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The Edge of War
Par James Atkinson, Adm Arleigh A Burke. 2018
Originally published in 1960 in The Edge of War Georgetown University associate professor and author James David Atkinson provides…
an examination of both the Western and Communist approaches to war He also covers the evolution of unconventional war and includes case histories of Guatemala and the stand-up of the Shah of Iran It is a privilege to have the opportunity to state my agreement with Dr Atkinson s general thesis and especially his observation that warfare of the latter part of the 20th Century is above all a battle of the spirit of ideas and of the human will This battle will be fought in the hearts in the minds and in the souls of men everywhere It is hoped that this book will serve to awaken many to this fact Adm Arleigh A BurkeRoosevelt’s Road to Russia (Fdr And The Era Of The New Deal Ser.)
Par George Crocker. 2018
Many people will be made angry by this book They will be angry first at its author for daring…
to attack the memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Then as they read with an increasing sense of shame this shocking story of the summit conferences of World War II they will be moved to anger at F D R himself The trust which the American people bestowed in the leadership of Roosevelt is a matter of historical record The manner in which the four-times President used that trust is only little by little coming to be realized The truth is that ever since victory was won western civilization has been at bay with men everywhere preparing for new wars What went wrong Was there a monstrous miscalculation Bad faith in high places Incompetence What really happened at the fateful summit conferences of World War II The documents notes and memoirs of men who were there at Casablanca Teheran and Yalta and the others how now dredged up the pieces of a horrendous jigsaw puzzle ROOSEVELT S ROAD TO RUSSIA for the first time puts the pieces together Crocker has presented this sad epoch in American history more interestingly and more competently than any previous writer he gives the first complete picture of just how and why we lost the peace it is an important contribution to the history of our times We are in danger of being deceived by Khrushchev as Roosevelt was deceived by Stalin Let us read this record as Crocker has faithfully compiled it and heed the warning H V Kaltenhorn A tale of colossal incompetence monstrous misunderstanding outrages of freedom it should be read by everyone who wants to understand the world today The Chicago Tribune a scholarly brief with all the logic and persuasion of a grand jury presentation Columbus DispatchThe Twenty-Year Revolution from Roosevelt to Eisenhower
Par Chesly Manly. 2018
In The Twenty-Year Revolution from Roosevelt to Eisenhower which was first published in 1954 author Chesly Manly …
the United Nations Correspondent of the Chicago Tribune leaves practically no part of government operation untouched He covers the advent of the New Deal the first year of the Eisenhower administration with revelations of diplomatic relations with an implacable enemy subversion of national policies by collectivist legal and economic experts willful toleration of communist infiltration into the government active encouragement of such infiltration into the labor unions and wilful toleration of communist infiltration into the government to active encouragement of such infiltration into the labor unions and reliance upon the Communists for political support A gripping readRiots
Par Matthew Moran, David Waddington. 2016
The past ten years have been marked by a series of high profile and heavily mediatised riots across the globe.…
From the overspill of racial tensions in Sydney to anti-police riots in London, democratic societies have witnessed powerful and costly outbursts of anger and violence. But what are the causes of these large-scale episodes of collective disorder? Do they share common features? And what can they tell us about the nature and significance of riots more broadly? In this book, the authors address these questions and more with a wide-ranging comparative study of rioting in five countries (Australia, England, France, Greece and the United States). Using a revised and expanded version of the Flashpoints Model of Public Disorder, Matthew Moran and David Waddington dissect these violent and ephemeral social phenomena, laying bare their internal logic and demonstrating the essentially political nature of riots.The Enemy Below
