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Snapshots of a Soldier

Author : Ronald T. Carr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781388257965
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book Snapshots of a Soldier written by Ronald T. Carr and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A snapshot of a Soldier is the story of the author's time as a soldier in the British army between 1963 and 1971. During this time British soldiers were embroiled in four active service conflicts (wars) in four different countries. First of all, he trained as a communications specialist with the Royal Signals and then trained as a paratrooper. Paratroopers were always among the first be sent into areas of conflict. The book describes how, as paratroopers, and young men, they found combat to be both exciting and scary. From a soldier's perspective the sixties and early seventies were never dull. Their very their training did in fact allow them to readily accept that hostilities (combat) were acceptable. They were paratroopers and that made them an elite band of soldiers who readily accepted what they had to do. The television series about American airborne troops called; 'Band of Brothers' is a truism that these British soldiers understood very well - they were a 'Band of Brothers'. It describes how the modern soldier of the time endures and acknowledges what is expected of them in times of war against other soldiers, and terrorists. Although this book is under the category; 'biographies memoirs' the book does not simply describe the events and experiences of the soldiers, it also uses speech (as you might see in a fictional book) between the soldiers and others involved. This makes the book much more interesting - as if the soldier is talking directly to you.

Soldier Snapshots

Author : Jay Mechling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780700632435
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (324 download)

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Download or read book Soldier Snapshots written by Jay Mechling and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Soldier Snapshots, Jay Mechling reveals how vernacular photos by men in the military reveal layers of meaning that require us to incorporate perspectives drawn from the fields of psychoanalysis, masculinity and gender studies, cultural anthropology, and American Studies to interpret them. As with his other books-on topics such as the Boy Scouts, wildlife, and children's folklore-Mechling seeks an understanding of American culture by subjecting particular bits of evidence to scrutiny to see how the part can reveal the whole. The 84 photographs in this book are part of a collection of vintage snapshots collected by Mechling from online auctions and vintage photography shows. He presents and discusses them using themes such as play, male friendship, and the male body"--

Soldier Snapshots

Author : Jay Mechling
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700632921
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Soldier Snapshots written by Jay Mechling and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Soldier Snapshots Jay Mechling explores how American men socially construct their performance of masculinity in everyday life in all-male friendship groups during their service in the military. The evidence Mechling analyzes is a collection of vernacular photographs, “snapshots,” of and by American soldiers, sailors, Marines, and aviators. Since almost all of the snapshots are photographs taken of men by other men, this book offers a unique view into the social construction, performance, and repair of American masculinity. Mechling guides the reader from the snapshots to ideas about the everyday lives of male soldiers to ideas about the lives of men in groups to ideas about American culture. In his introduction Mechling offers his thoughts about how to undertake the interdisciplinary study of American culture; he draws from history, folklore, anthropology, sociology, rhetoric, psychology, gender and sexuality studies, ethnic studies, popular culture studies, and visual studies to reveal the intricacies of how men use their folk practices in an all-male group to manage the paradoxes of their friendship and comradeship under sometimes stressful conditions. Soldier Snapshots begins with a brief history of war photography and establishes the nature of vernacular photography: the snapshot. This is followed by a jargon-free discussion of the key ideas about masculinity and the vernacular practices of men in groups, exploring male friendship, the important role of play in men’s relationships, and the ways “animal buddies” adopted by male friendship groups actually tell us even more about male friendship and issues of trust. In the final section Mechling’s careful analysis reveals how the men employ different folk practices—including rough-and-tumble playfighting, building human pyramids, bathing naked in public, cross-dressing, hazing, and gallows humor—in order to manage their relationships. Regardless of the man’s sexual orientation and sexual identity, the strong heterosexual norm in the military means that the men must find ways to understand and even enact or perform their feelings of bonding while still defining those feelings and acts as heterosexual.

Ten Original Snapshots by a Soldier of the First Battalion, A.I.F.

