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Assault on Sicily: Monty and Patton at War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ford, Ken, PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing, On ong>theong> night of 9/10 July , an Allied armada of vessels launched one of ong>theong> largest combined operations of ong>theong> Second World ong>Warong> - ong>theong> invasion of Sicily, Operation 'Husky'. Over ong>theong> next 38 days, half a million British, Canadian, American and French soldiers, sailors, and airmen grappled with ong>theong>ir German and Italian counterparts for control of this rocky outcrop of Hitler's 'Fortress Europe'. ong>Theong> Allied assault on Sicily featured airborne and amphibious landings; mountain ong>warong>fare; international rivalry; poorly performing troops; tenacious German resistance; and, ong>improvementong>s in tactical air support and ong>theong> ultimate Allied victory on ong>theong> island. Almost ong>theong> whole of ong>theong> progress of ong>theong> Second World ong>Warong> is illustrated by this one campaign. It was ong>theong> only action where ong>theong> whole Allied ong>warong> effort was brought to bear on a single objective, with one army commanded by Patton and one army commanded by Montgomery. Both men were insufferable egoists and insubordinate commanders; ong>theong>y always chose to do ong>theong>ir own thing, regardless of oong>theong>rs' sensibilities and always with one eye on how history would see ong>theong>m. ong>Theong> seeds of rivalry between ong>theong>se two key Allied commanders that were sown in ong>theong> Sicily campaign eventually grew to fruition in ong>theong> battles for Normandy and ong>theong> Ardennes.

Meet Joe Copper: Masculinity and Race on Montana's World War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Basso, Matong>theong>w, PUBLISHER: ong>Theong> University of Chicago Press, "I realize that I am a soldier of production whose duties are as important in this ong>warong> as those of ong>theong> man behind ong>theong> gun." So began ong>theong> pledge that many home front men took at ong>theong> outset of World ong>Warong> II when ong>theong>y went to work in ong>theong> factories, fields, and mines while ong>theong>ir compatriots fought in ong>theong> battlefields of Europe and on ong>theong> bloody beaches of ong>theong> Pacific. ong>Theong> male experience of working and living in ong>warong>time America is rarely examined, but ong>theong> story of men like ong>theong>se provides a crucial counter-narrative to ong>theong> national story of Rosie ong>theong> Riveter and GI Joe that dominates scholarly and popular discussions of World ong>Warong> II. In "Meet Joe Copper," Matong>theong>w L. Basso describes ong>theong> formation of a powerful, white, working-class masculine ideology in ong>theong> decades prior to ong>theong> ong>warong>, and shows how it thrived--on ong>theong> job, in ong>theong> community, and through union politics. Basso recalls for us ong>theong> practices and beliefs of ong>theong> first- and second-generation immigrant copper workers of Montana while advancing ong>theong> historical conversation on gender, class, and ong>theong> formation of a white ethnic racial identity. "Meet Joe Copper" provides a context for our ideas of postong>warong> masculinity and whiteness and finally returns ong>theong> men of ong>theong> home front to our reckoning of "ong>Theong> Greatest Generation" and ong>theong> New Deal era.

Life After Violence: A People's Story of Burundi

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Uvin, Peter, PUBLISHER: Zed Books, Burundi recently emerged from twelve years of civil ong>warong>. In this book, ordinary Burundians, farmers, artisans, traders, moong>theong>rs, soldiers and students talk about ong>theong> past and ong>theong> future, ong>warong> and peace, ong>theong>ir hopes for a better life and ong>theong>ir relationships with each oong>theong>r and ong>theong> state. Young men, in particular, often seen as ong>theong> cause of violence, talk about ong>theong> difficulties of living up to standards of masculinity in an impoverished and ong>warong>-torn society. Weaving a rich tapestry, Peter Uvin pitches ong>theong> ideas and aspirations of people on ong>theong> ground against ong>theong> assumptions often made by ong>theong> international development and peace-building agencies. This groundbreaking book on conflict and society in Africa will have profound repercussions for development across ong>theong> world.

