Days Of The Generals

Author : Hilton Hamann
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781770222274

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Days of the Generals by Hilton Hamann Pdf

What really happened during South Africa’s military involvement in Angola? Did the military leaders always see eye to eye with the politicians – and with each other? Was South Africa responsible for the death of Mozambican President Samora Machel? What was the extent of South Africa’s nuclear programme? How did South Africa’s military machine deal with the end of apartheid? Based on interviews with the former generals of the South African Defence Force, Days of the Generals addresses these and many other fascinating questions. The book looks in detail at South Africa’s intervention in Angola, Namibia and Mozambique. It examines the armed struggle of the ANC and the state’s war against the liberation movements. It investigates chemical and biological warfare, the ‘third force’ and other top-secret issues. For the first time, the generals – Magnus Malan, Constand Viljoen, Jannie Geldenhuys, Georg Meiring, Hein du Toit and Chris Thirion – have opened up and given their account of events in southern Africa from the 1970s to the present. Theirs is an explosive story, giving behind-the-scenes information about covert operations, secret meetings, strategic alliances and full-scale war. This is essential reading for anyone interested in southern African politics and military history. The author, Hilton Hamann, entered the South African Defence Force as a conscript in 1975, and was stationed in Angola. He subsequently became the Sunday Times’s military correspondent and wrote for a number of well-known international magazines and newspapers, such as Soldier of Fortune. In this role he travelled extensively with the SADF, often accompanying them into battle. He currently runs a news syndication company.

Author : Mary Heyn
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781546264200

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Lamentation for the Nation, Judith and the General and Fifteen Days with Cephas by Mary Heyn Pdf

Lamentation for the Nation is the Old Testament’s book of Lamentations reworded in poetry and told in a language that may be applied to the USA today. Judith and the General, also in poetry, is the story of Old Testament Judith, a young widow who, with great courage, achieved what the army of Israel could not by enticing the Assyrian enemy general and killing him, causing an unexpected victory for her people. Fifteen Days with Cephas details what may have occurred when the apostle Paul spent fifteen days with the apostle Peter, as mentioned in Galatians 1:1–18.

Author : Reza Nazari,Ava Ross
Publisher : Effortless Math Education www.EffortlessMath.com
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781646124916

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Ace the FTCE General Knowledge Math in 30 Days by Reza Nazari,Ava Ross Pdf

The only book you'll ever need to beat the FTCE General Knowledge Math Test! The goal of this book is simple. It will help you incorporate the most effective method and the right strategies to prepare for the FTCE Math test quickly and effectively. Ace the FTCE General Knowledge Math in 30 Days, which reflects the 2020 test guidelines and topics, is designed to help you hone your math skills, overcome your exam anxiety, and boost your confidence -- and do your best to defeat FTCE Math Test. This FTCE Math new edition has been updated to replicate questions appearing on the most recent FTCE Math tests. This is a precious learning tool for FTCE Math test takers who need extra practice in math to improve their FTCE Math score. After reviewing this book, you will have solid foundation and adequate practice that is necessary to ace the FTCE Math test. This book is your ticket to ace the FTCE General Knowledge Math! Ace the FTCE General Knowledge Math in 30 Days provides students with the confidence and math skills they need to succeed on the FTCE Math, providing a solid foundation of basic Math topics with abundant exercises for each topic. It is designed to address the needs of FTCE test takers who must have a working knowledge of basic Math. Inside the pages of this comprehensive book, students can learn math topics in a structured manner with a complete study program to help them understand essential math skills. It also has many exciting features, including: Content 100% aligned with the 2019 FTCE test Written by FTCE Math tutors and test experts Complete coverage of all FTCE Math concepts and topics which you will be tested Step-by-step guide for all FTCE Math topics Dynamic design and easy-to-follow activities Over 2,500 additional FTCE math practice questions in both multiple-choice and grid-in formats with answers grouped by topic, so you can focus on your weak areas Abundant Math skill building exercises to help test-takers approach different question types that might be unfamiliar to them Exercises on different FTCE Math topics such as integers, percent, equations, polynomials, exponents and radicals 2 full-length practice tests (featuring new question types) with detailed answers Effortlessly and confidently follow the step-by-step instructions in this book to ace the FTCE Math in a short period of time. FTCE General Knowledge Math in 30 Days is the only book you'll ever need to master Basic Math topics! It can be used as a self-study course - you do not need to work with a Math tutor. (It can also be used with a Math tutor). You’ll be surprised how fast you master the Math topics covering on FTCE Math Test. Published By: Effortless Math Education www.EffortlessMath.com

