Download or read book Home Front Soldier written by Philip L. Aquila and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1999-03-25 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a multi-layered social history of a soldier and his Italian American family during World War II.
Download or read book Action At Aquila written by Hervey Allen and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Action at Aquila' is a historical novel by Hervey Allen. It was first published in the year 1938. "Southward, two mighty ranges of the Appalachians shouldered their way into the blue distance like tremendous caravans marching across eternity. Between those parallel ridges the Valley of the Shenandoah lay, apparently, as serene and beautiful as the interior of the Isle of Aves." -an excerpt
Download or read book Action at Aquila written by Hervey Allen and published by . This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Action at Aquila by Hervey Allen is a gripping Civil War novel that follows a Union officer's journey through duty, honor, and personal conflict. Set against the backdrop of a pivotal military campaign, this story vividly captures the complexities of war and the enduring human spirit in the face of adversity.
Download or read book Aquila s War written by Becca Lusher and published by Becca Lusher. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rift Riders are ready. Yullik is waiting. The fight for Aquila is about to begin. After siege and exile, the Rift Riders have drifted around the Overworld for long enough. The troops have been gathered, the dragons are willing to help and everyone is ready to depart. Now they only have to get there. While Mhysra, Lyrai and their friends prepare for the battle ahead and Yullik lays his traps, hidden on the far side of Aquila, Mouse and Nightriver have their own challenges to face. Despite everything, the mountain has a few surprises in store for all of them yet. For Aquila is waiting to be won and the stakes are high. When war rocks the citadel, even the winners may end up losing…
Download or read book Furies written by Lauro Martines and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A forefront Italian Renaissance historian and author of Fire in the City evaluates darker aspects of the Renaissance including the military forces that ravaged Europe and shaped the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity, exploring how massive, mobile armies consumed resources, spread disease and innovated violent new weapons.
Download or read book A War Ago Other Poems written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Of Gladiators and Spectators written by William D. Knox and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this research project is to investigate Army acquisition through a case study to gain insight into how the Army can reform its acquisition practices from the inside. Numerous Department of Defense (DOD) initiatives on acquisition reform are ongoing within the Defense Department and through legislation in Congress. Although some of these DOD initiatives are commented upon, my focus will be on what the Army can do to reform itself without enabling legislation or direction from DOD. The subject of the case study is the Aquila Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) Program.
Download or read book The Best of Alastair Reynolds written by Alastair Reynolds and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an amazing collection of some of the best short fiction ever written in the SF genre, by an author acclaimed as 'the mastersinger of space opera' THE TIMES. With an introduction by noted SF critic Johnathan Strahan, this collection of twenty short stories, novellettes and novellas includes MINLA'S FLOWERS, SIGNAL TO NOISE, TROIKA, and seven previous uncollected stories, including TRAUMA POD, THE WATER THIEF and IN BABELSBERG. Alastair Reynolds has won the Sidewise Award and been nominated for The Hugo Awards for his short fiction. One of the most thought-provoking and accomplished short-fiction writers of our time, this collection is a delight for all SF readers
Download or read book Colonial Wars of North America 1512 1763 Routledge Revivals written by Alan Gallay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 923 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1996, this encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference resource that pulls together a vast amount of material on a rich historical era, presenting it in a balanced way that offers hard-to-find facts and detailed information. The volume was the first encyclopedic account of the United States' colonial military experience. It features 650 essays by more than 130 historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, geographers, and other scholarly experts on a variety of topics that cover all of colonial America's diverse peoples. In addition to wars, battles, and treaties, analytical essays explore the diplomatic and military history of over 50 Native American groups, as well as Dutch, English, French, Spanish, and Swiss colonies. It's the first source to consult for the political activities of an Indian nation, the details about the disposition of forces in a battle, or the significance of a fort to its size, location, and strength. In addition to its reference capabilities, the book's detailed material has been, and will continue to be highly useful to students as a supplementary text and as a handy source for reporters and papers.
