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"Managing Stress After War: Veteran's Workbook and Guide to
Wellness" outlines clear strategies for tackling problems such as
learning healthy coping skills, sleep problems, and managing
stress, anger, and depression. Written in an easy-to-understand
style, this essential workbook and its companion clinician's manual
were developed and refined by the authors to help veterans
returning from conflicts and provide education and intervention for
those who are experiencing war-related stress.
This newest edition of Command at Sea includes the valuable
guidance for prospective and commanding officers that has been the
hallmark of this book since it first appeared as well as addressing
the evolving nature of command at sea. This seventh edition has
been updated to incorporate new strategic guidance, examines recent
changes in fleet structure, and reflects the Navy's and our
nation's return to Great Power Competition amidst China's rising
assertiveness and a resurgent Russia's efforts to undermine NATO
unity in Europe. Of vital importance, this newest edition includes
lessons learned from the collisions of USS Fitzgerald and USS John
S. McCain. These tragedies prompted the Navy to initiate a
Comprehensive Review of Recent Surface Force Incidents that
recommended significant actions pertaining to the training,
operating, and equipping of surface ships and crews throughout the
force. The book provides additional guidance on joint and combined
operations, including the need for cooperation and coordination
among interagency players as well as non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), both international and domestic. The authors discuss
changes in the fleet, including the emergence of recent classes of
ships (the Freedom- and Independence-class littoral combat ships
and the Virginia-class attack submarines) and the addition of the
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Finally, the authors provide advice from
senior leaders, templates for new commanders to follow as they
assume command and a recommended reading list tailored to the
challenges and rewards of being a commanding officer.
"Motherhood" and "military" are often viewed as dichotomous
concepts, with the former symbolizing feminine ideals and
expectations, and the latter suggesting masculine ideals and norms.
Mothers, Military, and Society contributes to a growing body of
research that disrupts this false dichotomy. This interdisciplinary
and international volume explores the many ways in which mothers
and the military converse, align, contest, and intersect in
society. Through various chapters that include in-depth case
studies, theoretical perspectives and personal narratives, this
book offers insights into the complex relationship between
motherhood and the military in ways that will engage both academic
and non-academic readers alike.
The Centenary Classics series examines the fascinating time of
change and evolution in the Ireland of 100 years ago during the
1916-23 revolutionary period. Each volume is introduced by Fearghal
McGarry who sets the scene of this important period in Ireland's
history. Victory and Woe is an account of life at the grassroots
during the Irish War of Independence and the Civil War by the
Officer Commanding, 2nd Battalion, West Limerick Brigade of the
Irish Volunteers. Mossie Harnett (1893-1977), who fought on the
Anti-Treaty side in the Civil War, describes his early life on a
farm in Tournafulla in the southwest corner of Limerick, his
enrolment in the Irish Volunteers in 1915, and his involvement in
the conflict until his release from a Free State prison in 1923. In
an appendix, the British troops' little-known and short-lived
practice of taking hostages in order to protect themselves is
vividly described by Mossie's cousin, Dr Edward Harnett, who was
taken hostage in spring 1921. An introduction by Harnett's
son-in-law, James H. Joy, places his father-in-law's text in the
context of the revolutionary period.
Discover the brand new instalment in Lizzie Lane's bestselling
Tobacco Girls series! War is fleeting, but true love last
forever...May 1944 Hope and excitement is in the air when news
breaks of the allied forces landing in Normandy. D Day has arrived.
However, the day-to-day struggles for the Tobacco Girls continue.
Carole Thomas wants her old life back. She is burdened with the
guilt of being a young single mother and considers having baby
Paula adopted, but Maisie Miles will do anything to stop her.
Phyllis Mason having found the love of her life is getting married
in Malta to Mick Fairbrother, but will the dangerous legacies of
war plague her happy day? Bridget O'Neill finds herself posted to
one of the hospitals receiving the injured from the D-Day landing
beaches. Her most fervent hope is that her husband, Lyndon, does
not become one of them. Peace is on the horizon, but will their
wishes and dreams win through and bring them a happy ever after?
