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Rangers in World War II

By: Robert W. Black

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From the deadly shores of North Africa to the invasion of Sicily to the fierce jungle hell of the Pacific, the contribution of the World War II Ranger Battalions far outweighed their numbers. They were ordinary men on an extraordinary mission, experiencing the full measure of the fear, exhaustion, and heroism of combat in nearly every major invasion of the war. Whether spearheading a landing force or scouting deep behind enemy lines, these highly motivated, highly trained volunteers led the way for other soldiers -- they were Rangers. With first-person interviews, in-depth research, and a complete appendix naming every Ranger known to have served, author Robert Black, a Ranger himself, has made the battles of WWII come to life through the struggles of the men who fought to win the greatest war the world has ever seen.

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Presidio Press

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0307776158

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9780307776150

The African American Experience

An Historiographical and Bibliographical Guide

By: Arvarh E. Strickland,Robert E. Weems Jr.

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The African American Experience

An Historiographical and Bibliographical Guide

By: Arvarh E. Strickland,Robert E. Weems Jr.

Compared to the early decades of the 20th century, when scholarly writing on African Americans was limited to a few titles on slavery, Reconstruction, and African American migration, the last thirty years have witnessed an explosion of works on the African American experience. With the Civil Rights and Black Power movements of the 1960s came an increasing demand for the study and teaching of African American history followed by the publication of increasing numbers of titles on African American life and history. This volume provides a comprehensive bibliographical and analytical guide to this growing body of literature as well as an analysis of how the study of African Americans has changed.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313065004

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9780313065002

Rangers in Korea

The War the World Didn't Want to Remember, Fought by the Men the World Will Never Forget

By: Robert W. Black

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Rangers in Korea

The War the World Didn't Want to Remember, Fought by the Men the World Will Never Forget

By: Robert W. Black

A generation before Vietnam, the war for Korea raged. It was as rough and dirty a war as has ever been fought—a war small in history, but very large to the men who waged it. . . . In the Korean War, one group above all others distinguished itself, a small elite band who volunteered for action behind enemy lines. They were the men of the U. S. Army’s legendary Rangers. They succeeded in making the first combat jump in Ranger history, destroying enemy headquarters, and inflicting the first defeat on Communist Chinese forces while suffering a disproportionate number of casualties. This is their story, told here for the first time—based on military records, interviews with survivors, and the author’s personal experiences as an American Ranger in the Korean War.

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Ballantine Books

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030776155X

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9780307761552

Shooter's Bible and Gun Trader's Guide Box Set

By: Graham Moore,Robert A. Sadowski

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Shooter's Bible and Gun Trader's Guide Box Set

By: Graham Moore,Robert A. Sadowski

Now available in one special set, the bestselling must-have reference book and one-stop guide to buying new and collectible firearms. Previously published as two separate reference guides, Skyhorse Publishing is packaging its bestselling Shooter’s Bible and Gun Trader’s Guide together for the first time. Now, gun enthusiasts can see the specs and photos of brand-new and currently produced firearms as well as information and market prices for collectible firearms with one purchase. Published annually for more than eighty years, the Shooter’s Bible is the most comprehensive and sought-after reference guide for new firearms and their specifications, as well as for thousands of guns that have been in production and are currently on the market. The 108th edition also contains new and existing product sections on ammunition, optics, and accessories, plus updated handgun and rifle ballistic tables and extensive charts of currently available bullets and projectiles for handloading. For more than half a century, the Gun Trader’s Guide has been the standard reference for collectors, curators, dealers, shooters, and gun enthusiasts. Updated annually, this thirty-eighth edition boasts dozens of new entries since last year’s edition and includes a complete index and a guide on how to properly and effectively use this book in order to find the market value for your collectible modern firearm. No matter what kind of modern firearm you are interested in, the Shooter’s Bible and Gun Trader’s Guide Box Set is the perfect all-in-one source of information.

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Simon and Schuster

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1510714359

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9781510714359

The Battalion

The Dramatic Story of the 2nd Ranger Battalion in WWII

By: Robert W. Black

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The Battalion

The Dramatic Story of the 2nd Ranger Battalion in WWII

By: Robert W. Black

Follows a legendary unit of American fighting men from D-Day through the end of World War II.

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Stackpole Books

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0811752615

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9780811752619

Oahu Restaurants and Dining with Honolulu and Waikiki

By: Robert Carpenter,Cindy Carpenter

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Oahu Restaurants and Dining with Honolulu and Waikiki

By: Robert Carpenter,Cindy Carpenter

A comprehensive guide to the "special" restaurants and dining spots on the island of Oahu covering all tastes and styles with priced menu samples included for budgeting.

