Download or read book The Texas Israeli War 1999 written by Howard Waldrop and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1986-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Texas Israeli War 1999 written by Howard Waldrop and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 1982-07-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The 1967 Arab Israeli War written by Wm Roger Louis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-13 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The June 1967 war was a watershed in the history of the modern Middle East. In six days, the Israelis defeated the Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian armies, seizing large portions of their territories. Two veteran scholars of the Middle East bring together some of the most knowledgeable experts in their fields to reassess the origins and the legacies of the war. Each chapter takes a different perspective from the vantage point of a different participant, those that actually took part in the war and also the world powers that played important roles behind the scenes. Their conclusions make for sober reading. At the heart of the story was the incompetence of the Egyptian leadership and the rivalry between various Arab players who were deeply suspicious of each other's motives. Israel, on the other side, gained a resounding victory for which, despite previous assessments to the contrary, there was no master plan.

Download or read book Howard Who written by Howard Waldrop and published by Small Beer Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First paperback edition of a landmark collection of maverick science fiction.

Download or read book Tested by Zion written by Elliott Abrams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-14 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the full inside story of the Bush Administration and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Written by a top National Security Council officer who worked at the White House with Bush, Cheney, and Rice and attended dozens of meetings with figures like Sharon, Mubarak, the kings of Jordan and Saudi Arabia, and Palestinian leaders, it brings the reader inside the White House and the palaces of Middle Eastern officials. How did 9/11 change American policy toward Arafat and Sharon's tough efforts against the Second Intifada? What influence did the Saudis have on President Bush? Did the American approach change when Arafat died? How did Sharon decide to get out of Gaza, and why did the peace negotiations fail? In the first book by an administration official to focus on Bush and the Middle East, Elliott Abrams brings the story of Bush, the Israelis, and the Palestinians to life.

Download or read book We Were Caught Unprepared written by Matt M Matthews and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This analysis of the war includes examination of IDF and Hezbollah doctrine, as well as an overview of the operational and tactical problems encountered by the IDF. The author argues that the Israeli reliance on poorly understood and controversial Effects-Based Operations (EBO) and Systemic Operational Design (SOD) war

Download or read book Fortress Israel written by Patrick Tyler and published by Portobello Books. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Israel, six decades after its founding, remains a nation in thrall to an original martial impulse.' Born of idealism, under David Ben Gurion and his protgs Dayan, Sharon and Peres, Israel came to prioritize security at all costs, and to seize land and water whenever opportunity arose. The security state erected around the nation is the most agile, relentless, intelligent and skilful in the region. And it is very little understood. Patrick Tyler believes that the way to understand it is to understand the men and women who have created, sustained and directed it. Less an anatomy of institutions and administrations than a searching biographical study of the outsize personalities who headed its operations and in consequence steered Israel's course since its foundation, this book is a landmark in the revelation of the inner workings and innermost desires of the Israeli nation-state.

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Download or read book The Chosen Folks written by Bryan Edward Stone and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of Jewish history in the Lone Star State, from the Jews who fled the Spanish Inquisition to contemporary Jewish communities. Texas has one of the largest Jewish populations in the South and West, comprising an often-overlooked vestige of the Diaspora. The Chosen Folks brings this rich aspect of the past to light, going beyond single biographies and photographic histories to explore the full evolution of the Jewish experience in Texas. Drawing on previously unpublished archival materials and synthesizing earlier research, Bryan Edward Stone begins with the crypto-Jews who fled the Spanish Inquisition in the late sixteenth century and then discusses the unique Texas-Jewish communities that flourished far from the acknowledged centers of Jewish history and culture. The effects of this peripheral identity are explored in depth, from the days when geographic distance created physical divides to the redefinitions of “frontier” that marked the twentieth century. The rise of the Ku Klux Klan, the creation of Israel in the wake of the Holocaust, and the civil rights movement are covered as well, raising provocative questions about the attributes that enabled Texas Jews to forge a distinctive identity on the national and world stage. Brimming with memorable narratives, The Chosen Folks brings to life a cast of vibrant pioneers. “Stone is gifted thinker and storyteller. His book on the history of Texas Jewry integrates the collective scholarship and memoirs of generations of writers into a cohesive account with a strong interpretive message.” —Hollace Ava Weiner, editor of Lone Stars of David: The Jews of Texas and Jewish Stars in Texas: Rabbis and Their Work “A significant addition to the growing canon of Texas Jewish history. . . . What separates [Stone’s] work from other accounts of Texas Jewry, and indeed other regional studies of American Jewish life, is a strong overarching narrative grounded in the power of the frontier.” —Marcie Cohen Ferris, American Jewish History “The Chosen Folks deserves widespread appeal. Those interested in Jewish studies, Texas history, and immigration will certainly find it a useful analysis. What’s more, those concerned with the frontier—where Jewish, Texan, immigrant, and other identities intertwine, influence, and define each other—will especially benefit.” —Scott M. Langston, Great Plains Quarterly

