Military

Sub-headings:

Military History

US Military

Resources in this category:

Crimes of War
http://www.crimesofwar.org/

"The Crimes of War Project is a collaboration of journalists, lawyers, and scholars that seeks to raise awareness of the laws of war and of the human consequences when armed conflict becomes entrenched. The goal of the Project is to translate the often dry, dense and arcane language of international humanitarian law so that it will have meaning and immediacy for news editors, reporters, policy makers, students and the general public. This knowledge, we believe, will help combat a sense of impunity by those in power and eventually reduce the incidence of war crimes."

Defense Technical Information Center/Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Electronic Library
http://www.dtic.mil/

"A key element of the DoD[Department of Defense] Scientific and Technical Information Program, DTIC is the central Department of Defense facility for providing access to and facilitating the exchange of scientific and technical information." Searchable databases of full-text declassified military technical documents and DoD standards. Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Electronic Library on same page at: http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/. Joint Chiefs of Staff page has military-related dictionary and numerous documents on past and current US military operations.

DOD Dictionary of Military Terms
http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/

Browsable and searchable dictionary of approved U.S. military terminology. Also includes the Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations Master Data Base.

Federation of American Scientists - Nuclear Resources
http://www.fas.org/nuke/

This site offers a comprehensive listing of information pertaining to nuclear weapons and issues of arms control. There is a detailed guide to countries with nuclear weaponr capabilities including graphical representations., nuclear weapon FAQ's, a page devoted to intelligence findings on nuclear threats, news archives of over 30 countries as well as numerous links.

Jane's Information Group
http://www.janes.com/

The latest news and information regarding military and transportation, including articles culled from the various Jane's serials and publications.

Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth
http://regiments.org/

This site strives for comprehensiveness, bringing together all Internet resources pertaining to land forces that were at any time part of the British Empire or Commonwealth... There are several thousand links on these pages. The focus is generally on manifestations of the British regimental system throughout the world." Links are divided into several sections: Regiments, Countries, International, Reviews, and Advertisers." Also includes links to some military history resources outside of the British Commonwealth.

Military Order of the Purple Heart
http://www.purpleheart.org/Membership/default.aspx

Homepage for the organization devoted to the recipients of the Purple Heart, "the oldest military decoration in the world in present use and the first American award made available to the common soldier."

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
http://www.nato.int/

NATO consists of 19 member nations (as of 12 March, 1999) that cooperate in their mutual defense. "Today, following the end of the Cold War and of the division of Europe, the Alliance has been restructured to enable it to participate in the development of cooperative security structures for the whole of Europe. It has also transformed its political and military structures in order to adapt them to peacekeeping and crisis management tasks undertaken in cooperation with countries which are not members of the Alliance and with other international organisations." The site includes news updates, a web archive of NATO documents and publications in several different languages, and sub-sites dealing with specific NATO activities.

Nuclearfiles.org
http://www.nuclearfiles.org/

"By providing background information, analysis and access to primary documents, this site is an educational resource exploring the political, legal and ethical challenges stemming from the continued existence of nuclear weapons."