More Powerful Than Dynamite
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More Powerful Than Dynamite
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Author : Thai Jones
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2012-04-30
More Powerful Than Dynamite written by Thai Jones and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-30 with History categories.
In the year that saw the start of World War I, the United States was itself on the verge of revolution: industrial depression in the east, striking coal miners in Colorado, and increasingly tense relations with Mexico. "There was blood in the air that year," a witness later recalled, "there truly was." In New York, the year had opened with bright expectations, but 1914 quickly tumbled into disillusionment and violence. For John Purroy Mitchel, the city's new "boy mayor," the trouble started in January, when a crushing winter caused homeless shelters to overflow. By April, anarchist throngs paraded past industrialists' mansions, and tens of thousands filled Union Square demanding "Bread or Revolution." Then, on July 4, 1914, a detonation destroyed a seven-story Harlem tenement. It was the largest explosion the city had ever known. Among the dead were three bombmakers; incited by anarchist Alexander Berkman, they had been preparing to dynamite the estate of John D. Rockefeller Jr., son of a plutocratic dynasty and widely vilified for a massacre of his company's striking workers in Colorado earlier that spring. More Powerful Than Dynamite charts how anarchist anger, progressive idealism, and plutocratic paternalism converged in that July explosion. Its cast ranges from celebrated figures such as Emma Goldman, Upton Sinclair, and Andrew Carnegie to the fascinating and heretofore little known: Frank Tannenbaum, a homeless teenager who dared to lead his followers into the city's churches; police inspector Max Schmittberger, too honest for his department and too crooked for everyone else; and Becky Edelsohn, a young anarchist known for her red tights and for spitting in millionaires' faces. Historian and journalist Thai Jones creates a fascinating portrait of a city on the edge of chaos coming to terms with modernity.
Reducing The Threat Of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks By Restricting Access To Explosive Precursor Chemicals
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Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2018-05-19
Reducing The Threat Of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks By Restricting Access To Explosive Precursor Chemicals written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-19 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are a type of unconventional explosive weapon that can be deployed in a variety of ways, and can cause loss of life, injury, and property damage in both military and civilian environments. Terrorists, violent extremists, and criminals often choose IEDs because the ingredients, components, and instructions required to make IEDs are highly accessible. In many cases, precursor chemicals enable this criminal use of IEDs because they are used in the manufacture of homemade explosives (HMEs), which are often used as a component of IEDs. Many precursor chemicals are frequently used in industrial manufacturing and may be available as commercial products for personal use. Guides for making HMEs and instructions for constructing IEDs are widely available and can be easily found on the internet. Other countries restrict access to precursor chemicals in an effort to reduce the opportunity for HMEs to be used in IEDs. Although IED attacks have been less frequent in the United States than in other countries, IEDs remain a persistent domestic threat. Restricting access to precursor chemicals might contribute to reducing the threat of IED attacks and in turn prevent potentially devastating bombings, save lives, and reduce financial impacts. Reducing the Threat of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks by Restricting Access to Explosive Precursor Chemicals prioritizes precursor chemicals that can be used to make HMEs and analyzes the movement of those chemicals through United States commercial supply chains and identifies potential vulnerabilities. This report examines current United States and international regulation of the chemicals, and compares the economic, security, and other tradeoffs among potential control strategies.
Journal Of The Royal United Service Institution
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Author : Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888
Journal Of The Royal United Service Institution written by Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with Military art and science categories.
Journal Of The Royal United Service Institution
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888
Journal Of The Royal United Service Institution written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with categories.
The Blasting Of Rock In Mines Quarries Tunnels Etc
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Author : Albert William Daw
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
The Blasting Of Rock In Mines Quarries Tunnels Etc written by Albert William Daw and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Blasting categories.
The Blasting Of Rock In Mines Quarries Tunnels Etc The Principles Of Rock Blasting And Their General Application
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Author : Albert William Daw
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
The Blasting Of Rock In Mines Quarries Tunnels Etc The Principles Of Rock Blasting And Their General Application written by Albert William Daw and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Blasting categories.
Explosives
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Author : G I Brown
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-11-08
Explosives written by G I Brown and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-08 with History categories.
This entertaining and informative book tells the dramatic tale of explosives from gunpowder to the H-bomb. Laying the emphasis on the lives of the people involved, on the diverse uses of explosives and on their social and historical impact, the author relates a story of remarkable international and human endeavour. Many of those involved - Roger Bacon, Guy Fawkes, Alfred Nobel, Robert Oppenheimer - are famed worldwide; others, such as C F Schonbein, William Bickford, Sir Frederick Abel and Charles E Munroe, though less well-known, also played critical roles. Alongside their achievements, this book highlights the uses and impact of explosives in both war and terrorism, and in civil engineering, quarrying, mining, demolition, fireworks manufacture and shooting for sport. In many cases explosives are seen to have had a significant historical impact as, for example, in the early use of gunpowder in the American Civil War, the defeat of the Spanish Armada, and the worldwide opening up of canals and railways.
Tunneling Explosive Compounds Rock Drills Comprising A Review Of Tunneling From The Reign Of Rameses Ii To The Present Time
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Author : Henry Sturgis Drinker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1882
Tunneling Explosive Compounds Rock Drills Comprising A Review Of Tunneling From The Reign Of Rameses Ii To The Present Time written by Henry Sturgis Drinker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1882 with Explosives categories.
Tunneling Explosive Compounds And Rock Drills
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Author : Henry Sturgis Drinker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878
Tunneling Explosive Compounds And Rock Drills written by Henry Sturgis Drinker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with Explosives categories.
Annual Report Of The Secretary For Mines And Water Supply
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Author : Victoria. Department of Mines and Water Supply
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1886
Annual Report Of The Secretary For Mines And Water Supply written by Victoria. Department of Mines and Water Supply and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1886 with Mines and mineral resources categories.
