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| Author | : David K. Stumpf |
| Publisher | : University of Arkansas Press |
| Total Pages | : 202 |
| Release | : 2024-09-09 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1610758250 |
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In March 1983, as the world’s superpowers continued aggressively stockpiling nuclear weapons, President Ronald Reagan described his vision for a world no longer confronted with the concept of mutually assured destruction. A year later the Strategic Defense Initiative was established, followed soon after by the creation of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO). The SDIO was tasked with the development and coordination of missile technologies designed for the strategic defense against civilization’s most dangerous invention, one that carried with it the threat of nuclear destruction—intercontinental ballistic missiles. In The Last Thirty Seconds: A Brief History of the Evolution of Hit-to-Kill Technology, David K. Stumpf details the development of one of many possible solutions for ballistic missile defense commonly known as hit-to-kill. Hit-to-kill is a nonnuclear technique using kinetic energy, rather than explosives, to destroy reentry vehicles carrying chemical, biological, or nuclear warheads. It is the centerpiece of the United States’ current ballistic missile defense systems and has proven invaluable in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia as well as in the ongoing conflict with the Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. While much of the subject remains classified, this detailed study will be welcomed for its substantial references and the inclusion of newly declassified material.
| Author | : Ted W. Lawson |
| Publisher | : Potomac Books, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 213 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1612342310 |
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From the Publisher: Ted W. Lawson's classic Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo appears in an enhanced reprint edition for the sixtieth anniversary of the legendary Doolittle Raid on Japan. "One of the worst feelings about that time," Ted W. Lawson writes, "was that there was no tangible enemy. It was like being slugged with a single punch in a dark room, and having no way of knowing where to slug back." He added, "And, too, there was a helpless, filled-up, want-to-do-something feeling that [the Japanese] weren't coming -- that we'd have to go all the way over there to punch back and get even." Which is what "the Tokyo Raiders" did. Lawson gives a vivid eyewitness account of the unorthodox assignment that eighty-five intrepid volunteer airmen under the command of celebrated flier James H. Doolittle executed in April 1942. The plan called for sixteen B-25 twin-engine medium bombers of the Army Air Forces to take off from the aircraft carrier Hornet, bomb industrial targets in Japan, and land at airfields in China. While the raid came off flawlessly, completely surprising the enemy, bad weather, darkness, and a shortage of fuel caused by an early departure took a heavy toll on the raiders. For many, the escape from China proved a greater ordeal. This anniversary edition features a foreword by noted aviation writer Peter B. Mersky and an introduction by Mrs. Ellen R. Lawson, Ted Lawson's widow, as well as twice as many photographs as the original book, several published here for the first time.
| Author | : Sam |
| Publisher | : Hachette UK |
| Total Pages | : 318 |
| Release | : 2008-11-15 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0446550973 |
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Marty English, advertising executive, seems to be leading the perfect life-no one knows that he is really the estranged son of Chicago's Mafia Don. When he pulls in a multi-million dollar account with Isaac Arrow Pharmaceuticals to promote its new herbal line, it looks like he's a shoe-in to replace the aging president of his agency. The only problem is that the ad must be completed for airing during the Superbowl, less than three weeks away-with practically no time to head to Belize and shoot a commercial that will highlight Isaac Arrow's ecological commitment. Unbeknownst to Marty, the heads of Isaac Arrow have long been in cahoots with the Mob, the CIA, and the heads of Planetlife, a bogus eco-resort that is really a front for the manufacture of a highly potent drug. When Tony Inglesia, Marty's father, refuses to go in on the distribution of this new drug, the others in the crime ring plan to "eliminate this roadblock" as soon as he relinquishes his CD-Rom disk which contains one third of the code necessary to access a Swiss bank account containing millions. But their plan is thwarted; Tony's right hand man murders his boss to get in on the action, and now all that matters to them is that they recover the disk (which is now, unmarked, with its significance unexplained, in Marty's possession). For the first time, Marty must depend on the help of a county cop, and his beautiful long-time companion Reiki to help him crack the mysterious code the disc contains and bring down the crime ring...and stay alive in the process.
