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Author : Liliana Hart
Publisher : 7th Press
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781951129576
General Patton has nothing on Scarlet Holmes. She's beautiful, savvy, and smart, and if anyone can take down the Nazi's single-handedly, it's her.
Author : Anna M. Wittmann
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781440834257
In today's information era, the use of specific words and language can serve as powerful tools that incite violence—or sanitize and conceal the ugliness of war. This book examines the complex, "twisted" language of conflict. Why is the term "collateral damage" used when military strikes kill civilians? What is a "catastrophic success"? What is the difference between a privileged and unprivileged enemy belligerent? How does deterrence differ from detente? What does "hybrid warfare" mean, and how is it different from "asymmetric warfare"? How is shell shock different from battle fatigue and PTSD? These are only a few of the questions that Talking Conflict: The Loaded Language of Genocide, Political Violence, Terrorism, and Warfare answers in its exploration of euphemisms, "warspeak," "doublespeak," and propagandistic terms. This handbook of alphabetically listed entries is prefaced by an introductory overview that provides background information about how language is used to obfuscate or minimize descriptions of armed conflict or genocide and presents examples of the major rhetorical devices used in this subject matter. The book focuses on the "loaded" language of conflict, with many of the entries demonstrating the function of given terms as euphemisms, propaganda, or circumlocutions. Each entry is accompanied by a list of cross references and "Further Reading" suggestions that point readers to pertinent sources for further research. This book is ideal for students—especially those studying political science, international relations, and genocide—as well as general readers.
Author : James William Gibson
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0871137992
In this groundbreaking book, Gibson shatters the misled assumptions for America's failure in Vietnam, showing how American officials developed a disturbingly limited concept of war--what he calls "technowar"--in which all efforts were focused on maximizing the enemy's body count, regardless of the means.
Author : William J. Walsh, M.D.
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781649134578
Navy Surgeon: Vietnam By: William J. Walsh, M.D. Navy Surgeon: Vietnam is a collection of short stories centered on the experiences of a young surgeon dealing with US Marine casualties during the Vietnam conflict and the amazing group of patients, doctors, and assorted characters that Dr. Walsh encounters in a one-year tour of duty. These stories describe heroism, tragedy, adventure, and humor.
Author : Tom Dalzell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-25
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317661870
In 2014, the US marks the 50th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the basis for the Johnson administration’s escalation of American military involvement in Southeast Asia and war against North Vietnam. Vietnam War Slang outlines the context behind the slang used by members of the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. Troops facing and inflicting death display a high degree of linguistic creativity. Vietnam was the last American war fought by an army with conscripts, and their involuntary participation in the war added a dimension to the language. War has always been an incubator for slang; it is brutal, and brutality demands a vocabulary to describe what we don’t encounter in peacetime civilian life. Furthermore, such language serves to create an intense bond between comrades in the armed forces, helping them to support the heavy burdens of war. The troops in Vietnam faced the usual demands of war, as well as several that were unique to Vietnam – a murky political basis for the war, widespread corruption in the ruling government, untraditional guerilla warfare, an unpredictable civilian population in Vietnam, and a growing lack of popular support for the war back in the US. For all these reasons, the language of those who fought in Vietnam was a vivid reflection of life in wartime. Vietnam War Slang lays out the definitive record of the lexicon of Americans who fought in the Vietnam War. Assuming no prior knowledge, it presents around 2000 headwords, with each entry divided into sections giving parts of speech, definitions, glosses, the countries of origin, dates of earliest known citations, and citations. It will be an essential resource for Vietnam veterans and their families, students and readers of history, and anyone interested in the principles underpinning the development of slang.
Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782009504
Everything you want to know, don't want to know, and don't know you need to know about weapons. A complete guide to weapons history, facts, myths and trivia, Gordon Rottman offers a step by step guide through interesting weapon facts and statistics, including a section on ammunition, while breaking apart popular myths and misconceptions. Covering subjects from weapons designations to the longest serving military rifles, where rifles get their names from and everything in between, Osprey is proud to present The Big Book of Gun Trivia.
Author : Frank McCarthy
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781525590085
In 1966, career Marine Lieutenant Frank McCarthy received the assignment of a lifetime when he was assigned as a platoon commander in an infantry battalion preparing for deployment to Vietnam. Following several months of training his men, whom he would soon come to believe were some of the finest Marines ever to wear the uniform, boarded a ship in San Diego and set sail for Southeast Asia, not knowing how many of them would ever see their beloved country again. Following a harrowing sea voyage that nearly ended their tour before it began, they finally arrived in Vietnam. Though a “cherry” unit with no combat experience, within three short months that all changed. Eighty-two of those first ninety nights were spent in mud filled foxholes or ambush positions, covered with leeches, shivering through the limitless, and cold monsoon rains and incessant enemy mortar fire. Days of endless patrols, in in an area laced with thousands of mines and booby traps as well as the ever-present but often unseen enemy. As difficult as those first three months were, McCarthy says it was a picnic compared to what would follow. Recounting his first fourteen months in Vietnam in gripping detail, in this book McCarthy draws on his own memory as well as official records to provide an unflinching firsthand account of what it was like to serve—and lead—as a Marine during the Vietnam War.
