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Download/Read Bowing Toward Babylon: The Nationalistic Subversion of Christian Worship in America Full Pages Free By Craig M. Watts. What is being done in worship when national holidays are celebrated, the American flag is displayed and honored, and songs are sung that extol the nation? Are these benign gestures? Or could they actually be idolatrous? In this insightful and persuasively argued study Craig M. Watts contends the inclusion of elements of American nationalism in worship is detrimental to the integrity of Christian worship. He maintains that in faithful worship the story of Jesus must be re-presented and performed in such a way that the only affections and loyalty that are fostered are those Christians everywhere rightfully share. To do otherwise opens the door to idolatry and leaves the church doing what Watts calls --bowing toward Babylon.-- He reviews the development of the symbols, songs, and gestures that celebrate America and how they were introduced into worship. Wat

Download/Read The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest: The History and Legacy of the Roman Empire's Greatest Military Defeat Full Pages Free By Charles River Editors. *Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts describing the battle *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "The details of this terrible calamity, the heaviest that had befallen the Romans on foreign soil since the disaster of Crassus in Parthia, I shall endeavor to set forth, as others have done, in my larger work. Here I can merely lament the disaster as a whole. An army unrivaled in bravery, the first of the Roman troops in discipline, vigor and military experience, was thus brought through supine leadership, the perfidy of the foe, and a cruel Fortune into an utterly desperate situation. The troops did not even have the opportunity of fighting, as they wished . . . and hemmed in by woods, lakes and the bands of ambushed enemies, were entirely cut off by tho

Download/Read Tin-Can Canucks: A Century of Canadian Destroyers Full Pages Free By S.D. Campbell. Bordered by three oceans, Canada's Navy has always needed ships and crew who could brave the harshest of seas to enforce her sovereignty and protect her freedom. The destroyer has been "the very finest ship" for such tasks. Their crews may call them 'tin-cans' but these hardy ships have faced off against U-Boats, Gunboats, Sampans and North Atlantic gales. From Ushant to Inchon, from the frigid Atlantic and wide Pacific to the narrow Gulf, they have sailed and fought and shown the flag. They are the greyhounds of the seas. They are the Tin-Can Canucks. Front Cover Ebook Tin-Can Canucks: A Century of Canadian Destroyers Author : S.D. Campbell Pages : 348 pages Publisher : Kay Cee Publications Language : eng ISBN-10 : 0969154828 ISBN-13 : 9780969154822 How to Download Tin-Can Canucks: A Century of Canadian Destroyers you can download by click link here : GET FREE

Download/Read The Mighty Healer: Thomas Holloway's Victorian Patent Medicine Empire Full Pages Free By Verity Holloway. Verity Holloway?s nineteenth-century cousin Thomas Holloway?s patent medicine empire was so ubiquitous, Charles Dickens commented that if you?d murdered someone with the name Holloway, you?d think their spirit had come back to torment you. Advertising as far away as the pyramids in Giza, it was said Holloway?s Ointment could cure lesions on a wooden leg.Bottling leftover cooking grease in the kitchen of his parents? Cornish pub, Thomas?s dubious cure-alls made him one of the richest self-made men in England. Promising to save respectable Victorian invalids ?FROM THE POINT OF DEATH? (his capitals), the self-proclaimed ?Professor? Holloway used his millions to build the enormous Gothic Holloway College and Holloway Sanatorium for the insane.But Thomas was a man of contradictions. To his contemporaries, he was simultaneously ?the greatest benefactor to ever live? an

Download/Read My Dearest Darling Barbara: Love Letters From Vietnam Full Pages Free By Gary L. Gresh. This is not a war story. It is a love story, surrounded by war, heightened by war, and told through the actual letters sent home in 1969 -1970. But the war could not be ignored; it was bigger than both of us.Vietnam was a watershed for me. I had no idea what I was going to do, except that I was a young idealist who was ready to go to Vietnam because my country said it was necessary to prevent the spread of communism. That was a concept far too broad for me to accept or reject on my own volition; therefore I went to Vietnam.I was 23 years old, a graduate of Penn Hills Senior High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania. I was a history major in college on an ROTC Scholarship and in love with the hometown girl I had married just one year before my graduation and commissioning. The Army had already solved two of my biggest prob

