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 Meltdown - The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis 
 Author: Mike Chinoy Meltdown - The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis St. Martin's Griffin 2009 Format: PDF Pages: 418 Language: English Size: 22 MB The Bush administration's bellicose but feckless attempts to quash North Korea's nuclear weapons program were the nadir of its famously maladroit diplomacy, to judge by this revealing blow-by-blow. Ex-CNN Pyongyang correspondent Chinoy details the rancorous infighting during which hardliners like John Bolton and Dick Cheney talked down State Department doves to impose an intransigent North Korea policy, replacing negotiations with Axis-of-Evil rhetoric and unilateral demands. Their approach backfired disastrously, he argues, as Pyongyang restarted and escalated its dormant nuclear initiative and finally tested an atom bomb while the U.S. fulminated helplessly—a needless outcome, he suggests, given the North Koreans' oft-expressed readiness to abandon their nuclear program in exchange for aid and normalized relations. Chinoy presents a lucid exposition of the issues along with a colorful account of diplomatic wrangling in which U.S. officials rivaled their North Korean counterparts in dogmatism and prickly sensitivity to niceties. (One joint statement was almost derailed when the Americans insisted on changing the phrase peaceful coexistence to exist peacefully together.) His is a fine, insightful diplomatic history of a dire confrontation—and a hard-hitting critique of the Bush administration's foreign policy.
Navy Uniform Catalog for Men and Women of the United States Navy
 Navy Uniform Catalog for Men and Women of the United States Navy Navy Uniform Program 1996 Format: PDF Pages: 40 Language: English Size: 27 MB This Navy Uniform Catalog is for the use of authorized Navy personnel, and the following uniforms are presented: Officer/Chief Petty Officers - Women's Uniforms and Accessories Officer/Chief Petty Officers - Men's Uniforms and Accessories Decorations, Service Ribbons, and Accessories Enlisted - Men's Uniforms and Accessories Enlisted - Women's Uniforms and Accessories
Speer: The Final Verdict
 Speer - The Final Verdict Harcourt 2001 Format: PDF Pages: 440 Language: English Size: 82 MB Albert Speer was an unemployed architect when Hitler came to power in 1933. Soon he was designing the Third Reich's most important buildings. In 1942 Hitler appointed him Armaments Minister and he quadrupled production, an astonishing achievement that kept the German Army in the field and prolonged the war. Yet Speer's life was full of contradictions. The only member of the Nazi elite with whom Hitler developed more than a purely functional relationship (he has even been called "Hitler's unrequited love"), Speer was always an outsider in Hitler's inner circle. He saw himself as an artist, above the crass power struggles of the roughnecks around him. But his enormous ambition blinded him to the crimes in which he played a leading role. Brilliantly illustrated, this gripping account of one man's rise and fall helps explain how Germany descended so far into crime and barbarism.
The Grand Fleet - Warship Design and Development 1906-1922
 Author: D.K. Brown The Grand Fleet - Warship Design and Development 1906-1922 Pen & Sword 2010 Format: ePub (e-book) Pages: 340 Language: English Size: 11 MB
Battleship at War: The Epic Story of the USS Washington
 Author: Ivan Musicant Battleship at War: The Epic Story of the USS Washington Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers 1986 Format: PDF Pages: 404 Language: English Size: 50.4 MB Washington was the second of a new class of extremely fast and powerful battleships built after the collapse of the naval limitation treaty. The ship was laid in 1937, commissioned just seven months before Pearl Harbor, and decommissioned after seven very active years. Washington saw service in the North Atlantic, then in all the major campaigns of the Pacific. Musicant, using primarily the ship's log and interviews with dozens of crewmen, has put together an absorbing chronicle of naval war. This is shipboard history; anything that didn't happen on or to the Washington gets short shrift. Musicant is also the author of a history of armored cruisers. Highly recommended for naval buffs and subject collections.
Kookaburra Technical manual. Series 1, no.3 - Lockheed P-38 Lightning Described
 Author: Roy Cross Kookaburra Technical manual. Series 1, no.3 - Lockheed P-38 Lightning Described Kookaburra Technical Publications 1969 Format: PDF Size: 15,2 МБ Language: English Pages: 28 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, technical drawings, profiles.
The Cambridge History of the Cold War (3 volume set)
 The Cambridge History of the Cold War Cambridge University Press Author: Melvyn P. Leffler, Odd Arne Westad 2010 Pages: 3349 Format: PDF Size: 231 mb Language: English The Cambridge History of the Cold War is a comprehensive, international history of the conflict that dominated world politics in the twentieth century. The three-volume series, written by leading international experts in the field, elucidates how the Cold War evolved from the geopolitical, ideological, economic and socio-political environment of the two World Wars and the interwar era, and explains the global dynamics of the Cold War international system. It emphasises how the Cold War bequeathed conditions, challenges and conflicts that shape international affairs today. With discussions of demography and consumption, women and youth, science and technology, ethnicity and race, the volumes encompass the social, intellectual and economic history of the twentieth century, shedding new light on the evolution of the Cold War. Through its various geographical and national angles, the series signifies a transformation of the field from a national - primarily American - to a broader international approach.
