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 Air Defense Weapons 
 Author: John Nicholas Air Defense Weapons (The Army Library) Rourke Enterprises, Inc. 1989 Format: PDF Pages: 56 Language: English Size: 25 MB Describes the different kinds of air defense weapons used by the United States Army at various times in history, including radar, antiaircraft guns, and missiles.
ecret Science: A Century of Poison Warfare and Human Experiments
 Author: Ulf Schmidt Secret Science: A Century of Poison Warfare and Human Experiments Oxford University Press 2015 Format: PDF Size: 8.9 Mb Language: English There have long been allegations that many servicemen had been duped into taking part in trials with toxic agents at top-secret Allied research facilities. In Britain, a whole army of over 21,000 soldiers had participated in secret experiments between 1939 and 1989. Some remembered them as innocuous, others as harmful, and in isolated cases deadly. Ulf Schmidt offers a comprehensive history of chemical and biological weapons research by former Allied powers, providing a significant new interpretation of the cover-up of the death of a British serviceman in 1953. Employing new archival material and including many interviews with those involved, he charts the history of this "secret science" from its development during the First World War to the ongoing attempts by the international community to ban these weapons.
The Falklands War Myth and Countermyth
 Author: David Monaghan The Falklands War Myth and Countermyth Palgrave Macmillan 1998 ISBN: 0333655818 Format: PDF Size: 20,0 МБ Language: English Pages: 208 This book examines the debate which has long raged in Britain about the meaning of the Falklands War. Using literary critical methods, Monaghan examines how the Thatcherite reading of the war as a myth of British greatness reborn was developed through political speeches and journalistic writing. He then goes on to discuss a number of films, plays, cartoon strips and travel books which have subverted the dominant myth by finding national metaphors of a very different kind in the Falklands War.
Hill 112: Battles of the Odon - 1944
 Author: Tim Saunders Hill 112: Battles of the Odon - 1944 Pen and Sword Battleground Europe ISBN: 0850527376 2001 Format: EPUB Pages: 192 Size: 14 Mb Language: English Over a month after the D-Day landings the Allies were still confined to the Normandy peninsula. The German line was anchored by the medieval town of Caen, which the British were supposed to have occupied on D-Day. The key to capturing Caen was Hill 112, known to the Germans as "Kalverienberg" (or "Mount Calvary").
Neonazis & Euromaidan: From Democracy to Dictatorship
 Author: S. Byshok, A. Kochetkov Neonazis & Euromaidan: From Democracy to Dictatorship (3d edition) 2014 Format: PDF Size: 1 Mb Language: English The book describes the development of the Ukrainian radical nationalist groups from 1991 to the present, including the «Right sector» and Svoboda («Freedom») party (up to 2004 — the Social-National Party of Ukraine), discusses their ideology, psychology and methods of political struggle. Any revolution as a positive program uses the dominant ideas in society. In the Russian Empire in 1917, the trend was radical leftist ideology. In the Arab countries during the «Arab Spring» in 2010 — radical Islamism. In Ukraine in 2013-2014, the trend has become so radical nationalism that has absorbed pro-democracy and pro-European originally agenda.
FM 31-19. Special Forces Military Free-Fall Parachuting
 FM 31-19. Special Forces Military Free-Fall Parachuting Author: US Army Institute for Military Assistance Team US Army Institute for Military Assistance 1977 Pages: 106 Format: PDF Size: 41.43МБ Language: English Table of Contents: Foreword. Introduction. Tactical Application. The MC-3 Military Free-Fall Kit. Ground Training. Appendix A. Jumpmaster Personnel Inspection. Appendix B. Release Point Computation. Appendix C. Aircraft Inspection. Appendix D. Glossary.
The Arab-Israeli Issue
 Author: Paul Harper The Arab-Israeli Issue Rourke Enterprises, Inc. 1987 Format: PDF Pages: 86 Language: English Size: 22.2 MB On the evening of June 3, 1982, the Israeli Ambassador in London was shot and seriously wounded by an Arab gunman. Within hours, Israeli planes were bombing Beirut, killing over 200 people. In retaliation, forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) based in southern Lebanon fired shells and rockets into northern Israel on June 4 and 5. On June 6, a huge Israeli force that had been massing close to the border for months poured into south Lebanon and headed toward the capital, Beirut, quickly surrounding the major towns and cities along the way.
