[PDF] Until Victory Always eBook

Author : Jim McGuinness
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 19,94 MB
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0717169359

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'There's a difference between living and being alive.'Jim McGuinness inherited a wounded thing when he took over as manager of the Donegal senior football team in the summer of 2010. When he stepped down just over four years later, the same group of players had won three Ulster championships, the All-Ireland title of 2012 and succeeded in overturning a century-old perception of how Gaelic football should be played.His departure also marked the end of a personal odyssey, which had begun almost three decades earlier and weathered the aftermath of two family tragedies. Destined to become a classic, Until Victory Always is McGuinness's unforgettable and highly personal account of his years at the helm of the Donegal team.Confessional, moving, funny and fiercely honest, it's at once the epic story of one team's audacious bid to rewrite its destiny and one man's moving testament to the power of sport to sustain us in our darkest moments.

Author : Che Guevara
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 24,25 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1461637147

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Che Guevara, the larger-than-life hero of the 1959 revolutionary victory that overturned the Cuban dictatorship, believed that revolution would also topple the imperialist governments in Latin America. Che's call to action, his proclamation of "invincibility"-the ultimate victory of revolutionary forces-continues to influence the course of Latin American history and international relations. His amazing life story has lifted him to almost legendary status. This edition of Che's classic work Guerrilla Warfare contains the text of his book, as well as two later essays titled "Guerrilla Warfare: A Method" and "Message to the Tricontinental." A detailed introduction by Brian Loveman and Thomas M. Davies, Jr., examines Guevara's text, his life and political impact, the situation in Latin America, and the United States' response to Che and to events in Latin America. Loveman and Davies also provide in-depth case studies that apply Che's theories on revolution to political situations in seven Latin American countries from the 1960s to the present. Also included are political chronologies of each country discussed in the case studies and a postscript tying the analyses together. This book will help students gain a better understanding of Che's theoretical contribution to revolutionary literature and the inspiration that his life and Guerrilla Warfare have provided to revolutionaries since the 1960s. This volume is an invaluable addition to courses in Latin American studies and political science.

Author : Les Brown
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 35,2 MB
Release : 1998-01-08
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0684835282

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A step-by-step plan offers examples and exercises on how to determine and live by a set of values, experiment with failure as a formula for success, and take life beyond set limits.

Author : Stephen Arterburn
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 29,67 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0307457974

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Updated for a new generation, a resource for overcoming sexual temptation shares the stories of men who have escaped sexual immorality and offers a practical plan for achieving sexual integrity.

Author : Christopher D. Kolenda
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 18,97 MB
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0813152836

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Why have the major post-9/11 US military interventions turned into quagmires? Despite huge power imbalances in the United States' favor, significant capacity-building efforts, and repeated tactical victories by what many observers call the world's best military, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq turned intractable. The US government's fixation on zero-sum, decisive victory in these conflicts is a key reason why military operations to overthrow two developing-world regimes failed to successfully achieve favorable and durable outcomes. In Zero-Sum Victory, retired US Army colonel Christopher D. Kolenda identifies three interrelated problems that have emerged from the government's insistence on zero-sum victory. First, the US government has no organized way to measure successful outcomes other than a decisive military victory, and thus, selects strategies that overestimate the possibility of such an outcome. Second, the United States is slow to recognize and modify or abandon losing strategies; in both cases, US officials believe their strategies are working, even as the situation deteriorates. Third, once the United States decides to withdraw, bargaining asymmetries and disconnects in strategy undermine the prospects for a successful transition or negotiated outcome. Relying on historic examples and personal experience, Kolenda draws thought-provoking and actionable conclusions about the utility of American military power in the contemporary world—insights that serve as a starting point for future scholarship as well as for important national security reforms.

Author : Jerry Savelle
Publisher : Jerry Savelle Ministries
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,67 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780892749096

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Savelle writes about God's plan for us, how we can stay focused on what God has for us and how we should prepare ourselves to allow Him to move mightily on our behalf.

Author : Peter Schweizer
Publisher :
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,41 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 9780871136336

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Describes the Reagan administration's covert campaign against the Soviet Union that increased stress on the Soviet economy.