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Book Resources in Education

Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1998-05 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hue 1968

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mark Bowden
  • Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
  • Release : 2017-06-06
  • ISBN : 0802189245
  • Pages : 676 pages

Download or read book Hue 1968 written by Mark Bowden and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Black Hawk Down vividly recounts a pivotal Vietnam War battle in this New York Times bestseller: “An extraordinary feat of journalism”. —Karl Marlantes, Wall Street Journal In Hue 1968, Mark Bowden presents a detailed, day-by-day reconstruction of the most critical battle of the Tet Offensive. In the early hours of January 31, 1968, the North Vietnamese launched attacks across South Vietnam. The lynchpin of this campaign was the capture of Hue, Vietnam’s intellectual and cultural capital. 10,000 troops descended from hidden camps and surged across the city, taking everything but two small military outposts. American commanders refused to believe the size and scope of the siege, ordering small companies of marines against thousands of entrenched enemy troops. After several futile and deadly days, Lieutenant Colonel Ernie Cheatham would finally come up with a strategy to retake the city block by block, in some of the most intense urban combat since World War II. With unprecedented access to war archives in the United States and Vietnam and interviews with participants from both sides, Bowden narrates each stage of this crucial battle through multiple viewpoints. Played out over 24 days and ultimately costing 10,000 lives, the Battle of Hue was by far the bloodiest of the entire war. When it ended, the American debate was never again about winning, only about how to leave. A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in History Winner of the 2018 Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Greene Award for a distinguished work of nonfiction

Book Haunting Legacy

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  • Author : Marvin Kalb
  • Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 081572389X
  • Pages : 370 pages

Download or read book Haunting Legacy written by Marvin Kalb and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States had never lost a war —that is, until 1975, when it was forced to flee Saigon in humiliation after losing to what Lyndon Johnson called a "raggedy-ass little fourth-rate country." The legacy of this first defeat has haunted every president since, especially on the decision of whether to put "boots on the ground" and commit troops to war. In Haunting Legacy, the father-daughter journalist team of Marvin Kalb and Deborah Kalb presents a compelling, accessible, and hugely important history of presidential decisionmaking on one crucial issue: in light of the Vietnam debacle, under what circumstances should the United States go to war? The sobering lesson of Vietnam is that the United States is not invincible —it can lose a war —and thus it must be more discriminating about the use of American power. Every president has faced the ghosts of Vietnam in his own way, though each has been wary of being sucked into another unpopular war. Ford (during the Mayaguez crisis) and both Bushes (Persian Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan) deployed massive force, as if to say, "Vietnam, be damned." On the other hand, Carter, Clinton, and Reagan (to the surprise of many) acted with extreme caution, mindful of the Vietnam experience. Obama has also wrestled with the Vietnam legacy, using doses of American firepower in Libya while still engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan. The authors spent five years interviewing hundreds of officials from every post war administration and conducting extensive research in presidential libraries and archives, and they've produced insight and information never before published. Equal parts taut history, revealing biography, and cautionary tale, Haunting Legacy is must reading for anyone trying to understand the power of the past to influence war-and-peace decisions of the present, and of the future.

Book Bright English Fun K13 Based Thematic Activity Book For Grade 6

Download or read book Bright English Fun K13 Based Thematic Activity Book For Grade 6 written by Nina Inayati and published by UMMPress. This book was released on 2021-02-12 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bright English adalah Buku Aktivitas Bahasa Inggris yang dirancang khusus untuk siswa dan guru Kelas 6 Sekolah Dasar dengan menggunakan pendekatan Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). Tema-tema yang digunakan dalam buku ini selaras dengan tema yang disajikan dalam Kurikulum 2013 oleh DIKNAS, sehingga memungkinkan siswa memperoleh manfaat dari isi dan topik-topik yang sudah tidak asing tapi dieksplorasi dengan menggunakan Bahasa Inggris. Selain itu, buku ini juga kaya akan nilai-nilai kearifan lokal Batu dan Malang Raya secara khusus, serta erat kaitannya dengan nilai dan budaya lokal Indonesia, sehingga sangat sesuai digunakan untuk siswa sekolah dasar di seluruh Indonesia. Diilustrasikan dengan baik untuk anak-anak usia sekolah dasar, buku ini cocok dipakai sebagai buku ajar di kelas maupun buku penunjang pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris di luar kelas. Setiap unit dalam buku ini dibagi menjadi Bagian Membaca (Reading), Menulis (Writing) dan Berbicara (Speaking) dengan banyak latihan untuk membantu siswa mempersiapkan ujian bahasa Inggris. Setiap unit juga dilengkapi dengan tips-tips cara efektif belajar Bahasa Inggris, yaitu Grammar Point dan Speaking Corner agar membantu siswa untuk lebih memahami materi yang diberikan secara kontekstual dan komunikatif. Buku ini juga dirancang untuk membantu siswa dengan pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris mandiri. Hal ini untuk mengatasi masalah keterbatasan waktu belajar bahasa Inggris di sekolah, sehingga memberikan lebih banyak sumber daya bagi siswa untuk belajar baik di dalam maupun di luar jam sekolah, baik secara individu maupun kelompok, dengan atau tanpa pengawasan langsung dari guru.