Download/Read Wanderings in Patagonia Full Pages Free By Julius Beerbohm. And not out of harmony with the gloomy spirit of solitude which broods over St. Julian, are the tragic memories connected with the three famous nautical expeditions which have visited its inhospitable shores. We were anchored between two islands-Justice and Execution Islands. These names were given to them by Sir Francis Drake, who visited St. Julian in 1578. On the former he caused one of his party, a Master Doughty, to be put to death for alleged insubordination. Sir Francis found a gibbet already erected on one of these islands, which had been left there by Magellan, who passed the winter of 1520 at St. Front Cover Ebook Wanderings in Patagonia Author : Julius Beerbohm Pages : 164 pages Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Language : ISBN-10 : 1544735723 ISBN-13 : 9781544735726 How to Download Wanderings in Patagonia you can download by click link here : GET FREE PDF Or You can Read Free us

Download/Read Snowy to the Somme; A Muddy and Bloody Campaign, 1916-1918 Full Pages Free By Tim Cook. After near 100 years the 55th Battalion is finally being remembered in this valuable addition to Australian military history, Snowy to the Somme A Muddy and Bloody Campaign, 1916-1918 by Tim Cook.Due to the awareness of the Gallipoli Campaign, there was a vast increase in the amount of Australians volunteering for WW1 service. After the evacuation of Anzac, the AIF was doubled in size. The 55th Battalion ranks were filled by taking half the Gallipoli veterans of the 3rd Battalion and making up the another half from fresh recruits. These recruits had arrived from Australia and had not yet seen active service. The Battalion was mostly composed of men from New South Wales.The 55th Battalion was transferred to the Western Front, arriving into France on the 30th June 1916. Within two weeks the 55th Bn entered the frontlines at Fromelles. Eventually taking part in the Battle of Fromelles on

Download/Read The Christian Father Full Pages Free By Wilhelm Cramer. The Christian Father - What He Should Be, And What He Should Do is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1883. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future. Front Cover Ebook The Christian Father Author : Wilhelm Cramer Pages : 298 pages Publisher : Hansebooks Language : ISBN-10 : 3744659607 ISBN-13 : 9783744659604 How to Download The Christian Father you can download by click link here : GET FREE PDF Or You can Read Free using this link : READ ONLINE FREE

Download/Read Teufelhunden!: A Bibliography of the United States Marine Corps in the World War I Era Full Pages Free By Gary Cozzens. When the United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, there were 693 officers and 17,400 enlisted Marines on active duty serving around the world. This number is deceiving in that only three years before, in 1914, there were only a total of 10,000 officers and men serving in the Marine Corps. Congress had prudently increased the Corps' end-strength in anticipation of a war with Germany. The manpower was further increased after the declaration of war to 1,197 officers, 126 warrant officers and 30,000 enlisted men, thereby tripling the number of Marines on active duty in three years. Included in these totals were activated reservists, and, for the first time in Marine Corps history, women Marines. Major General Commandant George Barnett insisted that the Corps' obligations around the world be addressed before sending Marines to France.

Download/Read Heroes or Traitors?: Experiences of Southern Irish Soldiers Returning from the Great War 1919-1939 Full Pages Free By Paul Taylor. Covering the period from the Armistice to 1939, the book examines the experiences of Irish soldiers who had fought in the British army in the First World War on returning home to what became the Irish Free State. At the onset of the War, southern Irishmen volunteered in large numbers and marched off accompanied by cheering crowds and the promise of a hero's welcome home. In 1916, while its soldiers fought in the British army, Ireland witnessed an insurrection against British rule, the Easter Rising. Ireland's soldiers returned to a much-changed country, which no longer recognised their motives for fighting and which was at war with the country in whose army they had served. It has long been believed that the returning soldiers were subject to intimidation by the IRA, some killed as a retrospective punishment for their service with the

Download/Read Scioto County Full Pages Free By Jim Detty. When Scioto County was established in March 1803, no one could have imagined the wide-ranging series of events that would encompass its history for the next 200-plus years. Situated in south-central Ohio along the Ohio River, the region experienced incredible prosperity with the Ohio and Erie Canal and later the railroads during the 1800s. In the early 1900s, shoe factories, steel mills, and brick plants produced jobs and merchandise that benefitted millions. Unfortunately, economic hardship followed in the latter half of the 20th century when these factories and many others closed. While some say the best days have come and gone, many would strongly disagree. Every day, men and women work hard to make Scioto County as proud and prosperous as ever before. Front Cover Ebook Scioto County Author : Jim Detty Pages : 128 pages Publisher : Arcadia Publishing Language : ISBN-10 : 1467125172 ISBN-13 : 9781467125178 How to Download Sci

