In 2012, President Obama announced that the United States would spend the next thirteen years - through November 11, 2025 - commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, and the American soldiers, "more than 58,000 patriots," who died in Vietnam. The fact that at least 2.1 million Vietnamese
In 2012, President Obama announced that the United States would spend the next thirteen years - through November 11, 2025 - commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, and the American soldiers, "more than 58,000 patriots," who died in Vietnam. The fact that at least 2.1 million Vietnamese
A study of the social integration of Holocaust survivors into post-war Israeli society. Drawing on a wide range of sources and personal interviews, the book examines, from all sides, the charged encounters between Holocaust survivors and the established Jewish population in Israel.
With photographs spanning c.1946 to c. 1962 and using the M25 motorway as a perimeter boundary, 250 photographs have been selected for inclusion, featuring the main-line railway stations belonging to the big four railway companies illustrating this last gasp of steam at the capitals termini and other intermediate halts.
SS United States, the most advanced liner of her time captured the prized Blue Riband for transatlantic speed, brought glory to America, and enjoying success for a full decade. After trans-ocean jets arrived, success faded until decommissioned by 1969. Years of neglect and decay followed. To this day, the she waits silently at a Philadelphia pier.
This history of Soviet Strategic bombers after the Second World War deals with the development not just of service aircraft, but of experimental aircraft and projects that were never built as well. It will cover the service life of bombers, both active and retired, will be covered, and their use outside the Soviet Union will also be described.
Shyness, Power, and Intimacy in the United States, 1950-1995
In Shrinking Violets and Caspar Milquetoasts, Patricia McDaniel tells the story of shyness. Using popular self-help books and magazine articles she shows how prevailing attitudes toward shyness frequently work to disempower women.
Shyness, Power, and Intimacy in the United States, 1950-1995
In Shrinking Violets and Caspar Milquetoasts, Patricia McDaniel tells the story of shyness. Using popular self-help books and magazine articles she shows how prevailing attitudes toward shyness frequently work to disempower women.
America is puzzled by the problem of dealing with a rising India and a struggling Pakistan, this title offers an approach for US policy in dealing with these two powers. It describes the terrible cost of this animosity for the citizens of India and Pakistan, including the region's high levels of violence and low level of economic integration.