The Nation

The Nation
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 758
Release: 1928
Genre: Current events
ISBN:

The Devil's Birthday

The Devil's Birthday
Author: Geoffrey Powell
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2009-04-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1844681440

A WWII veteran combines firsthand immediacy with perceptive analysis in this vividly detailed history of the Battle of Arnhem. The Allied effort the liberate the Netherlands faced a brutal setback at the Battle of Arnham, where the men of the 1st British Airborne Division showed unsurpassed valor in the face of overwhelming opposition. The dramatic defeat, immortalized in the famous film A Bridge Too Far, is recounted here by Major Geoffrey Powell, who commanded C Company of the 156th Battalion, and who valorously led the entire battalion through—and out of—the onslaught. In The Devil’s Birthday, Powell draws on his own experience of the fighting while offring a deeply researched assessment of the operation and its execution. Casualties during the battle were appalling. The brave and enduring Dutch people suffered catastrophically while German morale was strengthened at a time of otherwise ebbing fortunes. But the hard lessons of Arnham will not be forgotten.

¡Viva George!

¡Viva George!
Author: Elaine A. Peña
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2020-11-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1477321446

For 120 years, residents of the cross-border community of Laredo/Nuevo Laredo have celebrated George Washington's birthday together, and this account reveals the essential political work of a time-honored civic tradition.

The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday

The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday
Author: Neil MacFarquhar
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 570
Release: 2010-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 145876009X

Since his boyhood in Qadhafi's Libya, Neil MacFarquhar has developed a counterintuitive sense that the Middle East, despite all the bloodshed in its recent history, is a place of warmth, humanity, and generous eccentricity. In this book, he introduces a cross-section of unsung, dynamic men and women pioneering political and social change. There is the Kuwaiti sex therapist in a leather suit with matching red headscarf, and the Syrian engineer advocating a less political interpretation of the Koran. MacFarquhar interacts with Arabs and Iranians in their every day lives, removed from the violence we see constantly, yet wrestling with the region's future. These are people who realize their region is out of step with the world and are determined to do something about it - on their own terms.

The Source Book

The Source Book
Author: William Francis Rocheleau
Publisher:
Total Pages: 642
Release: 1926
Genre: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN: