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Author : Robert Bruce
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ISBN 13 : 9780963149503
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (495 download)
Download or read book The M1 Does My Talking! written by Robert Bruce and published by . This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leroy Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849086222
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)
Download or read book The M1 Garand written by Leroy Thompson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II. It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder. No less an authority on killing the enemy than General George S. Patton called the Garand, “The greatest battle implement ever devised.” At a time when opposing forces were armed with bolt-action rifles, US troops had a highly reliable self-loader. The eight-round clips which were used to load the M1 Garand were, however, viewed with mixed emotions by the troops on the ground. Some Army and Marine Corps troops allegedly felt that the distinctive “twang” as the Garand's clip was ejected when empty alerted the enemy that the soldiers were reloading and resulted in an attack. But the Garand became the defining mankiller of the war, despite its weight and magazine problems, and many US combat veterans consider it one of the key reasons they survived the war.
Author : Cameron McWhirter
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374722005
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)
Download or read book American Gun written by Cameron McWhirter and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A magisterial work of narrative history and original reportage . . . You can feel the tension building one cold, catastrophic fact at a time . . . A virtually unprecedented achievement.” —Mike Spies, The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) A Washington Post top 50 nonfiction book of 2023 | Short-listed for the Zócalo Book Prize One of The New York Times’ 33 nonfiction books to read this fall | One of Esquire’s best books of fall | A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2023 Named a most anticipated book of the fall by The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Bloomberg American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 presents the epic history of America’s most controversial weapon. In the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. High-minded and patriotic, Stoner sought to devise a lightweight, easy-to-use weapon that could replace the M1s touted by soldiers in World War II. What he did create was a lethal handheld icon of the American century. In American Gun, the veteran Wall Street Journal reporters Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson track the AR-15 from inception to ubiquity. How did the same gun represent the essence of freedom to millions of Americans and the essence of evil to millions more? To answer this question, McWhirter and Elinson follow Stoner—the American Kalashnikov—as he struggled mightily to win support for his invention, which under the name M16 would become standard equipment in Vietnam. Shunned by gun owners at first, the rifle’s popularity would take off thanks to a renegade band of small-time gun makers. And in the 2000s, it would become the weapon of choice for mass shooters, prompting widespread calls for proscription even as the gun industry embraced it as a financial savior. Writing with fairness and compassion, McWhirter and Elinson explore America’s gun culture, revealing the deep appeal of the AR-15, the awful havoc it wreaks, and the politics of reducing its toll. The result is a moral history of contemporary America’s love affair with technology, freedom, and weaponry. Includes 8 pages of black-and-white images.
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Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1851098585
Total Pages : 1860 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)
Download or read book World War II [5 volumes] [5 volumes] written by Spencer C. Tucker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-02-23 with total page 1860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed with the more visual needs of today's student in mind, this landmark encyclopedia covers the entire scope of the Second World War, from its earliest roots to its continuing impact on global politics and human society. Over 1,000 illustrations, maps, and primary source materials enhance the text and make history come alive for students and faculty alike. ABC-CLIO's World War II: A Student Encyclopedia captures the monumental sweep of the "Big One" with accessible scholarship, a student-friendly, image-rich design, and a variety of tools specifically crafted for the novice researcher. For teachers and curriculum specialists, it is a thoroughly contemporary and authoritative work with everything they need to enrich their syllabi and meet state and national standards. Ranging from the conflict's historic origins to VJ Day and beyond, it brings all aspects of the war vividly to life—its origins in the rubble of World War I, its inevitable outbreak, its succession of tumultuous battles and unforgettable personalities. Students will understand what the war meant to the leaders, the soldiers, and everyday families on home fronts around the world. Featured essays look at Pearl Harbor, the Holocaust, the atomic bomb, and other crucial events, as well as fascinating topics such as signals intelligence and the role of women in war. A separate primary source volume provides essential source material for homework, test preparation or special projects. With a wealth of new information and new ideas about the war's causes, course, and consequences, World War II will be the first place students turn for the who, what, when, where, and—more importantly—the why, behind this historic conflict.
