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Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War by Barbara Ehrenreich
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-04-07 | Author:Barbara Ehrenreich [Ehrenreich, Barbara]

Where the tradition is historically vague or insufficiently uplifting, imagination has filled in. Nineteenth-century Prussians, for example, saw themselves as the successors of the Spartans and the Assyrians, or rooted ...
( Category: Military April 11,2018 )
Blackbird: The Untouchable Spy Plane by James Hamilton-Paterson
epub |eng | 2017-05-31 | Author:James Hamilton-Paterson [Hamilton-Paterson, James]

* Back at Burbank in 1960, even before the first A-12 began its tests, ‘Kelly’ Johnson had worried about the project’s runaway costs but could see lucrative possibilities for his ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 11,2018 )
Vietnam by Paul Ham
epub |eng | | Author:Paul Ham

The dead soldier’s platoon, company and sometimes battalion commanders often wrote separately to the families: It is not a duty obligation which occasions me to write to you but a ...
( Category: Military April 11,2018 )
The War of 1812, Conflict and Deception by Ronald J. Drez
epub |eng | 2014-04-11 | Author:Ronald J. Drez

The very same month that Prevost received his offensive orders, Admiral Alexander Cochrane arrived in Bermuda to replace Admiral John Warren, and he carried with him his own offensive orders—dating ...
( Category: Americas April 11,2018 )
Inch'on 1950 by Gordon Rottman
epub |eng | | Author:Gordon Rottman

Ships of the JTF7 Transport Group take up position in the transport area outside Inch’on Harbor. (USN) The X Corps operation plan had begun to be developed by the GHQ ...
( Category: Military April 11,2018 )
Waging War by David J. Barron
epub |eng | | Author:David J. Barron

Part 4 * * * COLD WAR AND BEYOND 14 KOREA AND ABSOLUTE WAR POWERS “The whole business of trying to prescribe by law the movements of military forces which ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 11,2018 )
Farewell Kabul by Christina Lamb
epub |eng | 2015-03-19 | Author:Christina Lamb

One evening he had dinner with two visiting American Senators, both from the Democratic Party: Jack Reed from Rhode Island and Richard Durbin of Illinois. It was a classic Karzai ...
( Category: Asia April 10,2018 )
Waking Up from War by Joseph Bobrow
epub |eng | 2015-04-10 | Author:Joseph Bobrow

IV. We Are Family When a service member deploys, the whole family deploys. Composers Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards wrote the song “We Are Family” for Sister Sledge, an R ...
( Category: Military April 10,2018 )
Louisbourg 1758 by Rene Chartrand
epub |eng | | Author:Rene Chartrand

Cormorandière (or Kennington) Cove from a 1912 photo. The British landing succeeded on 8 June at Cormorandière (or Kennington) Cove thanks to Wolfe’s mixed force of grenadiers, light infantry and ...
( Category: Europe April 10,2018 )
Armageddon and Paranoia by Rodric Braithwaite
epub |eng | 2017-04-10 | Author:Rodric Braithwaite

Accidents Will Happen Human agency – misjudgement, miscommunication, ill-considered risk-taking – was not the only trigger of crisis (these are described in Chapter 13). There were many lesser near-crises, false ...
( Category: Military April 10,2018 )
The Thin Green Line by Richard Doherty
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-01-08 | Author:Richard Doherty

However, Amnesty International had taken an interest in the allegations of ill treatment of suspects and produced a report in May 1977 outlining seventy-eight such cases. Secretary of State Roy ...
( Category: Social Sciences April 10,2018 )
Cigar City Mafia: A Complete History of the Tampa Underworld by Scott M. Deitche
mobi, epub |eng | 2005-05-31 | Author:Scott M. Deitche [Deitche, Scott M.]

Soon, also, Haskew would be removed as a defendant and used as a witness for the prosecution, in exchange for a life imprisonment sentence. Now all that left was Antone, ...
( Category: Americas April 10,2018 )
Stalking the Red Bear: The True Story of a U.S. Cold War Submarine's Covert Operations Against the Soviet Union by Peter Sasgen
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-03-17 | Author:Peter Sasgen [Sasgen, Peter]

13 ______ EYES AND EARS “SONAR, ANYTHING?” “Negative, Captain. Just garbage.” Several hours spent in and around the intercept box had turned up a Norwegian fishing fleet but not much ...
( Category: Military April 10,2018 )
World War 2 BOX SET #2: The European & Pacific Theatres by Ryan Jenkins
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2014-07-07 | Author:Ryan Jenkins

Conclusion On May 8th, 1945, Admiral Dönitz, Hitler's designated successor, agreed to the unconditional surrender of all German troops to the Allies. The war in Europe was over. Millions were ...
( Category: Military April 10,2018 )
Submarine Warfare in the Atlantic: The History of the Fighting Under the Waves between the Allies and Nazi Germany during World War II by Charles River Editors
mobi, epub |eng | 2016-04-03 | Author:Charles River Editors

The USS Beaver Both British and American submarines served as beacon ships during Operation Torch, lying at the surface with infrared signal lights to mark the landing points for the ...
( Category: Military April 10,2018 )

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