Viral Genome Methods

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Adol, Kenneth W. / Adolph, Kenneth Ed. / Adolph, Kenneth W., PUBLISHER: CRC Press, Molecular biology and genetics techniques now dominate viral research in attempts to cure diseases such as AIDS. Viral Genome ong>Methodsong> is a practical guide to ong>theong> newest molecular techniques, providing step-by-step protocols to be used in ong>theong> laboratory. Recognized authorities and pioneers in viral research pass on ong>theong>ir expertise to you.

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Fields of Battle: Terrain in Military History

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Doyle, Peter / Doyle, P. / Bennett, Matong>theong>w R., PUBLISHER: Springer, This is ong>theong> first book of its kind to attempt a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding how terrain has affected ong>theong> outcome of ong>warong>fare in history. Taking a broad sweep from mediaeval times, ong>theong> English Civil ong>Warong>s of ong>theong> 17th century and ong>theong> Napoleonic ong>Warong>s of ong>theong> 18th century, its primary focus is on ong>theong> major battles and engagements of ong>theong> century of ong>warong>fare from to . Examining ong>theong> American Civil ong>Warong>, ong>theong> Anglo-Zulu ong>Warong>, ong>theong> Boer ong>Warong>, ong>theong> Great ong>Warong> of , ong>theong> Spanish Civil ong>Warong> and finally ong>theong> Second World ong>Warong>, it takes a total terrain view. All aspects of terrain, including ong>theong> cultural and spiritual significance of battle, ong>theong> physical geography and geology of ong>theong> battlefield and ong>theong> growing discipline of battlefield archaeology are covered. Audience: Intended as a text for ong>theong> military historian, historical and physical geographer, practitioner of GIS or archaeologist, this volume also provides important case histories for advanced undergraduates, researchers and enthusiasts wishing to know more about ong>theong> conduct of battle.

Roughshod Through Dixie: Grierson's Raid

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lardas, Mark / Shumate, Johnny / Spedaliere, Donato, PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing (UK), On April Benjamin Grierson led a force of Union cavalrymen across enemy lines into ong>theong> Confederate-held Tennessee in a bold diversionary raid. Over ong>theong> next seventeen days, Grierson's horsemen caused havoc by destroying railroad lines, attacking outposts, burning military stores and ong>fightingong> numerous small actions, before breaking back through ong>theong> lines at Baton Rouge. ong>Theong> raid was a tremendous success, not only by virtue of ong>theong> destruction it caused, but also because ong>theong> Confederates were forced to divert thousands of troops away from ong>theong> front lines during General Grant's critical Vicksburg offensive. This book tells ong>theong> complete story of one of ong>theong> most daring Union raids of ong>theong> ong>warong>.

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Healthcare Teams: Building Continuous Quality Improvement

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mears, Peter, PUBLISHER: CRC Press, Healthcare Teams: Building Continuous Quality ong>Improvementong> provides a thorough understanding of team building in a healthcare environment. Important topics such as what it means to be a member of a team, empowerment and how teams contribute to continuous quality ong>improvementong> are covered. A special section of ong>theong> manual also provides ong>theong> reader with essential information on key quality concepts. Numerous exercises are specifically tailored for situations encountered in healthcare. Participants take turns as leaders and observers. ong>Theong> observer records ong>theong> interactions which occur in solving an exercise and reports findings to ong>theong> team at ong>theong> end of ong>theong> exercise. ong>Theong>se findings are analyzed by ong>theong> team, thus creating an atmosphere whereby teams learn how to learn. Participants are exposed to a diversity of problems through numerous healthcare-related exercises. Team concepts such as empowerment, cohesiveness, handling difficult members, and team effectiveness are explained, exercises are provided to help participants learn more about ong>theong>se concepts while building ong>theong>ir team skills.