AV-8B Harrier II Units of Operation Enduring Freedom (Osprey Combat Aircraft 104)
 Author: Lon Nordeen AV-8B Harrier II Units of Operation Enduring Freedom Osprey Publishing Osprey Combat Aircraft 104 2014 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 96 Size: 3 Mb Language: English In the 1970s the USMC bought the AV-8A Harrier from the UK whose VTOL capabilities allowed it to serve as a tactical aircraft that could deploy with Marine forces on amphibious assault ships and provide air cover and close air support from large deck aircraft carriers. Third in a trilogy on US Marine Corps Harrier IIs in combat, it will be the first volume to cover the whole story of the AV-8B's service employment during peacekeeping operations and then in Afghanistan.
Mexico Today: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary History and Culture
 Mexico Today: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary History and Culture Author: composite authors ABC-CLIO 2004 Pages: 621 Language: English Format: pdf Size: 7 Mb A concise overview of 20th- and 21st-century Mexico, this volume explores the political, economic, social, and cultural history of the world's largest Spanish-speaking country. "Poor Mexico," the old Latin American saying goes, "so far from God and so close to the United States." But how well do we actually know our southern neighbors? This brief but thorough reference work explores the profane and the pious, the triumphs and traumas of the past 100 years of Mexico's history. From NAFTA to narcotics, from immigration to energy, the ties that bind our nation and Mexico are varied and strong. Mexico uncovers the real Mexico that lies behind the stereotypes of tacos, tequila, and tourist hotels. Compiled by leading scholars of Mexican history and society, its more than 150 entries examine the nation in all its fascinating contradictions and complexity. This concise yet thorough study, covering the last 100 years of Mexican history, is the only one volume, A–Z reference work available to students, scholars, and readers curious about one of the world's most diverse and dynamic societies. What was the Mexican Revolution all about? Who are the Zapatistas? And why do Mexicans celebrate Cinco de Mayo?
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare 21
 Author: Bernard Fitzsimons The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare 21 Columbia House 1978 Format: PDF Pages: 128 Language: English Size: 29 MB Any profound understanding of the wars which have shaped our world depends on an understanding of the weapons with which they were fought. In these volumes, details of all the weapons of our century are gathered together in a single work. The facts and information packed into these magnificent volumes could only be duplicated in a library of reference works, and even then, so thorough has been the work of the contributors that new facts are constantly being brought to light, new theories advanced and old myths exploded. Includes Warships, Aircraft, Tanks, Small Arms, Missiles, Artillery...
Wings Over the Seven Seas: U.S. Naval Aviation's Fight for Survival
 Author: Wilbur H. Morrison Wings Over the Seven Seas: U.S. Naval Aviation's Fight for Survival A. S. Barnes and Co.. Inc. 1975 Format: PDF Pages: 274 Language: English Size: 33.4 MB The story of US naval aviation's fight for survival, from its origins to the modern times.
The Day We Lost the H-Bomb
 Author: Barbara Moran The Day We Lost the H-Bomb Presidio Press ISBN: 0891419047 2009 Format: EPUB Size: 5,0 МБ Language: English Pages: 336 In The Day We Lost the H-Bomb, science writer Barbara Moran marshals a wealth of new information and recently declassified material to give the definitive account of the Cold War’s biggest nuclear weapons disaster. On January 17, 1966, a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber exploded over the sleepy Spanish farming village of Palomares during a routine airborne refueling. The explosion killed seven airmen and scattered the bomber’s payload–four unarmed thermonuclear bombs–across miles of coastline. Three of the rogue H-bombs were recovered quickly. Tracking down the fourth required the largest search-and-salvage operation in U.S. military history. Moran traces the roots of the Palomares incident, giving a brief yet in-depth history of the Strategic Air Command and its eccentric, larger-than-life commander, General Curtis LeMay, whose massive deterrence strategy kept armed U.S. bombers aloft at all times. Back on the ground, Moran recounts the myriad social and environmental effects of an accident that spread radioactive debris over hundreds of acres of Spanish farmland, alarmed America’s strategic allies, and damaged Spanish-American diplomatic relations.
The Giant Airships
 Author: Douglas Botting The Giant Airships (The Epic of Flight) Time Life Books 1981 Format: PDF Pages: 186 Language: English Size: 23.8 MB This excellent volume on the history of the rigid airship is part of the Time-Life "The Epic of Flight" series. It has a simulated embossed leatherette cover in dark blue with a full color printed insert of the Hindenburg. It is profusely illustrated with many full color and crisp black-and-white photographs and drawings. The first chapter deals primarily with Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's development of the first practical, navigable, rigid airship in 1900. Also included is a history of experimentation and speculation prior to this date. Early non-German efforts such as the Lebaudy, Nulli Secundus, and America are depicted and discussed. The efforts of Santos-Dumont are examined. The pre-war accomplishments of the German Airship Transport Company (DELAG) are detailed.
