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Sand Wind And War
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Author : Ralph A. Bagnold
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2019-05-28
Sand Wind And War written by Ralph A. Bagnold and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Records the work, travels, and adventures of one of the last of the great British explorers, a man who served in both world wars and carved out a special niche in science through his studies of desert sands.
Sand In The Wind
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Author : Robert Roth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Sand In The Wind written by Robert Roth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Vietnam War, 1961-1975 categories.
Fictionalized account of a Marine Corps rifle squad for thirteen months during 1967-1968 detailing the day-to-day trials of the Infantry grunt in the field.
Wind Sand And Stars
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Author : Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Wind Sand And Stars written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From the author of the beloved classic The Little Prince and a winner of the Grand Prix of the Académie Française, Wind, Sand and Stars captures the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight. Its exciting account of air adventure, combined with lyrical prose and the spirit of a philosopher, makes it one of the most popular works ever written about flying. Translated by Lewis Galantière.
Sand In The Wind
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Author : Kathleen O'Neal Gear
language : en
Publisher: Tor Books
Release Date : 2006-10-03
Sand In The Wind written by Kathleen O'Neal Gear and has been published by Tor Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-03 with Fiction categories.
Drawn by troubling dreams of a handsome Indian Warrior, Colleen Merrill had come westward with her brutal husband to homestead in the Montana wilderness--only to fall in love with Lieutenant Matthew Douglas, a dashing U.S. Cavalry officer. Wounded Bear, a young Cheyenne warrior and medicine man, had been told in a vision by the great spirit--wolf that a golden-haired woman held the power to save his people from invasion. As the drums of war beat every louder, Wounded Bear knew he must find this woman, or the Cheyenne would be scattered--like grains of sand in the wind. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Special Operations In World War Ii
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Author : Andrew L. Hargreaves
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2013-10-28
Special Operations In World War Ii written by Andrew L. Hargreaves and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-28 with History categories.
British and American commanders first used modern special forces in support of conventional military operations during World War II. Since then, although special ops have featured prominently in popular culture and media coverage of wars, the academic study of irregular warfare has remained as elusive as the practitioners of special operations themselves. This book is the first comprehensive study of the development, application, and value of Anglo-American commando and special forces units during the Second World War. Special forces are intensively trained, specially selected military units performing unconventional and often high-risk missions. In this book, Andrew L. Hargreaves not only describes tactics and operations but also outlines the distinctions between commandos and special forces, traces their evolution during the war, explains how the Anglo-American alliance functioned in the creation and use of these units, looks at their command and control arrangements, evaluates their impact, and assesses their cost-effectiveness. The first real impetus for the creation of British specialist formations came in the desperate summer of 1940 when, having been pushed out of Europe following defeat in France and the Low Countries, Britain began to turn to irregular forces in an effort to wrest back the strategic initiative from the enemy. The development of special forces by the United States was also a direct consequence of defeat. After Pearl Harbor, Hargreaves shows, the Americans found themselves in much the same position as Britain had been in 1940: shocked, outnumbered, and conventionally defeated, they were unable to come to grips with the enemy on a large scale. By the end of the war, a variety of these units had overcome a multitude of evolutionary hurdles and made valuable contributions to practically every theater of operation. In describing how Britain and the United States worked independently and cooperatively to invent and put into practice a fundamentally new way of waging war, this book demonstrates the two nations’ flexibility, adaptability, and ability to innovate during World War II.
The Physics Of Blown Sand And Desert Dunes
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Author : R. A. Bagnold
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2012-06-08
The Physics Of Blown Sand And Desert Dunes written by R. A. Bagnold and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-08 with Science categories.
The first book to deal exclusively with the behavior of blown sand and related land forms, its accessible style makes it an enduring reference. 84 figures. 16 halftones.
Sand Against The Wind
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Author : Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Sand Against The Wind written by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Political Science categories.
Libyan Sands
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Author : Ralph Alger Bagnold
language : en
Publisher: Eland Publishing
Release Date : 2010
Libyan Sands written by Ralph Alger Bagnold and has been published by Eland Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Automobile travel categories.
R.A. Bagnold was a pioneer of desert exploration who is credited with making the first recorded east-west crossing of the Libyan Desert. 'Libyan Sands' is the story of a desert-loving young officer whose passionate amateur enthusiasm led to the exploration of the Egyptian western desert and the Libyan Sahara.
Sand Queen
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Author : Helen Benedict
language : en
Publisher: Soho Press
Release Date : 2011-08-02
Sand Queen written by Helen Benedict and has been published by Soho Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-02 with Fiction categories.
This novel of female friendship in the midst of war is “The Things They Carried for women in Iraq” (The Boston Globe). Nineteen-year-old Kate Brady joined the army to bring honor to her family and to the Middle East. Instead, she finds herself in a forgotten corner of the Iraq desert in 2003, guarding a makeshift American prison. There, Kate meets Naema Jassim, an Iraqi medical student whose father and little brother have been detained in the camp. Kate and Naema promise to help each other, but the war soon strains their intentions. Like any soldier, Kate must face the daily threats of combat duty, but as a woman, she is in equal danger from the predatory men in her unit. Naema suffers bombs, starvation, and the loss of her home and family. As the two women struggle to survive and hold on to the people they love, each comes to have a drastic and unforeseeable effect on the other’s life. From the author of Wolf Season and The Lonely Soldier, and informed by numerous interviews with those who were there, Sand Queen is a “heartbreaking, vivid story of the particular difficulties of being not just a soldier, but a female soldier” (Bustle).
The Physics Of Blown Sand And Desert Dunes
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Author : R. A. Bagnold
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2005-01-26
The Physics Of Blown Sand And Desert Dunes written by R. A. Bagnold and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-26 with Science categories.
An expert treatise on the origin and evolution of dunes, this classic work was used by NASA in studying sand dunes on Mars and is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students. The first book to deal exclusively with the behavior of blown sand and related land forms, its accessible style makes it an enduring reference more than half a century after its initial publication. The author studied the sands of North Africa for many years before World War II and is recognized as a leading authority on the subject. His three-part treatment begins with his wind-tunnel experiments, which he conducted to investigate the mechanism of sand transport. First, an account of the observed movement of the individual grains, followed by a chapter on the ground wind and its dependence on the type of surface over which it blows, form a comprehensive view of the interaction between wind and sand. Part Two considers small-scale surface phenomena, such as ripples and ridges, and the closely related subject of size-grading the grains. The third part uses the foregoing results to explain the growth and movement of dunes in general, and the peculiar characteristics of the two main dune types. A method of determining the internal structure of accumulated sand illuminates both the sand's carrying power for motor transport and its water-retention potential. A final chapter, derived from firsthand knowledge, examines the intriguing subject of "singing sand."