Author : Howard H. Peckham
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253024609
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Letters from the Greatest Generation written by Howard H. Peckham and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of personal letters from overseas that reveal in day-to-day detail what it was like to serve in World War II. Recounting victory and defeat, love and loss, this is a remarkable and frank collection of World War II letters penned by American men and women serving overseas. Here, the hopes and dreams of the greatest generation fill each page, and their voices ring loud and clear. “It’s all part of the game but it’s bloody and rough,” writes one soldier to his wife. “Wearing two stripes now and as proud as an old cat with five kittens,” remarks another. Yet, as many countries rejoiced on V-E Day, this book reveals that soldiers were “too tired and sad to celebrate.” Filled with the everyday thoughts of these fighters, the letters are by turns heartbreaking and amusing, revealing and frightening. While visiting a German concentration camp, one man wrote, “I don’t like Army life but I’m glad we are here to stop these atrocities.” Meanwhile, in another letter a soldier quips, “I know lice don’t crawl so I figured they were fleas.” A fitting tribute to all veterans, this book brings the experience of war—its dramatic horrors, its dreary hardships, its desperate hope for a better future—to vivid life. “An intimate portrait of the mundane and remarkable, of heroism and terror, of friendship and loss . . . Timely, compelling, and important reading.”—Matthew L. Basso, author of Men at Work
Author : Robert Bruce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780963149527
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (495 download)
Download or read book The M1 Does My Talking written by Robert Bruce and published by . This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Federal Open Market Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 900 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee and Its Executive Committee written by United States. Federal Open Market Committee and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leroy Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178096434X
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The M1 Garand written by Leroy Thompson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-20 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II. It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder. No less an authority on killing the enemy than General George S. Patton called the Garand, “The greatest battle implement ever devised.” At a time when opposing forces were armed with bolt-action rifles, US troops had a highly reliable self-loader. The eight-round clips which were used to load the M1 Garand were, however, viewed with mixed emotions by the troops on the ground. Some Army and Marine Corps troops allegedly felt that the distinctive “twang” as the Garand's clip was ejected when empty alerted the enemy that the soldiers were reloading and resulted in an attack. But the Garand became the defining mankiller of the war, despite its weight and magazine problems, and many US combat veterans consider it one of the key reasons they survived the war.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Federal Probation written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1012 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book The American Legion written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 968 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The American Legion Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Biggio
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1684511399
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (845 download)
Download or read book The Rifle written by Andrew Biggio and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It all started because of a rifle. The Rifle is an inspirational story and hero’s journey of a 28-year-old U.S. Marine, Andrew Biggio, who returned home from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, full of questions about the price of war. He found answers from those who survived the costliest war of all -- WWII veterans. It began when Biggio bought a 1945 M1 Garand Rifle, the most common rifle used in WWII, to honor his great uncle, a U.S. Army soldier who died on the hills of the Italian countryside. When Biggio showed the gun to his neighbor, WWII veteran Corporal Joseph Drago, it unlocked memories Drago had kept unspoken for 50 years. On the spur of the moment, Biggio asked Drago to sign the rifle. Thus began this Marine’s mission to find as many WWII veterans as he could, get their signatures on the rifle, and document their stories. For two years, Biggio traveled across the country to interview America’s last-living WWII veterans. Each time he put the M1 Garand Rifle in their hands, their eyes lit up with memories triggered by holding the weapon that had been with them every step of the war. With each visit and every story told to Biggio, the veterans signed their names to the rifle. 96 signatures now cover that rifle, each a reminder of the price of war and the courage of our soldiers.
Author : Dominic J. CapeciJr.
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813193729
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Detroit And The "Good War" written by Dominic J. CapeciJr. and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward J. Jeffries Jr., was elected mayor of Detroit in 1937 and for a decade led the city through a period of race riots, union turmoil, and unprecedented growth. Jeffries's circle of friends was made up primarily of newspaper reporters who shared his interests and lifestyle. Devoted to family, they nevertheless worked long hours, smoked heavily, drank moderately, and gambled often in their running card games of gin and poker. After Pearl Harbor, Jeffries watched his closest friends, most twelve to fourteen years his junior, enlist in the armed forces. Voracious letter writers, over the next four years they shared with one another their innermost hopes and fears. They told stories about Gen. George S. Patton, the surrender of Japan, of commanding African American soldiers during the Normandy invasion, and the battles on the home front in the heart of Detroit, the "Arsenal of Democracy." These letters present a candid portrait of the intellectual and political leadership of Detroit—and America. These men were confident in their values, aware of their responsibilities, and logical in their actions as they helped forge the weapons that turned back the fascist threat to democracy. Their letters also reveal a level and kind of male camaraderie seemingly lost in the depersonalized, technocratic society of the postwar era. As such, this work provides a more complete understanding of how Americans reacted to—and were changed by—the "Good War."
Author : Larry Kahaner
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1118040473
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book AK-47 written by Larry Kahaner and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No single weapon has spread so much raw power to so many people in so little time—and had such a devastating effect—as the AK-47 assault rifle. This book examines the legacy of this world-changing weapon, from its creation as means of fighting the Nazis to its ubiquity today in every kind of conflict, from civil wars in Africa to gang wars in L.A.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
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Total Pages : 694 pages
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Total Pages : 80 pages
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Download or read book 105-1 Hearing: Oversight of The Administrative Process for Disposing of Government of Surplus Parts and Equipment, S.HRG. 105-227, July 8, 1997 written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
