | Medicine | Subjects | Books

General | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0898384133

Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 8: Potentials for home care technology. A report commissioned by the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios

Average customer rating:

Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 8: Potentials for home care technology. A report commissioned by the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios
Scenario Commission on Future Health Care Technology , and H. David Banta
Manufacturer: Springer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Administration & Policy | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Public Health | Administration & Policy | Medicine | Subjects | Books

General | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0898384206

Anticipating the future: How narrative goals affect explanatory and predictive inferences : (Dissertation)

Average customer rating:

Anticipating the future: How narrative goals affect explanatory and predictive inferences : (Dissertation)
Kristi Ann Costabile
Manufacturer: ProQuest Information and Learning
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000EWB98G
Release Date: 2006-03-07

Book Description

Citation Details

Distributed by ProQuest Information and Learning

Book Description

This text is a project management text that focuses on "high technology." The text is brief and has more applied vs. theoretical coverage. The text will focus on traditional project management topics, i.e., project adoption, planning, scheduling, and implementation, however, Olson will look at these topics from an IS or software perspective.

Customer Reviews:

A good start..........2002-03-12

Olson's text lays down the fundamental bricks of a solid IT project manager. This book covers a wide variety of topics -- everything from financial analysis (cost/benefit, NPV, etc.) to the approaches of the systems development life cycle.

Although I'm sure Olson has received many deserved acclaims for his writings in this field, I think this text leaves a little to be desired. It is a very impersonal read, oftentimes forgetting that superb personnel skills are essential to the up-and-coming project manager. It is a very thick, dense text, and although it is not even 300 pages, you sometimes feel that you're sifting through a phonebook to find the scarce relevant information. At times, it can even be quite repetitive, which is a true feat for such a thin book.

I got the impression that Olson had very little experience in the area of IT project management, often referring to outside (3rd party) studies and hypothetical examples to back up his main ideas. The text could have used a good deal more real-world examples and insight from professionals in this line of work -- not just other professors who study it.

Book Description

The first and only step-by-step guide to selecting the best R&D projects

In today's fiercely competitive global economy, so much depends on making the correct R&D project choice. The first and only guide offering comprehensive coverage of state-of-the-art selection techniques now being used by decision-makers in industry, government, and academe, R&D Project Selection is an indispensable working resource for research and development managers, department heads, administrators, policymakers, consulting engineers, and all those involved in the project selection and management process. Applicable to all fields of technical, engineering, and scientific research it:

Provides an in-depth analysis of the nine major selection methods—including cluster analysis, cognitive modeling, simulation, portfolio optimization, and decision theory
Explores the strengths and weaknesses of each and shows how they relate to one another
Features extensive coverage of the data requirements for each method
Supplies R&D managers with clear guidelines on how to effectively tailor the various selection methods to meet the demands of their organizations' unique situations and goals
Offers scientists and engineers a wealth of proposal-writing tips that can dramatically increase their chances of getting funding for their projects

The first and only professional guide devoted exclusively to the subject, R&D Project Selection describes the most successful project selection methods now in use in government, industry, and academe.

Based on its author's extensive professional experience as well as his exhaustive review of the past 30 years of R&D management literature, it provides an in-depth analysis of nine major selection methods—including cluster analysis, cognitive modeling, simulation, portfolio optimization, decision theory, and others. It explores the strengths and weaknesses of each, shows how they relate to one another, and provides extensive coverage (six chapters) of the data requirements for each.

Just as importantly, this unique guide provides R&D managers with clear guidelines on how to effectively tai-lor the various selection methods discussed to meet the demands of their organizations' unique situations and goals.

Applicable to all fields of technical, engineering, and scientific research, R&D Project Selection is an indispensable working resource for R&D managers working in industry, academe, and government. It arms them with clear, step-by-step guidelines on how to effectively select projects so as not to fall short on work already in progress or to overcommit and exceed available resources. At the same time, it supplies scientists and engineers with a wealth of information on how best to tailor their project proposals to increase the likelihood of funding.

