Download or read book A Foot Soldier for Patton written by Michael C. Bilder and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2008-11-17 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This candid memoir of a GI serving under Gen. Patton offers a rare glimpse into the realities of life and combat in Europe during WWII. Though Gen. Patton’s army is famous for dashing armored attacks, some of the most intensive fighting of World War II was done by Patton’s infantry—the foot sloggers who were deployed to reduce enemy strong points. This candid account of the US infantry in the European theater takes the reader from the beaches of Normandy to the conquest of Germany—all through the eyes of an infantryman who had the unique perspective of speaking the enemy’s language. A fluent German speaker, Michael Bilder was called upon for interrogations and other special duties. As a combat lifeguard, he also played a key role in successive river crossings. Here, Bilder relates his experiences of infantry life, from German snipers to intoxicated Frenchwomen, to the often morbid humor of combat. He also describes the Battle of Metz in all its horror, as well as the 5th Infantry’s drive into the Bulge, where they faced their first winter battle against enemy veterans of Russia.
Download or read book Soldiers Politicians and Civilians written by David Pion-Berlin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that for a nation to become fully democratic, it must strengthen the interactions between its soldiers, politicians, and civilians.
Download or read book The American Diamond written by Lester Evans Jr. and published by Xlibris Corp. This book was released on 2006-07-31 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE AMERICAN DIAMOND design discovery is a reflection in a designed patent titled I LOVE HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA with a collection of patterns that follows. THE AMERICAN DIAMOND Soldiers Story expresses great pride and colors that will never be for gotten by all American and those around the world a like. Having served in the Military with great pride. Its with great pride that empowered me to create the reflection in THE AMERICAN DIAMOND PICTURE BOOK . THE AMERICAN DIAMOND world art expresses every man sharing a common bond around our world and its in each of our hands all around our world. This will never be for gotten all around the world. Lets hope this book make this a better world to live and enjoy. THE AMERICAN DIAMOND picture book expresses this Godly Love for our world from within Me, You and those all around the world. THE AMERICAN DIAMOND picture book is the creativity of one mind, one heart, two hands and my many prayers through one eye. THE AMERICAN DIAMOND enabled Me to express Liberty and Independence through intellectual arts. Just think, "How many conversations will each picture bring to your table, home, school, church, office and in general every day places?" Lets make a good friend. THE AMERICAN DIAMOND PICTURE BOOK is the Biggest, the Best and the Greatest you will read today about Our Country and Our World.
Download or read book Child Soldiers Adult Interests written by John-Peter Pham and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book weaves a narrative of the history of Sierra Leone, from its foundation as a settlement for black slaves who fought for the British Crown during the American Revolution through the events of the civil war, with a discussion of more general geopolitical lessons to be learned from the recent conflict, its origins, and settlement. In addition, the book contains six appendices that render the present work -- the first comprehensive history of Sierra Leone since the classic studies published more than a generation ago by Christopher Fyfe and John Peterson -- an invaluable reference on conflict resolution in general as well as the West African country in particular, including a chronology of select events in the history of Sierra Leone and the texts of the peace agreements and other post-conflict documents.
Download or read book Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone written by Megan H. MacKenzie and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2015-11 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eleven-year civil war in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002 was incomprehensibly brutal—it is estimated that half of all female refugees were raped and many thousands were killed. While the publicity surrounding sexual violence helped to create a general picture of women and girls as victims of the conflict, there has been little effort to understand female soldiers’ involvement in, and experience of, the conflict. Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone draws on interviews with 75 former female soldiers and over 20 local experts, providing a rare perspective on both the civil war and post-conflict development efforts in the country. Megan MacKenzie argues that post-conflict reconstruction is a highly gendered process, demonstrating that a clear recognition and understanding of the roles and experiences of female soldiers are central to both understanding the conflict and to crafting effective policy for the future.