People of the Ice and Snow
 People of the Ice and Snow Author:Editors of :Time-Life Books Cahners Business Information, Inc THE AMERICAM INDIANS 1994 Language:English Format:pdf Size:22 mb Pages:192 A high-quality, comprehensive overview of the Aleut, Yupik, and Inuit cultures that's filled with luminous full-color photographs, reproductions, and maps. The text is divided into three long chapters: ``The Hunting Way of Life''; "`Never Weary of Laughter,'" which speaks of family and community life; and ``A Struggle to Preserve Tradition.'' Extensive information in each category provides even those new to the subject with solid, even-handed material delivered in a respectful tone. Six photo essays and many shorter photo-and-text treatments are interspersed throughout. Two teach about contemporary hunting experiences, and several illustrate modern adaptations in 20th-century Inuit culture. ``Contests of Strength and Dexterity'' highlights the annual World Eskimo-Indian Olympics held in Fairbanks each July. ``The Messenger Feast'' examines Kivgiq, a celebration being revived on Alaska's North Slope during the darkest, coldest months. In comparison, E.S. Burch's The Eskimos (Univ. of Oklahoma, 1988) offers a similarly well-illustrated overview for high school and adult readers. People of the Ice and Snow is an excellent source for YAs.
Sharks of Steel
 Author: Yogi Kaufman, Paul Stillwell Sharks of Steel Naval Institute Press 1993 Format: PDF Pages: 184 Language: English Size: 33.5 MB Spectacular color photographs and a lively text tell the story of the submarine in this companion volume to a four-part documentary television series produced by the Discovery Channel. Generally following the program's format, the book significantly amplifies the subject, both for longtime fans and for those whose interest in submarines has been piqued by recent events. The pictures and commentary provided here vividly capture the feel of being on board and underwater and offer a rare insider's view of the challenges, pressures, and excitement unique to submariners. Readers join a dangerous World War II patrol in the Pacific, a modern-day cruise to secret destinations, and an unprecedented tour of the world's largest submarine, a Russian "Typhoon," seen by few Westerners.
World Military Aviation: Aircraft, Airforces and Weaponry
 Author: Nikolaus Krivinyi World Military Aviation: Aircraft, Airforces and Weaponry Arco Publishing 1973 Format: PDF Pages: 230 Language: English Size: 24.3 MB World Military Aviation is the complete and up-to-date record of all the world's current military aircraft, with every aeroplane detailed and illustrated with three-view scale drawings. All the service aircraft are described, from the latest Soviet MiG-25 interceptor (capable of a speed of Mach 3 at altitude) to the new American Grumman F-14A Tomcat', which is still undergoing trials, and to those World War 2 aeroplanes still used by less important nations throughout the world. World Military Aviation is divided into two sections: Airforces and airpower surveys 126 national airforces and details organisation, aircraft types and quantities, manpower, etc. Aircraft details over 320 military aeroplanes from interceptors and bombers to helicopters, light liaison craft and trainers. Information is provided on dimensions, performance, armament, and payload, production figures, types and variants, etc. Additional material covers the markings of the world's air forces (with 201 roundels and insignia), plus details of armament (cannon, air-to-ground missiles, air-to-air missiles, multiple rocket packs, bombs, and torpedos). World Military Aviation is a new and basic reference volume, containing the very latest information Over 800 individual drawings.
Dress and Ideology: Fashioning Identity from Antiquity to the Present
 Author: Shoshana-Rose Marzel (Editor), Guy D. Stiebel (Editor) Dress and Ideology: Fashioning Identity from Antiquity to the Present Bloomsbury Academic 2015 Format: epub/pdf Size: 4.2 Mb Language: English Dress and fashion are powerful visual means of communicating ideology, whether political, social or religious. From the communist values of equality, simplicity and solidarity exemplified in the Mao suit to the myriad of fashion protests of feminists such as French revolutionary women's demand to wear trousers, dress can symbolize ideological orthodoxy as well as revolt. With contributions from a wide range of international scholars, this book presents the first scholarly analysis of dress and ideology through accessible case studies. Chapters are organized thematically and explore dress in relation to topics including nation, identity, religion, politics and utopias, across an impressive chronological reach from antiquity to the present day.