Research and development: Project selection criteria (Research for business decisions)
Average customer rating:
Research and development: Project selection criteria (Research for business decisions)
Jackson Eugene Ramsey
Manufacturer: UMI Research Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books | Business Ethics | Consolidation & Merger | Decision-Making & Problem Solving | Distribution & Warehouse Management | Industrial | Information Management | Leadership | Management | Management Science | Motivational | Negotiating | Operations Research | Planning & Forecasting | Pricing | Production & Operations | Project Management | Quality Control | Risk Assessment | Statistics | Strategy & Competition | Systems & Planning | Systems Analysis | Teams | Total Quality Management | Training
General & Reference | Technology | Science | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0835717089

The application of a new research and development project selection model in SMEs [An article from: Technovation]
Average customer rating:
The application of a new research and development project selection model in SMEs [An article from: Technovation]
C.P. Lawson , P.J. Longhurst , and P.C. Ivey
Manufacturer: Elsevier
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

Elsevier | By Publisher | e-Docs | Formats | Books
ASIN: B000RR54EI

Book Description

This digital document is a journal article from Technovation, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Description:
The work reported in this paper investigates Research and Development (R&D) project selection models, focusing on the application of a new hybrid project selection model in a UK based engineering Small to Medium-sized Enterprise (SME). Work is done to enable the new project selection model to be applied in an SME and the model is then field tested. Field test results provide insight into the barriers to the adoption of such a model in an SME, either as a decision support tool or as a knowledge acquisition and learning tool. Insights are gained into the suitability and limits that exist within SMEs for the use of such decision support models. As an outcome of the field test results a simple R&D project portfolio cash-flow tracking method is proposed.

Concepts of technical scope drafting, contractor selection, and project control, for efficient research contracting

Average customer rating:

Concepts of technical scope drafting, contractor selection, and project control, for efficient research contracting
Mark Aronson
Manufacturer: s.n
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007JSFK6

Family selection on a federal reclamation project,: Tule lake division of the Klamath irrigation project, Oregon-California, (U.S. Farm security administration. Social research report no. V)

Average customer rating:

Family selection on a federal reclamation project,: Tule lake division of the Klamath irrigation project, Oregon-California, (U.S. Farm security administration. Social research report no. V)
Marie Jasny
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Rural Planning | Urban Planning & Development | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B000876UTU

Project selection in a region within the context of national development planning: (as applied in the Dept. of La Paz, Bolivia) (Research report series - Institute of Social Studies ; no. 4)

Average customer rating:

Project selection in a region within the context of national development planning: (as applied in the Dept. of La Paz, Bolivia) (Research report series - Institute of Social Studies ; no. 4)
Enrique Garcia Ayaviri
Manufacturer: Institute of Social Studies
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0006DZ5NI

Public utility commissioner selection and electric utilities' cost of capital: Final report for 1986/87 SOMED Project (Research Report / University of Alabama, School of Mines and Energy Development)

Average customer rating:

Public utility commissioner selection and electric utilities' cost of capital: Final report for 1986/87 SOMED Project (Research Report / University of Alabama, School of Mines and Energy Development)
Paul D Thistle
Manufacturer: University of Alabama, School of Mines and Energy Development
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Sample selection for Phase III of the IGE Evaluation Project (Working paper / Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Individualized Schooling)

Average customer rating:

Sample selection for Phase III of the IGE Evaluation Project (Working paper / Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Individualized Schooling)
Ruthanne M Landsness
Manufacturer: Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Individualized Schooling, University of Wisconsin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Selection of product development projects under uncertainty (Stockholm University. Dept. of Business Administration. Monograph no. 6)

Average customer rating:

Selection of product development projects under uncertainty (Stockholm University. Dept. of Business Administration. Monograph no. 6)
Bo Sellstedt
Manufacturer: Bonnier
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Books:

Books Index

Books Home

Recommended Books