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Norman Bel Geddes - Magic motorways (1940).pdf

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Richard F. Veit, Mark Nonestied - New Jersey Cemet eries and Tombstones; History in the Landscape (20 08).jpg

In this sweeping tour of New Jersey's burial sites from the seventeenth century through the dawn of the twenty-first, readers will discover how headstones are much more than place markers for the deceased. From the earliest memorials that were once used by Native Americans, to some of the elaborate structures of the present day, historians Richard Veit and Mark Nonestied use grave markers to tell an off-beat account of New Jersey's history that is both fascinating and unique.

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Richard F. Veit, Mark Nonestied - New Jersey Cemet eries and Tombstones; History in the Landscape (20 08).pdf

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Gerard Henrotin - Early Colt pistols in 38 ACP Mod el 1900-1902-1903 (2008).jpg

An illustrated publication devoted early Colt pistols. The history of the creation, modification, typical features, markings, diagrams, photos, drawings.

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Gerard Henrotin - Early Colt pistols in 38 ACP Mod el 1900-1902-1903 (2008).pdf

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Gerard Henrotin - Colt 1903-08 Hammerless (2004).jpg

An illustrated publication devoted Colt 1903-08 Hammerless. The history of the creation, modification, typical features, markings, diagrams, photos, drawings.

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Gerard Henrotin - Colt 1903-08 Hammerless (2004).pdf

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Gerard Henrotin - The Colt 1991 A1 explained (2004 ).jpg

An illustrated publication devoted Colt 1991 A1. The history of the creation, modification, typical features, markings, diagrams, photos, drawings.

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Gerard Henrotin - The Colt 1991 A1 explained (2004 ).pdf

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John Talbott - Where America Went Wrong; And How T o Regain Her Democratic Ideals (2004).jpg

"John Talbott's call to revitalize American democracy also contains a powerful message for the rest of the world: namely, that democratic governance and the rule of law constitute the key to economic development. It's a compelling message that deserves the widest possible hearing." --Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy"This is a fascinating and ambitious book. Not everybody will agree with the arguments. But I believe everybody will be challenged and stimulated by them." --Daron Acemoglu, Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology"Clearly written and told with passion and conviction, Where America Went Wrong lays before us a compelling picture of an America that is under siege by corporations, special interests, and the rich and powerful. It is our very future as a democracy that is at stake. The book deserves to be read by everyone who cares about America." --D. Quinn Mills, Professor, Harvard Business School Who believes that America is currently living up to its potential? Is the American government being responsive to its citizens? Are the American and world economies as strong as they could be?Are Americans as happy as they could be? Why has world opinion turned strongly against America? While the symptoms indicate there is something fundamentally wrong with America, the remedy is very specific--we have lost our democratic tradition. The question for America no longer comes down to Democrats vs. Republicans or liberals vs. conservatives or free-market libertarians vs. anti-globalists, but rather to a simple formulation of the people vs. the elites. Some might argue that such delineation might initiate a class war. Wake up! The class war has already begun. Something has gone terribly wrong in America.

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John Talbott - Where America Went Wrong; And How T o Regain Her Democratic Ideals (2004).pdf

The bastion of democratic freedom in the world is ignoring its own democratic traditions at home and abroad, and the results are immediate and painful. World opinion of America has dropped precipitously. The world economy has stalled, especially in Africa and Latin America. Americans are consuming more and enjoying it less. The world is not at peace. It is time for Americans and members of the world community who are unhappy to stand up and raise their voices.Elites, big corporations, and special interests have had their failed day in the sun, and now it is time to return America to its people. The solution is democratic reform. Talbott shows how greater direct democracy can revitalize not just our politics, but our economy as well. Voting rights, constitutional rights, human rights, democratic institutions, a free press, civil liberties, and especially rights to assemble and speak are important not just in the world's repressive regimes but also in America, which has seen a long erosion of these basic rights so important to her people's prosperity and individual freedoms. America's next great political battle won't be fought between Democrats and Republicans: it will be fought between elitists and populists. This book begins that battle. *Reviving democracy in America: Who stole our country--and how to get it back--or did we just let them take it without a fight? *Failing democracy, failing economy: Why a strong American economy requires a strong democracy *Corporations are not people: Ending corporate dominance in American politics *Big media: Whatever happened to the free press?

