Author: Tim Newark
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780600609834
Category : Battles
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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This atlas shows the decisive battles that changed the tide of war. It reveals how the upper hand was gained through a twist of fate, when US aircraft carriers were at sea on manoeuvres when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1942. With detailed strategic and battle plans it explains how superior forces were overwhelmed by a small well-trained army - the Turkish defence of Gallipoli agains the Allies in 1915. The atlas covers 200 years, from Napoleon's conquest of Europe through the first and second world wars to the Gulf War and the disintegration of Yugoslavia.
Author: Steven Otfinoski
Publisher: Tangled History
ISBN: 1543575587
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
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On February 19, 1945, U.S. Marines landed on a tiny Pacific Island called Iwo Jima. Facing rugged terrain and a deeply entrenched enemy, they embarked on a fierce five-week battld to take the island and its airfields from the Imperial Japanese Army. Through vivid storytelling, experience one of the most important battles of World War II.
Author: Tim Newark
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780681337879
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Includes material on the battles of Valmy, Assaye, Trafalgar, Austerlitz, Waterloo, Mexico City, Gettysburg, Sedan, Isandlwana, Geok Tepe, San Juan Hill, Omdurman, Tsushima, first Marne, Gallipoli, the Brusilov offensive, Somme, Ypres, Cambrai, Germany's "Black Day," Nanking, France, Britain, Crete, Barbarossa, Pearl Harbor, Singapore, Midway, Stalingrad, El Alamein, Atlantic, Kursk, Tarawa, Cassino, Kohima, D-Day, St Lo, Leyte Gulf, Ardennes, Okinawa, Berlin, Inchon, Dien Bien Phu, Six Day War, Tet offensive, Port Stanley, Kabul, Desert Storm, Mogadishu, and Krajina.
Author: Charles F. Stanley
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451626401
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Presents practical steps that Christians can take to help change the direction of the United States through a combination of prayer and involvement in civic activities.
Author: Ken Henderson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781891029516
Category : King's Mountain, Battle of, S.C., 1780
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Josh Mosby becomes part of the battle at King's Mountain in October 1780 when he is chosen Chief of Scouts by Colonel Campbell, Commander-in-Chief of the combined Patriot Forces.
Author: Don Yaeger
Publisher: Center Street
ISBN: 9781599952369
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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New York Times bestselling author Yaeger tells the electrifying story of the game that broke down the last racial division in college football.
Author: Nitin A Gokhale
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9386141213
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Fifty years in a nation's life is a small period of time. However, it is quite likely that collective memory will have faded about several events...and so it is with the 1965 war that India was dragged into by Pakistan's chronic insecurities and territorial ambitions. This time in the form of a forcible attempt to annex Kashmir. Today, the details of the war that came between the tragedy of 1962 and the triumph of 1971 are hazy in the memory of the country. But it is a story that needs to be retold. Caught by surprise at the Pakistani offensive, India, then struggling as a nation, responded with extraordinary zeal and turned the tide in a war Pakistan thought it would win because of its superior weapons and tactics. But as the outcome of the 1965 war tells us, Pakistan not only failed to achieve any of its strategic objectives but had to suffer a massive setback, thanks to a combination of resolute political leadership, the brave Indian soldiers and determined citizens. This then is the account of the war that India has largely forgotten. In this meticulously researched and fast paced book, journalist and national security analyst Nitin A. Gokhale, has produced a formidable and comprehensive evaluation of the events and aftermath of the ferocious Indo-Pak war of 1965.
Author: Earl H. Tilford
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817318143
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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Turning the Tide is an institutional and cultural history of a dramatic decade of change at the University of Alabama set against the backdrop of desegregation, the continuing civil rights struggle, and the growing antiwar movement. This book documents the period when a handful of University of Alabama student activists formed an alliance with President Frank A. Rose, his staff, and a small group of progressive-minded professors in order to transform the university during a time of social and political turmoil. Together they engaged in a struggle against Governor George Wallace and a state legislature that reflected the worst aspects of racism in a state where the passage of civil rights legislation in 1964 and 1965 did little to reduce segregation and much to inflame the fears and passions of many white Alabamians. Earl H. Tilford details the origins of the student movement from within the Student Government Association, whose leaders included Ralph Knowles and future governor Don Siegelman, among others; the participation of key members of “The Machine,” the political faction made up of the powerful fraternities and sororities on campus; and the efforts of more radical non-Greek students like Jack Drake, Ed Still, and Sondra Nesmith. Tilford also details the political maneuverings that drove the cause of social change through multiple administrations at the university. Turning the Tide highlights the contributions of university presidents Frank A. Rose and David Mathews, as well as administrators like the dean of men John L. Blackburn, who supported the student leaders but also encouraged them to work within the system rather than against it. Based on archival research, interviews with many of the principal participants, and the author’s personal experiences, Tilford’s Turning the Tide is a compelling portrait of a university in transition during the turbulence surrounding the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s.
Author: Martha Nicholson McKay
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258513337
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Author: Noam Chomsky
Publisher: Haymarket Books+ORM
ISBN: 1608464474
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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The renowned activist examines the brutal reality of America’s Cold War era foreign policy across Central America—with a new preface by the author. First published in 1986, Turning the Tide presents Noam Chomsky’s expert analysis of three interrelated questions: What was the aim and impact of the US Central American policy? What factors in US society supported and opposed that policy? And how can concerned citizens affect future policy? Chomsky demonstrates how US Central American policies implemented broader US economic, military, and social aims—while claiming a supposedly positive impact on the lives of people in Central America. A particularly revealing focus of Chomsky's argument is the world of US academia and media, which Chomsky analyzes in detail to explain why the US public is so misinformed about our government's policies.