Author : Al Santoli
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1985-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780345322791
Here is an oral history of the Vietnam War by thirty-three American soldiers who fought it. A 1983 American Book Award nominee.
Author : Enoch Buckery
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781524502348
At the time, I was a twenty-year-old, wholesome, part-time business administration student of six credits at City University of New York, and also employed at the American Iron and Steel Institute as a sales expeditor, when my draft notice came from the U.S. Army. Twelve credits were necessary for a student's full deferment from the United States Military Draft. I was also newly married at the time, but I was mandated to report to Whitehall Street for induction. Three other draftees were also chosen with me, and we were directed to a separate room and given a test. Upon completion of the test we were then sworn in and congratulated, however, we were welcomed into the United States Marine Corps instead of the Army. The following morning, we reported to Paris Island, South Carolina for boot camp training and then on to chemical and jungle training at Camp Lejune, North Carolina. I was allowed a brief visit back home in New York before my transfer to the Marine Corps based at Camp Pendleton, California for advanced jungle training, where I received west pack orders in route to Viet Nam. The most feared orders a soldier could receive at the time were west pack orders, because that meant the soldier was headed to Viet Nam. Upon entering the Republic of Viet Nam--shortly after the Marine Corps boot camp training at Paris Island's extensive jungle training at Camp Pendleton, California--our orientation left us Marines with a somewhat superior mental complex that trained us to look down on the Viet Namese people, whether military or civilian. We were instructed to call them Gooks, which is equivalent to calling an African American the N word. So we called them Gooks or Charlie as we entered combat with the Viet Cong people. However, after the many humbling, eye-opening experiences in combat, those of us who remained alive elevated the name "Charlie" to Mr. Charlie, out of a much deserved and commanded respect towards the Viet Namese people. Unlike anything written thus far on combat experiences in Viet Nam, you will travel side by side with me, Enoch Buckery, with this book from the vantage point of my personal, African American combat experience. You will experience my journey from high school, to one year of college, to military training, and then on to real combat. I was a Marine Corps grunt machine gunner, then a machine gun team leader, and then promoted to the position of machine gun section leader. I present my accounts of the combat operations, ambushes, and fire fights in this book. So many books have been written and so many stories have been told, yet this is my personal Marine Corps combat experience in that Republic. I still believe that the real truth has not been fully told, especially by an African American who has fought in Americas war in the Republic of Viet Nam. I fought on the front line daily; days as well as nights. Back in the sometimes oblivious realm of the United States of America--oblivious to the war's on-the-ground harsh and devastating realities for the soldiers and the Viet Namese people--I assumed the position of an advocate and an activist for combat-wounded Marines and other combat veterans for now more than thirty years. I have witnessed the death of so many veterans who survived the battlegrounds of Viet Nam, only to succumb to deaths due to side effects of prescribed medications, or misdiagnoses, or lack of much-needed support. One major conspiracy faced by so many Viet Nam veterans was, and still is, related to the treatments for exposure to dioxin, better known as Agent Orange, for American frontline combat veterans of America's war in that country. I, Enoch Buckery, am one of those veterans.
Author : Michael J. Walsh,Greg Walker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780671868536
Here is the extraordinary story of a veteran of 26 years of combat with the Navy's most elite special force--the legendary SEALs--including five tours of Vietnam (one in the top-secret PHOENIX program). Walsh's exploits stand alone as the pinnacle of daring and sacrifice in the history of the SEALs.
Author : Tom Dalzell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 5135 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-11
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781351765206
The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang offers the ultimate record of modern, post WW2 American Slang. The 25,000 entries are accompanied by citations that authenticate the words as well as offer examples of usage from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, television shows, musical lyrics, and Internet user groups. Etymology, cultural context, country of origin and the date the word was first used are also provided. In terms of content, the cultural transformations since 1945 are astounding. Television, computers, drugs, music, unpopular wars, youth movements, changing racial sensitivities and attitudes towards sex and sexuality are all substantial factors that have shaped culture and language. This new edition includes over 500 new headwords collected with citations from the last five years, a period of immense change in the English language, as well as revised existing entries with new dating and citations. No term is excluded on the grounds that it might be considered offensive as a racial, ethnic, religious, sexual or any kind of slur. This dictionary contains many entries and citations that will, and should, offend. Rich, scholarly and informative, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English is an indispensable resource for language researchers, lexicographers and translators.
