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Ma guerre du pacifique

Ma guerre du pacifique

Autor: Robert Leckie

Número de Páginas: 287

Le récit personnel de Robert Leckie, vétéran de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. L'ouvrage a inspiré la série The Pacific. Commençant par le camp d'entraînement dans l'île MCRD de Parris, en Caroline du Sud, le récit suit Leckie lors de son entraînement. Le soldat se rend ensuite à New River, en Caroline du Nord, où il est brièvement affecté puis dans le Pacifique . Leckie est affecté à la 1re Division de la Marine et est déployé à Guadalcanal, Melbourne, en Australie, en Nouvelle-Guinée, au Cap Gloucester, avant d'être évacué de l'île de Peleliu, car il était blessé. Cet ouvrage retrace son quotidien, de l'alcool que buvaient les soldats pour se donner du courage aux permissions exceptionnelles de 72h en passant par les disputes fréquentes entre enrôlés et met en avant le combat courageux et la mort frappant les marines américains durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. !--EndFragment--

Placekicking in the NFL

Placekicking in the NFL

Autor: Rick Gonsalves

Número de Páginas: 373

NFL placekicking has an extensive history, from the early days of the dropkick, to the placekick, to kicking barefoot, to soccer style kicking. Each season, approximately 30 percent of all games in pro football are won by field goals. Field goals and extra points account for 20 percent of the league’s yearly total points. This book discusses all aspects of NFL placekicking in historical perspective: the effectiveness of different kicking styles; the use of artificial turf and the development of domed stadiums as they relate to placekicking accuracy; individual kickers who helped to change the way a football is kicked; the mental aspects of the skill, so vital to a kicker’s success; the development of the square-toe kicking shoe used by straight-on kickers to make better contact with the ball; changes in goal posts and the shape of the ball; and the fine points of centering, blocking and holding for the kicker.

The Pacific

The Pacific

Autor: Hugh Ambrose

Número de Páginas: 800

El historiador Hugh Ambrose ahonda en la experiencia de la miniserie televisiva de HBO retransmitida en Canal +, The Pacific, y desvela las odiseas entrelazadas de cuatro marines y un piloto de portaaviones de la Armada. Sidney C. Philips, un tranquilo adolescente de Alabama, se alista con un colega en la Marina. «Manila» John Basilone, hijo de inmigrantes italianos, encuentra la felicidad en la vida azarosa de los marines. Eugene B. Sledge observa cómo su mejor amigo y su hermano se van a la guerra, y termina por rebelarse contra sus padres para poder acompañarlos. «Shifty» Shofner es el vástago de una destacada familia con una longeva trayectoria en la carrera militar. El alférez Vernon «Mike» Micheel abandona la granja familiar para poder terminar el instituto. Estos cinco hombres libraron muchas de las batallas claves de la guerra en el Pacífico entre la retirada estadounidense de China, acaecida en 1941, y el momento del aterrizaje de MacArthur en suelo japonés, ya en agosto de 1945. En estas páginas, Hugh Ambrose se centra en las experiencias reales de estos combatientes y las de sus compañeros de armas con el propósito de ampliar y realzar todo lo narrado en...

L'épopée kamikaze

L'épopée kamikaze

Autor: Bernard Millot

Número de Páginas: 319

La guerre du Pacifique a si peu concerné l’Europe que l’on ne retient généralement de ce gigantesque conflit que certains noms prestigieux ou souvent répétés, tels que Pearl Harbour, Midway, Leyte et Hiroshima. Peu d’Européens connaissent les mobiles profonds et surtout la mentalité de ce peuple japonais poussé à cette étonnante expansion. C’est sans doute dans L’épopée kamikaze qu’apparaissent le mieux ces caractères si surprenants, que l’on comprend assez mal en Occident. Bernard Millot a su, grâce à ses patientes recherches et à ses correspondants au Japon, discerner les origines profondes de cette exaltation patriotico-mystique qui conduisit beaucoup de Japonais à accepter, puis à rechercher la mort héroïque pour la plus grande gloire de l’Empereur, symbole sacré de l’État. Le phénomène kamikaze est exposé ici avec rigueur et précision, mais aussi avec beaucoup d’humanité. L’auteur déroule le film des événements auxquels les volontaires de la mort participèrent. Il nous livre également le cheminement psychologique, l’évolution progressive du comportement nippon jusqu’à sa manifestation concrète et spectaculaire que...

