Download or read book Invited to a War written by Alan Reed and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-09-21 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of Air Vice-Marshal Alan Reed AO is one that could read like a ‘boy’s own adventure’. From humble beginnings as a National Service trainee in Perth in 1952, Alan’s career took him all the way to the rank of Air Vice-Marshal and in command of over 12,000 people within the RAAF Support Command organisation. Along the way Alan flew a wide variety of RAAF aircraft, including the maritime version of the Lincoln, the Canberra bomber, the F-4E Phantom and the F-111. His experiences included fortuitously being removed from a doomed Lincoln flight that crashed into Mt Superbus in South-East Queensland, a 24-day around the world trip in a Canberra formation, and his opportunities to fly both the Phantom and the F-111C in RAAF service. Alan was also privileged to be one of only six RAAF pilots to fly Phantoms on exchange with the USAF during the Vietnam War, where he flew over 100 reconnaissance missions during a 179 temporary duty assignment, receiving the USAF Distinguished Flying Cross. Alan passed away on 24 July 2021, not before he had the chance to reminisce with many of his compatriots at the Air Force’s centenary commemorations on 31 March 2021. This book draws upon the content of Alan’s autobiography, also entitled Invited to a War, and presents the episodes of Alan’s life in the RAAF. It tells the story of a man who dedicated his life to the RAAF and, despite the highs and lows of any service career, never lost his passion for flying.
Download or read book You Are Cordially Invited to War written by Tommye Hamilton Wright and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-08-28 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Its 1942 and the United States is deep into World War II. At home, amid adjustments to the hardships and heartaches of war, Kay Ann Franklin is losing a lonely battle caring for her terminally ill mother and her five-year-old twins, one stricken with polio and the other with chicken pox. Worried and exhausted, she has little left to give her baby daughter and her war-absorbed husband. When a colored girl appears at her back door offering to help, Kay Ann welcomes her but holds slight hope that the tiny, crippled Say can make a difference in their situation. To her surprise, the teenager brings reinforcements for the battle and lightness to their burdens. The family also discovers Says exceptional musical talent and begins to envision more than the girl can grasp. Kay Anns dream of a college education for Say is sidetracked by a brutal attack and malicious opposition from neighbors, friends, and Says preacher. In this historical tale, Kay Ann and an unlikely group of lady warriors embark on an unforgettable journey during the chaos of a world war endeavoring to help an underprivileged teenager achieve more than she ever imagined, and, most importantly, to believe in herself. Wright does an excellent job of re-creating the feel of the homefront during WWII Its an important, engaging story thats been neglected by other authors. Kirkus Tommye Hamilton Wright offers a wise insiders look into small-town life during World War II This well-structured story offers interesting plot threads and well-drawn characters that maintain tension from the first chapter to the last. You Are Cordially Invited to War will interest those who enjoy good fiction set during a pivotal time in American history. Clarion
Download or read book Women Invited to War Or a Friendly Address to the Honourable Women of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1787 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book War Stories written by Gordon Korman and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Restart, a story of telling truth from lies -- and finding out what being a hero really means. There are two things Trevor loves more than anything else: playing war-based video games and his great-grandfather Jacob, who is a true-blue, bona fide war hero. At the height of the war, Jacob helped liberate a small French village, and was given a hero's welcome upon his return to America.Now it's decades later, and Jacob wants to retrace the steps he took during the war -- from training to invasion to the village he is said to have saved. Trevor thinks this is the coolest idea ever. But as they get to the village, Trevor discovers there's more to the story than what he's heard his whole life, causing him to wonder about his great-grandfather's heroism, the truth about the battle he fought, and importance of genuine valor.
