City Of Soldiers

Author : Sam Burke
Publisher : Dreamspinner Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781623805852

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City of Soldiers by Sam Burke Pdf

Sean Gordon returns from the war in Afghanistan with a bad leg, no job, and a heart grieving for lost friends. Lonely and searching, he's interested in exploring his submissive side but can't even tell his own family he's gay. He's unable to find a strong man to fulfill his deepest, most shameful fantasies and sees only a bleak, unhappy future. Everything changes when he meets Roman Mahoney, part of a secret group of former soldiers who live in Philadelphia's forgotten underground and protect an ancient secret. Roman is asexual and proud of it, but yearns for romance with a man who will tolerate the lingering effects of his head injuries and not pressure him for sex. He ends up emotionally caught between two dominating men-the disgraced veteran who cares for him and a Philly cop with a love of bondage. Slowly Sean and Roman begin to connect, adding fuel to the fire of old rivalries and insecurities. With a serial killer on the loose and targeting homeless veterans, Roman, Sean, and their friends struggle to meet across sexual divides. True love awaits-but so does a killer's vengeance.

Author : Timothy J. Stewart
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781771121842

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Toronto’s Fighting 75th in the Great War 1915–1919 by Timothy J. Stewart Pdf

Foreword by His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales Hospital ships filled the harbour of Le Havre as the 75th Mississauga Battalion arrived on 13 August 1916. Those soldiers who survived would spend almost three years in a tiny corner of northeastern France and northwestern Belgium (Flanders), where many of their comrades still lie. And they would serve in many of the most horrific battles of that long, bloody conflict—Saint Eloi, the Somme, Arras, Vimy, Hill 70, Lens, Passchendaele, Amiens, Drocourt-Quéant, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, and Valenciennes. This book tells the story of the 75th Battalion (later the Toronto Scottish Regiment) and the five thousand men who formed it—most from Toronto—from all walks of life. They included professionals, university graduates, white- and blue-collar workers, labourers, and the unemployed, some illiterate. They left a comfortable existence in the prosperous, strongly pro-British provincial capital for life in the trenches of France and Flanders. Tommy Church, mayor of Toronto from 1915 to 1921, sought to include his city’s name in the unit’s name because of the many city officials and local residents who served in it. Three years later Church accepted the 75th’s now heavily emblazoned colours for safekeeping at City Hall from Lieutenant-Colonel Colin Harbottle, who returned with his bloodied but successful survivors. The author pulls no punches in recounting their labours, triumphs, and travails. Timothy J. Stewart undertook exhaustive research for this first-ever history of the 75th, drawing from archival sources (focusing on critical decisions by Brigadier Victor Oldum, General Officer Commanding 11th Brigade), diaries, letters, newspaper accounts, and interviews.

Author : Bruce A. Glasrud,Michael N. Searles
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781603444491

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Buffalo Soldiers in the West by Bruce A. Glasrud,Michael N. Searles Pdf

In the decades following the Civil War, scores of African Americans served in the U.S. Army in the West. The Plains Indians dubbed them buffalo soldiers, and their record in the infantry and cavalry, a record full of dignity and pride, provides one of the most fascinating chapters in the history of the era. This anthology focuses on the careers and accomplishments of black soldiers, the lives they developed for themselves, their relationships to their officers (most of whom were white), their specialized roles (such as that of the Black Seminoles), and the discrimination they faced from the very whites they were trying to protect. In short, this volume offers important insights into the social, cultural, and communal lives of the buffalo soldiers. The selections are written by prominent scholars who have delved into the history of black soldiers in the West. Previously published in scattered journals, the articles are gathered here for the first time in a single volume, providing a rich and accessible resource for students, scholars, and interested general readers. Additionally, the readings in this volume serve in some ways as commentaries on each other, offering in this collected format a cumulative mosaic that was only fragmentary before. Volume editors Glasrud and Searles provide introductions to the volume and to each of its four parts, surveying recent scholarship and offering an interpretive framework. The bibliography that closes the book will also commend itself as a valuable tool for further research.

Author : Michael Charles Desch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Street fighting (Military science)
ISBN : UOM:39015047461812

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Soldiers in Cities by Michael Charles Desch Pdf

Author : Ron Carver,David Cortright,Barbara Doherty
Publisher : New Village Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781613321072

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Waging Peace in Vietnam by Ron Carver,David Cortright,Barbara Doherty Pdf

How American Soldiers Opposed and Resisted the War in Vietnam While mainstream narratives of the Vietnam War all but marginalize anti-war activity of soldiers, opposition and resistance from within the three branches of the military made a real difference to the course of America’s engagement in Vietnam. By 1968, every major peace march in the United States was led by active duty GIs and Vietnam War veterans. By 1970, thousands of active duty soldiers and marines were marching in protest in US cities. Hundreds of soldiers and marines in Vietnam were refusing to fight; tens of thousands were deserting to Canada, France and Sweden. Eventually the US Armed Forces were no longer able to sustain large-scale offensive operations and ceased to be effective. Yet this history is largely unknown and has been glossed over in much of the written and visual remembrances produced in recent years. Waging Peace in Vietnam shows how the GI movement unfolded, from the numerous anti-war coffee houses springing up outside military bases, to the hundreds of GI newspapers giving an independent voice to active soldiers, to the stockade revolts and the strikes and near-mutinies on naval vessels and in the air force. The book presents first-hand accounts, oral histories, and a wealth of underground newspapers, posters, flyers, and photographs documenting the actions of GIs and veterans who took part in the resistance. In addition, the book features fourteen original essays by leading scholars and activists. Notable contributors include Vietnam War scholar and author, Christian Appy, and Mme Nguyen Thi Binh, who played a major role in the Paris Peace Accord. The book originates from the exhibition Waging Peace, which has been shown in Vietnam and the University of Notre Dame, and will be touring the eastern United States in conjunction with book launches in Boston, Amherst, and New York.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Soldiers
ISBN : UIUC:30112042557683

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Soldiers by Anonim Pdf

Author : Barry Sheehy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 1771861231

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Montreal, City of Secrets by Barry Sheehy Pdf

Presents the history of Montreal, the city, which hosted the Confederacy's largest foreign secret service base during the American Civil War.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Bounties, Military
ISBN : UOM:39015076681447

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Homes for Soldiers by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands Pdf

Author : Anthony F. Gero
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438426372

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Black Soldiers of New York State by Anthony F. Gero Pdf

Concise history of the valiant service of New York’s African American soldiers.

