The Hardest Victory
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The Hardest Victory
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Author : Jean Ellis Hudson
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2014-11-11
The Hardest Victory written by Jean Ellis Hudson and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-11 with Fiction categories.
Clem and Susannah Brown and their three adult children, Thomas, age. 21, Ruth, age 20, and Jeff, age 18, in the year of 1912, have much love within their family, but life is not without trials. Clem and Susannah discover that Thomas has a lack of self-control and can even trace it back to childhood. There is anger and jealousy brewing in Thomas that he does not control and thus he strikes out at family members. Upon the death of George Brady, Susannahs father, each member of the family inherits a great deal which enables them to enlarge the farm and improve their lives. Ruth meets a fine young man and after a period of courting, they get married. Clyde Armour still works with Clem and is basically a partner by 1912, while he and his wife Lillian have two children. Another hired hand is added to the farm named Zeb Stuart. Their pastor Tim Hawthorne talks with Thomas a great deal about his problems, walking as a Christian, and staying out of certain establishments. Follow the route Thomas life takes as it intertwines with Jeffs.
The Hardest Victory
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Author : Denis Richards
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995-10-05
The Hardest Victory written by Denis Richards and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-10-05 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
The Hardest Victory
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Author : Denis Richards
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Release Date : 1995
The Hardest Victory written by Denis Richards and has been published by W. W. Norton this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Examines the difficulties, failures, and achievements of the RAF Bomber Command during World War II, discussing significant battles and the human costs of victory
Raf Bomber Command In World War Ii
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Author : Denis Richards
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Group
Release Date : 2001
Raf Bomber Command In World War Ii written by Denis Richards and has been published by Penguin Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
While Churchill acknowledged the vital contribution of RAF Bomber Command in the Second World War, it has recently come under fire from a whole generation of historians. They claim that the RAF offensive against Germany was immoral because so many civilians were killed, and wasteful because so many attacks were not on specific military targets. In this powerful book Denis Richards describes the Command's difficulties and failures, but also redresses the balance by making clear the magnitude of its achievements. His fascinating account dramatically re-creates the gruesome and protracted battle fought for almost five and half years in the night skies, in which over half the aircrew became casualties. Truly, it was 'the Hardest Victory'. Book jacket.
Awarded For Valour
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Author : M. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2008-06-23
Awarded For Valour written by M. Smith and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-23 with History categories.
Based on primary source research, this is the most comprehensive history of the Victoria Cross available, tracing the evolution of the award from its inception in 1856 to the most recent bestowals. The study also examines the evolution of the concept of heroism and how the definition of heroism changed along with the nature of warfare.
Treasury Of Spiritual Wisdom
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Author : Andy Zubko
language : en
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Release Date : 2003-01-30
Treasury Of Spiritual Wisdom written by Andy Zubko and has been published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-30 with Conduct of life categories.
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Bomber Harris His Life And Times
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Author : Henry Probert
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2016-08-05
Bomber Harris His Life And Times written by Henry Probert and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-05 with History categories.
This is the definitive biography of one of the most controversial figures of the Second World War. Sir Arthur Harris remains the target of criticism and vilification by many, while others believe that the contribution he and his men made to the Allied victory is grossly undervalued. Harris has been condemned, in particular, for his Area Bombing tactics which saw civilians and their homes become legitimate targets along with industrial and military installations. This is explored by the author and placed fully within its context, and just as importantly, within the instructions he received from Churchill’s administration. Henry Probert’s critical but highly sympathetic account draws on wide-ranging research and, for the first time, all of Harris’ own papers, to give an outstanding insight into a man who combined leadership, professionalism and decisiveness with kindness, humour and generosity.
Among The Dead Cities
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Author : A. C. Grayling
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-04-24
Among The Dead Cities written by A. C. Grayling and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-24 with Philosophy categories.
