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As the second World War comes to an end, Pence Mefford returns from
active duty to New Castle, his small hometown in north central
Kentucky. Now armed with his typewriter, Pence writes columns for
the local paper, commenting on everything from rural life to world
affairs. When war breaks out in Korea, Pence finds himself back on
the battlefield, far away from home. He continues to write for the
paper, reporting his first-hand perspective on a conflict that
threatens to begin another world war. From Kentucky to Korea and
back again, Pence's columns chronicle the path of a growing,
booming America through the 1950s.
As the second World War comes to an end, Pence Mefford returns from
active duty to New Castle, his small hometown in north central
Kentucky. Now armed with his typewriter, Pence writes columns for
the local paper, commenting on everything from rural life to world
affairs. When war breaks out in Korea, Pence finds himself back on
the battlefield, far away from home. He continues to write for the
paper, reporting his first-hand perspective on a conflict that
threatens to begin another world war. From Kentucky to Korea and
back again, Pence's columns chronicle the path of a growing,
booming America through the 1950s.
A prequel to his ‘World’s end’: British military outposts in
the ‘ring fence’ around Australia 1824–1849, this book by
prize-winning historian and keen sailor Alan Powell celebrates the
small ships of Australia’s colonial navy. Brigs, cutters,
schooners and sloops were pressed into service in a rag-tag
assembly of ‘seagoing maids of all work’, cramped and
overloaded with provisions, building materials, livestock and even
convicts. The crews of these ‘doughty little craft’ sailed with
courage and often blind faith in their ultimate survival as they
toiled through some of the world’s most treacherous seas to
deliver life-preserving supplies to the military outposts that
ringed Australia in the early nineteenth century.
Central Australia has, with reason, been seen as the last frontier
of Australia and, politically, the forgotten country. This book
distils the conclusions of Emeritus Professor Alan Powell, reached
after more than four decades of exploring northern Australia and
researching the history of white settlement and the culture clash
with the original people, through war and peace, in the Northern
Territory. Powell cuts through the immense array of Territory yarns
and learned tomes that reflect what we know of the Centre and moves
straight to the core factors of its history: the visionary
explorers, driven telegraph men and miners, the cattlemen and the
dreamers who felt the lure and sweep of this stark, beautiful heart
of Australia and endured the impact of war, conflict and adaptation
in a harsh unforgiving environment. He raises hard questions on the
structure and government of the area and the past, present and
future of the mix of its peoples.
How Grant secured a Tennessee victory and a promotion Union
soldiers in the Army of the Cumberland, who were trapped and facing
starvation or surrender in the fall of 1863, saw the arrival of
Major General Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee as an impetus to
reverse the tides of war. David A. Powell's sophisticated strategic
and operational analysis of Grant's command decisions and actions
shows how his determined leadership relieved the siege and
shattered the enemy, resulting in the creation of a new strategic
base of Union operations and Grant's elevation to commander of all
the Federal armies the following year. Powell's detailed
exploration of the Union Army of the Cumberland's six-week-long
campaign for Chattanooga is complemented by his careful attention
to the personal issues Grant faced at the time and his
relationships with his superiors and subordinates. Though
unfamiliar with the tactical situation, the army, and its officers,
Grant delivered another resounding victory. His success, explains
Powell, was due to his tactical flexibility, communication with his
superiors, perseverance despite setbacks, and dogged determination
to win the campaign. Through attention to postwar accounts, Powell
reconciles the differences between what happened and the
participants' memories of the events. He focuses throughout on
Grant's controversial decisions, showing how they were made and
their impact on the campaign. As Powell shows, Grant's choices
demonstrate how he managed to be a thoughtful, deliberate commander
despite the fog of war.
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