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Japan 1945 by Clayton Chun
epub |eng | | Author:Clayton Chun

Late in the war, B-29s and other aircraft could attack Japanese targets almost without opposition. This B-29 flying over Mount Fuji symbolizes the air superiority of the Allies over Japan. ...
( Category: Military April 13,2018 )
Outcast London: A Study in the Relationship Between Classes in Victorian Society by Jones Gareth Stedman
epub |eng | 2014-08-19 | Author:Jones, Gareth Stedman [Jones, Gareth Stedman]

In most districts surrounding the City however, especially those in a radius from a quarter to three-quarters of a mile from the City borders, deterioration and an increase in overcrowding ...
( Category: Sociology April 13,2018 )
For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War by Melvyn P. Leffler
mobi |eng | 2008-09-01 | Author:Melvyn P. Leffler [Leffler, Melvyn P.]

Iranians marching U.S. hostages, 1979. The hostage crisis highlighted U.S. vulnerabilities. The American people rallied behind their president but yearned for bolder leadership. Hamilton Jordan was taken aback when his ...
( Category: World April 13,2018 )
Myth: A Very Short Introduction by Robert Segal
epub |eng | 2015-05-27 | Author:Robert Segal

Above all, for Feder, Vickery, and Trilling, the influence of myth on literature is the influence of theories of myth on literature. Myth is influential on writers because of what ...
( Category: Social Sciences April 13,2018 )
Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History (California World History Library) by Christian David
mobi |eng | 2011-09-01 | Author:Christian, David [Christian, David]

Rates of Innovation We have seen that population growth, increasing state power, and increasing commercialization all stimulated innovations and growth in the era of agrarian civilizations. But each of these ...
( Category: Evolution April 13,2018 )
The Roses of No Man's Land by Lyn MacDonald
mobi |eng | 1993-06-23 | Author:Lyn MacDonald

Chapter Thirteen The 1st Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment was in urgent need of the draft of reinforcements that arrived on board the Viper, but it would take more than ...
( Category: Military April 13,2018 )
Divided on D-Day: How Conflicts and Rivalries Jeopardized the Allied Victory at Normandy by Edward E. Gordon
azw3 |eng | 2017-09-19 | Author:Edward E. Gordon [Gordon, Edward E.]

Fig. 8.2. Rhino tank. (© Imperial War Museums [B 9336]) Culin's company commander got General Gerow to contact Bradley's staff. On July 14 Bradley personally attended a demonstration. With Culin's ...
( Category: Military April 13,2018 )
U.S. History For Dummies by Steve Wiegand
epub |eng | 2014-04-04 | Author:Steve Wiegand

* * * The real thing John Pemberton was an Atlanta pharmacist, but he was also a man with a vision: He wanted to make the perfect drink. So he ...
( Category: Americas April 13,2018 )
Galatians (International Critical Commentary) by Ernest De Witt Burton
azw3 |eng | 2014-09-26 | Author:Ernest De Witt Burton [Burton, Ernest De Witt]

(e) Evidence of his independent apostleship drawn from his conduct on a visit to Jerusalem fourteen years after the preceding one (2:1-10) Following, as before, a chronological order, the apostle ...
( Category: World April 13,2018 )
Sketches from a Secret War by Timothy Snyder
epub |eng | 2005-04-13 | Author:Timothy Snyder

HOLOCAUST When Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union invaded and divided Poland in September 1939, Poland’s Jews had been divided, it appeared, into two communities of fate. The Jews of ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 13,2018 )
The German War by Nicholas Stargardt
epub |eng | 2015-09-25 | Author:Nicholas Stargardt

* At the end of February 1943, a unit of the Secret Military Police came across a mass grave in the woods of Katyn, a small town to the west ...
( Category: Europe April 13,2018 )
A Long Time Coming by Evan Thomas
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Evan Thomas

MCCAIN WAS SINCERE. He did not want to win by playing on racial anxiety. He had too vivid a memory of being smeared in South Carolina in 2000. His wife, ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 13,2018 )
Politics - According to the Bible: A Comprehensive Resource for Understanding Modern Political Issues in Light of Scripture Hardcover by Wayne Grudem
epub |eng | 2010-09-14 | Author:Wayne Grudem [Grudem, Wayne]

One argument in favor of the estate tax is that it prevents “excessive” amounts of wealth from accumulating in the hands of a few families. But who is to decide ...
( Category: Theology April 13,2018 )
Homo Ludens by Johan Huizinga
epub |eng | 1950-04-13 | Author:Johan Huizinga [Huizinga, J.]

The riddle is a sacred thing full of secret power, hence a dangerous thing. In its mythological or ritual context it is nearly always what German philologists know as the ...
( Category: World April 13,2018 )
A Companion to Europe 1900-1945 by Martel Gordon;
epub |eng | 2011-03-03 | Author:Martel, Gordon;

An Overview The remainder of this chapter will offer a brief overview and then consider three key aspects of the settlement: national self-determination, the League, and reparations. Chronologically, the period ...
( Category: World April 13,2018 )

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