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By U S Army. 2018
First published just a year after the end of the war this is the story of the Second Infantry…
Division in World War II It is the story of innumerable acts of fortitude and courage of individual sacrifice and devotion to duty under fire by a fighting division which has served with honor in two world wars Closely following actual combat operations brief editions of our participation in World War II were published With the passage of time the need for a more authentic and comprehensive history of this period has become evident This book is designed to meet that need This history shows that from D 1 to V-E Day our Division in the face of repeated fanatical enemy action was employed constantly as a spearhead shock division and that in this role it maintained unblemished its proud record of never having failed to take its objective nor of having relinquished ground so gained During operations we were concerned with our immediate task Now in the light of subsequent events and broader perspective the importance to the nation and to our army of our successes becomes increasingly evident W M Robertson Major-General U S ArmyBy Thomas Jonter. 2016
Why have some nations acquired nuclear weapons while others have refrained from doing so? Most research related to this question…
has focused on states that have built nuclear weapons, yet little attention has been devoted to countries that have chosen nuclear restraint. This book analyzes Swedish plans to acquire nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Sweden was very close to putting a bomb together in 1960s but, for a number of reasons illuminated in this book, decision makers abandoned those plans and subsequently rose to become one of the most recognized players in the international game of disarmament. Thanks to the recent declassification of essential documentation in Sweden and United States, it is now possible to assemble a comprehensive analysis of the Swedish nuclear weapons program based on primary sources. This book presents that analysis, a unique perspective owing to the fact that nuclear development is a highly secretive activity in most countries - with non-existent or limited access to state archives.By David Martin, Dame West. 2018
David Martin a distinguished journalist political analyst and staff member on the Senate Judiciary Committee first published…
his book ALLY BETRAYED in 1946 Having devoted his life to uncovering the truth and to defending Mihailovich Martin s book asks the crucial questions 1 Why did the Allied press which had made a great hero of Mihailovich as a resister of Axis invaders of Yugoslavia begin to play him down after 1942 2 What was Tito s past And where was the radio station located that heralded his appearance in Yugoslavia 3 What decision was reached at Teheran with respect to Tito and Mihailovich 4 How was the ALLIED military intelligence about Yugoslavia falsified 5 Why did Churchill say of Yugoslavia I was deceived and badly informed David Martin was born in Ontario Canada in 1914 Before World War II he wrote on Canadian affairs for Current History The Nation The New Republic the New Leader and other journals He joined the Canadian Air Force in October 1942 became a pilot and flew on the Burmese frontier He was honorably discharged in 1946 With a Foreword by Dame Rebecca West one of Mihailovich s most avid supporters Solid reading Kirkus ReviewBy Margaret Bourke. 2018
THIS IS the story of the search for Faceless Fritz the most…
difficult and frightening camera-hunt ever undertaken by ace photographer-reporter Margaret Bourke-White Fearless Fritz was cable shorthand for one of several LIFE assignments that brought Miss Bourke-White and her camera to Germany some months before its fall She was to pin down the private German citizens to find out what kind of human being it was who multiplied by millions made up the Nazi terror Was he cruel Was he a villain Or was he a jolly gemutlich beer-drinking music-loving sentimentalist so many of us remembered who had really been helpless in the power of a small gang of madmen By the time Margaret Bourke-White arrived in Germany on this mission she had seen much death and danger She had been in Moscow during its fiercest bombings In Italy she had come closer to the enemy lines than any American woman before her But it was in Germany that cold horror overtook her The Germany that Miss Bourke-White saw and recorded in this book puts to shame Dali s most grotesque nightmares It is a physical and spiritual chamber of horrors a cuckoo-cloud land whose inhabitants live in a lost dream They are the people whose faces are as usual and recognizable as neighbors but whose reactions do not seem to make sense Dear Fatherland Rest Quietly which was first published in 1946 takes its title from the words of the anthem Die Wacht am Rhein to which German soldiers have marched three times in the memory of many now living It brings new light to bear on the German people in the hope that through a more immediate understanding of them a fourth march may be averted Richly illustrated throughout with 128 of her photographs with detailed captions forming an integral part of Margaret Bourke-White s important report on conquered GermanyBy J T MacCurdy. 2014
During World War I when Captain J T MacCurdy a Canadian psychiatrist and Cornell University lecturer…