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Marilyn J. Field and Alan Jette - The Future of Di sability in America (2007).jpg

The future of disability in America will depend on how well the U.S. prepares for and manages the demographic, fiscal, and technological developments that will unfold during the next two to three decades. Building upon two prior studies from the Institute of Medicine (the 1991 Institute of Medicine's report Disability in America and the 1997 report Enabling America), "The Future of Disability in America" examines both progress and concerns about continuing barriers that limit the independence, productivity, and participation in community life of people with disabilities.This book offers a comprehensive look at a wide range of issues, including the prevalence of disability across the lifespan; disability trends the role of assistive technology; barriers posed by health care and other facilities with inaccessible buildings, equipment, and information formats; the needs of young people moving from pediatric to adult health care and of adults experiencing premature aging and secondary health problems; selected issues in health care financing (e.g., risk adjusting payments to health plans, coverage of assistive technology); and the organizing and financing of disability-related research. "The Future of Disability in America" is an assessment of both principles and scientific evidence for disability policies and services. This book's recommendations propose steps to eliminate barriers and strengthen the evidence base for future public and private actions to reduce the impact of disability on individuals, families, and society.

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Marilyn J. Field and Alan Jette - The Future of Di sability in America (2007).pdf

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David W. Hogan, Jr., Robert K. Wright, Jr., Arnold G. Fisch, Jr. - The Story of the Noncommissioned Officer Corps (2007).jpg

01 - USA - David W. Hogan, Jr., Robert K. Wright, Jr., Arnold G. F... - The Story of the Noncommissioned Officer Corps 2007.jpg

The Story of the Noncommissioned Officer Corps is an important one, a rich history that continues to evolve. In this updated and expanded edition with narrative essays, paintings, photographs, and selected documents relevant to the contributions and experiences of those who are in the words of Rudyard Kipling "the backbone of the Army," David W. Hogan Jr., Robert K. Wright Jr., and Arnold G. Fisch Jr., as well as ten other contributing historians, prove the American noncommissioned officer to be a timeless icon. For more than two hundred thirty years NCOs have served alongside officers as leaders in the U.S. Army, not only in the barracks and on the parade ground but, most importantly, in the face of the enemy. The Army's reliance on both the technical knowledge and small-unit leadership of the NCO Corps evolved over decades until more training and professionalism became the norm. What this book does best is explain the historical significance of the NCO's traditional roles as small-unit leaders, trainers, and guardians of Army standards, living the Army values and representing the strength and resolution of the American people.

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William B. Breuer - The Air Raid Warden Was a Spy; And Other Tales from Home-Front America in World War II (2003).jpg

01 - USA - William B. Breuer - The Air Raid Warden Was a Spy And O...her Tales from Home-Front America in World War II 2003.jpg

The author brings to light many previously unknown stories of behind-the-scenes bravery and covert activities that helped the Allies win critical victories.

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William B. Breuer - The Air Raid Warden Was a Spy; And Other Tales from Home-Front America in World War II (2003).pdf

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Dorothy M. Brown, Elizabeth McKeown - The Poor Bel ong to Us; Catholic Charities and American Welfare (1998).jpg

Between the Civil War and World War II, Catholic charities evolved from volunteer and local origins into a centralized and professionally trained workforce that played a prominent role in the development of American welfare. Dorothy Brown and Elizabeth McKeown document the extraordinary efforts of Catholic volunteers to care for Catholic families and resist Protestant and state intrusions at the local level, and they show how these initiatives provided the foundation for the development of the largest private system of social provision in the United States.