Download or read book The Arab Israeli Conflict written by Kirsten E. Schulze and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2008 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author's acknowledgements p. xi Publisher's acknowledgements p. xii Chronology p. xiii Who's who p. xxi Glossary p. xxvi Maps p. xxxi Part 1 Background p. 1 1 The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict p. 3 Zionism and Arab Nationalism p. 3 The Impact of the First World War p. 5 British Policy and the Palestine Mandate p. 6 The Inter-war Period p. 7 The Impact of the Second World War p. 9 The British Withdrawal from Palestine p. 11 Part 2 Wars and Peace p. 13 2 The 1948 War p. 15 The First Arab-Israeli War p. 15 The Palestinian Refugee Problem p. 17 Peace Negotiations p. 19 3 The 1956 Suez-Sinai Campaign p. 22 The 1952 Egyptian Coup p. 22 Israeli-Egyptian Tensions p. 23 The Israeli Foreign and Defence Policy Debate p. 25 British-French-Israeli Collaboration p. 26 The Results of the War p. 30 4 The 1967 Six Day War p. 32 The Creation of the Palestine Liberation Organization p. 33 On the Brink of War p. 34 The Six Day War p. 36 The Aftermath of the War p. 37 5 The 1973 October War p. 39 The War of Attrition p. 39 The Palestinian Revival and Black September p. 40 Syro-Egyptian Plans for War p. 41 The 'Surprise' Attack p. 43 Consequences of the War p. 45 6 The Egyptian-Israeli Peace Process p. 47 Disengagement p. 47 The 1977 Likud Victory p. 49 The Camp David Accords p. 52 Implications of Peace p. 53 7 The 1982 Lebanon War p. 55 The Lebanese Civil War p. 55 Limited Israeli Intervention p. 56 Operation Peace for Galilee p. 57 The Failures of Operation Peace for Galilee p. 59 The 1983 May 17th Agreement p. 60 Repercussions of the Invasion p. 61 8 The Intifada p. 64 The PLO after 1982 p. 64 The Intifada p. 67 Israeli Reaction p. 69 The Creation of Hamas p. 72 Part 3 The Middle East Peace Process p. 75 9 From Madrid to the Second Intifada: Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations p. 77 The Madrid Conference and Framework for Peace p. 77 The Oslo Process, 1992-99 p. 78 Palestinian Institutions and Society, 1996-99 p. 80 The 2000 Camp David Summit p. 82 The Second Intifada p. 83 Israel's Response p. 85 Peace Initiatives, 2000-07 p. 88 Whither the Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations? p. 90 10 Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, 1994-2007 p. 93 Peace with Jordan p. 93 Negotiations with Syria, 1994-95 p. 94 Lebanon First, 1996-99 p. 96 Israeli-Syrian Negotiations, 1999-2000 p. 97 The 2006 Lebanon War p. 99 Whither the Syrian-Israeli Negotiations? p. 101 Part 4 Assessment p. 105 11 Towards Conflict Resolution p. 107 Part 5 Documents p. 113 1 From the Hussein-McMahon Correspondence p. 114 2 The Balfour Declaration: 2 November 1917 p. 114 3 From the Sykes-Picot Agreement p. 115 4 From the Recommendations of the Peel Commission July 1937 p. 115 5 From the MacDonald White Paper: 17 May 1939 p. 116 6 Plan D: 10 March 1948 p. 117 7 From the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel: 14 May 1948 p. 122 8 From the Cabinet Discussions on the Czech Arms Deal: 4 October 1955 p. 122 9 The Sevres Protocol: 24 October 1956 p. 123 10 From the National Covenant of the Palestine Liberation Organization p. 124 11 UNSC Resolution 242: 22 November 1967 p. 126 12 From the Khartoum Summit: 1 September 1967 p. 127 13 UNSC Resolution 338: 22 October 1973 p. 128 14 From Sadat's Announcement to the Egyptian National Assembly: 9 November 1977 p. 128 15 From the Camp David Accords: 17 September 1978 p. 129 16 From the Reagan Fresh Start Initiative: 1 September 1982 p. 130 17 From the Fez Peace Plan: 9 September 1982 p. 131 18 From the Israel-Lebanon Agreement: 17 May 1983 p. 132 19 The Amman Agreement, or Hussein-Arafat Accord: 11 February 1985 p. 133 20 Jordan Relinquishes its Claim to the West Bank: 31 July 1988 p. 134 21 From the Hamas Charter: 18 August 1988 p. 134 22 Palestinian Declaration of Independence: 15 November 1988 p. 135 23 Madrid Conference Letter of Invitation: 18 October 1991 p. 137 24 From the Declaration of Principles: 9 September 1993 p. 138 25 A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict p. 139 26 Israeli-Jordanian Peace Agreement: 26 October 1994 p. 145 Further Reading p. 149 References p. 155 Index p. 167.

