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	MILITARY LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS 12–13 October 2006 Edited by Georgi Karastoyanov
	This collection comprises papers presented at the Third Advanced Research Workshop "Military Leadership and Ethics" held on 12-13 October 2006. The main objective of the workshop was presenting lessons from the leadership practice, examining the ethical challenges military leaders face in peacetime and in missions abroad, discussing current issues in the professional military ethics, and outlining the perspectives in leadership training. Despite the specific focus of each single workshop, the main theme inevitably remains military leadership analysed from all possible aspects.
	BULGARIAN FIGHTERS part 2 against American bombers 43-44 Dimitar Nedialkov Reviews
	The book gives detail description of the air battles of the Bulgarian fighters and pilots in air defence operations. This time the author of the series Military Aviation books about the Air Power of Bulgaria, takes us back in the sky of 1943 and 1944 when the American plains were bombing the Bulgarian cities. They came in 5 to 20 times more in numbers and HAD 4 TIMES MORE CASUALTIES against the BULGARIAN FIGHTERS in the air. USA lost 54 plains and 78 damaged. Military secret is how many never reached their bases on the way back. Bulgaria lost only 17 plains. Yes, the Americans succeeded to drop their loads but on what price ?!
	BULGARIAN FIGHTERS part 1 Dimitar Nedialkov Reviews
	This first volume covers the beginning(Balkan wars (1912-1913), when the first air battle in the history took place, covers WW I and the numerous air strikes in it, till 1943 the preparations for the air defense of the homeland.
	JAPAN AGAINST RUSSIA IN THE SKY OF NOMONHAN Dimitar Nedialkov Reviews
	This book is an emotional tale of one not so well-known military Air clash begun in May and finished on September 15th 1939 (15 days after Germany invaded Poland). Isn't this local conflict between the two empires the actual beginning of WW II? The crash of the Japanese made them move their striking power East against USA and UK in the Pacific Strategic Area. This changed the history for decades ahead.
	WHY THINGS HAPPEN PRECISELY LIKE THIS, OR VACUUM THEORY Radnyo Ivanov Dzanev Reviews
	The bases of a new theory, called “vacuum theory”, because of the decisive role of vacuum in physical processes and phenomena, are outlined. The theory is based on the hypothesis that physical vacuum is a kind of matter and that all bodies, moving through it with a definite velocity, change their sizes so that their volume is preserved. Besides, the relationship between the sizes (in the direction of movement and these, situated in the perpendicular plane) remains equal to the Lorenz factor from Special relativity theory.
	Air Power of the Kingdom of Bulgaria Dimitar Nedialkov Reviews
	This is extrimely rare book in the moment. It's out of print and you can't get it anywere at even close price to this. I get it from the author directly. This is a a set of 4 separate volumes in a luxury hardback folder. By Dimitar Nedialkov . Sofia, October 2001. 4 Volumes each 60 pages, format: 28 x 21 cm, soft cover, parallel text in English and Bulgarian. I also have the 4 volumes for sale separately in my store.
	The Genesis of Air Power Dimitar Nedialkov Reviews
	The use of airborne weapons in combat characterizes armed conflict since the end of the 19th Century, and especially since the start of the 20th Century. Today the significance of airborne weaponry has grown to the point where it plays a decisive role in the outcome of armed and political crises. This book is dedicated to 100-anniversary from the first control humans' flight, aims to clarify the genesis of air power, uncover its essence, and trace the evolution in this term during certain stages of its currency. Official historiography, memoirs, and scientific papers form the base for research. Subject of the study is air power: how the term emerged, what was meant by it as it developed historically, how it influenced the formulation of doctrines for the utilization of air forces and national air potential as a whole, and how it made its debut in the years prior to 1914. The very new moment is a special part for creation of Air Power in Balkan countries and meaning of new components for the military operations in Balkan wars (1912-1913). The book seeks to contribute to further clarification of terminology and processes: a clarification which would assist a future streamlining in the development of national air potential on the road to integration into collective security systems. Ultimately, arrival at a uniform terminology, and its clarification and amplification are the first steps to genuine integration. The book is intended for historians and libraries, both military and civil, military officers and pilots, all lovers of the history of humans' flight and air power.

	CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS AND DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF THE SECURITY SECTOR Plamen Pantev, Valeri Ratchev Todor Tagarev, Viara Zaprianova
	In early 2003, G. S. Rakovsky Defence & Staff College won in a competition with many foreign universities and research centers an institutional research grant for a project aimed to create a pattern interdisciplinary and multifunctional Civil – Military Relations curriculum. It was an honor for us to become the first Bulgarian official educational organization, awarded by such highly representative institution like the United States Institute of Peace.

	CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM Jordan Baev & Edwin R. Micewski
	Until the end of the Cold War the specific situation of the defense and security sector in southeast Europe (SEE) did not allow for the development of independent and professional research on the topic of democratic control of armed forces and defense structures. Transparency of the military sphere and democratic civilian control over the defense sector were unattainable; and so was the instilment of democratic values inside military organizations. In addition, the totalitarian societies instituted a strict division between civilian and military education during the Cold War era. Consequently, by the time of the early 1990s, no theoretical or educational establishment of civil-military relations (C-M-R) existed in the SEE region.