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Download/Read A Tale of Two Eagles: The Us-Mexico Bilateral Defense Relationship Post Cold War Full Pages Free By Craig A Deare. The United States and Mexico share a history shaped in the 19th century by numerous US forces interventions into Mexican territory and US expropriation of considerable swaths of Mexican territory. However, in spite of structural impediments and a history of resentment by Mexico of US intervention into its affairs and territory, the levels of cooperation and understanding slowly began to improve following a series of international and domestic factors. The decline of the former Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall at a global level, coupled with major political and economic challenges and reforms within Mexico are a starting point from which to assess the evolution of the bilateral defense relationship between the United States and Mexico. The American and Mexican militaries have evolved differently over the past 100 years and they each have very diff

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Download/Read Whaling in Massachusetts Full Pages Free By Gioia Dimock. The popular novel Moby-Dick first spurred young and old alike to romanticize the whaling industry. Author Herman Melville wrote his story based on the exploits of the Essex whaleship, and he documented his travels aboard the Acushnet, which departed from a Massachusetts whaling port. In the early 1700s, Massachusetts residents caught whales from the shore before embarking on offshore voyages for several weeks. Later, these trips would extend over many years, bringing home an average of 1,500 barrels of whale oil and thousands of pounds of whalebone in the 1800s. New Bedford and Nantucket were the founding towns for the whaling industry, but little known are the other Massachusetts towns that sent out whalers, built the ships, and outfitted them. Essex, Mattapoisett, and Falmouth were shipbuilding communities; Fairhaven began as a whaling town but quickly took to outfitting whalers; Gloucester made the yellow slick

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Download/Read Beyond Civil Rights: The Moynihan Report and Its Legacy Full Pages Free By Daniel Geary. Shortly after the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Daniel Patrick Moynihan authored a government report titled The Negro Family: A Case for National Action that captured the attention of President Lyndon Johnson. Responding to the demands of African American activists that the United States go beyond civil rights to secure economic justice, Moynihan thought his analysis of black families highlighted socioeconomic inequality. However, the report's central argument that poor families headed by single mothers inhibited African American progress touched off a heated controversy. The long-running dispute over Moynihan's conclusions changed how Americans talk about race, the family, and poverty.Fifty years after its publication, the Moynihan Report remains a touchstone in contemporary racial politics, cited by President Barack Obama and Congressman Paul Ryan among others. Beyond Civil Rights

Download/Read Okinawa and the U.S. Military: Identity Making in the Age of Globalization Full Pages Free By Masamichi S. Inoue. In 1995, an Okinawan schoolgirl was brutally raped by several U.S. servicemen. The incident triggered a chain of protests by women's groups, teachers' associations, labor unions, reformist political parties, and various grassroots organizations across Okinawa prefecture. Reaction to the crime culminated in a rally attended by some 85,000 people, including business leaders and conservative politicians who had seldom raised their voices against the U.S. military presence.Using this event as a point of reference, Inoue explores how Okinawans began to regard themselves less as a group of uniformly poor and oppressed people and more as a confident, diverse, middle-class citizenry embracing the ideals of democracy, human rights, and women's equality. As this identity of resistance has grown, however, the Japanese government has simultaneously worked to

Download/Read The Voice of the Past: Oral History Full Pages Free By Paul Thompson. Oral history gives history back to the people in their own words. And in giving a past, it also helps them towards a future of their own making. Oral history and life stories help to create a truer picture of the past and the changing present, documenting the lives and feelings of all kinds of people, many otherwise hidden from history. It explores personal and family relationships and uncovers the secret cultures of work. It connects public and private experience, and it highlights the experiences of migrating between cultures. At the same time it can bring courage to the old, meaning to communities, and contact between generations. Sometimes it can offer a path for healing divided communities and those with traumatic memories. Without it the history and sociology of our time would be poor and narrow.In this fourth edition of his pioneering work, fully revised with Joanna Bornat, Paul Thompson challe

