Military English • Professional Development English (2020-06)
Army, navy, and air forces from many nations need to work together effectively, using English. Military English courses focus specifically on meeting the language and communication needs of military personnel engaged in international cooperation assignments.
When you think military fiction, you think Tom Clancy. But did you know that Clancy has been collaborating with top military men to give the reader a taste of what the real military world is like? This entry in his Commanders series presents retired general Carl Steiner, who has spent many years leading America's Special Forces in such missions as Desert Storm and the Panama invasion. In the post-9/11 world, we rely on men like Stiner and we rely on Clancy to keep us in the know!
COVID-19 coronavirus is having a big effect on businesses and investors and last week, stock markets around the world fell because of the virus. We find out how that can happen by looking at the way global trade works. NASA’s InSight lander has been studying Mars in more detail than ever before. We find out more about the mysteries of Mars. We find out about the important role that dogs have always played in the military. We meet Brydi, a nine-year-old athlete who’s got her sights set on Paralympic glory.
The Iraq War. The Military Offensive, from Victory in 21 Days to the Insurgent Aftermath
From the best-selling author of The First World War and Intelligence in War comes the most up-to-date and informed study yet of the Iraq War. John Keegan, whom the New York Review of Books calls "the best historian of our day", now brings his extraordinary expertise to bear on perhaps the most controversial war of our time. In exclusive interviews with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and General Tommy Franks, John Keegan has gathered information about the war that adds immeasurably to our grasp of its causes, complications, costs, and consequences.
The Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual (ISBN 0345340744, Ballantine Books 1975, reprinted 1986, 1996, 2006) is a fiction reference book by Franz Joseph Schnaubelt about the workings of Starfleet, a military, exploratory, and diplomatic organization featured in the television series Star Trek.