Author : Disha Experts
Publisher : Disha Publications
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789388919104

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IAS Prelims Paper 1 General Studies 30 Days Revision Material 2nd Edition by Disha Experts Pdf

We at Disha, continuously, analyse the past papers so as to understand the Examiner’s mindset - What exactly he wants the aspirants to assess on. Based on this unique experience, the 2nd Edition of “IAS Prelims Paper 1 General Studies 30 Days Revision Material 2nd Edition” is now empowered with 100 Most Important General Studies (encompassing History, Polity, Economy, Geography, Environment and Science & Technology) Topics for IAS Prelims 2019. The book vastly covers Current - Events, Issues and Ideas - thus covering Important Terms, Govt. Schemes/ Yojanas, Policies/ Plans, Missions/ Abhiyans, Projects, Summits/ Conferences, Agreements/ Accords, Committees, Organisations/ Index-Ranking, Phenomena, Symposium, Ratifications of treaties, India’s engagements abroad, etc. As 30-40% questions are framed on Current Affairs hence the book captures last 10 months (2018) essence along with some important nuances of 2017. We are sure and hopeful that the IAS capsule will play an important role in the result of its readers/ IAS aspirants.

Author : James TATE (M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017295539

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A century of hymns for general use: with special hymns for days and seasons; and twenty-five metrical psalms. [The preface signed: J. T., i.e. James Tate.] by James TATE (M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge.) Pdf

Author : Jesse Root Grant, II
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798734736241

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In the Days of My Father by Jesse Root Grant, II Pdf

With a front-row seat to titanic events of American history, Ulysses S. Grant's youngest son accompanied his father in the field during the Civil War, lived in the White House, and was with his parents on their post-presidency round-the-world tour. In this intimate account, Jesse Root Grant II recalls the company of the famous and powerful, including Abraham Lincoln, William Tecumseh Sherman and other generals, politicians in Washington, and royalty in Europe and the Middle East. He tells gossipy tales like the time when he caused a fuss with Queen Victoria and his meals with Oscar Wilde in France. A warm and close family, the Grants probably felt more at ease in each others' company than with anyone else. Jesse saw the great strains on his father during the war and even more so during the White House years. Few people realize that for sixteen unbroken years, Ulysses S. Grant shouldered tremendous responsibilities as general and president. Only during the round-the-world trip did Jesse finally see a marked change for the better in his father's mood and physical condition. In the 21st century, historians are taking a new view of Grant as general and as president. Far from being just a scandal-ridden president, out of his depth, his accomplishments are seen more favorably than they have been for a hundred years. Sit down with Jesse and see the days of his father through his eyes. "There is not a page of the story that does not contain something of keen human interest."-The Morning News "Illuminating indeed is the author's word-picture of General Grant's world tour."-The Courier Journal "This biography is exceedingly interesting...and a true understanding of a man whose courage and ability was universally admired."-The St. Louis Star and Times

Author : Alastair MacKenzie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781472833174

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Pilgrim Days by Alastair MacKenzie Pdf

'We are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go, Always a little further; it may be, Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow.' If there was ever anyone who went a little further, a little beyond, it was Alastair MacKenzie. In a career spanning 30 years, MacKenzie served uniquely with the New Zealand Army in Vietnam, the British Parachute Regiment, the British Special Air Service (SAS), the South African Defence Force's famed ParaBats, the Sultan of Oman's Special Forces and a host of private security agencies and defence contractors. MacKenzie lived the soldier's life to the full as he journeyed 'the Golden Road to Samarkand'. This extraordinary new work from the author of Special Force: The Untold Story of 22nd Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) vividly documents the experience of infantry combat in Vietnam, life with the Paras, the tempo of selection for UK Special Forces, covert SAS operations in South Armagh and SAS Counter Terrorist training on the UK mainland, vehicle-mounted Pathfinder Brigade insertions into Angola and maritime counter-terrorism work in Oman.