was despatched on a special mission to Britain he undertook one of the earliest studies of war neuroses The new factor was the availability of high explosives following Nobel s discovery of dynamite in 1867 nitroglycerin and diatomaceous earth and developments thereof such as trinitrotoluene TNT and picric acid High explosives were a boon to the mining and the civil engineer but inflicted terrible injuries on combatants Shell shock or as we would now call it post-traumatic stress disorder resulted from extreme experiences on the battlefield injury concussion being buried alive or simply the scale of the slaughter This book which was first published in 1943 contains the text of lectures delivered by Dr J T MacCurdy to groups of officers from the army and the auxiliary women s services early in WWII MacCurdy continuing on from his findings during WWI discusses the nature of fear the national factors at play in the creation and sustainability of morale with reference to the Allied and Axis powers and the significance of psychological factors in practice in an organized community This intelligent objective analysis of the nature of the psychological factor in war was intended for the British soldier but its interest and application are universal Foreign AffairsBy Michael J. Durant, Steven Hartov. 2003
In the autumn of 1993, American special forces were dispatched to the famine-stricken land of Somalia. Their intervention in this…
war-torn country was the most dramatic US military action since Vietnam. A routine mission went horribly wrong when Michael Durant's Black Hawk helicopter was shot down over Mogadishu and he was quickly surrounded by Somali troops and taken captive. The brutal torture he underwent was made all too clear to the world when his coerced statements were broadcast on live television and his battered face appeared on the cover of magazines around the globe. Michael Durant's ordeal was first described in Mark Bowden's international bestseller Black Hawk Down and the critically acclaimed film of the same name. This, his first-person gripping account tells of bravery under fire, torture, imprisonment, and the terrifying day by day reality for a soldier, unarmed and helpless in enemy hands, fighting to survive.By Tom Carhart. 2010
The gripping story of six West Point graduates who fought each other in the Civil War. With Civil War clouds…
darkening the horizon, they were strangers from different states thrown together as West Point cadets: George Armstrong Custer, Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Henry Algernon DuPont, John Pelham, Thomas Lafayette Rosser, and Wesley Merritt. Right after their graduations, war erupted in 1861. They stayed blue or went gray, and even faced each other in battle. Acclaimed military historian Tom Carhart vividly brings to life these young men of valor and honor, and the valiant victories and crushing defeats of the war. They made their marks on the history of a new nation split apart, then reunited and reborn-but only at the cost of the blood of brothers.By Wing-Cmdr. Ira Jones. 2018
From Ypres and Verdun to the Battle of Britain—here in the story of the brave men who destroyed Richthofen’s Flying…
Circus and hurled back Goering’s Luftwaffe to bring England through her darkest hours to shining victory…“An Extraordinary Book.”—Dally Mail“A gripping picture of air combat.”—PunchMEN OF GUTS AND GLORY—the flying, fighting Commanding Officer who bagged 74 enemy aircraft in World War I—the pilot who shot down five enemy aircraft and damaged three others in a single day’s flying—the invincible pilot without legs who engineered an incredibly daring prison escape…This is the story of the courageous men of the R.A.F., led by the Tiger Squadron, the greatest combat fliers in the annals of aviation. Men of indomitable bravery who turned the tides of two world wars.Told by one of its most brilliant members, Wing Commander Ira Jones, it is the authentic account of the men who risked their lives time and again to preserve freedom and destroy tyranny. It is the gripping story of heroic men in the grim battle for their lives and their country miles above the earth where the sky was the limit as they jousted with death and earned the most glorious praise a nation can bestow in Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s tribute: “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”By Mark Aesch. 2016
National polling indicates that, for the first time in American history, people believe their children will not be as well…
off as they are. Even more alarming, is that many Americans believe the biggest problem facing our nation today is government itself. The public sector receives trillions of taxpayer dollars every year, and yet because of its inability to operate effectively, government fails to deliver the quality of service we are paying for. It is clear the American people are weary of paying Ritz Carlton-level taxes for Bates Motel-quality government. In Saving America, Mark Aesch tells us where government--at the local, state, and federal level--is falling short and offers a coherent, non-partisan, seven-step plan for rebuilding our nation's public agencies. The book is not a political broadside nor is it theoretical; instead, it's an inspirational and instructional framework that will help citizens, elected officials, and public administrators make American government great--and provide taxpayers with real value. The 7 Steps to Success will lead to measurable gains for organizations large and small, including school systems, municipal governments, entire states, and even the federal government itself, producing real results for taxpayers and consumers.A dynamic and exciting way to understand success and failure, through the life of Hannibal, one of history's greatest generals.…
