The wide ranging adventures of outdoorsman, naturalist andU.S. President, Theodore Roosevelt, are collected in this anthologyof African safaris, ranch life in the American West, and a perilfilled trip down Brazil's legendary River of Doubt.
You've heard of the SEALs. . . . now meet their bloodbrothers! The Official United States Air Force Elite Workout: An OfficialFive Star Fitness Guide Featuring: Running ? Swimming ? Weight Training ? O'Course ?Calisthenics ? and much more! Known as the PJ's and the CCT's, the pararescuemen and combatcontrol technicians are the elite forces of the United States AirForce. PJ's, whose motto is "that others may live", routinely go inharm's way to bring back downed pilots and crewmembers. CCT's,"first to fight", are responsible to enter hostile territory aheadof the rest and establish safe landing sites for arrivingforces. Their self-sacrificing efforts are heroic. Their training isintense, exciting, and before this book, little known. Now for thevery first time, their powerful training techniques are brought tolight in this profusely illustrated and documentedpresentation. Includes sections on: stretching, weight training, calisthenics,running, swimming, rope climbing, e
This book considers a variety of explanations of why politicaldisagreement is so extensive and persistent. The author examinesvariants of the 'contestability' and 'imperfection' conceptionswhich have dominated political theory: the idea that politicaldisagreement is so pervasive because of its value-ladenness; thatkey political concepts are essentially contested; that those whooccupy very different political positions fail to understand eachother. He argues that we need to develop a framework which borrowselements from both schools of thought, presupposing some form ofmoral cognitivism, while recognizing that many political disputescannot be resolved to the satisfaction of every reasonable person.Within such a framework he shows how empirical models can beconstructed which give an active role not only to the agent'sreasons for his or her beliefs, but also to other psychological andsociological considerations.
On August 28, 1963, over a quarter-million people—two-thirdsblack and one-third white—held the greatest civil rightsdemonstration ever. In this major reinterpretation of the GreatDay—the peak of the movement—Charles Euchner brings back thetension and promise of the march. Building on countless interviews,archives, FBI files, and private recordings, this hour-by-houraccount offers intimate glimpses into the lives of those keyplayers and ordinary people who converged on the National Mall tofight for civil rights in the March on Washington.
A gripping and unforgettable true story of bravery andpatriotism in the face of bitter hatred. Abraham Bolden was a young African American Secret Service agentin Chicago when he was asked by John F. Kennedy himself to join theWhite House Secret Service detail. For Bolden, it was a dream cometrue–and an encouraging sign of the charismatic president’s visionfor a new America. But the dream quickly turned sour. Bolden found himself regularlysubjected to open hostility and blatant racism, and he was appalledby the White House team’s irresponsible approach to security. Inthe wake of JFK’s assassination, Bolden sought to expose theagency’s negligence, only to find himself the victim of a sinisterconspiracy. The Echo from Dealey Plaza is the story of the terribleprice paid by one man for his commitment to truth and justice.
人类一出现武装斗争,间谍便应运而生,成为最古老的两大职业之一。间谍活动神秘莫测,惊心动魄,涌现了不少大智大勇的人物,产生过许多引人入胜的故事。本书讲述了从古埃及、古罗马直至大数据时代下间谍的历史,跨越了5000余年。从中,读者可以看到:古今谍海魅影秘密行动:摩西派间谍窥探迦南,马可·;波罗潜入东方搜集情报,盟军破译德军恩尼格玛密码,苏联“剑桥五人帮”的英国卧底行动等。世界情报机构历史沿革:从古亚述国“国王之眼”,到法国路易十五“国王秘密”,再到军情五处和六处、中情局、克格勃,直至以色列摩萨德等组织。谍战秘密技术更新换代:从密码棒到恩尼格玛密码机,加密技术愈发复杂;从热气球到侦察机,搜集手段不断升级;从人力到卫星,传递方式花样翻新等。情报对人类战争的作用:在塞莫皮莱大战、乌尔姆之战
中国乃至世界最卓越的管理者是谁?是。堪称中国现代企业管理需要效仿的标杆人物,其军事思想集中反映了颇具中国特色的战术战略,为以任正非、柳传志、宗庆后、史玉柱、陈天桥等为首的众多中国企业家所推崇,并在实际管理中得以运用。《军史商鉴》用全新视角深入挖掘和解读军事思想中蕴藏的企业管理之道,立足本土精心构筑一套企业管理理论体系,是中国企业家及管理者的本土企业管理经典之作,同时也是各党政干部了解我党、我军壮大简史,并可应用于日常工作管理、学习的参考读本。
Examines the impact of medical and psychological illness onforeign policy decision making. Illness provides specific,predictable, and recognizable shifts in attention, timeperspective, cognitive capacity, judgment, and emotion, whichsystematically affect impaired leaders. In particular, this bookdiscusses the ways in which processes related to aging, physicaland psychological illness, and addiction influence decision making.This book provides detailed analysis of four cases among theAmerican presidency. Woodrow Wilson's October 1919 stroke affectedhis behavior during the Senate fight over ratifying the League ofNations. Franklin Roosevelt's severe coronary disease influencedhis decisions concerning the conduct of war in the Pacific from1943–1945 in particular. John Kennedy's illnesses and treatmentsaltered his behavior at the 1961 Vienna conference with SovietPremier Khrushchev. And Nixon's psychological impairments biasedhis decisions regarding the covert bombing of Cambodia in1969–1970.