Two Navies Divided

Two Navies Divided

Autor: Brian Lavery

Número de Páginas: 626

The title is derived from George Bernard Shaw’s comment that ‘England and America are two countries divided by a common language.’ It is not intended to imply that the two navies were seriously at odds with one another, but rather to suggest, as in the case of language, that common roots and usages varied significantly. And the Second World War is a pertinent moment for comparison. They fought on the same side against a common enemy for nearly four years, but Britain fought the war for the survival of itself and its empire, though in the long term it failed with the latter, while the American government fought to maintain its influence through the balance of power; its people fought for revenge for Pearl Harbor, and out of a sense of justice. In this new book, Brian Lavery describes and analyzes the differences and similarities between the two navies and in doing so sheds fascinating light on how the naval war was fought. For example, both navies had spectacular failures after entering the war – the Royal Navy off Norway, the USN at Pearl Harbor and Savo Island. Paradoxically, both commenced the war with quite amateur performances by professional navies and ended with...

Les Marines

Les Marines

Autor: Nicolas Aubin

Número de Páginas: 368

Les Marines, ou le mythe américain par excellence. Le présent ouvrage permet au lecteur de découvrir la riche histoire d'un corps d'élite devenu incontournable et pourtant totalement méconnu. En effet, personne en France ne connaît ses cent cinquante premières années avant 1918 et la bataille du bois Belleau, personne ne sait qu'il a d'abord été méprisé, brocardé pour ses performances médiocres, réduit à portion congrue, menacé de dissolution avant de devenir un corps d'élite, un mythe, et la seule unité militaire dont l'existence est garantie par un texte de loi voté en 1952. Au cours de ses recherches, l'auteur a découvert que la légende des Marines avait précédé leur excellence militaire. Pour ne pas disparaître, ces derniers ont inventé le lobbying moderne, infiltrant les partis politiques, recrutant des chargés de communication civils, idéalisant leur histoire pour devenir incontournables. La légende a donc été fabriquée par quelques chefs de corps (Henderson, Lejeune), avec des valeurs choisies pour s'enraciner au plus profond de la culture américaine : mythe chrétien, mythe de la frontière, mythe pionnier, avant d'être à ce point...

The Glasgow commercial list [afterw.] The Glasgow & Greenock commercial list [afterw.] The Glasgow, Greenock, Edinburgh and Leith commercial list [afterw.] The Scotch commercial list. [afterw.] The Scottish commercial list

The Glasgow commercial list [afterw.] The Glasgow & Greenock commercial list [afterw.] The Glasgow, Greenock, Edinburgh and Leith commercial list [afterw.] The Scotch commercial list. [afterw.] The Scottish commercial list

Autor: Seyd And Co

Número de Páginas: 408
Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives and Court of Claims

Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives and Court of Claims

Autor: United States. Court Of Claims

Número de Páginas: 654
Cases Decided in the Court of Claims of the United States

Cases Decided in the Court of Claims of the United States

Autor: United States. Court Of Claims

Número de Páginas: 652
Reports from the Court of Claims Submitted to the House of Representatives

Reports from the Court of Claims Submitted to the House of Representatives

Autor: United States. Court Of Claims

Número de Páginas: 656
Reports from the Court of Claims, Submitted to the House of Representatives, During the First Session of the Thirty-fourth Congress[-third Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress], 1855-'56 [-1862-'63].

Reports from the Court of Claims, Submitted to the House of Representatives, During the First Session of the Thirty-fourth Congress[-third Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress], 1855-'56 [-1862-'63].

Autor: United States. Court Of Claims

Número de Páginas: 652
The Rise and Progress of the Southern Reformed Presbyterian Congregation

The Rise and Progress of the Southern Reformed Presbyterian Congregation

Autor: John Macmillan Robertson

Número de Páginas: 94
Zeppelin vs British Home Defence 1915–18

Zeppelin vs British Home Defence 1915–18

Autor: Jon Guttman

Número de Páginas: 81

When Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin's rigid airship LZ 1 flew over Lake Constance in 1900, it was the most advanced and impressive flying machine in the world: a colossal, lighter-than-air craft capable of controlled flight. In World War I, Zeppelins were first used in a reconnaissance role, but on 19 January 1915 Kaiser Wilhelm II authorised their use in bombing strategic targets in England. From then on, 'Zeppelin' became synonymous with terror to the British, and indeed the airship's effectiveness was more psychological than material. Still, their raids compelled the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service to embark on a program of modernising their aerial defences, accelerating a process that would ultimately make the aeroplane, rather than the airship, the paramount flying machine of the war. Using specially commissioned artwork, contemporary photographs and first-hand accounts, this book tells the fascinating story of Britain's first Blitz, from the airships who terrorised the public to the men who sought to defend the skies.

FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

Autor: Order Of The Senate Of The United States

Número de Páginas: 1124
Readings for United States Defense Establishment.

Readings for "United States Defense Establishment."

Autor: United States. Department Of The Army

Número de Páginas: 272
Canadian Bankruptcy/Insolvency and Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Law: Provisions, Precedents and Materials

Canadian Bankruptcy/Insolvency and Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Law: Provisions, Precedents and Materials

Autor: Lyndon Maither

Número de Páginas: 2938
La guerra en el mar

La guerra en el mar

Autor: José Luis Caballero

Número de Páginas: 279

Convoyes silenciosos que navegaban al amparo de la noche, arriesgadas operaciones de desembarco, combates navales a mar abierto, acorazados capaces de destruir el enemigo con sus cañones de largo alcance, torpedos humanos, portaviones atentos a la aparición de kamikazes. Todo eso y mucho más son algunos de los hechos que narra José Luis Caballero en este libro con su habitual estilo ameno y su análisis objetivo de los acontecimientos. Las batallas navales, recreadas con gran maestría y precisión, nos muestran por igual la crueldad y la épica de una manera de luchar propia de unos hombres que tienen el espíritu de unidad y camaradería por bandera y que constituyen un capítulo trascendental en la historia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Entre otros temas trata sobre: • Leyte, la mayor batalla naval de la historia. • La batalla de Midway. • El sol naciente sobre Guadalcanal. • De la Penne y los hombres torpedo. • El último oficial del Bismarck. • Un espía japonés en Pearl Harbor. • La acción en el mar de Samar. • El desembarco en la isla de Okinawa. Tras la exitosa publicación del libro Submarinos, en esta misma colección, donde se trataba a fondo el...

Adventures in Leadership

Adventures in Leadership

Autor: United States. Marine Corps. Education Center. Reserve Liaison And Training Branch

Número de Páginas: 308
Rutherford

Rutherford

Autor: William Neumann

Número de Páginas: 130

Rutherford traces its original settler and earliest history to a 17th-century Dutch family, one of the first to arrive in the nascent colony of New Netherland. Throughout the next 12 generations, this family joined thousands of others to create a quaint oasis just beyond New York City. In 1835, the sleepy farm village greeted the arrival of one of America's first railroads with wonder and anticipation. The long history of Rutherford is rich with pioneers in government, education, the arts, medicine, and commerce. In the 1880s, a local attorney sparked a revolution in municipal government just as a young boy, William Carlos Williams, began his journey to become a beloved world-class poet. Rutherford is home to the oldest real estate business in the country as well as the cradle of one of the world's premier medical supply companies and New Jersey's largest private university. Beyond its extraordinary advances, Rutherford schools, churches, civic buildings, historic downtown, and simple homes nurtured a citizenry who wove a colorful quilt of social history and hometown dreams.

Clydesdale Stud Book

Clydesdale Stud Book

Autor: Clydesdale Horse Society Of The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland

Número de Páginas: 1010
The Clydesdale Stud-book. ...

The Clydesdale Stud-book. ...

Autor: Clydesdale Horse Society Of Great Britain And Ireland

Número de Páginas: 1020
The Battle of Yorktown

The Battle of Yorktown

Autor: Russell Roberts

Número de Páginas: 52

During the Revolutionary War, a combined force of American and French soldiers under George Washington defeated the British at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781, winning independence for the new nation of the United States. Which American general influenced the British to march to Yorktown in the first place? What convinced Washington to go to Yorktown instead of defending New York? And how did the critical Battle of the Chesapeake influence the battle in Virginia? Find out what types of weapons and strategies worked and which ones did not in this detailed story of the Battle of Yorktown.

The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland: 1607-1610

The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland: 1607-1610

Autor: Scotland. Privy Council

Número de Páginas: 1126
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series

Autor: Library Of Congress. Copyright Office

Número de Páginas: 1510
Sun Tzu and the Art of Modern Warfare

Sun Tzu and the Art of Modern Warfare

Autor: Mark Mcneilly

Número de Páginas: 348

This is the definitive biography of Hoagy Carmichael, who was one of the leading songwriters of the great age of American popular song, from the 1920s to 1960s.

The Parish of Strathblane and Its Inhabitants from Early Times

The Parish of Strathblane and Its Inhabitants from Early Times

Autor: John Guthrie Smith

Número de Páginas: 460

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