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The Battered Bastards
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Author : Gordon French
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979-04-01
The Battered Bastards written by Gordon French and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-04-01 with Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945 categories.
The Battered Bastards Of Bastogne
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Author : George Koskimaki
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2013-05-07
The Battered Bastards Of Bastogne written by George Koskimaki and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-07 with History categories.
“Fleshes out in vivid detail the entire story of the Screaming Eagles’ valiant struggle . . . This is must reading for any student of World War II history” (Kepler’s Military History). The Battered Bastards of Bastogne is the product of contributions by 530 soldiers who were on the ground or in the air over Bastogne. They lived and made this history, and much of it is told in their own words. The material contributed by these men of the 101st Airborne Division, the Armor, Tank Destroyer, Army Air Force , and others is tailored meticulously by the author and placed on the historical framework known to most students of the Battle of the Bulge. Pieces of a nearly 60-year-old jigsaw puzzle come together in this book, when memoirs from one soldier fit with those of another unit or group pursuing the battle from another nearby piece of terrain.
The Battered Bastards Of Bastogne
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Author : George Koskimaki
language : en
Publisher: Presidio Press
Release Date : 2007-05
The Battered Bastards Of Bastogne written by George Koskimaki and has been published by Presidio Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05 with History categories.
The Battered Bastards of Bastogne is the product of contributions by 530 soldiers who were on the ground or in the air over Bastogne. They lived and made this history and much of it is told in their own words.The material contributed by these men of the 101st Airborne Division, the Armor, Tank Destroyer, Army Air Force, and others is tailored meticulously by the author and placed on the historical framework known to most students of the Battle of the Bulge.Pieces of a nearly 60 year old jigsaw puzzle come together in this book, when memoirs related by one soldier fit with those of another unit or group pursuing the battle from another nearby piece of terrain.
Ball Four
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Author : Jim Bouton
language : en
Publisher: Rosetta Books
Release Date : 2012-03-20
Ball Four written by Jim Bouton and has been published by Rosetta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-20 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The 50th Anniversary edition of “the book that changed baseball” (NPR), chosen by Time magazine as one of the “100 Greatest Non-Fiction” books. When Ball Four was published in 1970, it created a firestorm. Bouton was called a Judas, a Benedict Arnold, and a “social leper” for having violated the “sanctity of the clubhouse.” Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn tried to force Bouton to sign a statement saying the book wasn’t true. Ballplayers, most of whom hadn’t read it, denounced the book. It was even banned by a few libraries. Almost everyone else, however, loved Ball Four. Fans liked discovering that athletes were real people—often wildly funny people. David Halberstam, who won a Pulitzer for his reporting on Vietnam, wrote a piece in Harper’s that said of Bouton: “He has written . . . a book deep in the American vein, so deep in fact that it is by no means a sports book.” Today Ball Four has taken on another role—as a time capsule of life in the sixties. “It is not just a diary of Bouton’s 1969 season with the Seattle Pilots and Houston Astros,” says sportswriter Jim Caple. “It’s a vibrant, funny, telling history of an era that seems even further away than four decades. To call it simply a ‘tell all book’ is like describing The Grapes of Wrath as a book about harvesting peaches in California.” Includes a new foreword by Jim Bouton's wife, Paula Kurman “An irreverent, best-selling book that angered baseball’s hierarchy and changed the way journalists and fans viewed the sports world.” —The Washington Post
The Bulge Of Bastogne
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Author : Insightful History
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2024-03-24
The Bulge Of Bastogne written by Insightful History and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-24 with History categories.
In the frozen winter forests of Belgium in 1944, Adolf Hitler unleashed his last, desperate gamble to turn the tide of World War II. Through the Ardennes region, a massive offensive was launched - the Battle of the Bulge - designed to shatter the Allied forces and force a negotiated peace with the battered Nazi regime. At the epicenter of this dramatic turning point in the war was the small Belgian town of Bastogne. When the German Blitzkrieg encircled and besieged its vital crossroads, the outnumbered and battered American units dug in for one of history's most heroic and punishing defenses. In "The bulge Of Bastogne: The Battered Bastion," the full, gripping story of this pivotal engagement unfolds through the author's masterful narrative. From the stunning opening German armored onslaught to the tenacious defense of the surrounded "Battered Bastards of Bastogne," no detail is omitted. Experience the horror of the weeklong bombardment that pounded Bastogne into rubble. Follow the ferocious house-to-house fighting and desperate attacks by Hitler's SS Panzer divisions. And witness the legendary stand that denied Hitler's forces their critical objective, buying time for the heroic relief efforts spearheaded by Patton's Third Army.