Book El Hi Textbooks and Serials in Print

Download or read book El Hi Textbooks and Serials in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 1528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book All About Vietnam  Projects   Activities for Kids

Download or read book All About Vietnam Projects Activities for Kids written by Phuoc Thi Minh Tran and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children will get an inside look at Vietnam's vibrant culture, while learning through fun, hands-on games, songs, and activities! This multicultural children's book is perfect for story time at home or in a classroom, and is one children will come back to time and again. Young readers are introduced to many different aspects of Vietnamese culture, including: A brief look at the nation's history, from its mythological beginnings to its famous kings and heroes Tours of picturesque Halong Bay, the teeming streets of Hanoi and Saigon, the sand dunes of Mui Ne, the Dragon Bridge in Da Nang, the imperial palace in Hue, and many more colorful places! Try your hand at making authentic Vietnamese dishes including a Banh Mi sandwich, Fresh Spring Rolls and Moon Cakes to accompany the Mid-Autumn Festival celebration Relive popular folktales and legends like "The Legend of the Areca Nut and the Betel Leaves" and "The Legend of Trong Com" Learn the beloved folk song "The Rice Drum" and the lively dance that accompanies it Experience the sights and sounds of the Tet New Year's celebration as well as other colorful festivals like the Feast of the Wandering Souls, the Mooncake Festival, the Kitchen God Festival, and the Hoi An Lantern Festival Learn to speak a few words of Vietnamese, including greetings and the proper way to say goodbye Make a beaded dragonfly; learn about Vietnamese manners and superstitions; celebrate birthdays, weddings, and important events; and taste the local fruits and delicious street food dishes! Award-winning author Phuoc Thi Minh Tran is a Vietnamese librarian and storyteller who opens windows onto a culture she knows intimately in this lavishly-illustrated book. The charming full-color illustrations and photographs bring Vietnam's history and culture vividly to life.

Book English as a Global Language

Download or read book English as a Global Language written by David Crystal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.

Book 10 000 Days of Thunder

Download or read book 10 000 Days of Thunder written by Philip Caputo and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the war that lasted ten thousand days. The war that inspired scores of songs. The war that sparked dozens of riots. And in this stirring chronicle, Pulitzer Prize- winning journalist Philip Caputo writes about our country's most controversial war -- the Vietnam War -- for young readers. From the first stirrings of unrest in Vietnam under French colonial rule, to American intervention, to the battle at Hamburger Hill, to the Tet Offensive, to the fall of Saigon, 10,000 Days of Thunder explores the war that changed the lives of a generation of Americans and that still reverberates with us today. Included within 10,000 Days of Thunder are personal anecdotes from soldiers and civilians, as well as profiles and accounts of the actions of many historical luminaries, both American and Vietnamese, involved in the Vietnam War, such as Richard M. Nixon, General William C. Westmoreland, Ho Chi Minh, Joe Galloway, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Lyndon B. Johnson, and General Vo Nguyen Giap. Caputo also explores the rise of Communism in Vietnam, the roles that women played on the battlefield, the antiwar movement at home, the participation of Vietnamese villagers in the war, as well as the far-reaching impact of the war's aftermath. Caputo's dynamic narrative is highlighted by stunning photographs and key campaign and battlefield maps, making 10,000 Days of Thunder THE consummate book on the Vietnam War for kids.

