Guts Glory And Blunder

Author : Andrew Faulkner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781923144149

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Guts Glory and Blunder by Andrew Faulkner Pdf

This is a story of a forgotten battle. Other than in the haunted memories of those who fought there, and the families of those who died there, this battle is a footnote in the history books: a backwater off a side road at the end of a cul-de-sac on the battlefield tour trail. Guts Glory and Blunder reaches into the valley beneath the vaunted Hindenburg Line to draw out the men who fought and died seizing the French village of Noreuil in 1917. It finds hardened Anzacs and raw reinforcements fighting and dying shoulder-to-shoulder, step by bloody step, on the path to victory. Beginning on Gallipoli’s fatal shore, Guts Glory and Blunder follows the Anzacs to the Somme trenches and the race to the Hindenburg Line. This is a story of the 50th Battalion’s uncommon valour in its fiercest battle. How ordinary men performed superhuman feats despite a flawed plan, ‘friendly’ fire, enemy atrocities – a POW massacre and human shield tactics – and a combat mutiny. How a larrikin private was awarded a Victoria Cross for one of the most audacious stunts in the history of the medal. Guts Glory and Blunder is a story of how the diggers prevailed against all odds.

Author : Andrew Faulkner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1923144138

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Guts Glory and Blunder by Andrew Faulkner Pdf

Author : Elliot W Carlson
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781682472743

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Stanley Johnston's Blunder by Elliot W Carlson Pdf

In Stanley Johnston’s Blunder: The Reporter Who Spilled the Secret Behind the U.S. Navy's Victory at Midway, Elliot Carlson tells the story of Stanley Johnston, a Chicago Tribune reporter who may have exposed a vitally important U.S. naval secret during World War II. In 1942 Johnston is embarked in the aircraft carrier USS Lexington during the Battle of the Coral Sea. In addition to recording the crew’s doomed effort to save the ship, Johnston displays great heroism, rescuing many endangered officers and men from the sea and earning the praise of the Lexington’s senior officers. They even recommend him for a medal. Then his story darkens. On board the rescue ship Barnett, Johnston is assigned to a cabin where messages from the Pacific Fleet commander, Admiral Chester Nimitz, are routinely, and carelessly, circulated. One reveals the order of battle of Imperial Japanese Navy forces advancing on Midway Atoll. Containing information obtained by the Navy’s codebreakers, this dispatch is stamped “Top Secret.” Yet it is casually passed around to some of the Lexington’s officers in the cabin while Johnston is present. Carlson captures the outrage among U.S. Navy brass when they read the 7 June 1942 Chicago Tribune front-page headline, “NAVY HAD WORD OF JAP PLAN TO STRIKE AT SEA.” Admirals note that the information in the Tribune article parallels almost precisely the highly secret material in Nimitz’s dispatch. They fear Japanese commanders will discover the article, grasp that their code has been cracked, and quickly change it, thereby depriving the U.S. Navy of a priceless military asset. When Navy officials confirm that Johnston wrote the story after residing in that Barnett stateroom, they think they understand the “leak.” Drawing on seventy-five-year-old testimony never before released, Carlson takes readers inside the grand jury room where jurors convened by the Roosevelt administration consider charges that Johnston violated the Espionage Act. Jurors hear conflicting testimony from Navy officers while Johnston claims his story came from his own knowledge of the Japanese navy. Using FBI files, U.S. Navy records, archival materials from the Chicago Tribune, and Japanese sources, Carlson, at last, brings to light the full story of Stanley Johnston’s trial.

