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Proud Warriors
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Author : Alexander M. Bielakowski
language : en
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Release Date : 2021-11-15
Proud Warriors written by Alexander M. Bielakowski and has been published by University of North Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-15 with History categories.
During World War II, tens of thousands of African Americans served in segregated combat units in U.S. armed forces. The majority of these units were found in the U.S. Army, and African Americans served in every one of the combat arms. They found opportunities for leadership unparalleled in the rest of American society at the time. Several reached the field grade officer ranks, and one officer reached the rank of brigadier general. Beyond the Army, the Marine Corps refused to enlist African Americans until ordered to do so by the president in June 1942, and two African American combat units were formed and did see service during the war. While the U.S. Navy initially resisted extending the role of African American sailors beyond kitchens, eventually the crew of two ships was composed exclusively of African Americans. The Coast Guard became the first service to integrate—initially with two shipboard experiments and then with the integration of most of their fleet. Finally, the famous Tuskegee airmen are covered in the chapter on air warfare. Proud Warriors makes the case that the wartime experiences of combat units such as the Tank Battalions and the Tuskegee Airmen ultimately convinced President Truman to desegregate the military, without which the progress of the Civil Rights Movement might also have been delayed.
From Young Braves To Mighty Warriors
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Author : Ron Bales
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2014-10-10
From Young Braves To Mighty Warriors written by Ron Bales and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From Young Braves to Mighty Warriors is my best recollection and story of how we, as a community, a school, and a group of determined and dedicated young men, overcame incredible obstacles and challenges to build a powerful football program that won the Group A Virginia High School League State Championship in 1970 and four consecutive Region C championships in the six short years that I had the privilege of serving as head football coach. This book is also a tribute to the mental toughness and dedication to a common cause of hundreds of young men who proudly wore the orange-and-black for the Chilhowie Warriors from 1966 to 1973.
Wild Warriors
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Author : Jim Pipe
language : en
Publisher: Evans Brothers
Release Date : 2011-06
Wild Warriors written by Jim Pipe and has been published by Evans Brothers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Wild Warriors explores stories of real life warriors from around the world and throughout history. From terrifying Viking warrior raids twelve hundred years ago to pirates who still plague the high seas today these are some of the world's bravest and toughest people. On the Edge is a brand new series of high-interest non-fiction books that will appeal to struggling or reluctant readers. With stunning pictures and clear, simple text, The narrative focuses on extraordinary real life stories to engage readers and keep them on the edge of their seats! Each book features a fun quiz to see if the reader could take the same challenges.
Holy Warriors
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Author : Richard W. Kaeuper
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2012-06-04
Holy Warriors written by Richard W. Kaeuper and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-04 with History categories.
The medieval code of chivalry demanded that warrior elites demonstrate fierce courage in battle, display prowess with weaponry, and avenge any strike against their honor. They were also required to be devout Christians. How, then, could knights pledge fealty to the Prince of Peace, who enjoined the faithful to turn the other cheek rather than seek vengeance and who taught that the meek, rather than glorious fighters in tournaments, shall inherit the earth? By what logic and language was knighthood valorized? In Holy Warriors, Richard Kaeuper argues that while some clerics sanctified violence in defense of the Holy Church, others were sorely troubled by chivalric practices in everyday life. As elite laity, knights had theological ideas of their own. Soundly pious yet independent, knights proclaimed the validity of their bloody profession by selectively appropriating religious ideals. Their ideology emphasized meritorious suffering on campaign and in battle even as their violence enriched them and established their dominance. In a world of divinely ordained social orders, theirs was blessed, though many sensitive souls worried about the ultimate price of rapine and destruction. Kaeuper examines how these paradoxical chivalric ideals were spread in a vast corpus of literature from exempla and chansons de geste to romance. Through these works, both clerics and lay military elites claimed God's blessing for knighthood while avoiding the contradictions inherent in their fusion of chivalry with a religion that looked back to the Sermon on the Mount for its ethical foundation.
Women Warriors In Southeast Asia
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Author : Vina A. Lanzona
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-01-07
Women Warriors In Southeast Asia written by Vina A. Lanzona and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-07 with History categories.