Author : Private F.E. Mitchell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Ten Original Snapshots by a Soldier of the First Battalion, A.I.F. written by Private F.E. Mitchell and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Private Pictures

Author : Janina Struk
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000213455
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Private Pictures written by Janina Struk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snapshots taken by American soldiers of Iraqi prisoners stripped naked, humiliated and tortured shocked the world in 2004 and more have followed from the conflict in Afghanistan, but whether the public have been horrified by the soldiers' conduct or the fact they have taken pictures has not been clear. In fact, as this remarkable book reveals and relates, soldiers have taken photographs of war and its atrocities for more than 100 years. But their pictures are private, intended mainly for the soldiers themselves, as mementoes or as attempts to make sense of the chaos, brutality and boredom of war. They can be gruesome or sociable, shocking or mundane and they are seldom regarded as serious contributions to a visual culture of war, which since 1939 has been dominated by professional war photography. But with the 21st-century shift to simple digital photography, transmission by the internet available to all, and a new 'citizen journalism', soldiers' pictures are acquiring a new resonance."Private Pictures" traces this unacknowledged genre of photography from the origins of popular photography in the Boer War through to the present day; it discusses how the images have been used and it asks: what effect might the wider appreciation of soldiers' pictures have on the popular perception of war?

Snapshots of Valor

Author : Herbert Elliot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Snapshots of Valor written by Herbert Elliot and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Snapshots from the Vietnam War

Author : Richard Udden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781983711121
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Snapshots from the Vietnam War written by Richard Udden and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-26 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2014, Udden decided to add captions to the snapshots he took in Vietnam in 1970. That effort morphed into his memoir, 21 MONTHS, 24 DAYS. So, he began again to finish captioning his pictures. The result is this book. Soldiers that carried a camera in Vietnam took pictures of each other and then passed the camera to get a picture of themselves. Udden also took snapshots of the land, the people of Vietnam, artillery, helicopters, planes and anything else that caught his eye through the lens. He used a Kodak Instamatic Camera instead of a 35mm because he needed something tough that would survive getting banged around in an ammo can at the bottom of his pack. So, though the images are unique and the colors amazing, he apologizes that some are not focused to a pinpoint. I hope you enjoy what you see. If you want to know the stories that fit between these captured moments, I would suggest you read his memoir.

Military Law Review

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military Law Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Snapshots Upper Primary A

Author : Lynette Evans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780733957628
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (576 download)

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Download or read book Snapshots Upper Primary A written by Lynette Evans and published by . This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Snapshots and Short Notes

Author : Kenneth Wilson
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574418068
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Snapshots and Short Notes written by Kenneth Wilson and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2020-08-14 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snapshots and Short Notes examines the photographic postcards exchanged during the first half of the twentieth century as illustrated, first-hand accounts of American life. Almost immediately after the introduction of the generic postcard at the turn of the century, innovations in small, accessible cameras added black and white photographs to the cards. The resulting combination of image and text emerged as a communication device tantamount to social media today. Postcard messages and photographs tell the stories of ordinary lives during a time of far-reaching technological, demographic, and social changes: a family’s new combine harvester that could cut 40 acres a day; a young woman trying to find work in a man’s world; the sight of an airplane in flight. However, postcards also chronicled and shared hardship and tragedy––the glaring reality of homesteading on the High Plains, natural disasters, preparations for war, and the struggles for racial and gender equality. With a meticulous eye for detail, painstaking research, and astute commentary, Wilson surveys more than 160 photographic postcards, reproduced in full color, that provide insights into every aspect of life in a time not far removed from our own.

Snapshots of Valor (Classic Reprint)

Author : Herbert Elliot
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266188933
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (889 download)

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Download or read book Snapshots of Valor (Classic Reprint) written by Herbert Elliot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Snapshots of Valor Many people object to military decorations crosses, medals, ribbons, and the like - ou the ground that they draw invidious distinctions. Not that the decorations are undeserved: in most cases they are earned over and over again. But all soldiers will tell you that the winning of a decoration is a sheer matter of luck Some one happened to be looking at the time; that is all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Seeing the War

Author : David P. Colley
Publisher : University Press of New England
ISBN 13 : 1611687268
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Seeing the War written by David P. Colley and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The faces in photographs of World War II-both the famous pictures from Life magazine and the seldom-seen snapshots of individual soldiers, sailors, and correspondents-have a unique capacity to induce awe, respect, and wonder. Who were these men and women? Did they survive the war? And, if so, what were their lives like? Author and Vietnam-era veteran David P. Colley has been researching the subjects of World War II photographs for more than twenty years. As he explains, "I find the pursuit of the soldiers in World War II photographs illuminating. We never stop and ask about the toll of war or what happened to the men afterward. Many were killed or wounded or suffered deep psychological scars. The year 2015 marks the seventieth anniversary of the end of that war. It will undoubtedly be one of the last times this nation honors its living World War II veterans. Soon they will be no more and the war mostly forgotten. It already is ancient history to the majority of Americans. But the images of those veterans, depicted in photographs, bring alive those momentous years and enshrine the soldiers in our history and our imaginations." In Seeing the War, Colley revisits more than a hundred of the most revealing photographs of World War II.

