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Total Pages | : 516 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
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These accounts by 42nd Rainbow Division P.O.W.'s from both World Wars provide stark descriptions of battles preceding capture as well as experiences in the Lagers in which they were imprisoned.
Author | : Sam Moses |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2006-11-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1588365611 |
In this gripping, page-turning account, Sam Moses has told a story in the tradition of Sebastian Junger’s A Perfect Storm, Robert Kurson’s Shadow Divers, and Hampton Sides’s Ghost Soldiers. It’s a story about the heroism of two men in battle at sea during World War II, and one woman fleeing Nazi Norway with her child. It’s about how courage can change the course of history. AT ALL COSTS: How a Crippled Ship and Two American Merchant Marines Turned the Tide of World War II is the astonishing untold account, with original historical reporting, of how two men faced unfathomable danger to help save the island of Malta, Churchill’s crux of the war. In 1942, the tiny island of Malta was the most heavily bombed place on earth. Hitler needed Malta as a stepping-stone to get to the oil in Iraq and Iran (Persia at the time). Blockaded by sea, Malta was running on empty, in food, fuel and ammunition. Axis U-boats and dive-bombers made supply convoys to Malta more like suicide missions. In this last-hope convoy, 50 warships escorted 13 freighters carrying aviation fuel, and a single critical tanker, the SS Ohio, with 107,000 barrels of oil from Texas. Winston Churchill had traveled to Washington and asked FDR for the tanker–his prime ministership was at stake over this mission to Malta. Relentlessly dive-bombed and repeatedly torpedoed, the Ohio suffered huge hits and was abandoned. Two young American merchant mariners– pulled from the sea after their own ship went down in flames–boarded the ravaged tanker, repaired her guns and fought off German and Italian dive-bombers, as the sinking Ohio was towed at 4 knots toward Malta with a tiny crew of volunteers. Sam Moses’ AT ALL COSTS is a triumphant story of human bravery: fearless, selfless acts by men determined to save a ship and win a war; profound communal courage from an island under brutal siege; and leaders who understood the cause of freedom.
Author | : Edna Cordova |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2015-02-06 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1499060009 |
Craig Osborn, a handsome wealthy defense attorney. Who has flown around most of the world in hopes of finding a doctor to cure his impotence, but to Craig disappointment the doctors believe he has a psychological problem, possibly caused from a trauma that was so emotional and horrifying his mind has blocked it from memory and he may never find a cure. That is hard for Craig to believe, while in one hospital he had a dream he was married to the most beautiful girl he had ever seen and they were very intimate. He has all ways believed if he found the right woman, he could have a healthy intimate relationship. To his disbelief while giving a lecture at a University, he saw the very girl in his dream, but had only time to learn her name was Emeral, as he was leaving for Beirut to defend two FBI agents, who had been accused of turning their back for a price, to let one of the biggest drug lord in Beirut and America ship drugs into the USA. Craig vowed when he returned to the states, he would find this beautiful girl named Emeral, at all cost.
Author | : Alice M. Flynn |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-12-02 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 9781517268336 |
"Ordered to "Hold at all cost", the 110th Infantry Regt, 28th Infantry Div., fought Hitler's massive assault at the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge from Dec. 16-18, 1944. The last frontline town to fall was the garrison at Hosingen, Luxembourg. Surrounded, abandoned by the division's other units, and out of ammunition, food and water, 300 Americans surrendered on the morning of December 18 and spent the remainder of the war as Nazi prisoners. This is their story."--Back cover.
