An illustrated study of the little-known history of the failed Allied bombing campaign designed to shatter German defenses on D-Day. D-Day is one of the most written-about events in military history. One aspect of the invasion, however, continues to be ignored: the massive pre-assault bombardment by the Allied Expeditionary Air Force (AEAF), reinforced by RAF Bomber Command and the US Eighth Air Force on June 6 which sought to neutralize the German defenses along the Atlantic Wall. Unfortunately, this failed series of attacks resulted in death or injury to hundreds of soldiers, and killed many French civilians. Despite an initial successful attack performed by the Allied forces, the most crucial phase of the operation, which was the assault from the Eighth Air Force against the defenses along the Calvados coast, was disastrous. The bombers missed almost all of their targets, inflicting little damage to the German defenses, which resulted in a high number of casualties among the Allied infantry. The primary cause of this failure was that planners at Eighth Air Force Headquarters had changed aircraft drop times at the last moment, to prevent casualties amongst the landing forces, without notifying either Eisenhower or Doolittle. This book examines this generally overlooked event in detail, answering several fundamental questions: What was the AEAF supposed to accomplish along the Atlantic Wall on D-Day and why did it not achieve its bombardment objectives? Offering a new perspective on a little-known air campaign, it is packed with illustrations, maps and diagrams exploring in detail the features and ramifications of this mission.
From the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 through the years immediately after the collapse of the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001, and within the administrations of George H. W. Bush, William J. Clinton, and George W. Bush, soldiers' lives underwent enormous changes. Without the benefit of national conscription, these professionals, nurtured on stories of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, experienced repetitive tours of duty in one combat zone after another to an extent the warriors of earlier eras could never have imagined. They fought every kind of war during this period; high-intensity mechanized war, air and heliborne raids, peace-keeping activities, urban combat, counter-insurgency operations, refugee support, and counter-narcotics operations. What makes the story of this era's soldiers all the more compelling is that these activities took place as the American military actually decreased its military strength during the period, leading to more and longer tours of duty. The book also includes a timeline to put dates and events in better perspective, a comprehensive, topically arranged bibliography, and a thorough index.
This book traces the effects of materiality - including money and its opposite, poverty - on the psychical lives of George Bernard Shaw and his characters. While this study focuses on the protagonists of the five novels Shaw wrote in the late 1870s and early 1880s, it also explores how materialism, feeling, and emotion are linked throughout his entire canon. At the same time, it demonstrates how Shaw’s conceptions of human subjectivity parallel those of two of his contemporaries, Sigmund Freud and Georg Simmel. In particular, this book explores how theories of so-called 'marginal economics' influence fin de siècle thought about human psychology and the sociology of the modern metropolis, particularly London.
Sommige mensen, met name in het bedrijfsleven, kennen Stephen Covey al lang. Hij is de auteur van het boek De zeven eigenschappen van effectief leiderschap dat ten onrechte de indruk wekt dat de boodschap en ideeën van Covey alleen interessant zijn voor hen die een bedrijf of medewerkers leiden. Leiderschap betekent echter: de touwtjes van je eigen leven in handen nemen; je focus en je kracht richten op wat jij belangrijk vindt, je energie en je vermogens ten dienste stellen van de doelen die jij belangrijk vindt. Beklaag je je bijvoorbeeld regelmatig dat je zo weinig aan leuke dingen toekomt? Vind je dat je werk je te veel energie kost? Leggen je ouders of je vrienden te veel beslag op je leven? Stephen Covey laat je zien hoe je, praktisch maar tegelijk systematisch, die dingen die jouw leven mooi, spannend en de moeite waard maken, weer prioriteit kunt geven. In dit boekje lees je wie Stephen Covey is en krijg je een korte introductie op zijn ideeën. Het bevat naast deze artikelen een interview met Covey, een overzicht van de diensten van zijn bedrijf en een literatuurlijst.
Neurons in the brain communicate with each other by transmitting sequences of electrical spikes or action potentials. One of the major challenges in neuroscience is to understand the basic physiological mechanisms underlying the complex spatiotemporal patterns of spiking activity observed during normal brain functioning, and to determine the origins of pathological dynamical states, such as epileptic seizures and Parkinsonian tremors. A second major challenge is to understand how the patterns of spiking activity provide a substrate for the encoding and transmission of information, that is, how do neurons compute with spikes? It is likely that an important element of both the dynamical and computational properties of neurons is that they can exhibit bursting, which is a relatively slow rhythmic alternation between an active phase of rapid spiking and a quiescent phase without spiking. This book provides a detailed overview of the current state-of-the-art in the mathematical and computational modelling of bursting, with contributions from many of the leading researchers in the field.
A Different Path. . . After writing in my journals for over 40 years, I started writing about my life in more detail and seem to have gotten a little carried away. You'll laugh. You'll cry. I certainly did
Observations, Inspiration, Remembrance, and Noteworthies to Share: Essays in Tribute to LifeObservations, Inspiration, Remembrance, and Noteworthies to Share
Observations, Inspiration, Remembrance, and Noteworthies to Share: Essays in Tribute to LifeObservations, Inspiration, Remembrance, and Noteworthies to Share
Been There, Noted That: Essays In Tribute To Life *Observations, Inspiration, Remembrance, & Noteworthies To Share The simple lives of everyday people in a mundane world prove extraordinary in this collection of 54 personal-experience essays by novelist Stephen Geez. The eclectic mix of memoir, commentary, humor, and appreciation covers a wide range of topics, each beautifully illustrated by artists and photographers from the Fresh Ink Group. Geez catches what many of us miss, then considers how we might all share the most poignant of lessons. Been There, Noted That aims to reveal who we are, examine where we've been, and discover what we dare strive to become.
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