Download or read book Sunday Hostages written by Claire Zuckerman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeking self-fulfillment as an artist, Lila Brandt flees her abusive husband, Aaron, and moves to Greenwich Village in the 1930's with her two young daughters. On Aaron's Sunday visits, Estelle, aged nine, guides five-year-old Floss across the no-man's-land between their warring parents. A devoted but impractical mother, Lila faces obstacles with courage, optimism, and a gift for sugar-coating reality. A job on the WPA Art Project brings her dream within reach. Alienated by Aaron's vindictive behavior, the girls make friends with Bill Dobbs. His departure for Spain with the Lincoln Brigade leaves them and Lila bereft. Julio Delgado, a constant visitor-and like Lila, a newly-unemployed mural artist-seduces her with talk of a life in art while warring with Floss and Estelle. Made desperate by many personal losses and fearful of the future, Lila makes an impulsive decision that has devastating consequences for both her and her daughters. Estelle's college sweetheart, Barry Gabriel, has gone off to war. She must be both mother and father to Floss as they struggle to survive. Years later, their story comes full circle.
Download or read book Hostages written by Gordon Kerr and published by Canary Press eBooks. This book was released on 2011 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 1 September 2004, a group of terrorists disguised as repairmen infiltrated a school in Beslan, Russia. Using concealed weapons they took 1100 children and adults hostage. The world looked on aghast as the siege played out on live TV. Hostages tells the incredible and often harrowing stories surrounding real-life events such as the Munich massacre of 1972, the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979 and the bloody siege of the Davidian Ranch, Waco, Texas in 1993. Packed full of drama, action and heartbreak Hostages promises to be utterly captivating. Contents: Political Pawns including Aldo Moro, The Iranian Embassy Siege, Terry Waite, Alan Johnston A Question of Insanity including Gary Heidnik, Elizabeth Fritzl, Stephanie Slater, David Kouresh, Mark Dutroux Financial Gain including The Lindbergh Baby, Frank Sinatra Junior, Barbara Mackle, Shannon Matthews
Download or read book Hijacking and Hostages written by J. Paul D. Taillon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-06-30 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrorism and its manifestations continue to evolve, becoming deadlier and more menacing. This study considers the evolution of terrorism since 1968 and how airlines and governments have attempted to deal with this form of violence through a series of nonforce strategies. Using historical examples, we see how governments, particularly the United States, attempted to counter politically motivated aerial hijacking with metal detectors, legal means, and, finally, in frustration, counterviolence operations to subdue terrorists. As nations witnessed aerial hijacking and sieges, the requirement for paramilitary and military counterterrorist forces became a necessity. Through use of examples from Israel (Entebbe 1976), West Germany (Mogadishu 1977), and Egypt (Malta 1985), Taillon concludes that cooperation—ranging from shared intelligence to forward base access and observers—can provide significant advantages in dealing with low-intensity operations. He hopes to highlight those key aspects of cooperation at an international level which have, at least in part, been vital to successful counterterrorist operations in the past and, as we witnessed again in the campaign in Afghanistan, are destined to remain so in the future.
Download or read book Himmler s Hostages written by Tom Wall and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notorious Nazi leader’s attempt to take war prisoners hostage at the end of WWII is revealed in this lively and expertly researched history. During the final weeks of the Second World War, Heinrich Himmler assembled the most famous and noteworthy SS prisoners be taken hostage. Himmler’s plan was to use these individuals as bargaining chips to save the Reich—or, failing that, himself. Known as the Prominenten, this group included European politicians and former heads of state, five British survivors of the ‘Great Escape,’ two MI5 agents, and Irish born POWs. This meticulously researched study sheds new light on how the British prisoners came to be integrated with a multinational group of VIPs in Dachau concentration camp, including German family groups of men, women and children; relatives of those implicated in plot to kill Hitler. The lively narrative describes kidnapping, escape attempts, interpersonal conflict, betrayal and comradeship. It also reveals intrigues and love affairs among the prisoners, culminating in their dramatic attempt to free themselves from the SS.
Download or read book Hostage written by Sheldon D. Engelmayer and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prison Hostage written by Ronald Wayne Robinson and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gripping first-person account. Three inmates seized control of the school-library complex and took prison employees hostage. It ended in death for several of the hostages and two of the inmates. At the time, the author was a correctional educator, and in his final year of education and training as a criminologist.
