Vanished Armies
DOWNLOAD
Download Vanished Armies PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Vanished Armies book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Vanished Armies
DOWNLOAD
Author : AE Haswell Miller
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2013-01-20
Vanished Armies written by AE Haswell Miller and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-20 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
In the years immediately before the First World War, Archibald Haswell Miller, a young artist, travelled Europe to study painting. While he was there he indulged his other great interest the military. On his travels he observed first-hand the soldiers of the European Armies in the last days of the colourful and elaborate uniforms that were giving way to grey and khaki across the continent. Realising that this was a great military heritage that was slipping away he set out to record these splendid uniforms. In those uncertain days before the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Haswell Miller sketched and painted hundreds of figures, each wearing a different uniform, from the armies of Britain, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Spain and Sweden. Just before the First World War the paintings were exhibited in Leipzig, and it seemed they might be published. But when war broke out they were returned home and lay forgotten for nearly one hundred years. Now published together at last, they represent a unique record of the uniforms of the last great age of military dress. Accompanied by, in Haswell Miller's own words, 'notes and memories of the days before “the lights went out in Europe” in the year 1914', this is a book of great historical importance.
The Vanished Army
DOWNLOAD
Author : Tim Carew
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
The Vanished Army written by Tim Carew and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
Surprise Kill Vanish
DOWNLOAD
Author : Annie Jacobsen
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-05-14
Surprise Kill Vanish written by Annie Jacobsen and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-14 with History categories.
From Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen, the untold USA Today bestselling story of the CIA's secret paramilitary units. Surprise . . . your target. Kill . . . your enemy. Vanish . . . without a trace. When diplomacy fails, and war is unwise, the president calls on the CIA's Special Activities Division, a highly-classified branch of the CIA and the most effective, black operations force in the world. Originally known as the president's guerrilla warfare corps, SAD conducts risky and ruthless operations that have evolved over time to defend America from its enemies. Almost every American president since World War II has asked the CIA to conduct sabotage, subversion and, yes, assassination. With unprecedented access to forty-two men and women who proudly and secretly worked on CIA covert operations from the dawn of the Cold War to the present day, along with declassified documents and deep historical research, Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen unveils -- like never before -- a complex world of individuals working in treacherous environments populated with killers, connivers, and saboteurs. Despite Hollywood notions of off-book operations and external secret hires, covert action is actually one piece in a colossal foreign policy machine. Written with the pacing of a thriller, Surprise, Kill, Vanish brings to vivid life the sheer pandemonium and chaos, as well as the unforgettable human will to survive and the intellectual challenge of not giving up hope that define paramilitary and intelligence work. Jacobsen's exclusive interviews -- with members of the CIA's Senior Intelligence Service (equivalent to the Pentagon's generals), its counterterrorism chiefs, targeting officers, and Special Activities Division's Ground Branch operators who conduct today's close-quarters killing operations around the world -- reveal, for the first time, the enormity of this shocking, controversial, and morally complex terrain. Is the CIA's paramilitary army America's weaponized strength, or a liability to its principled standing in the world? Every operation reported in this book, however unsettling, is legal.
Vanished
DOWNLOAD
Author : Wil S. Hylton
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2013-11-05
Vanished written by Wil S. Hylton and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with History categories.
From a mesmerizing storyteller, the gripping search for a missing World War II crew, their bomber plane, and their legacy. In the fall of 1944, a massive American bomber carrying eleven men vanished over the Pacific islands of Palau, leaving a trail of mysteries. According to mission reports from the Army Air Forces, the plane crashed in shallow water—but when investigators went to find it, the wreckage wasn’t there. Witnesses saw the crew parachute to safety, yet the airmen were never seen again. Some of their relatives whispered that they had returned to the United States in secret and lived in hiding. But they never explained why. For sixty years, the U.S. government, the children of the missing airmen, and a maverick team of scientists and scuba divers searched the islands for clues. With every clue they found, the mystery only deepened. Now, in a spellbinding narrative, Wil S. Hylton weaves together the true story of the missing men, their final mission, the families they left behind, and the real reason their disappearance remained shrouded in secrecy for so long. This is a story of love, loss, sacrifice, and faith—of the undying hope among the families of the missing, and the relentless determination of scientists, explorers, archaeologists, and deep-sea divers to solve one of the enduring mysteries of World War II.