This book brings together a wide range of case studies to explore the experiences and significance of women warriors in Southeast Asian history from ancient to contemporary times. Using a number of sources, including royal chronicles, diaries, memoirs and interviews, the book discusses why women warriors were active in a domain traditionally preserved for men, and how they arguably transgressed peacetime gender boundaries as agents of violence. From multidisciplinary perspectives, the chapters assess what drove women to take on a variety of roles, namely palace guards, guerrillas and war leaders, and to what extent their experiences were different to those of men. The reader is taken on an almost 1,500-year long journey through a crossroads region well-known for the diversity of its peoples and cultures, but also their ability to creatively graft foreign ideas onto existing ones. The book also explores the re-integration of women into post-conflict Southeast Asian societies, including the impact (or lack thereof) of newly established international norms, and the frequent turn towards pre-conflict gender roles in these societies. Written by an international team of scholars, this book will be of interest to academics working on Southeast Asian Studies, Gender Studies, low-intensity conflicts and revolutions, and War, Conflict, and Peace Studies.
Proud To Be
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Author : Susan Swartwout
language : en
Publisher: Proud to Be
Release Date : 2012
Proud To Be written by Susan Swartwout and has been published by Proud to Be this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
-The Missouri Humanities Council and Warriors Arts Alliance---Cover, vol. 1.
The French Revolution A History In Documents
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Author : Micah Alpaugh
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-01-14
The French Revolution A History In Documents written by Micah Alpaugh and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-14 with History categories.
The French Revolution: A History in Documents explores the rapidly evolving political culture of the French Revolution through first-hand accounts of the revolutionary (and counterrevolutionary) actors themselves. It demonstrates how radical Enlightenment philosophy fused with a governmental crisis to create a moment of new political possibilities unlike any the world had previously seen. In so doing, the French and their allies generated a template for revolutionary possibility from which virtually all subsequent political movements – liberalism, abolitionism, socialism, anarchism, conservatism, feminism and human rights included – derived inspiration. As well as providing an invaluable general introduction, vital contextual notes and thematic bibliographies, Micah Alpaugh selects a fascinating range of pieces, drawing on Parisian, provincial, colonial, and even international voices. From Enlightened dissent to apologias for terror, from declarations of human rights to accounts of slave rebellions, from passionate arguments for democratization to the authoritarian pronouncements of Napoleonic rule, this book presents the French Revolution's evolution in all its awesome complexity. In addition to classic texts, Alpaugh includes many lesser-known sources, a number of which are translated into English here for the first time. This unique collection of 13 visual sources and over 90 documents, incorporating perspectives from across class, gender, race and nationality, provides you with insights into the fervent debates, pronouncements and proposals that spawned modern politics.
A Genealogical Memoir Of The Backus Family
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Author : William W. Backus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
A Genealogical Memoir Of The Backus Family written by William W. Backus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with American poetry categories.
Kit Carson
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Author : John Abbott
language : en
Publisher: Jovian Press
Release Date : 2017-12-04
Kit Carson written by John Abbott and has been published by Jovian Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-04 with History categories.
Christopher Carson, whose renown as Kit Carson has reached almost every ear in the country, was born in Madison county, Kentucky, on the 24th of December, 1809. Large portions of Kentucky then consisted of an almost pathless wilderness, with magnificent forests, free from underbrush, alive with game, and with luxuriant meadows along the river banks, inviting the settler's cabin and the plough.
Music And The Poetics Of Production In The Bolivian Andes
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Author : Henry Stobart
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2006
Music And The Poetics Of Production In The Bolivian Andes written by Henry Stobart and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Music categories.
Music and the Poetics of Production in the Bolivian Andes is a musical ethnography of a Quechua speaking community of northern Potosí, in the Bolivian Andes. Through rich and evocative ethnography, the book delves into the powerful meanings ascribed to sound; charts unfamiliar aesthetic territories; suggests how modernity can contribute to indigeneity; and reveals remarkable musical perspectives on llama husbandry and potato cultivation. As we follow the lives, shifting fortunes and musical year of this, in many ways, fragile community, a seasonally shifting array of musical instruments, genres, dances and tunings are introduced. The book is accompanied by an audio CD, photographs, musical transcriptions and explanatory diagrams.