Gettysburg: An Alternate History

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tsouras, Peter G., PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books, Everyone with an interest in America's greatest battle comes up against its controversies. What if J. E. B. Stuart had arrived on ong>theong> battlefield before ong>theong> second day? What if Ewell had pressed hard on ong>theong> heels of ong>theong> Union rout on ong>theong> first day? What if Pickett's charge had been stronger and better led? What if ong>theong> Army of ong>theong> Potomac had been commanded by a more aggressive counter-attacker than Meade? Gettysburg presents some of ong>theong>se possibilities as though ong>theong>y were ong>theong> reality, and explores ong>theong> impact ong>theong>y would have on ong>theong> battle and on ong>theong> course of ong>theong> ong>warong>. ong>Theong> alternate events are anchored firmly in ong>theong> context of ong>theong> actual events, and are all within ong>theong> scope of what was genuinely possible. Acquista Ora

Personal Bible Study Methods: 12 Ways to Study the Bible on

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: ong>Warong>ren, Rick, PUBLISHER: Pastors.com, Pastor Rick ong>Warong>ren says, "ong>Theong> secret key to studying ong>theong> Bible is knowing how to ask ong>theong> right kind of questions. Once you know what to ask, Bible study is simple " In this 'how to' book, Rick explains 12 different ways to study ong>theong> scriptures, giving step-by-step instructions. With over copies in print, Personal Bible Study ong>Methodsong> has become a classic tool for learning how to study ong>theong> Bible for yourself. It has been translated into seven languages. Thousands of individuals, small groups, churches, and seminary classes have used ong>theong> practical manual to unlock ong>theong> wonderful truths of God's Word.

Hurrah! Sailor: Volume 1

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Koike, Rintaro / Nakane, Katsuwo / Kiga, Kouichi, PUBLISHER: Infinity Studios, Konika, Ichino, Mareta, Shoya, and Ensign Kurie find ong>theong>mselves stranded on a planet whose inhabitants have developed virtually no technology at all. ong>Theong> Two United Empires and ong>theong> Federation Kingdom have been at ong>warong> for centuries and entire galaxies have been turned into ong>warong> zones. With neiong>theong>r side ever achieving a decisive victory, ong>theong> conflict has been dragging on so long that both sides have even forgotten ong>theong> reason why ong>theong> ong>warong> originally started. But now, for Konika of ong>theong> Federation Kingdom, and ong>theong> oong>theong>rs from ong>theong> United Empire, ong>theong>y must put aside ong>theong>ir differences to find a way off ong>theong> planet togeong>theong>r. During this process, ong>theong>y find that perhaps ong>theong>re are no differences between ong>theong>m, and some of ong>theong>m begin to wonder if ong>theong>y would be better off not returning to ong>theong> ong>warong>. Acquista Ora

Witnesses to Calvary: Reflections on the Seven Last Words of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Antall, Richard C. / Grote, Lisa / McGovern, Robert F., PUBLISHER: Our Sunday Visitor, Faong>theong>r Antall brings his experience in ong>theong> civil ong>warong> in El Salvador to ong>theong>se profound and moving meditations on ong>theong> Seven Last Words. Illustrated with striking woodcuts.

High Performance Branch Banking: A Manager's Guide to

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ritter, Dwight S., PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Companies, High ong>Performanceong> Branch Banking is a must-read for any banker with an interest in ong>theong> retail financial services market. This book gives solutions needed for banks to prosper providing ong>theong> needed perspective and ideas for branches to overcome obstacles and seize opportunities. High ong>Performanceong> Branch Banking helps managers find ong>theong> right balance to maximize productivity and ong>performanceong> in an ever-changing market, and offers tips on: managing sales efforts and internal staff; identifying ong>theong> small business customer; how to ask questions that ong>theong> customer wants to answer.

Ambiguous Relations: The American Jewish Community and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shafir, Shlomo, PUBLISHER: Wayne State University Press, This monograph, based on extensive research in many archival collections in ong>theong> United States, Germany, and lsrael, focuses on ong>theong> time period from ong>theong> end of World ong>Warong> II until and deals with ong>theong> American Jewish community's ambiguous attitude toong>warong>ds Germany since ong>theong> Holocaust years. Examining ong>theong> community's early intercessions with ong>theong> American administration and its impact on American public opinion and on ong>theong> West German government, this study develops a picture of ambiguity and denial in a pivotal time in American Jewry. Rationales and strategies of major Jewish organizations are discussed as well as ong>theong> subsequent rise of Holocaust consciousness and ong>theong> role of ong>theong> survivors effect on ong>theong> tension between special Jewish interests and American national interest.

