Author: American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
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Languages : en
Pages : 151
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Specifications for Steel Single Screw Steamer to Lloyd's Three-deck Rule with Complete Shelter Deck for American-Hawaiian S.S. Co. S.S. Isthmian No. 86. April, 1906
Author: American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 151
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 151
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Specification for Steel Twin Screw Steamer to Lloyd's Three-decked Rule with Complete Sheltered Deck for American-Hawaiian S.S. Co
Author: American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Specifications for Steel Single-screw Steamer to Lloyd's Three-deck Rule
Author: Union Iron Works Co
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 103
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 103
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Specifications for Steel Single-screw Steamer to Lloyd's Three-deck Rule for Standard Transportation Company of Delaware
Author: Robert L. Hague
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Category : Cargo ships
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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Category : Cargo ships
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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Specifications for Building Steel Single Screw Geared Turbine Cargo Steamer
Author: Union Iron Works Co
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Category : Cargo ships
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Cargo ships
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Story of the American Merchant Marine
Author: John Randolph Spears
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Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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Canal Record
Author:
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Category : Panama Canal (Panama)
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Category : Panama Canal (Panama)
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Of Arms and Men
Author: Robert L. O'Connell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199878900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
The appearance of the crossbow on the European battle field in A.D. 1100 as the weapon of choice for shooting down knights threatened the status quo of medieval chivalric fighting techniques. By 1139 the Church had intervened, outlawing the use of the crossbow among Christians. With this edict, arms control was born. As Robert L. O'Connell reveals in this vividly written history of weapons in Western culture, that first attempt at an arms control measure characterizes the complex and often paradoxical relationship between men and arms throughout the centuries. In a sweeping narrative that ranges from prehistoric times to the nuclear age, O'Connell demonstrates how social and economic conditions determine the types of weapons and the tactics used in warfare and how, in turn, innovations in weapons technology often undercut social values. He describes, for instance, how the invention of the gun required a redefinition of courage from aggressive ferocity to calmness under fire; and how the machine gun in World War I so overthrew traditional notions of combat that Lord Kitchener exclaimed, "This isn't war!" The technology unleashed during the Great War radically altered our perceptions of ourselves, as these new weapons made human qualities almost irrelevant in combat. With the invention of the atomic bomb, humanity itself became subservient to the weapons it had produced. Of Arms and Men brilliantly integrates the evolution of politics, weapons, strategy, and tactics into a coherent narrative, one spiced with striking portraits of men in combat and penetrating insights into why men go to war.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199878900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
The appearance of the crossbow on the European battle field in A.D. 1100 as the weapon of choice for shooting down knights threatened the status quo of medieval chivalric fighting techniques. By 1139 the Church had intervened, outlawing the use of the crossbow among Christians. With this edict, arms control was born. As Robert L. O'Connell reveals in this vividly written history of weapons in Western culture, that first attempt at an arms control measure characterizes the complex and often paradoxical relationship between men and arms throughout the centuries. In a sweeping narrative that ranges from prehistoric times to the nuclear age, O'Connell demonstrates how social and economic conditions determine the types of weapons and the tactics used in warfare and how, in turn, innovations in weapons technology often undercut social values. He describes, for instance, how the invention of the gun required a redefinition of courage from aggressive ferocity to calmness under fire; and how the machine gun in World War I so overthrew traditional notions of combat that Lord Kitchener exclaimed, "This isn't war!" The technology unleashed during the Great War radically altered our perceptions of ourselves, as these new weapons made human qualities almost irrelevant in combat. With the invention of the atomic bomb, humanity itself became subservient to the weapons it had produced. Of Arms and Men brilliantly integrates the evolution of politics, weapons, strategy, and tactics into a coherent narrative, one spiced with striking portraits of men in combat and penetrating insights into why men go to war.
Canal Record
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Category : Panama Canal (Panama)
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Publisher:
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Category : Panama Canal (Panama)
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Canada, the Spellbinder
Author: Lilian Whiting
Publisher: London ; Toronto : J.M. Dent
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Publisher: London ; Toronto : J.M. Dent
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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