Minuteman

Author : David Stumpf
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 1682261549
Total Pages : 595 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Minuteman written by David Stumpf and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Minuteman: A Technical History of the Missile That Defined American Nuclear Warfare, David K. Stumpf demystifies the intercontinental ballistic missile program that was conceived at the end of the Eisenhower administration as a key component of the US nuclear strategy of massive retaliation. Although its nuclear warhead may have lacked power relative to that of the Titan II, the Minuteman more than made up for this in terms of numbers and readiness to launch—making it the ultimate ICBM. Minuteman offers a fascinating look at the technological breakthroughs necessary to field this weapon system that has served as a powerful component of the strategic nuclear triad for more than half a century. With exacting detail, Stumpf examines the construction of launch and launch control facilities; innovations in solid propellant, lightweight inertial guidance systems, and lightweight reentry vehicle development; and key flight tests and operational flight programs—all while situating the Minuteman program in the context of world events. In doing so, the author reveals how the historic missile has adapted to changing defense strategies—from counterforce to mutually assured destruction to sufficiency.

Author : Robert A. Gross
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0374706395
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Minutemen and Their World written by Robert A. Gross and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Bancroft Prize The Minutemen and Their World, first published in 1976, is reissued now in a revised and expanded edition with a new preface and afterword by the author. On April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began at the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts. The “shot heard round the world” catapulted this sleepy New England town into the midst of revolutionary fervor, and Concord went on to become the intellectual capital of the new republic. The town?future home to Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne?soon came to symbolize devotion to liberty, intellectual freedom, and the stubborn integrity of rural life. In The Minutemen and Their World, Robert A. Gross has written a remarkably subtle and detailed reconstruction of the lives and community of this special place, and a compelling interpretation of the American Revolution as a social movement.

Author : Nathaniel Benchley
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062035428
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sam the Minuteman written by Nathaniel Benchley and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exciting classic early reader, Nathaniel Benchly re-creates what it must have been like for a young boy to fight in the Battle of Lexington. Arnold Lobel's vivid pictures give a poignant reality to the famous battle that marked the beginning of the American Revolution. This is historical fiction that pulls in young readers in first and second grade, even reluctant readers. Great for home or classroom units on and discussions about colonial America and the start of the American Revolution. "Benchley's expressive words and Lobel's vivid drawings portray a realistic story," Publishers Weekly wrote. Father and son rushed to the village green. Other Minutemen were already there. Through the long night they waited and waited. Then, at dawn, the soldiers came!

Author : Lucia Raatma
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780756508425
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Minutemen written by Lucia Raatma and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2005 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the role the Minutemen played in the American Revolution.

Author : Leslie K. Barry
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1631950738
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Newark Minutemen written by Leslie K. Barry and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 bestseller and soon to be motion picture, Newark Minutemen has bridged generations. The epic based-on-true story of forbidden love and unholy heroism is set against the backdrop of an America ripped apart by the Great Depression and on the brink of war. Newark, NJ, 1938. Millions are out of work and robbed of dignity. A shadow Hitler-Nazi party called the German-American Bund that is led by an American Fuhrer threatens to swallow democracy. In this dangerous time of star-spangled fascism, a romance forms between the Jewish boxer, Yael and the daughter of the enemy, Krista. But 1930s America pulls them apart as Krista’s people want Yael’s dead. Then Yael is recruited by the mob to go undercover for the FBI against her people and bring down the German-American Bund. Author Leslie K. Barry captures an authentic and brave portrait of a lost America searching for identity, preserving legacy and saving its soul. It is a heartbreaking novel that crosses generations as it honors the fragility of freedom.

Author : Jim Gilchrist
Publisher : WND Books
ISBN 13 : 0977898415
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Minutemen written by Jim Gilchrist and published by WND Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a first-hand account from the frontlines, and what it says will shock you. Jim Gilchrist teams up with Jerome Corsi, the co-author of Unfit for Command - the book that derailed John Kerry's presidential campaign - to describe in vivid detail how the nation's southern border has disintegrated into a Wild West of human trafficking, drug smuggling, and violent gangs. Readers of this disturbing and timely book will learn how: Mexico encourages the mass emigration of millions of impoverished peasants, and why the Mexican government will stop at nothing to keep the border open; The Catholic Church uses its power and influence to subvert immigration laws, and why Church leaders are speaking out in favor of amnesty; American taxpayers are forced to pay the staggering economic and cultural price tag of illegal immigration, and why our government wants to keep the true costs hidden from the public. Like their Revolutionary War predecessors who defended America against a hostile foreign power, today's Minutemen have risen up to answer their nation's call against another invasion. Minutemen is their story, as well as an urgent call to arms to all of their countrymen.

Author : Gretchen Heefner
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674067460
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Missile Next Door written by Gretchen Heefner and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1960s the Air Force buried 1,000 ICBMs in pastures across the Great Plains to keep U.S. nuclear strategy out of view. As rural civilians of all political stripes found themselves living in the Soviet crosshairs, a proud Plains individualism gave way to an economic dependence on the military-industrial complex that still persists today.

Author : Gary Hart
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684838095
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Minuteman written by Gary Hart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Senator Hart, "propoes a return to the oldest principles of the republic, making an impassioned case for replacing the present Cold War military with a smaller standing armu and a musch larger, well-trained citizen reserve."

Author : Disney Book Group
Publisher : Disney Press
ISBN 13 : 9781423114055
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Minutemen written by Disney Book Group and published by Disney Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three high school students perfect a time machine, which they use to travel back and help kids who are being bullied, but when they accidentally open a black hole, they suddenly need to figure out how to save the world.

Author : John R. Galvin
Publisher : Potomac Books
ISBN 13 : 9781574880496
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Minute Men written by John R. Galvin and published by Potomac Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history from the first colonists' defense against Indian attacks to the firing of the "shot heard around the world"