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Soldiers Of Misfortune
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Author : Sam W. Haynes
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-07-22
Soldiers Of Misfortune written by Sam W. Haynes and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-22 with History categories.
This historical study offers “a new understanding of the human cost of the [Republic of Texas’s] vainglorious attempt to attack Mexico” (Western Historical Quarterly). The Somervell and Mier Expeditions of 1842, culminating in the famous "black bean episode" in which Texas prisoners drew white or black beans to determine who would be executed by their Mexican captors, still capture the public imagination in Texas. But were the Texans really martyrs in a glorious cause, or undisciplined soldiers defying their own government? How did the Mier Expedition affect the border disputes between the Texas Republic and Mexico? What role did Texas President Sam Houston play? In Soldiers of Misfortune, Sam W. Haynes addresses this and other important historical questions. Expertly researched yet accessible and engaging, Haynes’s narrative includes many dramatic excerpts from the diaries and letters of expedition participants./DIV
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Author : Nancy Ellen Lawler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Soldiers Of Misfortune written by Nancy Ellen Lawler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with France. Armée. Tirailleurs ivoiriens categories.
This is a study of the African veterans of a European war. It is a story of men from the Cote d'Ivoire, many of whom had seldom traveled more than a few miles from their villages, who served France as tirailleurs (riflemen) during World War II. Thousands of them took part in the doomed attempt to hold back the armies of the Third Relch in 1940; many were to spend the rest of the war as prisoners in Germany or Occupied France. Others more fortunate came under the authority of Vichy France, and were deployed in the Defense of the "Motherland" and its overseas possessions against the threat posed by the Allies. By 1943, the tirailleur regiments had passed into the service of de Gaulle's free French and under Allied command, played a significant role in the liberation of Europe. In describing these complex events, Dr. Lawler draws upon archives in both France and the Cote d'Ivoire. She also carried out an extensive series of interviews with Ivoirien veterans principally, but not exclusively, from the Korhogo region. The vividness of their testimony gives this study a special character. They talk freely not only of their wartime exploits, but also of their experiences after repatriation. Lawler allows them to speak for themselves. They express their hatred of forced labor and military conscription, which were features of the colonial system, yet at the same time reveal a pride in having come to the defense of France. They describe their role in the nationalist struggle, as foot soldiers of Felix Houphouet-Boigny, but also convey their sense of having become a lost generation. They recognize that their experiences as French soldiers had become sadly irrelevant in a new nation in quest of its history.
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Author : Thomas R. Mockaitis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
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Soldier Of Misfortune
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Author : Ching-ming Wang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
Soldier Of Misfortune written by Ching-ming Wang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with China categories.
Rescuing Soldiers Of Misfortune
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Author : Evan R. Seamone
language : en
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
Release Date : 2018-12-06
Rescuing Soldiers Of Misfortune written by Evan R. Seamone and has been published by Charles C Thomas Publisher this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-06 with Law categories.
This unique book concerns those veteran inmates who have failed to complete a readjustment process and who continue to wage their own personal wars to regain a sense of normalcy – those veterans who have not yet redeployed home from combat even though they have relocated to the inherently traumatizing confinement setting. Aside from identifying factors that will help those seeking to be aware of the unique problems of incarcerated veterans and those advocating for them, the book attempts to help these individuals as well as correctional professionals understand veteran inmates and their “unique” needs, which stem from military service. The text offers that programs must be implemented flexibly despite operational and budgetary challenges. The book clearly provides guidelines to develop relevant programs that do far more than simply warehouse troublesome individuals. Major topics include: components of veterans’ readjustment; military discipline and military discharge; the relationship between military service and crime; criminal manifestations of military service, war zone deployment, and combat trauma; veterans’ benefits and outreach during incarceration; popular approaches to divert veterans from confinement; attributes of veterans’ groups in confined settings; institutionally-based programs for veterans; veterans’ dorms; and urgency in the preparation for the coming “storm” of veteran offenders. This book, which represents years of research and the author’s experience as a military lawyer in both prosecution and defense, is an important reference for a variety of readers, including law enforcement and first responders, corrections professionals, mental health providers, lawyers, judges, and anyone who desires to understand the challenges faced by military veterans in conflict with the law.