Download or read book Bulletin written by United States. Office of Experiment Stations and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Diamond Soldiers written by Pinki Parks and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soldiers in action, a steamy night that left her completely satisfied but felt like a fantasy. GillianWas I dreaming? Dalton was the one that got away. I would give anything to be with him. One time would satisfy the itch. Now he is dead.Brent had me on a short leash. I'm about to marry him to keep my secret safe.I knew they would be coming for their diamonds, and we had them.My military training kept me alive.DaltonGod, I wanted her! The facts were hard to ignore. The love I had was hidden for a reason. I thought it was over. Our secret past had started to unravel.That crazy night in Guam. We had to take the diamonds. Now we had to pay the price.Could I keep her away from the line of fire? But how? She thought I was dead.
Download or read book Child Soldiers written by Dr. U C Jha and published by Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As many as fifty non-state armed groups (NSAGs) in countries such as Afghanistan, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Libya, Mali, Pakistan, the Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Thailand and Yemen are engaged in the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict. In Somalia, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen the situation continues to be perilous, with many hundreds of children recruited, used, killed and maimed. Children have been used by the NSAGs as executioners and suicide bombers. By an estimate, there are 300,000-350,000 child soldiers worldwide and the alarming trend continues to grow. According to the United Nations, there has been a fivefold increase in the number of children recruited in a few ongoing armed conflicts. This book gives an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of the recruitment and use of child soldiers worldwide; and examines the (in) adequacy of international institutions and laws in protecting children. It is an invaluable resource for anyone interested or working in the field of protecting children: teachers, students, lawyers, government officials, military and police personnel, researchers and human rights activists.
Download or read book Soldiers of Uncertain Rank written by David Lambert and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-30 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cultural, military and imperial history of the Black soldiers of Britain's West India Regiments.
Download or read book The Sketch written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Buffalo Soldiers in Alaska written by Brian G. Shellum and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The town of Skagway was born in 1897 after its population quintupled in under a year due to the Klondike gold rush. Balanced on the edge of anarchy, the U.S. Army stationed Company L, a unit of Buffalo Soldiers, there near the end of the gold rush. Buffalo Soldiers in Alaska tells the story of these African American soldiers who kept the peace during a volatile period in America's resource-rich North. It is a fascinating tale that features white officers and Black soldiers safeguarding U.S. territory, supporting the civil authorities, protecting Native Americans, fighting natural disasters, and serving proudly in America's last frontier. Despite the discipline and contributions of soldiers who served honorably, Skagway exhibited the era's persistent racism and maintained a clear color line. However, these Black Regulars carried out their complex and sometimes contradictory mission with a combination of professionalism and restraint that earned the grudging respect of the independently minded citizens of Alaska. The company used the popular sport of baseball to connect with the white citizens of Skagway and in the process gained some measure of acceptance. Though the soldiers left little trace in Skagway, a few remained after their enlistments and achieved success and recognition after settling in other parts of Alaska.
Download or read book States of Violence written by Edna G. Bay and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "By focusing on the participation and consequences for ordinary people, this collection offers a fresh perspective on the eruption of violence in sub-Saharan Africa. None of the contributions takes the easy way out--either by claiming any special propensity of Africans to violence, or by calling attention to titillating aspects of the violence itself. Rather, they offer 'thick descriptions' of particular violent episodes to develop their contexts and the larger causes that made them happen. The case studies, drawn from field research in Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, search for the meaning of specific instances of collective violence to the individuals caught up in them."--Nelson Kasfir, Dartmouth College "This coherently assembled set of contributions illuminates crucial aspects of the disorder and insecurity afflicting much of contemporary Africa. The potent social force of a marginalized youth generation is explored in its different manifestations in a variety of settings by an excellent roster of scholars."--Crawford Young, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison "Unmatched in its ethnographic depth and attention to critical dimensions of African conflicts.... This volume cuts across the continent and across several intertwining themes to provide highly contextual analyses within a well-definedframework." --Catherine Besteman, Colby College, editor of Violence: A Reader
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