Download or read book The Next Civil War written by Stephen Marche and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Should be required reading for anyone interested in preserving our 246-year experiment in self-government.” —The New York Times Book Review * “Well researched and eloquently presented.” —The Atlantic * “Delivers Cormac McCarthy-worthy drama; while the nonfictional asides imbue that drama with the authority of documentary.” —The New York Times Book Review A celebrated journalist takes a fiercely divided America and imagines five chilling scenarios that lead to its collapse, based on in-depth interviews with experts of all kinds. The United States is coming to an end. The only question is how. On a small two-lane bridge in a rural county that loathes the federal government, the US Army uses lethal force to end a standoff with hard-right anti-government patriots. Inside an ordinary diner, a disaffected young man with a handgun takes aim at the American president stepping in for an impromptu photo-op, and a bullet splits the hyper-partisan country into violently opposed mourners and revelers. In New York City, a Category 2 hurricane plunges entire neighborhoods underwater and creates millions of refugees overnight—a blow that comes on the heels of a financial crash and years of catastrophic droughts—and tips America over the edge into ruin. These nightmarish scenarios are just three of the five possibilities most likely to spark devastating chaos in the United States that are brought to life in The Next Civil War, a chilling and deeply researched work of speculative nonfiction. Drawing upon sophisticated predictive models and nearly two hundred interviews with experts—civil war scholars, military leaders, law enforcement officials, secret service agents, agricultural specialists, environmentalists, war historians, and political scientists—journalist Stephen Marche predicts the terrifying future collapse that so many of us do not want to see unfolding in front of our eyes. Marche has spoken with soldiers and counterinsurgency experts about what it would take to control the population of the United States, and the battle plans for the next civil war have already been drawn up. Not by novelists, but by colonels. No matter your political leaning, most of us can sense that America is barreling toward catastrophe—of one kind or another. Relevant and revelatory, The Next Civil War plainly breaks down the looming threats to America and is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future of its people, its land, and its government.
Download or read book Going to War written by Russ Hoyle and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-03-18 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the pacing of a thriller, this investigative work methodically details the Bush administration's aggressive role in twisting intelligence about alleged weapons of mass destruction in order to fabricate a case for war with Iraq.
Download or read book Invited to a War written by Alan Reed and published by . This book was released on 2022-09-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of Air Vice-Marshal Alan Reed AO is one that could read like a 'boy's own adventure'. From humble beginnings as a National Service trainee in Perth in 1952, Alan's career took him all the way to the rank of Air Vice-Marshal and in command of over 12,000 people within the RAAF Support Command organisation. Along the way Alan flew a wide variety of RAAF aircraft, including the maritime version of the Lincoln, the Canberra bomber, the F-4E Phantom and the F-111. His experiences included fortuitously being removed from a doomed Lincoln flight that crashed into Mt Superbus in South-East Queensland, a 24-day around-the world trip in a Canberra formation, and his opportunities to fly both the Phantom and the F-111C in RAAF service. Alan was also privileged to be one of only six RAAF pilots to fly Phantoms on exchange with the USAF during the Vietnam War, where he flew over 100 reconnaissance missions during a 179 temporary duty assignment, receiving the USAF Distinguished Flying Cross. Alan passed away on 24 July 2021, not before he had the chance to reminisce with many of his compatriots at the Air Force's centenary commemorations on 31 March 2021. This book draws upon the content of Alan's autobiography, also entitled Invited to a War, and presents the episodes of Alan's life in the RAAF. It tells the story of a man who dedicated his life to the RAAF and, despite the highs and lows of any service career, never lost his passion for flying.
Download or read book The Invited written by Jennifer McMahon and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chilling ghost story with a twist: the New York Times bestselling author of The Winter People returns to the woods of Vermont to tell the story of a husband and wife who don't simply move into a haunted house--they build one . . . In a quest for a simpler life, Helen and Nate have abandoned the comforts of suburbia to take up residence on forty-four acres of rural land where they will begin the ultimate, aspirational do-it-yourself project: building the house of their dreams. When they discover that this beautiful property has a dark and violent past, Helen, a former history teacher, becomes consumed by the local legend of Hattie Breckenridge, a woman who lived and died there a century ago. With her passion for artifacts, Helen finds special materials to incorporate into the house--a beam from an old schoolroom, bricks from a mill, a mantel from a farmhouse--objects that draw her deeper into the story of Hattie and her descendants, three generations of Breckenridge women, each of whom died suspiciously. As the building project progresses, the house will become a place of menace and unfinished business: a new home, now haunted, that beckons its owners and their neighbors toward unimaginable danger.
Download or read book Confronting the War Machine written by Michael S. Foley and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the draft resistance movement in Boston in 1967-68, this study argues that these acts of mass civil disobedience turned the tide in the antiwar movement by drawing the Johnson administration into a confrontation with activists who were largely young, middle-class, liberal, and from suburban backgrounds--the core of Johnson's constituency.
