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Searching for the Amazons: The Real Warrior Women of the Ancient World by John Man
azw3 |eng | 2018-02-27 | Author:John Man [Man, John]

24 Alternatively, Pisan in French. Pizan in Italian, because the family came from Pizzano, near Bologna. 25 The name was not his invention. It had been around for over 300 ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations May 1,2018 )
The Final Mission of Extortion 17: Special Ops, Helicopter Support, SEAL Team Six, and the Deadliest Day of the U.S. War in Afghanistan by Ed Darack
azw3 |eng | 2017-09-19 | Author:Ed Darack [Darack, Ed]

As Dave, Bryan, Spencer, Pat, and Alex listened within Extortion 17’s dark confines to the Tangi Valley operation unfolding over their radios, all understood that despite their past experiences and ...
( Category: Military April 30,2018 )
The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism by Lopez Donald S. Jr. Buswell Robert E. Jr
epub |eng | 2013-10-11 | Author:Lopez, Donald S., Jr., Buswell, Robert E., Jr.

( Category: World April 30,2018 )
Nemesis by Max Hastings
epub, pdf |eng | 2009-08-28 | Author:Max Hastings

George Beck, a B-29 gunner, wrote in his diary after landing back in the Marianas on 10 March: ‘An unforgettable mission…Squadron CO told us we were starting a new phase ...
( Category: Military April 28,2018 )
One Square Mile of Hell by John Wukovits
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:John Wukovits [Wukovits, John]

“I Never Saw Such a Man” The men of F Company may have been in the vanguard at Red 2, but elsewhere on the beach other individuals moved inland and, ...
( Category: Military April 27,2018 )
Forbidden Nation: A History of Taiwan by Jonathan Manthorpe
azw3, pdf |eng | 2016-06-21 | Author:Jonathan Manthorpe [Manthorpe, Jonathan]

Chapter Eleven A MODERN PROVINCE Liu Ming-chuan was undoubtedly clever enough to have taken the classic Chinese scholastic route to advancement, position, and wealth. However, his lowly birth on a ...
( Category: Asia April 27,2018 )
The First Battle: Operation Starlite and the Beginning of the Blood Debt in Vietnam by Lehrack Otto
epub |eng | 2004-06-19 | Author:Lehrack, Otto [Lehrack, Otto]

THE ATTACK ON NAM YEN 3 As Hotel, 2/4’s 1st and 3d platoons closed on Nam Yen 3 the first sign of life from the village was a black-pajama-clad man ...
( Category: Military April 26,2018 )
The Art of War by Sun-Tzu
epub |eng | 2002-04-19 | Author:Sun-Tzu [Sun-Tzu]

[1] See Col. Henderson, op. cit. vol. I. p. 426. [2] For a number of maxims on this head, see "Marshal Turenne" (Longmans, 1907), p. 29. ----------------------------------------------------------------- VIII. VARIATION IN ...
( Category: Military April 26,2018 )
Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering: Japan in the Modern World by Dower John W
epub |eng | 2012-07-30 | Author:Dower, John W. [Dower, John W.]

These matters bear spelling out a bit, for as the cyclical nature of American memory suggests, they are easily forgotten. Of course, the images of nuclear hell that Dr. Hachiya ...
( Category: Military April 26,2018 )
Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750 by Westad Odd Arne
epub |eng | 2013-01-15 | Author:Westad, Odd Arne [Westad, Odd Arne]

ANY SOCIETY PUT UNDER the stress of massive warfare will suffer, not just at the time but for years to come. China was no exception. Everywhere the Japanese armies went, ...
( Category: Asia April 26,2018 )
Ancient Chinese Warfare by Sawyer Ralph D
epub, azw3 |eng | 2011-03-01 | Author:Sawyer, Ralph D. [Sawyer, Ralph D.]

EARLY CHINESE BOWS Despite its primal importance in Chinese warfare, there has been a surprising dearth of articles on the bow and arrow. However, from the few attempts,40 numerous archaeological ...
( Category: Military April 26,2018 )
Speed Tribes: Days and Nights With Japan's Next Generation by Greenfeld Karl Taro
epub |eng | 1995-09-13 | Author:Greenfeld, Karl Taro [Greenfeld, Karl Taro]

“Hello, uh, this is Takehiro Hashimoto speaking, may I please speak with Keiko Nakagami?” “That is me.” “Uh. Thank you very much for coming to lunch with my family and ...
( Category: Asia April 26,2018 )
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Sledge E. B
epub |eng | 1981-11-01 | Author:Sledge, E. B. [Sledge, E. B.]

proof that I could trust and depend completely on the Marine on each side of me and on our leadership; proof that I could use my weapons and equipment efficiently ...
( Category: Military April 26,2018 )
People Who Eat Darkness by Parry Richard Lloyd
epub |eng | 2012-09-20 | Author:Parry, Richard Lloyd [Parry, Richard Lloyd]

15. GEORGE O’HARA Instead of Azabu Police Station, where they would have interrogated the suspect in a more routine case, Superintendent Udo’s detectives took Joji Obara to the fortresslike headquarters ...
( Category: True Crime April 26,2018 )
A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower (Second Edition) by Kenneth G. Henshall
mobi |eng | 2004-11-11 | Author:Kenneth G. Henshall [Henshall, Kenneth G.]

•sovereignty vested in the people; •war renounced along with maintenance of armed forces; •equality of the sexes; •guarantee of human rights in general, notably the ‘right to life, liberty, and ...
( Category: Asia April 26,2018 )

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