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Author : Chris Dempster,Dave Tomkins,Michel Parry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015003665505
Author : Paul Lockhart
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781541672956
How military technology has transformed the world The history of warfare cannot be fully understood without considering the technology of killing. In Firepower, acclaimed historian Paul Lockhart tells the story of the evolution of weaponry and how it transformed not only the conduct of warfare but also the very structure of power in the West, from the Renaissance to the dawn of the atomic era. Across this period, improvements in firepower shaped the evolving art of war. For centuries, weaponry had remained simple enough that any state could equip a respectable army. That all changed around 1870, when the cost of investing in increasingly complicated technology soon meant that only a handful of great powers could afford to manufacture advanced weaponry, while other countries fell behind. Going beyond the battlefield, Firepower ultimately reveals how changes in weapons technology reshaped human history.
Author : Robert Kirkman
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-06
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:FEB220203
The legends are true. The dragon is real. The world is in danger. All this and INTRODUCING: MASTER SHUN!
Author : Chrystos
Publisher : Press Gang / now bankrupt
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 088974047X
Eloquent words are Chrystos's tool for survival and her weapon in fighting for social justice. "Chrystos is writing a poetry which indeed changes the world." -Lambda Book Report
Author : Dominick Bidwell,Dominick Graham
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844152162
This is, without doubt, the finest book about the crucial role that artillery played in the two World Wars of the Twentieth century. The authors, both former artillery officers who saw action in Word War Two, describe the development of their neglected, inadequate and class-ridden arm through the battles of the First World War and the eventual war-winning role that artillery played, to the culmination of professional military deployment in the Second World War.
Author : J.B.A Bailey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135478117
This definitive overview of the development and use of artillery makes the complex artillery systems of today understandable, while at the same time showing how they have evolved and how they are likely to change in the future. The author, until recently chief of artillery for the British Army, is considered one of the world's foremost experts on the subject. Unlike other books that either describe the technical aspects of present-day firepower or outline its history during specific wars, this work provides both a detailed explanation of the modern artillery system and a history of its development over the past six hundred fifty years, identifying its enduring principles and changing practices against an ever-changing background of technology, tactics, and strategy. When an earlier version of this book was published in 1989, it became known as the best single source on field artillery in the English language. This new edition has been fully updated and substantially expanded to cover a wide range of contemporary military debates and the role of firepower, and is certain to be regarded as the ultimate work on the subject for years to come. J. B. A. Bailey assesses major developments over the past decade, analyzing artillery operations in airborne, urban, littoral, desert, jungle, mountain, artic, and nocturnal environments. He examines direct fire, counterfire, the suppression of enemy air defenses, and force protection methods. He explains field artillery from its primitive beginnings to its dominance as an art in World War II and its potent utility in operations since 1945 and into the future. The book will be of particular interest to military historians and those engaged in debating firepower's future. Published in cooperation with the Association of the United States Army. 15 photographs. 8 line drawings. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 7 x 10 inches.
Author : Helio Fred Garcia
Publisher : Radius Book Group
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781635769036
The consequences of incendiary rhetoric are predictable. This is what author Helio Fred Garcia argues and warns us about in Words on Fire. The El Paso terrorist attack finally brought to the forefront broader public recognition that leaders who dehumanize and demonize groups, rivals, or critics create conditions where citizens begin to accept, condone, and even commit acts of violence. Leaders of all kinds use language to move people, and this book is about how they do it. The Work focuses on Donald Trump’s use of language that dehumanizes others, and how his use of dehumanizing language can provoke “lone wolves” to commit acts of violence, a type of violent extremism known as stochastic terrorism. Garcia’s goal is to sound the alarm about this insidious spur to violence by spelling out the mechanisms by which it works so that leaders, citizens, journalists, and others can recognize it when it occurs and hold leaders accountable. The Work is a timely analysis of leadership communication applied to the current political and social climate that will find a long-term audience with engaged citizens, civic leaders, and in the business, military, academic, and religious communities with which the author has deep ties. Garcia provides responsible leaders not just with techniques to recognize when they are using language in ways that may lead to negative consequences, but with ways to stop, redirect their focus, and stay on the high ground. And he provides citizens, civic leaders, journalists, and others with a framework to recognize potentially violence-provoking rhetoric so they can hold leaders accountable for it with twelve warning signs that rhetoric may provoke violence.
Author : Matthew J. Lacombe
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691207452
How the NRA became a political juggernaut by influencing the behaviors and beliefs of everyday Americans The National Rifle Association is one of the most powerful interest groups in America, and has consistently managed to defeat or weaken proposed gun regulations—even despite widespread public support for stricter laws and the prevalence of mass shootings and gun-related deaths. Firepower provides an unprecedented look at how this controversial organization built its political power and deploys it on behalf of its pro-gun agenda. Taking readers from the 1930s to the age of Donald Trump, Matthew Lacombe traces how the NRA's immense influence on national politics arises from its ability to shape the political outlooks and actions of its followers. He draws on nearly a century of archival records and surveys to show how the organization has fashioned a distinct worldview around gun ownership and used it to mobilize its supporters. Lacombe reveals how the NRA's cultivation of a large, unified, and active base has enabled it to build a resilient alliance with the Republican Party, and examines why the NRA and its members formed an important constituency that helped fuel Trump's unlikely political rise. Firepower sheds vital new light on how the NRA has grown powerful by mobilizing average Americans, and how it uses its GOP alliance to advance its objectives and shape the national agenda.
Author : Shelford Bidwell,Dominick Graham
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473814233
The great siege of Gibraltar was the longest recorded in the annals of the British army. Between 1779 and 1783 a small British force defended the Rock against the Spanish and the French who were determined take this strategically vital point guarding the entrance to the Mediterranean. The tenacity and endurance shown by the attackers and defenders alike, and the sheer ingenuity of the siege operations mounted by both sides, make the episode an epic of military history, and the story gives us a fascinating insight into the realities of siege warfare. In this, the first full study of the siege for over 40 years, James Falkner draws on a wide range of contemporary sources to tell the exciting tale of a huge and complex operation.
Author : Robert Kirkman
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-23
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:JUN230310
First, Owen Johnson mastered the fire power…then, it was his kids. Does it run in the family, or can Owen impart his knowledge and train others to use the fire power?
Author : Robert Kirkman
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-02
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:OCT200200
After everything he's been through and all he has sacrificed, Owen is finally reunited with his master, Wei Lun...but the reunion does not go the way you think it will.
Author : Robert Kirkman
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-02
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:JUL200204
Things just keep getting worse for Owen, as it becomes clear that he cannot protect his family from his past. Whether he likes it or not, he's going to have to face who he is, what he's done and who he's meant to be...before it's too late!
Author : Robert Kirkman
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-26
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:MAY230222
NEW STORY ARC FIRE POWER RETURNS with an extra-length 44-page story! After learning Wei Lun killed his parents, Owen cannot let the past go.
Author : Robert Kirkman
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-17
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:JUN220267
Face to face with the dragon!
Author : Robert Kirkman
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-03
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:JAN210196
The Serpent';s Omen moves in for the kill!!
