Author: Vic Currierv Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1503547728 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 304
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America would be very different if William Harding Jackson (1901 1971) had not put his indelible stamp on the US government as OSS / War Department chief of secret intelligence in World War II Europe, cofounder of todays Central Intelligence Agency, and his work as Eisenhowers national security adviser. During the most dangerous times in our history and for decades beyond his death, there is no other American who influenced so many sensitive, top-secret national security matters more than Jackson. When Bill Jackson was in the room, everyone paid attention; and for a time in our history, three US presidents saw to itpersonally.
Author: William F. Dement Publisher: William Francis Dement F. Dement ISBN: 9780615487564 Category : September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Languages : en Pages : 276
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"This is the true story of an NYPD Lieutenant, William F. Dement, who drove 2,000 miles, solo, in 2 days from the retirement home his was building in New Mexico to respond to the World Trade Center disaster following September 11th."--Page 4 of cover.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law Publisher: ISBN: Category : Collective labor agreements Languages : en Pages : 324
Author: Gay Culverhouse Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1538145839 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 229
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A heartfelt account of the difficulties football players face after they leave the NFL. The NFL is the nation’s most popular sport, but the athletes who make the league rich suffer greatly once they step off the field. In When the Cheering Stops: Life after the NFL, players open up about the adversities they face after retirement. Long after the lights have dimmed on their playing days, NFL players face emotional distress, physical injuries, and cognitive decline, often suffering on their own. Personal interviews with former players reveal that many struggle with finances, finding a second career, addiction, depression, and violence. While success stories are also shared, the unfortunate truth is that there are far more players left hurt and broken after retirement. Written by former Tampa Bay Buccaneers president and founder of the Retired Player Assistance program Gay Culverhouse, this book provides a unique inside perspective on the NFL and the long-term physical and emotional toll playing in the league takes on the players who make it great.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Publisher: ISBN: Category : Disability retirement Languages : en Pages : 108
Author: Joseph Hickman Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1510743200 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 151
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“There’s a whole chapter on my son Beau… He was co-located [twice] near these burn pits.” –Joe Biden, former Vice President of the United States of America The Agent Orange of the 21st Century… Thousands of American soldiers are returning from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan with severe wounds from chemical war. They are not the victims of ruthless enemy warfare, but of their own military commanders. These soldiers, afflicted with rare cancers and respiratory diseases, were sickened from the smoke and ash swirling out of the “burn pits” where military contractors incinerated mountains of trash, including old stockpiles of mustard and sarin gas, medical waste, and other toxic material. This shocking work, now for the first time in paperback, includes: Illustration of the devastation in one soldier’s intimate story A plea for help Connection between the burn pits and Major Biden’s unfortunate suffering and death The burn pits’ effects on native citizens of Iraq: mothers, fathers, and children Denial from the Department of Defense and others Warning signs that were ignored and much more Based on thousands of government documents, over five hundred in-depth medical case studies, and interviews with more than one thousand veterans and active-duty GIs, The Burn Pits will shock the nation. The book is more than an explosive work of investigative journalism—it is the deeply moving chronicle of the many young men and women who signed up to serve their country in the wake of 9/11, only to return home permanently damaged, the victims of their own armed forces’ criminal negligence.
Author: Danel Olson Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3031170164 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 331
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After 9/11, the world felt the “shock and awe” of the War on Terror. But that war also exploded inside novels, films, comics, and gaming. Danel Olson investigates why the paranormal, ghostly, and conspiratorial entered such media between 2002-2022, and how this Gothic presence connects to the most recent theories on PTSD. Set in New York/Gotham, Afghanistan, Iraq, and CIA black sites, the traumatic and weird works interrogated here ask how killing affects the killers. The protagonists probed are artillery, infantry, and armored-cavalry soldiers; military intelligence; the Air Force; counter-terrorism officers of the NYPD, NCIS, FBI, and CIA; and even the ultimate crime-fighting vigilante, Batman.
Author: Vic Currierv
Author: William F. Dement
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Author: Gay Culverhouse
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Author: Joseph Hickman
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Author: Danel Olson
Author: Richard J. Bisbee