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Author : Fred Johnson
Publisher : Fred Johnson
ISBN 13 : 9780998171494
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (714 download)
Download or read book Five Wars written by Fred Johnson and published by Fred Johnson. This book was released on 2017-04-10 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stunning memoir of a 29-year Army veteran with two tours in Iraq and one each in Afghanistan and Bosnia.
Author : Stephen J. Solarz
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 158465998X
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (846 download)
Download or read book Journeys to War & Peace written by Stephen J. Solarz and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2011 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this remarkable book, recounting his long, influential career as a congressman from New York, Stephen Solarz gives an insider's view of the life of a hard-working legislator in the forefront of democracy movements and human rights during a tumultuous time in our nation's history. A member of the class of 1974, the so-called "Watergate" class, when 75 freshman Democrats were elected to the Congress, Solarz was part of the group that brought about a power shift in the House from an inner circle of senior committee chairs to a much larger group of subcommittee leaders. Early on he sought and won a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where he earned a reputation as an expert in international relations, traveling to more than 100 countries and meeting the likes of Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, Nelson Mandela, Indira Gandhi, Saddam Hussein, Kim Il Sung, and Robert Mugabe. Solarz gives fascinating, detailed descriptions of his role in bringing democracy to South Korea and Taiwan, the triumph of people power in the Philippines, the peace agreement in Cambodia, the abolition of apartheid in South Africa, and the adoption of the resolution authorizing the use of force in the first Gulf War. Written in an engaging style, Journeys to War and Peace will appeal to all who value the struggle for human rights and seek a better understanding between differing cultures and peoples.
Author : Gerda Hartwich Robinson
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 1510701362
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Inner War written by Gerda Hartwich Robinson and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is sometimes difficult to remember that in war there are innocents on all sides who suffer. German citizens who had no connection to the atrocities committed by their countrymen nonetheless endured great hardships because of them. In The Inner War, author Gerda Hartwich Robinson narrates her story as a German survivor of World War II. She tells how her life’s journey included hunger, fear, neglect, and physical and emotional abuse, and how she carried these injustices in her mind and body for many years, leading to debilitating back pain, headaches, panic attacks, depression, and feelings of inadequacy. In this touching memoir, Robinson shows that the tragedies of war don’t end when the last bomb is dropped or the last prisoner freed; they continue in subtle but devastating ways. Like many German citizens during and after the war, Robinson was simply trying to survive a terrifying situation she had nothing to do with. She describes how her spirit was devastated by hopelessness, and how she entertained thoughts of suicide. The Inner War shares lessons she learned at a chronic pain rehabilitation center that allowed her to start on a path to peace and love.
Author : Ashley Bryan
Publisher : Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
ISBN 13 : 1534404902
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Infinite Hope written by Ashley Bryan and published by Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award Recipient of a Bologna Ragazzi Non-Fiction Special Mention Honor Award A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019 From celebrated author and illustrator Ashley Bryan comes a deeply moving picture book memoir about serving in the segregated army during World War II, and how love and the pursuit of art sustained him. In May of 1942, at the age of eighteen, Ashley Bryan was drafted to fight in World War II. For the next three years, he would face the horrors of war as a black soldier in a segregated army. He endured the terrible lies white officers told about the black soldiers to isolate them from anyone who showed kindness—including each other. He received worse treatment than even Nazi POWs. He was assigned the grimmest, most horrific tasks, like burying fallen soldiers…but was told to remove the black soldiers first because the media didn’t want them in their newsreels. And he waited and wanted so desperately to go home, watching every white soldier get safe passage back to the United States before black soldiers were even a thought. For the next forty years, Ashley would keep his time in the war a secret. But now, he tells his story. The story of the kind people who supported him. The story of the bright moments that guided him through the dark. And the story of his passion for art that would save him time and time again. Filled with never-before-seen artwork and handwritten letters and diary entries, this illuminating and moving memoir by Newbery Honor–winning illustrator Ashley Bryan is both a lesson in history and a testament to hope.
