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Rubber Soldiers

Author : Gary Neeleman
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 : 9780764353321
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book Rubber Soldiers written by Gary Neeleman and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2017 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rubber Soldiers were an army of 55,000 men from the Brazilian northeast, who were sent to the Amazon basin to harvest rubber for the Allied War effort under an agreement between Brazil and the US. Approximately 26,000 of these men died in the Amazon of malaria, yellow fever, and other jungle afflictions. Many of the original tappers are still alive, now in their late nineties, and living in slums in major Amazonian cities, still awaiting compensation. This book proves the US did pay for the rubber, contrary to common belief in Brazil that they did not. The book also shows that the Allied air bases on Brazil's northeastern coast were critical in defeating the Germans in North Africa, and containing the German U-boat effort in the south Atlantic. This aspect of WWII has rarely been reported and yet it may have been one of the most important events of the war.

Researching American-made Toy Soldiers

Author : Richard O'Brien
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1605433101
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Researching American-made Toy Soldiers written by Richard O'Brien and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, Richard O'Brien has collected hundreds of articles and features he wrote for various toy soldier collecting magazines in one compelling book. Filled with pictures and information on the best known -- and the most obscure -- toy soldiers of the past century.

The Ghost Army of World War II

Author : Rick Beyer
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1797225308
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book The Ghost Army of World War II written by Rick Beyer and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A riveting tale told through personal accounts and sketches along the way—ultimately, a story of success against great odds. I enjoyed it enormously.” —Tom Brokaw The first book to tell the full story of how a traveling road show of artists wielding imagination, paint, and bravado saved thousands of American lives—now updated with new material. In the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of young GIs—artists, designers, architects, and sound engineers, including such future luminaries as Bill Blass, Ellsworth Kelly, Arthur Singer, Victor Dowd, Art Kane, and Jack Masey—landed in France to conduct a secret mission. From Normandy to the Rhine, the 1,100 men of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, known as the Ghost Army, conjured up phony convoys, phantom divisions, and make-believe headquarters to fool the enemy about the strength and location of American units. Every move they made was top secret, and their story was hushed up for decades after the war's end. Hundreds of color and black-and-white photographs, along with maps, official memos, and letters, accompany Rick Beyer and Elizabeth Sayles’s meticulous research and interviews with many of the soldiers, weaving a compelling narrative of how an unlikely team carried out amazing battlefield deceptions that saved thousands of American lives and helped open the way for the final drive to Germany. The stunning art created between missions also offers a glimpse of life behind the lines during World War II. This updated edition includes: A new afterword by co-author Rick Beyer Never-before-seen additional images The successful campaign to have the unit awarded a Congressional Gold Medal History and WWII enthusiasts will find The Ghost Army of World War II an essential addition to their library.

In Search of the Amazon

Author : Seth Garfield
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822377179
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book In Search of the Amazon written by Seth Garfield and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicling the dramatic history of the Brazilian Amazon during the Second World War, Seth Garfield provides fresh perspectives on contemporary environmental debates. His multifaceted analysis explains how the Amazon became the object of geopolitical rivalries, state planning, media coverage, popular fascination, and social conflict. In need of rubber, a vital war material, the United States spent millions of dollars to revive the Amazon's rubber trade. In the name of development and national security, Brazilian officials implemented public programs to engineer the hinterland's transformation. Migrants from Brazil's drought-stricken Northeast flocked to the Amazon in search of work. In defense of traditional ways of life, longtime Amazon residents sought to temper outside intervention. Garfield's environmental history offers an integrated analysis of the struggles among distinct social groups over resources and power in the Amazon, as well as the repercussions of those wartime conflicts in the decades to come.

Soldiers

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Soldiers written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

ISLA

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ISLA written by and published by . This book was released on 1991-05 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clippings of Latin American political, social and economic news from various English language newspapers.

The context of REDD+ in Brazil: Drivers, agents and institutions

Author : Peter H. May
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The context of REDD+ in Brazil: Drivers, agents and institutions written by Peter H. May and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2011 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Official Organ of the Congo Reform Association

Author : Congo Reform Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1116 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Official Organ of the Congo Reform Association written by Congo Reform Association and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Digital Soldiers

Author : James F. Dunnigan
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312300074
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digital Soldiers written by James F. Dunnigan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1996 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Boot and Shoe Recorder

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1578 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Boot and Shoe Recorder written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gun Guys

Author : Dan Baum
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307742504
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Gun Guys written by Dan Baum and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dan Baum is a gun fanatic. He is also Jewish Democrat who grew up in suburban New Jersey. In Gun Guys, he takes us on a guided tour of gun stores and gun shows, shooting ranges and festivals, contests and auctions, trying to figure out what draws so many of us to guns in the first place. Is it just part of being American? Introducing a wide cast of characters, Baum shows both sides of the gun culture in America, bringing an entire world vividly to life, and in doing so helping to find a middle ground in the gun debate, where actual conversation can take place.

