No Eta

Author : Dick Fortenberry
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781462026432

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No Eta by Dick Fortenberry Pdf

Why would anybody want to jump out of a perfectly good, functioning airplane? Ask any sport parachutist in the world that question and you may find a different answer every time. For Dick Fortenberry, his love of parachuting began long before he joined the US Army at age eighteen and attended jump school with the 77th Special Forces Group. In his fascinating memoir about his journey to eventually becoming one of the original members of the Golden Knights, Fortenberry describes the rigorous training that led up to his first jump and to receiving the coveted silver wings on his chest, the parachute patch on his hat, and Airborne on his shoulders. As Fortenberry chronicles the details of how he rapidly excelled in the sport of skydiving, he offers an exciting glimpse of what it was like to feel the wind in his hair, the adrenaline as he quickly approached the ground, and the fear when his parachute malfunctioned. No ETA: The Pioneering Days of Skydiving shares the intriguing personal story of one mans journey in the early days of sport parachuting that ultimately led to three world championships and an appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

Author : Imanol Murua
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317213604

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Ending ETA’s Armed Campaign by Imanol Murua Pdf

This book explains how and why the Basque separatist armed group ETA decided to end its armed campaign against the Spanish state. The ETA’s armed campaign for Basque independence lasted fifty years and led to more than 800 casualties. This book analyzes the factors that led to ETA ending its campaign of violence in 2011, despite having yet to achieve its political objectives. It explains how the Basque pro-independence movement’s political leadership won an internal battle and brought ETA to a position in which abandoning violence was the only feasible choice. The work argues that the key factor leading to the cessation of violence was the loss of support for armed struggle within the pro-independence social base, and it examines why and how that support decreased so decisively. Written by a former journalist, the narrative is based on more than 30 interviews, including former members of ETA, Spanish judges, former ministers of the Spanish government, political leaders of all Basque political parties—from the Nationalist Left to the Partido Popular (PP)—and international mediators. As such, it is the first book to recount in detail the inside story of the internal struggle within the Nationalist Left movement, and particularly between the political party Batasuna and ETA. This book will be of much interest to students of political violence, ethnic conflict, nationalism, Spanish politics, security studies, and IR.

Author : Rafael Leonisio,Fernando Molina,Diego Muro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317329152

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ETA's Terrorist Campaign by Rafael Leonisio,Fernando Molina,Diego Muro Pdf

This book analyses the rise and decline of the Basque terrorist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA, Basque Homeland and Freedom). ETA declared a unilateral ceasefire in November 2011, bringing to a close a campaign of political violence that started in the late 1960s. By the beginning of the twenty-first century, the overwhelming majority of secession supporters agreed that an independent Basque homeland would be realised through ‘ballots’ and not ‘bullets’. Providing an inter-disciplinary overview of radical Basque nationalism that pays special attention to the drivers for ETA’s decline, defeat and disbandment, this book includes chapters by historians, political scientists and sociologists who offer three important theoretical and empirical contributions to the literature on nationhood and security studies. Firstly the book re-assesses the military conflict that opposed ETA and the Spanish state, by paying special attention to tactical and strategic considerations as well as the counter-terrorist policy itself. Secondly it provides an original interpretation of the politics of fear which surrounded the process of victimization, as well as assessing the extent to which the issue of violence led to the polarisation of citizens. Thirdly the authors examine the historical narratives and rituals that contributed to the production and reproduction of identity binaries and memories of war. Arguing that the defeat of ETA must be contextualised within the strategic evolution of Basque nationalism, the declining resonance of the radical message and the effectiveness of the Spanish counter-terrorist effort, this book is essential reading for students and scholars working in the areas of European politics, nationalism and terrorism studies.