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Holiday Publishing Inc

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1931752397

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9781931752398

Gun Trader's Guide, Forty-Sixth Edition

By: Robert A. Sadowski

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Gun Trader's Guide, Forty-Sixth Edition

By: Robert A. Sadowski

If you are seeking a comprehensive reference for collectible gun values, the Gun Trader’s Guide is the only book you need. Included are extensive listings for handguns, shotguns, and rifles from some of the most popular manufacturers, including Beretta, Browning, Colt, Remington, Savage, Smith & Wesson, Winchester, and many more. The Gun Trader's Guide is a one-stop manual to buying collectible firearms. For more than half a century, this guide has been the standard reference for collectors, curators, dealers, shooters, and gun enthusiasts. Updated annually, it remains the definitive source for making informed decisions on used firearms purchases.

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1984

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Simon and Schuster

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1510781390

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9781510781399

Lectures On Game Theory

By: Robert J. Aumann

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Lectures On Game Theory

By: Robert J. Aumann

This book is a collection of certain lectures given at the Economics Department at Stanford University on the game theory. It contains material on this theory of rational behavior of people with nonidentical interests whose area of application includes economics, politics, and war.

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CRC Press

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0429693338

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9780429693335

Gun Trader's Guide, Forty-Fifth Edition

A Comprehensive, Fully Illustrated Guide to Modern Collectible Firearms with Market Values

By: Robert A. Sadowski

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Gun Trader's Guide, Forty-Fifth Edition

A Comprehensive, Fully Illustrated Guide to Modern Collectible Firearms with Market Values

By: Robert A. Sadowski

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Simon and Schuster

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1510777326

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9781510777323

Cavalry Raids of the Civil War

By: Robert W. Black

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Cavalry Raids of the Civil War

By: Robert W. Black

In war, the raid is the epitome of daring. Usually heavily outnumbered, raiders launch sudden and surprise attacks behind enemy lines, taking prisoners, destroying communications, and seizing supplies. In the Civil War, these men rode on horseback, stunning their opponents with their speed and mobility

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Stackpole Books

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081173157X

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9780811731577

Restraining Equality

Human Rights Commissions in Canada

By: Robert Brian Howe,David Johnson

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Restraining Equality

Human Rights Commissions in Canada

By: Robert Brian Howe,David Johnson

The authors blend public policy analysis, historical research, and legal analysis as they address the contemporary financial, social, legal, and policy pressures currently experienced by human rights commissions across Canada.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802082637

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9780802082633

Yank and Rebel Rangers

Special Operations in the American Civil War

By: Robert W. Black

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Yank and Rebel Rangers

Special Operations in the American Civil War

By: Robert W. Black

This Civil War history reveals the tactics and covert operations of both Union and Confederate rangers, guerilla forces, and volunteer units. The major battles of the American Civil War are well recorded. But while much has been written about the action at Shiloh and Gettysburg, far less is known about the cover operations and irregular warfare that were equally consequential. Both the Union and Confederate armies employed small forces of highly trained soldiers for special operations behind enemy lines. In Yank and Rebel Rangers, historian Robert W. Black tells this untold story of the war between the states. Skilled in infiltration, often crossing enemy lines in disguise, these warriors went deep into enemy territory, captured important personnel, disrupted lines of communication, and sowed confusion and fear. Often wearing the uniform of the enemy, they faced execution as spies if captured. Despite these risks, and in part because of them, these warriors fought and died as American rangers.

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Pen and Sword

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1526744457

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9781526744456

Rangers in World War II

By: Robert W. Black

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Rangers in World War II

By: Robert W. Black

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0307776158

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9780307776150

Juvenile Delinquency

Readings

By: Joseph G. Weis,Robert D. Crutchfield,George Bridges

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Juvenile Delinquency

Readings

By: Joseph G. Weis,Robert D. Crutchfield,George Bridges

Designed for undergraduate juvenile delinquency courses, this book actively involves students in the literature of the discipline, presents the field in a format that is accessible, understandable, and enjoyable, and is edited by well-known scholars who are experienced researchers and teachers. * The readings in this anthology have been very carefully edited and pruned by the Editors so that undergraduate students can easily read them without getting bogged down or confused and lost in the technical, methodological details. * At no additional cost, we have included 5 substantial data analysis exercises spread throughout the book. These exercises not only teach students the basic of SPSS, the "standard" data analysis software in social science, but also show them how they can test the delinquency theories and propositions covered in the reader, using current delinquency data packaged with the book. This absolutely unique feature is structured into fill-in-the-blank exercise sets that are easy to grade for large numbers of students by a single instructor. * Over 150 very good questions have been put together for the readings so that instructors can easily test, even in large courses, whether or not their students are keeping up with the reading. * A separate instructor's manual (with more tests) is also available.

