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Author : First Ruth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (782 download)
Download or read book Barrel of a Gun written by First Ruth and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gerald Horne
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469625598
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)
Download or read book From the Barrel of a Gun written by Gerald Horne and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In November 1965, Ian Smith's white minority government in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) made a unilateral declaration of independence, breaking with Great Britain. With a European population of a few hundred thousand dominating an African majority of several million, Rhodesia's racial structure echoed the apartheid of neighboring South Africa. Smith's declaration sparked an escalating guerrilla war that claimed thousands of lives. Across the Atlantic, President Lyndon B. Johnson nervously watched events in Rhodesia, fearing that racial conflict abroad could inflame racial discord at home. Although Washington officially voiced concerns over human rights violations, an attitude of tolerance generally marked U.S. relations with the Rhodesian government: sanctions were imposed but not strictly enforced, and hundreds, perhaps thousands, of American mercenaries joined white Rhodesia's side in battle with little to fear from U.S. laws. Despite such tacit U.S. support, Smith's regime fell in 1980, and the independent state of Zimbabwe was born. The first comprehensive account of American involvement in the war against Zimbabwe, this compelling work also explores how our relationship with Rhodesia helped define interracial dynamics in the United States, and vice versa.
Author : Ruth First
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Power in Africa written by Ruth First and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1970 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Penelope Fox
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1453542620
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (535 download)
Download or read book Daisy in a Gun Barrel written by Penelope Fox and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-01-13 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DAISY IN A GUN BARREL PEACE AND FREEDOM, LOVE AND WAR, ROCK AND ROLL THE 1960s ~ Penelope Fox If you happen to be an “American Idol” fan, recognize Eric Clapton or Bob Dylan in television commercials, listen to classic rock, or follow the clash of conservatives and liberals in Congress, you know that the 1960s remain with us, even fifty years after the impact of the era. The dilemmas of that decade continue to confound us as we grapple with the ideologies that entered the consciousness of the nation during those years. A cascade of front page news marks the period: the election of youthful, progressive, President John F. Kennedy and the fear-mongering, strangle-hold of the CIA and FBI; peace movements versus military efforts; marijuana-smoking, long haired Hippies in loose fashions clashing with strait-laced, buttoned up, conservative law enforcement; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights, followed by women’s rights, workers’ rights and everyone wondering what was right. More incongruities arose from international oil production and giant factory output clashing with breakthrough biological science and environmental concerns. Satellite communication battled with censorship in broadcasting. Youthful interest in the Third World, especially Asia, was shattered by a horrific, undeclared war that lasted for fifteen years and created a generational divide that has never been breached. A background of iconic music continues to remind us of the colorful history of the 60s. But what about the everyday lives of young people thrust into that psychedelic and political maelstrom? What was it like for the individuals trying to be heard over the roar of questionable politics? One answer lies in the collective voice of music that framed a lyrical diary of their experiences. “Daisy in a Gun Barrel” is the story of Dianna, a teacher, and Randall, a musician, who find romance in college, and shortly thereafter are torn apart by war and circumstances. It is a story of people coming to terms with personal and political beliefs, only to find that society clashes with their viewpoints at every turn. Theirs is a generation determined to change the world into a better, kinder, more democratic place. Little did they know the impact of their ideals, or the real and metaphorical ammunition that would be leveled against the beliefs they viewed as right, moral, and constitutional. Rock and roll with Dianna and Randall through the tumultuous and exciting years of 1962 through 1970, and consider the impact of their generation. Smile at their optimism, weep with their losses, and celebrate the memorable songs that grace the years. Join the characters as they encounter turning points and question authority. This is history, alive and kicking, with a strong appeal to the curious young, who were not there, and to the post flower children who would like to remember. Light the incense, slip into something tie-dyed, and revel in the events that illuminate this carefully researched and truly American story, before time and historians erase the vibrant, human essence of this powerful decade. You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Author : Benjamin Sobieck
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1599638150
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (996 download)
Download or read book The Writer's Guide to Weapons written by Benjamin Sobieck and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to writing weapons, most authors shoot from the hip--and miss. The Writer's Guide to Weapons will help you hit your target every time. Firearms and knives have starring roles in a wide range of genres--crime, thriller, war, mystery, Western, and more. Unfortunately, many depictions of weapons in novels and film are pure fiction. Knowing the difference between a shotshell and a slug, a pistol and a revolver, or a switchblade and a butterfly knife is essential for imbuing your story with authenticity--and gaining popularity with discerning readers. Inside you'll find: • An in-depth look at the basics of firearms and knives: how they work, why they work, what they look like, and how to depict them accurately in your stories. • The biggest weapons myths in fiction, TV, and film. • A surefire guide for choosing the correct weapon for your characters, no matter their skill level, strength, or background. • A review of major gun and knife laws, weapons safety tips,and common police tactics. • "The Hit List," showcasing the most popular weapons for spies, detectives, gunslingers, gangsters, military characters, and more. • Examples highlighting inaccurate vs. accurate weapons depictions. • An insightful foreword by David Morrell, the award-winning creator of Rambo. Equal parts accessible, humorous, and practical, The Writer's Guide to Weapons is the one resource you need to incorporate firearms and knives into your fiction like a seasoned professional.