Awakening the Mind: Basic Buddhist Meditations

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wangchen, Geshe Namgyal / Namgyal, PUBLISHER: Wisdom Publications (MA), ong>Theong> profoundly effective ong>methodsong> of meditation presented in "Awakening ong>theong> Mind have helped people overcome ong>theong>ir problems for centuries. Based on ong>theong> teachings of ong>theong> Tibetan saint Tsong Khapa, ong>theong>se techniques help replace depression, anger, and oong>theong>r forms of mental pain with tranquility, compassion, and wisdom.

The Dragons of Expectation: Reality and Delusion in Course

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Conquest, Robert, PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company, ong>Theong> publication of "ong>Theong> Dragons of Expectation" in reaffirmed Robert Conquest's stature as a leading intellectual and one of ong>theong> world's great humanists. In ong>theong> tradition of Isaiah Berlin's "ong>Theong> Crooked Timber of Humanity" and George Orwell's "Essays," this book brilliantly traces how seductive ideas have come to corrupt modern minds; to often disastrous effects. In what "Publishers Weekly" called "a frontal assault on ong>theong> pieties of ong>theong> left," Conquest masterfully examines how false nostrums have infected academia, politicians, and ong>theong> public, showing how ong>theong>ir reliance on "isms" and ong>theong> destructive concepts of "People, Nation, and Masses" have resulted in a ruinous cycle of turbulence and ong>warong>. Including fresh analyses of Russia's October Revolution, World ong>Warong> II, and ong>theong> Cold ong>Warong>, "ong>Theong> Dragons of Expectation" is one of ong>theong> most important contributions to modern thought in recent years.

The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harper, T. N., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This is ong>theong> first general social and political history of Malaya. Focusing on ong>theong> years to , ong>theong> last years of British rule and ong>theong> achievement of independence, it embraces a wealth of social, economic and cultural, as well as political ong>theong>mes. It contains new research on ong>theong> impact of ong>theong> Second World ong>Warong> in Malaya, ong>theong> origins and course of ong>theong> Communist Emergency, and ong>theong> response of Malaya's various ethnic communities to nationalism and social change. A concluding chapter takes ong>theong>se ong>theong>mes forong>warong>d into ong>theong> s to shed new light on ong>theong> emergence of this important Souong>theong>ast Asian nation.

The Citizen-Soldier: The Memoirs of a Civil War Volunteer

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Beatty, John / Woodworth, Steven E., PUBLISHER: Bison Books, When Souong>theong>rners fired on Fort Sumter in April , John Beatty left his bank job in Ohio to answer President Lincoln's call for soldiers. Within a short while he was commanding ong>theong> Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, as green to combat as his men. ong>Theong> diary he kept from June to January shows how well ong>theong>y did ong>theong>ir fearful job without losing ong>theong>ir humanity. In October ong>theong> Ohio regiment lost nearly forty percent of its five hundred men on ong>theong> field at Perryville. After heavy ong>fightingong> at Stone's River ong>theong> following year, Beatty was promoted to brigadier general. In ong>theong>se pages ong>theong> cost of union is carefully weighed by an intelligent and modest man who never glorifies ong>warong>. Advancing through ong>theong> South with ong>theong> Army of ong>theong> Cumberland, he lives to tell about ong>theong> horrific battles at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. Wheong>theong>r describing large events in Kentucky, Tennessee, and elsewhere or ong>theong> quiet times of camp life, Beatty never loses personal perspective Steven E. Woodworth, in his introduction, writes about ong>theong> life of this extraordinary "ordinary man," whose diary, originally published in , "stands out as one of ong>theong> dozen or so best memoirs of ong>theong> Civil ong>Warong> for its clarity, honesty, humor, and plain good sense."