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| Publisher | : Dorrance Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 152 |
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| ISBN | : 1434970868 |
Download Maybe It's Just Me!: The Random Thoughts, Opinions, and Reminiscences of a Cranky Old Man Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
| Author | : J. Vincent Leroux |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 313 |
| Release | : 2014-06-24 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1304699714 |
Download Mind Travelers Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A tasteful Sci-Fi action adventure novel that explores life and death, reincarnation, out of body experiences and futuristic interior design, playfully positing hi-tech inventions and lifestyle of the future along-side the physics of time travel. Having stumbled on his ability to traverse time and space, Victor ventures back twenty years inadvertently causing an undesireable present day alternate reality complete with criminals from the future who prey upon the innocent. Upon his return Victor discovers the extensive damage he has caused and the need to go back and correct his mistake. To right his wrong, Victor first must train in the art of time travel and work with a team to orchestrate the correction of a twenty year time-line gone awry. - I hope you enjoy this venture into "Inner Space" as much as I have enjoyed creating it. Happy Reading - Vince
| Author | : Fredric Brown |
| Publisher | : Open Road Media |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2021-12-14 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 150406867X |
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Dark, twisting tales from an Edgar Award–winning author whose storytelling skills will “dazzle you” (San Francisco Chronicle). From a local sheriff’s casual narration of brutal crimes to a sideshow performer’s evil exploits to the tension and terror created by a madman’s escape, Frederic Brown’s collection of mystery and thriller stories provides a showcase of short fiction ranging from the grim and grisly to the darkly humorous. Discover the golden age of noir and crime fiction with these eighteen stories, many drawn from top magazines of the era such as Thrilling Detective and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, that offer us a front-row seat at the circus of humanity. “A real pro . . . a natural storyteller.” —The New York Times Book Review
| Author | : Kenneth Collier |
| Publisher | : Lexington Books |
| Total Pages | : 255 |
| Release | : 2018-04-18 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1498553729 |
Download Speechwriting in the Institutionalized Presidency Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book traces the evolution of the speechwriting process for presidents in the White House from the administration of Franklin Roosevelt to the present. While institutionalization of the speechwriting process has often been blamed for bland presidential rhetoric, this book draws out the many varied consequences of institutionalization on the speechwriting process. Ultimately, it concludes that the institutionalization of the process has actually served the presidency well by helping presidents avoid the adverse effects of poorly chosen words.
| Author | : Charles D. Taylor |
| Publisher | : Crossroad Press |
| Total Pages | : 398 |
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| Genre | : Fiction |
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The Russians are converting the Arctic Ocean into a Soviet domain. The American response: IMPERATOR … the most advanced weapon ever devised in submarine warfare. As large as an aircraft carrier, it glides silently along the ocean floor, and within it is a dazzling arsenal of weaponry, years ahead of Soviet technology. But the Russians only have one course of action: they must destroy IMPERATOR!
| Author | : Robert Ludlum |
| Publisher | : Bantam |
| Total Pages | : 546 |
| Release | : 2014-12-30 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0345538250 |
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “First-rate suspense.”—People Twenty years ago, top agents from the CIA and KGB banded together to bring down the Matarese Circle, an international cabal of power brokers and assassins whose sole objective was to achieve worldwide economic domination. Now the bloody Matarese dynasty is back—and the only man with the power to stop it may have already run out of time. CIA case officer Cameron Pryce is hot on the trail of the new Matarese alliance. His only chance to terminate its ruthless activities is to follow the trail of blood money and stone-cold killers right to the heart of its deadly conspiracy. From the Hamptons to London’s Belgrave Square, Matarese assassins have already struck with brutal efficiency, eliminating all who stand in their way. Their chain of violence is impossible to stop—until Pryce gets a rare break. One of the Matarese’s victims survives long enough to whisper dying words that will blow the case wide open: the top secret code name for legendary retired CIA agent Brandon Scofield—the only man who has ever infiltrated the Matarese inner circle and lived to tell about it. “Welcome to Robert Ludlum’s world . . . fast pacing, tight plotting, international intrigue.”—The Plain Dealer
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| Total Pages | : 306 |
| Release | : 1879 |
| Genre | : Chemistry |
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