Author : Cornelius Ryan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439126462

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The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan Pdf

The unparalleled, classic work of history that recreates the battle that changed World War II—the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan’s unsurpassed account of D-Day, a book that endures as a masterpiece of military history. In this compelling tale of courage and heroism, glory and tragedy, Ryan painstakingly recreates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would turn the tide against world fascism and free Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany. This book, first published in 1959, is a must for anyone who loves history, as well as for anyone who wants to better understand how free nations prevailed at a time when darkness enshrouded the earth.

Author : Kirk Haston
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780253022400

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Days of Knight by Kirk Haston Pdf

“A personal glimpse into how the legendary Indiana basketball coach taught and mentored his team.”—Jared Jeffries, former Indiana Hoosier and New York Knick What happens when a 6' 9" kid from Lobelville, Tennessee is recruited by legendary basketball coach Bob Knight? Kirk Haston’s life was changed forever with just a two-minute phone call. With previously unknown Knight stories, anecdotes, and choice quotes, Haston gives fans an inside look at the notoriously private man and his no-nonsense coaching style. Which past Hoosier basketball greats returned to talk to and practice with current teams? How did Knight mentally challenge his players in practices? How did the players feel when Knight was fired? In this touching and humorous book, Haston shares these answers and more, including his own Hoosier highs—shooting a famous three-point winning shot against number one ranked Michigan State—and lows—losing his mom in a heartbreaking tornado accident. Days of Knight is a book every die-hard IU basketball fan will treasure.

Author : William Knoedelseder
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780062289094

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Fins by William Knoedelseder Pdf

The New York Times bestselling author of Bitter Brew chronicles the birth and rise to greatness of the American auto industry through the remarkable life of Harley Earl, an eccentric six-foot-five, stuttering visionary who dropped out of college and went on to invent the profession of automobile styling, thereby revolutionized the way cars were made, marketed, and even imagined. Harleys Earl’s story qualifies as a bona fide American family saga. It began in the Michigan pine forest in the years after the Civil War, traveled across the Great Plains on the wooden wheels of a covered wagon, and eventually settled in a dirt road village named Hollywood, California, where young Harley took the skills he learned working in his father’s carriage shop and applied them to designing sleek, racy-looking automobile bodies for the fast crowd in the burgeoning silent movie business. As the 1920s roared with the sound of mass manufacturing, Harley returned to Michigan, where, at GM’s invitation, he introduced art into the rigid mechanics of auto-making. Over the next thirty years, he functioned as a kind of combination Steve Jobs and Tom Ford of his time, redefining the form and function of the country’s premier product. His impact was profound. When he retired as GM’s VP of Styling in 1958, Detroit reigned as the manufacturing capitol of the world and General Motors ranked as the most successful company in the history of business. Knoedelseder tells the story in ways both large and small, weaving the history of the company with the history of Detroit and the Earl family as Fins examines the effect of the automobile on America’s economy, culture, and national psyche.

Author : David John Cawdell Irving
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Allied Forces
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120344838

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The War Between the Generals by David John Cawdell Irving Pdf

This is one of the great untold stories of our time - that of the little band of generals entrusted with a historic task: invading and liberating Nazi-occupied Europe. They were supposed to be fighting the Germans, but some of their fiercest battles were fought against each other. At the center was the Supreme Commander himself, Dwight D. Eisenhower - sincere, indecisive, desperate to hold the Alliance together. Against him was Field-Marshal Bernard Montgomery, who strove ceaselessly to gain authority. Cavilling against them both were the others - the outrageous Patton, the dogged Bradley, the bomber barons like Spaatz, Vandenberg, and Butcher Harris, and Trafford Leigh-Mallory. After the war, there was a cover-up. Not until David Irving began his research did the full truth emerge. Among his unexpected discoveries was the wickedly candid diary of the obscure general who was Eisenhower s eyes and ears . Through this and other private accounts we see the war as the generals lived it - squabbling over perks and preferences, taking their mistresses with them on to the battlefield, and there are revelations about General Patton that will amaze. There are other surprises - General de Gaulle s use of torture upon his fellow Frenchmen is one, and a clear attempt by the Allies to get rid of him is another. This book is a history of command. It shows how the ambitions and personalities of the men at the top affect the course of a war and the lives of the ordinary mortals in the field.

