Over The Seawall
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Over The Seawall
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Author : Stephen Robert Miller
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2023-10-31
Over The Seawall written by Stephen Robert Miller and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-31 with categories.
In March 2011, people in a coastal Japanese city stood atop a seawall watching the approach of the tsunami that would kill them. They believed--naively--that the huge concrete barrier would save them. Instead, they perished, betrayed by the very thing built to protect them. Academics call it maladaptation; in simple terms, it's about solutions that backfire. Over the Seawall tells the stories behind these unintended consequences and the fixes that do more harm than good. From seawalls in coastal Japan, to reengineered waters in the Ganges River Delta, to the ribbon of water supporting both farms and cities in parched Arizona, we visit engineering marvels once deemed too smart and too big to fail. After each we better understand how complicated, grandiose schemes fail. Ultimately, we learn that if we are to adapt successfully to climate change, we must recognize that working with nature is not surrender but the only way to assure a secure future.
Over The Seawall
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Author : Edwin H. Simmons
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Over The Seawall written by Edwin H. Simmons and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Government publications categories.
Over The Seawall U S Marines At Inchon Illustrated Edition
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Author : Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2015-11-06
Over The Seawall U S Marines At Inchon Illustrated Edition written by Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-06 with History categories.
Includes more than 40 maps, plans and illustrations. This volume in the official History of the Marine Corps chronicles the invasion by United States Marines at Inchon in the initial stages of the Korean War. The Battle of Inchon was an amphibious invasion and battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations. The operation involved some 75,000 troops and 261 naval vessels, and led to the recapture of the South Korea capital Seoul two weeks later. The code name for the operation was Operation Chromite. The battle began on 15 September 1950 and ended on 19 September. Through a surprise amphibious assault far from the Pusan Perimeter that UN and South Korean forces were desperately defending, the largely undefended city of Incheon was secured after being bombed by UN forces. The battle ended a string of victories by the invading North Korean People’s Army (NKPA). The subsequent UN recapture of Seoul partially severed NKPA’s supply lines in South Korea. The majority of United Nations ground forces involved were U.S. Marines, commanded by General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of the United States Army. MacArthur was the driving force behind the operation, overcoming the strong misgivings of more cautious generals to a risky assault over extremely unfavorable terrain.
Saved At The Seawall
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Author : Jessica DuLong
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2021-05-15
Saved At The Seawall written by Jessica DuLong and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-15 with History categories.
Saved at the Seawall is the definitive history of the largest ever waterborne evacuation. Jessica DuLong reveals the dramatic story of how the New York Harbor maritime community heroically delivered stranded commuters, residents, and visitors out of harm's way. Even before the US Coast Guard called for "all available boats," tugs, ferries, dinner boats, and other vessels had sped to the rescue from points all across New York Harbor. In less than nine hours, captains and crews transported nearly half a million people from Manhattan. Anchored in eyewitness accounts and written by a mariner who served at Ground Zero, Saved at the Seawall weaves together the personal stories of people rescued that day with those of the mariners who saved them. DuLong describes the inner workings of New York Harbor and reveals the collaborative power of its close-knit community. Her chronicle of those crucial hours, when hundreds of thousands of lives were at risk, highlights how resourcefulness and basic human goodness triumphed over turmoil on one of America's darkest days. Initially published as Dust to Deliverance, this edition, released in time for the twentieth anniversary, contains new updates: a preface by DuLong and a foreword by Mitchell Zuckoff.
Over The Seawall
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Author : Edwin H. Simmons
language : en
Publisher: Marine Corps
Release Date : 2000
Over The Seawall written by Edwin H. Simmons and has been published by Marine Corps this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Korean War, 1950-1953 categories.
Marines in the Korean War Commemorative Series. Chronicles the invasion by United States Marines at Inchon in the initial stages of the KoreanWar.
Over The Seawall
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Author : Edwin H. Simmons
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Over The Seawall written by Edwin H. Simmons and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Government publications categories.
Over The Seawall
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Author : Edward Howard Simmons
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Over The Seawall written by Edward Howard Simmons and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Korean War, 1950-1953 categories.
Over The Seawall U S Marines At Inchon
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Author : Bg Edwin H. Simmons
language : en
Publisher: St. John's Press
Release Date : 2018-01-12
Over The Seawall U S Marines At Inchon written by Bg Edwin H. Simmons and has been published by St. John's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-12 with History categories.
Just three weeks away and there was still no approval from Washington for the Marines to land at Inchon on 15 September 1950. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, determined to beat down the opposition to the landing, called a conference for late in the day, 23 August, at his headquarters in the Dai Ichi building in Tokyo. The Marine Corps would have no voice at the meeting. The Corps had neither membership nor representation on the JCS. Admiral Sherman, not a strong champion of Marine Corps interests, was the service chief most directly concerned with the amphibious phase of the still tentative operation.
Over The Seawall
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Author : Edwin Howard Simmons
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000-05
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This history, one in a series devoted to U.S. Marines in the Korean War era, is published for the education and training of Marines by the History and Museums Div., Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. It describes in detail the Marine landing at Inchon, Korea, in 1950, including Gen. Douglas MacArthur's efforts to gain approval for the landing, and the deployment of the Marine units that took part. It also includes profiles of Major Gen. Oliver P. Smith, Col. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, Major Gen. Field Harris, Col. Homer L. Litzenberg, Jr., Private First Class Walter C. Monegan, Jr., and Second Lt. Henry A. Commiskey. Illustrated with numerous black-&-white photographs, drawings, and maps.
Technical Memodrandum
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Author : Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Technical Memodrandum written by Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with categories.