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Pine Forge Press

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0761986782

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9780761986782

A Ranger Born

A Memoir of Combat and Valor from Korea to Vietnam

By: Robert W. Black

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A Ranger Born

A Memoir of Combat and Valor from Korea to Vietnam

By: Robert W. Black

Even as a boy growing up amid the green hills of rural Pennsylvania, Robert W. Black knew he was destined to become a Ranger. With their three-hundred-year history of peerless courage and independence of spirit, Rangers are a uniquely American brand of soldier, one foot in the military, one in the wilderness—and that is what fired Black’s imagination. In this searing, inspiring memoir, Black recounts how he devoted himself, body and soul, to his proud service as an elite U. S. Army Ranger in Korea and Vietnam—and what those years have taught him about himself, his country, and our future. Born at the start of the Great Depression, Black grew up on a farm at a time of great hardship but also tremendous national determination. He was a kid who toughened up fast, who learned the hard way to rely on his strength and his wits, who saw the country go to war with Germany and Japan and wept because he was too young to serve. As soon as the army would take him, Black enlisted. And as soon as he could muscle his way in, he became a Ranger. As a private first class in the 82d Airborne Division headquarters, Black withstood the humiliations of enlisted service in the peacetime brown-shoe army. When the Korean War began, he volunteered and trained to be an Airborne Ranger. In Korea, this young warrior, his mind and body bursting with the lusts of adolescence, grew up fast, literally in the line of fire. In clean, vivid prose, Black describes the hell of giving his all for a country that lacked the political resolve to give its all to a war against the North Koreans and the Chinese. If Korea was frustrating, Vietnam was maddening. The heart of this book is devoted to the years of action that Black saw in Long An Province starting in 1967. Black writes of the perplexity of collaborating with South Vietnamese officers whose culture and motives he never fully understood; he conjures up the sudden shock of the Tet Offensive and the daily horror of seeing fellow soldiers and innocent civilians slaughtered—sometimes by stray bullets, often by carelessness or treachery. Vietnam challenged everything Black had come to believe in and left him totally unprepared for the hostility he would face when he returned to a war-weary America. Written with extraordinary candor and passion, A Ranger Born is the memoir of a man who dedicated the best of his life to everything that is great and enduring about America. At once intimate in its revelations and universal in its themes, it is a book with profound relevance to our own troubled time in history.

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Ballantine Books

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0307414434

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9780307414434

Black Chicago's First Century

1833-1900

By: Christopher Robert Reed

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Black Chicago's First Century

1833-1900

By: Christopher Robert Reed

In Black Chicago’s First Century, Christopher Robert Reed provides the first comprehensive study of an African American population in a nineteenth-century northern city beyond the eastern seaboard. Reed’s study covers the first one hundred years of African American settlement and achievements in the Windy City, encompassing a range of activities and events that span the antebellum, Civil War, Reconstruction, and post-Reconstruction periods. The author takes us from a time when black Chicago provided both workers and soldiers for the Union cause to the ensuing decades that saw the rise and development of a stratified class structure and growth in employment, politics, and culture. Just as the city was transformed in its first century of existence, so were its black inhabitants. Methodologically relying on the federal pension records of Civil War soldiers at the National Archives, as well as previously neglected photographic evidence, manuscripts, contemporary newspapers, and secondary sources, Reed captures the lives of Chicago’s vast army of ordinary black men and women. He places black Chicagoans within the context of northern urban history, providing a better understanding of the similarities and differences among them. We learn of the conditions African Americans faced before and after Emancipation. We learn how the black community changed and developed over time: we learn how these people endured—how they educated their children, how they worked, organized, and played. Black Chicago’s First Century is a balanced and coherent work. Anyone with an interest in urban history or African American studies will find much value in this book.

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University of Missouri Press

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0826264603

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9780826264602

Gun Trader's Guide, Forty-Fourth Edition

A Comprehensive, Fully Illustrated Guide to Modern Collectible Firearms with Market Values

By: Robert A. Sadowski

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Gun Trader's Guide, Forty-Fourth Edition

A Comprehensive, Fully Illustrated Guide to Modern Collectible Firearms with Market Values

By: Robert A. Sadowski

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Simon and Schuster

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1510773169

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9781510773165

The Official Overstreet Comic Book Companion, 11th Edition

By: Robert M. Overstreet

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The Official Overstreet Comic Book Companion, 11th Edition

By: Robert M. Overstreet

Describes and lists the values of popular collectible comics and graphic novels issued from the 1950s to today, providing tips on buying, collecting, selling, grading, and caring for comics and including a section on related toys and rings.

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Random House Digital, Inc.

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0375723080

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9780375723087

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