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Author : Hanna Kalter Weiss
Publisher : Devora Publishing
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 21,65 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
ISBN : 9781932687682

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Hanna Kalter was a typical teenager when the Nazis came to power in Germany. But on Kristellnacht, when mobs destroyed the synagogue and Jewish property, and ransacked her home, Hanna's parents shipped her and her sister Ruth off to safety in free Holland on the Kindertransport. Soon, the Nazi's conquered Holland and the Gestapo moved in next door. But Hanna was determined to live her life ? to get an education, learn a skill, make friends, find a boyfriend. She didn't lose her cool, even when she and her sister were deported to a concentration camp. And, for years, she waited for her parents to send for her, so the family could be reunited in safety.

Author : Joseph Wouk
Publisher : Joseph Wouk
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 17,83 MB
Release : 2023-04-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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A memoir of Middle East Madness Joseph Wouk, an ex-immigrant to Israel, now a Hollywood television producer, is initially elated over the commencement of the first Gulf War, Desert Storm. But when Saddam’s missiles target Tel-Aviv he is overcome with guilt and horror. The sense of impotence, sitting in Los Angeles watching CNN report chemical warheads in Ramat Gan, is more than he can bear. Abandoning his wife and child, as well as a television film in development, he flies into the war zone to rejoin his old unit in the Israeli Navy. The only problem is, he’s been kicked out of the Navy reserves for having failed to report for duty in six years. They don’t need or want him back either. But Wouk is determined to “help”… Even if it means turning the whole I.D.F. Navy inside-out. Scuds, Duds, & Tyre is a hilarious and torturous new-journalistic account of Wouk’s return to the Israeli Navy during the Gulf War. The experience prompts reminiscences of his former life in the country – From his first sexual encounter, to the carnage of the first Lebanon War. Breathlessly paced, the narrative sweeps the reader along through the insanity of war and Wouk’s own twisted, guilt-ridden quest for self respect. In a style reminiscent of Hunter S. Thompson and with themes reminiscent of his father, Herman Wouk, the book is original, insightful, and outrageous. Most of all, it’s a great read.

Author : Yahya M. Sadowski
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 50,49 MB
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815720947

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In the late 1970s and 1980s, Middle Eastern states spent more than $600 billion expanding their military forces. They acquired thousands of tanks, advanced fighter aircraft, ballistic missiles, chemical weapons, and—in some cases—nuclear devices. These potent arsenals make the Middle East the tinderbox of world affairs. In this book, foreign policy analyst Yahya Sadowski shows that the arms race cannot be sustained in the 1990s. Declining oil prices, overpopulation, economic mismanagement, and foreign policy adventures—such as the 1992 Gulf War, which cost local states another $600 billion—have sapped the economies of the Middle East. Facing dwindling incomes and rising expenses, growing numbers of Middle Easterners now favor diverting funds away from military expenditures and concentrating them on economic development programs. Sadowski argues that arms control programs for the Middle East should be designed to reinforce and exploit these economic pressures for demilitarization. He examines the strengths and weaknesses of various arms control proposals, such as the U.S. call for a cartel of weapons exporters and a Jordanian plan to liquidate the foreign debt of states that curb military expenditures.

Author : Rob Schrab
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,40 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781582406855

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In the world of Scud, bullets are cheaper than human life. Corner vending machines provide any weapon you might need. The most popular weapons are Scud disposable assassins: Robot hitmen that self-destruct when they kill their target. This volume follows Scud 1373, assigned to take out a hideous female man-eater named Jeff. While fighting the indestructible Jeff, Scud discovers his infamous warning panel in a bathroom mirror. Realizing that to kill Jeff is to kill himself, Scud blows off her arms and legs and hospitalizes her. Her life support bills will have to be paid, and Scud will have to find more work to stay alive.

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Page : 144 pages
File Size : 11,73 MB
Release : 1986-02
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FIELD & STREAM, America’s largest outdoor sports magazine, celebrates the outdoor experience with great stories, compelling photography, and sound advice while honoring the traditions hunters and fishermen have passed down for generations.

Author : Douglas C. Waller
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 17,6 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Special forces (Military science)
ISBN : 0671787179

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This history of U.S. military special operations gives an account of the training of special forces & the SEALs & describes their activities in Panama & the Persian Gulf.

Author : G. B. Trudeau
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 42,71 MB
Release : 1991-12-31
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780836218824

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Of all the media with anything to say about Operation Desert Storm, only CNN received more praise than Doonesbury for its coverage. Now Trudeau--the first comic strip artist to win the Pulitzer Prize (in 1975)--is back with the follow-up to his hilarious I'd Go with the Helmet, Ray. Here he offers an honest and all-encompassing record of the issues surrounding the war and skewers the preoccupations of the nation in its aftermath.00 print.

Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 34,90 MB
Release : 2013-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 147280306X

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The Scud missile was developed as the centerpiece of Soviet plans to fight nuclear war in the heart of Europe. However, it was never used in its intended role and has instead become a symbol of the changing nature of warfare in the aftermath of the Cold War. Saddam Hussein's Iraqi armed forces were almost helpless in the face of the Coalition forces in the 1991 Gulf War; the only weapon that Iraq could use to injure the Coalition forces was its arsenal of Scud missiles. This book explores the development and variants of the missile and its launch systems, its proliferation outside of the West, and its role in conflicts around the world.