Target is Destroyed

Target is Destroyed
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Publisher : Random House Trade
Total Pages :
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ISBN-10 : 5551630927
ISBN-13 : 9785551630920
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Target is Destroyed by : Seymour Hersh

America's premier investigative journalist finally answers all of the still unanswered questions about the civilian airliner that was blasted out of the sky by the Russians--Flight 007.

Target and Destroy

Target and Destroy
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Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Total Pages : 315
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ISBN-10 : 9781529065466
ISBN-13 : 1529065461
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Target and Destroy by : Tom Marcus

In order to enforce justice, you sometimes have to break the law. Former MI5 officer Tom Marcus returns with Target and Destroy, a blistering spy thriller which is a sequel to Capture or Kill and Defend or Die. It takes a certain type of person to tackle the dark realities of gangland London. Someone that operates in the shadows and doesn’t follow the rule of law. That’s where former MI5 officer Matt Logan comes in . . . Logan is an undercover operative for Blindeye: a clandestine team of ex-intelligence operatives secretly tasked with the jobs that are beyond the legal remit of the official security services. When the group picks up on a trail of corruption which reaches to the top of the UK’s National Crime Agency, their mission begins. DCI John Tenniel is a ruthless individual unafraid to break the rules in order to elevate himself to more power and bodies have been piling up in his mission to the top. Going after Tenniel will require Logan and the team to delve beneath the surface of society and into a murky underworld where the lines between gangsters and the police have become increasingly blurred. But Blindeye have acquired their target and now it’s time to strike . . .

Effects of Nuclear Earth-Penetrator and Other Weapons

Effects of Nuclear Earth-Penetrator and Other Weapons
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Publisher : National Academies Press
Total Pages : 146
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ISBN-10 : 9780309096737
ISBN-13 : 0309096731
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Effects of Nuclear Earth-Penetrator and Other Weapons by : National Research Council

Underground facilities are used extensively by many nations to conceal and protect strategic military functions and weapons' stockpiles. Because of their depth and hardened status, however, many of these strategic hard and deeply buried targets could only be put at risk by conventional or nuclear earth penetrating weapons (EPW). Recently, an engineering feasibility study, the robust nuclear earth penetrator program, was started by DOE and DOD to determine if a more effective EPW could be designed using major components of existing nuclear weapons. This activity has created some controversy about, among other things, the level of collateral damage that would ensue if such a weapon were used. To help clarify this issue, the Congress, in P.L. 107-314, directed the Secretary of Defense to request from the NRC a study of the anticipated health and environmental effects of nuclear earth-penetrators and other weapons and the effect of both conventional and nuclear weapons against the storage of biological and chemical weapons. This report provides the results of those analyses. Based on detailed numerical calculations, the report presents a series of findings comparing the effectiveness and expected collateral damage of nuclear EPW and surface nuclear weapons under a variety of conditions.

Command Of The Air

Command Of The Air
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Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Total Pages : 620
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ISBN-10 : 9781782898528
ISBN-13 : 1782898522
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis Command Of The Air by : General Giulio Douhet

In the pantheon of air power spokesmen, Giulio Douhet holds center stage. His writings, more often cited than perhaps actually read, appear as excerpts and aphorisms in the writings of numerous other air power spokesmen, advocates-and critics. Though a highly controversial figure, the very controversy that surrounds him offers to us a testimonial of the value and depth of his work, and the need for airmen today to become familiar with his thought. The progressive development of air power to the point where, today, it is more correct to refer to aerospace power has not outdated the notions of Douhet in the slightest In fact, in many ways, the kinds of technological capabilities that we enjoy as a global air power provider attest to the breadth of his vision. Douhet, together with Hugh “Boom” Trenchard of Great Britain and William “Billy” Mitchell of the United States, is justly recognized as one of the three great spokesmen of the early air power era. This reprint is offered in the spirit of continuing the dialogue that Douhet himself so perceptively began with the first edition of this book, published in 1921. Readers may well find much that they disagree with in this book, but also much that is of enduring value. The vital necessity of Douhet’s central vision-that command of the air is all important in modern warfare-has been proven throughout the history of wars in this century, from the fighting over the Somme to the air war over Kuwait and Iraq.

"The Target is Destroyed"

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Publisher : Random House (NY)
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 0394542614
ISBN-13 : 9780394542614
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis "The Target is Destroyed" by : Seymour M. Hersh

An hour-by-hour account of Flight 007 which was shot down by a Russian interceptor killing all 269 passengers and crew on board the Korean jet.

Within Limits

Within Limits
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Total Pages : 65
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ISBN-10 : 9780788140099
ISBN-13 : 0788140094
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Within Limits by : Wayne Thompson

Despite American success in preventing the conquest of South Korea by communist North Korea, the Korean War of 1950-1953 did not satisfy Americans who expected the kind of total victory they had experienced in WW II. In Korea, the U.S. limited itself to conventional weapons. Even after communist China entered the war, Americans put China off-limits to conventional bombing as well as nuclear bombing. Operating within these limits, the U.S. Air Force helped to repel 2 invasions of South Korea while securing control of the skies so decisively that other U.N. forces could fight without fear of air attack.

Crash Override

Crash Override
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Publisher : PublicAffairs
Total Pages : 191
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ISBN-10 : 9781610398091
ISBN-13 : 1610398092
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Crash Override by : Zoë Quinn

You've heard the stories about the dark side of the internet -- hackers, #gamergate, anonymous mobs attacking an unlucky victim, and revenge porn -- but they remain just that: stories. Surely these things would never happen to you. Zoe Quinn used to feel the same way. She is a video game developer whose ex-boyfriend published a crazed blog post cobbled together from private information, half-truths, and outright fictions, along with a rallying cry to the online hordes to go after her. They answered in the form of a so-called movement known as #gamergate--they hacked her accounts; stole nude photos of her; harassed her family, friends, and colleagues; and threatened to rape and murder her. But instead of shrinking into silence as the online mobs wanted her to, she raised her voice and spoke out against this vicious online culture and for making the internet a safer place for everyone. In the years since #gamergate, Quinn has helped thousands of people with her advocacy and online-abuse crisis resource Crash Override Network. From locking down victims' personal accounts to working with tech companies and lawmakers to inform policy, she has firsthand knowledge about every angle of online abuse, what powerful institutions are (and aren't) doing about it, and how we can protect our digital spaces and selves. Crash Override offers an up-close look inside the controversy, threats, and social and cultural battles that started in the far corners of the internet and have since permeated our online lives. Through her story -- as target and as activist -- Quinn provides a human look at the ways the internet impacts our lives and culture, along with practical advice for keeping yourself and others safe online.

The Actor and the Target

The Actor and the Target
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 287
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ISBN-10 : 1559362855
ISBN-13 : 9781559362856
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis The Actor and the Target by : Declan Donnellan

Janeway's Immunobiology

Janeway's Immunobiology
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Publisher : Garland Science
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ISBN-10 : 0815344570
ISBN-13 : 9780815344575
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Janeway's Immunobiology by : Kenneth Murphy

The Janeway's Immunobiology CD-ROM, Immunobiology Interactive, is included with each book, and can be purchased separately. It contains animations and videos with voiceover narration, as well as the figures from the text for presentation purposes.

U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft Damaged or Destroyed During the Vietnam War. Volume 1: Listed by Ship Attached and by Squadron

U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft Damaged or Destroyed During the Vietnam War. Volume 1: Listed by Ship Attached and by Squadron
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 502
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ISBN-10 : 9781329021655
ISBN-13 : 1329021657
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft Damaged or Destroyed During the Vietnam War. Volume 1: Listed by Ship Attached and by Squadron by : Douglas E. Campbell

This is a compilation of nearly 9,000 separate reports on damaged or destroyed US Navy and US Marine Corps fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft during the Vietnam War. Volume 1 includes a subset of the 2,550 aircraft - those attached to aircraft carriers and LPH's and those attached to the 187 squadrons involved in that war. This set completes the author's 6-volume set that includes the three volumes comprising US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Lost During WWII (15,069 aircraft) and the single volume of US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Lost During the Korean War.