Author : Iowa. General Assembly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1086 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Iowa
ISBN : UOM:39015068042418

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Legislative Documents Compiled by Order of the ... General Assembly by Iowa. General Assembly Pdf

Contains the reports of state departments and officials for the preceding fiscal biennium.

Author : Massachusetts. General Court
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Massachusetts
ISBN : UOM:39015065850557

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A Manual for the Use of the General Court by Massachusetts. General Court Pdf

Contains rules of both branches of the General Court, the constitution of the commonwealth and that of the United States, lists of executive, legislative and judicial departments of the state, etc.

Author : James William Daschuk
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780889772960

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Clearing the Plains by James William Daschuk Pdf

In arresting, but harrowing, prose, James Daschuk examines the roles that Old World diseases, climate, and, most disturbingly, Canadian politics--the politics of ethnocide--played in the deaths and subjugation of thousands of aboriginal people in the realization of Sir John A. Macdonald's "National Dream." It was a dream that came at great expense: the present disparity in health and economic well-being between First Nations and non-Native populations, and the lingering racism and misunderstanding that permeates the national consciousness to this day. " Clearing the Plains is a tour de force that dismantles and destroys the view that Canada has a special claim to humanity in its treatment of indigenous peoples. Daschuk shows how infectious disease and state-supported starvation combined to create a creeping, relentless catastrophe that persists to the present day. The prose is gripping, the analysis is incisive, and the narrative is so chilling that it leaves its reader stunned and disturbed. For days after reading it, I was unable to shake a profound sense of sorrow. This is fearless, evidence-driven history at its finest." -Elizabeth A. Fenn, author of Pox Americana "Required reading for all Canadians." -Candace Savage, author of A Geography of Blood "Clearly written, deeply researched, and properly contextualized history...Essential reading for everyone interested in the history of indigenous North America." -J.R. McNeill, author of Mosquito Empires

Author : Romeo Dallaire
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780307371195

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Shake Hands With the Devil by Romeo Dallaire Pdf

On the tenth anniversary of the date that UN peacekeepers landed in Rwanda, Random House Canada is proud to publish the unforgettable first-hand account of the genocide by the man who led the UN mission. Digging deep into shattering memories, General Dallaire has written a powerful story of betrayal, naïveté, racism and international politics. His message is simple and undeniable: “Never again.” When Lt-Gen. Roméo Dallaire received the call to serve as force commander of the UN intervention in Rwanda in 1993, he thought he was heading off on a modest and straightforward peacekeeping mission. Thirteen months later he flew home from Africa, broken, disillusioned and suicidal, having witnessed the slaughter of 800,000 Rwandans in only a hundred days. In Shake Hands with the Devil, he takes the reader with him on a return voyage into the hell of Rwanda, vividly recreating the events the international community turned its back on. This book is an unsparing eyewitness account of the failure by humanity to stop the genocide, despite timely warnings. Woven through the story of this disastrous mission is Dallaire’s own journey from confident Cold Warrior, to devastated UN commander, to retired general engaged in a painful struggle to find a measure of peace, reconciliation and hope. This book is General Dallaire’s personal account of his conversion from a man certain of his worth and secure in his assumptions to a man conscious of his own weaknesses and failures and critical of the institutions he’d relied on. It might not sit easily with standard ideas of military leadership, but understanding what happened to General Dallaire and his mission to Rwanda is crucial to understanding the moral minefields our peacekeepers are forced to negotiate when we ask them to step into the world’s dirty wars. Excerpt from Shake Hands with the Devil My story is not a strictly military account nor a clinical, academic study of the breakdown of Rwanda. It is not a simplistic indictment of the many failures of the UN as a force for peace in the world. It is not a story of heroes and villains, although such a work could easily be written. This book is a cri de coeur for the slaughtered thousands, a tribute to the souls hacked apart by machetes because of their supposed difference from those who sought to hang on to power. . . . This book is the account of a few humans who were entrusted with the role of helping others taste the fruits of peace. Instead, we watched as the devil took control of paradise on earth and fed on the blood of the people we were supposed to protect.