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
 Author: Candace Fleming The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia Schwartz & Wade 2014 Format: epub/pdf Size: 21 Mb Language: English From the acclaimed author of Amelia Lost and The Lincolns comes a heartrending narrative nonfiction page-turner—and a perfect resource for meeting Common Core standards. When Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II, inherited the throne in 1894, he was unprepared to do so. With their four daughters (including Anastasia) and only son, a hemophiliac, Nicholas and his reclusive wife, Alexandra, buried their heads in the sand, living a life of opulence as World War I raged outside their door and political unrest grew into the Russian Revolution. Deftly maneuvering between the lives of the Romanovs and the plight of Russia’s peasants and urban workers—and their eventual uprising—Fleming offers up a fascinating portrait, complete with inserts featuring period photographs and compelling primary-source material that brings it all to life.
A History of the U.S. Air Force Ballistic Missiles
 Author: Ernest G. Schwiebert A History of the U.S. Air Force Ballistic Missiles Frederick A. Praeger Publishers 1965 Format: PDF Pages: 270 Language: English Size: 26.3 MB The conception and creation of the United States Air Force ballistic-missile arsenal, which in the ten short years between 1954 and 1964 saw a research, development, testing, and management endeavor unparalleled in history, is a story that deserves the best possible and most accurate documentation. The American public deserves to know fully how its dollars were spent in developing the strength that, in such great part, deters aggression and preserves the peace we all cherish.
Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General
 Author: Martin Dugard, Bill O'Reilly Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General Henry Holt and Co ISBN: 080509668X 2014 Format: EPUB Size: 3,0 МБ Language: English Pages: 368 Readers around the world have thrilled to Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, and Killing Jesus--riveting works of nonfiction that journey into the heart of the most famous murders in history. Now from Bill O’Reilly, anchor of The O’Reilly Factor, comes the most epic book of all in this multimillion-selling series: Killing Patton. General George S. Patton, Jr. died under mysterious circumstances in the months following the end of World War II. For almost seventy years, there has been suspicion that his death was not an accident--and may very well have been an act of assassination. Killing Patton takes readers inside the final year of the war and recounts the events surrounding Patton’s tragic demise, naming names of the many powerful individuals who wanted him silenced.
The Supercarriers: The Forrestal and Kitty Hawk Class
 Author: Andrew Faltum The Supercarriers: The Forrestal and Kitty Hawk Class Naval Institute Press ISBN: 159114180X 2014 Format: EPUB Pages: 288 Size: 7 Mb Language: English The Supercarriers is a comprehensive historical overview with extensive photos, maps, drawings, and operational detail, including all air-wing deployments. It covers all of the Forrestal class supercarriers and the follow-on ships, which are basically of the same design. The book is heavily illustrated with over one hundred illustrations and maps covering the Western Pacific, Vietnam, Mediterranean, Middle East, Indian Ocean, and Caribbean. The front end paper illustration shows the Saratoga as representative of the Forrestal class with port and starboard profiles and an overhead view. The rear end paper displays similar views of the Constellation as part of the Kitty Hawk class.
The Royal Flying Corps
 Author: Sir Robert Thompson The Royal Flying Corps Hamish Hamilton 1968 Format: PDF Pages: 151 Language: English Size: 46 MB The Royal Flying Corps, in the six brief years of its existence from 13th April, 1912, to 1st April, 1918, when it was amalgamated with the Royal Naval Air Service to form the Royal Air Force, gained an undisputed reputation as one of the greatest fighting units of all time. It fought on every front in the First World War except the Russian and by its contribution to victory clearly established the role of an Air Force in war. The Corps itself and the names of its heroes will live for ever in the history of military aviation and in the memories of the British people. This short book does not pretend to do full justice to the men who, with their machines, not only forged a new weapon of war but opened up a whole new dimension for the achievement of man. It can only set out the bare facts, which speak for themselves, showing how the vision and purpose of the first few overcame all opposition and, through the fluctuating fortunes of war, altered the course of history.
Daily Life in the Soviet Union
 Daily Life in the Soviet Union (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series) Author: Katherine Eaton Greenwood 2004 ISBN: 0313316287 Pages: 344 Format: PDF Size: 23 mb Language: english Details what ordinary life was like during the extraordinary years of the reign of Soviet Union. Thirty-six illustrations, thematic chapters, a glossary, timeline, annotated multimedia bibliography and detailed index make it a sound starting point for looking at this powerful nation's immediate past.
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