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Inside this issue: Current Issue International Military Activities & Schedule
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Jane’s Do You Know ASEAN?
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Reflecting On Issues Happening A Decade Ago
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Health & Fitness
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HIGHLIGHT OF THIS ISSUE
MINDEF LIBRARY & INFO CENTRE would like to wish to all Muslims a Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha, and a blessed Maal Hijrah 1437 coming ahead. With this edition of the newsletter, we bring you the latest info on library’s book collections, latest journals available in the library as well as resources to access online. More malay and children’s books also available to entertain family members so as to encourage more library visits from you and your family.
New Arrival Books 8-9 New Journals
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Malay & Rainbow Room Books
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Aktiviti PPMK
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Info Library
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Branches Opening Hours
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The library will always be here to provide our excellent services that you need for your professional research, self-development or general interests as a whole. Feel free to come down to the library to check out our latest collections and services. We look forward to seeing you!
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2015— INTERNATIONAL MILITARY UP AND COMING ACTIVITES & SCHEDULE SULTAN HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH
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RECENT EVENT AT A GLANCE
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JANE’S
Other information resources under Jane’s can be found at: http://www.janes.com/
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DO YOU KNOW?
AKTIVITI PERPUSTAKAAN PPMK
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Lawatan ke PPMK bagi Kursus Kepimpinan Bakal PTB Rendah Bagi Lans Koperal Siri 1/2015 JANUARI
Lawatan ke PPMK bagi Kursus Combined Intelligence Officer and Advance Combat Intelligence and Security Course. Lawatan Ke PPMK bagi Kursus Command Staff Course
FEBRUARI
Lawatan ke PPMK bagi Kursus Asas Pertahanan Udara Sesi 2015
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Lawatan Ke PPMK bagi Kursus Kepimpinan Bakal PTB Rendah Bagi Lans Koperal Siri 3/2015
APRIL
Lawatan Ke PPMK bagi Kursus Penghayatan Islam bagi Askar Wanita
D Z S K L M I B A N G L O R E W X
E M W S Y A W A J A K I P O M S I
U I A A H S I N G A P O R E V Y J
T L L M I A G D P H N O K Q U R A
P S V B N B N A Y P Y I D A W U K
O G N I I R E R U S Y G O U D E A
W E Y P E U W S P U T H I N D M R
J R K T L N V E N T I J A F E E T
Y B H N A W T R O B B U J N K Z A
A A E H M A N I L A B A N G O J L
Q N T S A S I B A N G L O W M I O
W G B Q N I S E S N Y O R K E I S
L K A Y O N O G Y M E D I C U T W
D O M K U A L A L U M P U R O W Q
B K P W Z C A W T B U R K Y I S H
U R Y R I A N A C H N A F H Y I L
O A T Z E P H N O M P E N H I O L
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REFLECTING ON ISSUES HAPPENING A DECADE AGO
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MALAY BOOKS Falsafah Pendidikan Islam: Huraian Konsep & Aplikasi Oleh: Ghazali bin Basri Isu-Isu Penyelewengan Akidah di Negara Brunei Darussalam Oleh: Norarfan Zainal Iltizam Untuk Menjadi Wanita Salehah: Kesannya Terhadap Keluarga, Masyarakat, dan Negara Oleh: Hajah Masnon binti Haji Ibrahim Psikologi Pendidikan Dari Perspektif Barat dan Islam Oleh: Haji Mohd. Salleh bin Lebar
RAINBOW ROOM COLLECTION Sword of the dragon By: Laurie Sutton
Academy Attack By: Jack Carson
Ellray Jakes is not a chicken By: Sally Warner
Time-travel bath boom By: Jo Nesbo
The boy with the biggest head in the world By: Lincoln Peirce
Cinderella stays late By: Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams
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NEW JOURNALS
New! International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
IEEE Communications Magazine
BOOKs & JOURNALS ONLINE
Strategic Survey 2014 : the annual review of world affairs By: Alexander Nicoll (ed.)
Strategic Comments
The Military Balance 2015 By: James Hackett
Adelphi Papers
These publications are available at www.tandfonline.com
Come and visit our library to access the resources!
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NEW ARRIVAL BOOKS
TITLE & AUTHORS
SUMMARY
Author : Cronin Stephanie
Focusing on Iran, Afghanistan, and Saudi Arabia, adds an historical understanding to a contemporary political Armies and state-building in t he analysis of the roles of Middle Eastern armies, examining modern Middle East : their structures, activities, and their role in state and politics, empire-building. nationalism and
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NEW ARRIVAL BOOKS
TITLE & AUTHORS Author : Sharma Dheeraj Leadership lessons from the military
military reform
Author : Withington John
This is the story of those disasters, and the ones in between, from famous battles like Hastings and Yorktown, to those Britain’s 20 worst that are less well-known but had far-reaching consequences, military disasters : such as Castillon. Others, like the Battle of the Medway in from the Roman 1667, were deeply shameful--"a dishonor never to be wiped conquest to the fall of off"--but had relatively little long term impact. Singapore Author : Jeff
A guide to the basic skills all soldiers, sailors, and Marines must know to prevail in small-unit dismounted combat Kirkham operations, including planning, battle drills for offense and Combat leader’s field defense operations, patrols, construction and emplacement of fighting positions, use of weapons and call for fire, land guide navigation and map reading, communications, close quarter battle, and tactical combat casualty care. Author : Paul J. Springer Cyber warfare :
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reference handbook
This timely handbook traces the development of cyber capabilities from their roots in information warfare and cryptology to their potential military application in combat.
SUMMARY
The book shows how executives can leverage timetested military practices to create lasting competitive advantage. Business leaders can learn how military leaders tie individual goals with the organizational goals, resulting in a highly motivated and committed workforce, which, in turn, augments organizational efficiency and enhances employee productivity and retention.
Author : Norman L. R. This new book, from respected military historian and author Norman Franks, attempts to redress the balance, noting the Franks RAF fighter pilots over importance of this particular aerial conflict within the wider context of the Second World War. Burma Author : Ian M.Philpott The birth of the Royal This well-researched piece of work has been a long time in the making. Philpott brings his typical flare to the project, Air Force: an encyclopedia of British leaving no stone unturned when it comes to this dynamic, air power before and defining period of Royal Air Force history. REVIEWS...for those interested in the myriad finite details beyond who shot during the Great War- 1914 to 1918 who down, this book is highly recommended. Author : Frederick C. Goode
This is the extraordinary true story of a British Commando in Burma who, cut off behind enemy lines, walked 2,000 miles towards India and freedom in 1942, but was betrayed to the No surrender in invading Japanese only 20 miles short of his destination, Burma : operations tortured by the infamous Kempeitai and finally incarcerated behind Japanese lines, as a POW in Rangoon's notorious Central Jail for the rest of captivity and torture the war.
