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Название:The American Military: A Narrative History
Автор: Brad D. Lookingbill
Издательство: Wiley-Blackwell
Год: 2014
Формат: djvu
Страниц: 537
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Размер: 4 MB
Язык: English

The American Military: A Narrative History presents a comprehensive introduction to more than four centuries of American military history. * Presents a chronological account of American military history from clashes between militias and Native Americans to 21st-century operations in Afghanistan and Iraq * Features personal vignettes to put a human face on armed conflict * Addresses patterns of national service, the evolution of civil-military relations, and the advent of all-volunteer forces * Puts events in historical context, and considers cultural, social, political, economic, and technological developments.

Название:American Idol: The Untold Story
Автор: Richard Rushfield
Издательство: Hyperion
Год: 2011
Формат: epub
Страниц: 288
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Размер: 28 MB
Язык: English

The currency is fame, and it's bigger than money, more desired than power. Each season American Idol delivers on a promise whose epic scope is unparalleled in the annals of competition: to take an unknown dreamer from the middle of America and turn him or her into a genuine star. It has become not only the biggest show on television, but the biggest force in all of entertainment; its alumni dominate the recording charts and Broadway, win Academy Awards, and sweep up Grammys.

Название: BBC World Histories
Год / месяц: 2019
Номер: Issue 14
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 86.1 Mb
Язык: English


BBC World Histories, a brand new title from the makers of BBC History Magazine, brings you a fresh take on our global past – and how it shapes our lives today...

Название: Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles
Автор: Thomas Benfield Harbottle
Издательство: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
ISBN: 0442223366
Год: 1981
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 308
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Размер: 50,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

Harbottle 's Dictionary offers the key facts to all the major battles fought in the world. Each entry gives the date of the battle and the war during which it was fought, identifies the opposing sides, and describes the outcome.

Название:American Power after the Berlin Wall
Автор: Thomas H. Henriksen
Издательство: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
Год: 2007
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 259
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Размер: 1 MB
Язык: English

American Power After The Berlin Wall traces the global projection of U.S. military power and political influence from the end of the Cold War to the present.

Название:America's stolen narrative : from Washington and Madison to Nixon, Reagan and the Bushes to Obama
Автор: Robert Parry.
Издательство: The Media Consortium
Год: 2012
Формат: mobi
Страниц: 637
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Размер: 573 kB
Язык: English

Investigative reporter Robert Parry reframes key chapters of American history by exploring past events that still drive the U.S. political narrative from why the Framers junked the Articles of Confederation in favor of the Constitution, to how the modern Republican Party embraced a win-at-all-cost ethos, to why the Democrats shy away from the hard work of accountability.

Название:Election 2000: A Lesson in Civics (United States Presidents)
Автор: Bob Italia
Издательство: Edina, Minn. : Abdo Pub. Co.,
Год: 2001
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 49
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Размер: 4 MB
Язык: English

Discusses the historical presidential election of 2000 between Al Gore and George Bush.

Название:What’s So Great About America
Автор: Dinesh D’Souza
Издательство: Regnery Publishing
Год: 2002
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 244
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Размер: 27 MB
Язык: English

Bestselling author Dinesh D'Souza takes on all of America's critics and proves them wrong -- as perhaps only a writer with an immigrant's understanding of this country can. He defends not an idealized America, but America as it really is, and measures America not against utopia, but against the rest of the world in a provocative, challenging book.

Название:Annual Review of Nursing Research, Volume 22, 2004: Eliminating Health Disparities among Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the United States
Автор: Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, Antonia M. Villarruel, Cornelia P. Porter
Издательство: New York : Springer Pub. Co.
Год: 2004
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 363
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Размер: 1 MB
Язык: English

Designated a Doody's Core Title! This volume critically examines the research base on health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities in order to inform and advance nursing science in this area. It was created with the support and input of the National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations, and incorporates the expertise of distinguished minority nurse researchers. The major groups discussed include: African-American,Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific.

Название:The American Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
Автор: Robert J. Allison
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год: 2015
Формат: epub
Страниц: 160
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Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

Here is a brisk, accessible, and vivid introduction to arguably the most important event in the history of the United States--the American Revolution. Between 1760 and 1800, the American people cast off British rule to create a new nation and a radically new form of government based on the idea that people have the right to govern themselves. In this lively account, Robert Allison provides a cohesive synthesis of the military, diplomatic, political, social, and intellectual aspects of the Revolution, paying special attention to the Revolution's causes and consequences.