Author : Andrew Jon Rotter
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0842027130
This updated and revised edition of Light at the End of the Tunnel is an exhaustive account of the Vietnam War that gives a total overview of the conflict. Starting with Ho Chi Minh's revolt against the French, Andrew Rotter takes the reader through the succeeding years as scholars, government officials, journalists, and others recount the important events and examine issues that developed during this tumultuous time. This book is essential for anyone who has an interest in truly understanding the Vietnam War. These readings will both educate and entertain students about this turning point in the history of the United States and, indeed, the world.
Author : William M Clements,Norma J R Sinclair
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-20
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781317712039
Horrific Traumata shares the stories of persons whose meaning, hope, and faith were ripped from them by others or traumatic events and who live with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Since the Vietnam War, therapists have come to understand victims of severe emotional trauma with new understanding and, with better ability, have come to learn how to heal the awful effects of their traumas. Now the ranks of traumatized Vietnam veterans are joined by others who have also experienced horrific traumata and need help to rebuild their lives from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)--victims and survivors of incest and rape, hostage situations, and other events outside the range of ordinary human suffering. Duncan Sinclair provides direct insight into the clinical and psychological aspects of PTSD. He presents a clear and workable understanding of the nature of PTSD which gives clergy and other involved persons direct insight into the causes of many behaviors. Horrific Traumata focuses on the church’s readiness and obligation to incorporate traumatized victims into the center of grace and healing. Clergy of all specialities now have a means of seeing behind the masks of hurt and isolation to the long-standing and disabling trauma. Sinclair shows how to promote the healing process through a range of parish activities as well as in clinical settings. Guidelines for promoting healing include the key concepts of how to listen compassionately and how to create safe places in which victims may heal during the rebuilding of hope and faith. Scriptures used throughout develop a hopefulness that must be maintained for healing. Based on the quintessential understanding that current life stressors open past wounds in ways that leave them open, Sinclair guides professionals and clergy in treating the whole traumatized person. Clergy of all specialities, pastors, chaplains, pastoral counselors, seminary students, clinical pastoral educators, and students will find healing words for hurting people in this book. Clinical specialists in all disciplines who wish to view clients’lives from a clinical and faith position will find the stories and clinical suggestions in this book to be a modern goldmine.
Author : Mike Wright
Publisher : Presidio Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307549167
Packed with personal anecdotes and details you won’t find anywhere else, this is the secret history of World War II. “A fast-moving overview stuffed with interesting factoids and historical tidbits . . . Casual readers will find themselves carried along, and hardened military buffs will learn much that is new.”—Library Journal “It’s almost guaranteed to make you so interested in the subject you’ll want to learn . . . By including hundreds of interesting anecdotes and facts, [Mike] Wright not only piques our interest repeatedly, he also gives areal feel for the war era.”—Manchester Journal Inquirer “An excellent overview . . . [with] interesting chapters on spies, POWs, censorships, and the building of the atomic bomb . . . Wright’s style is accessible.”—The Post and Courier
Author : Ella Swan
Publisher : United Fiction LTD
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781835124857
Have your own superhero adventure every night with “Superhero Bedtime Stories for Kids”—Where bedtime battles transform into dreams filled with capes, courage, and cozy slumbers! Tired of bedtime struggles turning your little superhero into your own nightly nemesis? Dreaming of a bedtime routine that doesn’t require superpowers to navigate? Wishing for a way to transition from action-packed days to peaceful, superhero dreams? Say hello to a world where superheroes guide your little one into a restful night’s sleep with “Superhero Bedtime Stories for Kids”! With this collection of bedtime tales, every night becomes an opportunity for your child to don their cape, conquer fears, and drift into dreams where they are the superhero of their own story. With this superhero collection, you and your child will: - Relax in Immersive Dreamscapes: Transform bedtime into a superhero realm where dreams take flight and adventures await. - Embark on Stress-Free Sleep: Overcome bedtime battles as your child relaxes into peaceful slumber with the calming tales of their favorite superheroes. - Look Up to Positive Role Models: Instill life lessons and positive values through bedtime stories that showcase the best of superhero virtues. And more! Want bedtime to become a heroic quest? “Superhero Bedtime Stories for Kids” helps your child drift into sleep with visions of bravery and kindness, leaving behind the struggles of the day. It’s a ticket to a world where dreams are as powerful as the mightiest superhero! Let every night be a superhero adventure, one dream at a time, with “Superhero Bedtime Stories for Kids”!