Praise for Lizzie Lane: 'A gripping saga and a storyline that will
keep you hooked' Rosie Goodwin 'The Tobacco Girls is another
heartwarming tale of love and friendship and a must-read for all
saga fans.' Jean Fullerton 'Lizzie Lane opens the door to a past of
factory girls, redolent with life-affirming friendship, drama, and
choices that are as relevant today as they were then.' Catrin
Collier 'If you want an exciting, authentic historical saga then
look no further than Lizzie Lane.' Fenella J Miller
U.S. military conflicts abroad have left nine million Americans
dependent on the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) for medical
care. Their "wounds of war" are treated by the largest hospital
system in the country-one that has come under fire from critics in
the White House, on Capitol Hill, and in the nation's media. In
Wounds of War, Suzanne Gordon draws on five years of observational
research to describe how the VHA does a better job than private
sector institutions offering primary and geriatric care, mental
health and home care services, and support for patients nearing the
end of life. In the unusual culture of solidarity between patients
and providers that the VHA has fostered, Gordon finds a working
model for higher-quality health care and a much-needed alternative
to the practice of for-profit medicine.
This book continues with the overview of the Waffen-SS units that
fought during WWII. It follows each unit as it was raised and then
where it fought. Within each of the various battles covered, the
book focuses specifically on each Waffen-SS soldier that was
awarded the Knights Cross to the Iron Cross (and higher grades
where applicable). This volume covers the period January to May
1944 and features 45 Knights Cross, 7 Oakleaves, 3 Swords and the
first Diamonds awardees. It was written with the help of surviving
Knights Cross holders and Waffen-SS soldiers that fought alongside
them. Original maps will help the reader see the significance of
each battle and the part played by the various Waffen-SS Knights
Cross awardees. This fourth volume contains a foreword by
Karl-Heinz Euling (Awarded the Knights Cross while serving with the
10th SS-Panzer Division Frundsberg).
The idea of late medieval arms and armour often conjures up images
of lumbering warriors, clad in heavy plate armour, hacking away at
with each other with enormous weapons - depictions perpetuated in
both bad literature and bad movies. In this introductory guide,
replete with fabulous photography and marvellous anecdotes,
internationally-renowned edged weapons expert Robert Woosnam-Savage
describes the brutal reality of personal protection and attack in
the so-called 'age of chivalry'. From Bannockburn to Bosworth,
Poitiers to Pavia, this book is an indispensable introduction to an
iconic era.
"Exceptional military history worthy of its heroic subject."
-Matthew J. Davenport In the vein of Band of Brothers and American
Sniper, a riveting history of Alvin York, the World War I legend
who killed two dozen Germans and captured more than 100, detailing
York's heroics yet also restoring the unsung heroes of his patrol
to their rightful place in history-from renowned World War I
historian James Carl Nelson. October 8, 1918 was a banner day for
heroes of the American Expeditionary Force. Thirteen men performed
heroic deeds that would earn them Medals of Honor. Of this group,
one man emerged as the single greatest American hero of the Great
War: Alvin Cullum York. A poor young farmer from Tennessee,
Sergeant York was said to have single-handedly killed two dozen
Germans and captured another 132 of the enemy plus thirty-five
machine guns before noon on that fateful Day of Valor. York would
become an American legend, celebrated in magazines, books, and a
blockbuster biopic starring Gary Cooper. The film, Sergeant York,
told of a hell-raiser from backwoods Tennessee who had a
come-to-Jesus moment, then wrestled with his newfound Christian
convictions to become one of the greatest heroes the U.S. Army had
ever known. It was a great story-but not the whole story. In this
absorbing history, James Carl Nelson unspools, for the first time,
the complete story of Alvin York and the events that occurred in
the Argonne Forest on that day. Nelson gives voice, in particular,
to the sixteen "others" who fought beside York. Hailing from big
cities and small towns across the U.S. as well as several foreign
countries, these soldiers included a patrician Connecticut farmer
whose lineage could be traced back to the American Revolution, a
poor runaway from Massachusetts who joined the Army under a false
name, and a Polish immigrant who enlisted in hopes of expediting
his citizenship. The York Patrol shines a long overdue spotlight on
these men and York, and pays homage to their bravery and sacrifice.
Illustrated with 25 black-and-white images, The York Patrol is a
rousing tale of courage, tragedy, and heroism.
At Gettysburg, PA, during three days of July 1863, 160,000 men
fought one of the most fierce and storied battles of the US Civil
War. Nearly one in three of those men ended up a casualty of that
battle, and when the two armies departed a few days later, 21,000
wounded remained. This book is the story of how those soldiers were
cared for in a town of 2,500 people. Historian and author of
several other guides to Gettysburg, James Gindlesperger provides a
context for the medical and organizational constraints of the era
and then provides details about the aid stations and field
hospitals created in the aftermath of the battle. Filled with
historical and contemporary photos, as well as stories about the
soldiers and their healers, this book is a detailed guide for
visitors to the site as well as others interested in American Civil
War history.
