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 Body Soviet: Propaganda, Hygiene, and the Revolutionary State 
 Body Soviet: Propaganda, Hygiene, and the Revolutionary State By Tricia Starks Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press 2008 352 Pages ISBN: 0299229602 Language: English PDF 13 MB In 1918 the People’s Commissariat of Public Health began a quest to protect the health of all Soviet citizens, but health became more than a political platform or a tactical decision. The Soviets defined and categorized the world by interpreting political orthodoxy and citizenship in terms of hygiene. The assumed political, social, and cultural benefits of a regulated, healthy lifestyle informed the construction of Soviet institutions and identity. Cleanliness developed into a political statement that extended from domestic maintenance to leisure choices and revealed gender, ethnic, and class prejudices. Dirt denoted the past and poor politics; health and cleanliness signified mental acuity, political orthodoxy, and modernity. Health, though essential to the revolutionary vision and crucial to Soviet plans for utopia, has been neglected by traditional histories caught up in Cold War debates. The Body Soviet recovers this significant aspect of Soviet thought by providing a cross-disciplinary, comparative history of Soviet health programs that draws upon rich sources of health care propaganda, including posters, plays, museum displays, films, and mock trials. The analysis of propaganda makes The Body Soviet more than an institutional history; it is also an insightful critique of the ideologies of the body fabricated by health organizations.
Forged in Steel: U.S. Marine Corps Aviation
 Author: C.J. Heatley Forged in Steel: U.S. Marine Corps Aviation Howell Press 1987 Format: PDF Pages: 214 Language: English Size: 22.3 MB Celebrating 75 years of US. Marine Corps aviation, pilot, photographer, and author C.J. Heatley III has photographed the Corps' modern inventory of aircraft for FORGED IN STEEL; US MARINE CORPS AVIATION His photographs take you into the cockpit of the aggressive F-1B fighter, the lethal "Whiskey" Cobra helicopter, and the workhorse A-4 Skyhawk. Look through the eyepieces of a helicopter pilot's night-vision goggles. Sit with a pilot in a three-dimensional combat-training simulator Ride with an OV-1O aerial observer as the terrain rushes by From the dust and heat of low-altitude desert missions to the steam and blast of carrier operations, the images in this book demonstrate the precision flying and split-second decision-making necessary for men and machines to perform critical, close-air-support combat missions.
The Year in Special Operations 2013-2014
 Author: Collective The Year in Special Operations 2013-2014 Faircount LLC 2013 Format: PDF Pages: 148 Size: 126 Mb Language: English
Drone Warfare - The Development of Unmanned Aerial Conflict
 Author: Dave Sloggett Drone Warfare - The Development of Unmanned Aerial Conflict Skyhorse Publishing 2015 Format: PDF Pages: 250 Language: English Size: 11.2 MB Drone Warfare answers questions such as: Why did the United States invest so highly drone technology? When did all that start? What barriers had to be overcome? What was there before drones arrived? What roles did drones play in Iraq and Afghanistan? Were they successful? What new developments emerged during operations? Did they save lives? How many have been shot down and where? Will all air forces be drone based in the future? What other applications may arise in the civilian market?
Hill 60: Ypres (Battleground Europe)
 Author: Nigel Cave Hill 60: Ypres (Battleground Europe) Pen and Sword Military 2013 Format: EPUB Pages: 160 Size: 26 Mb Language: English The shell-ravaged landscape of Hill 60, some three miles south east of Ypres, conceals a labyrinth of tu nnels and underground workings. This book offers a guide to the memorials, cemeteries and museums at the site '
Japan's Secret Weapon: The Kata Factor
 Author: Boye De Mente Japan's Secret Weapon: The Kata Factor Phoenix Books 1990 Format: PDF Pages: 200 Language: English Size: 28.3 MB Kata [kah-tah], which translates as “form, process, way of doing things,” is the Rosetta stone of Japan’s traditional culture – the key that unlocked both the mystery and the mystique associated with how the Japanese did business and conducted their personal and professional affairs. Expressed another way, kata were the cultural molds that created and controlled the traditional behavior of the Japanese and were the source of both their strengths and weaknesses. Still today all dealings in Japan are influenced by the kata that continue to influence the mindset and behavior of the Japanese, yet most foreigners are not aware that they exist. Knowledge of the kata strips away the cultural cloak hiding the Japanese from the outside world and reveals the essence of the famous Japanese Way. For foreigners to deal effectively with the Japanese – in both personal and business matters – they must know when and how to induce them to break the kata molds and behave in a non-Japanese way. Younger generations of Westernized Japanese break the molds until they go to work, then they must conform to the kata that remain in whatever company they join.