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Author : James D. Sanders
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Soldiers Of Misfortune written by James D. Sanders and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
Reveals for the first time that top U.S. Officials made the determination to write off America's missing sons, secretly held hostage in the Soviet Union.
A Mixed Bag Of Novels Part A Soldiers Of Misfortune Valiant Dust
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Author : Percival Christopher Wren
language : en
Publisher: Collected Novels of P. C.
Release Date : 2020-07-17
A Mixed Bag Of Novels Part A Soldiers Of Misfortune Valiant Dust written by Percival Christopher Wren and has been published by Collected Novels of P. C. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-17 with Fiction categories.
A Mixed Bag of Novels Part A contains Soldiers of Misfortune and Valiant Dust, which could be considered as one long novel since Valiant Dust is a direct sequel. Soldiers of Misfortune is the story of a young man, Otho Bellême, the son of Sir Bellême and his cook, Mary. After the death of Sir Bellême Otho and his mother have to leave their home and move in with Mary's poor relations. Otho is able to attend Oxford because Joe Mummery, the heavy-weight boxing champion, who is an old boyfriend of of Mary, pays Otho's expenses. Otho is a shoo-in for the amateur (and eventually English, European, and World) boxing championship. Those goals goes awry when Otho tries to win the Oxford championship on "points" against his old boyhood friend, Jack Maykings, since he does not wish to embarrass his old friend and, more importantly, Jack's sister, Margaret. Through a tragic series of events, at the end of the book the star-crossed lovers, remain apart. Margaret marries a man she does not really love, and Otho joins the French Foreign Legion. In Valiant Dust Otho is in the Foreign Legion, and part of a company lead by an egomaniac, Major Napoleon Riccoli, who tries to carve out his own Empire in the Atlas Mountains of North Africa. Margaret and her husband Jules are visiting Jules's relatives in the same North Africa town. In a series of events where Otho, Margaret, Jules, Riccoli, and others all scheme for escape from, or control, of the Kaid's castle, Otho and Margaret are finally reunited at the end.
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Author : Thomas R. Mockaitis
language : en
Publisher: Department of the Army
Release Date : 2014
Soldiers Of Misfortune written by Thomas R. Mockaitis and has been published by Department of the Army this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
In examining the role of security contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, the author draws broad lessons from which he provides concrete recommendations to improve the conduct of further missions. Rather than do away with such contractors altogether, the author recommends limiting their roles, providing better oversight of their activities, and improving legal accountability for their wrong doing. This monograph will be of interest to soldiers, military leadership, military contractors, especially those that provide logistical support activities in conflict zones, and policymakers engaged in the difficult task of planning and conducting contingency operations. Related products: Counterinsurgency resources collection is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/security-defense-law-enforcement/counterinsurgency The Surge, 2007-2008 can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00613-8?ctid=1158 Other products produced by the US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/1609
Military Misfortunes
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Author : Eliot A. Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-04-17
Military Misfortunes written by Eliot A. Cohen and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-17 with History categories.
Why do competent armies fail? • Why did the American-led coalition in Iraq fail to wage a classic counter-insurgency campaign for so long after the fall of Baghdad? • Why was the sophisticated Israeli intelligence service so thoroughly surprised by the onslaught of combined Arab armies during the Yom Kippur War of 1973? • How did a dozen German U-boats manage to humiliate the U.S. Navy for nine months in 1942 -- sinking an average of 650,000 tons of shipping monthly? • What made the 1915 British-led invasion of Gallipoli one of the bloodiest catastrophes of the First World War? Since it was first published in 1990, Military Misfortunes has become the classic analysis of the unexpected catastrophes that befall competent militaries. Now with a new Afterword discussing America's missteps in Iraq, Somalia, and the War on Terror, Eliot A. Cohen and John Gooch's gripping battlefield narratives and groundbreaking explanations of the hidden factors that undermine armies are brought thoroughly up to date. As recent events prove, Military Misfortunes will be required reading for as long as armies go to war.
Soldiers Of Misfortune
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Author : James D. Sanders
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Soldiers Of Misfortune written by James D. Sanders and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Korean War, 1950-1953 categories.
Reveals the true stories of America's forgotten soldiers, including the more than 24,000 American soldiers who were "liberated" from German POW camps after World War II--only to become prisoners of the Soviet Union. Reprint.