Author : Joe Garner
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780446554091

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Speed, Guts, and Glory by Joe Garner Pdf

New York Times bestselling author Joe Garner brings the sights, sounds, and thrills of NASCAR to vivid life in this authoritative and exciting book. Stockcar racing is fast becoming America’s most popular spectator sport, and now bestselling author and broadcasting veteran Joe Garner captures the most important moments in NASCAR history, including: Dale Earnhardt, Sr.’s triumphant Daytona 500 victory King Richard Petty’s 200th victory, with Ronald Reagan in attendance as the first president to attend a NASCAR event Jeff Gordon’s amazing dream season The closest finish in NASCAR history—a mere .002 of a second! Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Daytona victory—on the one-year anniversary of his father’s death on the same speedway.

Author : Bill Elder
Publisher : NewSouth Books
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781588382092

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All Guts and No Glory by Bill Elder Pdf

As the recent film Glory Road reminded, the early desegregation of college sports often was neither easy nor pleasant. Here Bill Elder recalls how he and a courageous group of white and black student-athletes broke racial barriers at a small college in northeast Alabama in the early 1970s. The setting was Sand Mountain, an area which four decades earlier had given rise to the Scottsboro Boys case, and where racial attitudes for some had not changed much. Elder has recently retired from a successful career as a college sports administrator, but here he shows vividly why he sometimes wondered whether he and his players would live through their experience. Abandoned by their school officials, the players faced constant threats and harassment and occasional violence. But they kept playing and winning games and forging bonds between themselves that lasted long after that first season was over. Through it all, Elder, an Alabama native and lifelong Baptist, watches his community with both a loving and an objective eye. His brief eyewitness account of both the worst and best elements of Southerners during this tumultuous era is compelling testimony.

Author : Kirsty Harris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781923144309

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More than Bombs and Bandages by Kirsty Harris Pdf

More than Bombs and Bandages exposes the false assumption that military nurses only nursed. Based on author Kirsty Harris’ CEW Bean Prize-winning PhD thesis, this is a book that is far removed from the ‘devotion to duty’ stereotyping offering an intriguing and sometimes gut-wrenching insight into the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) during World War I. More than Bombs and Bandages provides rich pickings for all those interested in nursing history, women in the Australian military the application of medical treatments and World War I. What I enjoyed most about is Dr Kirsty Harris’s ability to reflect those nurses voices in a way that was so real – one could be there, the settings were so well understood from her research and the language kind of made a time warp in the reading. Very satisfying. As you know I have that Peter Rees book, but I could not get into it after reading the historical one. It was like comparing a great documentary to Facebook trivia!!! Rev’d Dr Barbara Oudt

Author : Colonel Rajeev Mongia
Publisher : Pustak Mahal
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003-11-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788122308594

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2000 English Phrases and Sentences by Colonel Rajeev Mongia Pdf

This book is designed to enhance written and spoken English of readers. Besides, the book will be of immense help to almost everyone engaged in the pursuit of knowledge-- schoolchildren, college students, parents, teachers and professionals. the 2,000 phrases and sentences in this book highlight the rich tapestry of expressions in the English language. Many words and phrases have intriguing meanings that may not be apparent or register at first glance. Some words have contrasting meanings in different situations. Yet others are just the opposite of what the word or sentence seems to suggest! the book is categorised into 12 segments that classify sentences into various types. This facilitates the reader's search for the correct sentence in specific scenarios and the book can be used as a reference guide to find the right sentence, much like a dictionary is used for words.

Author : Marjory Bennett
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781543469608

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A Poemers Poemerings by Marjory Bennett Pdf

I chose the title A Poemers Poemerings because it means (for me) that someone is always writing about something or anything. Its odd and catchy at the same time, and its the main title for the series that I am writing in volumes because theres too many to put into one book. I think of all my poems as individual artworks. All on their own, they are completed from start to finish. It is a journey, a path, and a message that will inspire, mesmerize, intrigue, and take you to that deepness that hasnt been felt or known of your own self. Allow yourself to think about what is there to see out there and what each one is telling you! Envision the poem, and let yourself see the answers to your own thoughts of these pieces of artworks.

