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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2230
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A world list of books in the English language.
The Cumulative Book Index
Author: Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2230
Book Description
A world list of books in the English language.
Interrogations of Japanese Officials
Author: United States Strategic Bombing SurveyPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
High Seas Buffer
Author: Bruce A. EllemanPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9781884733956
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
it ensured that friction over the Taiwan Strait did not escalate into a full-blown war. In fact, the Taiwan Patrol Force did its job so well that virtually nothing has been written about it. U.S. Navy ships acted both as a buffer between the two antagonists and as a trip wire in case of aggression. The force fulfilled the latter function twice in the 1950s -- during the first (1954-55) and second (1958) Taiwan Strait crises --
The Pentomic Era: the U. S. Army Between Korea and Vietnam
Author: A. J. BacevichPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781478267263
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
This essay is a brief history of the U.S. army during the years immediately following the Korean War. For many in our own time that period-corresonding to the two terms of the Eisenhower presidency-has acquired an aura of congenial simplicity. Americans who survived Vietnam, Watergate, and painful economical difficulties wistfully recall the 1950s as a time when the nation possessed a clearly-charted course and had the will and the power to follow it.
Admiral Arleigh Burke
Author: Elmer Belmont PotterPublisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 9781591146926
Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Arleigh Burke is considered the father of the modern U.S. Navy to many. Sea warrior, strategist, and unparalleled service leader, Burke had an impact on the course of naval warfare that is still felt today. This biography by noted historian E.B. Potter follows Burke's distinguished career from his early days at the Naval Academy through the dramatic destroyer operations in the Solomons, where he earned his nickname "31-Knot Burke," to his participation in the crucial carrier operations of World War II. The author also fully examines Burke's postwar service as a United Nations delegate to the Korean truce talks and his unprecedented six-year tenure as chief of naval operations from 1955 to 1961, where he was a strong advocate of carrier aviation, nuclear propulsion, and a major force in developing the Navy's Polaris missile program. Awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in 1977, he became the first living U.S. naval officer to have a class of ship named after him--the Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyers. Now available in paperback for the first time, this definitive 1990 biography is a worthy tribute to a great naval hero.
A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Joseph Peck
Author: Ira Ballou PeckPublisher:
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
The Book of Dow
Author: Robert Piercy DowSeymour, Past and Present
Author: Hollis Andrew CampbellPublisher:
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Category : Seymour (Conn. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
History of Strafford County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
Author: John ScalesPublisher:
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Category : Strafford County (N.H.)
Languages : en
Pages : 986
Book Description
The Warrior Generals
Author: Thomas BuellPublisher: Crown
ISBN: 0609801732
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
master historian gives readers a fresh new picture of the Civil War as it really was. Buell examines three pairs of commanders from the North and South, who met each other in battle. Following each pair through the entire war, the author reveals the human dimensions of the drama and brings the battles to life. 38 b&w photos.