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13 Cent Killers: The 5th Marine Snipers in VietnamAutor: John Culbertson
Taschenbuch, 01.01.2003
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Phantom Warriors: Book 2: More Extraordinary True Combat Stories from LRRPS, LRPS, and Rangers in VietnamAutor: Gary Linderer
Taschenbuch, 03.04.2001
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Winkle: The Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Greatest PilotAutor: Paul Beaver
Taschenbuch, 16.01.2025
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A Rumor of War: Philip CaputoAutor: Philip Caputo
Taschenbuch, 27.07.2017
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Mary Boleyn: 'The Great and Infamous Whore'Autor: Alison Weir
Taschenbuch, 20.09.2012
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Kim: Nordkoreas Diktator aus der NäheAutoren: Anna Fifield
Gebundene Ausgabe, 09.03.2020
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Called by Another Name: A Memoir of the Gwangju UprisingAutoren: David Lee Dolinger, Matt Vanvolkenburg
Taschenbuch, 12.05.2022
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La Légion étrangère en Indochine: Mémoires de guerre et un regard sur l’histoireAutor: Michael Kaponya
Buch, Broschiert, 03.11.2017
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One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine OfficerAutor: Nathaniel C. Fick
Taschenbuch, 07.09.2006
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Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew: Citizen Singapore: How to Build a Nation (Giants of Asia)Tom PlateGebundene Ausgabe |
The Forgotten Hero of My Lai: The Hugh Thompson Story: Revised EditionTrent AngersGebundene Ausgabe |
First in, Last Out: An American Paratrooper in Vietnam with the 101st Vietnamese AirborneJohn HowardGebundene Ausgabe |
If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me HomeTim O'BrienTaschenbuch |
A Prayer Before Dawn: My Nightmare in Thailand's PrisonsBilly MooreGebundene Ausgabe |
Fire in the Night: Wingate of Burma, Ethiopia, and ZionJohn Bierman, Colin SmithGebundene AusgabeFew men have made as outstanding contributions to their country's cause as Orde Wingate, yet few have divided opinion so completely. " We don't want any more Wingates in the British Army, " says an Army Council minute written after the end of the Second World War, and after his death. In contrast, no less than Winston Churchill himself said, before the House of Commons, " There was a man of genius, who might well have become a man of destiny. " John Bierman and Colin Smith's enlightening and rigorous biography of this brilliant man amply demonstrates how the conservative establishment of the British Army could come to adopt such an ungracious attitude to one of their most dynamic sons, who contributed so much to the war effort with dazzling performances in Abyssinia and Burma, and so much to future strategic thinking with his bold formulation of new methods. He ruffled feathers with his uncompromising style, unconventional thinking, and eccentric nature (perhaps most memorably expressed in his unaffected penchant for receiving visitors in the nude). Together with an acute intelligence and great breadth of learning, Wingate was a man possessed of awe-inspiring will and single-minded application, and he was often seen flying into a rage when things were not done as he thought they should be. Many, regardless of rank, felt the lash of his tongue. His almost fanatical commitment to the cause of Zionism, a highly sensitive and ambivalent political hot potato for the British at the time, seems also to have rankled many who simply could not understand a man so unlike the typical public-school-educated officer. Although not Jewish himself, to this day he is widely honored in Israel. Zvi Brenner, his Jewish bodyguard in Palestine before the war when he was commanding the Special Night Squads, elegantly encapsulated the man when, in describing Wingate's uncanny ability to negotiate all terrain in darkness, he said, " Wingate didn't follow any paths but walked in straight lines. " A truly exceptional man; there is, unfortunately, little chance of the British Army's having any more Wingates. < I>-Alisdair Bowles, Amazon. co. uk |
Made in Korea: Chung Ju Yung and the Rise of HyundaiRichard M. SteersGebundene AusgabeJust a few decades ago, South Korea was an agrarian country, a backwater of international business. The average life span was 47 years, the average per capita annual income less than a hundred dollars a year. By the end of the 20th century, Korea had risen to become the world's 11th largest economy, the eighth largest trading partner of the U. S. , and a global leader in construction, semiconductors, shipbuilding, and steel production. Steers, a University of Oregon business professor who has written two previous books on Korean business issues, believes that a big part of that country's rise is good old-fashioned entrepreneurship. What Americans admire so much about Bill Gates and Phil Knight-the vision, the tenacity, the refusal to back down-is actually found all over the world. In Korea, it's best personified by Chung Ju Yung, who created the Hyundai Business Group. By the time Chung retired in 1991, Hyundai accounted for 16 percent of Korea's gross domestic product and 12 percent of its total exports. Chung founded Hyundai (it means modern in Korean) in 1946 as a car-repair company, then quickly moved into the construction business. He became the U. S. Army's favorite contractor during the Korean War, and, afterwards, expanded Hyundai's ventures to include electronics, shipbuilding, oil refining, securities and investments, and automobiles. Almost any businessperson can draw lessons from Chung's success. Some of his management tactics would be considered extreme today-he once hiked through the woods in the middle of the night, waking up workers at a construction site to check on their progress-but his ability to seize business opportunities, forge alliances with the prevailing powers, and deliver upon promises made is certainly inspirational. < I>-Lou Schuler |
The Face of Resistance: Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma's Fight for FreedomAung ZawTaschenbuch |
The Diary of Kido Takayoshi: 1868-1871Sidney Devere BrownGebundene Ausgabe |
Honourable Exit: how a few brave Americans risked all to save their Vietnamese allies at the end of the warThurston ClarkeGebundene Ausgabe |