Author : Clayton E. Cramer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)
Download or read book Lock, Stock, and Barrel written by Clayton E. Cramer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative book debunks the myth that American gun culture was intentionally created by gun makers and demonstrates that gun ownership and use have been a core part of American society since our colonial origins. Revisionist historians argue that American gun culture and manufacturing are relatively recent developments. They further claim that widespread gun violence was largely absent from early American history because guns of all types, and especially handguns, were rare before 1848. According to these revisionists, American gun culture was the creation of the first mass production gun manufacturers, who used clever marketing to sell guns to people who neither wanted nor needed them. However, as proven in this first scholarly history of "gun culture" in early America, gun ownership and use have in fact been central to American society from its very beginnings. Lock, Stock, and Barrel: The Origins of American Gun Culture shows that gunsmithing and gun manufacturing were important parts of the economies of the colonies and the early republic and explains how the American gun industry helped to create our modern world of precision mass production and high wages for workers.
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Publisher : National Academies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (56 download)
Download or read book Erosion in Large Gun Barrels written by and published by National Academies. This book was released on 1975-01-15 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confronted with problems associated with the continual upgrading of field guns, reducing the number of different items in supply and lowering overall costs, the Department of the Army has need for improved methods of reducing erosion and extending the wear life of long range cannon. The National Materials Advisory Board was asked to consider all facets of this need and to make recommendations. Erosion in Large Gun Barrels assesses the nature of the bore erosion problem; identifies fruitful areas of research; assesses the state of technology of materials and methods in areas which may become significant to gun tubes of improved performance; and suggests experimental techniques, devices, and instruments and methods of reducing data to enhance the continuing coordination of the activities of the three Services.
Author : Zedong Mao
Publisher : China Books
ISBN 13 : 9780835123884
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (238 download)
Download or read book Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung written by Zedong Mao and published by China Books. This book was released on 1990 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Ellis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781853671975
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (719 download)
Download or read book From the Barrel of a Gun written by John Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of guerilla warfare. Illus.
Author : Jo Seaman
Publisher : Grosvenor House Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839751460
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (397 download)
Download or read book Roses Down the Barrel of a Gun written by Jo Seaman and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-29 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgia 2001. "Your mission, Jo, should you choose to accept it, is to find out what young Georgians want," said the man from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, or words to that effect. "We're keen to know what will happen when President Shevardnadze moves on." Jo Seaman went to the South Caucasus as director of the British Council in Georgia at a time of political uncertainty and turmoil. In attempting to fulfill her mission of cultural diplomacy she rubs shoulders with ballerinas and border guards, ambassadors and activists, ministers and musicians, despots and dodgy officials. Jo's intimate descriptions of a culture only relatively recently emerged from the shadow of the Iron Curtain are underpinned with a genuine warmth and compassion for the Georgian people. A consummate diplomat, Jo needs all her skills as she ventures out into the fraught and often amusing sphere of international relations, and is drawn into the heady events of the Rose Revolution. And life at home is far from uneventful...
Author : R. H. Angier
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811749169
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Firearm Blueing and Browning written by R. H. Angier and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2008-02-25 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timeless information in an easy-to-use format with a new foreword added. Popular and little-known methods explained. Includes useful weights and measures charts.
