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Author | : David A. Schwind |
Publisher | : Schiffer Military History |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780764348297 |
At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union decorated 217 men of the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine who had performed "heroic acts" during convoy and anti-submarine duties in the Atlantic. For the last decade, David Schwind has made it his mission to identify and track down every remaining medal and capture the stories of these brave men. This book is the culmination of that quest. Based on extensive archival research and in-person interviews with over 100 recipients or their families, Schwind takes the reader on a photographic and biographical odyssey exploring the lives of each recipient, illuminated by over 600 never before published photographs of exceptionally rare Soviet and American medals, photographs, and related documents still in the possession of the veterans and their families today.
Author | : Morgan Callan Rogers |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2012-01-19 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101559837 |
A captivating debut, introducing a spirited young heroine coming of age in coastal Maine during the early 1960s. When her mother disappears during a weekend trip, Florine Gilham's idyllic childhood is turned upside down. Until then she'd been blissfully insulated by the rhythms of family life in small town Maine: watching from the granite cliffs above the sea for her father's lobster boat to come into port, making bread with her grandmother, and infiltrating the summer tourist camps with her friends. But with her mother gone, the heart falls out of Florine's life and she and her father are isolated as they struggle to manage their loss. Both sustained and challenged by the advice and expectations of her family and neighbors, Florine grows up with her spirit intact. And when her father's past comes to call, she must accept that life won't ever be the same while keeping her mother vivid in her memories. With Fannie Flagg's humor and Elizabeth Stroud's sense of place, this debut is an extraordinary snapshot of a bygone America through the eyes of an inspiring girl blazing her own path to womanhood.
Author | : Toshi Yoshihara |
Publisher | : US Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781591149798 |
Original publication and copyright date: 2010.
Author | : Toshi Yoshihara |
Publisher | : Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2018-12-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1682473570 |
Combining a close knowledge of Asia and an ability to tap Chinese-language sources with naval combat experience and expertise in sea-power theory, the authors assess how the rise of Chinese sea power will affect U.S. maritime strategy in Asia. They argue that China has laid the groundwork for a sustained challenge to American primacy in maritime Asia, and to defend this hypothesis they look back to Alfred Thayer Mahan’s sea-power theories, now popular with the Chinese. The book considers how strategic thought about the sea shapes Beijing’s deliberations and compares China’s geostrategic predicament to that of the Kaiser’s Germany a century ago. It examines the Chinese navy’s operational concepts, tactics, and capabilities and appraises China’s missile force. The authors conclude that China now presents a challenge to America’s strategic position of such magnitude that Washington must compete in earnest.
Author | : Kenneth Sewell |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 481 |
Release | : 2006-09-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1416527338 |
"The Hunt for Red October" meets "Blind Man's Bluff" in this chilling, true story of a rogue Soviet submarine that sank while trying to provoke a war between the U.S. and China.
Author | : Dennis Barton |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2003-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0595296882 |
Welcome to the year 2112. Religion and technology have been leveraged to control the minds and lives of humankind. Truth is a lie. Oppression is the rule. 2112: The living spirit of Almighty Harold asserts its power in Megadon. The new Vice Chancellor, Thomas O. Ryan, races to save David Lifeson and Mal from the lethal Colonel-become-Bishop Compaq. Surgeon General Wang kidnaps David's mother, Magenta, without any idea who or what she truly is or the danger she represents. Uncle Robert delves into a mysterious file containing a journal describing his brother Billy's perilous journey through the black hole of Cygnus X-1. 2047: Michael Lifeson defends teenaged Harold from assassination attempts while Maggie and Robert strike out to unravel the true motives of the young religious leader and discover in New Imperial Japan the roots of a dark plot with earth-shattering implications. Inspired by the works of Rush, Red Star 3: Ascendance continues the saga told in Red Star: Sacred Cities and Red Star 2: Duty and Destiny, and is sure to thrill Rush-fans and sci-fi readers alike. THIS WORK HAS NOT BEEN ENDORSED BY RUSH
Author | : W. Chan Kim |
Publisher | : Hachette Books |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2017-09-26 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0316314056 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Blue Ocean Shift is the essential follow up to Blue Ocean Strategy, the classic and over 4 million copy global bestseller by world-renowned professors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne. Drawing on more than a decade of new work, Kim and Mauborgne show you how to move beyond competing, inspire your people's confidence, and seize new growth, guiding you step-by-step through how to take your organization from a red ocean crowded with competition to a blue ocean of uncontested market space. By combining the insights of human psychology with practical market-creating tools and real-world guidance, Kim and Mauborgne deliver the definitive guide to shift yourself, your team, or your organization to new heights of confidence, market creation, and growth. They show why nondisruptive creation is as important as disruption in seizing new growth. Blue Ocean Shift is packed with all-new research and examples of how leaders in diverse industries and organizations made the shift and created new markets by applying the process and tools outlined in the book. Whether you are a cash-strapped startup or a large, established company, nonprofit or national government, you will learn how to move from red to blue oceans in a way that builds your people's confidence so that they own and drive the process. With battle-tested lessons learned from successes and failures in the field, Blue Ocean Shift is critical reading for leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs alike. You'll learn what works, what doesn't, and how to avoid the pitfalls along the way. This book will empower you to succeed as you embark on your own blue ocean journey. Blue Ocean Shift is indispensable for anyone committed to building a compelling future.
Author | : Gary Kinder |
Publisher | : Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 526 |
Release | : 2009-10-20 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 155584796X |
“Titanic meets Tom Clancy technology” in this national-bestselling account of the SS Central America’s wreckage and discovery (People). September 1875. With nearly six hundred passengers returning from the California Gold Rush, the side-wheel steamer SS Central America encountered a violent storm and sank two hundred miles off the Carolina coast. More than four hundred lives and twenty-one tons of gold were lost. It was a tragedy lost in legend for more than a century—until a brilliant young engineer named Tommy Thompson set out to find the wreck. Driven by scientific curiosity and resentful of the term “treasure hunt,” Thompson searched the deep-ocean floor using historical accounts, cutting-edge sonar technology, and an underwater robot of his own design. Navigating greedy investors, impatient crewmembers, and a competing salvage team, Thompson finally located the wreck in 1989 and sailed into Norfolk with her recovered treasure: gold coins, bars, nuggets, and dust, plus steamer trunks filled with period clothes, newspapers, books, and journals. A great American adventure story, Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea is also a fascinating account of the science, technology, and engineering that opened Earth’s final frontier, providing “white-knuckle reading, as exciting as anything . . . in The Perfect Storm” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). “A complex, bittersweet history of two centuries of American entrepreneurship, linked by the mad quest for gold.” —Entertainment Weekly “A ripping true tale of danger and discovery at sea.” —The Washington Post “What a yarn! . . . If you sign on for the cruise, go in knowing that you’re going to miss meals and a lot of sleep.” —Newsweek
Author | : H. Yuan Tien |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 2014-02 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1493168266 |
Author | : Dennis Ford |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 453 |
Release | : 2007-08-21 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0595886566 |
Blair Bottoms journeys home after a tour of duty in Vietnam to discover the town he once knew is different. The Jersey Shore that bathed his childhood thoughts now appears corrupt and guilty. He never dreamed that through a tangled set of circumstances he would become an active participant in a web of lies, deceit, and murder. When he meets the captivating Melissa Noon, Blair instantly falls in love. But his love for her may not be enough to save him from the tragic course he's created. In the end, Blair must choose between protecting the woman he adores and securing his fortune no matter the cost. Red Star brilliantly shows how moral compromises can add up to a life completely changed and used in terrifying ways. It's about not losing our past-and believing in our future.