Download or read book Old Mars written by George R. R. Martin and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen all-new stories by science fiction’s top talents, collected by bestselling author George R. R. Martin and multiple-award winning editor Gardner Dozois Burroughs’s A Princess of Mars. Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles. Heinlein’s Red Planet. These and so many more inspired generations of readers with a sense that science fiction’s greatest wonders did not necessarily lie far in the future or light-years across the galaxy but were to be found right now on a nearby world tantalizingly similar to our own—a red planet that burned like an ember in our night sky . . . and in our imaginations. This new anthology of fifteen all-original science fiction stories, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, celebrates the Golden Age of Science Fiction, an era filled with tales of interplanetary colonization and derring-do. Before the advent of powerful telescopes and space probes, our solar system could be imagined as teeming with strange life-forms and ancient civilizations—by no means always friendly to the dominant species of Earth. And of all the planets orbiting that G-class star we call the Sun, none was so steeped in an aura of romantic decadence, thrilling mystery, and gung-ho adventure as Mars. Join such seminal contributors as Michael Moorcock, Mike Resnick, Joe R. Lansdale, S. M. Stirling, Mary Rosenblum, Ian McDonald, Liz Williams, James S. A. Corey, and others in this brilliant retro anthology that turns its back on the cold, all-but-airless Mars of the Mariner probes and instead embraces an older, more welcoming, more exotic Mars: a planet of ancient canals cutting through red deserts studded with the ruined cities of dying races. FEATURING ALL-NEW STORIES BY James S. A. Corey • Phyllis Eisenstein • Matthew Hughes • Joe R. Lansdale • David D. Levine • Ian McDonald • Michael Moorcock • Mike Resnick • Chris Roberson • Mary Rosenblum • Melinda Snodgrass • Allen M. Steele • S. M. Stirling • Howard Waldrop • Liz Williams And an Introduction by George R. R. Martin! Praise for Old Mars “Strong, fun and evocative.”—Tordotcom “A fantastic anthology . . . Pulp magic lives in these pages.”—Bookhound

Download or read book Going Home Again written by Howard Waldrop and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The words "inimitable" and "unique" are bandied about too often in artistic circles, so much so that critics seem to have forgotten those words were invented to describe Howard Waldrop's fiction. Waldrop's mastery of arcane knowledge, his transcendent wit, and the way his stories explode like cheerty bombs inside a reader's mind have all made Howard Waldrop one of the most beloved writers of the past two decades. Readers who encounter his work never forget the experience, and this new collection compiles nine such experiences (heretofore uncollected), including: "Flatfeet!", a madcap tour of this century's first decades, courtesy of the Keystone Kops. "Ocean's Ducks," an homage to those brave black actors of the 1930s. Remember those "Little Moron" jokes in the schoolyard, like "Why did the Little Moron throw the clock out the window?" "He wanted to see Time fly." Now ask yourself again "Why Did?" And beware the masked Mexican wrestlers of "El Castillo de la Perserverancia"! Howard Waldrop's unique and inimitable talents are on full display here. Read on, marvel, and rejoice.