Download/Read Turning Points in the History of American Evangelicalism Full Pages Free By Heath W. Carter. Lucid, authoritative overview of a major movement in American history The history of American evangelicalism is perhaps best understood by examining its?turning points?those moments when it took on a new scope, challenge, or influence. The Great Awakening, the rise of fundamentalism and Pentecostalism, the emergence of Billy Graham?all these developments and many more have given shape to one of the most dynamic movements in American religious history. Taken together, these turning points serve as a clear and helpful roadmap for understanding how evangelicalism has become what it is today. Each chapter in this book has been written by one of the world's top experts in American religious history, and together they form a single narrative of evangelicalism's remarkable development. Here is an engaging, balanced, coherent history of American evangelicalism from its origins as

Download/Read The Strand Theatre Fire: The 1941 Brockton Tragedy and the Fallen Thirteen Full Pages Free By James E. Benson. Chronicling the devastating Strand Theatre Fire of 1941 and celebrating the community's heroes and resilience in the face of adversity.On March 10, 1941, at 12:38 a.m., the Brockton Fire Department responded to Fire Alarm Box 1311, which was pulled for a fire at the Strand Theatre. Fire Alarm dispatched the deputy chief, three engine companies, a ladder company and Squad A. Within six minutes, a second alarm was struck. Less than one hour after the first alarm, the roof of the Strand collapsed, and what appeared to be a routine fire turned into a disaster that killed 13 firefighters and injured more than 20 others. The disaster marks one of the largest losses of life to firefighters from a burning building collapse in the United States. Front Cover Ebook The Strand Theatre Fire: The 1941 Brockton Tragedy and the Fallen Thirteen Author : James E. Benson Pages

Download/Read Shamanism and Islam: Sufism, Healing Rituals and Spirits in the Muslim World Full Pages Free By Thierry Zarcone. Here, Thierry Zarcone and Angela Hobart offer a vigorous and authoritative exploration of the link between Islam and shamanism in contemporary Muslim culture, examining how the old practice of shamanism was combined with elements of Sufism in order to adapt to wider Islamic society. Shamanism and Islam thus surveys shamanic practices in Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and the Balkans, to show how the Muslim shaman, like his Siberian counterpart, cultivated personal relations with spirits to help individuals through healing and divination. It explores the complexities and variety of rituals, involving music, dance and, in some regions, epic and bardic poetry, demonstrating the close links between shamanism and the various arts of the Islamic world. This is the first in-depth exploration of 'Islamized shamanism', and is a valuable contributio

Download/Read A Question of Order: India, Turkey, and the Return of Strongmen Full Pages Free By Basharat Peer. Neoliberals thought capitalism would bring about democracy, civil liberties, and human rights everywhere. But that is fast becoming an illusion, particularly in the East, where traditionalist and nationalist leaders are attracting religious, rural, or newly urban constituencies and ushering in an era of illiberal democracies. Peer, who was born in Kashmir and wrote with passion and intelligence about his native land in his acclaimed first book, Curfewed Night, reports from two of the world's largest democracies--Narendra Modi's India and Recep Tyyip Erdogan's Turkey--and examines how two charismatic strongmen came to power and moved their country in the direction of authoritarianism. Front Cover Ebook A Question of Order: India, Turkey, and the Return of Strongmen Author : Basharat Peer Pages : 160 pages Publisher : Columbia Global Reports Language : eng ISBN-10

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Download/Read Alternative Sociologies of Religion: Through Non-Western Eyes Full Pages Free By James V. Spickard. Alternative Sociologies of Religion explores what the sociology of religion would look like had it emerged in a Confucian, Muslim, or Native American culture rather than in a Christian one. Sociology has long used Western Christianity as a model for all religious life. As a result, the field has tended to highlight aspects of religion that Christians find important, such as religious beliefs and formal organizations, while paying less attention to other elements. Rather than simply criticizing such limitations, James V. Spickard imagines what the sociology of religion would look like had it arisen in three non-Western societies. What aspects of religion would scholars see more clearly if they had been raised in Confucian China? What could they learn about religion from Ibn Khaldun, the famed 14th century Arab scholar? What would they better understand, had they been born

