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Vietnam Above the Treetops

A Forward Air Controller Reports

By: John F. Flanagan

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Vietnam Above the Treetops

A Forward Air Controller Reports

By: John F. Flanagan

It is 1966, the war is escalating, and a young Air Force Academy graduate's assignment is to patrol unfriendly territory with six-man hunter-killer teams. As a Forward Air Controller, flying single engine spotter planes, Flanagan is the link between fighter-bomber pilots and ground forces. This autobiographical account recreates the period when Flanagan, assigned to Project Delta, was plunged into major operations in key combat areas. Spectacular airstrikes, team rescues, lost men, thwarted attempts to save comrades--all are recounted here with raw honesty. A factual combat history from one man's perspective, this is also a thoughtful look at the warrior values of bravery, honesty, and integrity. Flanagan examines the influences that help build these values--educational institutions, the military training system (including the service academies), and religion--and reflects on the high cost of abandoning them. In Vietnam Above the Treetops, Flanagan traces his life from adolescence through the training period, combat missions of all kinds, and re-entry into the everyday world. His war tales take us to key regions: from the Demilitarized Zone, south through the Central highlands, and into War Zone C near Cambodia. Flanagan tells the absolute truth of his experience in Vietnam-- call signs, bomb loads, and target coordinates are all historically accurate. He offers observations on the Vietnamese and Korean forces he worked with, comparing Eastern and Western cultures, and he vents his frustrations with the U.S. command structure. Determined to reconstruct the past, Flanagan re-read old letters from Vietnam, examined maps, deciphered pocket diaries, interviewed former comrades, and let his own long-buried memories surface. Flanagan did not find this book easy to write, but he wanted to pay tribute to his fellow warriors, especially those still missing in action; he wanted to exorcise his war nightmares and further understand his experience. Even more important, he needed to communicate the values he and his comrades lived by, in distant jungles where they faced some of the toughest circumstances known to human beings.

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337

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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ISBN 10

0313066302

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9780313066306

NATO and the Challenges of Austerity

By: F. Stephen Larrabee,Stuart E. Johnson,John IV Gordon,Peter A. Wilson,Caroline Baxter

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NATO and the Challenges of Austerity

By: F. Stephen Larrabee,Stuart E. Johnson,John IV Gordon,Peter A. Wilson,Caroline Baxter

In the coming decade, NATO faces growing fiscal austerity and declining defense budgets. This study analyzes the impact of planned defense budget cuts on the capabilities of seven European members of NATO: the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and Poland. The authors assess the implications of the cuts for NATO capabilities and strategy and for U.S. policy.

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141

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Rand Corporation

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0833068504

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9780833068507

Myers on Evidence in Child, Domestic, and Elder Abuse Cases

By: John E. B. Myers

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Myers on Evidence in Child, Domestic, and Elder Abuse Cases

By: John E. B. Myers

Investigating and litigating cases of interpersonal violence is difficult. With child and elder abuse, the vulnerability of the victim makes the work emotionally as well as legally taxing. With domestic violence, the tendency of some victims to

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1154

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Wolters Kluwer

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0735556687

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9780735556683

The Early Works, 1882-1898: 1895-1898. Early essays

By: John Dewey

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The Early Works, 1882-1898: 1895-1898. Early essays

By: John Dewey

This fifth and concluding volume of The Early Works of John Dewey is the only one of the series made up entirely of essays. The appear-ance during the four-year period, 1895-98, of thirty-eight items amply indicates that Dewey continued to maintain a high level of published out-put. These were the years of Dewey's most extensive work and involvement at the University of Chicago. Like its predecessors in this series, this volume presents a clear text, free of interpretive or reference material. Apparatus, including references, corrections, and emendations, is confined to appendix material. Fredson Bowers, the Consulting Textual Editor, has provided an essay on the textual principles and procedures, and William P. McKenzie, Professor of Philoso-phy and Education at Southern Illinois University, has written an introduc-tion identifying the thread connecting the apparently diffuse material in the many articles of this volume--Dewey's attempt to unite philosophy with psychology and sociology and with education.

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670

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SIU Press

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0809305402

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9780809305407

The Early Works of John Dewey, Volume 5, 1882 - 1898

Early Essays, 1895-1898

By: John Dewey

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The Early Works of John Dewey, Volume 5, 1882 - 1898

Early Essays, 1895-1898

By: John Dewey

This third volume in the definitive edition of Dewey's early work opens with his tribute to George Sylvester Morris, the former teacher who had brought Dewey to the University of Michigan. Morris's death in 1889 left vacant the Department of Philosophy chairmanship and led to Dewey's returning to fill that post after a year's stay at Minnesota. Appearing here, among all his writings from 1889 through 1892, are Dewey's earliest comprehensive statements on logic and his first book on ethics. Dewey's marked copy of the galley-proof for his important article The Present Position of Logical Theory, recently discovered among the papers of the Open Court Publishing Company, is used as the basis for the text, making available for the first time his final changes and corrections. The textual studies that make The Early Works unique among American philosophical editions are reported in detail. One of these, A Note on Applied Psychology, documents the fact that Dewey did not co-author this book frequently attributed to him. Six brief unsigned articles written in 1891 for a University of Michigan student publication, the Inlander, have been identified as Dewey's and are also included in this volume. In both style and content, these articles reflect Dewey's conviction that philosophy should be used as a means of illuminating the contemporary scene; thus they add a new dimension to present knowledge of his early writing.

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676

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SIU Press

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0809327953

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9780809327959

Surviving Gym Class

By: John A. Torres

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Surviving Gym Class

By: John A. Torres

Gym can seem like a drag to many teens who'd rather be doing something else, but it's a great excuse to get up and moving in the middle of the day. Gym class is less about fierce competition and measuring everyone by the same fitness standards. Instead, it's all about developing confidence and competence in sports, and, yes, having fun. Of course, there are still locker rooms, stinky gym clothes, and other kids with their own issues to deal with. This guide will help teens navigate all the difficult moments, like being picked last for a team or fielding snarky comments about lack of coordination or skills. This book provides indispensable advice to help readers arrive prepared with the right gear and the right attitude.

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Enslow Publishing, LLC

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0766091902

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9780766091900

A Carpetbagger in Reverse

Arthur W. Mitchell, America's First Black Democratic Congressman

By: John Morris Knapp

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A Carpetbagger in Reverse

Arthur W. Mitchell, America's First Black Democratic Congressman

By: John Morris Knapp

A long overdue account of the pioneering life and work of controversial African American Congressman Arthur Wergs Mitchell of Chicago"--

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318

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University of Alabama Press

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0817361758

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9780817361754

Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy

A Clinical Perspective

By: Arno J. Mundt,John C. Roeske

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Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy

A Clinical Perspective

By: Arno J. Mundt,John C. Roeske

Presents the technical aspects of IMRT, and the clinical aspects of planning and delivery. The volulme explores a practical approach for radiation oncologists and medical physicists initiating or expanding and IMRT program, the fundamental biology and physics of IMRT, a site-by-site review of IMRT techniques with clinical examples, and reviews of published outcome studies.

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680

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PMPH-USA

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1550092464

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9781550092462

Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia Vol. 13

By: John C. Rigdon

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Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia Vol. 13

By: John C. Rigdon

This book contains the compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in the following Georgia units: 57th Infantry Regiment 59th Infantry Regiment 60th Infantry Regiment 61st Infantry Regiment 62nd Infantry Regimen

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