Author : M. Jaya Prasad
Publisher : Firewall Media
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : C++ (Computer program language)
ISBN : 8131800350

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OOPS with C++ by M. Jaya Prasad Pdf

Author : Stephen Dando-Collins
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118040218

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Nero's Killing Machine by Stephen Dando-Collins Pdf

The 14th Gemina Martia Victrix Legion was the most celebrated unit of the early Roman Empire–a force that had been wiped out under Julius Caesar, reformed, and almost wiped out again. After participating in the a.d. 43 invasion of Britain, the 14th Legion achieved its greatest glory when it put down the famous rebellion of the Britons under Boudicca. Numbering less than 10,000 men, the disciplined Roman killing machine defeated 230,000 rampaging rebels, slaughtering 80,000 with only 400 Roman losses–an accomplishment that led the emperor Nero to honor the legion with the title "Conqueror of Britain." In this gripping book, second in the author’s definitive histories of the legions of ancient Rome, Stephen Dando-Collins brings the 14th Legion to life, offering military history aficionados a unique soldier’s-eye view of their tactics, campaigns, and battles.

Author : David C. Gompert,Hans Binnendijk,Bonny Lin
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780833087782

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Blinders, Blunders, and Wars by David C. Gompert,Hans Binnendijk,Bonny Lin Pdf

The history of wars caused by misjudgments, from Napoleon’s invasion of Russia to America’s invasion of Iraq, reveals that leaders relied on cognitive models that were seriously at odds with objective reality. Blinders, Blunders, and Wars analyzes eight historical examples of strategic blunders regarding war and peace and four examples of decisions that turned out well, and then applies those lessons to the current Sino-American case.

Author : Julian Jaynes
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000-08-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780547527543

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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes Pdf

National Book Award Finalist: “This man’s ideas may be the most influential, not to say controversial, of the second half of the twentieth century.”—Columbus Dispatch At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only three thousand years ago and is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually every aspect of our psychology, our history and culture, our religion—and indeed our future. “Don’t be put off by the academic title of Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Its prose is always lucid and often lyrical…he unfolds his case with the utmost intellectual rigor.”—The New York Times “When Julian Jaynes . . . speculates that until late in the twentieth millennium BC men had no consciousness but were automatically obeying the voices of the gods, we are astounded but compelled to follow this remarkable thesis.”—John Updike, The New Yorker “He is as startling as Freud was in The Interpretation of Dreams, and Jaynes is equally as adept at forcing a new view of known human behavior.”—American Journal of Psychiatry

Author : Helen Moss,Lianne Older
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0863774040

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Birkbeck Word Association Norms by Helen Moss,Lianne Older Pdf

This is a reference work containing free association norms for over 2000 words in the English language collected over the last eight years from groups of 40-50 British English speakers aged between 17 and 45. These norms provide the information that, for example, 67% of people give dog as the first word they think of in response to the word cat, that 24% give the word society in response to the word pillar, and given the name Michael, 65% say Jackson, whereas less than 5% say Heseltine or Caine. These norms will be of use to researchers and students in many fields of psychology, especially language and memory, where the degree of association between pairs of words is often an important experimental variable. The main part of the book contains an alphabetical list of all associative responses and their frequency for each of the 2464 stimulus words. In addition, there is an index of stimulus words organised according to semantic category to aid selection of experimental materials. Full methodological details of the collection and compilation of the data are also provided in the introduction.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1290 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Law
ISBN : MINN:31951D01860826D

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Congressional Record Index by Anonim Pdf

Includes history of bills and resolutions.

Author : A. T. Olmstead
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 671 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226826332

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History of the Persian Empire by A. T. Olmstead Pdf

Out of a lifetime of study of the ancient Near East, Professor Olmstead has gathered previously unknown material into the story of the life, times, and thought of the Persians, told for the first time from the Persian rather than the traditional Greek point of view. "The fullest and most reliable presentation of the history of the Persian Empire in existence."—M. Rostovtzeff