The life of Hannibal, the Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with his army in 218 B. C. E. , is the stuff of legend. And the epic choices he and his opponents made-on the battlefield and elsewhere in life-offer lessons about responding to our victories and our defeats that are as relevant today as they were more than 2,000 years ago. A big new idea book inspired by ancient history, Hannibal and Me explores the truths behind triumph and disaster in our lives by examining the decisions made by Hannibal and others, including Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Steve Jobs, Ernest Shackleton, and Paul Cézanne-men and women who learned from their mistakes. By showing why some people overcome failure and others succumb to it, and why some fall victim to success while others thrive on it, Hannibal and Me demonstrates how to recognize the seeds of success within our own failures and the threats of failure hidden in our successes. The result is a page-turning adventure tale, a compelling human drama, and an insightful guide to understanding behavior. This is essential reading for anyone who seeks to transform misfortune into success at work, at home, and in life. .By Eugene Franklin Clark. 2002
In 2000, as historian Thomas Fleming prepared an article about a crucial but little-known, covert mission of the Korean War,…
led by a thirty-nine-year-old naval lieutenant named Eugene Clark, Clark's widow noted that her husband had written up his own account, then put it in a safe-deposit box. Would he like to read it? Fleming would-and discovered an extraordinary document: a vividly written first-person chronicle filled with color, detail, and event, as honest and revealing a wartime narrative as he'd read in many years. In late August 1950, with North Korea on the attack, MacArthur battled his own colleagues over his plan to invade Inchon, behind enemy lines. They simply knew too little about the dangerous tides and miles of mudflats, the beaches, seawalls, and fortifications. It was suicide. MacArthur convinced them, barely, and then brought in Clark, because they did know too little. Clark had to find the answers-and in just two weeks. That was all the time there was. With two South Korean officers, Clark landed on a harbor island, but the North Koreans discovered him, and soon his intelligence-gathering became filled with firefights, night raids, hand-to-hand combat, even a miniature naval battle involving armed junks. It all culminated on the night of the invasion itself-when he and his men took over a lighthouse and lit it to guide the allied fleet. The Secrets of Inchon is a stunning account, rich with courage and humanity, infused by Clark's growing brotherhood with his newfound allies-a new classic of military history.By Michael L. Gross. 2015
As insurgencies rage, a burning question remains: how should insurgents fight technologically superior state armies? Commentators rarely ask this question…
because the catchphrase 'we fight by the rules, but they don't' is nearly axiomatic. But truly, are all forms of guerrilla warfare equally reprehensible? Can we think cogently about just guerrilla warfare? May guerrilla tactics such as laying improvised explosive devices (IEDs), assassinating informers, using human shields, seizing prisoners of war, conducting cyber strikes against civilians, manipulating the media, looting resources, or using nonviolence to provoke violence prove acceptable under the changing norms of contemporary warfare? The short answer is 'yes', but modern guerrilla warfare requires a great deal of qualification, explanation, and argumentation before it joins the repertoire of acceptable military behavior. Not all insurgents fight justly, but guerrilla tactics and strategies are also not always the heinous practices that state powers often portray them to be.By Cmdr. Denys Arthur Rayner. 2018
A LONG, DESPERATELY FOUGHT BATTLE BETWEEN THE BRITISH FRIGATE “SAN FIORENZO” AND THE FRENCH FRIGATE “PIEMONTAISE” IN THE INDIAN OCEAN…
IN 1808…In the path of the three India merchantmen setting out on their long voyage home lurked the French raider based on Mauritius, then known—the year in 1808—as the Ile de France. The frigate San Fiorenzo was despatched to escort them past the danger point. The enemy frigate, Piemontaise, sighted the convoy first, but was in turn sighted by the San Fiorenzo before she could close with and board her prizes. Then ensued a three-day running fight of truly epic quality. The San Fiorenzo, an elderly vessel captured from the French in the Mediterranean a generation earlier, was out-gunned and out-manned; many of her crew had had to be put ashore owing to sickness, and she had just weathered a furious storm. On the other hand she had only recently emerged from dry-dock and could outsail the Frenchman, who had been too long at sea. But more important even than speed and armament were the minds of the opposing captains…By John Cournos, Eugene Tarl. 2018
Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821 is one of the most illustrated political and military figures of the last two millennia…
He has remained in the memory of the world as a legend that the passage of the years has failed to blur On the contrary Napoleon Bonaparte widely continues to be considered the personification of human genius Originally published in this English translation in 1942 leading Russian historian Evgeny Tarle details Napoleon s military campaign to invade Russia in the early nineteenth century The campaign of 1812 was more frankly imperialistic than any other of Napoleon s wars it was more directly dictated by the interests of the French upper middle class The war of 1796-7 the conquest of Egypt in 1798-9 the second Italian campaign and the recent defeat of the Austrians could still be justified as necessary measures of defence against the interventionists The Napoleonic press called the Austerlitz campaign self-defence against Russia Austria and England The average Frenchman considered even the subjugation of Prussia in 1806-7 no more than a just penalty inflicted on the Prussian court for the arrogant ultimatum sent by Frederick-William III to the peace-loving Napoleon constantly harried by troublesome neighbours Napoleon never ceased to speak of the fourth conquest of Austria in 1809 as a defensive war provoked by Austrian threats Only the invasion of Spain and Portugal was passed over in discreet silence The War of 1812 was a struggle for survival in the full sense of the word a defensive struggle against the onslaughts of the imperialist vulture E V TarleBy Committee on Safe Buildings Program. 2003
