Diary of a Combatant
Title | Diary of a Combatant PDF eBook |
Author | Che Guevara |
Publisher | Ocean Press |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 2013-10-14 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0987077945 |
Che Guevara's original, unpublished diaries from the guerrilla war in Cuba's Sierra Maestra.
Combat Diary: the Most Memorable Year of My Life
Title | Combat Diary: the Most Memorable Year of My Life PDF eBook |
Author | A. J. Duplantier |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2018-08-30 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780464888802 |
A young soldiers' diary written during the Battle of the Bulge, the crossing of the Rhine into Germany, and the Battle of the Ruhr. A first-hand account of key engagements which helped end World War II.
From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant
Title | From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant PDF eBook |
Author | Alex Gilvarry |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 2012-01-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1101554312 |
The critically acclaimed debut from Alex Gilvarry, a darkly comic love letter to New York, told through the eyes of Boy Hernandez: Filipino immigrant, glamour junkie, Guantánamo detainee. Alex Gilvarry's widely acclaimed first novel is the story of designer Boy Hernandez: Filipino immigrant, New York glamour junkie, Guantánamo detainee. Locked away indefinitely and accused of being linked to a terrorist plot, Boy prepares for the tribunal of his life with this intimate confession, a dazzling swirl of soirees, runways, and hipster romance that charts one small man's undying love for New York City and his pursuit of the big American dream—even as the present nightmare of detainment chisels away at his vital wit and chutzpah. A New York Times Editor's Choice, From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant unveils two of America's most illusory realms—high fashion and Homeland Security—in a funny, wise, and beguiling, and Kafkaesque tale for our strange times.
The Three Wars of Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer
Title | The Three Wars of Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer PDF eBook |
Author | George E. Stratemeyer |
Publisher | Department of the Air Force |
Pages | 592 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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In this volume, we examine the challenges and opportunities created by global migration at the start of the 21st century. Our focus extends beyond economic impact to questions of international law, human rights, and social and political incorporation. We examine immigrant outcomes and policy questions at the global, national, and local levels. Our primary purpose is to connect ethical, legal, and social science scholarship from a variety of disciplines in order to raise questions and generate new insights regarding patterns of migration and the design of useful policy.While the book incorporates studies of the evolution of immigration law globally and over the very long term, as well as considerations of the magnitude and determinants of immigrant flows at the global level, it places particular emphasis on the growth of immigration to the United States in the 1990s and early 2000s and provides new insights on the complex relationships between federal and state politics and regulation, popular misconceptions about the economic and social impacts of immigration, and the status of 'undocumented' immigrants.
Invasion Diary
Title | Invasion Diary PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Tregaskis |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Pages | 227 |
Release | 2016-11-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1504040015 |
A dramatic and richly detailed chronicle of the Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy from one of America’s greatest war correspondents. Following the defeat of Axis forces in North Africa, Allied military strategists turned their attention to southern Italy. Winston Churchill famously described the region as the “soft underbelly of Europe,” and claimed that an invasion would pull German troops from the Eastern Front and help bring a swift end to the war. On July 10, 1943, American and British forces invaded Sicily. Operation Husky brought the island under Allied control and hastened the downfall of Benito Mussolini, but more than one hundred thousand German and Italian troops managed to escape across the Strait of Medina. The “soft underbelly” of mainland Italy became, in the words of US Fifth Army commander Lt. Gen. Mark Clark, “a tough old gut.” Less than a year after landing with the US Marines on Guadalcanal Island, journalist Richard Tregaskis joined the Allied forces in Sicily and Italy. Invasion Diary documents some of the fiercest fighting of World War II, from bombing runs over Rome to the defense of the Salerno beachhead against heavy artillery fire to the fall of Naples. In compelling and evocative prose, Tregaskis depicts the terror and excitement of life on the front lines and recounts his own harrowing brush with death when a chunk of German shrapnel pierced his helmet and shattered his skull. An invaluable eyewitness account of two of the most crucial campaigns of the Second World War and a stirring tribute to the soldiers, pilots, surgeons, nurses, and ambulance drivers whose skill and courage carried the Allies to victory, Invasion Diary is a classic of war reportage and “required reading for all who want to know how armies fight” (Library Journal). This ebook features an illustrated biography of Richard Tregaskis including rare images from the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming.
Che
Title | Che PDF eBook |
Author | Che Guevara |
Publisher | Ocean Press |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1920888934 |
Director Steven Soderberg based his epic biopic on two classic diaries written by Che Guevara: Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War and Bolivian Diary. Che: The Diaries of Ernesto Che Guevara includes a section from each of these books, showing the young Argentine's evolution, in his own words, from the wide-eyed medical student of the Motorcycle Diaries era to the revolutionary hero the world knows as Che.
Between Tedium and Terror
Title | Between Tedium and Terror PDF eBook |
Author | Sy Myron Kahn |
Publisher | |
Pages | 363 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Soldiers |
ISBN | 9780252018589 |
The diary of a nineteen-year-old soldier in the Pacific during World War II records both the daily tedium and the immediacy of danger as he traveled to Australia, New Guinea, and other faraway locations.