The Reach for Empire
 Author: Collective The Reach for Empire (The Third Reich Series) Time-Life Books 1989 Format: PDF Pages: 198 Language: English Size: 42.1 MB Four days after becoming chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler met with his senior generals at 14 Bendlerstrasse, the Berlin residence of Colonel General Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, the commander in chief of the German army. The occasion, on February 3, 1933, was a dinner party to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of the foreign minister, Constantin von Neurath. Hitler's presence, however, provided Neurath and the military establishment with an unexpected opportunity to hear their new chancellor unbend in private. After a meal Hitler took command. He rose, tapped a glass for silence, and addressed the leaders he hoped would one day execute his ambitious plans for the expansion of the Reich. Hitler spoke for two hours, ranging across a number of topics. According to General Hammerstein's adjutant, who sat discreetly behind a curtain taking notes, Hitler labelled democracy the worst of all possible evils." he promised to eradicate Marxism "root and branch," to restore German military might, and to "weld together" the nation - a task that "cannot be done by persuasion alone, but only by force." At the heart of Hitler's rambling remarks was the concept of lebensraum, or living space.
The P-40 Kittyhawk in service
 Author: Geoffrey Pentland The P-40 Kittyhawk in service Kookaburra Technical Publications 1974 ISBN: 0858800128 Format: PDF Size: 25,5 МБ Language:English Pages: 66
The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War
 Author: Mark Stille The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War Osprey Publishing Osprey General Military ISBN: 1472801466 2014 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 390 Size: 17 Mb Language: English The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the third most powerful navy in the world at the start of World War II, and came to dominate the Pacific in the early months of the war. This was a remarkable turnaround for a navy that only began to modernize in 1868, although defeats inflicted on the Russians and Chinese in successive wars at the turn of the century gave a sense of the threat the IJN was to pose. Bringing together for the first time material previously published in Osprey series books, and with the addition of new writing making use of the most recent research, this book details the Japanese ships which fought in the Pacific and examines the principles on which they were designed, how they were armed, when and where they were deployed and how effective they were in battle.
Marine Corps Outlook 2011-2012
 Author: Collective Marine Corps Outlook 2011-2012 Faircount LLC 2012 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 164 Size: 26 Mb Language: English After a decade of warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan, today the Marine Corps is dedicated to getting back to its amphibious roots, lightening its load, and reclaiming its role as the nation’s premier middleweight expeditionary force, as J.R. Wilson writes in “Marine Corps 2030.” Obstacles include looming defense budget cuts and shrinking manpower as its force structure is cut, but the Marine Corps has traditionally done more with less than any of the other armed services.
Sports in America 1900 - 1919
 Author: Jr. Buckley James, John Walters, Larry Keith 2010 Language: English Chelsea House Pub ISBN: 1-60413-448-8 Format: DjVu Pages: 113 Size: 8.65 mb The first decade of the 20th century saw many firsts from the first World Series baseball game to the first Indianapolis 500 auto race. This second edition of 1900 1919 is fully revised, and for the first time, contains full-color photographs. Highlights include: The first Rose Bowl game in 1902 The first World Series in 1903 Jack Johnson becoming the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion in 1908 The first Indianapolis 500 auto race in 1911 Jim Thorpe’s amazing year in 1912 Tennis champ and survivor of the 1912 Titanic sinking Richard Williams coming back to win the U.S. Tennis Championship in 1914 The launch of the National Hockey League in 1918 The 1919 Black Sox scandal, in which players on the Chicago White Sox fixed the World Series.
