Author: Maurice Isserman
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328871436
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
The epic story of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division, whose elite soldiers broke the last line of German defenses in Italy's mountains in 1945, spearheading the Allied advance to the Alps and final victory.
The Winter Army
Author: Maurice Isserman
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328871436
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
The epic story of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division, whose elite soldiers broke the last line of German defenses in Italy's mountains in 1945, spearheading the Allied advance to the Alps and final victory.
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328871436
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
The epic story of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division, whose elite soldiers broke the last line of German defenses in Italy's mountains in 1945, spearheading the Allied advance to the Alps and final victory.
The Concrete Battleship
Author: Francis J. Allen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
American Defenses of Corregidor and Manila Bay 1898–1945
Author: Mark Berhow
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782004351
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
The Philippines were declared an American Territory on January 4, 1899, and fortification construction soon began on the islands in the mouth of Manila Bay. Among the sites built were Fort Mills (Corregidor), Fort Frank, and the formidable "concrete battleship" of Fort Drum. The defenses suffered constant Japanese bombardment during World War II, leading to the surrender of American forces. In 1945 the forts were manned by Japanese soldiers determined to hold out to the bitter end. This title details the fortifications of this key strategic location, and considers both their effectiveness and historical importance.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782004351
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
The Philippines were declared an American Territory on January 4, 1899, and fortification construction soon began on the islands in the mouth of Manila Bay. Among the sites built were Fort Mills (Corregidor), Fort Frank, and the formidable "concrete battleship" of Fort Drum. The defenses suffered constant Japanese bombardment during World War II, leading to the surrender of American forces. In 1945 the forts were manned by Japanese soldiers determined to hold out to the bitter end. This title details the fortifications of this key strategic location, and considers both their effectiveness and historical importance.
Fort Drum Connector Route (I-81 to Fort Drum North Gate) New Construction, Towns of Pamelia and Le Ray, Jefferson County
The 4 Disciplines of Execution
Author: Chris McChesney
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451627068
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
BUSINESS STRATEGY. "The 4 Disciplines of Execution "offers the what but also how effective execution is achieved. They share numerous examples of companies that have done just that, not once, but over and over again. This is a book that every leader should read! (Clayton Christensen, Professor, Harvard Business School, and author of "The Innovator s Dilemma)." Do you remember the last major initiative you watched die in your organization? Did it go down with a loud crash? Or was it slowly and quietly suffocated by other competing priorities? By the time it finally disappeared, it s likely no one even noticed. What happened? The whirlwind of urgent activity required to keep things running day-to-day devoured all the time and energy you needed to invest in executing your strategy for tomorrow. "The 4 Disciplines of Execution" can change all that forever.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451627068
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
BUSINESS STRATEGY. "The 4 Disciplines of Execution "offers the what but also how effective execution is achieved. They share numerous examples of companies that have done just that, not once, but over and over again. This is a book that every leader should read! (Clayton Christensen, Professor, Harvard Business School, and author of "The Innovator s Dilemma)." Do you remember the last major initiative you watched die in your organization? Did it go down with a loud crash? Or was it slowly and quietly suffocated by other competing priorities? By the time it finally disappeared, it s likely no one even noticed. What happened? The whirlwind of urgent activity required to keep things running day-to-day devoured all the time and energy you needed to invest in executing your strategy for tomorrow. "The 4 Disciplines of Execution" can change all that forever.
Voting Assistance Guide
None Left Behind
Author: Charles W. Sasser
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312610937
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Profiles the 10th Mountain Division and their efforts to pacify "The Triangle of Death," a region of particular terrorist violence south of Baghdad, while sharing the daring 2007 attempt to rescue three kidnapped soldiers.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312610937
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Profiles the 10th Mountain Division and their efforts to pacify "The Triangle of Death," a region of particular terrorist violence south of Baghdad, while sharing the daring 2007 attempt to rescue three kidnapped soldiers.
Breakfast with the Dirt Cult
Author: Samuel Finlay
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615622996
Category : Afghan War, 2001-
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
"I'm going to make a pinkie-swear with you right here and now, Tom Walton; when, not if, you return from Afghanistan, you must come up here and I will have a mad passionate affair with you..." With this proposal, Thomas Walton, an infantry soldier in Alpha Company, Second Platoon, arrives at the threshold of events that will change his life forever. Breakfast with the Dirt Cult chronicles the days of love and war in the life of Tom Walton. Torn between a beautiful, bibliophilic, Canadian ex-stripper and the hunt for Al-Qaeda in the mountains of Afghanistan, Walton finds himself forced to grapple with being a young man in the days of modernity. While Breakfast with the Dirt Cult has been written as a novel, it is based on a true story. The names have been changed and the chronology has been condensed for the sake of editing.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615622996
Category : Afghan War, 2001-
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
"I'm going to make a pinkie-swear with you right here and now, Tom Walton; when, not if, you return from Afghanistan, you must come up here and I will have a mad passionate affair with you..." With this proposal, Thomas Walton, an infantry soldier in Alpha Company, Second Platoon, arrives at the threshold of events that will change his life forever. Breakfast with the Dirt Cult chronicles the days of love and war in the life of Tom Walton. Torn between a beautiful, bibliophilic, Canadian ex-stripper and the hunt for Al-Qaeda in the mountains of Afghanistan, Walton finds himself forced to grapple with being a young man in the days of modernity. While Breakfast with the Dirt Cult has been written as a novel, it is based on a true story. The names have been changed and the chronology has been condensed for the sake of editing.
Old Fort Snelling Instruction Book for Fife
Author: Donald E. Mattson
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 0873510909
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Provides fourteen easy lessons followed by more than one hundred tunes, many of which date back to the Revolutionary War. The authors present a brief history of the fife, its characteristics, and its use by the military through the ages as well as at Fort Snelling.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 0873510909
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Provides fourteen easy lessons followed by more than one hundred tunes, many of which date back to the Revolutionary War. The authors present a brief history of the fife, its characteristics, and its use by the military through the ages as well as at Fort Snelling.
Forest Green
Author: Liana Mahoney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781595310477
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Illustrations and rhyming text introduce the reader to New York State's Adirondack Mountains in each season of the year.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781595310477
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Illustrations and rhyming text introduce the reader to New York State's Adirondack Mountains in each season of the year.