Author : KAPKA. KASSABOVA
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781783783984
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (839 download)
Download or read book TO THE LAKE written by KAPKA. KASSABOVA and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Le Ly Hayslip
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0525431845
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (254 download)
Download or read book When Heaven and Earth Changed Places written by Le Ly Hayslip and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the most important books of Vietnamese American and Vietnam War literature...Moving, powerful.” —Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sympathizer In these pages, Le Ly Hayslip—just twelve years old when U.S. helicopters landed in her tiny village of Ky La—shows us the Vietnam War as she lived it. Initially pressed into service by the Vietcong, Le Ly was captured and imprisoned by government forces. She found sanctuary at last with an American contractor and ultimately fled to the United States. Almost twenty years after her escape, Le Ly found herself inexorably drawn back to the devastated country and loved ones she’d left behind, and returned to Vietnam in 1986. Scenes of this joyous reunion are interwoven with the brutal war years, creating an extraordinary portrait of the nation, then and now—and of one courageous woman who held fast to her faith in humanity. First published in 1989, When Heaven and Earth Changed Places was hailed as an instant classic. Now, some two decades later, this indispensable memoir continues to be one of our most important accounts of a conflict we must never forget.
Author : Paul Morris (Psychotherapist)
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 9781770225510
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (255 download)
Download or read book Back to Angola written by Paul Morris (Psychotherapist) and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Back to Angola Paul Morris recounts his return to Angola in 2012 after going there in 1987 as a soldier. Morris, who was reluctantly conscripted just before he turned 19, goes back to the country to try and put his memories of war to rest and replace them with images of a peaceful Angola. The narrative switches between his solo cycle trip and his memories of the war." --Internet.
Author : Stephen J. Solarz
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 1584659971
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (846 download)
Download or read book Journeys to War & Peace written by Stephen J. Solarz and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2011 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating memoir by a key player in international affairs during the Carter, Reagan, and G. H. W. Bush administrations
Author : Huu Dieu Khuong
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781548928230
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (282 download)
Download or read book East Meets West written by Huu Dieu Khuong and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "EAST meets WEST is a detailed historical account which covers an amazing 85-year period by an exceptional first-hand witness. It is not only a poignant story of War and Peace but much more interesting are the descriptions of clashes between culture, the merging between different traditions and customs, the evolution in ways of life and family values, and finally the successful integration into the American Melting Pot. Another remarkable aspect of this book is its illustrations with hundreds of photographs and documents depicting people, events, places and the flow of time. It is a valuable reference book as well as outstanding and entertaining reading." "EAST meets WEST" was written by HUU DIEU KHUONG. The author was recognized by THE NEW YORK TIMES in an article published on Sunday, June 3, 1956 with a title as "Vietnam student here wins M.I.T. Fellowship": "A Vietnamese student at Lafayette College has won a fellowship at Massachusetts Institute Technology, the college said this week. He is Dieu Khuong-Huu, a senior. He ranks first in his field of study, although he has had to work his way through college. He will receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering at Lafayette's commencement Thursday. He won one of the five Tau Beta Pi Association fellowships. This will enable him to study at M.I.T. for a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering. After that he plans to return to Vietnam to work there."
Author : J. Daryl Charles
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433524198
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (335 download)
Download or read book War, Peace, and Christianity written by J. Daryl Charles and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2010-05-13 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With issues of war and peace at the forefront of current events, an informed Christian response is needed. This timely volume answers 104 questions from a just-war perspective, offering thoughtful yet succinct answers. Ranging from the theoretical to the practical, the volume looks at how the just-war perspective relates to the philosopher, historian, statesman, theologian, combatant, and individual—with particular emphases on its historical development and application to contemporary geopolitical challenges. Forgoing ideological extremes, Charles and Demy give much attention to the biblical teaching on the subject as they provide moral guidance. A valuable resource for considering the ethical issues relating to war, Christians will find this book's user-friendly format a helpful starting point for discussion.
