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 Dangerous Ideas 
 Author: Susan Magarey Dangerous Ideas University of Adelaide Press 2014 Format: PDF Size: 11.9 Mb Language: English Dangerous Ideas explores sex and love, politics and performance, joy and anguish in a collection of essays focused on the history and politics of the Women’s Liberation Movement and one of its offshoots, Women’s Studies, in Australia and around the world. These are serious matters: they are about tectonic changes in people’s lives and ideas in the late twentieth century, too little remembered or understood any longer. ‘Feminism’, this book suggests, ‘is always multiple and various, fluid and changing, defying efforts at definition, characterisation, periodisation’. Nevertheless, Dangerous Ideas tackles some hard questions. How did Women’s Liberation begin? What held this transformative movement together? Would it bring about the death of the family? Was it reorganising the labour market? Revolutionising human reproduction? How could Women’s Studies exist in patriarchal universities? Could feminism change the paradigms governing the world of learning? In the United States? In Russia? In the People’s Republic of China? It is great fun, too. This book tells of Hobart’s hilarious Feminist Food Guide; of an outburst of creative energies among feminists – women on top, behaving badly; of dreams and desires for an entirely different future. And, always unorthodox: it finds hope and cheer in a history of the tampon.
Sopwith Triplane
 Author: J. M. Bruce Sopwith Triplane Albatros Productions Ltd Windsock Datafile №22 ISBN: 094841426X 1990 Format: PDF Pages: 36 Size: 37 Mb Language: English As Oliver Stewart recalled in his classic book, The Clouds Remember, a Sopwith Triplane performing aerobatics resembled 'an intoxicated flight of stairs' while Cecil Lewis, writing in Farewell to Wings, remembered how, with the engine set at three-quarter throttle and the adjustable tailplane trimmed well back, the Triplane would 'loop indefinitely'. Pilots' affection for the 'Tripehound' was widespread, the nimble little Sopwith matched only perhaps by its stablemate, the Pup, for superb handling qualities and for sheer flying pleasure. That the Triplane was also more than a match for contemporary German fighters, like the powerful Albatros, was proven time after time in combat by skilled exponents from the naval squadrons which operated it over the Western Front in 1917.
The United States Marine Corps (Serving Your Country)
 Author: Michael Green The United States Marine Corps (Serving Your Country) Capstone Press 1998 Format: PDF Pages: 56 Language: English Size: 56.2 MB Provides an introduction to the history, function, tactics, and future of the United States Marine Corps.
Royal Flying Corps (Images of War)
 Author: Alistair Smith Royal Flying Corps (Images of War) Pen and Sword 2012 Format: EPUB Pages: 136 Language: English Size: 6.4 MB This book contains selected images from three different Royal Flying Corps albums, offering a unique insight into their wartime experiences. Photographs include training shots taken in Canada and at Tangmere, as well as shots of aircraft in and around the River Crouch in Essex, an area with a particular and long standing connection with military aviation. There is a large variety of different aircraft featured, as well as images of pilots and esteemed officers. Also included are a number of photographs from the collection of the late Lieutenant William Shorter, who was shot down over German lines at the age of twenty. These consolidated albums work to illuminate further our understanding of the Second World War and the important part played by the Royal Flying Corps within this wider history.
The Battleships
 Author: Ian Johnston, Rob McAuley The Battleships MBI Publishing Company 2000 Format: PDF Pages: 200 Language: English Size: 28.3 MB Before the nuclear bomb, no weapon on earth had evoked so much fear, veneration and passion as the battleship. In destructive power it had no equal. The Battleships unveils the epic saga of power, international politics, and one-upmanship that led to the titanic wars of the twentieth century. It is a story involving rulers, war lords and admirals who all became intoxicated by the grandeur, majesty and sheer power of these floating fortresses.
Battleships: United States Battleships, 1935-1992
 Author: William H. Garzke Battleships: United States Battleships, 1935-1992 Naval Institute Press 1995 Format: PDF Pages: 424 Language: English Size: 58.4 MB This book provides a comprehensive history of all U.S. Navy battleships and battlecruisers built, designed, or projected built since the early 1930s. It covers their design and construction, operational careers, and eventual disposition. Complete plans are presented for many classes as well as extensive technical data covering their characteristics and performance, information that is sometimes hard to find and often contradictory. The operational careers of the ships are chronicled in detail. Incidents that challenged a ship's design adequacy, particularly from the standpoint of damage resistance, are discussed.
The Korean War: A History
 Author: Bruce Cumings The Korean War: A History Modern Library 2010 Format: mobi Size: 1.6Mb Language: English For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953. But for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long struggle that still haunts contemporary events. With access to new evidence and secret materials from both here and abroad, including an archive of captured North Korean documents, Bruce Cumings reveals the war as it was actually fought. He describes its origin as a civil war, preordained long before the first shots were fired in June 1950 by lingering fury over Japan’s occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945. Cumings then shares the neglected history of America’s post–World War II occupation of Korea, reveals untold stories of bloody insurgencies and rebellions, and tells of the United States officially entering the action on the side of the South, exposing as never before the appalling massacres and atrocities committed on all sides.
De Havilland : Company Profile 1920-1964
 De Havilland : Company Profile 1920-1964 Author: Martyn Chorlton Kelsey Media Aeroplane Company Profile ISBN: 978 1909786127 2014 Language: English Pages: 100 Format: PDF Size: 50,4 MB While de Havilland Company Limited did not come into being until 1920, this Company Profi le covers the period from Geoff rey de Havilland’s fi rst attempts to fl y in 1909, through to his departure from Airco in 1920. This crucial, early part of de Havilland’s career, saw him rise from an enthusiastic amateur designing his own aircraft in a shed, to a key fi gure and test pilot, working for the fl edgling Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough within a relatively short space of time. By the beginning of the First World War, de Havilland had become Chief Designer at Airco, where he created several successful military machines, including the D.H.2, D.H.4 and D.H.9A. The latter was destined to serve on into the 1930s and provide Geoff rey’s own company with some vital ‘bread and butter work’ which helped to drag it through the fi rst decade of its existence.
The Lost Squadron: A True Story
 Author: David Hayes The Lost Squadron: A True Story Hyperion Books 1994 Format: PDF Pages: 232 Language: English Size: 39.3 MB In July 1942 a squadron of brand-new American warplanes desperately needed by the Allied war effort was flying to England via Greenland and Iceland. Caught in a blinding blizzard and running short of fuel, the two B-17 bombers and six P-38 Lightnings crashlanded on Greenland's vast glaciers. The crews were evacuated safely, but the aircraft had to be left behind. Nearly forty years later, Pat Epps and Richard Taylor, two Atlanta-based aviation enthusiasts, learned of the lost squadron during a stopover in Greenland after a flight across the North Pole in 1981. In the years since the crash, Greenland's winters had dumped tons of snow on the abandoned aircraft, but using magnetometers and a sophisticated radar system designed to probe beneath deep ice, Epps and Taylor located the planes - lying 260 feet below the surface and resolved to dig them out. They finally succeeded in 1993. "The Lost Squadron" celebrates the spirit of adventure and the perseverance of the members of the Greenland Expedition as, equipped with little more than enthusiasm and dogged determination, they bring one of the P-38s of the lost squadron home to fly the skies once again.
The U.S. Air Force
 Author: Rose Blue, Corrine J. Naden The U.S. Air Force The Millbrook Press 1993 Format: PDF Pages: 70 Language: English Size: 46.5 MB CONTENTS: I Introduction: From the Flyer to the Falcon II What the Air Force Does and How It Does It III Modern Planes and Weapons IV Men and Women of the Air Force V The Air Force Then and Now Important Events in Air Force History Air Force Talk
Arms of our Fighting Men
 Author: C. B. Colby Arms of our Fighting Men Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. 1972 Format: PDF Pages: 58 Language: English Size: 24.4 MB Personal Weapons, Bazookas, Big Guns... A parade of photographs and brief details of the weapons of servicemen.
A Brief History Of Iraq
 Author: Fattah H., Caso F. A Brief History Of Iraq Facts on File 2008 Pages: 318 Language: english Format: PDF Size: 10.24 mb This is a comprehensive guide to more than 6,000 years of history in Iraq.Covering everything from the ancient Mesopotamian civilizations to the fall of Saddam Hussein and the current war in Iraq, this comprehensive book examines the changing landscape of this interesting country. Because of its porous frontiers, its accommodating soil and climate, its diverse inhabitants, and its many cultures, Iraq's history over the millennia has been one of interaction, adaptation, acculturation, and modification. This new volume focuses on the societies, peoples, and cultures of Iraq, as well as the regional influences that shaped the ethnicities, religions, sects, and national groups in this country.This title includes coverage on: Iraq, the first society; The Persian Empire, Alexander the Great, and the Sassanians; Iraq under the Umayyad dynasty; Iraq under the Abbasid dynasty; The Mongol invasion and early Ottoman rule; Iraq under the Ottomans; British occupation and the Iraqi monarchy; The growth of the republican regimes and the emergence of Baathist Iraq; The rule of Saddam Hussein and the difficult legacy of the mukhabarat state; and, The war in Iraq.
German Light Half Tracked Prime Movers, 1934-45
 Author: Frank Reinhard German Light Half Tracked Prime Movers, 1934-45 (Schiffer Military History) Schiffer Publishing 1997 ISBN: 0764302620 Format: PDF Size: 24,4 МБ Language: English Pages: 52 Covers all of the light half-tacked prime movers used by Germany during WWII.
The Harrier Story
 Author: Peter E. Davies, Anthony M. Thornborough The Harrier Story Naval Institute Press 1996 Format: PDF Pages: 264 Language: English Size: 84.2 MB This history of the Harrier covers the aeroplane's design, development, testing and operational elements. It examines all its design features, including variants used by other nations in their aircraft.
Germany's Drive to the East and the Ukrainian Revolution, 1917—1918
 Author: Oleg S. Fedyshyn Germany's Drive to the East and the Ukrainian Revolution, 1917—1918 Rutgers university press 1971 Pages: 157 Format: djvu Size: 7,15 MB Language: english Born without arms or legs, Nick Vujicic overcame his disabilities to live an independent, rich, fulfilling, and “ridiculously good” life while serving as a role model for anyone seeking true happiness. Now an internationally successful motivational speaker, Nick eagerly spreads his central message: the most important goal is to find your life’s purpose and to never give up, despite whatever difficulties or seemingly impossible odds stand in your way.
Cedar Falls - Junction City: a Turning Point
 Vietnam Studies. Cedar Falls - Junction City: a Turning Point Author: Lieutenant General Bernard William Rogers Department of the Army Pages: 183 Format: PDF Size: 13 mb Quality: Good Language: English 1989 The United States Army has met an unusually complex challenge in Southeast Asia. In conjunction with the other services, the Army has fought in support of a national policy of assisting an emerging nation to develop governmental processes of its own choosing, free of outside coercion. In addition to the usual problems of waging armed conflict, the assignment in Southeast Asia has required superimposing the immensely sophisticated tasks of a modern army upon an underdeveloped environment and adapting them to demands covering a wide spectrum. These involved helping to fulfill the basic needs of an agrarian population, dealing with the frustrations of antiguerrilla operations, and conducting conventional campaigns against well-trained and determined regular units.
The Complete Book of Jets and Rockets
 Author: D. N. Ahnstrom The Complete Book of Jets and Rockets World Publishing Company 1957 Format: PDF Pages: 164 Language: English Size: 18.1 MB D. N. Ahnstrom, author of The Complete Book of Helicopters has written a soaring documentary on jets and rockets. This book takes off with the impact of jet flight, stays airborne at high altitudes of artistic performance and makes you sorry when the reading flight is over. Written in language for the layman, with over 100 photographs and diagrams, it records the discovery of jet propulsion, explains it in ABC terms, and gives a wealth of information for those interested in becoming jet pilots. Furthermore, it has a pleasant combination of human interest stories about daring jet test pilots and comprehensive statistical data on domestic and foreign civil and military aircraft. It's readable, informative and exciting.
United States Army Aviators' Clothing, 1917-1945
 Author: C.G. Sweeting United States Army Aviators' Clothing, 1917-1945 McFarland 2015 Format: PDF Pages: 304 Language: English Size: 14 MB The beginning of World War I saw thousands of army and navy aviators who needed specialized clothing that could not be purchased off-the-shelf. During World War II pilots and crews flew countless missions in extreme conditions, from the Arctic to the South Pacific. Through both wars, providing suitable clothing to personnel aboard many different types of aircraft proved a monumental task. This book documents the development, testing, manufacture, procurement and utilization of flying apparel and accessories worn by American airmen around the world between 1917 and 1945. Among the garments explored are various types of flight suits--including heavy winter shearling suits and electrically heated suits--flight jackets, flotation gear, headgear, handwear and footwear. With appendices that include contemporary brochures detailing the care and maintenance of flight clothing, this study provides a thorough exploration of a rarely examined aspect of military history.
Under the Map of Germany: Nationalism and Propaganda 1918 - 1945
 Author: Guntram Henrik Herb Under the Map of Germany: Nationalism and Propaganda 1918 - 1945 Routledge 1996 Pages: 264 Format: PDF Language : English Size: 23 mb Quality: Good At the close of the First World War, propaganda mapping played a crucial role in the creation of a consensus about German national territory. Under the Map of Germany provides a detailed and vivid analysis of the history and techniques of nationalist mapping in inter-war Germany. Using extensive archival documentation - including many previously undiscovered maps - the author charts the development of new concepts of national territory and the establishment of an effective propaganda mapping network. His research demonstrates that a consensus about the extent of the Greater German nation was not created by skillful Nazi propagandists, but by the collaborate efforts of respected scholars and nationalist activists during the Weimar Republic. Challenging the belief that national self-determination is a just cause, Under the Map of Germany reveals that national territories are not tangible entities that can be clearly delimited, but are artificial constructs open to a wide range of interpretations.
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