It is a story tightly interwoven with local, national, and religious politics that began with the steady influx of poor Catholic immigrants into urban centers. Supported by lay organizations and by sympathetic supporters in city and state politics, religious women operated foundling homes, orphanages, protectories, reformatories, and foster care programs for the children of the Catholic poor in New York City and in urban centers around the country.

When pressure from reform campaigns challenged Catholic child care practices in the first decades of the twentieth century, Catholic charities underwent a significant transformation, coming under central diocesan control and growing increasingly reliant on the services of professional social workers. And as the Depression brought nationwide poverty and an overwhelming need for public solutions, Catholic charities faced a staggering challenge to their traditional claim to stewardship of the poor. In their compelling account, Brown and McKeown add an important dimension to our understanding of the transition from private to state social welfare.

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Dorothy M. Brown, Elizabeth McKeown - The Poor Bel ong to Us; Catholic Charities and American Welfare (1998).pdf

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Daniel J. Tichenor - Dividing Lines; The Politics of Immigration Control in America (2002).jpg

Immigration is perhaps the most enduring and elemental leitmotif of America. This book is the most powerful study to date of the politics and policies it has inspired, from the founders' earliest efforts to shape American identity to today's revealing struggles over Third World immigration, noncitizen rights, and illegal aliens. Weaving a robust new theoretical approach into a sweeping history, Daniel Tichenor ties together previous studies' idiosyncratic explanations for particular, pivotal twists and turns of immigration policy. He tells the story of lively political battles between immigration defenders and doubters over time and of the transformative policy regimes they built. Tichenor takes us from vibrant nineteenth-century politics that propelled expansive European admissions and Chinese exclusion to the draconian restrictions that had taken hold by the 1920s, including racist quotas that later hampered the rescue of Jews from the Holocaust. American global leadership and interest group politics in the decades after World War II, he argues, led to a surprising expansion of immigration opportunities. In the 1990s, a surge of restrictionist fervor spurred the political mobilization of recent immigrants. Richly documented, this pathbreaking work shows that a small number of interlocking temporal processes, not least changing institutional opportunities and constraints, underlie the turning tides of immigration sentiments and policy regimes. Complementing a dynamic narrative with a host of helpful tables and timelines, Dividing Lines is the definitive treatment of a phenomenon that has profoundly shaped the character of American nationhood.

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Charles M. Vest - TThe American Research Universit y from World War II to World Wide Web; Governments , the Private Sector, and the Emerging Meta-Univer sity (2007).jpg

01 - USA - Charles M. Vest - TThe American Research University fro... Private Sector, and the Emerging Meta-University 2007.jpg

This volume provides a unique opportunity to explore the current state of the research university system. Charles M. Vest, one of the leading advocates for autonomy for American higher education, offers a multifaceted view of the university at the beginning of a new century.

Forty years after Clark Kerr coined the term multiversity, the American research university has continued to evolve into a complex force for social and economic good.
With a complex mission and funding structure, the university finds its international openness challenged by new security concerns and its ability to contribute to worldwide opportunity through sharing and collaboration dramatically expanded by the Internet. In particular, Vest addresses the need to nurture broad access to our universities and stay true to the fundamental mission of creating opportunity.

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Governments and Universities: The Roles and Infl uences of the Public Sector in Higher Education
2. Industry, Philanthropy, and Universities: The Roles and Infl uences of the Private Sector in Higher Education
3. Openness: Education, Research, and Scholarly Communication in an Age of Globalization and Terrorism
4. The Emerging Global Meta-University: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Age of the Internet
Notes
Index

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Charles M. Vest - TThe American Research Universit y from World War II to World Wide Web; Governments , the Private Sector, and the Emerging Meta-Univer sity (2007).pdf

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James F. Dunnigan, Albert A. Nofi - Dirty Little Secrets of World War II; Military Information No O ne Told You About the Greatest, Most Terrible War in History (1994).jpg

01 - USA - James F. Dunnigan, Albert A. Nofi - Dirty Little Secre... About the Greatest, Most Terrible War in History 1994.jpg

The authors expose the dark, irreverent, misunderstood, and often tragicomic aspects of military operations during World War II, many of them virtually unknown even to military buffs. Like its successful predecessor, Dirty Little Secrets, Dunnigan and Nofi's new book vividly brings to life all theaters and participants of the war.

