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Surviving the Slaughter

Author : Marie Beatrice Umutesi
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 0299204936
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Surviving the Slaughter written by Marie Beatrice Umutesi and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2004-10-15 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the world was stunned by the horrific massacres of Tutsi by the Hutu majority in Rwanda beginning in April 1994, there has been little coverage of the reprisals that occurred after the Tutsi gained political power. During this time hundreds of thousands of Hutu were systematically hunted and killed. Surviving the Slaughter: The Ordeal of a Rwandan Refugee in Zaire is the eyewitness account of Marie Béatrice Umutesi. She tells of life in the refugee camps in Zaire and her flight across 2000 kilometers on foot. During this forced march, far from the world’s cameras, many Hutu refugees were trampled and murdered. Others died from hunger, exhaustion, and sickness, or simply vanished, ignored by the international community and betrayed by humanitarian organizations. Amidst this brutality, day-to-day suffering, and desperate survival, Umutesi managed to organize the camps to improve the quality of life for women and children. In this first-hand account of inexplicable brutality, day-to-day suffering, and survival, Marie Béatrice Umutesi sheds light on a backlash of violence that targeted the Hutu refugees of Rwanda after the victory of the Rwandan Patriotic Front in 1994. Umutesi’s documentation of the flight and terror of these years provides the world a veritable account of a history that is still widely unknown. After translations from its original French into three other languages, this important book is available in English for the first time. It is more than a testimony to the lives and humanity lost; it is a call for those politicians, military personnel, and humanitarian organizations responsible for the atrocious crimes—and the devastating silence—to be held accountable.

Occupation

Author : Ian Ousby
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 146174167X
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Occupation written by Ian Ousby and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000-04-03 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: France was slow and somewhat ineffectual in organizing resistance movement. In Occupation Ian Ousby challenges the myth that France was liberated " by the whole of France." The author explores the Nazi occupation of France with superb detail and eyewitness accounts that range from famous figures like Simone de Beauvoir, Charles de Gaulle, Andre Gide, Jean-Paul Sartre and Gertrude Stein to ordinary citizens, forgotten heroes and traitors.

The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson

Author : Herbert Hoover
Publisher : Woodrow Wilson Center Press
ISBN 13 : 9780943875415
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (754 download)

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Download or read book The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson written by Herbert Hoover and published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press. This book was released on 1992-10 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great tragedy of the twenty-eighth President as witnessed by his loyal lieutenant, and the thirty-first President.

A Letter from Paris

Author : Louisa Deasey
Publisher : Scribe Us
ISBN 13 : 9781950354252
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (542 download)

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Download or read book A Letter from Paris written by Louisa Deasey and published by Scribe Us. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A father's long-lost letters spark a compelling tale of inheritance and creativity, loss and reunion When Louisa Deasey receives a message from a Frenchwoman called Coralie, who has found a cache of letters in an attic, written about Louisa's father, neither woman can imagine the events it will set in motion. The letters, dated 1949, detail a passionate affair between Louisa's father, Denison, and Coralie's grandmother, Michelle, in post-war London. They spark Louisa to find out more about her father, who died when she was six. From the seemingly simple question "Who was Denison Deasey?" follows a trail of discovery that leads Louisa to the streets of London, to the cafes and restaurants of Paris and a poet's villa in the south of France. From her father's secret service in World War II to his relationships with some of the most famous bohemian artists in post-war Europe, Louisa unearths a portrait of a fascinating man, both at the epicenter and the mercy of the social and political currents of his time. A Letter from Paris is about the stories we tell ourselves, and the secrets the past can uncover, showing the power of the written word to cross the bridges of time.

Ramp Hollow

Author : Steven Stoll
Publisher : Hill and Wang
ISBN 13 : 1429946970
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Ramp Hollow written by Steven Stoll and published by Hill and Wang. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the United States underdeveloped Appalachia Appalachia—among the most storied and yet least understood regions in America—has long been associated with poverty and backwardness. But how did this image arise and what exactly does it mean? In Ramp Hollow, Steven Stoll launches an original investigation into the history of Appalachia and its place in U.S. history, with a special emphasis on how generations of its inhabitants lived, worked, survived, and depended on natural resources held in common. Ramp Hollow traces the rise of the Appalachian homestead and how its self-sufficiency resisted dependence on money and the industrial society arising elsewhere in the United States—until, beginning in the nineteenth century, extractive industries kicked off a “scramble for Appalachia” that left struggling homesteaders dispossessed of their land. As the men disappeared into coal mines and timber camps, and their families moved into shantytowns or deeper into the mountains, the commons of Appalachia were, in effect, enclosed, and the fate of the region was sealed. Ramp Hollow takes a provocative look at Appalachia, and the workings of dispossession around the world, by upending our notions about progress and development. Stoll ranges widely from literature to history to economics in order to expose a devastating process whose repercussions we still feel today.