U. S . Navy program guide 2015
 Author: U. S . Navy program guide 2015 Deportament of the Navy Pages: 202 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 5.7 MB
The Fighting Israeli Air Force
 Author: Stanley Ulanoff, David Eshel The Fighting Israeli Air Force Arco Publishing 1985 Format: PDF Pages: 230 Language: English Size: 25.7 MB Fighting Israeli Air Force by Brig. Gen. Stanley M. Ulanoff, USAR. Illustrated throughout with photos, illustrations. Full number line. Sections include an overview, The 1948 War of Independence, The Sinai Campaign, The 1967 Six Day War, The 1973 Yom Kippur War, The 1976 Entebbe rescue, The Osirak Reactor, Lebanon 1982, Missions of the IAF, Zahal, Uniforms and Insignia, Commanders, Air Bases, Aircraft, Facts and Figures, and more.
The Great War at sea, 1914-1918
 Author: Richard Hough The Great War at sea, 1914-1918 Oxford University Press 1986 Format: PDF Pages: 412 Language: English Size: 61 MB An eminently readable single-volume account of the fighting at sea during the First World War. The story is well told, especially in its clear rendering of such potentially confusing actions as Jutland and the Falkland Islands. The contest between the German and British navies during World War I was the greatest naval conflict in history. Richard Hugh's vivid rendering of this sea war brings each battle to life.
Antisemitism: A Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution
 Antisemitism: A Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution Author: Richard Levy ABC-CLIO 2005 Pages: 828 Language: English Format: pdf Size: 9.1 Mb Written by top scholars in an accessible manner, this unique encyclopedia offers worldwide coverage of the origins, forms, practitioners, and effects of antisemitism, leading to the Holocaust and surviving to the present day. Antisemitism has informed the theory and practice of politics and has permeated cultures around the world. The line between anti-Jewish sentiment and other kinds of conflict is hard to define, but it is clear that the destructive nature of antisemitism has harmed the human community for two millennia. Entries in this encyclopedia span the period from ancient Egypt to the modern era. Key theoreticians of Jew-hatred and their written works, its permeation of Christianity and modern Islam, and its political, artistic, and economic manifestations are covered. This is the first comprehensive work that deals with the entire history of ideas and practices that engendered the Holocaust.
Killing the Bismarck: Destroying the Pride of Hitler's Fleet
 Author: Iain Ballantyne Killing the Bismarck: Destroying the Pride of Hitler's Fleet Pen & Sword Books 2010 ISBN: 1844159833 Format: EPUB Size: 4,6 МБ Language: English Pages: 288 In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck, accompanied by heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, broke out into the Atlantic, to attack Allied shipping. The Royal Navy's pursuit and subsequent destruction of Bismarck was an epic of naval warfare. In this new account of those dramatic events at the height of the Second World War, Iain Ballantyne draws extensively on the graphic eye-witness testimony of veterans, to construct a thrilling story, mainly from the point of view of the British battleships, cruisers and destroyers involved. He describes the tense atmosphere as cruisers play a lethal cat and mouse game as they shadow Bismarck in the icy Denmark Strait. We witness the shocking destruction of the British battle cruiser Hood, in which all but three of her ship's complement were killed; an event that filled pursuing Royal Navy warships, including the battered battleship Prince of Wales, with a thirst for revenge. While Swordfish torpedo-bombers try desperately to cripple the Bismarck, we sail in destroyers on their own daring torpedo attacks, battling mountainous seas.
Inside the US Navy SEALs
 Author: Gary Stubblefield, Hans Halberstadt Inside the US Navy SEALs Motorbooks International 1995 Format: PDF Pages: 196 Language: English Size: 24.4 MB Inside the US Navy SEALs tells the story of a SEALs evolution from a "pup" all the way to a SEAL commander. Discover who the SEALs are and what they're supposed to be, their strengths and weaknesses, and photos taken on actual missions. Inside the US Navy SEALs gives you an unprecedented look at the inner workings of the SEAL community.
Modern Military Weapons
 Author: Robin Cross Modern Military Weapons Franklin Watts Inc. 1991 Format: PDF Pages: 46 Language: English Size: 25.5 MB A guide to modern military weapons, the book includes sections on tanks, artillery, missiles, fighter aircraft, bombers, helicopters, battleships, submarines and amphibious craft.
The Archaeology of Airfields
 Author: Bob Clarke The Archaeology of Airfields Tempus Publishing 2008 Format: PDF Pages: 224 Language: English Size: 56 MB In the 1950s the British Government embarked on the ambitious project of building a countrywide air defence network - The ROTOR Project. Airfields were erected around the British Isles, both underground and open to the elements. Using his archaeologist's training, Bob Clarke has investigated the background of many of the UK's airfields and airfield structures, asking questions about why they were built in their often widely differing locations, and which criteria affected the decisions. He uncovers in the process the fascinating thought processes behind their construction and illustrates what they reveal about the concerns of their time. This book does not seek to cover every airfield in Britain, nor to tell the stories of the many squadrons involved. Rather, this is a history of Britain's airfields set against the country's varied landscape, examining both their make-up and the political background that saw them called into being.
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