Author : Teresa Whitfield
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199387540

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Endgame for ETA by Teresa Whitfield Pdf

The violent Basque separatist group ETA took shape in Franco's Spain, yet claimed the majority of its victims under democracy. For most Spaniards it became an aberration, a criminal and terrorist band whose persistence defied explanation. Others, mainly Basques (but only some Basques) understood ETA as the violent expression of a political conflict that remained the unfinished business of Spain's transition to democracy. Such differences hindered efforts to 'defeat' ETA's terrorism on the one hand and 'resolve the Basque conflict' on the other for more than three decades. Endgame for ETA offers a compelling account of the long path to ETA's declaration of a definitive end to its armed activity in October 2011. Its political surrogates remain as part of a resurgence of regional nationalism - in the Basque Country as in Catalonia - that is but one element of multiple crises confronting Spain. The Basque case has been cited as an ex- ample of the perils of 'talking to terrorists'. Drawing on extensive field research, Teresa Whitfield argues that while negotiations did not prosper, a form of 'virtual peacemaking' was an essential complement to robust police action and social condemnation. Together they helped to bring ETA's violence to an end and return its grievances to the channels of normal politics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11467835

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A Classified List of All Simple and Compound Cuneiform Ideographs Occuring in the Texts Hitherto Published by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555024730

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The Astronomical Register by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : UOM:39015065413810

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Astronomical Register by Anonim Pdf

Author : John L. Sullivan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317479604

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ETA and Basque Nationalism (RLE: Terrorism & Insurgency) by John L. Sullivan Pdf

This book traces the formation of ETA (Euskadi ta Askatasuna) and the tensions created by its combination and aims: socialism and Basque nationalism. The Basque Nationalist movement emerged in the late nineteenth century as a response to the rapid transformation of Basque society by industrialisation. The influx of Spanish-speaking workers to Basque territories seemed to threaten the stability of basque society. Gradually the immigrants became absorbed into the radical struggle, with the creation of illegal trade unions and the need to resist the Franco regimne by whatever means. Over the next half century Basque consicousness developed until the radical nationalist organisation ETA was formed in 1959.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1158 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Administrative law
ISBN : NYPL:33433031964863

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Code of Federal Regulations by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015071810918

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Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Summaries. Volume 5. No. 5 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ana-Maria Rizzuto,W.W. Meissner,Dan H. Buie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0203486382

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The Dynamics of Human Aggression by Ana-Maria Rizzuto,W.W. Meissner,Dan H. Buie Pdf

This book seeks to resolve an issue that has divided psychoanalysts and other scholars of aggression for decades, namely the nature of aggression. The work expands and unifies the Freudian drive-based explanation of aggression into contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice and brings Freudian theory into the 21st Century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : MISS NYET PUBLISHING LLC
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780984217618

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ETA-Estimated Time of Arrest by Anonim Pdf

Author : Henry Watts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Chemistry
ISBN : UOM:39015076005373

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Watts' Dictionary of Chemistry by Henry Watts Pdf

Author : Iver Cooper
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781625792204

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1636: Seas of Fortune by Iver Cooper Pdf

A new addition to the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series. After carving a place for itself in war-torn 17th century Europe, citizens of the modern town of Grantville, West Virginia, the up-timers and their allies take on continental America and the Japan! A cosmic catastrophe, the Ring of Fire, strands the West Virginia town of Grantville in the middle of Europe during the Thirty Years War. The repercussions of that event transform Europe and, in a few years, begin spreading across the world. By 1636, the Ring of Fire's impact is felt across two great oceans, the Atlantic and Pacific. Stretching Out: The United States of Europe seeks out resources -- oil, rubber and even aluminum ore -- to help it wage war against the foes of freedom. Daring pioneers cross the Atlantic and found a new colony on the Wild Coast of South America. The colonists hope that with the up-timers' support and knowledge they can prosper in the tropics without resort to Indian and African slavery. Then a slave ship visits the colony, seeking water.... and the colonists must make a fateful choice. Rising Sun: In 1633, the wave of change emanating from the Ring of Fire reaches Japan. The Shogun is intrigued by samples of up-time technology, but it's a peek at what fate had in store for Japan in the old time line that has the greatest impact -- setting events in motion whose tremors are felt thousands of miles away and for years to come, as Japan pulls back from a policy of isolation and stakes out its own claim in the brave new world created by the Ring. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About Eric Flints Ring of Fire series: _This alternate history series isãa landmarkãÓ¾Booklist _[Eric] Flint's 1632 universe seems to be inspiring a whole new crop of gifted alternate historians.Ó¾Booklist _ãreads like a technothriller set in the age of the MedicisãÓ¾Publishers Weekly

Author : New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1352 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Employee-management relations in government
ISBN : CORNELL:31924071729515

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Official Decisions, Opinions and Related Matters by New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board Pdf