Author: Harry S. Truman
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826212580
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Harry S. Truman made plain speaking his trademark, and it was a common belief that "Give 'em hell" Harry spared few with his words. However, this fascinating collection of 140 amusing, angry, sarcastic, and controversial letters President Truman wrote but never mailed proves that conception wrong. Addressed to admirers and enemies alike, including Adlai Stevenson, Justice William Douglas, Dwight Eisenhower, Joe McCarthy, and Truman's wife, Bess, these intriguing letters cover such diverse subjects as the atomic bomb, running the country, and human greed.
Strictly Personal and Confidential
Author: Harry S. Truman
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826212580
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Harry S. Truman made plain speaking his trademark, and it was a common belief that "Give 'em hell" Harry spared few with his words. However, this fascinating collection of 140 amusing, angry, sarcastic, and controversial letters President Truman wrote but never mailed proves that conception wrong. Addressed to admirers and enemies alike, including Adlai Stevenson, Justice William Douglas, Dwight Eisenhower, Joe McCarthy, and Truman's wife, Bess, these intriguing letters cover such diverse subjects as the atomic bomb, running the country, and human greed.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826212580
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Harry S. Truman made plain speaking his trademark, and it was a common belief that "Give 'em hell" Harry spared few with his words. However, this fascinating collection of 140 amusing, angry, sarcastic, and controversial letters President Truman wrote but never mailed proves that conception wrong. Addressed to admirers and enemies alike, including Adlai Stevenson, Justice William Douglas, Dwight Eisenhower, Joe McCarthy, and Truman's wife, Bess, these intriguing letters cover such diverse subjects as the atomic bomb, running the country, and human greed.
The Secret Letters of the Last Tsar
Author: Nicholas II (Emperor of Russia)
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Unpublished Correspondence of Napoleon I
Author: Napoleon I (Emperor of the French)
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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Correspondence of John C. Calhoun
Author: John Caldwell Calhoun
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 806
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States Concerning the Independence of the Latin-American Nations
Author: William Ray Manning
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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 842
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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 842
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Consular Regulations of the United States, Annotated
Author: United States Department of State
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Category : Diplomatic and consular service
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
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Category : Diplomatic and consular service
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Correspondence of Lord Byron
Author: George Gordon Byron
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108034063
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 655
Book Description
Published in Paris in 1825 despite British legal wrangling, this book contains personal letters by Byron and Dallas' biographical 'Recollections'.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108034063
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 655
Book Description
Published in Paris in 1825 despite British legal wrangling, this book contains personal letters by Byron and Dallas' biographical 'Recollections'.
Exposure of Misrepresentations Contained in the Preface to The Correspondence of William Wilberforce
Author: Henry Crabb Robinson
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Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Analog Superpowers
Author: Katherine C. Epstein
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022683123X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
A gripping history that spans law, international affairs, and top-secret technology to unmask the tension between intellectual property rights and national security. At the beginning of the twentieth century, two British inventors, Arthur Pollen and Harold Isherwood, became fascinated by a major military question: how to aim the big guns of battleships. These warships—of enormous geopolitical import before the advent of intercontinental missiles or drones—had to shoot in poor light and choppy seas at distant moving targets, conditions that impeded accurate gunfire. Seeing the need to account for a plethora of variables, Pollen and Isherwood built an integrated system for gathering data, calculating predictions, and transmitting the results to the gunners. At the heart of their invention was the most advanced analog computer of the day, a technological breakthrough that anticipated the famous Norden bombsight of World War II, the inertial guidance systems of nuclear missiles, and the networked “smart” systems that dominate combat today. Recognizing the value of Pollen and Isherwood’s invention, the British Royal Navy and the United States Navy pirated it, one after the other. When the inventors sued, both the British and US governments invoked secrecy, citing national security concerns. Drawing on a wealth of archival evidence, Analog Superpowers analyzes these and related legal battles over naval technology, exploring how national defense tested the two countries’ commitment to individual rights and the free market. Katherine C. Epstein deftly sets out Pollen’s and Isherwood’s pioneering achievements, the patent questions raised, the geopolitical rivalry between Britain and the United States, and the legal precedents each country developed to control military tools built by private contractors. Epstein’s account reveals that long before the US national security state sought to restrict information about atomic energy, it was already embroiled in another contest between innovation and secrecy. The America portrayed in this sweeping and accessible history isn’t yet a global hegemon but a rising superpower ready to acquire foreign technology by fair means or foul—much as it accuses China of doing today.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022683123X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
A gripping history that spans law, international affairs, and top-secret technology to unmask the tension between intellectual property rights and national security. At the beginning of the twentieth century, two British inventors, Arthur Pollen and Harold Isherwood, became fascinated by a major military question: how to aim the big guns of battleships. These warships—of enormous geopolitical import before the advent of intercontinental missiles or drones—had to shoot in poor light and choppy seas at distant moving targets, conditions that impeded accurate gunfire. Seeing the need to account for a plethora of variables, Pollen and Isherwood built an integrated system for gathering data, calculating predictions, and transmitting the results to the gunners. At the heart of their invention was the most advanced analog computer of the day, a technological breakthrough that anticipated the famous Norden bombsight of World War II, the inertial guidance systems of nuclear missiles, and the networked “smart” systems that dominate combat today. Recognizing the value of Pollen and Isherwood’s invention, the British Royal Navy and the United States Navy pirated it, one after the other. When the inventors sued, both the British and US governments invoked secrecy, citing national security concerns. Drawing on a wealth of archival evidence, Analog Superpowers analyzes these and related legal battles over naval technology, exploring how national defense tested the two countries’ commitment to individual rights and the free market. Katherine C. Epstein deftly sets out Pollen’s and Isherwood’s pioneering achievements, the patent questions raised, the geopolitical rivalry between Britain and the United States, and the legal precedents each country developed to control military tools built by private contractors. Epstein’s account reveals that long before the US national security state sought to restrict information about atomic energy, it was already embroiled in another contest between innovation and secrecy. The America portrayed in this sweeping and accessible history isn’t yet a global hegemon but a rising superpower ready to acquire foreign technology by fair means or foul—much as it accuses China of doing today.
A Confidential Matter
Author: Richard Strauss
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520030367
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520030367
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description