Report Of The Proceedings Of The Society Of The Army Of The Tennessee At The Meeting S
DOWNLOAD
Author : Society of the Army of the Tennessee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1877
Report Of The Proceedings Of The Society Of The Army Of The Tennessee At The Meeting S written by Society of the Army of the Tennessee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1877 with United States categories.
Unknown Soldiers
DOWNLOAD
Author : Neil Hanson
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2007-12-18
Unknown Soldiers written by Neil Hanson and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-18 with History categories.
The First World War was a conflict of unprecedented ferocity. After the last shot was fired and the troops marched home, approximately three million soldiers remained unaccounted for. An unassuming English chaplain first proposed a symbolic burial in memory of all the missing dead; subsequently the idea was picked up by almost every combatant country. Acclaimed author Neil Hanson focuses on the lives of three soldiers — an Englishman, a German, and an American — using their diaries and letters to offer an unflinching yet compassionate account of the front lines. He describes how each man endured nearly unbearable conditions, skillfully showing how the Western world arrived at the now time-honored way of mourning and paying tribute to all those who die in war. From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Vanished
DOWNLOAD
Author : Sarah Dalton
language : en
Publisher: Blemished
Release Date : 2022-09-23
The Vanished written by Sarah Dalton and has been published by Blemished this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-23 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
The second book in the Blemished series is packed with adventure and romance. Join Mina as she navigates a daunting new world where war looms, and rebellion stirs. Still reeling from the events that occurred in Area 14, Mina arrives at The Clans hoping for a new start with her friends and her father. While The Clans are free from GEM control, what she finds is not the safe haven she had wished for. The people on the compound treat her with distrust, and as relationships around her begin to crumble, Mina suspects a rotten core at the heart of her new home. Just to make matters worse, the threat of war is coming. The Clans are turning against each other, and Mina is caught in the middle. But will the introduction to surprising and gifted new friends help Mina in her quest to survive? "You're part of the vanished now. That's what we all are. The people who have been forgotten." What readers are saying about the Blemished series: "I'd recommend this series for those that like near-future sci-fi tales, strong heroines, action, paranormal undercurrents along with a bit of romance thrown in. I feel this series is well-written and provides an interesting storyline." - I am a Reader "Sarah was able to ratchet up that intensity for book two. She never fails at keeping you guessing, wondering exactly what is going to be around the next corner. I love that about her writing." - My Seryniti "This book is a dystopian novel, but also adds several other genres into the mix including action, mystery, adventure and romance. It definitely appeals to fans of several different types of fiction and crosses over barriers easily. Overall, this was a fantastic second book in what continues to be a thrilling YA dystopian series that readers will definitely want to get their hands on." - A Dream Within a Dream
Armies Of Sand
DOWNLOAD
Author : Kenneth Michael Pollack
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2019
Armies Of Sand written by Kenneth Michael Pollack and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with HISTORY categories.
Armies of Sand asks, 'why have Arab militaries fought so poorly in the modern era?' It examines the performance of over two-dozen Arab militaries from 1948 to 2017, and compares them to a half-dozen non-Arab militaries, to conclude that politics, economics, and culture all contributed to the past weakness of Arab armies.
Loyal Lochaber And Its Associations Historical Genealogical And Traditionary
DOWNLOAD
Author : William Drummond Norie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
Loyal Lochaber And Its Associations Historical Genealogical And Traditionary written by William Drummond Norie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Lochaber (Scotland) categories.
Vanished By The Danube
DOWNLOAD
Author : Charles Farkas
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2013-06-20
Vanished By The Danube written by Charles Farkas and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-20 with History categories.
Germany's invasion of Hungary in 1944 marked the end of a culture that had dominated Central Europe from the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. In this poignant memoir, Charles Farkas offers a testament to this vanished way of life—its society, morality, personal integrity, wealth, traditions, and chivalry—as well as an eyewitness account of its destruction, begun at the hands of the Nazis and then completed under the heel of Soviet Communism. Farkas's recollections of growing up in Budapest, a city whose grandeur embraced—indeed spanned—the Danube River; his vivid descriptions of everyday life in Hungary before, during, and after World War II; and his ultimate flight to freedom in the United States remind us that behind the larger historical events of the past century are the stories of the individual men and women who endured and, ultimately, survived them.