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Book Preview: #1 John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected president in 1961. He was young and optimistic, and he projected that he was ready to chart a new course for his country and the world. He wanted to pass the torch of moral leadership to Frost, who wrote a poem specifically for the inauguration.
#2 Kennedy's vision was to create a new America, based on liberty, that would be brought...
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#1 The year 1915 was disastrous for the Allies and the entire world. By the mistakes of this year, the opportunity was lost to confine the fire within limits that were not uncontrollable.
#2 The Battle of the Marne was a complete deadlock between the great combatants in the West by land and by sea. The German fleet remained sheltered in its fortified harbours, and the...
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#1 The three-part system that Marine units are organized on is focused downward and decentralized. The regiment, commanded by Kennedy, had three battalions. The 3/5 battalion, commanded by Morris, had three rifle companies. Each company had three rifle platoons.
#2 On the second day, a squad of thirteen Marines set off from Inkerman to scout to the northwest. When they...
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#1 The American public is largely unaware of the fact that President Donald Trump has sole nuclear authority. Many believe that he must get congressional approval, while in fact he is not required to do so. The Founders tried to constrain presidential power, but they could not have anticipated the discovery of the nuclear bomb.
#2 There are many control systems in place...
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#1 The Clash between China and Japan did not begin in 1937. It had been brewing for decades. The story of the first half of China's twentieth century is the story of its love-hate relationship with its smaller island neighbor.
#2 The Chinese influence was at its peak during this period. The dynasty was established by ethnic Manchus who rode into the Chinese heartland...
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#1 The raid on St Nazaire was a success, and the fire in the Forge de l'Ouest continued to burn fiercely. The guns ceased fire, the searchlights were switched off, and an uneasy quiet fell over the town and the estuary. Neither French nor Germans knew that this was mainly due to humanitarian reasons.
#2 On the night of the 28th, some residents of the moonlit Boulevard...
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#1 The British officer class was reluctant to believe that the good life was about to end. They had always been able to depend on the British to defend them, and they underestimated the Japanese military threat.
#2 The Wrens were in specially built wooden quarters, two sharing a cabin, and each with the luxury of an ensuite bathroom. They had locally employed servants....
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Get the Summary of Adam Gamal and Kelly Kennedy's The Unit in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Unit" by Adam Gamal and Kelly Kennedy is a gripping account of Gamal's journey from a vegetable vendor in Alexandria, Egypt, to a key member of the US military's most secretive unit. The narrative follows Gamal's life, starting with his childhood in a culturally rich Alexandria, his family's emphasis on education and...
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#1 The choice of William Westmoreland as commander of American forces in Vietnam was a fateful one. He was chosen from a slate of four candidates presented to President Lyndon B. Johnson. The others were General Harold K. Johnson, who instead became Army Chief of Staff, General Creighton Abrams, who was assigned as Vice Chief of Staff to Johnson, and General Bruce Palmer,...
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#1 The Baltic Project was never carried out, but many of the ships for it were built, including three light cruisers named Furious, Courageous, and Glorious. Their names were reversed commas.
#2 The ships had eighteen 4-inch BLIX guns in six Mark I triple mountings, twelve on each broadside, two 3-inch high-angle guns, four 3-pounder Hotchkiss saluting guns, five Maxim...
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#1 The 2,500 survivors of Battle Group Lammerding were ordered to move to France and form part of the Das Reich division. They were leaving behind their few remaining tanks, vehicles, and guns, as well as the memory of thousands of their dead in frozen graves.
#2 The 2nd SS Das Reich Armored Division was not a shadow of its former self when it arrived in Bordeaux from...
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#1 The Soviet nuclear ballistic missile submarine K-129 left Petropavlovsk, on Russia's remote, frigid Kamchatka peninsula, with a crew of ninety-eight after dark on February 24, 1968, for a routine but unexpected patrol. The captain and second-in-command were both experienced officers.
#2 The crew of the K-129 was split into two groups for the duration of the break....
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#1 The invasion force was made up of the 1st Marine Division, which was to land on Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and the small islands of Tanambogo and Gavutu. The covering and transport forces were supplied by the US Navy with the reinforcement of Australian warships.
#2 The tactical command of the invasion forces approaching Guadalcanal in early August was vested in Vice Admiral...
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#1 The Art of War, written over two thousand years ago by a Chinese warrior-philosopher, is still the most influential book of strategy in the world today. It applies to competition and conflict on every level from the interpersonal to the international.
#2 The Art of War is the premier classic of the Chinese science of strategy. It was written over two thousand...
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#1 The two men were disguised as goatherds, and they were sent to check out the airbase. They didn't take into account the inate stubbornness of the animals, especially when they were hungry. The guard grew suspicious when the two men didn't understand him.
#2 Lassen and his men were dropped off at the start of the operation by a British warship, and they took out some...
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#1 The six men were wedged into the aircraft's narrow hold like the proverbial sardines in a tin. They were prepared for the long flight ahead, and their commander, Trevor Alan Gordon Pritchard, was a ten-year Army veteran and a tough-as-old-boots regular.
#2 The first British airborne raid was codenamed Operation Colossus, and it was led by Tait. The Whitley aircraft...
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#1 The weather was now the enemy's friend, and it was two days before USSTAF headquarters was able to set the teleprinters to Groups chattering again as Spaatz seized a brief break in the conditions to despatch a force of more than 1,100 bombers. Their aim was to wreck seven marshalling yards.
#2 The crew's mission was the marshalling yard at Giessen, north of Frankfurt....
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#1 On February 25, 1986, 5,000 delegates attended the Communist Party Congress in Moscow. They were to chart a new course for the country for the next five years. The economy had slowed, and the possibility of a complete breakdown was becoming more and more likely.
#2 In the late 1980s, the Soviet Union was in crisis, and their party leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, needed...
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#1 The story of gunpowder's development into a deadly technology is a vital part of global history. It's also fascinating and bizarre. Early gunpowder weapons were not like the weapons we think we know, such as cannons and muskets.
#2 The Chinese were the first to experiment with gunpowder weapons, and it was during this period that the process of developing...
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#1 The bomber dream was the hope of air force commanders that their bomber aircraft would be the main instruments of winning future wars. The seeds had been sown in the First World War, when air commanders took planes away from the direct support of the field armies and sent them deep behind the enemy lines.
#2 The American bomber dream was based on the belief...
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