Download or read book Spoils of War written by Aidan Dodson and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While a large number of books have dealt with the navies and war at sea during the World Wars, the immediate aftermaths have generally received only minimal coverage. However, the fates of defeated navies are of enormous interest from a number of perspectives. These include the relative priorities of the victorious powers, acquisition and testing of ex-enemy materiel and the intended future capabilities of those ex-enemy navies that were to be allowed to continue to exist. This new book traces the histories of navies and ships of the defeated powers from the months leading up to the relevant armistices or surrenders through to the final execution of the appropriate post-war settlements. In doing so, it discusses the way in which the victorious powers reached their final demands, how these were implemented, and to what effect. The later histories of ships that saw subsequent service, either in their original navies or in those navies which acquired them, are also described. In doing this, much use is made of material drawn from archival, and in some cases archaeological, sources, some of which has never previously been used. Through these, a wide range of long-standing myths are busted, and some badly distorted modern views and assessments of events in the wake of the conflicts put right. The fascinating narrative will be accompanied by tabulated lists of all major navy-built (and certain significant ex-mercantile) enemy ships in commission at the relevant date of the armistice or surrender, or whose hulks were specifically listed for attention in post-Second World War allied agreements. These will include key dates in their careers and their ultimate fates. This highly original book, drawing on archaeological evidence as well as archival sources, and including numerous photographs will become an essential reference tool for all those interested in the naval history of the two World Wars.
Download or read book Let s Rock written by Richard Aquila and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rock & roll was one of the most important cultural developments in post–World War II America, yet its origins are shrouded in myth and legend. Let’s Rock! reclaims the lost history of rock & roll. Based on years of research, as well as interviews with Bo Diddley, Pat Boone, and other rock & roll pioneers, the book offers new information and fresh perspectives about Elvis, the rise of rock & roll, and 1950s America. Rock & roll is intertwined with the rise of a post–World War II youth culture, the emergence of African Americans in society, the growth of consumer culture, technological change, the expansion of mass media, and the rise of a Cold War culture that endorsed traditional values to guard against communism. Richard Aquila’s book demonstrates that early rock & roll was not as rebellious as common wisdom has it. The new sound reflected the conservatism and conformity of the 1950s as much as it did the era’s conflict. Rock & roll supported centrist politics, traditional values, and mainstream attitudes toward race, gender, class, and ethnicity. The musical evidence proves that most teenagers of the 1950s were not that different from their parents and grandparents when it came to basic beliefs, interests, and pastimes. Young and old alike were preoccupied by the same concerns, tensions, and insecurities. Rock & roll continues to permeate the fabric of modern life, and understanding the music’s origins reminds us of the common history we all share. Music lovers who grew up during rock & roll’s early years as well as those who have come to it more recently will find Let’s Rock an exciting historical and musical adventure.
Download or read book The Americana written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Auschwitz Volunteer written by Witold Pilecki and published by Aquila Polonica. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: September 1940. Polish Army officer Witold Pilecki deliberately walked into a Nazi German street round-up in Warsaw and became Auschwitz Prisoner No. 4859. He had volunteered for a secret undercover mission: smuggle out intelligence about the new German concentration camp, and build a resistance organization among prisoners. Pilecki's clandestine intelligence, received by the Allies in 1941, was among earliest. He escaped in 1943 after accomplishing his mission. Dramatic eyewitness report, written in 1945 for Pilecki's Polish Army superiors, published in English for first time.
Download or read book Gods of War written by Jack Ludlow and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2011-05-23 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three fearless men are drawn into the endless battles of ancient Rome's Fiery War, fighting for power, for victory, for survival - and above all, for honour. Brennos, the barbarian leader of the Celtic tribes, faces bloody personal consequences when his enemies hatch a vicious assassination plot. Aquila, now fighting for Rome, carries with him his lucky talisman; a golden amulet shaped like an eagle in flight, the only clue to his true identity. And Marcellus, son of Rome's most powerful senator, must find within himself the ability to lead men into battle - and to win.
Download or read book Quarterly Review of Military Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Americana written by Frederick Converse Beach and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints written by Frederick George Holweck and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