Par Cmdr Denys Arthur Rayner. 2018
DUEL AT SEAFrom the moment the radar indicated a German sub the captain of the destroyer Hecate knew he…
would achieve his life s ambition a duel to the death in deserted waters between his ship and an enemy submarine Below the choppy sea sped the U-121 commanded by Kapit n von Stolberg an efficient brutal sailor who also welcomed a fight to the finish but for a different reason His submarine was entrusted with a mission that could prove catastrophic to the Allied war effort Nothing least of all a British destroyer must stand in his way Plotting his strategy like a deadly game of chess the destroyer captain doggedly tailed the elusive sub Depth charge answered torpedo cannon matched gun and finally man faced man in a climactic battle for supremacy at sea THE ENEMY BELOW was also made into the Academy Award winning 1957 movie starring Robert Mitchum and Curt J rgens and produced and directed by Dick Powell THE ENEMY BELOW Simply terrific Christian HeraldTHE ENEMY BELOW Commander Rayner has spun a grand yarn The battle he has described is a thriller a cross between a game of chess and a hunt to the death He tells it well with mounting suspense much clever manipulation of the possibilities of naval action and with a slam-bang climax which ought to be terrific in the forthcoming movie The New York TimesTHE ENEMY BELOW A thumping good narrative of primordial war at sea told from an unusual point of view The New York Times Book ReviewThe Crippled Tanker
Par Cmdr. Denys Arthur Rayner. 2018
This rousing World War II tale is set in February 1943. H.M.S. destroyer ‘Hecate’ is pulled out of convoy escort…
duty to tow the crippled (and abandoned) Greek tanker ‘Antioch’ 500 miles across the North Atlantic from the spot where she had been attacked by a German wolfpack to the safety of a British port. The ‘Antioch’, at 15,000 tons, had been the largest ship in her convoy and her cargo of four million gallons of high-octane petroleum (enough to send 2,000 Wellington bombers to Berlin and back) is of vital importance to Britain’s wartime economy.Initially angered by their rather inglorious assignment, the warship’s officers and crew slowly begin to take pride in their towing assignment as they try and fend off a German U-boat and a succession of Luftwaffe warplanes after the ‘Antioch’ and ‘Hecate’ are spotted by a German reconnaissance airplane....The Small Spark of Courage
Par Cmdr. Denys Arthur Rayner. 2018
THEY KNEW THEY WOULD NOT RETURN…Having outrun their supply lines, they now await the enemy’s counterattack…In order to determine the…
enemy’s intention the brigade commander is compelled to expose one company to certain destruction. At the height of the battle, the commander of the ‘suicide’ company appeals for assistance to an armoured unit. Its young troop officer hesitates.Dare he disobey order to prevent a massacre?“It is a gem: the day-long battle is vastly exciting, words are not wasted. Effects are as sure as the characters. Commander Rayner has great writing talent.”—DAILY EXPRESS“In a tense series of battle scenes an unexpected and entirely unplanned victory is won. An exciting engagement which also provokes speculation about men in action and morale.”—BOOKS OF THE MONTHThe Big Book of Buds: More Marijuana Varieties from the World's Great Seed Breeders
Par Ed Rosenthal. 2010
The fourth volume of the Guru of Ganja's Big Book of Buds series is here with all new varieties from…
