Hend And The Soldiers

Author : Badriah Albeshr
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781477313084

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Hend and the Soldiers by Badriah Albeshr Pdf

Hend is a young Saudi Arabian woman struggling to challenge her conservative society, which is represented by various soldiers, real and metaphorical, in her life. After a failed arranged marriage to an army officer, she is determined to establish herself as a writer and make her own choices in love. Her mother, a firm supporter of their society's traditional norms, works to block her efforts. As Hend engages with her mother, stories of her past and those of other female relatives reveal the extent of the suffering previous generations of women have endured while living in such a patriarchal society. Hend also comes to understand how such traditions have adversely affected the men in her family, including one brother who flees to the West and another who finds comradeship among the members of al-Qaeda. Badriah Albeshr represents a growing number of women writers from the Arabian Peninsula who refuse to shy away from the taboo topics of religion and sexuality, which makes Hend and the Soldiers a valuable read for those seeking insights into the complexities surrounding these issues.

Author : Badriah Albeshr
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781477313060

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Hend and the Soldiers by Badriah Albeshr Pdf

Banned by the Saudi Arabian government, this novel by the high-profile author and journalist Badriah Albeshr explores women's lives in the Saudi's repressive kingdom.

Author : Colonel Sir Garnet J. Wolseley
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783382136642

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The soldiers pocket-book for field service by Colonel Sir Garnet J. Wolseley Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Military intelligence
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211203042

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Military Intelligence by Anonim Pdf

Author : S. Lucas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Art
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000221894

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Once a Week by S. Lucas Pdf

Author : Sharan Grewal
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192873965

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Soldiers of Democracy? by Sharan Grewal Pdf

Why do some militaries support and others thwart transitions to democracy? After the Arab Spring revolutions, why did Egypt's military stage a coup to end the transition? Conversely, why did Tunisia's military initially support the transition, only to later facilitate the elected president's dismantling of democracy? In Soldiers of Democracy? Military Legacies and the Arab Spring, Sharan Grewal argues that a military's behavior under democracy is shaped by how it had been treated under autocracy. Autocrats who had empowered their militaries produce soldiers who will repress protests and stage coups to preserve their privileges. Meanwhile, autocrats who had marginalized their militaries produce soldiers who support democratization, but who are also more susceptible to incumbent takeovers and civil wars. The dictator's choice to either empower or marginalize the military thus creates legacies that shape both the likelihood of democratization and the forms by which it breaks down. Drawing on over 140 interviews with civilian and military leaders, and three surveys of military personnel, this scholarly volume illustrates this theory through detailed case studies of Egypt and Tunisia. Grewal also probes the generalizability of the theory through a cross-national analysis of all countries between 1946-2010. Overall, he brings the military front and center to the study of democratic transition and consolidation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1132 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Annotations and citations (Law)
ISBN : NYPL:33433067614333

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Citators and Index to Court-martial Reports by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Administrative law
ISBN : NYPL:33433031121571

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Code of Federal Regulations by Anonim Pdf

Author : Timothy Joseph Stapleton
Publisher : University Rochester Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781580463805

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African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1923-80 by Timothy Joseph Stapleton Pdf

Recruiting and motivations for enlistment -- Perceptions of African security force members -- Education and upward mobility -- Camp life -- African women and the security forces -- Objections and reforms -- Travel and danger -- Demobilization and veterans.

Author : Thijs Brocades Zaalberg
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9789053567920

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Soldiers and Civil Power by Thijs Brocades Zaalberg Pdf