Is it ever right to target civilians in a time of war? Or do the ends sometimes justify the means? The twentieth century - the age of 'total war' - marked the first time that civilian populations came to be seen as legitimate military targets. At this policy's most terrible extreme came the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki but it is an issue that remains relevant today with the needs of the 'War on Terror' used to justify the use of drone strikes. In Among the Dead Cities, A.C. Grayling explores these moral issues in all their complexity with a detailed examination of the Allied bombing of German cities during World War 2. Considering the cases for and against the area bombing and the experiences of the bombed and the bombers, Grayling asks: was the targeting of civilians in Germany a crime? Now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, the book includes a new afterword by the author considering the issues in light of later conflicts up to the present day.
Rhetoric And Reality In Air Warfare
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Author : Tami Biddle
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009-01-10
Rhetoric And Reality In Air Warfare written by Tami Biddle and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-10 with History categories.
A major revision of our understanding of long-range bombing, this book examines how Anglo-American ideas about "strategic" bombing were formed and implemented. It argues that ideas about bombing civilian targets rested on--and gained validity from--widespread but substantially erroneous assumptions about the nature of modern industrial societies and their vulnerability to aerial bombardment. These assumptions were derived from the social and political context of the day and were maintained largely through cognitive error and bias. Tami Davis Biddle explains how air theorists, and those influenced by them, came to believe that strategic bombing would be an especially effective coercive tool and how they responded when their assumptions were challenged. Biddle analyzes how a particular interpretation of the World War I experience, together with airmen's organizational interests, shaped interwar debates about strategic bombing and preserved conceptions of its potentially revolutionary character. This flawed interpretation as well as a failure to anticipate implementation problems were revealed as World War II commenced. By then, the British and Americans had invested heavily in strategic bombing. They saw little choice but to try to solve the problems in real time and make long-range bombing as effective as possible. Combining narrative with analysis, this book presents the first-ever comparative history of British and American strategic bombing from its origins through 1945. In examining the ideas and rhetoric on which strategic bombing depended, it offers critical insights into the validity and robustness of those ideas--not only as they applied to World War II but as they apply to contemporary warfare.
Flak
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Author : Edward B. Westermann
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2001-11-12
Flak written by Edward B. Westermann and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-11-12 with History categories.
Air raid sirens wail, searchlight beams flash across the sky, and the night is aflame with tracer fire and aerial explosions, as Allied bombers and German anti-aircraft units duel in the thundering darkness. Such "cinematic" scenes, played out with increasing frequency as World War II ground to a close, were more than mere stock material for movie melodramas. As Edward Westermann reveals, they point to a key but largely unappreciated aspect of the German war effort that has yet to get its full due. Long the neglected stepchild in studies of World War II air campaigns, German flak or anti-aircraft units have been frequently dismissed by American, British, and German historians (and by veterans of the European air war) as ineffective weapons that wasted valuable material and personnel resources desperately needed elsewhere by the Third Reich. Westermann emphatically disagrees with that view and makes a convincing case for the significant contributions made by the entire range of German anti-aircraft defenses. During the Allied air campaigns against the Third Reich, well over a million tons of bombs were dropped upon the German homeland, killing nearly 300,000 civilians, wounding another 780,000, and destroying more than 3,500,000 industrial and residential structures. Not surprisingly, that aerial Armageddon has inspired countless studies of both the victorious Allied bombing offensive and the ultimately doomed Luftwaffe defense of its own skies. By contrast, flak units have virtually been ignored, despite the fact that they employed more than a million men and women, were responsible for more than half of all Allied aircraft losses, forced Allied bombers to fly far above high-accuracy altitudes, and thus allowed Germany to hold out far longer than it might have otherwise. Westermann's definitive study sheds new light on every facet of the development and organization of this vital defense arm, including its artillery, radar, searchlight, barrage balloon, decoy sites, and command components. Highlighting the convergence of technology, strategy, doctrine, politics, and economics, Flak also provides revealing insights into German strategic thought, Hitler's obsession with micromanaging the war, and the lives of the members of the flak units themselves, including the large number of women, factory workers, and even POWs who participated.