Download or read book The Unwomanly Face of War written by Светлана Алексиевич and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally published in Russian as U voiny--ne zhenskoe lietiso by Mastatskaya Litaratura, Minsk, in 1985. Originally published in English as War's unwomanly face by Progress Publishers, Moscow, in 1988"--Title page verso.
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Download or read book The Invited Guest written by Adem Gashi and published by WordSmith Book Writing. This book was released on 2024-06-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debut author Adem Gashi published the attractive novel, "The Invited Guest". Well-known author Adem Gashi announces the publication of his impressive novel, "The Invited Guest", published on August 21 URA Publishing House, Pristina, 2023. Gashi's debut work delves into the compelling and true story of a 6-year-old boy who, after the tragic loss of his father in 1979, bravely accepts the responsibility to provide for his family. Set against the background of the capital of Kosovo, Pristina, the story unfolds on May 25, 1979, when the father of the young protagonist is attacked to death near the shop where he worked as a merchant. What follows is an inspiring journey of survival, resilience and self-discovery as the boy navigates the challenges of working in the market and selling match tickets, soft drinks and more inside the F.C.Prishtina football stadium. Gashi's storytelling prowess shines through as he vividly depicts the emotional struggles of a young boy growing up in the face of adversity. The narrative spans the years from 1979 to 1991, detailing the protagonist's travels to various cities in the former Yugoslavia, including: Sarajevo, Zenica, Dubrovnik, Sibenik, Split, Zadar, Rijeka, and Ljubljana. The heart of "The Invited Guest" rests on universal themes that resonate with readers of all ages and backgrounds. Gashi skillfully weaves a story that explores the dichotomy of light and darkness in life, delivering a powerful message about the human spirit's ability to endure and overcome challenges. Despite the protagonist's mother's initial reluctance to see her son leave home, Adem Gashi's narrative portrays the young boy's growth and independence, challenging society's expectations and norms. The book encourages readers to reflect on the complexities of life, love, victory and loss, fostering a deeper understanding of the human experience. "The Invited Guest" is now available on major online platforms, including Amazon and Barnes & Noble, inviting readers to start a touching journey through the pages of this extraordinary novel based on a true story. Adem Gashi brings us a part of the life of his generation in the early nineties of the last century when the youth of Kosovo experienced drama and persecution. The space of life's paths stretches from Pristina and closes in Vienna. The book is a pleasure to read, not only for the abundant information, and the emotions it prompts, but also because it reflects a world that comes and goes because of globalization first, and then for many other reasons in different periods that we don't undertake to unfold here. When I was leaving Kosovo, I said to myself: "My dear homeland! I found you with many wounds, I'm leaving you full of pain. I'm taking a piece of the pain with me, maybe the wound will be easier for you, my dear Kosovo. In the homeland, even the snow is warm, but in the foreign soil, even the sun's rays freeze." The character of the real Albanian unfolds on every page of the book and emerges through the actions and thoughts of the characters. Therefore, the author emphasizes that some qualities are most appreciated in a person. Let us not merely exist to satisfy our physical needs, neglecting the enrichment of our inner selves. Don't make people regret knowing you, but make them regret losing you. Let's become encouraging people, not critics, to point out the good and remove the tears from the eyes of others! Under no circumstances should we cause a tear to flow from someone's eye! We can only be happier when we have one less tear in this life and one more smile in the world. People can never change the truth, but the truth can always change people. The world is full of good people and, if you can't find one of them, then be one of those so that someone will find you.
Download or read book Military Policy of the United States 1775 1944 written by United States Military Academy. Dept. of Economics, Government, and History and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Public Is Invited to Dance written by Harriet Scott Chessman and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Stanford University Press classic.
Download or read book History of the American Negro in the Great World War written by William Allison Sweeney and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "History of the American Negro in the Great World War" is an account of the services of people of African origins in WWI, based on the official records of the War Department, including tributes from French and American commanders. The work is an important source of historical information about the role of black soldiers in the battles, which is often omitted in most historical works.
Download or read book War in a Time of Peace written by David Halberstam and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam chronicles Washington politics and foreign policy in post Cold War America. Evoking the internal conflicts, unchecked egos, and power struggles within the White House, the State Department, and the military, Halberstam shows how the decisions of men who served in the Vietnam War, and those who did not, have shaped America's role in global events. He provides fascinating portraits of those in power—Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Kissinger, James Baker, Dick Cheney, Madeleine Albright, and others—to reveal a stunning view of modern political America.