The Book of United States Navy Ships
 Author: M. D. Van Orden The Book of United States Navy Ships Dodd, Mead & Company 1973 Format: PDF Pages: 102 Language: English Size: 77.8 MB Text and photographs introduce the characteristics and purposes of the various types of ships in the present-day Navy.
A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower
 Author: A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower Deportament of the Navy 2015 Pages: 48 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 5.7 MB A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower
Grunts. U.S. Infantry in Vietnam (G.I.Series 13)
 Author: Christopher Anderson Grunts. U.S. Infantry in Vietnam (G.I.Series 13) Chelsea House 2000 Format: PDF Pages: 82 Language: English Size: 11 MB Illustrated throughout, this addition to the G.I. Series shows what the 'Grunts' actually wore in the field and how Army regulations were adapted to meet the needs of the men in the atrocious conditions of warfare in Vietnam. Rare images of the infantrymen who fought in Vietnam - their uniforms and equipment, and how they were adapted to meet the severe conditions in the jungles and rice paddies of Southeast Asia.
How We Forgot the Cold War: A Historical Journey across America
 Author:Jon Wiener How We Forgot the Cold War A Historical Journey across America University of California Press 2012 ISBN: 0520271416 Format: PDF Size: 4,9 МБ Language: English Pages: 384 Hours after the USSR collapsed in 1991, Congress began making plans to establish the official memory of the Cold War. Conservatives dominated the proceedings, spending millions to portray the conflict as a triumph of good over evil and a defeat of totalitarianism equal in significance to World War II. In this provocative book, historian Jon Wiener visits Cold War monuments, museums, and memorials across the United States to find out how the era is being remembered. The author’s journey provides a history of the Cold War, one that turns many conventional notions on their heads.
Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War
 Author: Robert K. Massie Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War Head of Zeus Ltd 1992 ISBN: 0394528336 Format: EPUB Size: 5,1 МБ Language: English Pages: 1007 Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Robert K. Massie has written a richly textured and gripping chronicle of the personal and national rivalries that led to the twentieth century's first great arms race. Massie brings to vivid life, such historical figures as the single-minded Admiral von Tirpitz, the young, ambitious, Winston Churchill, the ruthless, sycophantic Chancellor Bernhard von Bulow, and many others. Their story, and the story of the era, filled with misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and events leading to unintended conclusions, unfolds like a Greek tratedy in his powerful narrative. Intimately human and dramatic, DREADNOUGHT is history at its most riveting.
Operation Bismarck Sea
 Author: Lawrence Cortesi Operation Bismarck Sea Major Books 1977 Pages: 234 Format: PDF Language: English Size: 26 mb The Bismarck Sea operation proved to be the most important achievement for American air power since its inception as a combat weapon. It was the first time that aircraft, operating from land bases and without naval support, had attacked and destroyed a naval armada on the open seas. Until this battle, the worth of air power had always ignited controversy among military leaders. The most outspoken of the advocates for an air force independent of other branches of the armed forces, like General Billy Mitchell, often suffered persecution by textbook strategists who considered air power a mere supporting arm for other military departments.
The Gulf War
 Author: Nick Childs The Gulf War Rourke Enterprises, Inc. 1989 Format: PDF Pages: 86 Language: English Size: 12.2 MB On September 22, 1980, waves of Iraqi MiG fighters streaked into Iran to attack ten military bases and airports across the country, including a military air base just outside the Iranian capital, Tehran. These missions were clearly meant to destroy the bulk of the Iranian air force on the ground. In fact, they failed. But, even so, fifteen hours after the first air raids had begun, Iraqi ground forces started moving into Iranian territory along a 350-mile front...
Military Motorcycles
 Author: Michael Green Military Motorcycles Capstone Press 1997 Format: PDF Pages: 56 Language: English Size: 24 MB Discusses the history and use of military motorcycles, highlighting specific models and their roles in various battles.
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