Download/Read Quest for the Truth Full Pages Free By Alan E Losure. Loneliness was the worst part of his life now. The days were long but the nights even longer. If he was ever going to accomplish that which his inner voice had instructed him to do, that which he had planned to do some day, he needed to make up his mind and do it now. He had known many yesterdays and expected few tomorrows. Pausing briefly in order to compose his private thoughts, the old man began. Front Cover Ebook Quest for the Truth Author : Alan E Losure Pages : pages Publisher : Yorkshire Publishing Language : ISBN-10 : 1942451962 ISBN-13 : 9781942451969 How to Download Quest for the Truth you can download by click link here : GET FREE PDF Or You can Read Free using this link : READ ONLINE FREE

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Download/Read Our Fathers: Making Black Men Full Pages Free By Lewis W. Diuguid. Many people don't understand why black lives must matter and why the racial divide seems to be taking the country back 50 years. Like the mythical Sankofa bird, the answer to what's missing now lies in what existed before. Our Fathers: Making Black Men focuses on one block of St. Louis in the mid-20th century, where African American businessmen living the American Dream also created a sense of community for boys in that neighborhood. Lincoln I. Diuguid, a PhD graduate of Cornell University in chemistry, anchored the block with Du-Good Chemical Laboratories & Manufacturers. The chemistry the book reveals isn't rocket science, it's just the lost formula of community engagement. Men like Doc gave boys on the street jobs and a strong work ethic. They did it through sharing the African American narrative of triumphs and tragedies. They pushed the boys to higher expectations and to be the lo

Download/Read This Storied River: Legend Lore of the Upper Mississippi Full Pages Free By Dennis McCann. In This Storied River, longtime journalist Dennis McCann takes us on an intimate tour of the Upper Mississippi?from Dubuque, Iowa, to the Minnesota headwaters, and dozens of places in between. Far more than a travel guide, This Storied River celebrates the Upper Mississippi?s colorful history and the unique role the river has played in shaping the Midwest. Front Cover Ebook This Storied River: Legend Lore of the Upper Mississippi Author : Dennis McCann Pages : 200 pages Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society Press Language : ISBN-10 : 0870207849 ISBN-13 : 9780870207846 How to Download This Storied River: Legend Lore of the Upper Mississippi you can download by click link here : GET FREE PDF Or You can Read Free using this link : READ ONLINE FREE

Download/Read Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front: 1941-42 Full Pages Free By Robert Forczyk. The German panzer armies that stormed the Soviet Union in 1941 were an undefeated force that had honed its tactics to a fine edge. The panzers defeated the Red Army's tanks again and again and combined with German infantry and aircraft to envelop millions of Soviet soldiers. But the Red Army's armored forces regrouped and turned the tables in 1942.Compelling reading about the greatest tank war in historyFresh insights into the mechanized operations of both sides during Barbarossa, the drive on Moscow, Kiev, Rzhev, Kharkov, and Stalingrad Front Cover Ebook Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front: 1941-42 Author : Robert Forczyk Pages : 320 pages Publisher : Stackpole Books Language : ISBN-10 : 0811717844 ISBN-13 : 9780811717847 How to Download Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front: 1941-42 you can download by click link here : GET FREE PDF Or You can Read Free using this link : READ ONLINE FREE

Download/Read The Druids: The History and Mystery of the Ancient Celtic Priests Full Pages Free By Jesse Harasta. *Includes pictures. *Includes ancient accounts of the Druids written by Caesar, Cicero, Pliny, and more. *Explains the modern revival of Druids. *Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading."Throughout all of Gaul there are two classes of people who are treated with dignity and honor. This does not include the common people, who are little better than slaves and never have a voice in councils. Many of these align themselves with a patron voluntarily, whether because of debt or heavy tribute or out of fear of retribution by some other powerful person. Once they do this, they have given up all rights and are scarcely better than servants. The two powerful classes mentioned above are the Druids and the warriors. Druids are concerned with religious matters, public and private sacrifices, and divination." - Julius Caesar The Celts are one of the most we