Australian Soldiers in Asia-Pacific in World War II

Author : Lachlan Grant
Publisher : NewSouth
ISBN 13 : 1742241840
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Australian Soldiers in Asia-Pacific in World War II written by Lachlan Grant and published by NewSouth. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Half a million Australians encountered a new world when they entered Asia and the Pacific during World War II: different peoples, cultures, languages and religions chafing under the grip of colonial rule. Moving beyond the battlefield, this book tells the story of how mid-century experiences of troops in Asia-Pacific shaped how we feel about our nation’s place in the region and the world. Spanning the vast region from New Guinea to Southeast Asia and India, Lachlan Grant uncovers affecting tales of friendship, grief, spiritual awakening, rebellion, incarceration, sex and souvenir hunting. Focusing on the day-to-day interactions between soldiers on the ground and the people and cultures they encountered, this book paints a picture not only of individual lives transformed, but of dramatically shifting national perceptions, as the gaze of Australia turned from Britain to Asia.

Israeli Politics and the First Palestinian Intifada

Author : Eitan Alimi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134171811
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Israeli Politics and the First Palestinian Intifada written by Eitan Alimi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Palestinian/Israeli conflict continues to be of major importance in the Middle East, this book employs a new agency approach to understanding the conflict, examining the unprecedented challenge mounted by Palestinian insurgents to Israeli military rule in the West Bank and Gaza between 1987 and 1992. In particular the book discusses how the Palestinians learned about their occupier and how knowledge of Israeli political divisions were used, as well as exploring the various ways in which oppression led to shared grievances and discontent, and the development of organizations to maintain the Intifada. It has received an award by the Israeli Political Science Association for the best book on Israeli politics in English.

Daily Life in Civil War America

Author : Dorothy Volo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Daily Life in Civil War America written by Dorothy Volo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on extensive research into newly discovered documents, this new edition of the popular volume offers an updated look at the daily lives of ordinary citizens caught up in the Civil War. When first published, Daily Life in Civil War America shifted the spotlight from the conflict's military operations and famous leaders to its affect on day-to-day living. Now this popular, groundbreaking work returns in a thoroughly updated new edition, drawing on an expanded range of journals, journalism, diaries, and correspondence to capture the realities of wartime life for soldiers and citizens, slaves and free persons, women and children, on both sides of the conflict. In addition to chapter-by-chapter updating, the edition features new chapters on two important topics: the affects of the war on families, focusing on the absence of men on the home front and the plight of nearly 26,000 children orphaned by the war; and the activities of the Copperheads, anti-Confederate border residents, and other Southern pacifist groups.

Journey Along the Amazon

Author : Alex Woolf
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 1482413248
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Journey Along the Amazon written by Alex Woolf and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine traveling thousands of miles downriver by boat and encountering deadly poison dart frogs and anacondas as well as friendly pink river dolphins and manatees. A first-person narrative guides readers through the twists and turns of South America's famous Amazon River. Colorful maps and photographs on each page aid navigation, while text offers interesting facts about the peoples and places along the route to the Atlantic Ocean. Important history, geography, and science topics are highlighted, while the uncertain future of the Amazon rainforest and its wildlife is particularly stressed.

Racism in Novels

Author : Elaine Rocha
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443821977
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Racism in Novels written by Elaine Rocha and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-16 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the first half of the twentieth century, both countries witnessed the advance of capitalism, translated into an aggressive police of development, with the exploitation of minerals, construction of railways and roads, urbanization and industrialization. Along with the economic development, Brazilian and South African society tried to take control of their society, meaning to control the population in order to maintain the status quo. For that end, racial definitions, classifications, theories and policies were fundamental. As the features of South African politics and policies of racial segregation emerged with new colors for the world after the end of the Apartheid regime, given the testimonies, the released documents and the new analysis, Brazilians have been pushed to face the problem of racial exclusion, unmasking its image as a “racial paradise” under the lights of new studies as well. Elaine Rocha uses novels published in both countries between 1912 and 1953 as a window from were one could see how cultural perceptions, policies and of racial differentiation were reflected in the everyday life. The analysis of the literary content, plus the authors’ biographies, political ideologies and the problems they were facing and interacting, together with their intentions of affecting the lives of the readers with the tragedy they illustrated in their novels claiming for a change in the real world.

World War II in Global Perspective, 1931-1953

Author : Andrew N. Buchanan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119366070
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book World War II in Global Perspective, 1931-1953 written by Andrew N. Buchanan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive review of World War II that offers a global-level analysis Written for academics and students of history, World War II in Global Perspective, 1931-1953 presents a dynamic and global account of the historical events prior to, during, and after World War II. The author—a noted expert on the topic—explores the main theaters of the war and discusses the connections between them. He also examines the impact of the war on areas of the world that are often neglected in historical accounts, including Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and the so-called ‘neutral’ countries. This comprehensive text clearly shows how in the struggle against the Axis powers, the United States replaced Britain as the global superpower. The author discusses the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 and the Korean War (1950-1953) and argues that the core years of the war (1939-1945) cannot be understood without considering the turbulent events that framed them. The text puts World War II in context as a series of large regional conflicts that intersected and overlapped, finally emerging as a genuine “world war” with the formal entry of the United States in late 1941. This vital text: Offers a comprehensive review of World War II that frames it in a global context Gives weight to the economic and political developments of the war Provides a robust account of the main military campaigns Contains illustrations and maps that themselves highlight little-known aspects of the global war