Book Payback

Download or read book Payback written by Joe Klein and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1981, while the country was celebrating the end of the Iran hostage crisis, an unemployed Vietnam veteran named Gary Cooper went berserk with a gun, angry over the jubilant welcome the hostages received in contrast to his own homecoming from Vietnam. He was killed in a fight with police. Joe Klein ... tells Cooper's story, as well as the stories of four of the other vets in Cooper's platoon. These stories all begin with an ambush and a grisly battle in the Que Son Valley in 1967, but Payback is less about remembering the war and more about examining its long-term effects on the grunts who fought it. Klein focuses on filling in the next fifteen years of these men's lives after they return home, and his account ... captures the struggles of a whole generation of Vietnam veterans and their families."--Back cover.

Book The World Book Encyclopedia

Download or read book The World Book Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

Book American English Primary Colors 4 Activity Book

Download or read book American English Primary Colors 4 Activity Book written by Diana Hicks and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American English Primary Colors is a new 4-level course for young learners from six to eleven years old.

Book A People s History of the United States

Download or read book A People s History of the United States written by Howard Zinn and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-02-04 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People's History of the United States has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version of history taught in schools -- with its emphasis on great men in high places -- to focus on the street, the home, and the, workplace. Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of our country's greatest battles -- the fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women's rights, racial equality -- were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance. Covering Christopher Columbus's arrival through President Clinton's first term, A People's History of the United States, which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history. Revised, updated, and featuring a new after, word by the author, this special twentieth anniversary edition continues Zinn's important contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history.

Book The Best We Could Do

Download or read book The Best We Could Do written by Thi Bui and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National bestseller 2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist ABA Indies Introduce Winter / Spring 2017 Selection Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Spring 2017 Selection ALA 2018 Notable Books Selection An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Thi Bui. This beautifully illustrated and emotional story is an evocative memoir about the search for a better future and a longing for the past. Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family’s daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves. At the heart of Bui’s story is a universal struggle: While adjusting to life as a first-time mother, she ultimately discovers what it means to be a parent—the endless sacrifices, the unnoticed gestures, and the depths of unspoken love. Despite how impossible it seems to take on the simultaneous roles of both parent and child, Bui pushes through. With haunting, poetic writing and breathtaking art, she examines the strength of family, the importance of identity, and the meaning of home. In what Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen calls “a book to break your heart and heal it,” The Best We Could Do brings to life Thi Bui’s journey of understanding, and provides inspiration to all of those who search for a better future while longing for a simpler past.

Book In the Lake of the Woods

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tim O'Brien
  • Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Release : 2006-09-01
  • ISBN : 0547527047
  • Pages : 301 pages

Download or read book In the Lake of the Woods written by Tim O'Brien and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A politician’s past war crimes are revealed in this psychologically haunting novel by the National Book Award–winning author of The Things They Carried. Vietnam veteran John Wade is running for senate when long-hidden secrets about his involvement in wartime atrocities come to light. But the loss of his political fortunes is only the beginning of John’s downfall. A retreat with his wife, Kathy, to a lakeside cabin in northern Minnesota only exacerbates the tensions rising between them. Then, within days of their arrival, Kathy mysteriously vanishes into the watery wilderness. When a police search fails to locate her, suspicion falls on the disgraced politician with a violent past. But when John himself disappears, the questions mount—with no answers in sight. In this contemplative thriller, acclaimed author Tim O’Brien examines America’s legacy of violence and warfare and its lasting impact both at home and abroad.

Book EPA Activity Book  What Does the U S  EPA Do to Protect the Environment

Download or read book EPA Activity Book What Does the U S EPA Do to Protect the Environment written by Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.) and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2017-12-13 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The EPA Activity Book, directed primarily towards children, is a graphic depiction of how the EPA protects our entire environment, protects the land where we live, protects ecosystems,and provides crossword games and puzzles to engage children in educating themselves about good environmental practices. Concepts and lessons about air quality index, asthma environmental factors, ecosystem protection, waste reduction practices, environmental protection, and more. Early childhood and primary grade-school children may enjoy the fill-in coloring activities, world list searches, crossword puzzles, and fill-in-the blank activities as part of their learning process about these key science and environmental concepts. Find more products relating to this topic: NSI: Nature Science Investigator Mission Sunwise Activity Book Join the Lorax Sesame Street Fire Safety Program Family Guide Sesame Street Fire Safety Program (Multimedia CD- English and Spanish Languages)

Book Films and Other Materials for Projection

Download or read book Films and Other Materials for Projection written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Standards and Labeling Policy Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Food Safety and Inspection Service. Standards and Labeling Division
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 366 pages

Download or read book Standards and Labeling Policy Book written by United States. Food Safety and Inspection Service. Standards and Labeling Division and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: