Автор: Howard Jones
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год издания: 2008
isbn: 019517383X, 9780195173833
Количество страниц: 273
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
In The Bay of Pigs, Howard Jones provides a concise, incisive, and dramatic account of the disastrous attempt to overthrow Castro in April 1961. Drawing on recently declassified CIA documents, Jones deftly examines the train of missteps and self-deceptions that led to the invasion of U.S.-trained exiles at the Bay of Pigs. Ignoring warnings from the ambassador to Cuba, the Eisenhower administration put in motion an operation that proved nearly unstoppable even after the inauguration of John F. Kennedy. The CIA and Pentagon, meanwhile, both voiced confidence in the outcome of the invasion, especially after coordinating previous successful coups in Guatemala and Iran. And so the Kennedy administration launched the exile force toward its doom in Cochinos Bay on April 17, 1961. Jones gives a riveting account of the battle--and the confusion in the White House--before moving on to explore its implications. The Bay of Pigs, he writes, set the course of Kennedy's foreign policy. It was a humiliation for the administration that fueled fears of Communist domination and pushed Kennedy toward a hardline "cold warrior" stance. But at the same time, the failed attack left him deeply skeptical of CIA and military advisers and influenced his later actions during the Cuban missile crisis.
Автор: Русланов Дмитрий
Издательство: Велигор
Год издания: 2010
isbn: 5-888-75-059-Х
Количество страниц: 160
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF
Книга является профессиональным и, одновременно, научно-популярным учебником по фэн-шуй. В ней представлена вся необходимая информация об этой древней науке. Материал тщательно профильтрован, проанализирован с точки зрения его целесообразности, есть много совершенно нового.
Автор: Анпилогов Сергей
Издательство: Самиздат
Год издания: 2014
Количество страниц: 472
Язык: русский
Формат: FB2
Копия (или почти копия) нашего мира, позапрошлый век и команда игроков, наших современников. Попав в этот мир с целью поиграть в своеобразный вариант "контры" герои постепенно начинают большую игру, создавая новую историю уже нового мира.
Автор: Johnson G.
Издательство: Wiley
Год издания: 2011
isbn: 978-0-470-65175-9
Количество страниц: 416
Язык: english
Формат: FB2
Fully revised and updated! Full-color guide to capturing great wedding images and building a successful photography businessThis full-color book from acclaimed professional wedding photographer Glen Johnson not only teaches you how to take memorable photos, it also shows you how to start a wedding photography business. Packed with great tips and savvy advice, this new edition helps you set up efficient workflows, choose camera equipment, manipulate images, make impressive presentations, and launch smart, photo-based marketing strategies to build your business. Best of all, it's loaded with new, superb photos that illustrate photography techniques.
Автор: Donald L. Ware
Издательство: University of New Mexico Press
Год издания: 1989
isbn: 0826342809, 9780826342805
Количество страниц: 481
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Immediately following the Civil War, the United States Ordnance Department reported it had purchased 128,575 Remington revolvers during the conflict. During the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71, Samuel Remington acted as an agent to acquire arms for the French War Ministry. Fifteen to twenty thousand Remington New Model Army revolvers were purchased from the Ordnance Department and sent to France. Donald Ware devoted twenty-five years of research in the Ordnance Department archives, the Remington factory's records, and Army and Navy records to assemble this detailed examination of the development and evolution of Remington revolvers from the beginning of the Civil War through the end of the Indian wars. In addition to information about the revolvers themselves, Ware shares tidbits that he uncovered along the way. For example, part of the equipment issued the Civil War soldier was a bullet mold for his revolver. During the War, the Ordnance Department issued combustible ammunition for revolvers, making the mold a superfluous appendage. To avoid carrying the extra weight, the mold was usually tossed away. In 1863 the Ordnance Department notified Remington there was no need to furnish molds with the revolvers and therefore saved the government eighteen cents on each revolver.
Автор: Хворост Дмитрий
Издательство: Самиздат
Год издания: 2014
Количество страниц: 783
Язык: русский
Формат: FB2
Есть много разных хороших профессий в мире: пекарь, кузнец, портной и так далее, перечислять можно долго. А я, по воле случая, выбрал участь темного мага. И это не значит, что я пью кровь младенцев за завтраком и провожу всякие ритуалы. Моя работа - защищать мирных людей от посланцев темных богов.
Издательство: joymii
Год издания: 2011
Количество страниц: 66
Язык: english
Формат: JPG
Эротическая фотоподборка “joymii” известной модели Faye R. Фотосессия содержит 66 эксклюзивных снимков высокого качества под общим названием “LOVELY FRECKLES”.
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