Author: Betty Armitage
Publisher: Thorogood Publishing
ISBN: 9781854182210
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This unique record offers a woman's perspective on World War II and details the impact of the war on life in rural England.
Betty's Wartime Diary 1939-1945
Author: Betty Armitage
Publisher: Thorogood Publishing
ISBN: 9781854182210
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This unique record offers a woman's perspective on World War II and details the impact of the war on life in rural England.
Publisher: Thorogood Publishing
ISBN: 9781854182210
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This unique record offers a woman's perspective on World War II and details the impact of the war on life in rural England.
Interrogations of Japanese Officials
Author: United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Code Talker
Author: Joseph Bruchac
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101664800
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
"Readers who choose the book for the attraction of Navajo code talking and the heat of battle will come away with more than they ever expected to find."—Booklist, starred review Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language. They braved some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and with their code, they saved countless American lives. Yet their story remained classified for more than twenty years. But now Joseph Bruchac brings their stories to life for young adults through the riveting fictional tale of Ned Begay, a sixteen-year-old Navajo boy who becomes a code talker. His grueling journey is eye-opening and inspiring. This deeply affecting novel honors all of those young men, like Ned, who dared to serve, and it honors the culture and language of the Navajo Indians. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults "Nonsensational and accurate, Bruchac's tale is quietly inspiring..."—School Library Journal
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101664800
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
"Readers who choose the book for the attraction of Navajo code talking and the heat of battle will come away with more than they ever expected to find."—Booklist, starred review Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language. They braved some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and with their code, they saved countless American lives. Yet their story remained classified for more than twenty years. But now Joseph Bruchac brings their stories to life for young adults through the riveting fictional tale of Ned Begay, a sixteen-year-old Navajo boy who becomes a code talker. His grueling journey is eye-opening and inspiring. This deeply affecting novel honors all of those young men, like Ned, who dared to serve, and it honors the culture and language of the Navajo Indians. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults "Nonsensational and accurate, Bruchac's tale is quietly inspiring..."—School Library Journal
Amicicide: The Problem of Friendly Fire in Modern War
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 142891594X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Friendly fire incidents often disrupt the close and continuous combined arms cooperation so essential to success in modern combat, especially when that combat is conducted against a well armed, well trained, and numerically superior opponent. This study, by presenting selected examples in their historical settings, is intended only to explain a few of the most obvious types of friendly fire incidents and some of the causative factors associated with them. By directing the attention of commanders and staff officers responsible for the development, training, and employment of combat forces to the hitherto little explored problem of friendly fire incidents, this study is intended to generate interest in and solutions for the problems outlined. The scope of this study is limited to incidents involving US forces in World War II and Vietnam, although some evidence is available from other conflicts in the twentieth century has also been considered. In sum, this study can claim to be no more than a narrative exposition of selected examples. Although its conclusions must be considered highly speculative and tentative in nature, this study can be of substantial value to an understanding of the problem of friendly fire in modern war. Chapters one through 5 of this report discuss: Artillery Amicicide; Air Amicicide; Antiaircraft Amicicide; Ground Amicicide.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 142891594X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Friendly fire incidents often disrupt the close and continuous combined arms cooperation so essential to success in modern combat, especially when that combat is conducted against a well armed, well trained, and numerically superior opponent. This study, by presenting selected examples in their historical settings, is intended only to explain a few of the most obvious types of friendly fire incidents and some of the causative factors associated with them. By directing the attention of commanders and staff officers responsible for the development, training, and employment of combat forces to the hitherto little explored problem of friendly fire incidents, this study is intended to generate interest in and solutions for the problems outlined. The scope of this study is limited to incidents involving US forces in World War II and Vietnam, although some evidence is available from other conflicts in the twentieth century has also been considered. In sum, this study can claim to be no more than a narrative exposition of selected examples. Although its conclusions must be considered highly speculative and tentative in nature, this study can be of substantial value to an understanding of the problem of friendly fire in modern war. Chapters one through 5 of this report discuss: Artillery Amicicide; Air Amicicide; Antiaircraft Amicicide; Ground Amicicide.
Multi-Domain Battle in the Southwest Pacific Theater of World War II
Author: Combat Studies Institute Press
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781086087291
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
"Multi-Domain Battle in the Southwest Pacific Theater of World War II" provides a historical account of how US forces used synchronized operations in the air, maritime, information, and land domains to defeat the Japanese Empire. This work offers a historical case that illuminates current thinking about future campaigns in which coordination among all domains will be critical for success.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781086087291
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
"Multi-Domain Battle in the Southwest Pacific Theater of World War II" provides a historical account of how US forces used synchronized operations in the air, maritime, information, and land domains to defeat the Japanese Empire. This work offers a historical case that illuminates current thinking about future campaigns in which coordination among all domains will be critical for success.
Air Warfare & Air Base Air Defense, 1914-1973
Author: John F Kreis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780160022494
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780160022494
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Nemoto's Travels
Author: Michael Claringbould
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780648926252
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
This is the illustrated diary of Japanese Navy floatplane pilot Warrant Officer Nemoto Kumesako, dating from the early months of the Pacific War. Unusually, these memoirs are presented in a style consistent with the format of Japanese manga (illustrated cartoon).
