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Book Erich Raeder

Download or read book Erich Raeder written by Keith W Bird and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-05-11 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1928 to 1943, Erich Raeder led the German navy during the last turbulent years of the Weimar Republic, the rise of Hitler, and through World War II, yet until now there has not been a full-length biography written about him. This study draws on archival resources and the rich scholarship of German naval history over the past five decades to review the evolution of Raeder's concept of naval strategy and his attempts to achieve the political and military means necessary to attain the navy's global naval ambitions. While previous histories have viewed Raeder as a product of the Wilhelmian era and heir to Admiral von Tirpitz's sea power ideology, this work clearly demonstrates the navy's affinity with Hitler's fascism. Author Keith Bird refutes Raeder's own argument that his navy was non-political and independent and shows him to be a political activist and the architect of German naval policy. For the first time, Raeder's strict leadership of the navy after 1928 and his relationship to Hitler and the National Socialist state is placed in the context of Raeder's formative years as an Imperial naval officer, his First World War combat experience, and his critical role in the survival and development of the post-war Reichsmarine. The author traces the impact of Hitler's influence on both the pace and nature of naval rearmament 1933-1939 and the conduct of the Kriegsmarine in war as well as Raeder's furtive attempts to influence Germany's strategic thinking in favor of a maritime strategy. Blinded by his need to justify the navy's existence and achieve his vision of world power, Raeder was ultimately defeated by the contradictions in his own policies as well as Hitler's and the realities of Germany's resources and military necessities.

Book Globalization and    Minority    Cultures

Download or read book Globalization and Minority Cultures written by Sophie Croisy and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2014-11-14 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization and “Minority” Cultures: The Role of “Minor” Cultural Groups in Shaping Our Global Future is a collective work which brings to the forefront of global studies new perspectives on the relationship between globalization and the experiences of cultural minorities worldwide.

Book Isaiah s Eagles Rising

Download or read book Isaiah s Eagles Rising written by Bernard Thomas Nolan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They came in waves from the schools, factories, farms, and city streets, some driven by patriotism, but most with a dream. Bernard Nolan was one of the nearly 200,000 pilots who earned his wings during World War II. Nolan relates the journey of a boy with a passion for flying airplanes: how an uneducated kid from a fractured home environment weaseled his way into the Army's aviation cadet program and how his deliverance through flying threatened to unravel in the cold, lethal skies over Europe in 1944. The author has imbedded his experiences within the context of the history of the air battle over Europe in 1943 and 1944. He explores why the Eighth Air Force lost a battle of attrition with the Luftwaffe in 1943, and how and why it eventually triumphed in mid 1944. In the cockpit realism and little known details are provided in discussions of evolving technology, formation assembly and flying, ever changing tactics by both sides, prospects for surviving aerial combat, what it is like to be shot down, and excellent comparisons of the two pivotal aircraft, the B-24 and B-17. Nolan flew both in combat.

Book Die Deutschen und die See

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Salewski
  • Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9783515073196
  • Pages : 372 pages

Download or read book Die Deutschen und die See written by Michael Salewski and published by Franz Steiner Verlag. This book was released on 1998 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zum Anla� des 60. Geburtstages von Professor Dr. Michael Salewski wird diese Sammlung seiner Aufs�tze zur deutschen Marinegeschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts vorgelegt, die freilich nur einen Teilbereich seines wissenschaftlichen �uvres repr�sentieren. Inhalt: Deutschland als Seemacht - Die "Reichsflotte" von 1848 - Zukunftsflotten - Die Preu�ische Expedition nach Japan (1859-1861) - Die preu�ische Ostasienpolitik (1859-1862) - Kiel und die Marine - Die Milit�rische Bedeutung des Nord-Ostsee-Kanals - Die wilhelminischen Flottengesetze - Navy and Politics in Germany and France in the 20th Century - D�nemark im strategischen Kalkuel Deutschlands vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg - Probleme maritimer Ruestungskontrolle und Abruestung - Selbstverst�ndnis und historisches Bewu�tsein der deutschen Kriegsmarine - Die deutsche Kriegsmarine zwischen Landesverteidigung und Seemachtambitionen - Die Verteidigung der Ostsee 1918-1939 - England, Hitler und die Marine - Das maritime Dritte Reich - Die deutsche Seestrategie des Zweiten Weltkriegs - Das Wesentliche von "Weseruebung" - Das Ende der deutschen Schlachtschiffe im Zweiten Weltkrieg - Von Raeder zu D�nitz. - U-Boot-Krieg: Historisches �... there is an impressive amount of information offered by the historians on their areas of special interest. Although many of them are acknowledged experts and have written widely on the topic, they still manage to present their findings in a new and interesting light.� International Journal of Maritime History Im Beiheft 45 finden Sie weitere Beitr�ge zur deutschen Marinegeschichte .

Book The National Union Catalog  Pre 1956 Imprints

Download or read book The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book In the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court

Download or read book In the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 1538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A History of Drum   Bugle Corps

Download or read book A History of Drum Bugle Corps written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Luzerne Legal Register Reports

Download or read book Luzerne Legal Register Reports written by George Brubaker Kulp and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Volumes nine and ten of the Luzerne legal register are in first Kulp [i.e. Kulp's Luzerne legal register reports], volumes eleven and twelve are in second Kulp, and volumes thirteen and fourteen are in third Kulp, with different paging."--V. 11, p. [iii].