Download or read book The Year s Best Science Fiction Nineteenth Annual Collection written by Gardner Dozois and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-07-22 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-first century has so far proven to be exciting and wondrous and filled with challenges we had never dreamed. New possibilities previously unimagined appear almost daily . . . and science fiction stories continue to explore those possibilities with delightful results:Collected in this anthology are such compelling stories as:"On K2 with Kanakaredes" by Dan Simmons. A relentlessly paced and absorbing tale set in the near future about three mountain climbers who must scale the face of K2 with some very odd company."The Human Front" by Ken MacLeod. In this compassionate coming-of-age tale the details of life are just a bit off from things as we know them-and nothing is as it appears to be."Glacial" by Alastair Reynolds. A fascinating discovery on a distant planet leads to mass death and a wrenching mystery as spellbinding as anything in recent short fiction.The twenty-six stories in this collection imaginatively takes us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including:Eleanor ArnasonChris BeckettMichael BlumleinMichael CassuttBrenda W. CloughPaul Di FilippoAndy DuncanCarolyn Ives GilmanJim GrimsleySimon IngsJames Patrick KellyLeigh KennedyNancy KressIan R. MacLeodKen MacLeodPaul J. McAuleyMaureen F. McHughRobert ReedAlastair ReynoldsGeoff RymanWilliam SandersDan SimmonsAllen M. SteeleCharles StrossMichael SwanwickHoward WaldropSupplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.

Download or read book The Year s Best Science Fiction written by Gardner Dozois and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1987-04 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the best stories published in 1986.

Download or read book The Year s Best Science Fiction Twenty First Annual Collection written by Gardner Dozois and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories in this collection imaginatively take readers far across the universe, into the very core of their beings, to the realm of the Gods, and to the moment just after now. Included are the works of masters of the form and the bright new talents of tomorrow. This book is a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.

Download or read book Warriors written by George R. R. Martin and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From George R. R. Martin's Introduction to Warriors: "People have been telling stories about warriors for as long as they have been telling stories. Since Homer first sang the wrath of Achilles and the ancient Sumerians set down their tales of Gilgamesh, warriors, soldiers, and fighters have fascinated us; they are a part of every culture, every literary tradition, every genre. All Quiet on the Western Front, From Here to Eternity, and The Red Badge of Courage have become part of our literary canon, taught in classrooms all around the country and the world. Our contributors make up an all-star lineup of award-winning and bestselling writers, representing a dozen different publishers and as many genres. We asked each of them for the same thing—a story about a warrior. Some chose to write in the genre they're best known for. Some decided to try something different. You will find warriors of every shape, size, and color in these pages, warriors from every epoch of human history, from yesterday and today and tomorrow, and from worlds that never were. Some of the stories will make you sad, some will make you laugh, and many will keep you on the edge of your seat." Included are a long novella from the world of Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, a new tale of Lord John by Diana Gabaldon, and an epic of humanity at bay by David Weber. Also present are original tales by David Ball, Peter S. Beagle, Lawrence Block, Gardner Dozois, Joe Haldeman, Robin Hobb, Cecelia Holland, Joe R. Lansdale, David Morrell, Naomi Novik, James Rollins, Steven Saylor, Robert Silverberg, S.M. Stirling, Carrie Vaughn, Howard Waldrop, and Tad Williams. Many of these writers are bestsellers. All of them are storytellers of the highest quality. Together they make a volume of unforgettable reading. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book The Robert E Howard Reader written by Darrell Schweitzer and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology presents a wide range of analysis, criticism, and opinion about one of the most influential fantasy authors of the twentieth century, with contributions by such well-known writers and critics as: Poul Anderson, Fritz Leiber, George H. Scithers, L. Sprague de Camp, S. T. Joshi, Howard Waldrop, Steve Tompkins, Darrell Schweitzer, Leo Grin, Robert Weinberg, Mark Hall, Charles Hoffman, Don D'Ammassa, Robert M. Price, Gary Romeo, and Scott Connors. A "must buy" for every fan of Robert E. Howard.