Revelations include:
- The real death count for the war, and why it has never been previously released.
- The "new age" general who refused to smoke or drink, who lived on a vitamin-enriched diet, who opposed animal experimentation, and who regularly consulted his astrologer.
- How equipment developed for the war led to such modern high-tech innovations as "smart bombs," electronic warfare, and nuclear missles.
- The lackadaisical relationship between Germany and Japan throughout the war.
- Tricky bits of information about the lingering effects of the war -- like the thousands of live shells and mines that are still buried in Europe and off the East Coast of America.

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. The Road to War
2. The World at War
3. The European War, 1939-1941
4. The Eastern Front, 1941-1945
5. The War in the West, 1941-1945
6. The Pacific War, 1941-1945
7. War in the Shadows
8. Making Peace
DIRTY LITTLE WORLD WAR II TIME LINE
RECOMMENDED READING
INDEX

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James F. Dunnigan, Albert A. Nofi - Dirty Little Secrets of World War II; Military Information No O ne Told You About the Greatest, Most Terrible War in History (1994).pdf

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Adam J. Berinsky - In Time of War; Understanding A merican Public Opinion from World War II to Iraq ( 2009).jpg

From World War II to the war in Iraq, periods of international conflict seem like unique moments in U.S. political history—but when it comes to public opinion, they are not. To make this groundbreaking revelation, In Time of War explodes conventional wisdom about American reactions to World War II, as well as the more recent conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Adam Berinsky argues that public response to these crises has been shaped less by their defining characteristics—such as what they cost in lives and resources—than by the same political interests and group affiliations that influence our ideas about domestic issues.

With the help of World War II–era survey data that had gone virtually untouched for the past sixty years, Berinsky begins by disproving the myth of “the good war” that Americans all fell in line to support after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The attack, he reveals, did not significantly alter public opinion but merely punctuated interventionist sentiment that had already risen in response to the ways that political leaders at home had framed the fighting abroad.
Weaving his findings into the first general theory of the factors that shape American wartime opinion, Berinsky also sheds new light on our reactions to other crises. He shows, for example, that our attitudes toward restricted civil liberties during Vietnam and after 9/11 stemmed from the same kinds of judgments we make during times of peace.

With Iraq and Afghanistan now competing for attention with urgent issues within the United States, In Time of War offers a timely reminder of the full extent to which foreign and domestic politics profoundly influence—and ultimately illuminate—each other.

Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction: America at War
part i. historical perspective
2 Public Opinion and War: A Historical Perspective
3 The Myths and Meaning of Public Opinion and World War II
part ii. the structure of support for war
4 The Calculation of Costs: An Innocent Public
5 Partisan Structure of War Support: Events, Elites, and the Public
6 Ethnic Groups: Attachments, Enmities, and Support for War
part iii. public opinion and war: back to the water’s edge
7 Civil Liberties and War
8 Elections during Wartime
9 Conclusions
appendix a: Description of Data and Weighting
appendix b: Iraq War Casualty Survey Analysis
appendix c: Congressional Record Content Analysis
appendix d: Statistical Signifi cance of Ethnic Variables
appendix e: Relationship between Support for War and Support for Restricting Civil Liberties
appendix f: NES Analysis of Retrospective War Support
Notes
References
Index

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Milly S. Barranger - Unfriendly Witnesses; Gender, Theater, and Film in the McCarthy Era (2008).jpg

Unfriendly Witnesses: Gender, Theater, and Film in the McCarthy Era examines the experiences of seven prominent women of stage and screen whose lives and careers were damaged by the McCarthy-era “witch hunts” for Communists and Communist sympathizers in the entertainment industry: Judy Holliday, Anne Revere, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, Margaret Webster, Mady Christians, and Kim Hunter.

The effects on women of the anti-Communist crusades that swept the nation between 1947 and 1962 have been largely overlooked by cultural critics and historians, who have instead focused their attention on the men of the period. Author Milly S. Barranger looks at the gender issues inherent in the investigations and at the destructive impact the investigations had on the lives and careers of these seven women—and on American film and theater and culture in general.

Issues of gender and politics surface in the women’s testimony before the committeemen, labeled “unfriendly” because the women refused to name names. Unfriendly Witnesses redresses the absence of women’s histories during this era of modern political history and identifies the enduring strains of McCarthyism in postmillennial America.

Barranger recreates the congressional and state hearings that addressed the alleged Communist influence in the entertainment industry and examines in detail the cases of these seven women, including the appearance of actress Judy Holliday before the committee of Senator Pat McCarran, who aimed to limit the immigration of Eastern Europeans; actress Anne Revere and playwright Lillian Hellman, appearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee, sought the protections of the Fifth Amendment with different outcomes; of writer Dorothy Parker, who testified before a New York state legislative committee investigating contributions to “front” groups; and of director Margaret Webster, before Senator Joseph McCarthy’s subcommittee, whose aim was the indictment of Senator J. William Fulbright and the U.S. State Department. None escaped subsequent blacklisting, denial of employment, and notations in FBI files that they were threats to national security.

Unfriendly Witnesses is enhanced by nine illustrations and extensive excerpts from Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television, originally published in 1950 at the height of the Red Scare, and which listed 151 allegedly subversive writers, directors, and performers. Barranger includes the complete entries from Red Channels for the seven women she discusses, which include the “subversive” affiliations that prompted the women’s interrogation by the government.

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Milly S. Barranger - Unfriendly Witnesses; Gender, Theater, and Film in the McCarthy Era (2008).pdf

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Gian P. Gentile - How Effective Is Strategic Bombi ng; Lessons Learned from World War II to Kosovo (2 001).jpg

In this aggressively revisionist volume, Gian Gentile examines afresh this influential document to reveal how it reflected to its very foundation the American conceptual approach to strategic bombing. In the process, he exposes the survey as largely tautological and thereby throwing into question many of the central tenets of American air power philosophy and strategy.

In the wake of World War II, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and President Harry S. Truman established the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, to determine exactly how effectively strategic air power had been applied in the European theater and in the Pacific. The final study, consisting of over 330 separate reports and annexes, was staggering in its size and emphatic in its conclusions.
As such it has for decades been used as an objective primary source and a guiding text, a veritable Bible for historians of air power.

With a detailed chapter on the Gulf War and the resulting Gulf War Air Power Survey, and a concluding chapter on the lessons of the Kosovo air war, How Effective is Strategic Bombing? is the most comprehensive and important book on air power strategy in decades.

CONTENTS
acknowledgments
introduction
1. The Origins of the American Conceptual Approach to Strategic Bombing and the United States Strategic Bombing Survey
2. The United States Strategic Bombing Survey and the Future of the Air Force
3. The Evaluation of Strategic Bombing against Germany
4. The Survey Presents Its Findings from Europe and Develops an Alternate Strategic Bombing Plan for Japan
5. The Evaluation of Strategic Bombing against Japan
6. A-Bombs, Budgets, and the Dilemma of Defense
7. A Comparison of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey with the Gulf War Air Power Survey
afterword
notes
bibliography
index
about the author

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Gian P. Gentile - How Effective Is Strategic Bombi ng; Lessons Learned from World War II to Kosovo (2 001).pdf

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United States Army in World War II - Louis Morton - Strategy and Command; The First Two Years (2000).jpg

An analysis of organization and logistics as well as strategy and command, covering the coming of the war, Japanese policy and American strategy before Pearl Harbor, Japanese victories in the first six months of the war, first efforts in New Guinea and the Solomons to stem the Japanese tide, and the limited offensive in the summer of 1943.

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United States Army in World War II - Louis Morton - Strategy and Command; The First Two Years (2000).pdf

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