Download/Read Jerusalem and Islam: The History and Legacy of the Holy City's Importance to Muslims Full Pages Free By Charles River Editors. *Includes pictures *Includes quotes from the Koran and Hadith *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading -The most holy spot [al-quds] on earth is Syria; the most holy spot in Syria is Palestine; the most holy spot in Palestine is Jerusalem [Bayt al-maqdis]; the most holy spot in Jerusalem is the Mountain; the most holy spot in Jerusalem is the place of worship [al-masjid], and the most holy spot in the place of worship is the Dome- - Thawr ibn Yazid, circa 770 In the campaign leading up to the election of Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate frequently discussed the importance of moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. For many conservative Christian Americans and Israelis, this was tantamount to the United States agreeing to Jewish control over Jerusalem. As it stands now, the U.S. has a c

Download/Read Black Ships: Illustrated Japanese History-The Americans Arrive Full Pages Free By Sean Michael Wilson. Bronze Medal Winner, 10th International Manga Awards On the 14th of July, 1853, the USS Plymouth, Mississippi, Saratoga, and Susquehanna sailed into Yokosuka, Japan. The mysterious -Black Ships- had arrived. In this stirring account of a pivotal moment in modern Japanese history, award-winning author and illustrator team Sean Michael Wilson and Akiko Shimojima tell the story of the four American -Black Ships- that arrived in Japan in 1853 under the command of Commodore Perry to force Japan to open up to trade. The book compellingly portrays the apprehension and confusion of the Japanese people witnessing the Black Ships steaming into view over the horizon; the anxious response of the samurai; the cat-and-mouse game that ensued; the protracted negotiations; and the eventual agreement signed on March 31st, 1854, as the Treaty of Kanagawa. Historically accurate and with a

Download/Read The Battle of Copenhagen 1801 Full Pages Free By Ole Feldbaek. Written by the leading Danish authority on the period, this splendid work brings to life Nelson's historic victory immortalized by his so famously turning a blind eye to his superiors order to halt operations. As well as describing the brilliance of the British tactics, the work fascinatingly reveals the desperate action and great bravery displayed by the Danish defenders who suffered appallingly in the fighting. Professor Feldbaek's account has been highly successful in Danish and its publication in English is eagerly awaited. Front Cover Ebook The Battle of Copenhagen 1801 Author : Ole Feldbaek Pages : 270 pages Publisher : Pen & Sword Books Language : eng ISBN-10 : 1473886619 ISBN-13 : 9781473886612 How to Download The Battle of Copenhagen 1801 you can download by click link here : GET FREE PDF Or You can Read Free using this link : READ ONLINE FREE

Download/Read The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Full Pages Free By F.L. Morrison. The 5th Highland Light Infantry was originally known as the 19th Lanark Rifle Volunteers, one of the Volunteer units raised in 1859. In 1880, it became the 5th Lanark Volunteers. The connection with the Highland Light Infantry began in 1887, when it was named the 1st Volunteer Battalion Highland Light Infantry, a detachment of which served in the South African War. On the formation of the Territorial Force in 1909, the present name was adopted. The old history of the unit is contained in the Records of the Scottish Volunteer Force 1859-1908, by the late Lieut.-General J.M. Grierson, C.V.O., C.B., C.M.G. This book deals with our record of service in the war 1914-1918, and we feel we need only say three things in the Preface: 1. The book is published privately for those who served with us and others interested. 2. It has been written by officers of the Battalion who were with

Download/Read The Haymarket Affair: The History of the Riots in Chicago that Galvanized the Labor Movement Full Pages Free By Charles River Editors. *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the Haymarket Affair and trials *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents -That night I could not sleep. Again I lived through the events of 1887. Twenty-one months had passed since the Black Friday of November 11, when the Chicago men had suffered their martyrdom, yet every detail stood out clear before my vision and affected me as if it had happened but yesterday. My sister Helena and I had become interested in the fate of the men during the period of their trial. The reports in the Rochester newspapers irritated, confused, and upset us by their evident prejudice. The violence of the press, the bitter denunciation of the accused, the attacks on all foreigners, turned our sympathies to the Haymarket victims.- - Emma Goldman Althoug