Since the Cold War, peace operations have become the core focus of many Western armed forces. In these operations, the division between civil and military responsibilities often rapidly blurs. Among policy makers and in military circles, a debate has erupted regarding the scope of the military in stabilizing and reconstructing war torn societies. Should soldiers, who primarily prepare for combat duties, observe a strict segregation between the "military sphere" and the "civilian sphere" or become involved in "nation building"? Should soldiers be allowed to venture into the murky arena of public security, civil administration, humanitarian relief, and political and social reconstruction? In Soldiers and Civil Power, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg draws on military records and in-depth interviews with key players to examine international operations in the 1990's in Cambodia, Somalia, Bosnia, and Kosovo. Focusing his historical analysis on the experiences of various battalions in the field, he reveals large gaps between this tactical level of operations, political-strategic decision making and military doctrine. By comparing peace operations to examples of counterinsurgency operations in the colonial era and military governance in World War II, he exposes the controversial, but inescapable role of the Western military in supporting and even substituting civil authorities during military interventions. At a time when US forces and its allies struggle to restore order in Iraq and Afghanistan, Brocades Zaalberg’s in-depth study is an invaluable resource not only for military historians, but anyone interested in the evolving global mission of armed forces in the twenty-first century.

Author : Romeo Dallaire
Publisher : Random House Canada
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780307366375

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They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children by Romeo Dallaire Pdf

"The ultimate focus of the rest of my life is to eradicate the use of child soldiers and to eliminate even the thought of the use of children as instruments of war." —Roméo Dallaire In conflicts around the world, there is an increasingly popular weapon system that requires negligible technology, is simple to sustain, has unlimited versatility and incredible capacity for both loyalty and barbarism. In fact, there is no more complete end-to-end weapon system in the inventory of war-machines. What are these cheap, renewable, plentiful, sophisticated and expendable weapons? Children. Roméo Dallaire was first confronted with child soldiers in unnamed villages on the tops of the thousand hills of Rwanda during the genocide of 1994. The dilemma of the adult soldier who faced them is beautifully expressed in his book's title: when children are shooting at you, they are soldiers, but as soon as they are wounded or killed they are children once again. Believing that not one of us should tolerate a child being used in this fashion, Dallaire has made it his mission to end the use of child soldiers. In this book, he provides an intellectually daring and enlightening introduction to the child soldier phenomenon, as well as inspiring and concrete solutions to eradicate it.

Author : Daniel Murphy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811772723

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Horse Soldiers at Gettysburg by Daniel Murphy Pdf

Cavalry operations during the Gettysburg campaign have been well covered, but never like this. Most cavalry treatments of the campaign and battle have focused on strategy, operations, and tactics and zoomed in on particular episodes: the Battle of Brandy Station in June 1863 (the largest cavalry engagement on American soil), Jeb Stuart’s controversial ride-for-glory that deprived Lee of important intelligence for days, Union cavalry general John Buford’s role in the start of the battle on July 1, and the cavalry battle involving not only Stuart but also George Armstrong Custer east of Gettysburg on July 3. Daniel Murphy’s book covers the grand sweep of cavalry in the Gettysburg campaign, from Lee’s crossing of the Rappahannock in early June 1863, through the epic three-day clash in Pennsylvania, to the conclusion of Lee’s retreat in July 1863. But more than that, in a book blending strategy and tactics and campaign narrative with deep research in primary sources and an equestrian’s sense for what it’s like to ride and manage horses, Daniel Murphy brings a horseman’s eye to the story of the campaign: how individual cavalrymen experienced the campaign from the saddle and how horses—with special needs for care and maintenance—were in fact weapons that helped shape battles. In this new narrative of Civil War cavalry, author Daniel Murphy gets into the saddle and explores what it was like to be a cavalryman during the Gettysburg campaign. Horse-soldiering was a unique way of doing battle, and Murphy gives it more justice and nuanced description than any author has yet given it.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11387290

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Parliamentary Debates by Anonim Pdf

Author : Illinois. Military and Naval Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1902
Category : Black Hawk War, 1832
ISBN : HARVARD:HX2ZIQ

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Record of the Services of Illinois Soldiers in the Black Hawk War, 1831-32, and in the Mexican War, 1846-48 by Illinois. Military and Naval Department Pdf

Author : Jonas Hanway
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1776
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017631742

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The Soldier's Faithful Friend: Being Moral and Religious Advice to Soldiers: with an Historical Abridgment of the Events of the Last War. To which are Prefixed, Reflections on the Defection of the Colonists, Etc by Jonas Hanway Pdf