"The Straight State" is the most expansive study of the federal
regulation of homosexuality yet written. Unearthing startling new
evidence from the National Archives, Margot Canaday shows how the
state systematically came to penalize homosexuality, giving rise to
a regime of second-class citizenship that sexual minorities still
live under today.
Canaday looks at three key arenas of government
control--immigration, the military, and welfare--and demonstrates
how federal enforcement of sexual norms emerged with the rise of
the modern bureaucratic state. She begins at the turn of the
twentieth century when the state first stumbled upon evidence of
sex and gender nonconformity, revealing how homosexuality was
policed indirectly through the exclusion of sexually "degenerate"
immigrants and other regulatory measures aimed at combating
poverty, violence, and vice. Canaday argues that the state's
gradual awareness of homosexuality intensified during the later New
Deal and through the postwar period as policies were enacted that
explicitly used homosexuality to define who could enter the
country, serve in the military, and collect state benefits.
Midcentury repression was not a sudden response to newly visible
gay subcultures, Canaday demonstrates, but the culmination of a
much longer and slower process of state-building during which the
state came to know and to care about homosexuality across many
decades.
Social, political, and legal history at their most compelling,
"The Straight State" explores how regulation transformed the
regulated: in drawing boundaries around national citizenship, the
state helped to define the very meaning of homosexuality in
America.
Current and future adversaries will likely simultaneously employ a
combination of different types of warfare. Non-state actors may
mostly employ irregular forms of warfare, but will also clearly
support, encourage, and participate in conventional conflicts if it
serves their ends to do so. Similarly, nation-states may well
engage in irregular conflicts in addition to conventional types of
warfare to achieve their goals. The emerging theaters of hybrid and
cyber-warfare reflect this changing nature of contemporary warfare.
They transcend national boundaries, social and economic classes,
and political ideologies. In these types of warfare there are no
longer any clearly defined enemies, just as there are no longer any
clearly defined allies. As a conceptual response to this kind of
warfare, the "comprehensive approach" offers the best path forward,
but must still be fully refined and analyzed before being applied
effectively. This can only be accomplished through a coordinated
and coherent strategy, along with regular consultations and
interaction among all the actors involved. These factors will not
only have enduring consequences for the future structure and
training of most armed forces in the world, but they will also
affect the politics of international security and defense policy
while posing a challenge for theories of politics and international
relations. This volume brings together leading international
experts from different schools of thought to provide an overview of
this topic.
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Every evening since 1928 the Last Post has been played under the
Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres at 8 o'clock sharp. In 2015 this
ceremony will take place for the 30,000th time. On 9 July 2015,
this large scale participative event will take place in fire
stations all around the world. Government leaders, sports stars,
veterans but most of all common people visit the Menin Gate
Memorial every day. Philip Vanoutrive spent one year photographing
this impressive tradition. Ian Connerty wrote the story, enriched
with unique archive photos.
The essays presented in this issue provide an international
overview of military-pedagogical thinking and acting. They reflect
the sometimes close correspondence between the answers provided by
military scholars to questions related to the content and function
of military ethics and morale. These answers are so comprehensive
as to suggest themselves as a starting point for further
deliberations on military pedagogy but also in the fields of other
applied pedagogic specialties. The authors who have contributed to
this book make it clear, as a group, how the national defence of
peace and freedom may be transformed into a pertinent international
responsibility and competence for the safeguarding of world peace.
Cuba is continuing to see a big upswing in American and Canadian
tourism since relations between the nations were relaxed a couple
years ago. As locals and thrifty travelers know, the cheapest,
healthiest, most scenic-and often fastest-way to travel in Cuba is
by bicycle. The rides vary in length, many combining to create
multiday loops. Detailed directions describe rides leaving Havana
to the west and east. Subsequent rides are clustered in the three
best regions of Cuba for cycling: Pinar del Rio, Central Cuba, and
the Oriente. Organized cleverly by regions outside Havana that are
just made for cycling, this guide will include 36 rides that make
the most of every mile. In addition to directions, maps, and a
scenic itinerary for each ride, there will also be crucial
information for the bicycling traveler, including where to get
supplies and equipment, how to safely park your bike, safety tips,
and more.
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