the world's greatest seed breeders. It is both an eye-catching coffee table book and the most informative, up-to-date variety resource guide available. The Big Book of Buds Volume 4 provides information for connoisseurs and gardeners alike: descriptions of appearance, cultivation preferences, range of highs, and medicinal qualities. Spanish and California strains are included for the first time, offering more outdoor selections to gardeners in southern climates. Exciting new award-winning varieties from Dutch and Canadian seed companies provide even more choices for everyone. With valuable gardening tips and insightful reflections on the role of marijuana as a social unifier and catalyst, this is the book for marijuana lovers and cannabis converts that are coming out of the closet.Hitler Was My Friend: The Memoirs Of Hitler's Photographer
Par Heinrich Hoffmann, Lt. 2014
Heinrich Hoffmann was the photographer to kings princes and the glitterati of the first half of the 20th…
Century His archive of images ran into the millions and he grew to be rich and moderately famous An assistant in London to Emil Otto Hopp the undisputed leader of pictorial portraiture in Europe at the time Hoffmann returned to Germany progressed through the tumult of WWI into the chaos of the Weimar and there he came into contact with an idealist with a growing following Adolf Hitler As official court photographer Heinrich Hoffmann played a critical role in the painstaking cultivation of Hitler s public image and the glorification of the Third Reich However his influence stretched far beyond the realm of propaganda not only was he present during many of the key moments in the history of the Third Reich he was also a close personal friend of the F hrer with exclusive and intimate access to Hitler s inner circle and to the man himself It was Hoffmann who introduced Hitler to Eva Braun his studio assistant It was also Hoffmann with whom Hitler was on a trip from Munich to Hamburg when the F hrer received word that his beloved niece Geli Raubal had committed suicide Hoffmann took over two million photographs of Hitler and published several books including The Hitler Nobody Knows 1933 At the end of the war Hoffmann was arrested by the U S military who seized his photographic archive and was sentenced to imprisonment for Nazi profiteering These memoirs were first published in English in 1955 four years after his release from prison and represent a crucial eyewitness source for the historian and general reader alikeMarijuana Buds for Less
Par Seemorebuds. 2007
This handy, simple guide walks the novice - or budget-minded - gardener through the entire process of cultivating marijuana. Unlike…
most such books that feature costly high-tech equipment, this one emphasizes household fluorescent bulbs and other inexpensive, easily available supplies. Marijuana Buds for Less is organized around a boldly photographed day-to-day planner, with each page a day in the life of the garden. Growers have a visual reference of their plant's progress with instructions on watering, feeding, lighting, and caretaking.Always To-morrow
Par John Leeming. 2018
In November 1940 an R A F aeroplane crashed near Catania Sicily On board were Air…
Marshal O T Boyd on his way to Cairo as Air Officer Commanding Middle East and John Leeming a member of his staff who before the war was a well-known private pilot and the author of several amusing books Air Marshal Boyd and Mr Leeming were taken prisoner by the Italians and six months later they were joined by a bevy of generals and other senior British officers including Major-General Neame V C Lieutenant-General O Connor Major-General Carton de Wiart V C and Major-General Gambier-Perry Always To-morrow which was first published in 1951 is an account of the life as prisoners of war in Italy of this group of high ranking officers beginning with the aircraft crash in Sicily which wrecked the career of Air Marshal Boyd Widely regarded as one of the most amusing books written about World War II the hopes and disappointments of the several attempts at escape are told in a most entertaining way and the lack of emphasis on the less amusing aspects of life as a prisoner of war only serves to underline the unfailing courage enterprise and patience of these senior officers The funniest war story of all Leeming s adventures as a prisoner of the Italians are told with a rare humour and a keen eye for the absurd There is drama too in his story but Mr Leeming is irrepressible Sunday GraphicMoscow, Tokyo, London: Twenty Years Of German Foreign Policy. [1st American Ed. ].
Par Herbert Dirksen. 2018
First published in English in 1951 these are the fascinating memoirs of a high level German diplomat detailing…
his many years of work within German Embassies at Moscow Tokyo London and elsewhere The book provides extensive information on the formulation of foreign policy international negotiations and treaties during the Nazi era as well as the interwar period The aim of this book is to give an account of a political career spent almost exclusively in Eastern European and Far Eastern countries The task assigned to me by Hitler in London was that of a letter-carrier My efforts to break the shackles imposed on me and to oppose a policy which was bound to lead to the catastrophe of the Second World War proved futile Herbert von DirksenCombat History of the Second Infantry Division in World War II
Par U S Army. 2018
First published just a year after the end of the war this is the story of the Second Infantry…
Division in World War II It is the story of innumerable acts of fortitude and courage of individual sacrifice and devotion to duty under fire by a fighting division which has served with honor in two world wars Closely following actual combat operations brief editions of our participation in World War II were published With the passage of time the need for a more authentic and comprehensive history of this period has become evident This book is designed to meet that need This history shows that from D 1 to V-E Day our Division in the face of repeated fanatical enemy action was employed constantly as a spearhead shock division and that in this role it maintained unblemished its proud record of never having failed to take its objective nor of having relinquished ground so gained During operations we were concerned with our immediate task Now in the light of subsequent events and broader perspective the importance to the nation and to our army of our successes becomes increasingly evident W M Robertson Major-General U S ArmyAlly Betrayed: The Uncensored Story of Tito and Mihailovich
Par David Martin, Dame West. 2018
David Martin a distinguished journalist political analyst and staff member on the Senate Judiciary Committee first published…
his book ALLY BETRAYED in 1946 Having devoted his life to uncovering the truth and to defending Mihailovich Martin s book asks the crucial questions 1 Why did the Allied press which had made a great hero of Mihailovich as a resister of Axis invaders of Yugoslavia begin to play him down after 1942 2 What was Tito s past And where was the radio station located that heralded his appearance in Yugoslavia 3 What decision was reached at Teheran with respect to Tito and Mihailovich 4 How was the ALLIED military intelligence about Yugoslavia falsified 5 Why did Churchill say of Yugoslavia I was deceived and badly informed David Martin was born in Ontario Canada in 1914 Before World War II he wrote on Canadian affairs for Current History The Nation The New Republic the New Leader and other journals He joined the Canadian Air Force in October 1942 became a pilot and flew on the Burmese frontier He was honorably discharged in 1946 With a Foreword by Dame Rebecca West one of Mihailovich s most avid supporters Solid reading Kirkus Review“Dear Fatherland, Rest Quietly”: A Report on the Collapse of Hitler’s “Thousand Years”
Par Margaret Bourke. 2018
THIS IS the story of the search for Faceless Fritz the most…
difficult and frightening camera-hunt ever undertaken by ace photographer-reporter Margaret Bourke-White Fearless Fritz was cable shorthand for one of several LIFE assignments that brought Miss Bourke-White and her camera to Germany some months before its fall She was to pin down the private German citizens to find out what kind of human being it was who multiplied by millions made up the Nazi terror Was he cruel Was he a villain Or was he a jolly gemutlich beer-drinking music-loving sentimentalist so many of us remembered who had really been helpless in the power of a small gang of madmen By the time Margaret Bourke-White arrived in Germany on this mission she had seen much death and danger She had been in Moscow during its fiercest bombings In Italy she had come closer to the enemy lines than any American woman before her But it was in Germany that cold horror overtook her The Germany that Miss Bourke-White saw and recorded in this book puts to shame Dali s most grotesque nightmares It is a physical and spiritual chamber of horrors a cuckoo-cloud land whose inhabitants live in a lost dream They are the people whose faces are as usual and recognizable as neighbors but whose reactions do not seem to make sense Dear Fatherland Rest Quietly which was first published in 1946 takes its title from the words of the anthem Die Wacht am Rhein to which German soldiers have marched three times in the memory of many now living It brings new light to bear on the German people in the hope that through a more immediate understanding of them a fourth march may be averted Richly illustrated throughout with 128 of her photographs with detailed captions forming an integral part of Margaret Bourke-White s important report on conquered GermanyThe Structure of Morale
Par J T MacCurdy. 2014
During World War I when Captain J T MacCurdy a Canadian psychiatrist and Cornell University lecturer…
was despatched on a special mission to Britain he undertook one of the earliest studies of war neuroses The new factor was the availability of high explosives following Nobel s discovery of dynamite in 1867 nitroglycerin and diatomaceous earth and developments thereof such as trinitrotoluene TNT and picric acid High explosives were a boon to the mining and the civil engineer but inflicted terrible injuries on combatants Shell shock or as we would now call it post-traumatic stress disorder resulted from extreme experiences on the battlefield injury concussion being buried alive or simply the scale of the slaughter This book which was first published in 1943 contains the text of lectures delivered by Dr J T MacCurdy to groups of officers from the army and the auxiliary women s services early in WWII MacCurdy continuing on from his findings during WWI discusses the nature of fear the national factors at play in the creation and sustainability of morale with reference to the Allied and Axis powers and the significance of psychological factors in practice in an organized community This intelligent objective analysis of the nature of the psychological factor in war was intended for the British soldier but its interest and application are universal Foreign AffairsTiger Squadron: The Story of 74 Squadron, R.A.F., in Two World Wars
Par Wing-Cmdr. Ira Jones. 2018
From Ypres and Verdun to the Battle of Britain—here in the story of the brave men who destroyed Richthofen’s Flying…
Circus and hurled back Goering’s Luftwaffe to bring England through her darkest hours to shining victory…“An Extraordinary Book.”—Dally Mail“A gripping picture of air combat.”—PunchMEN OF GUTS AND GLORY—the flying, fighting Commanding Officer who bagged 74 enemy aircraft in World War I—the pilot who shot down five enemy aircraft and damaged three others in a single day’s flying—the invincible pilot without legs who engineered an incredibly daring prison escape…This is the story of the courageous men of the R.A.F., led by the Tiger Squadron, the greatest combat fliers in the annals of aviation. Men of indomitable bravery who turned the tides of two world wars.Told by one of its most brilliant members, Wing Commander Ira Jones, it is the authentic account of the men who risked their lives time and again to preserve freedom and destroy tyranny. It is the gripping story of heroic men in the grim battle for their lives and their country miles above the earth where the sky was the limit as they jousted with death and earned the most glorious praise a nation can bestow in Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s tribute: “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”Titoism, Self-Determination, Nationalism, Cultural Memory
Par Gorana Ognjenović, Jasna Jozelić. 2016
This volume provides a moredetailed picture which might surprise those who thought they knew everythingabout Yugoslavia, as well as we…
are hoping to inspire others to read more aboutthis historically social experiment that against all odds actually did existand prospered for a while in the midst of the spiders web of the globalpolitical chaos which lasts still today. Contributors cover a range of topics including 'absolute modernity,'film, and the preservation and creation of memory through clothing amongothers.The Essential Diaz: Selections from The Conquest of New Spain
Par Ted Humphrey, Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Janet Burke. 2014
Ideally suited for use in swift-moving surveys of World, Atlantic, and Latin American history, this abridgment of Ted Humphrey and…
Janet Burke's 2012 translation of the True History provides key excerpts from Diaz's text and concise summaries of omitted passages. Included in this edition is a new preface outlining the social, economic, and political forces that motivated the European discovery of the New World.My Mission to Spain: Watching the Rehearsal for World War II
Par Claude Bowers. 2018
Based upon his diary entries personal contacts conversations and dispatches My Mission to Spain chronicles American historian…
and politician Claude G Bowers time in Spain as U S Ambassador This fascinating historical record which was first published in 1954 details Bowers travels throughout the country as well as the hectic politics that foreshadowed the Spanish Civil War For six years during the most dramatic period in Spanish history since the crusade against the Moors I was accredited Ambassador to Spain by President Roosevelt I loved Spain and had admiration and affection for the Spanish people In driving thousands of miles through this magic land I came to love its mountains looming on the horizon everywhere enveloped in their blue or purple haze the quaint old dusty villages soaked with history the old cathedrals with their works of art the romance of the aged cities the laughing happy people Across the stage will pass distinguished non-political figures of international renown Benavente the dramatist Unamuno the philosopher Madariaga the historian and biographer Belmonte the famous matador Zuloaga the painter Margarita Xirgu the actress Argentina the dancer and Ram n del Valle Incl n and P rez de Ayala the novelists The political leaders in the forefront behind whom the totalitarian conspiracy was hatching are all here as I knew them Aza a Lerroux Gil Robles Count Romanones Martinez Barrio Juan Negrin Prieto and all the others I have tried to paint their portraits with fidelity to the truth Claude G Bowers