Author | : Thomas F. O'Boyle |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 2011-01-12 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 030777323X |
"O'Boyle has researched and written a monumental book that should be mandatory reading for all CEOs and anyone concerned with business ethics." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "Superb . . . a spirited study of General Electric, and of its sometimes brilliant, sometimes bungling, but always ruthless boss, Jack Welch." --Chicago Sun-Times With convincing passion and meticulous research, Thomas F. O'Boyle explores the forces behind General Electric's rise to the top of Wall Street, questioning if GE, with chief executive officer Jack Welch at the helm, is still "bringing good things to life." Welch--explosive, profit-hungry, and pragmatic--catapulted GE's stocks to the top, up 1,155 percent from 1982 to 1997. O'Boyle argues that these astounding results have come only with the heavy price of employees' lives, blighted under the tyranny of "Neutron Jack" Welch, so named for his bomb-like ability to eliminate staff without disturbing surrounding operations. During Welch's reign, hard-nosed success tactics--unblinking downsizing, ruthless acquisition negotiations, and the virtual abandonment of manufacturing in favor of the more glamorous entertainment and financial services industries--coexist with scandals like price-fixing, pollution, and defense contract fraud. Sure to spark controversy, this gripping, comprehensive account begs the greater question: Is Jack Welch's GE a model company for business in the next century, or is it time to change the way the world does business? "Smoothly written and thoroughly researched." --USA Today "This book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of corporate America. . . . Thomas F. O'Boyle persuades you that GE--Jack Welch's GE--brings bad things to life. In abundance." --Washington Monthly
Author | : Blue Balliett |
Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2013-03-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0545510198 |
From NYT bestselling author Blue Balliett, the story of a girl who falls into Chicago's shelter system, and from there must solve the mystery of her father's strange disappearance. Where is Early's father? He's not the kind of father who would disappear. But he's gone . . . and he's left a whole lot of trouble behind.As danger closes in, Early, her mom, and her brother have to flee their apartment. With nowhere else to go, they are forced to move into a city shelter. Once there, Early starts asking questions and looking for answers. Because her father hasn't disappeared without a trace. There are patterns and rhythms to what's happened, and Early might be the only one who can use them to track him down and make her way out of a very tough place.With her signature, singular love of language and sense of mystery, Blue Balliett weaves a story that takes readers from the cold, snowy Chicago streets to the darkest corner of the public library, on an unforgettable hunt for deep truths and a reunited family.
Author | : Mort Künstler |
Publisher | : Cumberland House Publishing |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781581825589 |
For nearly 30 years, Mort Knstler has focused his considerable talent on interpreting the Civil War. More than 160 of these images are the basis for the four volumes in this series.
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Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Military engineering |
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Author | : John Ringo |
Publisher | : Baen Books |
Total Pages | : 427 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0671319760 |
The choice was simple: send forces to fight and die against a ravening horde, or remain virtually weaponless and third in line for servicing. Thanks to raw human valor, Terrans fought the Posleen to a standstill. With the Posleen invasion only months away, only these shell-shocked survivors can save the Earth from devastation.
Author | : Timothy B. Smith |
Publisher | : University Press of Kansas |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 2020-01-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0700629068 |
It was the third week of May 1863, and after seven months and six attempts, Ulysses S. Grant was finally at the doorstep of Vicksburg. What followed was a series of attacks and maneuvers against the last major section of the Mississippi River controlled by the Confederacy—and one of the most important operations of the Civil War. Grant intended to end the campaign quickly by assault, but the stalwart defense of Vicksburg’s garrison changed his plans. The Union Assaults at Vicksburg is the first comprehensive account of this quick attempt to capture Vicksburg, which proved critical to the Union’s ultimate success and Grant’s eventual solidification as one of the most significant military commanders in American history. Establishing a day-to-day—and occasionally minute-to-minute—timeline for this crucial week, military historian Timothy B. Smith invites readers to follow the Vicksburg assaults as they unfold. His finely detailed account reaches from the offices of statesmen and politicians to the field of battle, with exacting analysis and insight that ranges from the highest level of planning and command to the combat experience of the common soldier. As closely observed and vividly described as each assault is, Smith’s book also puts the sum of these battles into the larger context of the Vicksburg campaign, as well as the entire war. His deeply informed, in-depth work thus provides the first full view of a key but little-studied turning point in the fortunes of the Union army in the West, Ulysses S. Grant, and the United States of America.