Chosin

Author : Eric Hammel
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 9781612007885
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Chosin written by Eric Hammel and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive account of the epic retreat under fire of the 1st Marine Division from the Chosin Reservoir.

The Ordeal of the Reunion

Author : Mark Wahlgren Summers
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469617579
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book The Ordeal of the Reunion written by Mark Wahlgren Summers and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ordeal of the Reunion: A New History of Reconstruction

ORDEAL OF GILBERT PINFOLD

Author : Evelyn Waugh
Publisher : Alien Ebooks
ISBN 13 : 1667623753
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book ORDEAL OF GILBERT PINFOLD written by Evelyn Waugh and published by Alien Ebooks. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A successful, middle-aged novelist with a case of 'bad nerves,' Gilbert Pinfold embarks on a recuperative trip to Ceylon. Almost as soon as the gangplank lifts, Pinfold hears sounds coming out of the ceiling of his cabin: wild jazz bands, barking dogs, loud revival meetings. He can only infer that somewhere concealed in his room an erratic public-address system is letting him hear everything that goes on aboard ship. And then, instead of just sounds, he hears voices. But they are not just any voices. These voices are talking, in the most frightening intimate way, about him!

Trial by Fire

Author : Nikolas Gardner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313052514
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Trial by Fire written by Nikolas Gardner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-08-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While existing accounts of this period have elevated the exploits of the British soldiers on the battlefield to almost legendary status, the operations of the British Expeditionary Force in the dramatic opening campaign of the First World War remain poorly understood. Based on official unit war diaries, as well as personal papers and memoirs of numerous officers, this study sheds significant new light on the retreat from Mons in August 1914, the advance to the River Aisne in September, and the climactic First Battle of Ypres in October and November. In addition, Gardner provides important insights into the ideas and values of British officers in the initial stages of the war. Beyond explaining the conduct of the 1914 campaign, Gardner analyzes the initial stages of the learning curve experienced by British officers as they grappled with an unaccustomed type of warfare, including the unprecedented scale and intensity of the conflict as well as the advent of trench warfare. He also demonstrates the impact of rivalries among senior officers on the operations of the army. As a whole, the study adds depth to our understanding of command in European armies during the First World War.

Nothing but Victory

Author : Steven E. Woodworth
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0375726608
Total Pages : 796 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book Nothing but Victory written by Steven E. Woodworth and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2006-10-17 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composed almost entirely of Midwesterners and molded into a lean, skilled fighting machine by Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, the Army of the Tennessee marched directly into the heart of the Confederacy and won major victories at Shiloh and at the rebel strongholds of Vicksburg and Atlanta.Acclaimed historian Steven Woodworth has produced the first full consideration of this remarkable unit that has received less prestige than the famed Army of the Potomac but was responsible for the decisive victories that turned the tide of war toward the Union. The Army of the Tennessee also shaped the fortunes and futures of both Grant and Sherman, liberating them from civilian life and catapulting them onto the national stage as their triumphs grew. A thrilling account of how a cohesive fighting force is forged by the heat of battle and how a confidence born of repeated success could lead soldiers to expect “nothing but victory.”

Command Failure in War

Author : Philip Langer
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253110939
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (531 download)

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Download or read book Command Failure in War written by Philip Langer and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2004-05-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do military commanders, most of them usually quite capable, fail at crucial moments of their careers? Robert Pois and Philip Langer -- one a historian, the other an educational psychologist -- study seven cases of military command failures, from Frederick the Great at Kunersdorf to Hitler's invasion of Russia. While the authors recognize the value of psychological theorizing, they do not believe that one method can cover all the individuals, battles, or campaigns under examination. Instead, they judiciously take a number of psycho-historical approaches in hope of shedding light on the behaviors of commanders during war. The other battles and commanders studied here are Napoleon in Russia, George B. McClellan's Peninsular Campaign, Robert E. Lee and Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, John Bell Hood at the Battle of Franklin, Douglas Haig and the British command during World War I, "Bomber" Harris and the Strategic Bombing of Germany, and Stalingrad.