Book Barred

Download or read book Barred written by Carl L. Steinhouse and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am 81 now and since finishing this, my first effort, ages ago I've been not a little embarrassed since then when asked, what is "BEFORE I FORGET!'' all about? My answer of "Me!" sounds awful but that's it, plus many more intriguing and interesting personalities and situations, thank goodness. My life certainly hasn't reached great prominence, but it's been by no means humdrum either so I feel it, perhaps, worth sharing with others. Suffice to say it is about growing up in Jollye Olde from 1919 to 1936; a terrific year as an Exchange Student at a great prep school in Rhode Island; returning to the UK in '37 and, promptly, starting work as a trainee in a big thread-making company. This, being a disaster, made me join the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on my 20th birthday, September 13, 1939, (a) to get out of what I was doing and (b) hopefully to become a pilot! An exciting, often scary, but always fascinating war followed for seven years, which included night-fighter squadrons and experimental work; crazy situations; marriage to a girl I met when at school in Newport, and the struggle for normalcy after I was demobilized. We left the UK for the States in 1948 for sundry reasons. Then started a life with never a dull moment! Hairbrush then English car salesman; marmalade-making in our 1780 home in Hamilton, MA; radio and television in the US and in the UK; special events announcer; two children adopted; US citizen; PR Director for the New England Aquarium . . . to name but a few! The book ends with the passing of my late wife, to whom it is dedicated. Book Two of BEFORE I FORGET starts a couple of years later and is still in the works. It will be dedicated, of course, to Annie, my present wife of 33 years.

Book Confederate Exodus

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alan P. Marcus
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 2021-04
  • ISBN : 1496224159
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book Confederate Exodus written by Alan P. Marcus and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Baltimore connection -- Moving to Brazil -- The importance of agricultural, social, and economic conditions in Brazil -- Ideologies: race, religion, politicians, and scientists -- Protestantism, education, and the Campo Cemetery grounds.

Book Trow s New York City Directory

Download or read book Trow s New York City Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Naval Power in the Twentieth Century

Download or read book Naval Power in the Twentieth Century written by N.A.M. Rodger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a century since Mahan and his disciples taught the world that a battlefleet was indispensable to a great power. Great and not so great powers still keep powerful navies today, but we have no generally-accepted principles to explain why. In this book historians and naval officers from Britain, the United States and other countries study the use of naval power over a century, and ask what it is for, and what it can do. It will be essential reading for modern historians, policy-makers and strategists.

Book The Glass Industry

Download or read book The Glass Industry written by and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich written by William L. Shirer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 1280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the Nazi's rise to power, conquest of Europe, and dramatic defeat at the hands of the Allies.

Book Writing for Their Lives

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marcel Chotkowski Lafollette
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 2023-08-22
  • ISBN : 0262048167
  • Pages : 281 pages

Download or read book Writing for Their Lives written by Marcel Chotkowski Lafollette and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breathtaking history of America’s trail-blazing female science journalists—and the timely lessons they can teach us about equity, access, collaboration, and persistence. Writing for Their Lives tells the stories of women who pioneered the nascent profession of science journalism from the 1920s through the 1950s. Like the “hidden figures” of science, such as Dorothy Vaughan and Katherine Johnson, these women journalists, Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette writes, were also overlooked in traditional histories of science and journalism. But, at a time when science, medicine, and the mass media were expanding dramatically, Emma Reh, Jane Stafford, Marjorie Van de Water, and many others were explaining theories, discoveries, and medical advances to millions of readers via syndicated news stories, weekly columns, weekend features, and books—and they deserve the recognition they have long been denied. Grounded in extensive archival research and enlivened by passages of original correspondence, Writing for Their Lives addresses topics such as censorship, peer review, and news embargoes, while also providing intimate glimpses into the personal lives and adventures of mid-twentieth-century career women. They were single, married, or divorced; mothers with child-care responsibilities; daughters supporting widowed mothers; urban dwellers who lived through, and wrote about, the Great Depression, World War II, and the dawn of the Atomic Age—all the while, daring to challenge the arrogance and misogyny of the male scientific community in pursuit of information that could serve the public. Written at a time when trust in science is at a premium, Writing for Their Lives is an inspiring untold history that underscores just how crucial dedicated, conscientious journalists are to the public understanding and acceptance of scientific guidance and expertise.

Book Technology and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century and Beyond

Download or read book Technology and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century and Beyond written by Phillips Payson O'Brien and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines how the navies of Great Britain, the USA, Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union, France and Italy confronted the various technological changes posed during different periods in the 20th century.

Book The Seven Men of Spandau

Download or read book The Seven Men of Spandau written by Jack Fishman and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1945 seven men, once among the most powerful on earth, were locked away in a vast prison built to hold more than 600 inmates, surrounded by every conceivable escape-proof precaution. Tried and convicted for attempting to enslave the world, they were the last of what Winston Churchill had called the Hitler gang."--Goodreads.com.