Author : Mark I Jurras (Jr.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (986 download)
Download or read book One Man's Journey Through War and Peace written by Mark I Jurras (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Claude Anshin Thomas
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834823292
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)
Download or read book At Hell's Gate written by Claude Anshin Thomas and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2006-01-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this raw and moving memoir, Claude Thomas describes his service in Vietnam, his subsequent emotional collapse, and his remarkable journey toward healing. At Hell's Gate is not only a gripping coming-of-age story but a spiritual travelogue from the horrors of combat to the discovery of inner peace—a journey that inspired Thomas to become a Zen monk and peace activist who travels to war-scarred regions around the world. "Everyone has their Vietnam," Thomas writes. "Everyone has their own experience of violence, calamity, or trauma." With simplicity and power, this book offers timeless teachings on how we can all find healing, and it presents practical guidance on how mindfulness and compassion can transform our lives. This expanded edition features: • Discussion questions for reading groups • A new afterword by the author reflecting on how the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are affecting soldiers—and offering advice on how to help returning soldiers to cope with their combat experiences
Author : Reza
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426203268
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)
Download or read book Reza War and Peace written by Reza and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the Middle East and Asia as his far-ranging home territory, Reza has chronicled 30 years of turmoil, hope, and splendor for a host of international publications including Newsweek, Time, Geo, and National Geographic magazines. Now, he displays some of his most dramatic works in Reza War and Peace-a powerful and moving photo collection that illuminates current events and recent history in places of conflict we see represented in the news every day. These remarkable pictures convey torment and upheaval, but also the art, culture, and traditions of Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and other areas-as well as the photographer's understanding of humanity and deep commitment to justice. Reza trains his lens not just on war and conflict, but also on friendship and loyalty, family life and love. The book follows Reza's photographic career and is narrated in his own words, focusing our attention on the costs of war and the human condition. Sebastian Junger contributes an introduction, offering intimate insight into what it's like to work with his longtime friend and collaborator. Despite the challenging subject matter, Reza's message is not despairing, but ultimately hopeful. For readers interested in world history, current events, and the human experience, this photographic tour de force is a must.
Author : Yiyun Li
Publisher : Public Space Books
ISBN 13 : 9781734590760
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Tolstoy Together: 85 Days of War and Peace with Yiyun Li written by Yiyun Li and published by Public Space Books. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reader's companion for Tolstoy's epic novel, War and Peace, inspired by the online book club led by Yiyun Li. For the writer Yiyun Li, whenever life has felt uncertain, War and Peace has been the novel she turns to. In March 2020, as the pandemic tightened its grip, Li and A Public Space launched #TolstoyTogether, a War and Peace book club, on Twitter and Instagram, gathering a community (that came to include writers such as Joyce Carol Oates, Garth Greenwell, and Carl Phillips) for 85 days of prompts, conversation, succor, and pleasure. It was an experience shaped not only by the time in which they read but also the slow, consistent rhythm of the reading. And the extraordinary community that gathered for a moment each day to discuss Tolstoy, history, and the role of art in a time like this. Tolstoy Together captures that moment, and offers a guided, communal experience for past and new readers, lovers of Russian literature, and all those looking for what Li identifies as "his level-headedness and clear-sightedness offer[ing] a solidity during a time of duress.
Author : R. Angelo D
Publisher : Page Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781662400803
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Journey Through Peace written by R. Angelo D and published by Page Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2021-10-22 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey through Peace was the authors take after reading H. G. Welles book, outline of history. After serving in the ''Cold War'' era and experiencing its potential destruction, this book was written. This book was written in the 1960s, and designed to hopefully make the journey more interesting, with an adventure instead of a lecture. Put your technology aside, and journey through peace with your imagination. Read enjoy, and form your own personal opinions, and beliefs. As some guy named Einstein strongly stated. "Imagination is everything.'' Please never let technology replace our greatest gift, ''OUR IMAGINATION.'' This journey may be more enjoyable, and better understood by the children, if read and shared by children and adults together. NAMASTE
Author : Murad Idris
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190658037
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)
Download or read book War for Peace written by Murad Idris and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peace is a universal ideal, but its political life is a great paradox: "peace" is the opposite of war, but it also enables war. If peace is the elimination of war, then what does it mean to wage war for the sake of peace? What does peace mean when some say that they are committed to it but that their enemies do not value it? Why is it that associating peace with other ideals, like justice, friendship, security, and law, does little to distance peace from war? Although political theory has dealt extensively with most major concepts that today define "the political" it has paid relatively scant critical attention to peace, the very concept that is often said to be the major aim and ideal of humanity. In War for Peace, Murad Idris looks at the ways that peace has been treated across the writings of ten thinkers from ancient and modern political thought, from Plato to Immanuel Kant and Sayyid Qutb, to produce an original and striking account of what peace means and how it works. Idris argues that peace is parasitical in that the addition of other ideals into peace, such as law, security, and friendship, reduces it to consensus and actually facilitates war; it is provincial in that its universalized content reflects particularistic desires and fears, constructions of difference, and hierarchies within humanity; and it is polemical, in that its idealization is not only the product of antagonisms, but also enables hostility. War for Peace uncovers the basis of peace's moralities and the political functions of its idealizations, historically and into the present. This bold and ambitious book confronts readers with the impurity of peace as an ideal, and the pressing need to think beyond universal peace.
Author : Alan A. Milne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (312 download)
Download or read book Peace with Honour written by Alan A. Milne and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