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Download/Read North Korea and Nuclear Weapons: Entering the New Era of Deterrence Full Pages Free By Sung Chull Kim. North Korea is perilously close to developing strategic nuclear weapons capable of hitting the United States and its East Asian allies. Since their first nuclear test in 2006, North Korea has struggled to perfect the required delivery systems. Kim Jong-un's regime now appears to be close, however. Sung Chull Kim, Michael D. Cohen, and the volume contributors contend that the time to prevent North Korea from achieving this capability is virtually over; scholars and policymakers must turn their attention to how to deter a nuclear North Korea. The United States, South Korea, and Japan must also come to terms with the fact that North Korea will be able to deter them with its nuclear arsenal. How will the erratic Kim Jong-un behave when North Korea develops the capability to hit medium- and long-range targets with nuclear weapons? How will and should the United States, S

Download/Read Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire Full Pages Free By James Wycliffe Headlam. The greater portion of the following pages were completed before the death of Prince Bismarck; I take this opportunity of apologising to the publishers and the editor of the series, for the unavoidable delay which has caused publication to be postponed for a year. During this period, two works have appeared to which some reference is necessary. Front Cover Ebook Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire Author : James Wycliffe Headlam Pages : 342 pages Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Language : ISBN-10 : 1544604939 ISBN-13 : 9781544604930 How to Download Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire you can download by click link here : GET FREE PDF Or You can Read Free using this link : READ ONLINE FREE

Download/Read Four Years: A Navy Medic's World War II Memories Full Pages Free By H.C. Goldsmith. H.C. ?Doc? Goldsmith served in the U.S. Navy during the early 1930s. Never imagining a return to service, he willingly re-joined the Navy in the fight against the Axis powers after the invasion of Pearl Harbor. Discovered after his death in 2000 by his grandson, this book is a compilation of journals written in 1965 that described in vivid detail H.C.?s World War II experiences aboard the U.S.S. Sentinel, a minesweeper assigned to the European theater. From air raids in North Africa and London to his ship sinking in the invasion of Sicily, H.C. describes his experiences with the simplicity and awe of a farm boy from Lewisville, Texas and the calmness of a Navy medic who helped his men survive the horrors of war. Front Cover Ebook Four Years: A Navy Medic's World War II Memories Author : H.C. Goldsmith Pages : 76 pages Publisher : Cypress River Publishing Language : eng ISBN-10 : 1

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Download/Read Long Daze at Long Binh: The humorous adventures of two Wisconsin draftees trained as combat medics and sent off to set up a field hospital in South Vietnam Full Pages Free By Steve Donovan. This is a humorous memoir about the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of two draftees who, like roughly 2.5 million other Americans, were sent to the war zone not as combat troops but as support personnel. The authors met on the day they were inducted in 1965 and then proceeded to follow identical paths for the next two years. This included bunking side by side for a year in South Vietnam as Army medics with the 24th Evacuation Hospital. Their stories were at times hilarious, at times horrific and at other times heart-rending. But every day was an adventure for these two young men who never knew what might be lurking around the next bend in the circuitous road of life. Long Daze at Long Binh is a lighthearted but highly informative look at what life was like in a combat zone where

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Download/Read Facing Armageddon: The First World War Experienced Full Pages Free By Hugh Cecil. Facing Armageddon is a major collection of scholarly work on the 1914-18 war that explores, on a worldwide basis, the real nature of the participants' experience. The book is a classic in the field. Sixty-four scholars from all over the globe, including the USA, Russia, Germany, Italy, France, Holland and the UK, describe their research into what civilians and servicemen passed through, on the land, the sea and in the air. Their pioneering work is as important today as it was when the book was first published, for we can see clearly now how the First World War has shaped the fundamental character of the twentieth century. The Second World War and the Cold War were among its direct, long-term consequences. Without an awareness of its effects on the individuals and societies involved, perceptible even now, we cannot fully comprehend the modern world. Facing Armageddon, lucidly written a

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Download/Read The Territories of Science and Religion Full Pages Free By Peter Harrison. The conflict between science and religion seems indelible, even eternal. Surely two such divergent views of the universe have always been in fierce opposition? Actually, that?s not the case, says Peter Harrison: our very concepts of science and religion are relatively recent, emerging only in the past three hundred years, and it is those very categories, rather than their underlying concepts, that constrain our understanding of how the formal study of nature relates to the religious life. In The Territories of Science and Religion, Harrison dismantles what we think we know about the two categories, then puts it all back together again in a provocative, productive new way. By tracing the history of these concepts for the first time in parallel, he illuminates alternative boundaries and little-known relations between them?thereby making it possible for us to learn from their true history, and see ot

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