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 Dear Leader: North Korea's senior propagandist exposes shocking truths 
 : Dear Leader: North Korea's senior propagandist exposes shocking truths behind the regime Author : Jang Jin-sung Rider : 2014 Pages: 352 Format : EPUB Size : 1,4 MB Language : English Dear Leader contains astonishing revelations about North Korea that could only be disclosed by a regime insider. Jang Jin-sung worked at the heart of North Korea’s propaganda machine. Young and ambitious, he had access to state secrets, including information about military and diplomatic policies, and the distribution of power. He was also one of the Hermit Kingdom’s leading poets, whose work secured him an audience with Kim Jong-il himself. As one of the ‘Admitted’, he had every reason to feel satisfied with his lot. Yet he could not ignore his conscience, or the contrast between his life and that of those he saw starving on the street. After breaking security rules, he and a friend were forced to flee for their lives.
The Naval Battles of Narvik 9th-10th and 13th of April 1940
 Author: Marcus Einarson Osen The Naval Battles of Narvik 9th-10th and 13th of April 1940 Norsk Tidsskrift 2003 Format: PDF Pages: 38 Language: English/Norwegian Size: 16.4 MB Throughout the winter of 1940 Norway's strategic importance became increasingly clear. One reason was our country's vast coastline, half of all Europe's, towards the Atlantic. The other; the greater part of Germany's iron core, on which her war economy depended absolutely, was mined in North Sweden and normally shipped from her Baltic ports; but when those ports froze it had to be sent through Narvik.
Museum Ordnance Special 01 - M88A1 Armored Recovery Vehicle
 Author: Jeffery D. McKaughan Museum Ordnance Special 01 - M88A1 Armored Recovery Vehicle Darlington Productions Inc 1994 Format: PDF Size: 14,0 МБ Language: English Pages: 24
Medals of America Veteran Edition
 Veteran Edition Medals of America 2015 Special Edition Pages: 50 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 14.9 MB
Vietnam Tracks - Armor in Battle 1945-75
 Author: Simon Dunstan Vietnam Tracks - Armor in Battle 1945-75 Osprey Publishing 1982 Format: PDF Pages: 200 Language: English Size: 32.6 MB Post World War 2, especially in South East Asia, commanders made increasingly imaginative and effective use of AFVs. Ingenious improvisations inspired by difficult terrain and fighting conditions led to the development of a broad range of armor. In this book, Simon Dunstan details each of these armored ‘tracks’. Over 200 official and private photographs in black and white and colour showcase a broad range of tanks, all expertly captioned by the author himself.
The Edge of the Sword
 Author: Anthony Farrar-Hockley The Edge of the Sword Pen & Sword Military ISBN: 1844156923 2008 Format: EPUB Size: 8,6 МБ Language: English Pages: 274 In April 1951, at the height of the Korean War, Chinese troops advanced south of the 38th parallel towards a strategic crossing-point of the Imjin River on the invasion route to the South Korean capital of Seoul. The stand of the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment, against the overwhelming numbers of invading troops has since passed into British military history. In The Edge of the Sword General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley, then Adjutant of the Glosters, has painted a vivid and accurate picture of the battle as seen by the officers and soldiers caught up in the middle of it. The book does not, however, end there. Like the majority of those who survived, the author became a prisoner-of-war, and the book continues with a remarkable account of his experiences in and out of Chinese prison camps. This book is not an attempt at a personal hero-story, and it is certainly not a piece of political propaganda. It is, above all, an amazing story of human fortitude and high adventure.
Hell Before Breakfast
 Author: Robert H. Patton Hell Before Breakfast Pantheon 2014 ISBN: 0307377210 Format: EPUB Size: 37,3 МБ Language: English Pages: 368 From the acclaimed author of The Pattons and Patriot Pirates: a book celebrating America's early war correspondents--legends in their time, but mostly forgotten today--who learned their trade in the Civil War and went on to cover twenty years of bloody imperial conflict in Europe and Central Asia. Their harrowing experiences changed their politics, their youthful illusions of war's glory and thrill, and in some cases cost their lives, while also setting examples of globetrotting gallantry that would influence such iconic daredevils as Rudyard Kipling, Winston Churchill, and Theodore Roosevelt in the decades that followed.
The Greatest Raid of All
 Author: C. E. Lucas Phillips The Greatest Raid of All Little, Brown & Company 1961 Format: PDF Pages: 220 Language: English Size: 46.2 MB
Operation Overflight: The U-2 Spy Pilot Tells His Story For the First Time
 Author: Francis Gary Powers Operation Overflight: The U-2 Spy Pilot Tells His Story For the First Time Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1970 Format: PDF Pages: 408 Language: English Size: 61.3 MB For the first time since his release from a Russian prison in 1962, pilot Francis Gary Powers reveals the full story of what actually happened behind the scenes in the most sensational espionage case in Cold War history: the U-2 incident, which wrecked a Summit Conference, gave birth to the credibility gap, and inaugurated a new era in the ancient art of spying.