No Greater Valor
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Author : Jerome Corsi
language : en
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Release Date : 2014-11-18
No Greater Valor written by Jerome Corsi and has been published by Thomas Nelson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-18 with History categories.
Jerome Corsi’s newest opus, No Greater Valor, examines the Siege of Bastogne—one of the most heroic victories of WWII—with a focus on the surprising faith of the Americans who fought there. In December of 1944, an outmanned, outgunned, and surrounded US force fought Hitler’s overwhelming Panzer divisions to a miraculous standstill at Bastogne. The underdogs had saved the war for the Allies. It was nothing short of miraculous. Corsi’s analysis is based on a record of oral histories along with original field maps used by field commanders, battle orders, and other documentation made at the time of the military command. With a perspective gleaned from newspapers, periodicals, and newsreels of the day, Corsi paints a riveting portrait of one of the most important battles in world history.
Alamo In The Ardennes
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Author : John C. McManus
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2007-02-26
Alamo In The Ardennes written by John C. McManus and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-26 with History categories.
"Alamo in the Ardennes tells the powerful yet little-known story of the bloody delaying action fought by the 28th Infantry Division, elements of the 9th and 10th Armored Divisions, and other, smaller units. Outnumbered at times by as much as ten to one, outgunned by Hitler's dreaded panzers, and with no hope of reinforcement, they bore the full fury of the Nazi onslaught for five days, making the Germans pay for every icy inch of ground they gained." "Featuring numerous maps and a complete list of the soldiers, local civilians, and German commanders whose actions it recounts, Alamo in the Ardennes provides a day-by-day account of this pivotal moment in America's greatest war."--Jacket.
The Great Sports Documentaries
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Author : Michael Peters
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2018-01-16
The Great Sports Documentaries written by Michael Peters and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-16 with Performing Arts categories.
Sports and competition have been film subjects since the dawn of the medium. Olympic sports documentaries have been around nearly as long as the games themselves; films about surfing, boxing, roller derby, motorcycle racing and bodybuilding were theatrical successes during the 1960s and 1970s. The author surveys the history of the sports documentary subgenre, covering more than 100 award-winning films of 40+ different competitions, from traditional team sports to dogsled racing to ballroom dancing.
Glider Infantryman
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Author : Donald J. Rich
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2012
Glider Infantryman written by Donald J. Rich and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Rich's first-person narrative includes vivid coverage of the action, featuring an especially rare account of arriving on a combat landing zone by glider. Detailed, day-to-day depiction of some of the heaviest fighting in Holland follows, including the action at Opheusden, the center of the infamous "Island."
Voltaire S Bastards
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Author : John Ralston Saul
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-12-25
Voltaire S Bastards written by John Ralston Saul 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 2012-12-25 with History categories.
With a new Introduction by the author, this “erudite and brilliantly readable book” (The Observer, London) expertly dissects the political, economic, and social origins of Western civilization to reveal a culture cripplingly enslaved to crude notions of rationality and expertise. With a new introduction by the author, this “erudite and brilliantly readable book” (The Observer, London) astutely dissects the political, economic and social origins of Western civilization to reveal a culture cripplingly enslaved to crude notions of rationality and expertise. The Western world is full of paradoxes. We talk endlessly of individual freedom, yet we’ve never been under more pressure to conform. Our business leaders describe themselves as capitalists, yet most are corporate employees and financial speculators. We call our governments democracies, yet few of us participate in politics. We complain about invasive government, yet our legal, educational, financial, social, cultural and legislative systems are deteriorating. All these problems, John Ralston Saul argues, are largely the result of our blind faith in the value of reason. Over the past 400 years, our “rational elites” have turned the modern West into a vast, incomprehensible, directionless machine, run by process-minded experts—“Voltaire’s bastards”—whose cult of scientific management is empty of both sense and morality. Whether in politics, art, business, the military, entertainment, science, finance, academia or journalism, these experts share the same outlook and methods. The result, Saul maintains, is a civilization of immense technological power whose ordinary citizens are increasingly excluded from the decision-making process. In this wide-ranging anatomy of modern society and its origins—whose “pages explode with insight, style and intellectual rigor” (Camille Paglia, The Washington Post)—Saul presents a shattering critique of the political, economic and cultural establishments of the West.