Author : National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Soldiers' homes
ISBN : UIUC:30112084380259

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Report of Inspection of State Soldiers and Sailors' Homes for Year Ending June 30 ... by National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Pdf

Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476740256

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Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose Pdf

From Stephen E. Ambrose, bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the inspiring story of the ordinary men of the U.S. army in northwest Europe from the day after D-Day until the end of the bitterest days of World War II. In this riveting account, historian Stephen E. Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller D-Day. Citizen Soldiers opens at 0001 hours, June 7, 1944, on the Normandy beaches, and ends at 0245 hours, May 7, 1945, with the allied victory. It is biography of the US Army in the European Theater of Operations, and Ambrose again follows the individual characters of this noble, brutal, and tragic war. From the high command down to the ordinary soldier, Ambrose draws on hundreds of interviews to re-create the war experience with startling clarity and immediacy. From the hedgerows of Normandy to the overrunning of Germany, Ambrose tells the real story of World War II from the perspective of the men and women who fought it.

Author : Steven Casey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199890392

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When Soldiers Fall by Steven Casey Pdf

Call it the Vietnam Syndrome or Black Hawk Down blowback. It's the standard assumption that Americans won't tolerate combat casualties, that a rising body count lowers support for war. But that's not true, argues historian Steven Casey; even worse, this assumption damages democracy. Fearing a backlash, the military has routinely distorted its casualty reports in order to hide the true cost of war. When Soldiers Fall takes a new look at the way Americans have dealt with the toll of armed conflict. Drawing on a vast array of sources, from George Patton's command papers to previously untapped New York Times archives, Casey ranges from World War I (when the U.S. government first began to report casualties) to the War on Terror, examining official policy, the press, and the public reaction. Not surprisingly, leaders from Douglas MacArthur to Donald Rumsfeld have played down casualties. But the reverse has sometimes been true. At a crucial moment in World War II, the military actually exaggerated casualties to counter the public's complacency about ultimate victory. More often, though, official announcements have been unclear, out of date, or deliberately misleading--resulting in media challenges. In World War I, reporters had to rely on figures published by the enemy; in World War II, the armed forces went for an entire year without releasing casualty tallies. Casey discusses the impact of changing presidential administrations, the role of technology, the dispersal of correspondents to cover multiple conflicts, and the enormous improvements in our ability to identify bodies. Recreating the controversies that have surrounded key battles, from the Meuse-Argonne to the Tet Offensive to Fallujah, the author challenges the formula that higher losses lower support for war. Integrating military, political, and media history, When Soldiers Fall provides the first in-depth account of the impact of battlefield losses in America.

Author : Harry Lewis Coles,Albert Katz Weinberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 932 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Military government
ISBN : LCCN:62060068

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Civil Affairs by Harry Lewis Coles,Albert Katz Weinberg Pdf

Author : John Miller
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007-03-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199288397

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Cities Divided by John Miller Pdf

The religious and political history of late 17th and early 18th century England is typically written in terms of conflict and division. Focusing on provinvial towns Professor Miller reveals that, although town government was not at all democratic, there was participation, consultation, and negotiation.

Author : John S. D. Eisenhower
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780826272713

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Soldiers and Statesmen by John S. D. Eisenhower Pdf

Which generals were most influential in World War II? Did Winston Churchill really see himself as culturally "half American"? What really caused the break between Harry S. Truman and Dwight Eisenhower? In Soldiers and Statesmen, John S. D. Eisenhower answers these questions and more, offering his personal reflections on great leaders of our time. The son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, John S. D. Eisenhower possesses an expert perspective on prominent political and military leaders, giving readers a matchless view on relationships between powerful figures and the president. Eisenhower also had a long military career, coincidentally beginning with his graduation from West Point on D-Day. His unique position as a young Army staff officer and close relationship with his father gave him insider's access to leaders such as Winston Churchill, Harry Truman, George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, Omar Bradley, John Foster Dulles, Mark Clark, Terry Allen, and Matthew Ridgway. He combines personal insight with the specialized knowledge of a veteran soldier and accomplished historian to communicate exclusive perspectives on U. S. foreign relations and leadership. Eisenhower's observations of various wartime leaders began in June 1944, just after the Allied landings in Normandy. On orders from General George C. Marshall, Army chief of staff, Eisenhower sailed from New York aboard the British-liner-turned-American-troopship Queen Maryto join his father, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, in London, where he stayed for over two weeks. A year later, at the end of the war, Eisenhower accompanied his father as a temporary aide on trips where Ike's former associates were present. In the mid-1950s, Eisenhower's perspective was broadened by his service in a room next to the White House Oval Office during his father's tenure as president. On the light side, Eisenhower has added a special appendix called "Home Movies," in which he reveals amusing and often irreverent vignettes from his life in military service. Eisenhower gives readers both a taste of history from the inside and a rich and relatable memoir filled with compelling remembrances.