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by Major B. C. Vickers USMC
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
There can be no argument that the numerical advantage the Indians held during the battle of the Little Bighorn was a decisive factor in their overwhelming victory. However, numbers alone did not solely guarantee that the Indians would be able to annihilate five companies of the 7th Cavalry, kill over...
The Cambridge Medieval History - Book IV
The Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
This process of history may be said to have entered on its effective stage in the West with Alaric's invasion of Italy. But it had been present, as a potentiality and a menace, for many years before Alaric heard the voice that drew him steadily towards Rome. The frontier war along the limes was...
The Heart of Confederate Appalachia
Western North Carolina in the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2003
In the mountains of western North Carolina, the Civil War was fought on different terms than those found throughout most of the South. Though relatively minor strategically, incursions by both Confederate and Union troops disrupted life and threatened the social stability of many communities. Even...
by C.J.B. Gaskoin
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
In September, 1714, seven weeks after Queen Anne died, the first king of a new royal House landed in England.
Sophia of Hanover, daughter of the Elizabeth Stuart who was once for a few months Queen of Bohemia, had been named by the Act of Settlement (1701) as successor to her cousin Anne. And...
The Canadian Army At War - Canada's Battle In Normandy
The Canadian Army's Share in the Operations, 6 June - 1 September 1944 [Illustrated Edition]
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Contains 5 maps and 41 Illustrations.
“The decisive battle in North-West France in the summer of 1944 was fought and won by gallant men from many nations. Britain, the United States, and Canada contributed the largest components; but Poland provided a fine division, the French Forces of the Interior...
The Lively Experiment
Religious Toleration in America from Roger Williams to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
The Lively Experiment chronicles how Americans have continually demolished traditional prejudices while at the same time erecting new walls between belief systems. Nearly four hundred years after Roger Williams' 1633 Rhode Island colony, the "lively experiment" of religious tolerance remains...
LOVE
Quotes and Passages from the Heart
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2010
“True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.”
—Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Writer
“To have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment. It is not inherited, as with a family. It is not compelling,...
by Ilan Berman, Leonardo Coutinho, Joel Hirst
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
In recent years, significant attention has focused upon the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and the threat they pose to the United States and the West. Far less well understood, however, has been the phenomenon of Iran’s regional advance in America’s own Hemisphere—an intrusion...
by B.-C. Park
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In his writings around 1930, Wittgenstein relates his philosophy in different ways to the idea of phenomenology. He indicates that his main philosophical project had earlier been the construction of a purely phenomenological language, and even after having given up this project he believed that "the...
Grace
Quotes & Passages for Heart, Mind, and Soul
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."—Maya Angelou
“Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.”—May Sarton
This...
by Brian Moore, B.W. Higman, Carl C. Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
The book is divided into two broad sections: In Slavery and Freedom, which features critical research on slavery and post-emancipation society, and Gender Paradigms.
by Ernest P. Chiodo M.D. J.D M.P.H M.S. M.B.A. C.I.H.
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
Bioterrorism is a book that provides an overview of agents that may be used in acts of biological, chemical, and radiological terrorism. The material is presented at a level understandable to the layman. The first section of the book provides an overview of the types of technical experts that may...
Historians on Hamilton
How a Blockbuster Musical Is Restaging America's Past
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
America has gone Hamilton crazy. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical has spawned sold-out performances, a triple platinum cast album, and a score so catchy that it is being used to teach U.S. history in classrooms across the country. But just how historically accurate is Hamilton? And how...
Ethics of Spying
A Reader for the Intelligence Professional
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2005
Intelligence professionals are employees of the government working in a business that some would consider unethical_the business of spying. This book looks at the dilemmas that exist when one is asked to perform a civil service that is in conflict with what that individual believes to be 'ethical.'...