Learning War

James Bond may be one of the good guys, but the spies in this book definitely aren't - nor are the traitors and assassins! Listen to this audiobook to uncover more secrets about history's most terrible assassins, traitors, and spies.

La guerra hispano-estadounidense en realidad solo duró unas diez semanas (la preparación y la decisión de ir a la guerra tomaron más tiempo que la guerra misma), pero no se firmó un tratado de paz hasta diciembre de 1898.

Beckwith relates a history of America's wars that includes "What America Missed in US History Class." She details why war sells, the fallacies of common justifications for war, true costs of war, and sensible alternatives. A Mighty Case Against War proposes that this culturally supported, deeply entrenched system of governmental violence is simply too costly, destructive, counterproductive, and inhumane to leave unchallenged.

Now, for the first time, the nation's most respected reporters share their stories as the eyes and ears of the nation to create a fascinating oral history. Some of the most influential journalists of our time, including Christiane Amanpour, Walter Cronkite, Morley Safer, Peter Arnett, and Andy Rooney convey the facts, the brutality, and the drama of warfare and examine issues such as censorship, propaganda, ethics, the power of the press, and the future of war reporting, especially after September 11th.

The first British major success of World War II was when the Royal Navy forced the preying pocket battleship, Graf Spee, to scuttle at sea. Hitler had ordered a blockade of the British Isles and for some months German U-boats and warships caused havoc among allied merchant shipping carrying vital supplies.

Dive into action with the United States Armed Forces while listening to these thrilling and informative books. Uncover the history, tactics, and missions of forces like the Navy SEALs, Army, and Coast Guard.

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During his years of reporting from the world's most savage and turbulent regions, Fergal Keane has witnessed the violence of the South African townships and the terror in Rwanda, the most extreme kinds of human behaviour, the horror of genocide, and the bravery of peacekeepers faced with overwhelming odds. As one of the BBC's leading correspondents, he recounts extraordinary encounters on the front lines.

Goodnature a24, human rat trap, Mouse Poison, no kill mouse traps, decon rat poison, live rat traps, tomcat rat trap, and glue traps for rats, don't work on large rats. You need a different strategy to force them to go where your traps are. This book will increase your kill ratio and prevent them from going into your mobile home walls.

Do you know it, do you remember it, the drives, the attitudes, the terrors and, yes, the joys? Thus Steinbeck introduces his collection of poignant and hard-hitting dispatches for the New York Herald Tribune when the Second World War was at its height. He begins in England, recounting the courage of the bomber crews, the tragic air-raids and the strangeness of the British, before being sent to Africa and joining a special operations unit off the coast of Italy.

Accessory to War by Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang is a meditation on the history of space research and its interdependence on military research and warfare. The narrative contextualizes discoveries such as the compass and adaptive optics in order to evaluate the present global state of space diplomacy. Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

Will her quest to save the future damn it instead? Rosalie races to unravel the events that led demons to invade and change her present, sending it spiraling toward a dystopian nightmare. But she has no idea how little time is left. With help, she leaves the last bastion of humankind under Ran’s protection and and heads back to in time to search for where the demon invasion began and how they reached earth, so she can stop them once and for all. But she found a mad ex-goddess instead who wants to destroy all of time for everyone everywhere. Rosalie must find a way to stop her. But how can...

One man’s journey from tragedy to find happiness. By prize winning author Reece Pocock Essential reading for fans of #Ken Follett, #Raymond Khoury and #Clive Cussler. Refugee is a moving, stunning piece of literature that enthralled, entertained and enchanted me from the very first page. Aimee Anne. Rolf Krieger was left devastated after WW2. Now a refugee, he immigrates to Australia. There he meets Elaine, a gorgeous war widow. They fall in love, but the war and its trauma interferes in their future and the lovers must solve interfamily pressures that could destroy their lives.

In his 1986 book War Without Mercy, American historian John Dower examines Japanese-American relations during World War II and investigates links between popular culture, stereotypes, and extreme violence. He argues that it was the concept of racism - used equally by both sides - that underpinned the military conflict and led to a particularly brutal war in the Pacific and East Asia.

The armor of God is what we use to defend ourselves when Satan attacks. It is the warrior’s uniform given to every Christian. It is composed of supernatural tools God has given us to contend with the rulers of this dark and imperfect world. These Powerful Warrior Prayers in the War Room are great to take into your war room.

Der Hintern als Symbol dafür, was das Leben vermiesen kann: mangelnde Selbstliebe, zu hohe Erwartungen, Krankheiten, Unglück, Stress und Sorgen. Oder simple Frustration, weil der Hintern zu groß ist? Oder zu klein ...? Wo bleibt denn da die Lebensfreude? Nach schwerer Krankheit und 600 Tagen Dauerschmerz beschloss die Autorin, mit dem Jammern aufzuhören und ihr Glück und ihre Träume zurückzuerobern. Mit einfachen Werkzeugen entfachte sie ein Feuerwerk der Lebensfreude.

Children of concentration camp survivors are also known as "memorial candles" because they are usually named after a relative who was killed in the Holocaust. This is the autobiography of someone who counts the children of Holocaust victims and perpetrators among his best friends. A son of concentration camp survivors, an immigrant from Eastern Europe, a refugee from communism, a systems engineer, an American with many German friends, and some commentary on education, career, politics, some history, some travel, and some personal vignettes.

History of the Peloponnesian War was the first major work of political inquiry that did not relate events to divine influences. It introduced instead a critical method of looking to the facts of human actions as the basis of our understanding - a method that continues to be used today, more than two millennia later. Many of the most important political thinkers in the Western tradition cite Thucydides as an influence, and major figures including Thomas Hobbes, David Hume, and Friedrich Nietzsche have praised his writing.

Der Vertrag zur Beendigung des Ersten Weltkriegs, auch bekannt als der „Krieg, der alle Kriege beendete“, wurde im Schloss von Versailles unterzeichnet, das bis 1789 Sitz der französischen Könige war und bis heute eines der schönsten Bauwerke der Welt ist.

Why is Legacy Planning is so important? What questions to ask your family about end of life decisions? What can go wrong without planning? Why Legacy Planning can save your legacy for the future generations? (It's not about the money.) Listen to stories from an RN of 30 years of how families handle end of life. Learn why it is so important to make Legacy Decisions before it's too late.