Battles In The Desert 40th Anniversary Edition
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Battles In The Desert 40th Anniversary Edition
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Author : Jose Emilio Pacheco
language : en
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Release Date : 2021-06-01
Battles In The Desert 40th Anniversary Edition written by Jose Emilio Pacheco and has been published by New Directions Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-01 with Fiction categories.
This heart-breaking novella is a key work of 20th-century dystopian Mexican literature and sadly all too apropos today This landmark novella—one of the central texts of Mexican literature, is eerily relevant to our current dark times—offers a child’s-eye view of a society beset by dictators, disease, and natural disasters, set in “the year of polio, foot-and-mouth disease, floods.” A middle-class boy grows up in a world of children aping adults (mock wars at recess pit Arabs against Jews), where a child’s left to ponder “how many evils and catastrophes we have yet to witness.” When Carlos laments the cruelty and corruption, the evils of a vicious class system, his older brother answers: “So what, we are living up to our ears in shit anyway under Miguel Alemán’s regime,” with “the face of El Senor Presidente everywhere: incessant, private abuse.” Sound familiar? Woven into this coming-of-age saga is the terribly intense love Carlos cherishes for his friend’s young mother, which has the effect of driving the general cruelties further under the reader’s skin. The acclaimed translator Katherine Silver has greatly revised her original translation, enlivening afresh this remarkable work.
The Desert War
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Author : Alan Moorehead
language : en
Publisher: Aurum Press
Release Date : 2017-03-08
The Desert War written by Alan Moorehead and has been published by Aurum Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-08 with History categories.
Alan Moorehead was a peerless war correspondent who covered the entire war in North Africa from 1940-1943. The trilogy of books he wrote on the prolonged battles between Montgomery's Eighth Army and Rommel's Afrika Corps immediately drew universal acclaim, and remains and epic account as extraordinary now as it was then. This reissue of Alan Moorehead's classic trilogy on the North Africa campaign 1940-1943 will coinide with the 75th anniversary of the Battles for El Alamein in July and October 1942.
El Alamein 1942
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Author : Richard Doherty
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
El Alamein 1942 written by Richard Doherty and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with El Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942 categories.
"The Battle of El Alamein is well established as a pivotal moment of the Second World War. Following the wildly fluctuating fortunes of the opposing sides, there was a real risk that Rommel s Afrika Korps and his Italian allies would break through and seize Cairo with catastrophic strategic and political implications for the Allies. That this never happened is, of course, well known but, as this highly readable yet authoritative work reveals, there were moments of extreme peril and anxiety. Churchill s bold, nay desperate, decisions concerning key appointments, Montgomery s stubborn refusal to be rushed, Rommel s chronic logistic problems and critical air superiority are all examined in expert detail. The author s description of the actual fighting is brought to life by personal accounts as well as his complete grasp of the plan and tactics involved. The result, seventy-five years on, is a delightfully fresh and fascinating account of one of the iconic battles, not just of the War but in military history"--Dust jacket.
Dragons At War
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Author : Daniel P. Bolger
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 1991
Dragons At War written by Daniel P. Bolger and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
"How the United States prepared for war in the Gulf--an inside look at the U.S. Army National Training Center"--Cover
The Desert War Then And Now
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Author : Jean-Paul Pallud
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-04-15
The Desert War Then And Now written by Jean-Paul Pallud and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-15 with Africa, North categories.
Following Mussolini's declaration of war in June 1940, Italy faced only those British troops based in the Middle East but as the armed confrontation escalated, other nations were drawn in. Jean Paul Pallud begins his account when the initial shots were fired at the 11th Hussars as they approached Italian outposts near Sidi Omar in Libya.
The Desert War
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Author : Alan Moorehead
language : en
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
Release Date : 2009
The Desert War written by Alan Moorehead and has been published by White Lion Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Africa, North categories.
Covering the North Africa campaign in 1940, this acclaimed account of the tussle between Montgomery's Eight Army and Rommel's Afrika Corps is a remarkable account of one of the most complicated and epic stand-offs in the history of World War II. Beautifully documented and historically relevant, Moorehead's celebrated insight that tank battles in the desert reflected battles at sea—the lumbering tanks like ships lost in a vast ocean of sand—and the breadth and penetration of his vision that encompasses the whole panorama of war, illustrate why this account is considered to be the definitive reference of the African campaigns. From describing the soldier stubbing out his cigarette before going into action to the expression on a tank commander's face as he is hit, this poetically scribed documentation is a thorough and fascinating journey into one of history's most pivotal war campaigns.
Tricolor Over The Sahara
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Author : Edward L. Bimberg
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 2002-03-30
Tricolor Over The Sahara written by Edward L. Bimberg and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-03-30 with History categories.
This is the story of the early struggles of an ill-equipped ragtag French force, among the first to pledge its loyalty to General de Gaulle. It fought a lonely, almost secret war against the numerically superior Italian troops deep in the wildest parts of the Sahara, hundreds of miles from the main campaigns along the African coast. These daring Free French raids with their long thirsty treks and small-scale oasis battles have been nearly forgotten, although their path is marked by the graves of many hundreds of French, Italian, and native soldiers. Bimberg details the exotic units that participated in this struggle, including the Tirailleurs Sénégalaise du T'chad (African Infantry), the Compagnies Sahariennes (Saharan Camel Companies), and the Groupe Nomade du Tibesti (a tribal militia recruited in the Tibesti Mountain region of the great desert). Despite antiquated equipment and some of the world's worst terrain, the Free French were among the most dedicated soldiers in the Allied camp. The backdrop to their fierce fighting includes the barely surveyed Tibesti Mountains with their 10,000 foot volcanic peaks, interspersed with treacherous shifting sands—terrain which would prove to be an enormous challenge to the worn out, patched-together motor vehicles of the Free French. Much of the action takes place in the most remote areas of Italian Libya, the desert province of Fezzan with its fortified oases of Mourzouk and Koufra, each strongly defended by the Italians. While these skirmishes were a sideshow to the epic battles of North Africa, they were immortalized by heroic acts by the French and African troops alike, efforts that ultimately led to success in this far corner of the world.
Infantry
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Infantry written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Infantry categories.
Mailing List Infantry School U S
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Mailing List Infantry School U S written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Infantry categories.
Fighting For Space
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Author : Amy Shira Teitel
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-02-18
Fighting For Space written by Amy Shira Teitel and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Spaceflight historian Amy Shira Teitel tells the riveting story of the female pilots who each dreamed of being the first American woman in space. When the space age dawned in the late 1950s, Jackie Cochran held more propeller and jet flying records than any pilot of the twentieth century—man or woman. She had led the Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots during the Second World War, was the first woman to break the sound barrier, ran her own luxury cosmetics company, and counted multiple presidents among her personal friends. She was more qualified than any woman in the world to make the leap from atmosphere to orbit. Yet it was Jerrie Cobb, twenty-five years Jackie's junior and a record-holding pilot in her own right, who finagled her way into taking the same medical tests as the Mercury astronauts. The prospect of flying in space quickly became her obsession. While the American and international media spun the shocking story of a "woman astronaut" program, Jackie and Jerrie struggled to gain control of the narrative, each hoping to turn the rumored program into their own ideal reality—an issue that ultimately went all the way to Congress. This dual biography of audacious trailblazers Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb presents these fascinating and fearless women in all their glory and grit, using their stories as guides through the shifting social, political, and technical landscape of the time.