The report examines the Environmental Protection Agency’s three-year plan for a comprehensive response to a chemical or biological attack on…
a civilian or public sector facility. The report states that EPA has correctly identified the essential major research areas (detection, containment, decontamination, and disposal) but calls for an initial focus on decontamination and disposal efforts and a longer term research program.By Edward Heffron, William Guarnere, Robyn Post. 2007
Tom Hanks introduces the ?remarkable?(Publishers Weekly) story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of…
Brothers. William ?Wild Bill? Guarnere and Edward ?Babe? Heffron were among the first paratroopers of the U.S. Army?members of an elite unit of the 101st Airborne Division called Easy Company. The crack unit was called upon for every high-risk operation of the war, including D-Day, Operation Market Garden in Holland, the Battle of the Bulge, and the capture of Hitler?s Eagle?s Nest in Berchtesgaden. Both men fought side by side?until Guarnere lost his leg in the Battle of the Bulge and was sent home. Heffron went on to liberate concentration camps and take Hitler?s Eagle?s Nest hideout. United by their experience, they reconnected at the war?s end and have been best friends ever since. Their story is a tribute to the lasting bond forged between comrades in arms?and to all those who fought for freedom.By John Cournos, Eugene Tarl. 2018
Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821 is one of the most illustrated political and military figures of the last two millennia…
He has remained in the memory of the world as a legend that the passage of the years has failed to blur On the contrary Napoleon Bonaparte widely continues to be considered the personification of human genius In this memoir which was first published in this English translation in 1937 author and historian Evgeny Tarle vividly presents in detail Napoleon s life and official activity THE man with whose life and personality this book deals presents one of the most extraordinary phenomena in world history It is not surprising that he has been still is and will continue to be the subject of many biographies As recently as 1914 a section of the militant German press sang fervent praises of Napoleon as the creator of the Continental Blockade and as the author of the idea of uniting the European continent against England after the World War the victorious Allies inspired by his example inserted the more ruthless clauses into the Versailles Treaty and the Fascist dictatorship in Italy made the study of Napoleon s personality a compulsory course of history instruction in the schools And before and after the World War the figure of Napoleon loomed constantly before the minds of the ruling classes frightened by approaching revolution and yearning for the strong man and deliverer The grandiose Napoleonic epic has had almost as strong a hold on political philosophers and theoreticians as on historians publicists and poets Beginning with the Hegelians and ending with the revolutionary Marxist writers there has been no single noticeable current of social and philosophic thought which in one fashion or another has not been influenced by Napoleon E V Tarle IntroductionBy James Mann. 2007
What are our ideas and hidden assumptions about China? Does America's policy toward China make sense? In this vigorous look…
at China's political evolution and direction, Mann offers a startling vision of our future with China that will have a profound impact for decades to come.By Mark Stacey, John Hill. 2014
This supplement for Across A Deadly Field includes a number of scenarios of differing size and complexity, intended to give…
players a wide variety of options for their American Civil War games. The scenarios cover a number of the most famous battles of the Eastern Theater, including 1st Bull Run, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station and Gettysburg, and offer both modestly sized and larger battles to the player. The smaller scenarios focus not only on smaller battles, but also on engagements within a larger encounter, while the larger scenarios present a wider view of a battle. For example, Antietam offers the three distinct corps-level actions in the north, center and the south at Burnside's Bridge, as well as the full battle. This offers Across A Deadly Field players a versatility that can accommodate their preferences and collections without sacrificing either playability of historical accuracy.By Samuel Hynes. 1983
The Soldier's Tale is the story of modern wars as told by the men who did the actual fighting. Hynes…
examines the journals, memoirs, and letters of men who fought in the two World Wars and in Vietnam, and also the wars fought against the weak and helpless in concentration camps, prisoner-of-war camps, and bombed cities. Interweaving his own reflections on war with brilliantly chosen passages from soldiers' accounts, he offers vivid answers to the question we all ask of men who have fought: What was it like? In these powerful pages the experiences of modern war, which seem unimaginable to those who weren't there, become comprehensible and real. The wide range of writers examined includes both famous literary memoirists like Robert Graves, Tim O'Brien, and Elie Wiesel, and unknown soldiers who wrote only their war stories. Using these testimonies, Hynes considers each war in terms of its special circumstances and its effects on men who fought. His understanding of the psychology of warfare--and of each war's role in history--gives this study its intellectual authority; the voices of the men who were there, and wrote about what they saw and felt, give it its powerful dramatic impact.