Builders and Fighters: U.S. Army Engineers in World War II

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: U. S. Army Corps of Engineers / Fowle, Barry W., PUBLISHER: University Press of ong>theong> Pacific, ong>Theong> Corps of Engineers played an important part in winning World ong>Warong> II. Its work included building and repairing roads, bridges, and airfields; laying and clearing minefields; establishing and destroying obstacles; constructing training camps and oong>theong>r support facilities; building ong>theong> Pentagon; and providing facilities for ong>theong> development of ong>theong> atomic bomb. In addition to ong>theong>ir construction work, engineers engaged in combat with ong>theong> enemy in ong>theong> Battle of ong>theong> Bulge, on ong>theong> Ledo Road in Burma, in ong>theong> mountains of Italy, and at numerous oong>theong>r locations. Certainly one of ong>theong> highlights of Corps activity during World ong>Warong> II was ong>theong> construction of ong>theong> -mile Alaska Highway, carved out of ong>theong> Canadian and Alaskan wilderness. Builders and Fighters is a series of essays on some of ong>theong> hectic engineer activity during World ong>Warong> II. Veterans of that ong>warong> should read this book and point with pride to ong>theong>ir accomplishments. In it, today's engineers will find furong>theong>r reasons to be proud of ong>theong>ir heritage. H. J. Hatch Lieutenant General, USA Chief of Engineers

The Secret of Significance

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McGee, Robert S., PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson Publishers, How much time have you wasted trying to gain ong>theong> approval of oong>theong>rs? Have you given up on experiencing God's complete acceptance of you? Based on ong>theong> best-selling "ong>Theong> Search for Significance," "ong>Theong> Secret of Significance "will take you on a self evaluation to see if you are in fact running your life on ong>theong> ong>performanceong> treadmill and how you can experience ong>theong> solution to ong>theong> fear of rejection by finding complete acceptance in Christ. This accessible book offers true stories, biblical references, and advice from best-selling author and counselor Robert McGee on how you can experience ong>theong> secret to lasting significance.

Forging a Nation: Perspectives on the Canadian Military

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Horn (Lieutenant-Colonel), Bernd, PUBLISHER: Vanwell Publishing, Forging A Nation offers a collection of essays on ong>theong> development of ong>theong> Canadian military experience. For more than two centuries, Canadians have taken up arms to defend ong>theong> nation and our national ideals, to support our allies and to bring peace in oong>theong>r parts of ong>theong> world. This book offers an important commentary on ong>theong>se actions, and ong>theong> way our military experience has shaped our country's national and international identity.ong>Theong> essays are organized into four distinct eras: Part I covers ong>theong> colonial period, from early contact with ong>theong> First Nations to Canada's participation in ong>theong> American Civil ong>Warong> and ong>theong> Boer ong>Warong>. Part II studies ong>theong> impact of ong>theong> two world ong>warong>s on Canada in terms of mobilization, industrial development and operational strategies. ong>Theong> third section examines ong>theong> notion of national security from a Canadian context, identifies ong>theong> distinctly Canadian style of ong>warong>fare and national defence issues. Part IV explores Canada's role in international spheres-alliance relationships, Cold ong>Warong> participation, involvement in oong>theong>r areas of ong>theong> globe, and includes a penetrating appraisal of our peacekeeping heritage.

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Cottonwood Summer

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Slaughter, Gary, PUBLISHER: Fletcher House, When ong>theong> army builds a German prisoner of ong>warong> camp on ong>theong> outskirts of a small Michigan town, citizens are outraged. Adding to ong>theong> angst, two women assist a pair of POWs to escape -- and are tried for treason. History, fiction, and humor blend into a heart-ong>warong>ming story of life on ong>theong> home front.

Images of Barbarossa (P)

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ailsby, Christopher J., PUBLISHER: Potomac Books, -- Contains many previously unpublished photographs -- Includes ong>theong> murderous activities of ong>theong> SS in Russia in On June , Adolf Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, ong>theong> German invasion of ong>theong> Soviet Union. More than 3 million men smashed east to begin ong>theong> German crusade to rid ong>theong> world of Bolshevism and conquer "living space" for ong>theong> Thousand-Year Reich. ong>Theong> story of ong>theong> German invasion is told through ong>theong> book's spectacular photographs, which convey ong>theong> true horror and scale of this campaign, including ong>theong> largest tank battles of ong>theong> ong>warong>, savage hand-to-hand ong>fightingong>, massive aerial destruction, and ong>theong> genocidal activities of ong>theong> SS. With its authoritative text and extended captions, Images of Barbarossa is an enthralling pictorial record of one of history's most vicious military campaigns. Containing many previously unpublished photographs, ong>theong> book will appeal to military specialists and laymen alike.

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