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Series
Pike Logan thrillers volume 3
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
When the Taskforce team learns of an assassination plot against an American envoy who is overseeing a treaty between Israel and Palestine, operator Pike Logan and his partner, Jennifer Cahill, follow an elusive trail through the Middle East that pits them against terrorists, independent killers and shaky allies before revealing a brutally destructive secret.
102) Exercise of power: American failures, successes, and a new path forward in the post-Cold War world
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
103) Our military
Author
Series
Publisher
Norwood House Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Informational text uses a historical framework to discuss issues surrounding the role of the United States military. Sections include opinions from notable Americans on various sides of the issue followed by encouragement for readers to analyze each opinion."--Provided by publisher.
104) Gays in the military
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Provides model essays on a current controversial issue guiding students in writing a five-paragraph essay, including persuasive, descriptive, expository and cause-and-effect essays. Includes guided reading and discussion questions to help students understand the essays themselves and target persuasive techniques authors use to compose convincing arguments. This volume covers the issue of gays in the military.
Author
Series
Sam Dryden novels volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Joining a former colleague who needs help rescuing four kidnapped girls, Sam Dryden discovers that his friend has been secretly working to develop a world-changing technology that murderous adversaries would claim for their own agendas.
Author
Series
Pike Logan thrillers volume 6
Language
English
Description
The Taskforce is used to being the hunter, but this time they're the hunted. Intent on embroiling the US in a quagmire that will sap its economy and drain its legitimacy, Russia passes a potential weapon of mass destruction to an extreme Islamic sect in Nigeria. A relic of the Cold War, the Russian FSB believes the weapon has deteriorated and is no longer effective, but they are wrong. Trying to solve the riddle of who might be stalking them, Pike...
107) The women
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins...
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English
Description
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“A moving, reverent history—a tribute, really—to ‘The Old Guard’ … An ode to excellence and caring in service to the nation. It is an inspiring read for every American.”— ROBERT M. GATES
An extraordinary journey behind the scenes of Arlington National Cemetery, Senator Tom Cotton’s Sacred Duty offers an
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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Survey the armament, tactics, and organization of the Mongol military machine. Far from being a mob of fanatical mounted warriors, the Mongols were superbly trained and disciplined. Consider the close connection between their traditional hunting practices on the steppe and the skills needed to outsmart and defeat another army. Few fighting forces in history have been as consistently effective.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Travel to the Golden Horde, the farthest west of the khanates established after the death of Mongke Khan in the mid-13th century. Named by Russian chroniclers, the Golden Horde was a fertile arena for civil war and eventually played a pivotal role in the rise of Moscow and the Russian state. Hear about a notorious incident of germ warfare instigated by the Mongols involving bubonic plague.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Chart the disintegration of the Mongol Empire, observing its rapid collapse in the Persian Ilkhanate in 1335 and Yuan China in 1368. Also analyze the much more gradual break-up of the Chagatayid khanate and the Golden Horde, as the Mongols splintered into smaller, more autonomous units. Finally, focus on some of the long-lived successor states to the Mongols, such as the Ming dynasty in China.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Take a break from conquests to explore Timur's fabled capital, Samarkand, located in present-day Uzbekistan. Already rich in history, the city was reborn under Timur, financed by booty and built by artisans captured during his campaigns. Investigate Timur's mausoleum and the effort of Soviet-era archaeologists to reconstruct his appearance, which some argue provoked an ancient curse.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Ever restless, Chinggis Khan withdrew from his western conquests to start a new campaign thousands of miles away in northwestern China. Learn about the hunting accident that reportedly led to his death in 1227, the mystery surrounding his burial place, and his chosen successor among his sons. Then weigh the legacy of Chinggis Khan. Was he a civilizing force or an agent of unparalleled disaster?
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In this episode, set the stage for the leader who founded the Mongol Empire in the early 13th century, Chinggis Khan (also spelled Genghis Khan). See how previous Mongolian-centered steppe empires established a template that was perfected by Chinggis. Trace these precursors to Turkic rulers in the 7th and 8th centuries, and to the Xiongnu steppe empire a thousand years earlier.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Assess the heritage of the Mongols from a variety of perspectives: as conquerors, unifiers, social and political revolutionaries, as promoters of religious tolerance, protectors of commerce, and even as facilitators of the spread of plague across Eurasia, but also as disseminators of crucial technologies that undoubtedly played a role in the making of the modern world.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Driven by the Mongols' sacred mission to conquer the world, Qubilai Khan twice mounted invasions of Japan. Both times he was defeated with a generous assist from catastrophic typhoons. Termed kamikaze ("divine winds"), these storms were afterwards seen as heavenly protectors by the Japanese. Also, learn how Qubilai had mixed success subduing states in Southeast Asia.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Using the contemporary chronicle of Rashid al-Din as a guide, turn to the history of Mongol rule in Persia and the Middle East. An important element of the story is the clash of religions in a region that was becoming increasingly Muslim. A good example is the Mongol ruler of Persia, Oljeitu, who was raised as a Christian, converted to Buddhism, later to Sunni Islam, and then to Shi'a Islam.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Drawing on The Secret History of the Mongols, written soon after Chinggis Khan's death in 1227, chart the rise of the obscure son of a minor Mongol chief to earn the title "Strong" or "Universal Ruler": Chinggis Khan. His martial daring and hairbreadth escapes have all the drama of a Hollywood epic. There is even a beautiful and formidable love interest, Borte, who Chinggis chose as his wife.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Track the fortunes of several of Timur's descendants, who attempted to govern the remnants of his vast empire. Among them was his grandson, Ulugh Beg, a matchless astronomer, scholar, and patron of civilization, but unfortunately an indifferent ruler. Also consider the history of Inner Eurasia over a period of more than six centuries, from the early 15th century to the end of the 20th century.
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