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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 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 )
Shots Fired in Terminal 2 by William Hazelgrove
epub |eng | | Author:William Hazelgrove

Terror is something you have to experience to understand the word. It is uncertainty, fear, and stress, coupled with a feeling of impending doom. It is the unknown that grips ...
( Category: Social Sciences December 9,2018 )
Troublemakers by Leslie Berlin
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Leslie Berlin

The quality of Apple’s efforts was especially striking given that the event inspiring them was the first West Coast Computer Faire at the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, a weekend-long ...
( Category: Biography & History December 9,2018 )
Fire and Desolation by Gavin K. Watt
epub |eng | 2017-05-15 | Author:Gavin K. Watt

British Indian Department Dispositions On September 18, Lieutenant-Colonel Bolton sent Haldimand a “return of the disposition of the Rangers now employed on the frontiers of the Indian country.” Captain Caldwell ...
( Category: Americas December 9,2018 )
The United States and the Transatlantic Slave Trade to the Americas, 1776-1867 by Leonardo Marques
epub |eng | 2016-12-07 | Author:Leonardo Marques

The Go-Betweens of Man-Stealers By 1845, Maxwell, Wright & Co. and Hobkirk, Weetman & Co. had abandoned any African-related trade. It is clear from the depositions of crews and documents ...
( Category: Sociology December 8,2018 )
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 )
Live From Mongolia by Patricia Sexton
epub |eng | 2013-12-07 | Author:Patricia Sexton

CHAPTER 16 As Bold as Breasts The Mongolian government has decided to enact financial reform in order to reduce budget expenditures. The finance minister tells us that structural changes will ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers December 8,2018 )
Dancing on Our Turtle's Back by Leanne Simpson
epub |eng | 2012-04-07 | Author:Leanne Simpson [Simpson Leanne]

* * * The telling and retelling of this story, to me, represents a resurgence narrative. Nanabozho diagnoses the problem, seeks out knowledge from his Nokomis, his Elder, works with ...
( Category: Americas December 8,2018 )
The Origins of the Modern World by Robert B. Marks
epub |eng | 2016-01-19 | Author:Robert B. Marks

Conclusion: Into the Anthropocene In the course of human history, the Industrial Revolution equals or surpasses that of the agricultural revolution in importance. Where agriculture allowed people to capture the ...
( Category: Europe December 8,2018 )
Saving Bravo by Stephan Talty
epub |eng | | Author:Stephan Talty

At about 10 p.m. on the night of April 10, as Clark was slowly pushing downstream, Tommy Norris and his team of Vietnamese sea commandos left the French bunker. Their ...
( Category: Military December 8,2018 )
The Case of the Slave Ship Amistad by Mary Cable
epub |eng | 2017-08-27 | Author:Mary Cable [Mary Cable]

Kin-na’s letter was along similar lines: “. . . Judge Judson say you be free, but Government say No . . . If man have knife and come to American ...
( Category: Africa December 8,2018 )

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