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The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War by H. W. Brands
azw3 |eng | 2016-10-10 | Author:H. W. Brands [Brands, H. W.]

33 AND SO HE went forward. On November 24 he issued a communiqué announcing an offensive he proclaimed would end the war. “The United Nations massive compression envelopment in North ...
( Category: Americas December 9,2018 )
In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam by Robert Mcnamara
azw3 |eng | 2017-09-05 | Author:Robert Mcnamara [Mcnamara, Robert]

SECRETARY MCNAMARA: I don’t believe that the bombing up to the present has significantly reduced, nor any bombing that I could contemplate in the future would significantly reduce, the actual ...
( Category: Military December 9,2018 )
A Secret Life: The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland by Charles Lachman
epub |eng | 2013-01-02 | Author:Charles Lachman [Lachman, Charles]

Frederick read the statement, not surprised to find it a fraught with lies and falsehoods, but he knew it was his duty to bring it to his mother’s attention. An ...
( Category: Historical December 9,2018 )
The Man Behind the Bayeux Tapestry by Trevor Rowley
epub |eng | 2013-02-21 | Author:Trevor Rowley

• The Song of Roland • According to Wace, at the start of the Battle of Hastings, ‘Taillefer, a very good singer rode before the duke on a swift horse, ...
( Category: Antiques & Collectibles December 9,2018 )
Wilkie Collins by Peter Ackroyd
epub |eng | 2015-10-05 | Author:Peter Ackroyd

CHAPTER ELEVEN Hot Brandy and Water On the conclusion of The Woman in White he made plans to escape from his desk. He first went down to Gad’s Hill Place ...
( Category: Historical December 9,2018 )
J. M. W. Turner by Peter Ackroyd
epub |eng | 2007-12-17 | Author:Peter Ackroyd

Turner’s Gallery: the artist showing his work, drawn from memory by his friend George Jones in 1852. Turner could not bear to part with his favourite paintings, and still hanging ...
( Category: History & Criticism December 9,2018 )
The Kennedys by Thomas Maier
epub |eng | 2011-12-31 | Author:Thomas Maier [THOMAS MAIER]

Congratulations on your wonderful victory. I remained up until four fifteen this morning watching the proceedings and shall hear your acceptance speech tomorrow. I hope you will arrange your speaking ...
( Category: Historical December 9,2018 )
Algiers, Third World Capital by Elaine Mokhtefi
epub |eng | | Author:Elaine Mokhtefi

The International Section immediately received the support of the East Coast Panthers and members throughout California, who had lost respect for “boss” Newton and his strong-arm tactics. But Eldridge was ...
( Category: Africa December 9,2018 )
Sergeant Gregson's War by Gregson Jim & Gregson J M
azw3 |eng | 2016-05-23 | Author:Gregson, Jim & Gregson, J M [Gregson, Jim]

Eleven There was a record player in the education centre, together with three vinyl 33 rpm records, which were still quite novel. I ignored it for three months, then decided ...
( Category: Historical December 9,2018 )
The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria by Alia Malek
azw3 |eng | 2017-02-27 | Author:Alia Malek [Malek, Alia]

A YEAR INTO my life in Beirut, my parents decided they wanted to celebrate their thirtieth wedding anniversary in Syria with their children. They wanted to throw a party in ...
( Category: Middle East December 9,2018 )
Of Fortunes and War: Clare Hollingworth, first of the female war correspondents by Patrick Garrett
azw3 |eng | 2016-07-09 | Author:Patrick Garrett [Garrett, Patrick]

CHAPTER SIXTEEN RELIGIOUS WAR ‘Are you really a Roman Catholic?’ I asked my aunt with interest. She replied promptly and seriously, ‘Yes, my dear, only I just don’t believe in ...
( Category: Professionals & Academics December 9,2018 )
Playing with the Enemy by Gary Moore
epub |eng | 2006-09-14 | Author:Gary Moore

Colonel Arbeiter had informed his superiors that baseball was being played in the Louisiana POW camp. The initial reaction was disbelief, followed by anger. Eventually the brass warmed to the ...
( Category: Biographies December 8,2018 )
Tales from a Free-Range Childhood by Donald Davis
epub |eng | | Author:Donald Davis

Chapter 13 NOTHING WORKS BUT HER MOUTH Mama did not teach school during the years between the time when she and Daddy got married and the year when Joe and ...
( Category: Arts & Literature December 8,2018 )
The General's Cook by Ramin Ganeshram
epub |eng | 2018-10-29 | Author:Ramin Ganeshram

It had been three days since Hercules had first walked with Nate to the shed across from the Chews’ house and he had faithfully shown up every day just after ...
( Category: Historical December 8,2018 )
A Summer In Gascony by Martin Calder
epub |eng | 2008-12-07 | Author:Martin Calder

HANS AND LOTTE JACQUES-HENRI WAS GRUMBLING. A NEW OIL STORAGE TANK was needed for the Auberge, but it was going to be expensive. The old one was going rusty. It ...
( Category: Europe December 8,2018 )

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