The Ordeal of the Jungle

Author : David Bates
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809337452
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Ordeal of the Jungle written by David Bates and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2019-07-08 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1910 and 1920, the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) inaugurated a massive organizing drive in the city’s meatpacking and steel industries. Although the CFL sought legitimately progressive goals, worked earnestly to organize an interracial union, and made major inroads among both black and white workers, their efforts resulted in a bitter defeat. David Bates provides a clear picture of how even the most progressive of intentions can be ground to a halt. By organizing workers into neighborhood locals, which connected workplace struggles to ethnic and religious identities, the CFL facilitated a surge in the organization’s membership, particularly among African American workers, and afforded the federation the opportunity to aggressively confront employers. The CFL’s innovative structure, however, was ultimately its demise. Linking union locals to neighborhoods proved to be a form of de facto segregation. Over time union structures, rank-and-file conflicts, and employer resistance combined to turn the union’s hopeful calls for solidarity into animosity and estrangement. Tensions were exacerbated by violent shop floor confrontations and exploded in the bloody 1919 Chicago Race Riot. By the early 1920s, the CFL had collapsed. The Ordeal of the Jungle explores the choices of a variety of people while showing a complex, overarching interplay of black and white workers and their employers. In addition to analyzing union structures and on-the-ground relations between workers, Bates synthesizes and challenges previous scholarship on interracial organizing to explain the failure of progressive unionism in Chicago.

Sicily: Whose Victory?

Author : Martin Blumenson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Sicily: Whose Victory? written by Martin Blumenson and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ordeal by Fire

Author : Fletcher Pratt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Ordeal by Fire written by Fletcher Pratt and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Professional Journal of the United States Army

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1066 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Professional Journal of the United States Army written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Essays in Some Dimensions of Military History

Author : Don Rickey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essays in Some Dimensions of Military History written by Don Rickey and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Thinking the Twentieth Century

Author : Tony Judt
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110155987X
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Thinking the Twentieth Century written by Tony Judt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An intellectual feast, learned, lucid, challenging and accessible.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Ideas crackle” in this triumphant final book of Tony Judt, taking readers on “a wild ride through the ideological currents and shoals of 20th century thought.” (Los Angeles Times) The final book of the brilliant historian and indomitable public critic Tony Judt, Thinking the Twentieth Century maps the issues and concerns of a turbulent age on to a life of intellectual conflict and engagement. The twentieth century comes to life as an age of ideas—a time when, for good and for ill, the thoughts of the few reigned over the lives of the many. Judt presents the triumphs and the failures of prominent intellectuals, adeptly explaining both their ideas and the risks of their political commitments. Spanning an era with unprecedented clarity and insight, Thinking the Twentieth Century is a tour-de-force, a classic engagement of modern thought by one of the century’s most incisive thinkers. The exceptional nature of this work is evident in its very structure—a series of intimate conversations between Judt and his friend and fellow historian Timothy Snyder, grounded in the texts of the time and focused by the intensity of their vision. Judt's astounding eloquence and range are here on display as never before. Traversing the complexities of modern life with ease, he and Snyder revive both thoughts and thinkers, guiding us through the debates that made our world. As forgotten ideas are revisited and fashionable trends scrutinized, the shape of a century emerges. Judt and Snyder draw us deep into their analysis, making us feel that we too are part of the conversation. We become aware of the obligations of the present to the past, and the force of historical perspective and moral considerations in the critique and reform of society, then and now. In restoring and indeed exemplifying the best of intellectual life in the twentieth century, Thinking the Twentieth Century opens pathways to a moral life for the twenty-first. This is a book about the past, but it is also an argument for the kind of future we should strive for: Thinking the Twentieth Century is about the life of the mind—and the mindful life. Judt's book, Ill Fares the Land, republished in 2021 featuring a new preface by bestselling author of Between the World and Me and The Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi Coates.