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780648926252
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
This is the illustrated diary of Japanese Navy floatplane pilot Warrant Officer Nemoto Kumesako, dating from the early months of the Pacific War. Unusually, these memoirs are presented in a style consistent with the format of Japanese manga (illustrated cartoon).
Among You Taking Notes...
Author: Naomi Mitchison
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9781842120934
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Naomi Mitchison kept a record of her wartime experiences in the Kintyre fishing village of Carradale. Her account is crowded with incident, and contains her thoughts on the politics of war and her life as a working farmer's wife.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9781842120934
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Naomi Mitchison kept a record of her wartime experiences in the Kintyre fishing village of Carradale. Her account is crowded with incident, and contains her thoughts on the politics of war and her life as a working farmer's wife.
Wartime Diary
Author: Simone de Beauvoir
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252033779
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Written from September 1939 to January 1941, Simone de Beauvoir’s Wartime Diary gives English readers unabridged access to one of the scandalous texts that threaten to overturn traditional views of Beauvoir’s life and work. Beauvoir’s account of her clandestine affair with Jacques Bost and sexual relationships with various young women challenges the conventional picture of Beauvoir as the devoted companion of Jean-Paul Sartre, just as her account of completing her novel She Came to Stay at a time when Sartre’s philosophy in Being and Nothingness was barely begun calls into question the traditional view of Beauvoir’s novel as merely illustrating Sartre’s philosophy. Most important, the Wartime Diary provides an exciting account of Beauvoir’s philosophical transformation from the prewar solipsism of She Came to Stay to the postwar political engagement of The Second Sex. This edition also features previously unpublished material, including her musings about consciousness and order, recommended reading lists, and notes on labor unions. In providing new insights into Beauvoir’s philosophical development, the Wartime Diary promises to rewrite a crucial chapter of Western philosophy and intellectual history.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252033779
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Written from September 1939 to January 1941, Simone de Beauvoir’s Wartime Diary gives English readers unabridged access to one of the scandalous texts that threaten to overturn traditional views of Beauvoir’s life and work. Beauvoir’s account of her clandestine affair with Jacques Bost and sexual relationships with various young women challenges the conventional picture of Beauvoir as the devoted companion of Jean-Paul Sartre, just as her account of completing her novel She Came to Stay at a time when Sartre’s philosophy in Being and Nothingness was barely begun calls into question the traditional view of Beauvoir’s novel as merely illustrating Sartre’s philosophy. Most important, the Wartime Diary provides an exciting account of Beauvoir’s philosophical transformation from the prewar solipsism of She Came to Stay to the postwar political engagement of The Second Sex. This edition also features previously unpublished material, including her musings about consciousness and order, recommended reading lists, and notes on labor unions. In providing new insights into Beauvoir’s philosophical development, the Wartime Diary promises to rewrite a crucial chapter of Western philosophy and intellectual history.
Nella Last in the 1950s
Author: Patricia Malcolmson
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1847652867
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
'I can never understand how the scribbles of such an ordinary person ... can possibly have value.' So wrote Nella Last in her diary on 2 September 1949. Sixty years on, tens of thousands of people have read and enjoyed the first two volumes of her uniquely detailed and moving diaries, written during World War II and its aftermath as part of the Mass Observation project, and the basis for BAFTA-winning drama Housewife 49 starring Victoria Wood. This third compelling volume sees Nella, now in her sixties, writing of what ordinary people felt during those years of growing prosperity in a modernising Britain. Her diary offers a detailed, moving and humorous narrative of daily life at a time that shaped the society we live in today. It is an account that's full of surprises as we learn more about her relationship with 'my husband' (never 'Will') and her fears of nuclear war. Outwardly Nella's life was commonplace; but behind this mask were a penetrating mind and a lively pen. As David Kynaston said on Radio 4, Nella Last 'will come to be seen as one of the major twentieth century English diarists.'
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1847652867
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
'I can never understand how the scribbles of such an ordinary person ... can possibly have value.' So wrote Nella Last in her diary on 2 September 1949. Sixty years on, tens of thousands of people have read and enjoyed the first two volumes of her uniquely detailed and moving diaries, written during World War II and its aftermath as part of the Mass Observation project, and the basis for BAFTA-winning drama Housewife 49 starring Victoria Wood. This third compelling volume sees Nella, now in her sixties, writing of what ordinary people felt during those years of growing prosperity in a modernising Britain. Her diary offers a detailed, moving and humorous narrative of daily life at a time that shaped the society we live in today. It is an account that's full of surprises as we learn more about her relationship with 'my husband' (never 'Will') and her fears of nuclear war. Outwardly Nella's life was commonplace; but behind this mask were a penetrating mind and a lively pen. As David Kynaston said on Radio 4, Nella Last 'will come to be seen as one of the major twentieth century English diarists.'