Download or read book Sunday s Child written by Garvin Dykes and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Danny Brannigan is born into a perfect world with the guarantee of a storybook future, until he loses his father and ends up questioning the Christian teaching he grew up with. When Ameenah Salim unexpectedly enters Danny's life, she causes him to reexamine everything he grew up believing. And when he's called to work For The military and spy against Amee's people, their already unacceptable romance comes even more into question. Will Amee forsake her heritage to be with Danny? Will Danny's faith grow stronger than his love for piloting some of America's most awesome and powerful machinery? Will the government be able to thwart the terrorist plot that is surely in the mix before the worst happens? Readers will be riveted by the romance tightly wound in suspense in Sunday's Child, by new author Garvin Dykes. Dykes draws upon his experience as a counselor, pastor, and world traveler to expose the hurts and conflicts locked within the souls of far too many people. Sunday's Child is a story that brings the impersonal conflicts between races and religions into the only perspective that matters: The relationship between two people.
Download or read book Daily Graphic written by Elvis D. Aryeh and published by Graphic Communications Group. This book was released on 1997-01-07 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Do Economic Sanctions Work written by Makio Miyagawa and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic sanctions have been an increasingly conspicuous feature of world politics since the end of World War 1, owing largely to the decreasing legitimacy of the use of force and the world's growing economic interdependence. Nevertheless, there still exists scepticism regarding their efficacy. The study is a pioneering effort and investigates the role of economic sanctions in the international community today and their effectiveness and limitations, analysing more than thirty of the most significant cases since 1918, but focusing primarily on the 1980-81 Iranian hostages' sanctions.
Download or read book Selected Issues and the Positions of Nelson A Rockefeller Nominee for Vice President of the United States written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Military and Negotiation written by Deborah Goodwin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new investigation of the role of the modern soldier/diplomat and the nature of military negotiation, in comparison with negotiation in other key contexts. This new book presents a detailed analysis of the role of the military in current operations as negotiators and liaison workers in the field. It shows how very few in the academic world are writing on this specific role of the military and the nature of negotiation in this situation, and such a volatile context. This publication is a first in this context, and has a keen audience in light of the current world order. This study breaks new ground in analyzing the nature of military negotiation in relation to more generic forms of negotiation, and assessing the role of the modern soldier/diplomat in recent deployments around the world. The author is an academic working within the military environment, very few people have the same capacity and accessibility to firsthand evidence and observation. Whilst peacekeeping has grown in the last decade or so, no-one has successfully investigated the role of the military and their approach to non-violent conflict resolution on the ground as few have access to such work to make a viable detailed assessment of the nature of negotiation in a violent context, but Dr Goodwin is able to do so.
Download or read book Nomination of Nelson A Rockefeller to be Vice President of the United States written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 1424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Man to Maneater written by Sumanth and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Versatile storyteller Sumanth narrates a riveting and action packed tale of how a well settled family man transforms into a ruthless killerthe ManEater! Vishvamitra, a married and successful IT professional, working in the US, returns to India in search of love and passionin search of that mysterious and elusive excitementthadka! Through an extraordinary turn of events, Vishvamitra finds himself on the run, wanted for murder! Hot on his trail are the Indian Police, INTERPOL, and Prithviraj, a dynamic and determined CBI officer. Vishvamitra has to confront a five-hundred-year-old Swamiji, a beautiful and passionate woman, a ruthless Russian oil baron, and a devious and power-hungry politician to unearth the truth the truth about why he was transformed into a savage criminal! From a remote dark cave in Uttarakhand to the jungles of Chhattisgarh; from suburban New Jersey to cosmopolitan Mumbai and Delhithis contemporary thriller blends crime, passion, drama and sex into a fascinating potpourrithat promises fast-paced reading entertainmentwith a twist!
Download or read book Hostage Taking Terrorism written by Alastair C. MacWillson and published by Springer. This book was released on 1992-06-18 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the problems governments face or are likely to face in handling a hostage situation. The book seeks to address the specialized subject of crisis management when applied to hostage/siege incidents and concentrates, in particular, on the techniques used in siege negotiations.
Download or read book Report of the Congressional Committee Investigating the Iran Contra Affair written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 1814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book William M Kunstler written by David J. Langum and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of the flamboyant lawyer who made a career of representing unpopular people and causes, including the Chicago Seven, and Leonard Peltier and the American Indian Movement.