Panel-Art Snapshots

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Panel-Art Snapshots written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: "Panel-Art Snapshots. " Includes the following three photos: Unidentified soldier at Camp Grant, Six soldiers in M1 helmets pose for a photo, and Soldiers lying in a field. Camp Grant, Illinois. 1944.

Are Military Adultery Standards Changing? What are the Implications?

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring, and the District of Columbia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Are Military Adultery Standards Changing? What are the Implications? written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring, and the District of Columbia and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Illustrated History of Snapshot Photography

Author : John Wade
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1399079190
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book An Illustrated History of Snapshot Photography written by John Wade and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2024-08-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evolution of snapshot photography from Victorian times to the digital age. The arrival of the first snapshot camera in Victorian times bred a new kind of photographer, one who might never before have thought of owning a camera, but for whom the ability to take pictures without any previous experience offered a new liberation. The way snapshot cameras and the pictures they took evolved through the following years and into today’s digital age is what this book is all about. With more than 200 mono pictures and sixteen pages of color, it examines how different types of snapshot camera opened up opportunities to shoot new kinds of picture; reveals the dubious way in which snapshot photographers were once perceived; shows how to identify where and when certain snapshots were taken; looks at the role of professional snapshot photographers; examines the part snapshots have played in social history; and explains why yesterday’s snapshots are still so important today.

Troepie Snapshots

Author : Cameron Blake
Publisher : 30 Degrees South Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781920143466
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book Troepie Snapshots written by Cameron Blake and published by 30 Degrees South Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photographic slice of conscript life in the South African Defence Force This pictorial is a compilation of images obtained by the author while working on his first book--an oral history of pre-1994 South African Defence Force national service. It was illegal to take photos; however, there were inevitably those conscripts who ignored the rules, aiming their cheap, disposable cameras at whatever they could, but usually among comrades or when it was considered safe to do so. Inevitably certain images are poor in quality, often blurred and off-centre. But that is the reality--hastily-taken amateur snapshots. Even so, many are remarkably clear, serving to illustrate a period when over 600,000 white South African males, between 1951 and 1993, were ordered to join the South African Defence Force for service mainly 'on the border', or the 'Operational Area'--South West Africa (Namibia) and Angola. It is of note that all the photos, apart from Operation Protea, were taken by non-professional soldiers; young men some would call boys. Some patriotically embraced their call-ups as an opportunity to serve their country, while most stoically accepted their unsought-for lot--the law, and a war to protect South Africa from the spread of communism, the Red Tide. Cameron Blake was born in 1969 in Johannesburg where he grew up. He graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1991, with a Diploma in Graphic Design. In 1992, still liable for compulsory national service--albeit in the early '90s when most conscripts were not heeding their call-ups--he cleared in at Voortrekkerhoogte, a large military base outside Pretoria. After doing his basic training in the Technical Services Corps, he transferred to the Ordnance Services Corps in Cape Town, completing his service in the media department. After a decade of varying careers in creative media fields, he finally teamed up with a long-time friend to open a small shop in Cape Town's CBD. The shop specializes in coins, medals and surplus militaria: his true passions. It was here that he began networking with veterans and collecting their stories, in line with his interest in southern African military history. His first book, Troepie: From Call-up to Camps, was published in 2009, and the sequel, From Soldier to Civvy, in 2010.

Snapshots of Christ in Isaiah

Author : Cordell W. Mitchell
Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN 13 : 9781478748564
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book Snapshots of Christ in Isaiah written by Cordell W. Mitchell and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will turn on a bright light as you see the book of Isaiah with Christ at its center. If you are a pastor, teacher, or preacher hundreds of diamonds await you to pick up and expound on them. To the young ministers of third world countries, this book was written specifically for you to open your eyes to the seed truths in Isaiah of Christ and their fulfillment in the New Testament. The greater knowledge you have of the Scriptures, the greater will you see in these snapshots. As the author, I assume your knowledge is wide in the Scriptures and have made the subjects quick and to the point, waiting only for your heart to expound on it for your hearers. You hold in your hand much of the results of my quest in searching for Christ in the Scriptures. His snapshots are in every book of the Bible waiting for you to behold his face. And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. (Luke 24:27)