Next Generation Naval Vessel Technology
 Next Generation Naval Vessel Technology Author: Global Business Media Pages: 18 Format: PDF Size: 12 mb Quality: Good Language: English 2013
Royal Australian Navy 1911-1961 Golden Jubilee
 Author: Collective Royal Australian Navy 1911-1961 Golden Jubilee Department of the Navy 1961 Format: PDF Pages: 27 Language: English Size: 16.5 MB The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces. Originally intended for local defence, the navy was granted the title of 'Royal Australian Navy' in 1911, and became increasingly responsible for defence of the region. This book follows it on their 50-th jubilee.
A History of Modern Iran
 Author: Ervand Abrahamian A History of Modern Iran City University of New York 2008 Pages: 260 Language: english Format: PDF Size: 5.84 mb In a reappraisal of Iran's modern history, Ervand Abrahamian traces its traumatic journey across the twentieth century, through the discovery of oil, imperial interventions, the rule of the Pahlavis and, in 1979, revolution and the birth of the Islamic Republic. In the intervening years, the country has experienced a bitter war with Iraq, the transformation of society under the clergy and, more recently, the expansion of the state and the struggle for power between the old elites, the intelligentsia and the commercial middle class. The author is a compassionate expositor. While he adroitly negotiates the twists and turns of the country's regional and international politics, at the heart of his 2008 book are the people of Iran. It is to them and their resilience that this book is dedicated, as Iran emerges at the beginning of the twenty-first century as one of the most powerful states in the Middle East.
Racisms: From the Crusades to the Twentieth Century
 Author: Francisco Bethencourt Racisms: From the Crusades to the Twentieth Century Princeton University Press 2014 Format: pdf/epub Size: 18.5 Mb Language: English Groundbeaking in its global and historical scope, Racisms is the first comprehensive history of racism, from the Crusades to the twentieth century. Demonstrating that there is not one continuous tradition of racism in the West, distinguished historian Francisco Bethencourt shows that racism preceded any theories of race and must be viewed within the prism and context of social hierarchies and local conditions. In this richly illustrated book, Bethencourt argues that in its various aspects, all racism has been triggered by political projects monopolizing specific economic and social resources. Bethencourt focuses on the Western world, but opens comparative views on ethnic discrimination and segregation in Asia and Africa. He looks at different forms of racism, particularly against New Christians and Moriscos in Iberia, black slaves and freedmen in colonial and postcolonial environments, Native Americans, Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, and Jews in modern Europe. Exploring instances of enslavement, forced migration, and ethnic cleansing, Bethencourt reflects on genocide and the persecution of ethnicities in twentieth-century Europe and Anatolia. These cases are compared to the genocide of the Herero and Tutsi in Africa, and ethnic discrimination in Japan, China, and India. Bethencourt analyzes how practices of discrimination and segregation from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries were defended, and he systematically integrates visual culture into his investigation. Moving away from ideas of linear or innate racism, this is a major interdisciplinary work that recasts our understanding of interethnic relations.
The New Illustrated Guide to Modern Warships
 Author: Tony Gibbons, David Miller The New Illustrated Guide to Modern Warships Smithmark Publishers, Inc. 1992 Format: PDF Pages: 168 Language: English Size: 16 MB A magnificently illustrated directory of the most important warships used by today's navies 160 fact-filled pages; over 40,000 words of text and data plus more than 120 illustrations covering 65 classes of modern warships.
Patton Tanks (Images of War)
 Author: Michael Green Patton Tanks (Images of War) Pen and Sword Military 2012 Format: EPUB Pages: 208 Size: 11 Mb The end of WW2 and the early Cold War years saw the need for a more powerful tank than the Sherman and Pershing tanks. The first Patton tanks (M46) were converted Pershings which saw service in Korea. As the Cold War intensified, the M47 with a more effective 90mm gun and turret went into mass production (9000 built) and countered the Soviet build up.The M48 entered service in 1953 and the M47s were sold off to allies whose armies were being rebuilt.The original M48 had serious deficiencies. Nevertheless over 12000 of numerous variants (MY8A1/A2/A2C) came into service.
Engineering Fundamentals of the Internal Combustion Engine
 Engineering Fundamentals of the Internal Combustion Engine Author: Willard W. Pulkrabek Prentice Hall Pages: 425 Format: PDF Size: 16 mb Quality: Good Language: English 2004 This applied thermoscience text explores the basic principles and applications of various types of internal combustion engines, with a major emphasis on reciprocating engines. It covers both spark ignition and compression ignition engines—as well as those operating on four-stroke cycles and on two stroke cycles—ranging in size from small model airplane engines to the larger stationary engines.
The Middlebrook Guide to the Somme Battlefields
 Author: Martin & Mary Middlebrook The Middlebrook Guide to the Somme Battlefields Pen and Sword Military 2007 Format: EPUB Pages: 400 Size: 8 Mb Language: English While best known as being the scene of the most terrible carnage in the WW1 the French department of the Somme has seen many other battles from Roman times to 1944. William the Conqueror launched his invasion from there; the French and English fought at Crecy in 1346; Henry V's army marched through on their way to Agincourt in 1415; the Prussians came in 1870. The Great War saw three great battles and approximately half of the 400,000 who died on the Somme were British - a terrible harvest, marked by 242 British cemeteries and over 50,000 lie in unmarked graves. These statistics explain in part why the area is visited year-on-year by ever increasing numbers of British and Commonwealth citizens.
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