Author : Fred Zeglin
Publisher : 4D Reamer Rentals Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780983159858
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (598 download)
Download or read book Chambering Rifle Barrels for Accuracy written by Fred Zeglin and published by 4D Reamer Rentals Limited. This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: in Part I, Fred Zeglin gives you an in depth study of what it takes to build an accurate hunting rifle. Fred has been building custom hunting rifles for over thirty years. His clients come from all walks of life and have one thing in common; when they go hunting they don't want to worry about the accuracy of their rifle.In Part II, Gordy Gritters explains the extreme accuracy requirements of a quality benchrest rifle. Gordy has nearly thirty years invested in building precision rifles. He is a competitive shooter as well as a gunsmith. Builder of many high accuracy rifles used by customers across North America to set records and win various rifle competitions including the Varmint Hunter Jamboree, Coyote Hunting National Championship, 1000 yard matches, 600 yard matches, F-Class matches, BR-50, IR 50-50, 100 and 200 yard benchrest matches, sniper matches, NRA service rifle matches, as well as for varmint and big game hunting.
Author : First Ruth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (782 download)
Download or read book Barrel of a Gun written by First Ruth and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chris Kyle
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062242733
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)
Download or read book American Gun written by Chris Kyle and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING FOLLOW-UP TO AMERICAN SNIPER Join Chris Kyle on a journedy to discover “how 10 firearms changed United States history” (New York Times Book Review) Drawing on his legendary firearms knowledge and combat experience, U.S. Navy SEAL and #1 bestselling author of American Sniper Chris Kyle dramatically chronicles the story of America—from the Revolution to the present—through the lens of ten iconic guns and the remarkable heroes who used them to shape history: the American long rifle, Spencer repeater, Colt .45 revolver, Winchester 1873 rifle, Springfield M1903 rifle, M1911 pistol, Thompson submachine gun, M1 Garand, .38 Special police revolver, and the M16 rifle platform Kyle himself used. American Gun is a sweeping epic of bravery, adventure, invention, and sacrifice. Featuring a foreword and afterword by Taya Kyle and illustrated with more than 100 photographs, this new paperback edition features a bonus chapter, “The Eleventh Gun,” on shotguns, derringers, and the Browning M2 machine gun.
Author : Norbert Klups
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 : 9780764327490
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (274 download)
Download or read book The Drilling written by Norbert Klups and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Drilling is a triple barreled, shoulder held firearm. The gun's name is derived from the German word for three "drei". As a "combination gun," the Drilling is comprised of various combinations of shotgun and/or rifle barrels, giving the flexibility of shooting both types of cartridges with a very wide range of caliber from one firearm. Designed for the discerning hunter or survivalist, these guns were originally designed for the German and Austria forests where there was an advantage to carrying one gun with multiple loads when hunting the dense forests filled with various types of game, from deer, to wild boar and fowl. The option of quickly choosing a specific caliber enabled the hunter to be ready for whatever came out of the woods. Primarily made by small manufacturers, Drillings were offered in a broad range of barrel configurations, combinations, and calibers. Many of these firearms were custom made and are highly decorated through detailed engraving, stock carving and customized metal work. This book is an essential reference to this type of gun and looks at both older as well as contemporary Drillings and gives instructions on their use.
Author : Andrew Nahum
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789143985
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)
Download or read book Paths of Fire written by Andrew Nahum and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Type “Mikhail Kalashnikov” into Google and the biography of the inventor will come back to you almost at the speed of light. Squeeze the trigger of a Kalashnikov and a bullet is kicked up the barrel by an archaic chemical explosion that would have been quite familiar to Oliver Cromwell or General Custer. The gun—antique, yet contemporary—still dominates the world. Geopolitical events and even consumer culture have been molded by the often-unseen research that firearms evoked. The new science of Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton owed much to the Renaissance study of ballistics. But research into making guns and aiming them also brought on the more recent invention of mass production and kickstarted the contemporary field of artificial intelligence. This book follows the history of the gun and its often-unsuspected wider linkages, looking from the first cannons to modern gunnery, and to the yet-to-be-realized electrical futures of rays and beams.
Author : Henry Beaufoy
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528761014
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (287 download)
Download or read book Scloppetaria or Considerations on the Nature and Use of Rifled Barrel Guns written by Henry Beaufoy and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1808. The author not only appreciated the advantage of the rifle in war, he also gives an exceptionally lucid account of its origins, operation and mechanics. The well illustrated contents will prove of great value to the historian, soldier and gun enthusiast. Contents Include: Of Projectiles in General Theory of Spiral Motion Qualities of the Rifle History of the Rifle Construction and Perfections of the Rifle Appendages of the Rifle Modes of Using the Rifle General Hints Loading, Aiming, Cleaning etc. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
